Krystle Taylor

Spend some time today getting creative with your story writing. Here are some ideas to get you started!

1) There have been lots of draw along videos posted on our learning pages, follow one of these videos to create a character and then write a story about them. What exciting adventures could they have?

2) Pobble365.com has some fantastic pictures to inspire your story writing. How about this one:

3) Use the grid below to help you write a spooky story. Roll a dice twice (online dice here) to choose a box and then write a sentence that includes what is inside that box. Roll the dice again to find out what the next sentence in your story needs to include. Continue like this until you have written your story.

4) The Literacy Shed has lots of fantastics film clips and pictures that you can use as inspiration for a story. How about using this video to create a story?

This week Pete McKee is showing everyone how to draw animals. Click on the link below and draw along with him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdKpPmBbr6s&list=PLSRtXoaeseYGXzGb_yasSJ0HcIqf2S5IB&index=4

Tune in for the second installment of Steve Backshall’s chat about all things wild:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn-nRfyMFtA

Miss Taylor shows you how to make a daisy chain. If you have some daisies in your garden why not have a go yourself.

One for the fans of the TV programme Countdown (adults you can join in too). You can play for fun or for points. For more rules, please click the ‘More Rules’ tab on the website: http://keystage2literacy.co.uk/countdown-letters-game.html

The Numbers game involves choosing a random combination of big and small numbers (six in total) to generate a target number. You then have 30 seconds, if you choose to play against the timer, to try and get as close as possible to this number using the four operations (adding, multiplying, dividing and subtracting). You don’t have to use all the numbers; however, you can only use them once.

You have 2 options with the Letters game. Option one involves making the longest word you can using the random vowels and consonants that the computer generates within a 30 seconds time limit. A tip here is not to overdo the vowels. The second option – the Conundrum- involves rejigging the mixed-up letters around to make an actual 9-letter word.

Miss Hunter has been baking again, this time pizza! Why not have a go yourself and don’t forget to send us pictures of anything you make.

Have a go at these Maths number and word problems. Choose which page suits you best: Orange is for less confident and blue is for more confident. Good luck!

Here are this week’s Word of the Day. How many can you use in your writing at home?