Year 2 Letters to Mr. Willy Wonka!
Well done to our Year 2 pupils who have written a formal persuasive letter to Mr. Willy Wonka this week. Their letters included four types of sentences: statement, command, question and exclamation.
Lady Macbeth letters
In English, Oak Class proudly published their finished letters. They captured the voice of Lady Macbeth excellently and wrote with the purpose of persuading Macbeth to fulfil the prophecy. The children used modal verbs, rhetorical questions, imperative verbs and even, archaic language! An…
The Toy Museum
We have been finding out about toys from the past. This week Year 1 wrote descriptions of some of the toys for our class museum!
Publishing and sharing our writing!
Oak Class proudly published their narrative openings for Macbeth! The children assessed their writing against our toolkits and gave feedback to their peers. To celebrate our finished pieces, the children read their work to the Year 4 children in Willow Class!
Inference in Macbeth
Today, Oak Class developed their inference skills. The children became detectives and used details within the text to explore and uncover more about the characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Retrieval in reading!
In whole-class reading, Oak continued to read the story, Macbeth. After developing our retrieval skills when answering questions, the children were given a challenge: to write two of their own retrieval questions for a peer to answer using this lesson’s pages. This really showed a secure…
Punctuating direct speech
After revisiting the rules of punctuating direct speech with accuracy, the children in Oak Class considered what Macbeth, Banquo and The Witches might say to each other in the opening scene of the play, based on what we have read. We orally composed sentences and carefully considered how to convey…
Those Who Don't Believe in Magic Will Never Find It
Well done to Willow who have been learning all about Roald Dahl's life - proudcing a double page spread! They have made great predictions about the front cover and the contents page of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and have begun to explore adjectives and expanded noun phrases based on…
Home by Jeannie Baker
Willow were great detectives whilst working out the order of the picture book ‘Home’ by Jeannie Baker. They showed great oracy and teamwork skills before working hard on designing a new landscape for a local run down area.
Making predictions
In Oak Class, we began our new unit of learning in English by making predictions about the text. The children used clues from the front cover along with details in the blurb to predict and write any questions that they have about the story. We then unpicked and explored new vocabulary to enhance…
Informal letters
In English this week, Oak Class got into the role of Stanley from our class text, Holes. After reading the letter that Stanley sends home to his mom, we planned and wrote informal letters for the same purpose: to reassure home that Stanley is well and enjoying camp! We developed our inference…
Yellow-Spotted Lizards
After continuing with our class book, the children learned about the dangerous creatures in ‘Holes’, Oak Class planned and wrote their own non-chronological reports about the yellow-spotted lizard. Their double-page spreads look fantastic!
