Embedded Files
Non Chronological Report
After our workshop with Animal Encounters we decided that we would like to carry out further research on each of the animals. We worked collaveratively to find out facts about the animals habitat, diet size and appearance. We used the information to write Non Chronological Reports to inform others about the animals.
Gorilla by Anthony Browne
The book we are focusing on this half term is 'Gorilla' by Anthony Browne. We analysed the front cover and predicted what we thought the plot would be. We recorded our predictions on Flipgrid.
Wow Adjectives
After reading the story we used a thesaurus to find quality adjectives to describe the Gorilla. We recognised that the Gorilla was portrayed differently throughout the story. We used the adjectives that we found to create 2 pair sentences to descibe the Gorilla.
Speechmarks
We learnt how to use speech marks correctly in our writing. We discussed alternative words to said and discussed how to make speech sentences more interesting.
Designing our own character
We designed our own character to use in our story writing. The only criteria given was that it had to be an endangered animal. The children choose and endangered animal, described it using adjectives and created the model out of clay. We wrote decriptions of our characters.
Story Writing
Using our characters that we created, we wrote our own adventures. We used many different sentence types including, Simile sentences, 2 pair sentences, speech marks and focused on writing in paragraphs. We tried to make our stories as exciting as possible! We self assesed our work.
Discussing our opinions
After a lot of research we used Flipgrid to record our own opinions about the debate 'Should animals live in Zoos?'.
dc159b4da6a3472d8d5146f9380036a2_540.mp4b10522dcd1364a88ae8111cd5e495d5a_540.mp4For and Against Debate
We split into two teams, for and against. We discussed the topic 'Should animals live in Zoos?' and argued our reasons with the opposing team. We ensured that we used factual information and included valid reasons to support our argument.
IMG_1469.MOVIMG_1468.MOVIMG_1470.MOVIMG_1467.MOVFavourite Animals
Following our visit from Animal Encounters we completed a tally chart of our favourite animal and then created a bar chart with the results.
Mini Beast Hunt
We explored the nature area and participated in a mini beast hunt. We found many minibeasts living in their habitats. We used a tally chart to gather information and created bar charts to show the number of mini beasts that we found.
Classification Key
We used 'j2e data' on Hwb to create classification keys to sort and classify minibeasts.
Oes anifeiliaid anwes gyda ti?
We practised the vocabulary for welsh animals and asked engaged in secondary oracy acctivities to become more confident using the question 'Oes _ gyda ti?' and the sentence patterns 'Oes mae __ gyda fi' and 'Nag oes does ddim ____ gyda fi.
We asked our peers 'Oes ___ gyda ti?' and recorded their answers using a tally chart. We used the data to create a pictogram.
Chester Zoo Research
We explored the Chester Zoo website and navigated it to find out the answers to our questions. There were lots of interesting facts and most of the children said that they would definitely like to visit the zoo!
Perimeter
Keeper John needed our help! He was building new animal enclosures. He asked us to help him work out the perimeter of the enclosures.
Measuring and recording data
We measured how far our vehicles travelled and recording the distance in a table. We used ordinal number to rank the position of the groups.
Online Safety
We recognised that staying safe online is highly important. We found out the following:
The information I put online leave a digital footprint.
Using key words in an online search helps you to find the information your looking for.
We identified that some websites are not appropriate for children - always check the age.
Always be kind online.
Never share personal information online. We created our own avatars.
Page updated
Report abuse