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 explain why a character might do certain things.

Listen to me telling the story and follow along with the words and illustrations.

New words:

• fury-wild and angry     The child threw his toys in fury.
• sapling- a young tree with a slim trunk      The sapling bent in the wind.

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

Handwriting and Spellings

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

Thank you to Hiyab who has spotted that I have written April! It is May, I am very sorry!

English

Learning Objective: To add suffixes (er and est) to words.

This is the last page that we read together.

It was fatter than the pigs.

The pumpkin had grown taller than the fence.

The words fatter and taller both have ‘er’ at the end. We use the suffix ‘er’ to help us to compare.

Mrs Winston is shorter than me.

Azealia is taller than Anastasia.

Can you write sentences with comparative adjectives. There are some adjectives below for you to use. Remember to add ‘er’ to the end to make them comparative ones.

big, nice, long, high, small, warm, happy

When we compare things we need to explain what is the most. The suffix we use for this is ‘est’.

Miss Barr is the happiest in the class.

It is warmest  at lunchtime.

You will see that when a word ends in ‘y’ like happy, you have to take it off and change it for an ‘i’ before adding your suffix:

happy –> happier

happy –> happiest.

Can you use the same adjectives to write sentences with superlative adjectives? Just add ‘est’ to make it a superlative.

big, nice, long, high, small, warm, happy

I can’t wait to see your sentences!

English

Learning Objective: To understand what is being read and make links to other stories.

Listen to me reading the first 3 double pages of the story and follow the words. Then listen again and take a good look at the illustrations.

We like to think about the books we are reading so I would like you to draw a ‘tell me’ grid in your books or on paper. Have a go at writing down (or ask your parents to write as you talk) the things you like and dislike about the book so far. Then think about anything that puzzles you (any questions you would like to ask) and whether the book reminds you of another story.

Grown ups or older siblings-if you are helping a child to do this task, the focus is on what they say rather than whether they can write it down. Feel free to write for them on this task as they can often say more than they can write down.

Tell me grid

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

English

Learning Objective: (Reading) To explain why a character does or says things.

Listen to me telling the story from the beginning again. This time I will show you the illustrations too.

How can we tell that the pumpkin is an important part of the story?

What might the animals be thinking as they look at it?

Is Pattan worried about the plant?

Might he be worried about the animals eating it while it is still growing?

What do you think Pattan is saying? Draw a picture of Pattan, like I have, and draw a speech bubble to write what he is saying. Try not to laugh at my drawing!

If Pattan wanted to protect the pumpkin he could stand guard by it or put a fence up but Pattan is a busy man with lots of animals.

Can you help him by making a sign to put next to the plant? Think about what they sign would say.

Learning Objective:

English

Learning Objective:

I am going to read the first to double pages to you. You have seen the illustrations on the first double page but not the second. Listen to me reading the story so far and then listen to it again to really think about the words.

There is a new word for us to learn-ailing

ailing-in poor health/not very well

Pattan found an ailing plant in the valley.

Pattan found a poorly plant in the valley.

What did Pattan decide to do to the plant? Do you think he knew what the plant was? Why didn’t Pattan just leave the plant to die?

Remember that I told you the new book is a story that has been told for many years by the Irula people. Although the story is a myth (it is an old made up story), the place where it is told is a real place. The pictures below show you the Sahyadri Mountains where the story is set.

Aren’t the mountains beautiful?

I would like you to close your eyes and listen to me reading the story again. What can you see in your head when you think of the Sahyadri Mountains, our main characters Pattan and his wife, Kanni? What illustrations do you think are on the next page in the book?

Draw a picture of what you think is on the next page  of the story. I have typed the words below to help you.

One day, Pattan found an ailing plant in the valley. It had beautiful yellow flowers. “I’ll plant it by my hut and look after it,” he thought. 

The plant liked its new home. It’s yellow flowers smiled at the sun. “Look!” Pattan called one day, “A pumpkin has started to grow.”