Spellings

•Pencil

•Pupil

•Metal

•Pedal

•Capital

•Hospital

•Animal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCE3ZO0Rc0E

Monday (B) and Tuesday (A) Independent Tasks

Can you read these words?

In a silly voice? In a loud voice? In a quiet voice?

People looked

Please have a look at this video – join in when you can!

Starter: QUESTIONS How do you know when a sentence is a question?

Can you think of 5 questions you might ask if you saw this in your local town?

What questions could you ask these people?

Can you remember the three coordinating conjunctions?

and

but

or

Use the conjunctions to join the sentences together.

• It was hot.

• I don’t want potatoes.

• Jack likes playing.

• Ava wanted vegetables.

• You can have a sandwich.

• I don’t like pears.

• Noah fell off the chair.

• The sun was shining.

• I don’t want pasta.

• Jack doesn’t like working.

• Ava wanted potatoes.

• You can’t have a cake.

• I don’t like apples.

• Noah bumped his head.

Please choose an activity from the following slides to support your understanding of conjunctions.

• You only need to complete one of the tasks.

Pick one of the pictures, or take a photo to inspire your writing. • Can you write sentences about your picture?

• They should include• Expanded Noun Phrases

• Coordinating Conjunctions

• Use your phonics to help with your spelling.

Create your own sentences using the model below (conjunctions on different colours).

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/alt-spellings-ai

Wednesday (B) and Thursday (A) Independent Tasks

Can you read these words?

In a silly voice? In a loud voice? In a quiet voice?

Work once mouse

Please follow the link to have a go at the word sort using alternative ai spellings.

We are going to think about uplevelling your writing today.

• Put a timer on for 5 minutes.

• In this time, you should write as much as you can about ANYTHING!

• You can pick anything you would like.

GO!

Now, without adding anything….• Have a look at your writing. Did it have:

• Capital Letters

• Full Stops

• Adjectives

• Expanded Noun Phrases

• Conjunctions

• We need to think about improving our sentences.

What Does ‘Uplevelling aSentence’ Mean?

To ‘uplevel’ a sentence is to make a boring sentence more

interesting by including lots of extra details, such as changing...

I saw a cat

into

I saw a beautiful, furry

cat sitting on the red,

brick wall when I arrived

home.

PunctuationThe very first step in uplevelling a sentence is making sure that it has all of

the punctuation it needs, such as:

Back

Emma and Frank went to London.

What time will the bus get here?

I need to buy butter, sugar and milk.

Expanded Noun PhrasesAn expanded noun phrase provides extra information about the noun.

You can use adjectives to give more information within your sentences,

such as:

the gigantic, ferocious lion

some kind, helpful children

three elegant, white swans

Linking WordsLinking words help you to add extra detail to your sentence, such as:

Emily wanted a pet elephant because she thought they were really interesting.

I want to go to the park but it is raining.

You may want to use:

and but or because

Have a go at the activity on the website:

Choose which level you feel is best.1star or 2 star (challenge)