Phonics
Stand up and let’s begin with an alphabet dance!
Today we are going to think of our own sentences to match the minibeast pictures. Have a look at the pictures and discuss what sentence you could write. Once you have decided on your sentence, say it outloud and count on your fingers how many words it is. Now begin writing your sentence starting with a capital letter. Keep repeating your sentence out loud as you write it and you will know which word comes next. Here are some sentence examples…
The bug has six legs.
The bee is landing on the flower.
The beetle likes to dig in the mud.
Literacy
To begin our literacy learning today, get out your story map from yesterday and have another go at retelling the story just using your map and labels.
Now let’s innovate our stories! This means that we are going to change something in the original story to make it our own. It’s just like you are becoming the author! You could change one of the characters, the setting or a well-known object used in the story.
For example…
The three bears could be having toast for breakfast with three different spreads on top instead of porridge.
Jack could grow a sunflower that he climbs up and finds a tent at the top.
Little Red Riding Hood could meet a lion instead of a wolf.
Whichever part you decide to change, draw it on a post-it note or paper and stick it over the original part on the story map.
You can now have a go at retelling your new and improved story!
PE
At school we have been enjoying some peaceful time down by the school pond. It’s a lovely area with wild flowers, buzzing bees and insects skating across the water. Have a go at this ‘Be the Pond’ mindfulness PE session and see if your imagination can take you to your own special pond area…