Category: English
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
In term two we will be studying the texts of Julia Donaldson. We all know The Gruffalo and we were also very impressed with Stick Man. Here is a link to Stick Man, being read by Julia Donaldson hersel... Read More
Animals in Motion
Animals move in lots of different ways. It’s great fun to try to swim like a dolphin or slither like a snake! Click here to read an interactive text about animal movement. Then, put a post-it no... Read More
Stick Man to the Rescue
Today we met a new hero – Stick Man, created by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. This is a classic picture book about a stick man who has many daring, bold adventures. Truth is, though, that ... Read More
Name Your Power
What superpower would you like to have? Write a short answer in the box below and let’s watch the answers grow as everyone adds their response! What superpower would you like to have?R... Read More
Reading for Enjoyment
From time to time, one of our reading group tasks is reading for enjoyment. We love it! We get to choose one of the fantastic texts from our classroom library, as well as a pair of wacky glasses or a ... Read More
Exploring Poetry
We have been studying poetry over the past couple of weeks. Last week we read “The Triantiwontigongolope” by Australian poet C.J. Dennis. Then we drew pictures to represent our visuali... Read More
Getting into Phonics
This week we started our daily phonics lessons. In each lesson, we spend the first 15 minutes drilling our target phoneme – blending, segmenting, fast read and fast write, followed by sentences ... Read More
Fun with Idioms
This week in class we are discovering the magic of idioms. We have found out that an idiom is a phrase that means something different from the meanings of the words in it. Sometimes, we don’t ev... Read More- 3 of 3
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