English

Reading 

There is no Reading Comprehension this week. Instead, please spend a week simply enjoying your reading, whatever it may be! 

 

Writing

Night in the Desert Diary

Can you imagine spending a night in a tent ... in the desert?  Your task this week is to imagine that you've just woken up after spending a night in the desert and then write your diary. 

• What was the temperature like? 
• Did you see any scorpions? 
• Did you need to get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night?!!
• Did you hear the fennec foxes scurrying around?
• Were you scared that a snake might enter the tent? 
• Did your hear your camel snoring outside?
• What did you see in the sky?  Were the stars shining brightly?

 

This is a great writing task, I think that you will enjoy it. Remember to write your diary in the past tense, eg.  Last night I heard ….  Suddenly I saw …

There are documents and some clips below to help you with this writing. 

 

Grammar/Punctuation

After you have written your desert diary, can you count how many of these word types you have used:

• Verbs (past tense)
• Adjectives
• Conjunctions

 

Phonics

Phase 6

Can you use the list of regular Past Tense verbs attached below to play a game.  Close your eyes, choose any word and see if you can write the verb in the present tense (without the _ed suffix).

 

Phase 5

Please revise any of the Phase 5 alternative spellings on https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

 

Spellings

Months of the Year (remember CLs!)

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June