Tuhituhi - Writing

Letter formation practise:

https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/letterformation/ Focus on Ww & Zz (links also below)

SPELLING:

New Entrants & Year 1:

I was it on went my and we a

Year 2: Choose 6 you don't know and write them 8 x each everyday.

at but for got had he is me of on she so that there they up when you

about back down her like out after be get his mum said all because go home not some are came going into one were as day have just our with

WRITING:

Monday: Learning and writing your address

Listen to the song 'This is where I live"

Go outside and look at your road or street.Look at your letterbox and the number.

Draw your house and then write your address.

Link below -Listen to the song 'This is where I live"

Tuesday: Labelling

Draw a map of the inside of your house and label each room.

Show someone your map and use positional language to talk about where the rooms are e.g next to, behind etc.

Link below -Drawing a map of your house

Wednesday: Labelling

Draw a detailed map of your bedroom and try to make a key to show what the objects are.

Write a list of all the things that you have in your bedroom.

Show someone your map and use positional language to talk about where the rooms are e.g next to, behind etc.

Watch link below - Bedroom map

Thursday: Design and label

If you could design your own bedroom what would it look like? Would you have a pool, a bouncy castle?

Draw your own amazing bedroom and write 4 sentences describing what it looks like.

Share your bedroom plan and read your writing to someone.

Watch link below - Bedroom map

Criteria

Sentences to include:

+Capital letter at the beginning of the sentence

+Correct size and shape of letters

+Finger spaces between words

+Adjectives/descriptive language

+Full stops at the end of each sentence

Give yourself a mark your work against the criteria.

Please ask your tamariki to share their writing by reading it to someone in your whanau. Give them lots of praise for great mahi!