Oracy

Next week is 'Anti-Bullying Week'.

Take a look at this quote from Wonder by R.J. Palacio, chapter Ordinary:

'I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don’t get stared at wherever they go. If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way. '

Questions to discuss:

1) How would you describe bullying?

2) How do you feel when you hear all of the things the boy has said?

3) How do you think the boy feels? What makes you think this?

4) If you knew the boy, what would you do to help and comfort him?

Spelling

This terms Common Exception Words (CEWs)

These are tricky words that we can't use our phonics to spell, so we need to learn how to spell them by sight and practise them.

Each half term we will have a new set of focus CEWs

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