Purple Group
Weekly Poem - Cloud
Here are some activities for this week:
Monday - Read the poem two times. Find words with the sound /ou/ . Draw a picture of a cloud.
Tuesday - Look at the word ‘white’. It has a split digraph /i-e/. Can you make 2 more words with the same sound /i-e/ e.g kite.
Wednesday - Can you spot the word chunk ‘ight’ inside a word bright? What other words can you make if you change the initial sound of the word ‘bright’ with these sounds kn, sl, fl? Read the new words to your family member.
Thursday - Zoom in to the word ‘rain’. Can you think of some words that rhymes with rain. List them down. E.g rain, pain, main
Friday - Look outside your window. Write a simple sentence that describes the cloud you saw. Make sure to use two or more describing words.
Books for this Week
Book - The Gardener’s Maze
Click on the link The Gardener’s Maze, Level 15 and listen to the story two times. You will need to click on the ‘play’ button beside the story to hear it being read
Activities:
Comprehension Questions: Answer the following questions in full sentences
What did the gardener draw on his paper?
How did the gardner measure the rows?
Why did the gardener water the hedges?
What was the main problem for Gardner in the end?
Why is it important to ‘plan’ before you make a maze?
Complete the maze challenge below
Create your own Maze
Just like the gardener, it’s time for you to create your own maze.
Make a list of items/features your maze is going to have. For example, you may have very tall trees or bushes. You must have an entry point and an exit point. You will need a blank piece of paper for your maze. Once you are finished, ask a family member to test out your maze and give you feedback
Book - Artie and the Neighborhood Party
Login Sunshine Online: Learning Space 2, Level 15
Read ‘Artie and the Neighborhood Party’ on Sunshine Online and complete the activities.
Answer comprehension questions:
Who is in the story?
What is this story mainly about?
When did Artie realise that Mr. Jackson couldn’t hear anymore?
How do you think mum and dad felt about having a neighborhood party?
Put the pictures in the order of the story.
Read each sentence . Circle the contraction in each sentence.
Contraction is a shortened version of a spoken or written form of a word.
E.g could + not - couldn’t
“I’m your neighbor, Artie.”
“Mr. Jackson can’t hear very well.”
‘I’ll see you then”.
Artie didn’t know how to tell him there wasn’t a party.
“I can’t wait.”
Try this:
Book - Tess and Paddy
Login Sunshine Online: Learning Space 3, Level 16
Read ‘Tess and Paddy’ on Sunshine Online and complete the activities.
Answer comprehension questions:
At the boy’s house who did Tess like most of all?
Why did Mum yell when Tess ate Paddy’s food?
What did Paddy do when Mum was yelling?
When Paddy splashed in Tess’s pool, what did Tess splash in?
What did Paddy do to show he liked Tess?
Draw a line to match the present tense words with their future tense version:
yell having
have growling
splash yelling
lick splashing
growl licking
Word ending -ing
Spelling rules for adding -ing:
- With a short vowel sound before the consonant, the final consonant is doubled, e.g. stopping.
- With a short vowel sound and two consonants, we add -ing, e.g. dressing.
- With a long vowel, we simply add -ing, e.g. sweeping
- Words ending in e, we remove the letter -e and add -ing, e.g. living.
Change the root words by adding -ing to them. Write the words on the lines.
open + ing ______________
map + ing ______________
add + ing ______________
beep + ing ______________
want + ing ______________
call + ing ______________
move + ing ______________
A verb is a word that describes an action. Can you find all the verbs in the following sentences? Circle the verbs you find.
Ted is watching a movie.
Sarah is singing her favourite song.
Tim is throwing the ball.
The cat is scratching on the tree.
We were jumping on the tent.
Book - Billions of Bananas
Login Sunshine Online: Learning Space 3, Level 17
Read ‘Billions of Bananas’ on Sunshine Online and complete the activities.
Answer comprehension questions
What are bananas?
How do they grow?
How do we use bananas?
Can you list down
3 facts about the bananas
3 uses of banana leaves
Draw a line to match the definitions on the left to the key words on the right
Make a Banana Smoothie for your family
Skill Activities this Week
Monster Fun Adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe a noun- eg enormous elephant.
Draw your own monster then write the adjectives around it describing what it looks like. Here is an example, can you identify all the adjectives used?
Alliteration Fun
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of each or most of the words in a sentence.
Examples:
In these cartoon characters’ names there is alliteration:
In these tongue twisters you can see alliteration
Your turn! Match the picture to the word to make alliteration
Long Vowel Sound - ai
Read each word before revealing the hidden image.
