Learning Objective: To read and spell words with alternative pronunciations and form letters correctly

Good luck with your spelling test this week! Let me know how many you got so I can do the Super Star Speller certificates.

English

Learning Objective: To use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and combine words to make a sentence.

To make a capital letter on a computer, press and hold down the ‘shift’ key (the ones in blue on the picture) at the same time as you press the letter you want to be a capital. This works on a phone or ipad keyboard too. If you are using a phone or an ipad, it usually starts typing with a capital letter anyway!

If you are writing down your sentences, this is how you form your capital letters:

Choose one of the pictures below and describe what you can see. Make sure you use full sentences and try to write at least four. There is an example under the first photo for you.

These pictures are all of Kerala in India, the place where our new story is from.

Example.

Rain splatters on the bridge over the river and the people walk in and out of the shops. The noisy cars beep their horns as they drive past the bushy green trees. Spices fill the air from the kitchens in the restaurants. Hopefully sunshine is about to break through the clouds and reflect on to the river.

Choose a picture and write your description. Focus on capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.

If you can, email me your work or comment on the blog so I can post your work this afternoon :).

Handwriting and Spelling

Learning Objective: To read and spell words with alternative pronunciations and form letters correctly

English

L.O. To understand stories and predict what will happen next.

Here are some pictures of places where our new book is from. (The book with pictures of pumpkins that I showed you yesterday). There are some pictures of a tribe. This tribe is where the story came from. They have been telling this story for many years.

Questions to talk about with your parents:

What can you see in the pictures?

What part of the world do you think this is? Why?

How do you think the Irula people live their life?

Have you seen beautiful mountains and lakes like these before?

Can you describe the buildings or the people’s clothes?

How do these pictures make you feel?

If you hadn’t already guessed, these pictures are taken in India and the Irula Tribe live in Tamil Nadu and Kerela. Look at the map of the world below to see where India is.

Task:

Write down (on paper, email or in the comment box) everything you know about India. If you don’t know a lot, write down any questions that you have or things you want to find out about India or the Irula tribe.