Tuesday 24 th March 2020 Adjectives An adjective

Tuesday 24 th March 2020

Adjectives An adjective is a describing word. There is a spider in the bathroom. + adjectives = There is a huge, hairy spider in the bathroom. I found a ladybird on a leaf. + adjectives = I found a tiny ladybird on a big leaf. A butterfly flew into my house. + adjectives = A blue and white butterfly flew into my house. Watch this video: https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/zy 2 r 6 yc (Search for ‘bbc bitesize ks 1 adjectives’)

Character What is a character? A character is a person, animal or other creature in a story, poem, film or play. Who are these characters? What other characters can you think of?

Big Bad Wolf character Sharp teeth Mean Grey fur Long claws Unkind Sneaky The words in pink are all adjectives to describe the Big Bad Wolf.

LO: To describe a character Watch this video: https: //www. bbc. co. uk/iplayer/episode/m 000266 t/cbeebies-bedtimestories-684 -chris-hoy-giraffe-on-a-bicycle (Search for ‘cbeebies chris hoy giraffe’) If you don’t have internet access, choose any book with animals in it and describe one of the animals instead of a giraffe. Complete the tasks below in your home learning book. You should start with Meet It, if you want to go further complete Beat It. To stretch yourself even further, try to Smash It. Watch parts of the video again if you need to. Meet it: First, write down adjectives to describe the giraffe in the story. Use your sound mat to help you write words. Beat it: Now, put your adjectives into sentences to describe the giraffe. Remember your finger spaces. Smash it: Make sure all of your sentences start with a capital letter and finish with a full stop.

Wednesday 25 th March 2020

Spellings Practise your spellings, so that you can take a test tomorrow. Write your spellings out five times. Use a different coloured pencil or pen each time. Check them each time. If you usually have 8 spellings: If you usually have 5 spellings: day boy day play toy say enjoy way stay annoy boy toy Extension: Spelling game – spell out each word with someone else. Take it in turns to say the letters to spell the words. Who will make the first mistake? Next, make a deliberate mistake – can your partner spot your mistake?

Thursday 26 th March 2020

Spelling test First, take a spelling test! Use your spelling book if you have it, your home learning book if you don’t. Ask someone to read out each word in a sentence. When it’s finished, ask someone to mark your spellings. Celebrate your score!

Alphabet Sing along to the alphabet song. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ycn. Pbp_Cr. Vg (Search for ‘ichild uk abc zed version’). If you don’t have internet access – can you remember the song from school? Use the letters below to help you. Practice singing the alphabet song. Now, look at this list of letters in lower case and say them out loud, in order. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Now, look at this list of letters in upper case and say them out loud, in order. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

LO: To write in alphabetical order Complete the tasks in your home learning book. You should start with Meet It, if you want to go further complete Beat It. To stretch yourself even further, try to Smash It. Meet it: Copy out the letters of the alphabet, in the correct order, in lower case then upper case. Repeat this three times – use different colours each time. Use the alphabet on the last slide to help you. Beat it: What are the missing letters? 1. a b c _ e _ g h i _ k _ m _ n o p _ _ s t u v _ x y z 2. A B C D _ _ G H _ J _ L M _ _ _ Q R S _ _ _ W _ _ Z Smash it: Which of these lines of letters are in the correct order? What are the mistakes? 1. C D E G F 2. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p 3. l m n o p r s t u v w x y z 4. H I K J L N O P

Friday 27 th March 2020

Your new spellings for next week If you usually have 8 spellings: rain wait train afraid coin soil point oil If you usually have 5 spellings: rain train wait coin soil Don’t forget to practise your spellings over the week, as you usually would.

‘because’ is a conjunction. It is used to join two parts of a sentence. The cat ran up the tree Can you guess why?

‘because’ is a conjunction. It is used to join two parts of a sentence. The cat ran up the tree a dog was chasing it. because

‘because’ is a conjunction. It is used to join two parts of a sentence. We ran inside Can you guess why?

‘because’ is a conjunction. It is used to join two parts of a sentence. We ran inside because it was raining.

Spelling hack! Watch this video: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Wk. Xf. Lqtv. MIY (Search for ‘spelling hack 10 because’). If you don’t have internet access skip to the task below. Now – practise saying this phrase: big elephants can’t always understand small elephants. How quickly can you say it without making a mistake? Challenge someone else to do better than you! ’t can

LO: To use the conjunction because Complete the tasks in your home learning book. You should start with Meet It, if you want to go further complete Beat It. To stretch yourself even further, try to Smash It. Meet it: Complete these sentences using because: 1. I was cold …… 2. I was happy …… 3. I sat on the floor …. . 4. He ran out of the house …… Beat it: Write three of your own sentences using because. Smash it: Which of these sentences make sense? Fix the ones that need it. I had a good day because I hurt myself. I was hot because the sun was out. The cup was empty because I had just filled it up. My mummy was proud because I worked really hard.

Now, have a fantastic weekend!