Year 2 Topic Plan 8 – 12 June 2020

NATURE DETECIVES - RIDDLES

Monday

This week the focus is on riddles.

• Please have a look ‘1 – Riddle powerpoint’

in the resource pack. Talk about how the

riddle is set out – it is all about the clues in

the poem and guessing/realising what it is.

Here is Mrs Ribak’s favourite riddle –

I am a car’s leg.

How round and rubbery I am.

Look out for me and my three friends.

Am I a wheel or an engine?

You can send your answers to Mrs Ribak using the school’s email address.

Parents – think of an animal and say one to your child.

Can they guess what it is? Use these sentence starters…

I am… I have… It is… You can… It has…

• Explore the ‘2 – What am I powerpoint’.

Can you solve the riddles?

Now ask your child to think of their own animal. You could put out some

plastic animals or use the animals below…

Ensure they use the sentence starters and even add some adjectives eg: I

have long, brown arms. You can see my bumpy, green skin.

Can they think of another animal? Encourage your child to put the hardest

clue first eg: I live in Africa and India rather than I have a long, sharp, trunk.

Tuesday

Your child will now begin to plan their own riddle.

• Look at the different animals in your resource pack ‘3 – animal

pictures’. Do you remember what are noun phrases?

Can you describe these animals using extended noun phrases?

Write them down and share them with your grown up.

• See our ‘4 – adverbs powerpoint’ and list different adverbs you can

think of when describing animals.

• Pick an animal from the resource pack or an animal of your choice.

Use the ‘5 – animal riddle worksheet’ or a piece of paper.

Use the following titles to describe your animal and provide specific clues:

noun phrases, verbs, adverbs.

Remember what makes a good riddle. Use the worksheet to draft your own

riddle.

• Remember to check your capital letters and full stops.

Wednesday

Today recap on what makes a good riddle.

Today you will be editing your riddle draft and writing out your final copy.

Today we want you to use adverbs AND scientific vocabulary.

Can you guess what creature it is? You can email your answer to the school.

Here is some scientific vocabulary you can use when describing your

creature:

Get your riddle draft you did yesterday. Using a coloured pencil or a pen, can

you EDIT your work by adding more adverbs and scientific vocabulary?

You can use a scrap paper if you prefer.

We would like you to re-read and improve your work. You can add more lines

to your riddle too.

Don’t forget to end your riddle with a question:

What am I?

mammal, reptile, insect, arachnid, diet,

habitat, appearance, invertebrates

Here is Mrs Ribak’s favourite riddle:

I am an invertebrate and I live in the sea.

I can squeeze quickly into small spaces.

I have 3 hearts.

My legs are called tentacles.

What am I?

Now that you have edited your work, you can write your final copy in any way

you like.

You can print your riddle template ‘6 - riddle template’ if you like, or you can

create your own riddle booklet as described below:

1. Fold a paper in half.

2. Write the question on the front page.

3. Write the riddle inside.

4. Draw your animal on the back of your folded card.

Read your riddle to your family and friends. Did they guess your animal

correctly? Did you give good specific clues? Is there anything you could add /

improve?

Don’t forget to email your riddle to us

I live in the sea.

I hunt on icebergs.

I am very powerful.

I give birth to cubs.

I give birth to cubs.

Thursday (Geography focus)

Do you know the National animals of different countries? You can explore

them here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRFqs75FZg

You can take notes which you will need for the following activity…

You can also use any online resources, maps and atlases to help you.

Using the example ‘7 – animals world map’,

can you complete your own ‘8 – blank world map’ labelling some of the

animals you have learnt about?

• Can you label the seven continents?

• Can you identify the oceans and seas?

• Can you identify any of the countries?

Friday

Comprehension day – Australian animals (’9 – Australian animals

comprehension’ in your resource pack).

Chose the level of comprehension that you feel confident with. Read the text

and discuss with your adult what you have learnt. Read it again and answer

the questions.

Extension: Create your own comprehension questions based on the text.

Then ask your adult to answer them. Did they get all the answers right?

Spellings:

• Recap our ‘Long and short vowel song’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TjcT7Gto3U

• Today we will learn about the suffix -less

Watch this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5tf9OuEwU8

Complete the following sheet by adding the suffix. Practise spelling all the words: