Writing

Year R

Module 5

Drawing Club - Jack and the Beanstalk

We listened to the traditional tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, linked to our learning about growing. As we are familiar with this story, we used our imagination to explore how the story might be extended. We worked hard to apply the sounds we have learnt in phonics to our own writing.

DM- Literacy (Reception)

Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop.
Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.

I wonder where else the beanstalk might grow?

I wonder what other treasure the giant might have?

I wonder what Jack spent his money on?

Drawing Club - Farmer Duck

We listened to the story of Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell. We enjoyed joining in with the animal noises as we retold the story.

In our writing we are focusing on writing as independently as we can. We need to remember to say our sentence aloud to ourselves before writing to check for sense and rehearse what we want to write. We are also consolidating our use of finger spaces between words and to begin our sentences with a capital letter.

DM- Literacy- Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop.

Character - The Farmer

I wonder what the duck will grow on his farm?

I wonder how the farmer will disguise himself to sneak back into the farm?

King's Coronation

We found out about King Charles III and his coronation. We wrote information sentences about him using the information we found out. We are trying hard to rehearse our sentences before writing and remembering everything we know about writing a sentences. We were challenged to write two or three sentences, giving more information.

DM- Literacy (Reception)

Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop.
Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.

Drawing Club - Pink Panther

We journeyed to the past and watched an episode of The Pink Panther. We used this as a stimulus for our writing, using our imagination.

We are consolidating our knowledge of sentence writing, orally rehearsing before writing. We are also focusing on our letter formation, trying to form our letters correctly.

DM- Literacy - Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop. Form lower-case and capital letters correctly

Character - The Pink Panther

Setting - I wonder what The Pink Panther's car will be like?

I wonder who The Pink Pather's colourful friend might be?

Drawing Club - Where The Wild Things Are.

We listened to the story of Where the Wild Things are, where Max travels in a boat to where the wild things are.

When writing, we are now trying to add more descriptive detail in our sentences to make them more interesting. We are remembering to re-read what we have written to check it makes sense.

DM- Literacy - Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop. Form lower-case and capital letters correctly. Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Character - The Wild Things

I wonder what new crown The Wild Things give to Max?

I wonder how Max will get home without his boat?

Vincent Van Gogh

As part of our work on Sunflowers by Van Gogh. we developed our independence in writing to describe the painting. We used describing words to write about the colours and shapes.

DM- Literacy -

Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop.
Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.
Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Drawing Club - The Trapdoor.

We adventured to the past to an old cartoon called The Trapdoor. We watched the episode 'Breakfast time'.

We are continuing to develop our independence when writing sentences and checking we have punctuated our sentences correctly.

DM- Literacy - Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop. Form lower-case and capital letters correctly. Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Character - Berk

I wonder what monster will come out of the trapdoor next?

I wonder what new breakfast Berk will make his master?

Module 6

Drawing Club - The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse

We focused on the traditional story of The Town Mouse and Country Mouse . This also formed part of our inquiry this week in comparing town and country.

We have really pushed ourselves this week with our sentence writing, writing more than one sentence to describe a character, setting or event.

DM- Literacy - Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop. Form lower-case and capital letters correctly. Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Characters - The mice

Setting - Country Mouse's home

I wonder what the city will look like?

Drawing Club - Tiddler

As part of our work on the seaside, we read the story of Tiddler.

We are developing our sentences to add more descriptive detail to our writing this week, thinking about size and colour adjectives. We are continuing to develop our independence in writing and our writing stamina.

DM- Literacy - Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop. Form lower-case and capital letters correctly. Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Character - Tiddler

Setting - Under the sea

A shark has come to find tiddler. Invent a way for Tiddler to hide from him.

I wonder how Tiddler might hide from the shark?

Drawing Club - Handa's Surprise

As part of our work on Africa, we read Handa's Surprise. The story is about a little girl in Kenya who visits her friend with a basket of fruits. There is a surprise for both of them at the end of our story.

We are continuing with our writing stamina this week, writing more than one sentence to describe a character or setting.

DM- Literacy - Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop. Form lower-case and capital letters correctly. Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Character: Handa

Setting: Grasslands

I wonder what other animal might take fruit from Handa's basket?

Drawing Club - Lost and Found

As part of our work on the Polar Regions we read the story Lost and Found. We really enjoyed the story of the penguin and the little boy. We described the character and the setting in the story.

DM- Literacy - Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop. Form lower-case and capital letters correctly. Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Character: Penguin

Setting: Polar region - The South Pole

Drawing Club - Magic Roundabout

We took an adventure into the past and watched an episode of The Magic Roundabout: Bubbles. We used our imagination to develop the story through our drawing and writing.

DM- Literacy - Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop. Form lower-case and capital letters correctly. Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Character - Zebedee

The bubbles are broken! Can you invent a bubble machine?

The bubbles have run out. Can you design a new bubble potion?

What can you see in the Rainforest?

We explored the rainforest and all the plants and animals that you would find there. We used the picture to write about what we could see and what we know. We were able to showcase how independent we are in our writing.

DM- Literacy - Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop. Form lower-case and capital letters correctly. Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.