Year 2 – Second Summer Term

Believe it or not we have now started our last Summer half term! We hope you’re all keeping well and looking after yourselves. A huge well done to all of you that have been working so hard at home with your learning. In this pack we have put together some daily learning tasks for the next two weeks. Our new topic will be Roald Dahl. Lots of your learning will be based around some of Roald Dahl’s famous stories. However, if you’ve already read some of Roald Dahl’s stories, why don’t you tell each other about them using the 2email on PurpleMash. You can access the links directly on the Oldbrook First School website through the home learning section but they are also included below.

Take care of yourself and loved ones,

Mrs Dunkley and Miss Brown

Please ask your child to choose their best piece of writing, maths and topic work each week. Parents can e-mail photographs of the chosen work to [email protected] or [email protected] . Teachers will review the learning sent and will respond with feedback.

Below are three links with the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine. http://indbooks.in/mirror1/?page_id=620371

https://www.slideshare.net/SharenGanesh/georges-marvellous-medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KdR1MFb1ks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Rl-UspWdY (Full Story)

Below are three links with the story of The Enormous Crocodile

http://ebooks.rahnuma.org/1508584979-Roald.Dahl_The-Enormous-Crocodile.pdf.html

https://www.slideshare.net/susivinh/the-enormous-crocodile-15652116

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j6vIjpkyUU

You can also continue to use the following websites for your home learning:

The PE Hub Music Yoga

Maths and literacy lessons Topic lessons Phonics

Home Learning Week 1 Timetable Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Phonics Phonics Play Common Writing Alternative Suffixes Exception sentences using graphemes er/est Words (CEW) CEW ai/ay/a-e Literacy Read George’s Write Descriptive Descriptive Big Write: Marvellous instructions on sentences about sentences about Character Medicine how you made Grandma Grandma description of your medicine (Focus: (Focus: using a Grandma adjectives/comm range of a in a list) conjunctions) Maths Column Column Column Column Addition addition/ addition with addition addition three worded balancing carries (carries and digits problems number sentences non-carries) Reading Read George’s Magpie new Design your Find words George Marvellous words: use own front types within the character Medicine and dictionary to cover to text of George’s description (list answer find definition George’s Marvellous of adjectives) comprehension Marvellous Medicine questions Medicine Topic Make your own Art: History: History/Literacy Computing: medicine/potion Make own Research the : Photography medicine bottle life of Roald Make a Roald using label Dahl and make Dahl fact file iPad/tablet/ notes phone Home Learning Timetable Week 2

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Phonics Plural spelling Split digraphs Alternative Suffix: Grammar rules graphemes: ly questions Pseudo words Literacy Read The Read crocodiles Convert notes Create a Edit work Enormous fact sheets: to write full crocodile fact Crocodile make notes sentences and file (Focus: plan Big Write Layout) Maths Column Column Column Column Subtraction subtraction/ subtraction subtraction subtraction activity balancing with borrows (mixed) three digits number sentences Reading Read The Magpie new Design your Crocodile Character Enormous words: use own front character comparison: Crocodile dictionary to cover to The description crocodile and find definition Enormous George. Crocodile Topic Geography: Masai Mara PE Computing: Music Research: Masai poster Photograph Mara make editing notes

Maths: Column addition

Set the following addition number sentences out in columns in the squares below.

64+32 54+25 18+71 73+26 83+14 30+16 80+14 65+32 31+28 12+65

T U 6 4 + 3 2

Maths: Balancing number sentences challenge:

Can you write your own?

Reading:

George’s Marvellous Medicine Reading Comprehension

Answer the questions below after reading Chapter One of George’s Marvellous Medicine. Remember the answers will be in the text and if you are not sure of how to answer reread the text again till you find the answer.

Where was George’s mother going at the beginning of the story?

Name George’s family members

What did George have to make for his grandmother?

What was the first thing Grandma grumbled about?

Why do you think Grandma didn’t order George around when his parents were home?

According to George’s Grandma, what should you eat if you want to grow?

According to George’s Grandma, what should you eat if you want to get smaller?

According to George’s Grandma, what do caterpillars give you?

Think of three adjectives to describe George

Science: In George’s Marvellous Medicine, George makes his own medicine using ingredients from around his house. Can you make your own marvellous medicine using things you find in your house or your garden? Make sure you ask your parents first! WARNING: DO NOT DRINK YOUR MEDICINE (you know what happened to Grandma!

Phonics: Common exception words (CEW)

Practise reading and writing these words

Above are the common exception words that children should be able to read but more importantly spell correctly by the end of Year 2. Children should not only be able to spell these during a spelling test but also apply the spellings to their everyday writing. Only once these spellings are consistently applied to their writing are they considered to have learnt them.

1. Look at the word carefully. Pay attention not just to the letters and their order, but also to the shape the word makes on the page 2. Say it aloud. Say the word both as you would usually say it, and then again enunciating any silent letters, e.g. Wed – nes – day. 3. Cover the word with a piece of paper or your hand 4. Write the word down from memory. 5. Check your answer letter by letter. If you’ve got it wrong, write it out again correctly.

Literacy:

In the story George mixes all kinds of ingredients together to make a medicine to give to his Grandma.

Here is an example recipe: What A Good One Looks Like

You will need: Method:

• 1 bottle of hair shampoo 1. Collect a large pan from the kitchen. • 1 tube of toothpaste 2. Empty all the jars, bottle and aerosol cans • 1 can of shaving soap into the pan. • 1 jar of vitamin enriched cream

• 1 jar of hair remover 3. Stir all the ingredients together and heat on • 1 large tin of floor polish the stove.

• 1 tin of curry powder 4. Stir in the brown paint with a wooden

• 1 bottle of extra hot chilli sauce spoon. • 4 bottles of animal pills 5. Fill up a medicine bottle with some of the • 1 large tin of brown paint mixture and replace the cork.

6. Run the bottle under a tap to cool it down. 7. Give it to Grandma and wait for amazing results!

Write a recipe to create your own ‘Marvellous Medicine’.

Before you start think about what to include in your instructions:

 a title showing what it will make

 a list of the ingredients, including the quantities

 step-by-step instructions about what to do.

 verbs (stir, mix, add) at the beginning of each instruction.

Remember to direct the reader to carry out each instruction in order.

Use the bank below to think of what time conjunctions you should use:

Firstly Secondly Thirdly Next After Before Then Finally

Imperative verbs are also known as ‘bossy verbs’ are used to tell people what to do! e.g. “Shut the window!” or “Turn the kettle on.”

put mix spread open place combine add slice sprinkle get cut chop dice heat grate crack grill pour season serve

Ingredients: Equipment:

Method:

Maths: Column addition with regrouping

Reading: Magpie! What is a dictionary?

Ask a helper at home to explain what dictionaries are used for and use Kids Wordsmyth online website to find out the definitions of the words listed below. Create your own dictionary by alphabetising these words and any others that you find in the text that you needed to learn the meaning of.

enormous properly beckon marvellous mischief selfish

wicked medicine absurd solemn shrill quiver

ponder rigid puncture grumbling complain fetch

Art:

Design and create a new label for George’s Marvellous Medicine bottle. Look at the bottles below to inspire you and then either sketch and colour your label or make a physical copy of the label to attach to the ‘medicine’ you created in Science.

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twinkl.com Phonics

Can you choose ten of the common exception words that you practised yesterday and write them correctly in a sentence.

Literacy:

In the story the author has written very descriptive sentences by using lots of adjectives to help the reader create pictures in their head.

Read chapters 1 to 4 and then draw a picture of what you think Grandma would look like based on what you’ve read.

Use the descriptive words in the word bank to compose sentences that describe grandma.

Here is an example: What A Good One Looks Like It was a truly magnificent sight, this ancient, scrawny old woman was growing taller and taller, longer and longer.

Descriptive Words Illustration of Grandma grouchy cruel

ancient selfish

lazy mischievous

frail ugly

vile disgusting

witchy obnoxious

rude appalling

scary evil

creepy monstrous

Maths: Column addition (mixed)

Set out the following number sentences in the squares below.

43 + 23 10 + 46 38 + 44 71 + 19 67 + 24 81 + 10 46 + 28 55 + 0 33 + 58 19 + 19

Reading:

Roald Dahl (author) worked alongside Quentin Blake (illustrator) for many years to create drawings that would enrich the reader’s experience.

Create your own front cover design for the story and add lots of colour to make it eye-catching.

History:

Roald Dahl Biography

Read the information about Roald Dahl to learn more about the famous author. Use the child friendly search engine (kiddle.com) to carry out your own research too. Keep notes for tomorrow!

The Life of Roald Dahl Birth: Roald Dahl was born in Wales to Norwegian parents. He had an older sister called Asti who 13th September 1916, sadly died when she was 7 years old. Roald’s Llandaff Wales father was so upset, he fell ill with pneumonia and died a few weeks after Asti. Roald’s mother Death: was pregnant, and gave birth to Roald’s younger sister, Asta. 23rd November 1990, Oxford, UK Roald did not like school, and after getting into trouble in his Welsh primary school, his mother Occupation: sent him to boarding school - first in Weston- Writer/ author Super-Mare and then Repton Public School in Derbyshire. He was very homesick at first, but then began to enjoy the experience. Whilst at the Repton School, Roald and his friends were often asked to be chocolate testers for a large company, and this later gave him the inspiration to write Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

After school, Roald wanted to travel and have adventures, so he worked for the Shell oil company. He was sent to Africa to work, but after a year, the Second World War broke out and Roald signed up to join the Royal Air Force. He became a pilot.

Dahl flew a Tiger Moth plane in Nairobi and then was posted to Libya, where he flew a Gloster Gladiator. In the September of 1940, his plane crashed in the Western Desert. He suffered terrible injuries to his head and back, so had to be flown to a hospital in Egypt. It took him 6 months to recover. He eventually returned to the RAF, but after a while, he began having violent headaches. As a result, he returned to England to live with his mother and sister.

He began writing in an old cottage, where he wrote his first novel ‘Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen’ – a book for adults. It was not a cheerful book and writing it exhausted Roald so much that he had to go back to hospital.

In 1951, he met the actress Patricia Neal and they were soon married. They lived in Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. They had five children: Olivia, Tessa, Theo, Ophelia and Lucy. Sadly, Olivia died when she was 7 years old.

Roald told his children stories at bedtime, and decided to start writing them down for all children to enjoy. During the 1980s, Dahl had 11 children’s books published and The BFG was turned into an animated film.

During his lifetime, Roald Dahl wrote 20 books for children and had 48 books published altogether. He has had 6 books turned into films, and both Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are now theatre shows.

He died on 23rd November 1990, aged 74, from a disease of the blood. He is buried in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. A short distance away, there is now a Roald Dahl Museum. 2016 sees the one-hundred-year celebration of Roald Dahl’s life.

Phonics : Alternative graphemes

Can you write the word for each picture using the correct grapheme?

Literacy:

Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentences below. Here is an example: What A Good One Looks Like Select the correct conjunction: and but or because

“Her legs were so short she had to have a footstool to put her feet on, and her head only came halfway up the back of the armchair.”

Complete these sentences by selecting the correct coordinating conjunctions.

and but or

1. Most grandmothers are lovely, kind, helpful old ladies, ______not this one. 2. It’s not what you like ______what you don’t like. 3. You’re a lazy ______disobedient little worm ______you’re growing too fast. 4. He took out the cork ______tipped it down the sink. 5. Grandma sipped some tea ______never took her eyes from the little boy who stood before her. 6. It simply must be brown, ______she’ll get suspicious.

Complete these sentences by selecting the correct subordinating conjunctions.

because if that when

1. It was only ______she had him on his own ______she treated him badly. 2. She squeezed her lips together tight so ______her mouth became a tiny wrinkled hole. 3. Sometimes, ______you’re lucky. 4. You needn’t think I can’t hear you just ______you closed the door!

5. I gave up growing ______I was extremely small, along with all the

other nasty childish habits like laziness and disobedience and greed and

sloppiness and untidiness and stupidity.

6. It has a pair of sharp nippers on its back end and ______it grabs

your tongue with those, it never lets go.

Literacy CHALLENGE

Try composing your own sentences about Grandma that include the conjunctions we have focussed on. Remember we use conjunction to extend and bring sentences together to form one sentence that makes sense.

Explore both coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

and but or because if that when

Maths: Column addition 3 digits

Reading:

Identifying Word Classes

Read the extract from George’s Marvellous Medicine and identify the word classes using the different key below.

Noun: Draw a circle Verb: Underline the word

Adjective: Draw a rectangle Adverb: Draw a bubble

Extract from Chapter One: Grandma “I’m going shopping in the village,’’ George’s mother said to George on Saturday morning. “So be a good boy and don’t get into mischief.” This was a silly thing to say to a small boy at any time. It immediately made him wonder what sort of mischief he might get into. “And don’t forget to give Grandma her medicine at eleven o’clock,” the mother said. Then out she went, closing the back door behind her. Grandma, who was dozing in her chair by the window, opened one wicked little eye and said, “Now you heard what your mother said, George. Don’t forget my medicine.” “No, Grandma,” George said. “And just try to behave yourself for once while she’s away.” “Yes, Grandma,” George said. George was bored to tears. He didn’t have a brother or a sister. His father was a farmer, and the farm they lived on was miles away from anywhere, so there were never any children to play with. He was tired of staring at pigs and hens and cows and sheep. He was especially tired of having to live in the same house as that grizzly old grunion of a grandma.

Extract from Chapter Two: The Marvellous Plan George sat himself down at the table in the kitchen. He was shaking a little. Oh, how he hated Grandma. He really hated that horrid old witchy woman. And all of a sudden, he had a tremendous urge to do something about her: Something whopping. Something absolutely ter-riﬁc. A real shocker. A sort of explosion. “I’m not going to be frightened by her,” he said softly to himself But he was frightened. And that’s why he wanted suddenly to explode her away. Well . . . not quite away. But he did want to shake the old woman up a bit. Very well, then. What should it be, this whopping ter-rific exploding shocker for Grandma? As George sat there pondering this interesting problem, his eye fell upon the bottle of Grandma’s brown medicine standing on the sideboard. Rotten stuff it seemed to be . . . and, it didn’t do her the slightest bit of good. She was always just as horrid after she’d had it as she’d been before. So—ho! thought George suddenly. Ah-ha! Ho-Bum! I know exactly what I shall do. I shall make her a new medicine, one that is so strong and so fierce and so fantastic it will either cure her completely or blow off the top of her head. History:

Create a fact file about the life of Roald Dahl. Remember to include important information and facts about his early life, career and achievements. You may use the template below or create your own layout.

Full Name:

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Famous for:

Date of death:

Who was Roald Dahl?

Roald Dahl’s Early Life:

Interesting Facts:

Phonics: Suffixes er/est

Can you complete this table by writing the comparative er suffix and the superlative est suffix. The first one has been done for you. Remember the spelling rules:

Just add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example: quick, quicker, quickest If adj. ends and do this Examples Exceptions in add happy C= consonant; C + y change y to i happier happiest

V= vowel er late C + e remove e later est latest

hot double last C + V + C hotter letter hottest Note: adjectives ending in -l are regular, except: cruel, crueller, cruellest Literacy:

Write a character description of Grandma.

Before you start think about what to include in your writing:

 Capital letters and full stops.

 Adjectives that describe and specify

 Commas correctly placed in your lists

Maths: Addition Worded Problems

Solve these addition worded problems using column addition when needed.

1.Bobby read 12 books and Vineet read 13 books. How many books did they read altogether?

2. Angel read 8 chapters of her book on Monday and 7 chapters on Tuesday. How many chapters did she read altogether?

3. In Dragonflies’ class, 13 children dressed as witches for Book Week. In Frogs’ class, 15 children dressed as witches. In Robins’ class, 14 children were dressed as witches. How many children were dressed as witches altogether?

4. Patryk read 31 pages of his book. Leah read 12 pages of her book. How many pages did they read altogether?

5. Mrs Dunkley spent 20 minutes reading to the class on Wednesday, 15 minutes reading to the class on Thursday and 10 minutes on Friday. For how long did Mrs Dunkley read to the class altogether?

Reading

Create a George Kranky Character Study. Look at the possible descriptive words available in the word bank and decide whether they should be used to describe the character. Draw a picture of George and write the appropriate words around him. Can you think of your own adjectives to describe George?

angry brave caring cheerful calm

evil lonely generous responsible clever

envious lazy funny loyal mean

gentle moody wise silly selfish

Illustration of George Kranky

Would you want to be George’s friend? Why or why not?

Computing: Photography

You don’t have to have a camera for photography. You could use a phone, iPad or tablet to practise taking photos.

Have a go at taking photographs based on the theme ‘fun, family and excitement’.First, take a moment to think about what these words means to you, use the space below to list some ideas for each word. It might be an activity you do together or a memory.

Fun Family Excitement

e.g Playing in my e.g Baking together e.g Eating what we’ve paddling pool baked!

Now look at the ideas and think about some situations that would make a good photograph. Complete the table to help plan your photos.

Consider Family Fun Excitement

Who might be in the photo?

Where will the photo be taken?

What are the people in the photo doing?

What else could be in your photo? Pets? Toys?

Week 2 Phonics

Can you make these singular nouns plural?

Maths: Column subtraction

Set the following subtraction number sentences out in columns in the squares below.

26 – 13 32 – 20 29 – 14 42 – 12 27 – 12 16 – 10 33- 11 25 – 13 29 – 12 38 - 36

Geography: Research Masai Mara

In Geography this half term we will be comparing a small place in the UK (Milton Keynes) with another small non-european place (Masai Mara)

Can you research the Masai Mara and make notes on the important information you find out?

Phonics: Split digraphs a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e

Can you write the word to match each picture using the correct split digraph?

Week Two – Literacy:

This week you are going to be learning lots about crocodiles linked to the story by Roald Dahl, The Enormous Crocodile!

Read the two fact files to learn information and record any interesting or key facts that you would like to use in your own writing. You could also do your own research and see if you can find even more facts! Think about which fact file you preferred and why? What features do they have? Could they be improved? How?

Crocodiles

What Is A Crocodile?

Crocodiles are reptiles, which means they have cold blood. Crocodiles have green and brown scaly skin.

What Does It Look Like?

Crocodiles have two small eyes and a powerful snout with nostrils at the end. They have two small hind feet and a long, powerful tail and body. Crocodiles have very sharp, short teeth.

Where Does It Live?

Crocodiles live in water and on land. They especially like to live in marshes and swamps. Crocodiles can be found in rivers too. They like to live in wet places.

What Does It Eat? Crocodiles are carnivores, which means they only eat meat. They mostly eat fish, birds and small animals, although larger crocodiles will eat larger animals such as deer and buffalo.

Week Two – Literacy Continued

All About Crocodiles

Crocodiles are large, carnivorous reptiles found in tropical and subtropical regions. Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the water. They have flattened bodies and tails, short legs, and powerful jaws. The eyes, ears and nostrils are located near the top of the head and are exposed when the crocodile floats on the surface of the water. The ears and nostrils have valves that close when the animal is submerged.

Most crocodiles are more aggressive than the related alligators. The two forms are distinguished by the long lower fourth tooth; in crocodiles but not alligators, this tooth protrudes on the side of the head when the mouth is closed. Also, the snouts of most crocodiles are narrower than those of alligators.

The larger species of crocodiles can be very dangerous to humans. The Saltwater and Nile Crocodiles are the most dangerous, harming many hundreds of people each year in parts of South East Asia.

Crocodiles tend to congregate in slow moving rivers and lakes, and feed on a wide variety of living and dead mammals and fish. Some species, notably the Saltwater Crocodiles of Australia and the Pacific Islands, have been known to venture far out to sea. They are an ancient lineage, and are believed to have changed little since the time of the dinosaurs.

Small crocodiles feed on fish and small aquatic animals; larger crocodiles also catch land mammals and birds that approach the water. Members of some large species sometimes attack and eat humans.

Crocodiles are very fast over short distances, even out of water. They have extremely powerful jaws and sharp teeth for tearing into meat. All large crocodiles also have powerful claws.

Crocodiles are ambush hunters, waiting for fish or land animals to come close, then rushing out to attack. As cold-blooded predators, they can survive long periods without food, and rarely need to actively go hunting.

The crocodile’s bite strength is up to 3000 pounds per square inch, comparing to just 100 pounds per square inch for a large dog. Despite their slow appearance, crocodiles are the top predators in their environment, and various species have been observed attacking and killing lions and sharks. A famous exception is the Egyptian Plover which is said to enjoy a relationship with the crocodile. According to reports, the plover feeds on parasites that infest the crocodile’s mouth and the reptile will open its jaws and allow the bird to enter to clean out the mouth.

Wild crocodiles are protected in many parts of the world, but they also are inhumanely farmed commercially. Their hide is tanned and used to make leather goods such as shoes and handbags, while crocodile meat is also considered a delicacy in many parts of the world. The most commonly farmed species are the Saltwater and Nile Egyptian Plover crocodiles, while a hybrid of the Saltwater is the rare Siamese crocodile is also bred in Asian farms.

The female crocodile deposits her eggs, usually about 20 in number, in a nest of rotting vegetation or in a shallow pit on the river bank, and digs them up when she hears them hatching.

Did you know…? Crocodiles are more commonly related to birds and dinosaurs than to most animals classified as reptiles.

Glossary:

a surprise attack made lacking pity, compassion, or ambush inhumanely from a hidden place. kindness very bold; acting as if descent from or the aggressive full of power and lineage descendants of a common or authority. particular ancestor an animal that lives on or in to be reared for bred parasites another living thing, to get reproduction. energy from the host. to bring or come together congregate protrudes to push or stick out. to form a group an area of the earth's surface something delightful or delicacy regions that has certain features of rare land and climate. deposits to put down or place. submerged to put underwater the offspring of two plants or plant life in a hybrid animals that are of vegetation particular place. different species or breeds. Maths: Column subtraction with exchanging

Reading Magpie!

What is a dictionary?

creep wicked bitter peered fearsome hoisted

gather beastly luscious snorted gallop tremendous

gobble paddling shriek cursed blurry sizzled Geography/History

Can you create a poster below to display the information you find out about the Masai Mara yesterday?

Phonics: Pseudo words

Read the words in each box and colour them according to the key.

Have you made a picture?

Literacy

Planning Your Big Write

Using the information, you have learnt from reading the ‘All About Crocodiles Fact Files’ and other research online, use your notes to create a plan of what information you would like to include in your own writing. Use the template below or create your own way of planning your big write for tomorrow.

 What is your title/main heading?  What subheadings will you use?  What facts do you want to include?

Title/Main Heading;

Introduce the information text. You could try to use a rhetorical question.

Sub-Heading:

Summarise and possibly use humour to engage the reader.

Did you Know…? Maths: Column subtraction (mixed)

Set the following subtraction number sentences out in columns in the squares below.

28-11 32 – 13 52 – 14 54 – 12 74 – 36 90 – 10 53 - 11 61 – 33 46 – 12 91 - 67

Reading

Create your own front cover design for the story and add lots of colour to make it eye-catching.

Phonics: Suffix -ly

An adverb tells you where, why or how much something is done.

Literacy - Big Write

Write a non-fiction report about crocodiles.

Before you start think about what to include in your writing:

 Layout and presentation  Main Heading and subheadings for each section  Facts and key vocabulary to use  Capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamations  A range of conjunctions (and, but, or, because, if, when, so, that)  Suffixes (-ing, -ly, -ful, -ness, -ment)

Literacy - Big Write Continued

Maths: Column subtraction 3 digits

Challenge:

Can you fill in the missing numbers

Reading

In the story the author has written very descriptive sentences by using lots of adjectives to help the reader create pictures in their head and understand

the character’s behaviours.

Read the story and then draw a picture of what you think The Enormous Crocodile would look like based on what you’ve read.

Use the descriptive words in the word bank to compose sentences that describe The Enormous Crocodile. Use Kids Wordsmyth research the meaning of the words you may be unsure of.

Here is an example: What A Good One Looks Like The Enormous Crocodile is vicious, bloodthirsty and overconfident. He is obsessed with his intention to eat children, and is always stopped by the other animals living in the jungle. When he grins shows hundreds of his sharp white teeth.

Descriptive Words Illustration of the Enormous Crocodile callous arrogant

wicked deceitful

evil awful

stubborn terrible

mean sly

spiteful cunning

horrible scary

brash rude

nasty fraud

malicious trickster

Can you think of your own or find any more to add from the text?

Computing:

You can use the photographs you took last week or take new photographs.

Try editing your photographs using the editing features on your phone/tablet/iPad. e.g on your iPad once you have taken a photo you can press edit (top right hand side) and you can change the colour, size and draw on the photograph.

Phonics: Complete the SPaG questions

Literacy Big Write

Proof Reading and Editing

Reread your writing with an adult and check whether you have met all of the success criteria for an excellent Big Write. If you have forgotten to put that full stop at the end of a sentence or you happened to spell a word wrong, now is the time to fix it!

My title/heading:

 I created a good, clear title that tells the reader what the text will be about.

My introduction:

 I said what the text is about in a clear way.

 I gave the reader specific vocabulary and explained what these words mean in a glossary.

 I outlined the main features that the text is going to include.

My main paragraphs:

 I organised my ideas so that each section is about a different aspect.  I used sub-headings to help the reader know what to expect.

 I used clear sentences with conjunctions to extend ideas and be specific.

 I gave detailed information about different aspects such as appearance, habitat and food etc.

 I used specific vocabulary and accurate facts to inform the reader.

 I may have used pictures, diagrams or tables to support the reader’s understanding.

My closing paragraph:

 I summarised the key points that are the most interesting and engaging.  I may have given an opinion or asked the reader a question about what they think about crocodiles.

 I used a ‘Did you know…?’ section to include an amazing fact. Maths: Subtraction challenges

Reading

Character Comparison

Compare and contrast two different characters. Think about their individual personalities, appearances and attitudes.

Write sentences about George Kranky and The Enormous Crocodile completing the diagram below. You may choose to lay out your comparison in a different way.

George Kranky The Enormous Both Crocodile

OPTIONAL ART CHALLENGE:

Follow the step-by-step guide below to draw your very own enormous crocodile that could be used to illustrate your Big Write Task. Take your time and pay close attention to the form of the body and features.