Wednesday 9th September
GPS
Let's take a look at what makes a sentence...
Main
LC: To draw inferences from characters feelings and thoughts.
What word does Trunky use to describe The Enormous Crocodile?
What does fiend mean?
Let's think of some questions together using the question starters:
Who?
What?
When?
Why?
Can you find any adjectives (describing words) that Muggle Wump uses to describe The Enormous Crocodile with?
Let’s add to the Learning wall some more adjectives to describe the characters and the settings from the text above!
In your books write down what each character would like to happen to the Enormous Crocodile?
The hippopotamus would like …
The elephant would like …
LC: To be able to recognise the place value of each digit in a 3-digit number
Wednesday 9th September 2026
LC: Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings from their actions.
Whole Class
What is a feeling?
Why do good readers infer character feelings?
Good readers think about how the characters in the story are feeling and almost 'put themselves in their shoes' to try to imagine the full picture of what is happening. This can also help the reader to understand what the character is thinking.
I am going to model inferring character feelings. Here is an extract taken from Matilda by Roald Dahl:
I think Matilda is feeling _________because ______________________.
Independent
I think Laszlo is feeling _______________because _________________________________.