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Year 2 pop in Term 5 2012. Is it really term 5 already?!?!. What did we get up to in term 4?. Term 4 saw the end of our Great Fire of London topic which culminated in our presentation to you. We felt the children did a fantastic job and hope you were just as proud of them as we were. .
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Year 2 pop in Term 5 2012 Is it really term 5 already?!?!
What did we get up to in term 4? Term 4 saw the end of our Great Fire of London topic which culminated in our presentation to you. We felt the children did a fantastic job and hope you were just as proud of them as we were. Did anyone take photos or film the whole performance?
What are we learning in term 5? • In term 5 our overall theme is ‘The Seaside’. We are learning about; • The geography of coastal areas and geographical features of seaside resorts in the UK • Seaside holidays abroad • Seaside holidays in the 1950s and Victorian era compared with today • Seaside music (‘Oh I do like to be beside the seaside….!’) • Seaside art e.g. collage, sketching, seascapes, sand sculptures • Report writing on Wells and also seaside holidays in the past
We are also learning about; • Nocturnal animals • Extended authors - Dick King Smith in particular • Character descriptions …..and in maths our main focuses are: • Using appropriate methods for +, -, x and ÷ • Applying our understanding of maths concepts to solving problems.
Spellings……… again! • High Frequency spellings sent home – please keep plugging away at these. New weekly format; • No more look, cover, say, write, check • Still using a spelling pattern or rule of the week • Some words given • Challenge to find more words with the same spelling pattern or rule (thus finding ones that do not fit and gaining better knowledge of spellings) • Only one or two sentences but with real quality • Hopefully more enjoyment – please feedback to us.
Starting sentences in different ways • Try to change sentences so they do not all start with a name or pronoun e.g. He, She, I, The…. The wolf had hairy hands. The wolf had sharp teeth. The wolf had huge claws. He was a scary wolf because he ran after the sheep. It could become; In the story of Little Red Riding Hood the wolf had hairy paws. With sharp teeth and huge claws he looks terrifying. Because he chases the sheep it shows he is a scary character.
Writing – better quality sentences • Adding a range of adjectives • Better word choices for effect e.g. ‘screamed’ or ‘whispered’ instead of ‘said’ • Adding a range of connectives in a relevant way (so, and, but, because, while, before, after) • Changing the word order Let’s start with a game;
The owl flew in the night. Adding adjectivesand adverbs • The large,graceful,owl flew silently in the dark night. Adding a range of connectives and technical words; • The large, graceful owl flew silently in the night sothat he could catch his prey.
Changing the order of the sentences for greater variety. The large, graceful owl flew silently in the night so that he could catch his prey. becomes; • So that he could catch his prey, the large, graceful owl flew silently though the night sky.
Your turn! The bat hung upside down. Think about; adjectives (describing object) adverbs (describing verb) connectives (e.g. so, because, while) technical words (e.g. ‘nocturnal’) changing the order of the sentence
