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Oxford Owl – free interactive resource for e-books and other reading activities -


Spellings practise – using a range of techniques and handwriting in your activity books.

KS1 Spelling quizzes and activities -


Read a book and write a review about it:

Keep a diary, logging any day-to-day activities you have completed.



Writing Home Learning Grid Year 2


Read a story and re-write it in as much detail as you can.

Write a poem that has rhyming words in about your favourite things.

Write a letter to a member of your family that is also staying at home.

Research your favourite animal/country/topic of your choice and write a fact file.

Write a newsletter to your friends and family explaining what you have been up to that week.

Think of a different world to visit and write a story about it.

Write an acrostic poem for HOME LEARNING.

Do some cooking or play a game and write some instructions.

Research your favourite celebrity and write a biography.

Practise your spellings and phonic rules. You could test a family member!

Write a character description about one of your teddies or toys.

Read and orally retell your favourite poem using actions to help you.

After doing something interesting write a recount of what you did.

Find an interesting picture from and write a story about it.

Play a writing game such as hangman and make a list of games you have played.

Write a story where you are the main character.

Research 3 different types of poem and write out your favourites.

Write a menu and play restaurants for a mealtime.

Make an advert or poster for something you’ve made or done.

Play a range of SPAG games online using a website of your choice or education city.

Poetry          Fiction         Non-Fiction       


Reading Home Learning Grid Year 2


Practise recalling the graphemes you have learnt from your sound mat.

Act out a story with your family – you could make a play!

Ask an adult to ask you some questions about what you have read.

Read a book and see if you can find an animated version to spot the differences.

Look through your book for exciting vocabulary and make a list of meanings.

Go on a grapheme hunt through your reading book and make a list of words you find.

Write a book review of the different stories you read.

Draw a story mountain and retell the story into the 5 main parts.

Read a range of books by the same author to spot any similarities.

Choose a character from a story and write a diary page after a big event from the book.

Look through your books for any punctuation marks and talk about what they mean.

Read for at least 15 minutes every day.

Draw a story map of the whole story using key vocabulary and conjunctions.

Find at least 10 different things to read from stories to menu’s and magazines.

Record yourself reading a book and listen back to hear if you are using expression.

Read a story aloud to a family member using expressions.

Write some questions that you could ask about what you are reading.

Practise reading the Year 2 word lists.

Read the blurb from a book and make a prediction before reading it.

Draw a picture or make something to capture the essence of a story.


Phonics        Reading for pleasure        Comprehension         Retelling