PRIMARY 3 SUE KANGAROO Find Sue Kangaroo at

PRIMARY 3 – “SUE KANGAROO”

Find ‘Sue Kangaroo’ at: www. oxfordowl. co. uk 1. Read the information at the start of the book with an adult. 2. Read or listen to the story with an adult. 3. Answer and discuss the questions at the end.

Day 1: Green Set 2/3 Words: Sounding out unfamiliar words is so important. So remember ‘Fred Talk’! We will work between Set 2 and Set 3 words. Today’s sound to work on is ew. Try and find it on the Edinburgh Sound Chart. ew as in chew the stew

Read these words out loud and copy them in your jotter. Dot and dash as you go along. Remember a dot for a single sound a dash for the ew. news blew flew grew stew chew drew few Check out: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=GJL 84 QOn. GIA

Day 2 Spelling: Today’s sound to work on is ue. Try and find it on the Edinburgh Sound Chart. ue as in blue statue

Write out these ue words – use a different colour for the ue sound. blue Sue clue argue glue queue true rescue

Day 3 - Spelling You have worked so hard learning different oo sounds this week as in ew and ue Today, I would like you to go over the 00 spelling. look at a book

book look cook moon spoon zoom nook foot Ask an adult to test you on these words. Remember to underline the special friend.

Writing Task Day 1: This week, I would like you to try imaginary story writing. I want you to write a story about a Kangaroo. I am not going to give you a story start but some suggestions about what the story could be about. . .

You could write about: • • • A lost kangaroo A kangaroo that has escaped from the zoo A kangaroo at school The kangaroo that lives in your garden The kangaroo that lives in The Secret Garden

1. The best way to plan a story like this is to draw a picture. So today, why don’t you do the planning and decide how you are going to present your story with pictures. 2. Are you going to: • • Create a cartoon strip Make a mini-book Type your story on the computer Make a video of you telling the story to younger children

This week’s model making challenge… As a bit of end of term fun I’m challenging Primary 3 and Primary 4 to a: “Tower Building Challenge!” Who can create the tallest tower? This tower can be made from any modelling materials in and around your home –inside and outside. Take a photo of your model and send it to me with the measurement of height.

Remember all of these things when you are writing - Speech marks Question marks Exclamation marks

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