SPa G Miss Smith and Miss Maxeys Group

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 1 LO: the igh sound spelt y 1. Read these words: shy sky sly dry try fly cry reply nearby terrify horrify petrify butterfly 2. Complete the table (we call it word changers). Root word + suffix horrifying crying terrifying flying drying replying trying frying 3. You and your grown up take it in turns to read the sentences below and write them. Cut along the dotty line so partner one has their sentences to READ and partner two has theirs to read. Don’t sneaky peak at their sentences! Partner 1 1. The fly was horrifying. 2. The shy girl was replying to her friend. 3. Who is nearby the house? Partner 2 1. Can you dry that towel? 2. The sly boy liked to petrify people. 3. In the sky they saw a butterfly.

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 2 LO: to learn features of a non-fiction report. A non-fiction report gives you facts on a subject. A report has to have certain features: title, heading, subheadings, photos, captions, and facts. Look at my report below on me! YOUR TASK: label the features on mine below then answer the comprehension questions on the next page. All about Miss Smith What do I look like? I have long, ginger hair that is sometimes curly. My favourite clothes to wear are flowery dresses because I like to look girly. I also have glasses. What do I like to eat? My favourite foods are raspberries and chocolate. If I was to make my own breakfast, I would make scrambled egg on toast. I don’t like sweetcorn as it tastes awful. What do I like to do? Usually at the weekends I am sitting in my garden or having a cup of tea. I like visiting friends as well as walking my dog, Ruby. When I’m at school I like reading stories however I also like learning about science.

Comprehension Questions 1. What is the heading? _____________________2. What is Miss Smith’s hair like? _____________________ 3. Write one question you have found in the report. _____________________ 4. Which subheading would I go to to find out what Miss Smith does on a weekend? _____________________ 5. What conjunctions can you find in the report? _____________________ 6. Is it written in first or third person? How do you know? _____________________

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 3 LO: to write in first person.

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 4 LO: to plan my own non-fiction report. Tomorrow you are going to write your own non-fiction report all about yourself! Today, we are going to plan for it. YOUR TASK: Using the grid below, fill it up with facts that you think would go under the subheadings. After that, add your information into the missing bits in the report. All about __________ What do I look like? What do I like to eat? What do I like to do?

All about Miss Smith What do I look like? I have long, ginger hair that is sometimes curly. My favourite clothes to wear are flowery dresses because I like to look gi. I also have glasses. What do I like to eat? My favourite foods are raspberries and chocolate. If I was to make my own breakfast, I would make scrambled egg on. don’t like sweetcorn as it tastes awful. What do I like to do? Usually at the weekends I am sitting in my garden or having a cup of tea. I like visiting friends as well as walking my dog, Ruby. When I’m at school I like reading stories however I also like learning about science. I

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 5 LO: write your own non fiction report. Today you are going to write your report! YOUR TASK: Write your non-fiction report using your plan from yesterday. Don’t forget your features that we learnt on the first day!