Homework due Friday, 2nd December

This week your homework is to produce a 'WANTED' poster for the dragon you created in Literacy today. It must include: its name, a brief description, information about where it lives, what it eats, a detailed description of what it looks like and a warning! Have a look at the example below as a guide. You can do your poster on the paper we provide you with, on your own paper or on a Word or Powerpoint document.

I can't wait to see what you produce! :-)

Blogging homework due Friday, 25th November

Legends

Use the picture below as inspiration to write a legendary story. It should be no more than 100 words.

Remember to include:

• correct punctuation and capital letters
• past tense
• adverb sentence starters
• detailed description of character and setting
• similes
• a reward
• speech

Remembrance and gratitude

We took some time to talk about Remembrance Day today and observed a two minute silence at 11am. We talked about the people that have been affected by war and why it is important to remember them. We heard about people who have been affected by past wars and the current conflict. Thank you for listening so intently to the story of my grandad, who was captured as a prisoner of war aged 22 and marched to Poland where he stayed for five years.

We talked about his lack of food, lack of warmth and lack of freedom: just some of the things that we often take for granted. I enjoyed our discussion about the things that we are grateful for - it is good to keep those things in mind and to remember how lucky we are to have them.

What are you grateful for? Please comment below to let us know........

Have a lovely, peaceful weekend :-)

Blog Homework due Friday, 18th November

Book Reviews

This week your task is to write a book review. It should include:

·Title and author

·What the book was about

·What you thought of the book

·What ages/types of people you think should read it

·If you would recommend it to a friend

Here is an example book review:

If I Never Endeavour by Holly Meade

        This book was about a bird who didn't yet know how to fly.
 
        The bird has to decide if it will try to fly, but it was not sure if it wants to. The bird thought, "If I never  endeavour," then I won't ever learn. On one wing, he worries he might fail and on the other wing he thinks of how he may succeed. He worries that if he tries, he may get lost in the world. That makes him want to stay in his nest where he's safe.

        I think this book would help other children to learn that trying new things can be scary, but sometimes when we try, we can find things that make us happy too. And this book will help others know that mistakes are okay and part of learning.

        My favourite part is that the bird tried and learned that she could fly. I also liked that I read this book because it gave me a chance to talk to people about making mistakes and how I don't like making them. Then I learned they are good and part of learning.

        Boys and girls who are 3 to 8 years old would like this book because it teaches about trying a new thing and how it's important to get past being scared so you can learn new things.

        I give the book 5 stars since I think it's important for other children to learn about courage.

Literacy homework due Friday, 11th November

We have had a lot of fun this week discussing the heroes/heroines and beasts you might find in Ancient Greek myths and legends. For your homework, I'd like you to write four sentences to describe your hero or heroine and four sentences to describe your beast.

Have a look at this example:

The ferocious dragon roared menacingly. (adjective- noun- verb-adverb)

You might like to practise using this sentence structure. Have a look at the word bank for ideas and the pictures for inspiration. I'm looking forward to reading your descriptions!