Sentence Types and the Elephantom Story

Last week in literacy we have been using the story of the Elephantom to start learning about different sentence types we need to learn about as part of our literacy.

The four sentence types are:

Questions

Commands

Exclamations

Statements

A question is a sentence that asks the reader something and ends in a question mark, for example, Are there any more crisps left?

A statement is a sentence that tells the reader something, for example, It is very cold in this room.

A Command is a bossy sentence that tells the reader to do something, for example, Put down that chair now!

An exclamation is a sentence that shows strong feeling about something, for example, 'It's too loud!

There is a little game you can play here online to test your knowledge: Click HERE

Last week we were reading and sorting different sentences and this next week we are going to be writing our own... here are a few pics of the last week!

PHSE and Circle Time

Each week we have a PHSE session and sometimes we do a circle time to discuss our theme and any topics that are relevant to our class. Our SEAL topic this half term has been New Beginnings so we finished off the topic with a circle time on Monday. We always start circle time with our circle time song and then passing a friendly hug around the circle. We then pass the circle time rock round and discuss whatever it is for that time. 

Here we are in our session this week...

The Magic Box by Kit Wright

This week in literacy we are focusing on poetry and in particular looking at two poems, 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright and 'I Know Someone' by Michael Rosen.

You can watch the poem 'The Magic Box' being performed here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zkpmhyc

Look closely at this picture, what is happening as the character is opening the box? What is coming out of it? What will happen next? What would you put in your magic box? Can you follow the pattern of the poem?

Electric Circuits

In science we were investigating electricity and making our own circuits using bulbs, batteries, wires, and then switches too, to see if we could successfully light the bulb. We now have this as one of our investigation challenges in the areas!

This website is great for learning more about electricity around the home and how to save energy

Click HERE