Tuesday 24th February

Morning Work

Grammar Warm Up

LC: to identify relative pronouns in a sentence 

Read the sentences below and discuss with your partner:

- Which words have been underlined?

- What differences can you see between sentences 1 and 2?

 

1. That is the house which my cousin lives in.

2. That is the house my cousin lives in.

 

1. My friend, who is called Adam, moved to London last week.

2. My friend called Adam moved to London last week.

 

1. A doctor is a person who looks after people’s health.

2. A doctor is a person looking after people’s health.

 

 

 

LC: To identify examples of the Science Fiction genre and to appraise a science fiction text

Tell your talk partner what you remember about the features of science-fiction writing.

Read this story from a Year 6 pupil writing for a KS1 reader.

When you have finished, tell your talk partner

- what did you think of the story?

- what was your favourite part?

Take turns retelling the story to your talk partner using the adverbial starters to sequence the events in chronological order:

First of all

Next

Later

Then

Eventually

In the end

 

 

 LC: To be able to add and subtract decimals with up to 3 decimal places.

 

LC: To create a timeline to indicate stages of growth in humans.  

Can we use our research skills to  create a timeline to identify the stages of growth in humans?

 

BBC Bitesize

The Human Life Cycle 

LC: To learn words from the statutory spelling word list.

 

 

Activity: Work with a partner to test 10 words from the statutory spelling lists.