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25 January 2013

For the next couple of weeks, we’ll investigate words which contain silent letters. This week, they are mostly at the start of the word. Can you spot the one which isn’t?

25 January 2013

The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 30 January.

I know the different parts of a sentence.

The children have a sheet stuck in their homework books. They need to read the sentences and identify the different types of words in the sentences.

They might need to spot all the nouns and verbs or some children might also have to identify the adjectives and adverbs as well. Underline/highlight each type of word with a different colour.

• Noun: a thing, object, person or place.
• Verb: an action or a ‘doing word’.
• Adjective: is a ‘describing word’. It describes the noun.
• Adverb: describes how something is done. It describes the verb.

Professor Gibbins visits Moortown Primary

We were very luck that Professor Gibbins managed to stop by and give us some mind-boggling facts about space. He looks strangely familiar…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryc5DE7Qu1Y&feature=youtu.be

25 January 2013

This week’s spellings are plurals again. However, this week our spellings require you to drop a y from the route word and replace it with ies.

This is very similar to one of our main spelling rules. Do you know which one it is?

25 January 2013

We’re still practising words which have split digraphs. This week we are looking at ‘u – e‘, for example, tub (with a short ‘u’ sound) changes to tube (with a longer ‘u’ sound) when there’s an ‘e’.

These will be tested on Friday 01 February 2013.

25 January 2013

The homework this week is creative and is due in Wednesday 30 January.

I can show what I already know about treasure.

As you all know, our new Big Topic is Hidden Treasure. We’d like you to show us what you already know about the topic. As always, you can be as creative as you like, but if you’re struggling why not…

• draw and label a picture
• use a computer to find information
• create a comic strip
• make a collage

We look forward to seeing your ideas.

Fun in the snow

18 January 2013

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. It is due in on Wednesday 23 January 2013.

I can use speech marks.

The children have some sentences in which they need to add the speech marks to – we’ve been learning this in class. They need to put the speech marks before the first spoken word and before ‘said’.

Some children have also been asked to add ‘action enders’ to their writing (only if they’ve been working on it in class).

Here’s an example:

• “It’s snowing outside!“ said Aleena.
• “It’s snowing outside!” said Aleena, looking out of the window.

18 January 2013

This week’s spellings for Lions and Tigers end in ‘ge’ or ‘dge’. A useful tip is that if the word has a short vowel sound followed by the ‘j’ sound then you use ‘dge’. If the word has a long vowel sound followed by the ‘j’ sound then you use ‘ge’.

• bridge
• hedge
• huge
• damage
• village
• badge
• stage
• judge
• message
• badger

This week’s spellings for Zebras are words with the split digraph.

• take
• make
• bike
• like
• spoke
• came
• cake
• ride
• spike
• broke

Spellings will be tested on Friday 25 January 2013.

18 January 2013

The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 23 January 2013.

You will be practising using adjectives. An adjective is a describing word – it describes nouns. It gives more information to your sentences, making them more interesting to read. You will find the activities in your homework book.

If you have any questions, please come and see me or Mrs Weekes.