Giraffe Class GHASP

Term 5 Week 2 Activities

Grammar Handwriting

And Spelling

(and Punctuation!)

Introduction

• Every week, I’m going to set you some activities to work on, based on grammar, handwriting, spelling and punctuation.

• Some of these activities will focus on things we have worked on before, because I think you need more practise, and some of them will be new things.

• Try to work through the activities each week – they are only short, and will be very helpful for improving your writing.

• I will put the answers to each week’s activities on the next week’s PowerPoint.

Answers to Last Week Activity 1: Punctuation

Apostrophes for Possession – Regular Plurals Have a go at these questions. Put the apostrophes in the correct places. 1. The boy’s books were in his bag. (one boy) 2. The girls’ team won the match. (more than one girl) 3. The cats’ dinner was eaten by the dog. (more than one cat) 4. The rabbit’s lettuce looked a bit limp. (one rabbit) 5. The dinosaur’s roar could be heard for miles. (one dinosaur) 6. The teachers’ biscuits were eaten very quickly. (more than one

teacher) 7. The monkeys’ bananas were a bit too green. (more than one

monkey) 8. The elephant’s tusks were very long. (one elephant) 9. The pupils’ handwriting was very neat. (more than one pupil) 10. The unicorn’s hooves were drumming on the ground. (one

unicorn)

Answers to Last Week Activity 3: Spelling: Suffixes:

Add the suffix ‘-ation’ to these words. e.g. inform information

e.g. declare declaration

1. prepare preparation

2. imagine imagination

3. experiment experimentation

4. sense sensation

5. converse conversation

6. observe observation

7. consider consideration

8. admire admiration

9. relax relaxation

10. immunise immunisation

Activities 1, 2 and 3: Punctuation: (25-30 minutes)

How to use a possessive apostrophe: An apostrophe can be used to show that one thing belongs to or is connected to something. This is called a possessive apostrophe. Let's take a look at some examples. • The cat's tail was fluffy.

– Cat is a singular noun so you need to add an apostrophe and "s" to show that the tail belongs to the cat.

• Charles' cat was naughty. – Charles is a singular noun that ends in an "s", so you need to add an

apostrophe to show that the cat belongs to Charles.

• The brothers' feet were muddy. – Brothers is a plural noun that ends in an "s" so you don't add another

"s" after your apostrophe. You can just add an apostrophe to show the feet belongs to the brothers. It is what is called a ‘regular plural’.

• The children's toys were broken – Children is a plural noun but it doesn't end with an "s" so you need to

add an apostrophe and "s" to show that the toys belong to the children. It is what is called an ‘irregular plural’.

Go to this website, and have a go at the two quizzes:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs

Activities 1, 2 and 3: Punctuation: How to use a possessive apostrophe:

Activity 1: Punctuation Apostrophes for Possession – Regular Plurals

Have a go at these questions.

Put the apostrophes in the correct places. All of these are regular plurals!

1. The horses shoes were made of metal.

2. The parents evening was cancelled.

3. The lions dinner was joyfully received.

4. The tigers stripes were very beautiful.

5. The moths wings flapped loudly.

Activity 2: Punctuation Apostrophes for Possession – Irregular Plurals

Have a go at these questions.

Put the apostrophes in the correct places. All of these are irregular plurals!

1. The mens football team was selected.

2. The womens cloakroom was redecorated.

3. The peoples vote really mattered.

4. The mices tails were very long.

5. The geeses goslings had been born.

Activity 3: Punctuation Apostrophes for Possession – Names ending in ‘s’

Have a go at these questions.

Put the apostrophes in the correct places. All of these are names ending in ‘s’!

1. Isis hair was very fair.

2. Chris bag was mysteriously missing.

3. Phyllis tomato plants were growing fast.

4. James handwriting was improving.

5. Thomas engine would not start.

Activity 4: Spelling (20-25 minutes)

• Each week, you are going to learn or revise 10 of the words from the Word list from the National Curriculum for Years 3 and 4. Practise the spelling of them, look them up on an online dictionary if you’re not sure of the meaning, and try to write a sentence using each of them.

• Online dictionaries: – https://dictionary.cambridge.org/

– https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

– https://www.macmillandictionary.com/

Activity 4: Spelling This week’s words:

1. build 2. busy/business 3. calendar 4. caught 5. centre 6. century 7. certain 8. circle 9. complete 10. consider Example sentences: • I am far too busy to watch television. • My dad is going to start a business making chocolate.

Activity 5: Spelling: Suffixes: The suffix –ly (10-15 minutes)

• The suffix –ly is added to an adjective to form an adverb.

• The suffix –ly starts with a consonant letter, so it is added straight on to most root words.

– sad becomes sadly

– complete becomes completely

– hopeful becomes hopefully

Activity 5: Spelling: Suffixes: Add the suffix ‘-ly’ to these words.

e.g. usual usually

e.g. comical comically

1. final ?

2. gradual ?

3. occasional ?

4. discrete ?

5. ominous ?

6. ridiculous ?

7. slow ?

8. spiteful ?

9. careful ?

10. dreadful ?

Activity 6: Handwriting Letterjoin and on Paper

• I have added the Letterjoin home access letter to the resources for Term 5 Week 1 (last week) – please try to log in and spend 20-30 minutes at least once a week practising your handwriting.

• If you’d like to practise on paper, use the letters on the next page to help you.