Ideal for use in Lower Key Stage Two, builds on the work done in Year Two on subordinating conjunctions.
- Subordinating conjunction activity sheets with three levels of differentiation including a range of activities to help children recognise and understand the meaning of different subordinating conjunctions. Answers included.
- Subordinating conjunction passages, short paragraphs with three levels of differentiation where children need to identify the subordinating conjunctions used. Ideal as a short activity or a grammar session. Answers included.
- Coordinating conjunction activity sheets with three levels of differentiation including a range of activities to help children recognise and use different coordinating conjunctions. Answers included.
- Coordinating conjunction passages, short paragraphs with three levels of differentiation where children need to identify the coordinating conjunctions used. Ideal as a short activity or a grammar session. Answers included.
- Conjunction game cards. A range of questions including identifying the missing conjunction in a sentence, discussing the effectiveness of a conjunction and explaining how different conjunctions can change the meaning of a sentence. Answers included.
- Conjunction display cards.
National Curriculum Links – Years 3 and 4
Pupils should be taught to extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although.
Use conjunctions to express time and cause.
Assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements.
Subordinating conjunctions: when, because, if, that, however, although.
Coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or.
Subordinating conjunctions: when, because, if, that, however, although, as, until, before, while, even though.
Coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or, so, yet.
Subordinating conjunctions: when, because, if, that, however, although, as, until, before, while, even though, since, provided that, unless.
Coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or, so, yet, for, nor.