Weekly Spellings – plurals
Below are the spellings for this week’s Spelling Test in Class 2. The theme for this week’s spellings is –plurals. The children need to know the spelling of all words, however the test will only include the plural words.
Plural y – ies
- fly – flies
- try – tries
- body – bodies
- city – cities
- lolly – lollies
- puppy – puppies
- teddy – teddies
- hurry – hurries
- carry – carries
- worry – worries
Extension Challenge – plural es
- glass – glasses
- wash – washes
- patch – patches
- bus – buses
- box – boxes
- dish – dishes
Additional writing challenge
Write the spellings in joined-up handwriting.
Additional writing challenge – write these words in exclamations (if possible)
In Year 2 exclamations take the form of What or How statements. What a mistake! or How noisy!)
More SPaG resources are available on the Class 2 blog.
How dirty are those dishes!
What an expensive pair of glasses!
Arithmetic – subtraction using numberlines
Below is an outline of how to develop skills in subtracting using numberlines. Year 2 children need to be able to subtract two 2-digit numbers that cross the tens boundary (e.g. 41 – 29 = because it is a higher order skill than 49 – 27 = in this example the units value don’t cross the tens boundary).
- Write down any two 2-digit numbers in a subtraction calculation. Make sure the biggest number is written first e.g. 52 – 28 = rather than 28 – 52 =
- Draw a blank line on a piece of scrap paper. Then draw the smallest number at the start of the line and the largest number at the end. 28 ________________________________________52
- Jump from the smallest number (e.g. 28) to the nearest multiple of 10 (e.g. 30). In this example, it is a jump of 2.
- Then jump in tens to the nearest multiple of 10. (e.g. from 30 to 50). In this example, it is a jump of 20.
- Then jump to the final total (e.g. from 50 to 52). In this example, it is a jump of 2.
- Then add together the jumps (e.g. 2 + 20 + 2 = 24). So, the answer to 52 – 28 is 24
The tests will be on Friday 6th May.