Rabbits

English 23rd March 2020 

 

This week we are learning how to write a non-chronological report. Please complete the activities below over the week and complete a spelling activity daily. Look at the other information page to get your code for the hive game on Friday 

 

We will find out the difference between fact and opinion and think about sentence starters for reports.  

 

Fact – something that is true 

Opinion -something that a person may believe or feel.  

 

Example fact: We are learning at home. 

Opinion: I think learning at home is fun.  

 

Think about your classroom at school. Write two facts and two opinions about your classroom and write them down.  

 

Read the sentences below which ones are facts? 

 

School is great. 

 

School is where children go to learn. 

 

I love roast dinner on a Wednesday 

 

My classroom has an inside door and an outside door.  

 

I don’t like PE 

 

School assembly is in the afternoon.  

 

Use the word wall wheel to find interesting words to start the sentences that are facts.  

 

Spellings:  

This week’s spellings are 

obey, prey, convey, survey, grey, osprey, disobey, they, surveyor, conveyor 

 

To learn them, you can use a variety of methods.  

Write them down, cut up the letters and put them back together again 

Ask someone to sound then out to you. 

Practise writing each one in a sentence (use a dictionary or google to find the meaning of words you do not know) 

Write them in alphabetical order 

Spell them out loud whilst completing star jumps, running on the spot or another physical activity. 

Play games on spelling shed 

 

Reading: 

Don’t forget to read  

Reading books, comics, magazines, articles online, recipe books, instructions, packets, receipts, letters, leaflets, menus – it all counts!