04 March 2016
This week’s spellings all require ‘ed’ to be added for past tense and are words that we often make mistakes with in class (for example, by missing the ‘e’).
| to happen happened |
| to wonder wondered |
| to abandon abandoned |
| to stutter stuttered |
| to listen listened |
| to chat chatted |
| to chatter chattered |
| to clatter clattered |
| to remember remembered |
| to whisper whispered |
These must be practised in your red spelling book ready to be tested on Friday 11 March.
World Book Day maths
After we’d finished our blurbs (which were brilliant!), we revised some statistics learning using pie charts about books.
Ask your child how they calculated the answers.
World Book Day
Today, we did a book-based scavenger hunt. The children were given certain things to find in books such as a frog, a tree or a happy ending. It was really good fun and showed us how fantastic and varied books are. We discovered that many of the things to find could be found in both fact and fiction books!
Blurb writing
We’re busy writing a blurb for our favourite books at the moment. Here’s Cleopatra and Pippi Longstocking designing theirs:
And Captain Underpants getting some feedback from Burglar Bill about hers:
I love the artwork on Rayhaan’s alternative ‘Warhorse’ blurb:
World Book Day
In English today, we’re writing an alternative blurb for our favourite books. To practise our promotional language, we are currently ‘speed-dating’ to sell our books to others.
Here are some pics:
Creative homework review
This afternoon, we spent some time reflecting on last week’s creative homework. We had a chance to look at everyone else’s before voting for our favourite (with a focus on effort and originality).
The standard was high across the class. In particular, we loved Henry’s, Ethan’s, Laurielynn’s, Gloria’s and Jennifer’s.
Homework is a really important part of school life and can lead to some very rich learning. We can’t wait to see next week’s!
Yoga
As part of the health aspect to our Big Topic, Life, we tried out some yoga, stretching our muscles and relaxing.
Recycled planters
Today, as part of our Life topic, we have been planting some vegetables! We used plastic bottles to make some planters for class. Watch this space for more plant news!
Fun in the snow!
We had a fantastic time playing in the snow! Some of the children worked together as a team to build Frosty the snowman, although he seems to have disappeared…
Homework review
We used the discussions you had at home for homework to create some short scenes demonstrating the difference between co-operative and uncooperative choices.
