This resource pack clarifies and extends reception children’s understanding of tier 2 vocabulary. It's part of our Word Whoosh collection – perfect for helping children use a wider range of words when speaking and orally composing sentences.
This tier 2 vocabulary pack covers the following six words:
grin
nature
rough
steep
through
under
We've divided the resources for each word into four activities: read and visualise, associate, understand and definition.
In the definition section, pupils will complete a Superpower sheet as a class, which is a graphic organiser to help build and develop vocabulary.
This pack includes (x6):
- Read and visualise: vocabulary cards, image cards, sentence cards
- Associate: question cards
- Understand: image cards, action and question cards, draw it worksheet
- Define and master: ‘Superpower’ recording sheet based on the Frayer model
- Teaching notes
How to use this resource
We've designed these resources as a series of short tasks to complete as part of a group or with the whole class over a week so that you regularly revisit the word.
You can use them as a starter activity in an English lesson or teach them as a short, discrete daily lesson.
What is tier 2 vocabulary?
These are words that we sometimes refer to as academic vocabulary. They are words that appear across topics but are not commonly used in conversation and may have multiple meanings. The explicit teaching of these words helps develop pupils’ comprehension and their ability to chose words for clarity and effect when writing.
What is Word Whoosh?
Word Whoosh is a whole school vocabulary resource with 36 focus words for each year group from reception to year 6.
Each year group has 12 words per term. These can be taught in any order according to the needs of your class or school and all follow a similar structure appropriate for the year group. A year 6+ set of resources are also included to stretch pupils working at greater depth in UKS2.