Good Morning Year 2!
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Well done for writing your command sentences yesterday – you were all very bossy!
Can you practise these spelling words?
Remember, n’t is the shortened version of not. Be careful though, sometimes when people say didn’t and then try to spell it, they write dident (because that is how it sounds).
Can you write a sentence with some of these words in it? Which words were easy and which were tricky? Have you got any tricks to help you remember these words?
This BBC Bitesize website has a good video and fun quizzes to help you practise more.
Click here for a list of more contractions, with some games and activities to help you practise.
Here are lots more games you can play to practise contractions.
When you’re practising your handwriting in your Home Learning books, remember to start and finish your letters in the right place, sit the letters on the line and remember which ones are tall and which ones hang below the line. There is a handwriting guide in your Home Learning Folders to help you if you need it. This BBC Bitesize page has helpful guides and videos to remind you how to form your letters correctly. If you are feeling confident, then have a go joining your letters. Just remember that the ‘n’ and ‘t’ won’t join because of the apostrophe.
Dear Miss Carruthers,
Don’t touch the ice ?.
I didn’t go to the church ⛪️ because I was sick ?.
My sister hasn’t brushed her hair yet.
I can’t do a cartwheel .
The puppy ? couldn’t swim in the deep sea ?.
Excellent sentences Marie, well done.
Good morning Miss Carruthers,
Here are my sentences:
1. On Monday I was sick ? so I couldn’t go to school ? because I can give it to someone else and they might get sick ? too.
2. You can’t climb on the table because you might knock something over and it will break into pieces.
3. At the zoo there are lots of different animals like penguins ? and lots of other animals. One animal that they haven’t got are cheetahs ?.
4. I saw a person that didn’t look happy.
5. Don’t be late for school ?.
Bye, Bo
Well done Bo, lots of good sentences here and I like that you have used conjunctions to make them longer.
Don’t – Don’t do that! said the teacher,
Didn’t – I didn’t play football yesterday but I will today.
Hasn’t – My brother hasn’t done his homework.
Can’t – I can’t get to sleep.
Couldn’t – I couldn’t play my Nintendo because it ran out of power.
I can’t believe that you didn’t play football yesterday!! Great sentences.
Don’t eat that because it is?poisonous!
Didn’t you already open the?door?
Why hasn’t she come back yet?
I can’t do it!
??♀️She couldn’t believe her ?eyes!
Excellent sentences Luisa, well done for using . ! and ?
I did my spelling and my writing.
Don’t you have someone with you?
Didn’t I see you yesterday?
Hasn’t she been kind.
You can’t do that, you are so small!
I couldn’t find my friends?
Brilliant Layla! I love the range of punctuation you used.
don’t
didn’t
hasn’t
can’t
couldn’t
doesn’t
My mum tested me on these and the extra one was one I found tricky before but now I can do it. I have also written the words out five times in my yellow workbook.
Well done Rex. It’s good to keep practising the ones we find hard.
Dear Miss. Carruthers
My sentences:
Don’t do that!
Can’t you join your letters?
She hasn’t come back?
Didn’t you say yes?
She couldn’t climb that wall.
I found the spellings easy. I don’t have any tricks to remember them.
Well done Nadine. I like how you used sentences and questions. Should your third one be a question?
He couldn’t do his homework because he hasn’t got a partner.
He didn’t know what two plus two was.
I don’t have any help.
I can’t go to school because of lockdown.
Well done Finley! It’s sad that we can’t be in school but hopefully we will be soon.
Don’t do that as it is ruining my dress and my skirt I am going to tell my mum.
You didn’t do the dishes so you have to do them today.
The boy hasn’t got the ball because he lost the ball in the park and now is very angry.
She can’t walk because she has broken her leg and it looks very saw.
She couldn’t answer me because she was on the phone and I didn’t want to interrupt her.
Brilliant Marisa! I love that you have extended your sentences with conjunctions.
Dear Miss Carruthers,
I think it can be a question or a sentence with a full stop or an exclamation mark depending on what you are saying. I had an exclamation mark but I changed it to a question mark.
I’m so impressed that you have thought so hard about it. I’ve read it with a ? and a ! and I think you’re right, it could be either!
Don’t go upstairs or you will get in trouble.
I didn’t go upstairs because I was warned.
He hasn’t gone up upstairs because he was warned.
I can’t believe I can’t go upstairs because it is the forbidden part of the house.
I couldn’t resist going up the stairs, but I waited and waited until the suspense was to much.
Well done Kristian. I like how you wrote all your sentences on the same theme.
Dear Miss Carruthers,
1. Please don’t go outside to play as it’s raining.
2. I didn’t take the mug from the cupboard.
3. I couldn’t buy the lollipop because I didn’t have enough money.
4. You can’t have your Christmas presents early.
5. She hasn’t made the bed.
Brilliant sentences Catherine.
Dear Miss Carruthers, I am sending you a picture of my homework.
Greetings, Sophia ?
Well done Isabella, Emilia, Joshua, Sophia B, Sophia P, Adrien and Nadine so sending in pictures of your work. I’m so glad you are practising how to spell these words. No excuses to get them wrong now! 🙂
Miss Carruthers,
I have a book we can all learn about, it is called “The Bear and the Piano” by David Litchfield. Sophia P and me, we went to a bookshop to meet the author and there were instruments. We had so much fun! ? ?
Thank you for sharing this book Klara! I’ll definitely have a look and see if we can use it at some point.
Has anyone else read this book?
Good afternoon Miss Carruthers!
We uploaded our homework!
Hi Miss Carruthers!
Don’t blow out the candles yet.
I didn’t get an invite to your party.
My present hasn’t arrived.
I can’t go to school.
I couldn’t sleep last night.
Romey xxx
Fantastic sentences Romey!
I haven’t washed my clothes yet.
I didn’t do my work yet because I was playing.
I ‘ll go to bed.
Well done for using some of the contraction words Rafael! Great to see you responding to the blogs today! 🙂
Wow Madeleine! What a fantastic story that uses all your spelling words. Brilliant work!!
Don’t be rude to other people.
I didn’t hurt anyone.
He hasn’t done his work.
You can’t eat any chicken nuggets because you are already full.
I couldn’t eat McDonald’s because it’s closed.
Excellent sentences with contractions Gabi, well done!
My friend can’t go to the park.
My friend couldn’t stay at my house.
Don’t ever do that!
I didn’t do that!
She hasn’t done her homework?
Well done for writing sentences that use a range of punctuation, as well as the contractions.
I don’t have the pencil.
I didn’t do it.
It hasn’t rained.
He can’t take long.
He couldn’t write because of his broken hand.
Excellent sentences John, well done!
Well done Sophie! You’ve used very neat handwriting!