JS Reading - purple Group

Weekly Poem - Bugs! Bugs!

Read the poem through a few times, make sure you are using expression to engage your listener

This poem has lots of adjectives in it. Find the adjectives and write them down

Write a story about a bug you like (or it could be one you are scared of!), make sure you include good adjectives to describe the bug.

Friendly and helpful are describing words because they give us information and tell us what the woman and the animals are like. Instead of saying ‘describing words’ we could also call these words adjectives.

→ Adjectives are words used to describe something. They might tell you the colour, size, or shape of an object.

Find the adjectives in the sentences below. Handy tip: There might be more than one.

Example: She drives a fast race car.

• The large house is old.

• In the small garden, I saw a beautiful butterfly.

• The chocolate cake tasted delicious.

• Chloe is a brown fluffy cat.

In the next sentences, add in your own adjectives.

• The ___________ dog slept on the___________ mat.

• Melina ate ___________ biscuits and drank ___________ juice.

• The ___________ car drove ___________ on the road.

• Luke picked ___________ flowers to give to his mum.

Challenge: Make Cheese Scones

You will need:

• 3 cups plain flour

• 6 teaspoons baking powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup of grated Tasty cheese

• 1 egg

• 1 cup of milk (approximately)

Then:

1. Preheat the over to 200C.

2. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

3. Place the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt and cheese) into a bowl and mix together.

4. Add the egg and most of the milk.

5. Mix together by cutting through the mixture with a knife (this avoids over-mixing which gives tough scones).

6. The mixture should be quite wet so add the remaining milk if required and mix in.

7. Turn the mixture onto a floured surface.

8. Cut into shapes, place on the lined baking tray, sprinkle a little cheese on top and bake for 10-15 minutes.

9. The scones are ready when risen and golden brown.

How did your scones taste? Write a story explaining what you did to make them.

Suffixes

A suffix is a letter, or group of letters, that is added to the end of a word. A suffix changes the meaning of the root or base word.

Watch this video about suffixes

Today we will practice the -er and -able suffixes. Have a look at how these suffixes change a word.

Add the -er and -able suffixes to the words below:

Prefixes and Suffixes

Watch this video. Write 4 words for each prefix and suffix that is different from the song.

Write 4 words with the prefix un

1:_______________________

2:_______________________

3:_______________________

4:_______________________

Write 4 words with the suffix est

1:_______________________

2:_______________________

3:_______________________

4:_______________________

Write 4 words with the suffix ing

1:_______________________

2:_______________________

3:_______________________

4:_______________________

Verbs

A verb is an action word. Examples of verbs are, running, jumping, singing.

Can you find the verbs in the sentences below?

Example: The boy is climbing up the ladder.

1. Sarah is singing her favourite song.

2. The cat hissed at the brown dog.

3. Dad was washing the car outside.

4. Gurnoor walked home from school.

5. The children watched a movie at home.

Now you can make up your own simple sentences that use a verb - can you create 5?