KS1 SATs Evening
SATs What are they? Why do we do them? How will we be preparing for them?
Timeline and structure May 2018 children will be completing SATs papers during this month. We can choose when to complete the tests during this time to ensure we give children the best possible chance at success! The timings are quite flexible so pupils will be given sufficient time to complete the tests. Marked internally by school.
English Writing - judged through teacher assessment. Reading Paper 1 will be a selection of texts with questions throughout - Paper 2 will be a reading booklet and a separate answer booklet. Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) - Paper 1 will be testing spelling - Paper 2 will be looking at grammar, punctuation and vocabulary Y1 Phonics check
Reading Range of genres, including fiction, non-fiction and poetry Paper 1 Not allowed support with the reading of texts and questions Paper 2 Higher demand Pupils will be given the opportunity to complete both papers.
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SPaG Based on the statutory appendices (Appendix 1: Spelling, Appendix 2: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation) Paper 1 Comprises of 20 target words within contextualised sentences. Paper 2 Short-answer questions (mainly requiring children to tick, circle, or a short written response) Questions can be read aloud to pupils
SPaG Spelling must be accurate in both papers to gain the marks. Especially when answering questions about: verb forms e.g. changing the tense of a verb contractions, the word must be spelt correctly and the apostrophe in the correct place prefixes and suffixes, the whole word (the root and the suffix / prefix) must be correct plurals Children must also use capital letters correctly throughout the papers.
Maths Paper 1 Arithmetic Paper 2 Mathematical reasoning and problem solving All questions can be read aloud Children will only be allowed a pencil, rubber and ruler.
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What will SATs look like at Totley? Informal How can you support your children? Homework (including spellings) Regular reading at home thinking about comprehension as well as fluency
Ideas for home SPaG Sentence order: cut up a sentence, can they put it back into a sentence? Does it make sense? What punctuation do we need? Sentence sort: sort sentences into the different types (command, statement, question, exclamation) Fix my sentence: correct a sentence (punctuation). Can they improve the sentence by using adjectives, verbs, adverbs etc. Plural sort: sort the words into groups depending on if they have s as their plural or es (clap the syllables, if it has an extra syllable then it is -es, words ending in x, ch, sh, s generally have an es plural ending). Prefix / suffixes: match a range of words with their prefix / suffix. Spelling check: correct the spellings in a sentence, this could relate to the words / spelling pattern we are looking at this week.
Ideas for home Reading Who is their favourite character? Why? Can they create a character map of them (writing or drawing everything they know about them from the story) Can they answer questions about the book they have read can they find the evidence to support their ideas Create a storyboard to show the main events in a book, which characters were involved? how were they feeling at each point in the story? Why did they act the way they did?
Ideas for home Writing Creative writing: choose a picture to write about. Create a mind map of words you could use (think about word types adverbs, nouns, verbs, adjectives). Orally rehearse a sentence to write. Write this down as a draft sentence. Read it back through does it make sense? Can you improve it? Can you use a different sentence opener? Can you add in any more adjectives? Can you extend the sentence by using a conjunction?
Ideas for home Maths http://www.theschoolrun.com/sats-revision-your-ks1-sats-maths-helper this website has some practical ideas for meeting the different objectives http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/ - interactive games Problem solving: http://nrich.maths.org/teacher-primary this has a range of activities across different maths topics.
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