Tuesday 13th January
Grammar
LC: To use the present perfect forms of verbs.
Simple Past Tense is used for activities or events that started and finished in the past.
I went there yesterday.
He made a cake last week.
My mum got a new job so we moved house.
Present Perfect Tense is used for activities that started in the past but are still true now, or have an effect on what is happening now.
We haven’t been there yet.
He has taken the cow to market.
He has lived here for many years.
Activity
Look at the images below and write a sentence using the present perfect forms of verbs.
Remember to check your sentence to see if it makes sense!
Main
Tuesday 13th January 2026
LC: To discuss and record ideas for planning.
Today we are going to begin planning our explanation texts.
What are the features of an explanation text? Can you remember when we labeled explanation texts last week?
Let's plan!
Your heading is going to be - What is the life cycle of a flowering plant?
My heading is going to be - What is the life cycle of an oak tree?
We will plan our explanations together, step by step.
RIC
R - Who was the greatest soccer star who ever lived?
I - Why might Henry be racing across the field?
C - How many exclamation marks has the author used in the above paragraph? Why do you think they have used so many?
Tuesday 13th January 2026
LC: To retrieve and record information from a non-fiction text.
What does retrieve mean?
What does record mean?
This week we are going to read some non-fiction texts, find answers to questions and write them down.
Whole Class
We are going to read the below non-fiction text about bats and answer the questions as a class.
Activity
We are going to read the text below and then you are going to answer the questions in your books.
Questions
1. How many smaller oceans are there?
2. What is the second largest ocean in the world?
3. What is the world's largest ocean?
4. What is the Pacific Ocean home to?