Over the next two weeks our literacy focus will be on The Great Kapok Tree, by Lynne Cherry. We will be learning through the VIPERS. (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Summarise). We will be reading to full story on Friday so don’t peek before then!
By Friday , I would like your children to understand and use inverted commas. I will be using online websites, videos and dome of my examples to support with the learning. Here is an example which will also help:
By Friday, I would like your children to understand and use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. I will be using online websites, videos and some of my examples to support with the learning. Here is an example which will also help:
Monday: Coordinating conjunctions BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z9wvqhv
By Friday, I would like your children to understand and use apostrophes for possession. I will be using online websites, videos and some of my examples to support with the learning. Here is an example which will also help:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs
On Friday it will be the 75th Anniversary of VE day (Victory in Europe Day), marking the end of World War Two. By Thursday we will have written a description using Fronted Adverbials to show the joy of the people in Britain on this day in 1945. An extra challenge will be to also use expanded noun phrases!
By Thursday, I would like your child to understand and be able to use fronted adverbials in their writing. I will be using online websites, videos and some of my examples to support with the learning. Here are some examples which will also help:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zp937p3