Handwriting and Spellings

Learning Objective: To read quickly and accurately, words that have alternative sounds.

Again, I have done the date incorrectly. Remember to put May instead of April. Sorry!

English

Learning Objective: (reading) To listen to and appreciate different poems.

Look at the illustrations on these two pages. Can you think of some superlative adjectives to describe the pumpkin?

Remember that superlative adjectives end in ‘est’ like smallest.

Have you ever eaten pumpkin before? Can you describe what it tastes like? Did you like it? If you liked it you would describe it with adjectives like tasty, soft, delicious. If you didn’t like it you would use adjectives like salty, disgusting or sour.

Read the poem below:

The poet who wrote this poem is called Jack Prelutsky.

Do you think he likes spaghetti? Can you work it out from the poem? How?

Challenge:

Can you write a short poem (shorter than Spaghetti Spaghetti) about you eating pumpkin? Remember to include adjectives to describe whether you liked it or not.

Here’s some captions to help you:

• squishier than a rotten potato
• the smoothest vegetable
• sweeter than a strawberry
• the stringiest thing I’ve ever eaten