Reading
Using information books and iPads to research.
Using a contents page
For today's Gap Buster, we have been practising using a contents page to find the information we want to know.
Finding features of information texts
We are Researchers
Today we have been using different sources to research worms. We have been using our reading and scanning skills to select the relevant information we will need. Next week we will be writing an information text on these funny little creatures. We really enjoyed using...
Hurt No Living Thing- Ordering and Retelling
We are looking at a new poem this half term in english: Hurt No Living Thing. Today we drew poem maps and then ordered the poem. We were all able to use our poem maps and our widgits to retell the poem fluently to our friends!
We Are Peas…
In 2W we have been reading 'The Pea and the Princess'. We found it very funny because it was written from the Pea's point of view and how he is not enjoying being squashed under mattresses! We used this book to work on writing in first person. We went into 'pea mode'...
Life Cycle of a frog 🐸
This week in Early Years, we have been learning all about the life cycle of a frog. We have looked through books and stories to see how frogs lay their eggs and how they eventually turn into a frog. We have learnt lots of new language including habitats, frog spawn,...
The Princess’ Blankets
In today's english lesson, we started to learn about a new story, The Princess' Blankets. In the story, the princess is always cold even with roaring fires and the fleeciest wools! We thought about the questions we would ask the princess and we offered some...
Smoothie making (following a recipe)
In this morning's english lesson, we have started to learn about recipes. We had to follow each step in a recipe carefully to make our own smoothies. We had to measure the berries, yoghurt and orange juice, wash the berries, chop the fruit and blend the fruit. We...