English Week 8/9:

Christmas trees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZAsOQiZMEs

1. Finish Rocketeer by Wednesday

2. Animal types spelling activity.

3. Recount of River Crossing insert a photo and publish onto your blog.

4 Studyladder

5 Ed Perfect vocab activity https://www.educationperfect.com/app/#/dashboard/homework/1376969

English Week 7

Silent Reading

The Rocketeer shared with you in your English Folder. Complete 2 or 3 of the writing activities. If you cant find it you can make a copy of this one

Education Perfect - Adjective activities

Novel and Epic study

Studyladder - sentences activities

Wonderopolis - Choose one of the two wonders and complete word and comprehension and make a slide.

Why are pandas rare?

https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-arent-seat-belts-required-on-school-buses

English Week 6

The present - shared with you in your English Folder

• Write a diary/recount as the boy. Detailing how he felt about the dog at first and how he feels now.
• Discuss why the boy feels the way he does about the dog.
• Discuss why his mother may have bought that particular dog for him.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjqiU5FgsYc

Education perfect - Hyperbole

Novel Study as per last week.

Sentences

English Week 5:

Spellrite: Link ALex, Allan ,Amber, Jordan, Keiran, Mariah, Mikayla, Robert, Sienna, Toby, Febe

Education Perfect: Charlotte, Ella, Mary-Jean, Poppy, Riley, Morgan, Olive, Ruby, Beata,

Reading: Novel studies and Epic group (complete 2 of your slides)

Writing: Newsboard - https://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/rare-truffle-sells-for-96000/ On a new slide 2- In your own words describe what happened in this news article. What more can you find out about truffles.

Wonderopolis: Choose your own wonderopolis and create a slide. Don't forget to complete the wonder word quiz and Did you get it? Test your knowledge.

Complete by Friday 16 November

Week 4

Newsboard: Read and give your opinion on the article https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/06/this-is-what-happens-to-your-blood-vessels-after-just-one-energy-drink-8108829/ (your newsboard slide is shared with you in your English folder)

• Wonderopolis Day 2 below and add to your wonderopolis slide (in your English Folder)
• Weather watch
• Figurative language activity - watch the video below and then complete the activity on hyperbole.
• Hyperbole
• 50 examples of hyperbole

Reading

Novel Study - Hoot - Poppy, Riley, Mary-jean, Morgan, Do pre reading activity first.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Ella, Ruby

Carlos: Bear Grylls

Jordan:

Sienna: End of the Universe

Beata:

Epic: Class code vjq9550 - Febe, Robert, Toby, Arki, Alex, Amber, Marah. Mikayla Jordan Beata: Choose books from Epic and complete the tasks on the slideshow embedded below. You will need to make yourself a copy.

Cut Out Poetry!

Examples for today's activity- 15/05/2018

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW FOR THE SUPERHEROES ACTIVITY

This Trimester in English we are focusing on:

• Spelling- Essential Spelling lists and Steps Spelling digital programme
• Reading Comprehension- In class activities and the Lexia Core5 digital programme
• Personal Reading/Novel Study
• Punctuation- Commas, Apostrophes, Speech Marks, Dashes, Colons
• Paragraph of the week- each week students work on either a narrative, informational, recount, or persuasive paragraph focusing on detail and description, formatting, as well as the writing process from start to finish (Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Evaluation, and Publishing)
• Free writing- some creative freedom when there is time to spare!