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Farm Animals
Weekly Overview This week, we are learning about farm animals and will using our writing skills to help us.
We are focussing a lot on sentence writing this week. When writing full sentences there is a lot to remember! You have to think of your idea, remember your sentence, listen to the sounds in words and remember to have a finger space after each word! WOW!
This week we mainly want you to think about remembering your finger spaces, your adults can help out with all the other parts of the sentence.
A finger space comes after each word. We need the space so that we can see where each word begins and ends- it makes reading your sentence so much easier.
So warm up your finger space fingers- before writing your sentences give them a wiggle and stretch them out.
To help you remember where to put them, it helps to count the words in your sentence- you can either count the words on an adults fingers or use something like a piece of pasta for each word and lay it out in a line. Every time you have written a word, get rid of the finger or pasta. Each time you do that, remember to use a finger space!
Here are some exciting writing challenges
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Lesson 1 - Who lives on the farm?
Watch this video (click the picture) Can you draw a picture of a farm and draw some animals you might find there? Make sure you label the animals by listening to all the sounds you can hear. This list of animal names will help you in your writing for the rest of the week.
Below are some ideas to get you started. You can print them out if you have a printer or do your own versions!
Challenge Can you find out what the animals’ young are called and add them to your drawing?
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Lesson 2 - Using finger spaces These farm animal names are all mixed up! Can you figure out what they are unscramble them?
owc peesh
gip odg
Challenge Write a sentence using one of the animals names- tell us something about that animal. You need to do a finger spaces after every word, this helps when we are reading your wonderful ideas.
Tips for sentence writing: Think of your sentence Say your sentence out loud a few times Count how many words you have Write your sentence, by remembering which word comes next Remember to use a finger space after every word
Here is Miss Vomero’s: The sheep is woolly.
Lesson 3 - A different ending…
Watch the story about Farmer Duck. Story talk: Why do you think Farmer Duck had to do all the work? How would you describe the (human) farmer? What happened at the end of the story?
Challenge Become the author and think of a different ending for the story. WRITING CHALLENGES
Ideas to help: What if the animals had come up with a different plan? Act out your story either with your family or with your toys. Become the illustrator and draw the end of the story.
When you have your ending idea, write it up.
Tips for sentence writing: Think of your sentence Say your sentence out loud a few times Count how many words you have Write your sentence, by remembering which word comes next. Remember to use a finger space after every word.
Lesson 4 - A silent story…
This short video tells a funny story but it has no words!
Talk through the story with a learning partner. Which part was your favourite? Miss Tyler’s was when all the cows rolled out of the barn!
Challenge Draw your favourite part and write a sentence about what is happening. Are you starting to remember your finger spaces after every word?
Lesson 5 - Did you know?
Click here for live camera footage of farm animals!
What have you learned about farm animals so far? Talk through some ideas with a learning partner.
Challenge We would love to learn more about farm animals. Write facts that you know or have learned this week and send them to us. WRITING CHALLENGES
Here is Mel’s: Did you know goats and sheep don't have teeth on their upper jaw. We look forward to seeing your interesting facts! Don’t forget those finger spaces!
Helpful for your writing.
Phase 2 tricky words
I to the no go
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Phase 3 tricky words
he she we me be you are was they all my her
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Non-cursive letter formation. Click the images to go to the site.
Pre-cursive letter formation.