Year 6 English Home Learning - 08/03/21 - 12/03/21

Hi Year 6. I hope you are well.

Below you will find your English remote learning activities for this week. We will also be having a Zoom meeting this week, the date and time of that meeting can be found below.

Thursday 11th March at 11:00 am

If you have any questions about any of this week’s learning activities or want to send any photos of the learning you are completing at home, my email address can be found on the Year 6 Class Page.

Monday 8th March

During today’s English lesson, we will be matching vocabulary to images and forming sentences using words with the ul and ull spelling pattern and we will be exploring the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.

Spelling: ul and ull  

Starter: How many times can you write each of these words in 1 minute? (quick write)

Arrow          narrow          sparrow

Here is the link to today’s spelling activity. I would like you to complete Focus A, B and C please. Here are the answers for today’s spelling activity.

Reading:

Starter: Visualise

Reading starter

Big? Can I explore the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary?

Here is the PowerPoint explaining today’s learning activities.

Pages 64 and 65 of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Exploring Unfamiliar Vocabulary

Tuesday 9th March 2021

During our English lesson today, we will be looking at adding the suffix ful to root words and practicing using our reading for meaning skills to clarify the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.

Spelling: ul and ull  

Starter: Can you put the vocabulary listed below into silly sentences?

Borrow         sorrow          shadow

Here is the link to today’s spelling activity. I would like you to complete the Extra activity please. Here are the answers for today’s spelling activity.  

Reading:

Starter: Vocabulary  

Reading starter

Big? Can I use reading for meaning to clarify unfamiliar vocabulary?

Here is the PowerPoint explaining today’s learning activities.

Vocabulary Victor          Radiers Peril Pages 96 - 99 of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Reading for meaning grid

Wednesday 10th March 2021

During our English lesson today, we are going to be adding the suffix ful and identifying and using antonyms.

Spelling: ul and ull  

Starter: How many times can you write each of these words in 1 minute? (quick write)

Shallow          willow            swallow

Here is the link to today’s spelling activity. I would like you to complete the Extension A and B please. Here are the answers for today’s spelling activity.

Writing:

Starter:  Spelling Statutory Spellings   

Spelling starter

Year 5 and 6 Statutory Spellings

Big? Can I identify and use antonyms?

Here is the PowerPoint explaining today’s learning activities.

Fluency questions          Fluency answers          Reasoning questions          Reasoning answers

Fluency challenge    Fluency challenge answers    Reasoning challenge   Reasoning challenge answers

Thursday 11th March 2021  

During today’s English lesson, we will be looking at completing a word search linked with ful endings and identifying and using synonyms.

Spelling: ul and ull  

Starter: Can you identify the meaning of the following vocabulary?

Barrow          hollow          sorrow

You can use a dictionary or dictionary.com to help you.

Here is the link to today’s spelling activity. Here are the answers for today’s spelling activity.

Writing:

Starter: Homophones

Spelling starter

Dictionary.com  

Big? Can I identify and use synonyms?

Here is the PowerPoint explaining today’s learning activities.

Remember, you can use thesaurus.com to help you to identify synonyms.

Fluency questions          Fluency answers          Reasoning questions          Reasoning answers

Fluency challenge    Fluency challenge answers    Reasoning challenge   Reasoning challenge answers

Friday 12th March 2021

During our English lesson today, we will be using a range of adverbials for time, reason, manner and place.

Spelling: words originating from other countries  

Starter: Can you identify which vocabulary is spelt correctly and which is spelt incorrectly?

Alow          arow          narrow          elbow          yelow          frown

Can you draw images and create actions to help you remember definitions for the following vocabulary?

Conscious            conscience            yacht            desperate

First of all, research the meaning of the vocabulary using a dictionary or dictionary.com, then you need to come up with your own action and image to represent the vocabulary to help you remember it’s definition.

Example:

Conscious – If you are conscious it means that you are awake and aware of your surroundings.

I might draw an image of someone sat up in bed to show that they are awake and my action might be me opening my eyes.

Writing:

Starter: Prefixes and suffixes   

Spelling starter

Big? Can I use a range of adverbials for time, reason, manner and place?

Here is the PowerPoint explaining today’s learning.

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 TRaMP Adverbial Poster

Year 6Jessie Twigger