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Weekly Poem - Little Spider
Read the poem two times.
Draw a line under the words that rhyme eg spin and in
Look closely at the word ‘tight’, can you see the -ight chunk inside it?
What other words can you make with the -ight word chunk? e.g light
Do you remember the Incy Wincy Spider rhyme? Sing this to someone in your family with the hand motions.
Books for this Week
Book - Incredible Insects
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Read ‘Incredible Insects’ and complete the activities.
Turn to the glossary on page 23. Fill in the correct words to describe what the word ‘mimic’ means.
Mimic means to _____________ how something _____________ or how it _____________.
There are many insects that use camouflage to mimic how their environment looks.
Write a list of the insects in the book that use camouflage:
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Which insect did you think was the most interesting from this book?
The _____________________________ insect.
Can you write down two facts about this insect?
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Take a look in your backyard to see if you can find any insects. Write down or draw a picture of any insects that you find.
Book - The Marvellous Treasure
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Read ‘The Marvellous Treasure’ on Sunshine Online and complete the activities.
This story uses some wonderful adjectives.
→ Adjectives are words used to describe something. They might tell you the colour, size, or shape of an object.
Underline/find the adjectives from these sentences in the story (Hint: there might be two adjectives in one sentence!)
It was marvellous treasure - silver and gold, diamonds and pearls, and many glittering jewels!
She hid with her treasure in the long grass until her friends had gone.
Soon the treasure chest was in a strong cupboard with a lock on the door.
It was comfortable and very grand, but she cried every night.
She left the marvellous treasure behind in the treasure chest.
Can you think of an adjective to describe these objects:
The _____________ necklace.
A _____________ dog.
My _____________ teddy.
A _____________ sandwich.
A _____________ painting.
Similes
→ Similes are figures of speech that directly compare two things. Similes can be a more interesting way of describing something. For example you might say: My dog is as fast as lightning. This is an interesting way of saying: My dog is very fast.
Read the two similes from the story (page 13 and 15) and describe how you think Polly Molly is feeling:
Her heart was as heavy as all her treasure.
This means Polly Molly is feeling _______________________________________.
Out of the house she ran, and over the wall she went, her heart as light as a feather
This means Polly Molly is feeling _______________________________________.
Activity: Imagine that you have found a marvellous treasure! What would you hide it in?
Draw a picture of where you would hide your treasure.
Book - The Dippy Dinner Drippers
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Read ‘The Dippy Dinner Drippers’ on Sunshine Online and complete the activities.
Answer the comprehension questions:
On page 2, what information in the words and the picture tells you that the Dippy family are messy eaters?
Why do you think that the author described the family’s clothes as ‘weird and wonderful works of art’?
What do you think that the monkey wants to do at the end of the story?
Draw a line to match the present tense words with their past tense version:
Drip Dropped
Drop Slipped
Slip Slopped
Slop Dripped
The double consonant rule** When we change a word to the past or future tense by adding a -ed or -ing: If the root or base word has a short vowel followed by a consonant at the end of it (eg drip) then we need to double the consonant before adding the -ed or -ing (eg drip to dripped)
Have a go changing these words using the double consonant rule:
Skill Activities this Week
Prefixes
A prefix is a letter, or group of letters, that is added to the beginning of a word. Common prefixes include re, un, dis and bi. A prefix changes the meaning of the root or base word.
Today we are learning about the -un prefix. Read the definition to find out what how this prefix changes a word:
Read the poem about Mary’s Lamb two times then answer the questions below
Draw a line under the word with the -un prefix.
Explain what ‘unhappy’ means?
Unhappy means ______________________________________________________________________________
Use the prefix word in your own sentence e.g I am unhappy when I watch a sad movie.
Your sentence: ______________________________________________________________________________
Match the words below to the correct meaning. Remember: the -re prefix means to do something again
Syllables
Watch this video to learn about syllables and how to find them in a word.
→ All words have syllables. A word might have one, two or even more syllables. Reading has two syllables. A syllable is a single, unbroken sound in a word. Hearing and seeing the syllables in a word helps us to read and spell more words!
Clap out the syllables:
Clap as you say each syllable to demonstrate the breaking sound between syllables.
Red has one syllable: red (clap).
Purple has two syllables: pur (clap)—ple(clap).
Now try to. clap your hands for each syllable in the words below:
Colour the number of syllables in the words below or tell someone the answers
Adjectives Game
Roll a dice and move that many spaces forward. Say another adjective that is similar to the one you land on. For example, if you land on the word small you could say tiny because they have the same meaning.
If you need to, design and make your own adjectives game board using the words in the one below.
If you don’t have a dice, write the numbers 1-6 on small pieces of paper and pop them into a bowl. Without looking, pull one out to know how many spaces to move. Remember to put the number back into the bowl.
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