Basic 2

Basic 2 English Language Notes

Open a topic to read the notes, copy the key parts into your notebook and do the exercises.

  1. Songs, Blending, Copying and Capitals for Places and DaysIn this topic you will explain songs, blend syllables, copy sentences, use capitals for places and days, and enjoy a story.
  2. Rhymes, Blending, Spacing and Starting SentencesIn this topic you will explain rhymes, blend syllables, copy words with correct spacing and begin sentences with capital letters.
  3. Characters, Word Endings, Copying and Full StopsIn this topic you will relate story characters to real life, read words with common endings, copy words neatly and use full stops.
  4. Drama, Digraphs, Labelling and Daily ActionsIn this topic you will act out stories, read words with digraphs, label objects and use the simple present tense.
  5. Greetings, Sight Words, Lists and AdjectivesIn this topic you will greet people correctly, read sight words, make lists and use adjectives to describe people.
  6. Home Events, Sight Words, Feelings and Weather WordsIn this topic you will talk about events at home, read more sight words, write about feelings and describe the weather.
  7. Drama, Sight Words, Substitution Tables and Time PrepositionsIn this topic you will listen to drama, read sight words, use substitution tables and use prepositions for days, dates and places.
  8. Drama, Predictions, Matching Sentences and Position WordsIn this topic you will respond to drama, make predictions from pictures, match sentence parts and use prepositions for position and time.
  9. Questions, Sentence Structure and Two ParagraphsIn this topic you will ask and answer questions about texts, learn the parts of a sentence and write two paragraphs using leading questions.
  10. Commands, Retelling, Narrative Writing and Nouns and VerbsIn this topic you will respond to instructions, retell stories, write about experiences step by step, and find nouns and verbs.
  11. Giving Commands, Reading Fluently, Feelings and SpellingIn this topic you will give and follow commands, read with pace and expression, describe feelings and spell tricky words.
  12. Presentations, Fluent Reading, Feelings and Spelling ReviewIn this topic you will speak confidently to an audience, read texts fluently, describe feelings and review spelling.