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Spring Year 2 GPS Assessment

Spring Year 2 GPS Assessment

Spring Year 2 GPS Assessment Resource Pack

This Spring Year 2 GPS Assessment Resource Pack has been created to assess pupil knowledge of all the blocks and small steps covered so far in the Spring term. The pack includes an SATs style assessment with 23 questions linked to all of the small steps in Autumn; a mark scheme with content domain coverage, small step coverage with suggested levels and a teacher assessment spreadsheet to identify pupils working at Year 2 Emerging, Year 2 Developing, Year 2 Expected or Year 2 Greater Depth. These levels are currently provided as a guideline only.

 

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Spring Year 2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Assessment with questions linked to each small step from all Year 2 Spring Blocks
  • Spring Year 2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Mark Scheme outlining small steps and content domain coverage for each question and suggested levels
  • Spring Year 2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Teacher Assessment Sheet to help identify each child's level using scores collected

Year 2 National Curriculum Objectives:

Spring Block 1 Word Classes 2

Small Steps

1.Different types of verbs – action/to be

2.What are Adverbs – describing verbs

3.Adding –ly (to words)

4.Exceptions to the rule – i.e. fastly, etc.

5.Recognising Adverbs in sentences

6.Using Adverbs in Sentences

 

Spring Block 2 Apostrophes

Small Steps

1.Recognising simple contractions – can’t, didn’t, hasn’t, couldn’t, it’s, I’ll

2.Using simple contractions

3.Introducing possession – something belonging to something else, i.e. the rug belongs to the man – the man’s rug

4.Plural or possessive? – consolidate the difference between the two, give lots of opportunities to practise spotting the difference

5.What words don’t need apostrophes? – possessive pronouns such as his, hers, theirs, ITS, ours,

 

Spring 3 Sentence Types 2

Small Steps

1.Recognising Exclamations – introduce using what and how as exclamation sentences, the difference between exclamations and questions

2.Using Exclamations – What + noun phrase + pronoun + verb!, How + adjective + pronoun/determiner + verb!

3.Recognising statements

4.Using statements

5.All four sentence types – SATs style questions?

 

Spring 4 Tenses

Small Steps

1.Recognising simple past and simple present – correct verb tenses Using nouns and verbs in sentences (Present tense) – introduce the term ‘present tense’, using nouns and verbs in sentences (Past tense) – introduce the term ‘past tense’, i.e. understanding that the verb is what affects the tense.

2.Using simple past and present – correct verb tenses

3.Recognising past progressive tense

4.Using past progressive tense

5.Recognising present progressive tense

6.Using present progressive tense

Spring Block 5 Suffixes 1

 

Small Steps

1.Compound nouns – whiteboard, superman, exceptions to the rule, i.e. strawberry

2.Adding ‘-ment’, ‘-er’ and ‘-ness’ – ‘-ment’ comes from the spelling appendix, exceptions i.e. argument, -er e.g. teacher, reader, catcher

Adding ‘-ful’ and ‘less’

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