Year 6 English Home Learning - 01/02/21 - 05/02/21
Hello to my wonderful Year 6 class! I hope you are all okay and staying safe. I would just like to begin by saying that I am so incredibly proud of how hard you are all working. It always makes me smile when I receive images of your work and I am so impressed with how much work you are all completing at home.
It was lovely to see some of you on our Zoom call and I was really impressed with how well you all did in our quiz. It is clear that you are all working hard. Keep it up.
Lilly, thank you for sending me some photos of your fantastic Maths and English work this week, I can see you are working really hard and I am really proud of you, well done. I have been uploading the photos I have been receiving to our Year 6 Learning Gallery. It is lovely to see all your brilliant work on display, so if you have sent me some photos of your learning make sure you head over to the gallery to have a look.
Below are your English remote learning activities for this week. If you have any questions about any of the activities or want to share what you have done with me, my email address can be found on the Year 6 Class Page. Remember, you should be submitting examples of your work to me using my email address at least once a week. Feedback will then be given either by email, phone or on our Zoom calls.
Remember, myself and Miss Gallagher will be uploading a new chapter of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief each week. These can be found at the bottom of the English blog’s posted weekly or on our Reading and Storytime page.
Monday 1st February 2021
Spelling: Homophones
Starter: How many times can you write each of these words in 1 minute? (quick write)
Although furthermore meanwhile
The majority of our spelling activities are going to be focussing on homophones this week. Remember a homophone is a word which sounds the same but has a different meaning.
Examples:
Herd and heard threw and through there, their and they’re hole and whole
Here is the link to your spelling activity for today. I would like you to complete Focus A and B please.
Reading:
Big? Can I explain how vocabulary impacts sentences?
Here is the PowerPoint explaining today’s learning activities. Please watch the video before completing the activities.
Pages 44 – 47 of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Spelling: Homophones
Starter: Can you put the vocabulary listed below into silly sentences?
However because consequently
Here is the link to your spelling activity for today. I would like you to complete Extra A and B please.
Grammar:
Big? Can I use inverted commas correctly?
Here is the PowerPoint explaining your learning activities for today’s lesson. Please watch the video before completing the activities.
Inverted commas activity 1 answers
Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Spelling: Homophones
Starter: How many times can you write each of these words in 1 minute? (quick write)
Because whoever whereas
Here is the link to your spelling activity for today. I would like you to complete Extension A and B please. On the sheet, it says use a dictionary to help you. If you don’t have a dictionary, you can use dictionary.com.
Grammar:
Big? Can I explain the difference between direct and indirect speech?
Here is the PowerPoint explaining today’s learning activities.
Fluency Activity 1 Fluency Activity 1 Answers
Reasoning Activity 2 Reasoning Activity 2 Answers
Thursday 4th February 2021
Spelling: Homophones
Starter: Can you identify synonyms for the following conjunctions?
Remember a synonym is a different word which has the same meaning. You can use a thesaurus or thesaurus.com to identify synonyms.
Nevertheless consequently alternatively
For today’s spelling activity I would like you to put each of the homophones listed below into sentences. These can be silly sentences or rainbow sentences.
Threw and through peace and piece allowed and aloud waste and waist
Example: source and sauce
My favourite kind of sauce is barbecue.
You need to locate a source, which will support your argument.
Planning for writing:
Big? Can I include direct and indirect speech in my newspaper article planning?
Here is the PowerPoint explaining today’s learning activities. Today I would like you to complete your planning for your newspaper article which you will be writing tomorrow. Your newspaper article is going to be based on the discovery of the planet Pandora. Below is the link to a BBC bitesize clip to support you with your planning, I will ask you to watch this video on slide….. . There are lots of resources below to support you with your planning.
Newspaper report planning - (word document) – if you have access to Microsoft word at home, then you can download this template and type straight onto it
Newspaper report planning - (PDF) – if you don’t have access to Microsoft word at home, then you can use the PDF version and draw your own newspaper article planning template based on the PDF
Newspaper report planning example Fronted adverbial support mat Synonyms for said
Newspaper report support mat Statutory spellings Images of planet Pandora
Friday 5th February 2021
Spelling: statutory spellings (ous endings)
Starter: Can you identify which vocabulary is spelt correctly and which is spelt incorrectly?
Neverthless although becase however
As an extra challenge, can you correct the vocabulary which is spelt incorrectly?
For today’s spelling lesson we are going to be looking at the statutory spellings which end in ous. These are: disastrous, marvellous and mischievous. I would like you to draw an image to represent each of those spellings. For example for marvellous you might draw you playing out in the snow, for disastrous you could draw a natural disaster.
Writing:
Big? Can I include direct and indirect speech when writing a newspaper article?
Here is the PowerPoint explaining today’s learning activities. Today you are going to be writing your newspaper article that you planned yesterday. You are writing about the discovery of the planet Pandora. There are lots of resources below to support you with your writing. I have done an example big write for you to magpie ideas from.
I would love to see your newspaper articles when they are complete, if you complete them on paper then you can take a photo and email it through to me, if you complete your newspaper article using Microsoft word then you can email the word document to me. My email address can be found on the Year 6 class page.
Newspaper report template (word document) – if you have access to Microsoft word at home, then you can download this template and type straight onto it
Newspaper report template (PDF) – if you don’t have access to Microsoft word at home, then you can use the PDF version and draw your own newspaper article template based on the PDF
Newspaper report example Fronted adverbial support mat Synonyms for said Newspaper report support mat
Statutory spellings Images of planet Pandora Newspaper report checklist
Story Time
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - Chapter 4