We will be looking at your designs on Wednesday in class.

Homework 17.5.13

Again this week you will find an updated list in the diary.

Make two of each of these words and play snap or pellmanism games .

Then see if you can put them into sentences.

The children have now requested to learn about their eyes!  They have all enjoyed finding out about their teeth and ears, so would like to finish the half term with another body part.

For their learning log this week, please research eyes; how they work, parts of the eye and how they are made up and record what you find out.

Be creative with how you present your homework.  You could produce a list, a model, a booklet/leaflet, web page, a poster, a song, a poem…try something new!

To be completed by Wednesday 22nd May 2013.

Complete all the sections and have a go at the games.

Don’t forget to hand it in on Wednesday and to practice your times tables too!

I and F:  your workbooks are waiting for you in your drawers!

For this week please concentrate on turning the words into a hide and seek game around your house and garden. You could let your child know if they are getting ‘hotter’ or ‘colder’ as they move closer to a word. When they find it they can try and read it and put it into a meaningful sentence.

For your learning log I would like you to collect some sound data from home.  Find different places to sit around your home and listen…record what you hear.  Try to chose 3 different places eg: garden, living room, kitchen.  Record your findings in your learning log. 

Only if you have time, can you sort it into groups and record the number of different sounds. 

To be returned to school for Wednesday 15th May.

Thank you

Poetry

Next week, we will be performing poetry in class.  Find your favourite poem at home and practice reading this out to your family.  You will be asked to read it out to the rest of the class.  

You need to think about:

• pacing (how fast/ slow you go)
• expression (making sure that the meaning is clear)
• overall effect (e.g. do you need to pause at any point?)

Year 2.

I would like the year 2 children to have a break from their SATs workbooks (unless you really want to keep going).  We have been trying hard to build better sentences during class time.  We have been thinking about different sentence openers, a range of connectives and WOW words.  I have produced a sheet with a selection of openers and connectives and I would like  you to build at least 8 sentences using a variety of these.

Here is one we came up with in class; All of a sudden, Millie’s legs grew bigger and bigger and bigger until she was as tall as the Eiffel tower.  

The sheet will come home in bookbags.

Year 1.

Funny faces!

Find a mirror at home, look at your face, pull a funny face and now describe how your face looks to your mum or dad.  Then, have a go at writing at least 5 sentences describing different features of your face.  If you want to take a photo to put with your writing too, I would like to see it!

I have given each child a sheet with some sentence openers to help.

Enjoy your extra day at home on Monday…..but keep reading

We will be going down to forest school on Tuesday afternoon (7th May), so please bring forest school clothes in a bag.

Year 2

 Sentence building.  Use the different sentence openers and connectives to create interesting sentences.  Try to build 8 different sentences.  You can either write them out in your learning log or type them up on the computer.

 For example:

 As time went on Millie’s legs grew bigger and bigger and bigger until, she was as tall as the Eiffel tower.

 I felt as if I could run all day however, the creamy chocolate cakes in the shop window stopped me. 

Year 1.

Funny faces.  Look at your face in a mirror, pull a funny face, take a picture and write out 5 sentences describing how your face looks.

Here are some sentence starters to get you going:

1.  My face looks like…………………………………………………………………………………………

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2.  Despite my lips being pink, they now look …………………………………………

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3.  Before I pulled a funny face my nose was lovely and smooth, however now it is….

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Can you now think of 2 more sentences of your own and start them in different ways?  Have a go…

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Ask your parents for help.