English

Monday 11th January

WAIL To use the past tense

          To know that some words change in the past tense

 

Learning journey

This activity will give the children some context for tomorrow's lesson, which refers to the story of 'The Magic Paintbrush' (there is a video at the end of this lesson for you to share the story with your child if you wish). We will meet Ma Liang, the painter, who will recount the story from his point of view.

The children will now be thinking about and writing an introduction for their recount. We will discuss ideas and write it on the planning sheet with our four pictures on, ready for Wednesday's lesson

Teaching video

Tuesday 12th January

WALT To use the past tense

           To know that some words change in the past tense

Success criteria: I can use the past tense

                           I know that some words change in the past tense

                           I can write in the past tense

 

Learning journey

In this video the children will again explore using 'ed' to change words to the past tense, but will also be introduced to some irregular verbs (when the word changes go=went, have=had, for example). The spelling rule for changing words ending in 'e' to the past tense will also be covered.

 

There is a short activity for the children to rewrite some sentences in the past tense. If your child finds writing sentences tricky, we have included a sheet with them on, which have the past tense verb missing for them to complete.

There is a short challenge for those who are confident using past tense verbs.

Wednesday 13th January

WAIL To use the past tense

          To know that some words change in the past tense

Success criteria: To write a short recount with an introduction using the past tense

 

Learning journey

Today we will start writing our recount.The children will be copying their introduction and writing sentences for the first two pictures. They will need a clean page in their writing book or a sheet of lined paper. The children will use this today and tomorrow to write their recount. They will also need their plan with the four pictures and introduction written on the reverse that we used last week in our literacy lessons.

Thursday 14th January

WAIL To use the past tense

          To know that some words change in the past tense

Success Criteria: To write a short recount using the past tense

The children will need their plan, keyword spelling mat and list of time connectives from yesterday, together with the recount writing they did yesterday.

Friday 15th January

WAIL To form letters correctly a, c, o

Success criteria: I can start letter in the correct place

                            I can keep them a consistent size relative to each other

 

Learning journey

 

Watch the 3 letter formation videos one at a time, giving the children an opportunity practise their letter formation in between.  Children who find handwriting tricky can practise their letter formation using one of the activities from the 'Ideas for Handwriting' sheet.