This will we will be sharing our ignite speeches with our peers both in our class and across the school. Please continue to fine-tune and practice your speech ready to present.
This week we shall be writing our Ignite speeches - please do the lessons in the correct order as each lesson is a different part of your speech. We shall be looking at the value of community and considering our different community circles.
Please come with your speech to our Friday hangout so we can take that time to practice.
Today we will be looking at our closest community circle - the people we live with. Who would you like to thank?
Today we are going to look at out circle 2 - our extended family, friends and school. Who would you like to think?
Today we will look at circle 3 - the wider community, NHS, Keyworkers. Who would you like to thank?
Practice your Ignite speech. Before you do watch Ms James' speech. What went well? What could she improve?
This week we are starting a new story. Please complete activities in the correct order.
PLEASE NOTE: There is currently not a submission section/folder to submit completed work. For work to be looked over by your class teacher, please email a picture of your child's work.
This week we will be continuing with the story 'The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles'. Please complete activities in the correct order. For big write activities, a video has not been provided so that it can be completed at your leisure.
PLEASE NOTE: There is currently not a submission section/folder to submit completed work. For work to be looked over by your class teacher, please email a picture of your child's work.
Big write- Pupils to write their letter.
Big write- Pupils to write their description
This week we will be reading the story 'The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles'. Please complete activities in the correct order.
PLEASE NOTE: There is currently not a submission section/folder to submit completed work. For work to be looked over by your class teacher, please email a picture of your child's work.
This week we will be reading the story 'Grandad's Island' by Benji Davies. Pupils will be looking at setting descriptions as well as developing empathy by putting themselves in a character's shoes. Please complete activities in the correct order.
This week we will be focusing on revising some key reading and writing skills which students should be constantly refining. As warmup activities this week, it would be great to focus on students handwriting. This can be practised in short 10 minute sessions. Some handwriting worksheets can be found here
Steps:
Modelled read 'The Zoo Vet' to your child
Have them read it 2-3 times and write down any tricky words or words which they do not understand the meaning of
Research the meaning of any unknown words
Work through the comprehension questions on the PDF
Challenge activity: children pretend to be the vet - they film a short 2-5 minute video talking about the different animals they saw that week and how they helped them.
Steps:
Look at the writing prompt. Talk with your child about the different animals in the waiting room and what possible problems they might have. How might the vet solve them? Will the vet find any of their problems too difficult to solve? Will all the animals in the waiting room get along?
There is a word mat and some sentence stems to support writing.
Children can check over their work, making sure they've included: capital letters, full stops, phonetic spelling, clear sentences, careful handwriting.
See below for a range of punctuation and grammar activities. Please choose a few to complete with your child. This is mostly revision so they should be able to complete parts of these activities independently.
'Room on the Broom' tells the story of a witch and some of the creatures she finds whilst out on her broom one day! It has some great vocabulary words, vivid illustrations and a rhyming patterns which makes it a very joyous book to read aloud!
Students will be diving deep into the characters and events of the book this week and will be stepped through the process of writing a character description on Wednesday
Iggy Peck is a young boy who loves to build things but the adults around him aren't best pleased! This week we are continuing with the story 'Iggy Peck Architect' and our focus is a non-fiction instruction text big write. We will be writing our own set of instructions as if we were teaching someone to be an Architect.
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/lists_and_instructions/eng/Introduction/MainSession.htm
Here is also a free interactive game to practice ordering instructions.
Can you work with Ms Silver and see if you can spot all the features of instruction writing?
Today is the day! Can you write a set of instructions on how to build a junk model tower? Use to word map to help you, and don't forget to check your work after! There is an example below to help you.
Watch the video below, can you write a set of instructions on how to make a cup of tea?
Iggy Peck is a young boy who loves to build things but the adults around him aren't best pleased! Listen to the story to find out more! This week we will be using our shared reading skills of predicting and summarising to investigate the story of 'Iggy Peck Architect' by Andrea Beaty, recapping our knowledge of conjunctions and verbs before exploring instructional writing.
Please do not listen to the story before being instructed to by the slides.
We are continuing with 'The Lonely Beast' by Chris Judge. Please feel free to listen to the video again below!
Along with the video and the slides, there are some resources below to support you.
It is time for you to write up your WANTED poster, don't forget to use your plan to help you. Below is an example and a template if you need it.
This week we shall begin to explore the book 'The Lonely Beast' by Chris Judge. You shall be using predicting, summarising and inferring skills to deepen your understanding of the book. After this we will begin to write thought bubbles of the characters during different parts of the story.
Please do not watch the book video until prompted within the lesson slides.
Week 2: Monday 30th March - Friday 3rd April
This week in literacy we will be looking at 'Where the Wild Things Are'. Students will be focusing on retelling the story and thinking deeply about the themes in the book before innovating the story to create their own version towards the end of the week.
A new lesson will be uploaded on this page every morning by 8am
Today is the last day we are studying Where the Wild Things Are. What an exciting, adventurous week it has been. If you have not finished your big write, take today to finish it. Make sure you read it back to make sure it makes sense. Don't forget our toolkit: capital letters, full stops, conjunctions and adjectives.
If you have finished your big write, take the time today to answer these questions in FULL sentences. How much can you remember from the story without listening to it again?
The Big Write
By the end of this lesson, you will have wrote your own version of Where the Wild Things Are. With my support we will work through the beginning, middle and end of your story.
A template and an adjectives word bank for support is available here.
Please note: to access the slides and videos properly, click the 'pop out arrow' on the top right hand corner of the document below. This will open the document in a new window. At the top of the screen it will say 'open with...' click the down arrow next to this writing and select to open with 'Google Slides'
Essential question: How can we innovate a story?
1) Can you work through the slides listening to the videos on how to innovate the story so that it becomes your own?
2) Use the template provided or draw your own table on some paper to innovate specific parts of the story.
See my example on the last page of the slides.
Please note: to access the slides and videos properly, click the 'pop out arrow' on the top right hand corner of the document below. This will open the document in a new window. At the top of the screen it will say 'open with...' click the down arrow next to this writing and select to open with 'Google Slides'
Task:
Essential question: How can a story map help us to retell a story?
Listen to the story 'Where the Wild Things Are'
Let's work through the first 3 boxes together, then it is your turn to complete the story map. Don't forget to send a picture of your story map to your teacher!
Please note: to access the slides and videos properly, click the 'pop out arrow' on the top right hand corner of the document below. This will open the document in a new window. At the top of the screen it will say 'open with...' click the down arrow next to this writing and select to open with 'Google Slides'
Essential question: What are the key themes of Where the Wild Things are?
1) Listen to the story twice.
First time is to enjoy the story without interruption.
Second time is to identify the key themes.
2) Can you work through the slides discussing key questions to help you understand the story?
If you want to record your answers and send them to your teacher.
Please see below a collection of extra resources and online games to further your Literacy learning.
Magical Carpet
A game where you help a fairy capatalise the correct letters. Click on the letters that should be capitals.