Literacy
In literacy this week we have been looking at picture books. Today, we have been grammar detectives and have been looking through picture books to find relative clauses, modal verbs and parentheses. It’s been so fun!
Emily Shears
Here is a reminder of what each of these are, so you can be grammar detectives at home with your reading books:
Relative clauses are the few words in a sentence (always containing a verb) which tell you exactly which person or thing they are talking about. We can often spot them by looking for the clue words “who” and “that”.
For example: The teacher, who is in charge of PE, is very strong. The table that wobbles, often catches people out by spilling their lemonade.
Modal Verbs are the words which tell us how likely an event is to happen; might, must, should, could and shall are all modal verbs. E.g. This dragon egg might hatch.
Parenthesis is a piece of added information separated by brackets, commas or dashes. You can use brackets, (which are often the most common use of parenthetic punctuation). You can also use commas, those cute little marks we love, to do the same job. A further possibility- the dash- can be used when desired.
Mr Jones
P.E
On Tuesday we have been doing mini netball tournament with Mr. Shorter our
P.E. teacher. In netball, we have learnt to chest pass and play actual games.
It has been so fun and all of us children have loved it a lot.
We have had learned to work as a team.
Sophie Sutherland
Learning Links
- Remember, although it is aimed at adults, the British Council explains grammar really effectively. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar
- Also remember, if you would like to try the crystal growing experiment, look for the link on last week’s blog.
- Mrs Barlow recommends these books: http://www.sircharliestinkysocks.co.uk/ask-charlie/
- Mr Jones recommends these picture books: Two Frogs (great for funny philosophical discussion) http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/view/25392 and The Arrival (great for picking a page and writing your own story about the picture) http://www.shauntan.net/books/the-arrival.html
Practice your times tables. If you play this week, can you beat your score next week? http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma13tabl-game-tables-grid-find
