Thursday 9th October
Thursday 9th October 2025
Grammar
Let's remind ourselves of what prepositions are...
Activity
Below are some pictures of some objects (nouns). Can you write some sentences with prepositions to describe position using these pictures?
Underline the preposition!
Example: The man sat on the chair.
LC: To analyse and evaluate texts.
Today we are going to have a look at some non-chronological reports.
We are going to look at the features included so that we can write our own toolkit, ready to write our own later on!
I am going to analyse the non-chronological report. I will highlight/label the:
- Heading
-Subheadings
- Introduction
- Paragraphs
- Pictures/diagrams
Activity
The below non-chronological report is on See-Saw.
You need to analyse the text and label the:
- Heading
-Subheadings
- Introduction
- Paragraphs
- Conclusion
- Pictures/diagrams
LC: To be able to subtract two 3-digit numbers without renaming.
Thursday 9th October 2025
LC: Retrieve and record information from non-fiction texts.
We are going to read the following text together:
Work with your talk partner and tell them what hamsters like to eat. Do you need to read the whole text again? How is this non-fiction text organised to help us retrieve information easily?
Main
We are now going to read a different non-fiction text and you are going to answer the questions in your books.
1) How long can an Emperor penguin swim underwater for?
The Emperor penguin can swim under water...
2) Why do Emperor penguins like to live in a group?
Emperor penguins like to live in groups so they can...
3) How tall can Emperor penguins grow?
Emperor penguins can grow up to...
LC: To locate Lancashire and its neighbouring counties on a map of the UK.
We have learned that the U.K. is made up of 4 countries, can you recall what they are?
The U.K. is also split up into counties.
What are counties?
The counties of England are areas of land, cities and towns that are used for different purposes.
Here is a map of England.
Which county does Burnley belong to?
Can you find the county of Lancashire?
What are the surrounding counties of Lancashire?
