Year 2’s

Book of Helpful Hints

Counting in ... ... ... ...

2’s

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

5’s

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95

100

10’s

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Number Bonds

0 + 10 = 10 0 + 100 =100

10 + 0 = 10 100 + 0 = 100

1 + 9 = 10 10 + 90 = 100

9 + 1 = 10 90 + 10 = 100

2 + 8 = 10 20 + 80 = 100

8 + 2 = 10 80 + 20 = 100

3 + 7 = 10 30 + 70 = 100

7 + 3 = 10 70 + 30 = 100

4 + 6 = 10 40 + 60 = 100

6 + 4 = 10 60 + 40 = 100

5 + 5 = 10 50 + 50 = 100

Times Tables

1 x 2 = 2 2 – 2 = 1

2 x 2 = 4 4 – 2 = 2

3 x 2 = 6 6 – 2 = 3

4 x 2 = 8 8 – 2 = 4

5 x 2 = 10 10 – 2 = 5

6 x 2 = 12 12 – 2 = 6

7 x 2 = 14 14 – 2 = 7

8 x 2 = 16 16 – 2 = 8

9 x 2 = 18 18 – 2 = 9

10 x 2 = 20 20 – 2 = 10

1 x 5 = 5 5 – 5 = 1

2 x 5 = 10 10 – 5 = 2

3 x 5 = 15 15 – 5 = 3

4 x 5 = 20 20 – 5 = 4

5 x 5 = 25 25 – 5 = 5

6 x 5 = 30 30 – 5 = 6

7 x 5 = 35 35 – 5 = 7

8 x 5 = 40 40 – 5 = 8

9 x 5 = 45 45 – 5 = 9

10 x 5 = 50 50 – 5 = 10

1 x 10 = 10 10 – 10 = 1

2 x 10 = 20 20 – 10 = 2

3 x 10 = 30 30 – 10 = 3

4 x 10 = 40 40 – 10 = 4

5 x 10 = 50 50 – 10 = 5

6 x 10 = 60 60 – 10 = 6

7 x 10 = 70 70 – 10 = 7

8 x 10 = 80 80 – 10 = 8

9 x 10 = 90 90 – 10 = 9

10 x 10 = 100 100 – 10 = 10

We are also called ... ... ...

=

equals

total

the same as

x

multiply

times

lots of

-

share

divide

+

add

count on

find the total

find the sum of

altogether

more than

-

minus

take away

subtract

count back

less than

fewer than

Can you use the 100 square to count, add and subtract?

Numbers

Year Two children are required to read and write numbers to 100 in

both words and numerals.

0 zero

1 one 11 eleven

2 two 12 twelve

3 three 13 thirteen

4 four 14 fourteen

5 five 15 fifteen

6 six 16 sixteen

7 seven 17 seventeen

8 eight 18 eighteen

9 nine 19 nineteen

10 ten 20 twenty

10 ten

20 twenty

30 thirty

40 forty

50 fifty

60 sixty

70 seventy

80 eighty

90 nineteen

100 one hundred

These pairs total 10 Doubles

10 + 0 7 + 3 0 + 0 = 0 3 + 3 = 6

9 + 1 6 + 4 1 + 1 = 2 4 + 4 = 8

8 + 2 5 + 5 2 + 2 = 4 5 + 5 = 10

We are all even numbers...

0 2 4 6 8

We are all odd numbers ...

1 3 5 7 9

Talk about the four seasons

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June

July

August

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December

January

February

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March

April

May

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September

October

November

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Time

Children need to be able to read and write digital and analogue times on

the hour, half past, quarter past and quarter to the hour.

1 o’clock 1am 01:00

2 o’clock 2am 02:00

3 o’clock 3am 03:00

4 o’clock 4am 04:00

5 o’clock 5am 05:00

6 o’clock 6am 06:00

7 o’clock 7am 07:00

8 o’clock 8am 08:00

9 o’clock 9am 09:00

10 o’clock 10am 10:00

11 o’clock 11am 11:00

12 o’clock 12pm 12:00

01:00

1 o’clock

01:15

Quarter past 1

01:30

Half past 1

01:45

Quarter to 2

Shape (2D)

Square

Circle

Oval

Rectangle

Star

Triangles

Circle

A circle has 1 side.

Properties of 2D shapes

Triangle

A triangle has 3 sides.

A triangle has 3 corners.

Rectangle

A rectangle has 4 sides.

A rectangle has 4 corners.

A rectangle has 4 right angles.

A rectangle has 2 short sides and 2 long sides.

Square

A square has 4 sides.

A square has 4 corners.

A square has 4 right angles.

All the sides are the same length.

Pentagon

A pentagon has 5 sides.

A pentagon has 5 corners.

Hexagon

A hexagon has 6 sides.

A hexagon has 6 corners.

Heptagon

A heptagon has 7 sides.

A heptagon has 7 corners.

Octagon

An octagon has 8 sides.

An octagon has 8 corners.

3D Shapes

Days of the Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday Months of the Year

Saturday January

Sunday February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

There are 12 months in a

year.

There are 7 days in a week.

There are 365 days in a year

or 366 days in a leap year.

There are 52 weeks in a year.

Punctuation

When do we use capital letters and full stops?

We use a capital letter at the start of a new sentence. We also use

capital letters for proper nouns, e.g. for the name of a person or place

and the days of the week, and months of the year.

Full stops go at the end of a sentence to show that they have finished.

Sometimes you might use an exclamation mark instead of a full stop.

This shows that something amazing or surprising is happening, or that

someone is giving an order.

If you are writing a question, you use a question mark at the end of the

sentence instead of a full stop.

Sentences

If a sentence contains just one piece of information, it can be a bit

boring. Use conjunctions (joining words) to help join ideas together.

We often use connectives for example: ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’, ‘because’, ‘after’

or ‘before’.

Nouns

Nouns are the name of something, for example: ‘girl’, ‘apple’, ‘chair’ or

‘table’.

Adjectives

Adjectives describe nouns, for example: ‘The blue, sparkly sea was crashing against the rocks’.

Verbs

Verbs are words that describe what is happening. They are action

words. How they end tells us whether something is happening now in the

present, or if it has happened in the past.

You add ing to verbs to describe what is happening now.

You add ed to verbs to describe what has happened in the past.

(Not all verbs end in ed when you are writing in the past.)

Adverbs

Adverbs describe verbs, for example: ‘The boy was walking slowly’.

10 Great Tips for Reading with your Children.

As parents, you are your child’s most influential teacher with an

important part to play in helping your child to learn to read.

Here are some suggestions on how you can help to make this a positive

experience for your child.

1. Choose a quiet time

Set aside a quiet time with no distractions. Fifteen to twenty minutes is usually long enough.

Make reading part of every day. Read at bedtime, before or after meals, while you ait at

the doctors or dentist and even on the bus or train.

2. Make reading enjoyable

Make reading an enjoyable experience. Sit with your child. Try not to pressurise if he or

she is reluctant. If your child loses interest then do something else. Have fun! Choose

books that are fun for your child and for you, and then enjoy the time you spend together.

Make the story come alive! Create voices for the characters, use your body to tell the story

(drama) vary the speed and volume of your voice. Your child will love it.

3. Maintain the flow

If your child mispronounces a word do not interrupt immediately. Instead allow the

opportunity for self-correction. It is better to tell a child some unknown words to maintain

the flow than insisting on trying to build them all up from the sounds of the letters. If your

child does try to ‘sound out’ words, encourage the use of letter sounds rather than ‘alphabet

names’.

4. Be positive

If your child says something nearly right to start with that is fine. Don’t say ‘No. That’s

wrong,’ but ‘Let’s read it together’ and point to the words as you say them. Boost your child’s

confidence with constant praise for even the smallest achievement.

5. Success is the key

Parents anxious for a child to progress can mistakenly give a child a book that is too

difficult. This can have the opposite effect to the one they are wanting. Remember

‘Nothing succeeds like success’. Until your child has built up his or her confidence, it is

better to keep to easier books. Struggling with a book with many unknown words is pointless.

Flow is lost, text cannot be understood and children can easily become reluctant readers.

6. Visit the Library

Encourage your child to use the public library regularly.

7. Regular practice

Try to read with your child most school days. ‘Little and often’ is best. Teachers have

limited time to help your child with reading.

8. Communicate

Your child will most likely have a reading diary from school. Try to communicate regularly

with positive comments and any concerns. Your child will then know that you are interested

in their progress and that you value reading.

9. Talk about the books

There is more to being a good reader than just being able to read the words accurately. Just

as important is being able to understand what has been read. Always talk to your child about

the book; about the pictures, the characters, how they think the story will end, and their

favourite part. You will then be able to see how well they have understood and you will help

them to develop good comprehension skills. Talk about the pictures, don’t just read the book

word for word. Sometimes it’s fun to just talk about what’s happening in the illustrations.

Ask your child questions, your child is like a little sponge! Ask him or her “what is that?” or

“what do you think will happen next?”

10. Variety is important

Remember children need to experience a variety of reading materials e.g. picture books,

hard backs, comics, magazines, poems and information books.

Examples of questions to ask your child:

Generic questions

What do you think and

feel about what

happened?

Who is this writing

intended for?

What is the purpose of

this writing?

Who wrote this and

when?

What is the form of this

writing?

Have you read any other

texts like this one?

Did anything puzzle you?

Fiction and plays Poetry Non-fiction

Who is the narrator?

Who is the most

important character?

What do we know about

the setting?

Why does the writer use

dialogue?

What do you see in your

mind when you read this?

What is the effect of

the rhyme, rhythm and

line length?

How can we locate

information quickly in

this text?

Why does the author use

diagrams?