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11 February 2011

This week’s homework is talk time. It’s due in on Wednesday 16 February.

I know about stories set in imaginary worlds.

The children can think about stories in books or in films that feature imaginary worlds (eg. Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland).

What do they have in common? What are the characters like? How do they get to the other world? What is the setting like?

This will help the children when we start our story unit next week!

Friday 11 February 2011

Usually, we add ‘ed’ to make a verb in its past tense, such as ‘walk’ to ‘walked’.

This week’s spellings are changing words from their present tense to their irregular past tense.

They will be tested on Friday 18 February.

11 February 2011

The spellings for this week are all words that we are commonly misspelling in class:

1. when

2. does

3. among

4. which

5. until

6. really

7. when

8. coming

9. using

10. believe

Adjectives and adverbs also have to choose two words that they are not sure how to spell and find the correct spelling. You will be tested on these words as well!

The spellings will be tested on Friday 18 February.

Friday 11 February

The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 16 February.

I can find fractions.

Each child will be given a worksheet that they must complete. The problems on the worksheet will be similar to ones that we have done in class. Children must read the questions carefully so that they know what to do.

Good luck!

Friday 03 February

The homework this week is Talk Time and is due in Wednesday 09 February.

I can have a discussion about animals in the circus using but, so and because.

This week, the children will be talking about whether it is right to have animals in the circus. We will also be using some tricky connectives like but, so and because so they should be practising these in advance.

There are other connectives, too – ‘On the other hand’, ‘However’ etc might be useful, too.

Friday 03 February

This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges all have the sound ‘ou’.

Apples have some high-frequency and irregular words to remember. They will be tested on Friday 11 February 2011.

Friday 03 February

The spellings for this week are all contractions – words that have been shortened by adding an apostrophe.

You’ll be tested on the words in the right hand column (the words with the apostrophes in them).

1. do not                    don’t

2. cannot                   can’t

3. is not                      isn’t

4. does not               doesn’t

5. will not                  won’t

6. I have                    I’ve

7. I am                        I’m

8. I will                       I’ll

9. it is                         it’s

10. there is                 there’s

Adjectives and adverbs:

Can you think of any of your own?

The spellings will be tested on Friday 12 February. Good luck!

Friday 03 February

This week’s homework is creative and is due in on Wednesday 09 February.

I can show what I know about one of the planets in our solar system.

Get those creative juices flowing! I will look forward to seeing what you have come up with on Wednesday. Have fun.

SEAL statement 07 February

The next of our 7 Rs for learning is remembering and this week ‘I can remember what I learn’ is the weekly statement.

By remembering what you learn you can apply your learning in different lessons.