English Home Learning Week of 13th February 2017

Due in on Friday 17th February 2017

Daily Practise

ReadingRead for 10 minutes and record in your reading record diary. Please INITIAL when you have read with your child so that we know they have finished their books at home and can then be given a new book to read.

HandwritingPractice the daily handwriting that children have written in their handwriting books. The expectation is that children will begin to use cursive joint handwriting in all writing this year.In some cases, a lined handwriting book will be provided alongside the handwriting booklet, to support your child if they are now able to join the letters correctly.

SpellingComplete the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check in your spelling book.Other ways to practice may include:

● Writing the words in a sentence at home- you may wish to record this on the paper provided.● Looking up the meaning of the words in a dictionary● Use colour - highlight the tricky bit to help you remember it visually

Weekly English Tasks

Due to the recent revision of our Home Learning policy, this portion of the weekly task is now OPTIONAL.

The children will be moving onto learning about Rainforests and the different animals that live there, the climate etc. This week’s Literacy/English home learning is for your child to design/create a ‘Creature’ that could live in the Rainforest.

You will need to think about:1) Is the creature a bird, a mammal (a warm blooded animal that has hair or fur, eg a bear) or an insect?

2) Which part of the Rainforest will your creature live in? Will it live in the trees or on the floor of the forest?3) What will your creature eat? Will it be a producer (E.g plants that provide food for animals to eat), consumer (an animal that eats a plant or another animal) or a predator (an animal that will eat other animals for its food)?

4) What colour will it be? Is it camouflaged (changes colour to match the object it is on as a way to hide)?5 ) What will the name of your creature be?

Please draw a picture of your creature- you may wish to present this as a drawing or a collage. Then answer the questions above into your home learning book. Please write in full sentences and remember to include adjectives, and punctuation (full stops, capital letters, or commas) correctly.

Please see the table below to see examples of adjectives and key vocabulary that can be used in their written responses to the questions above.

Key vocabulary Adjectives (describing words) Punctuation to include (tick when included in your work)

Creature, lives, animal, climate, home, food, predator, prey, forest, hunt, survive, camouflage, hide,

Prickly, rough, smooth, soft, wide, tall, wild, timid, shy,

Capital letterscommasFull stopsExclamation Marks

Additionally, you may wish to use the word mat below to help to support your child further in their writing.For example: Toucan – My soft black and white furred toucan travels around the Rainforest squawking to communicate with the other animals in the forest.

Many Thanks,Miss Murphy and Ms Ho.