Children will be given a new focus phoneme for spelling once a fortnight. There will continue to be a spelling test on a Friday however for now the children can decide how they would like to develop their understanding of words containing the selected phoneme.

We use many different activities in class to support the development of spelling. Here is a helpful list just incase:

• Phoneme charts/challenges
• Blue Vowels
• Vowel Circle
• Rainbow Write
• Elkonin Boxes
• Diacritical Marking

You can use this website for additional ideas:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/ritchieparkes/classroom/grade2/Spelling%20Homework%20Activities.pdf

Today we tried our hand at writing Scottish themed Cinquain Poems. Can you follow the formula to create one of your own…

The Formula – Cinquain Poems

Line 1) a one-word title, a noun (a person, place or thing)

Line 2) two adjectives (words that describe the thing)

Line 3) three ‘ing’ verbs (words that tell you what your noun does)

Line 4) a phrase (or sentence about the noun)

Line 5) a synonym for your title, another noun

Example

Cinderella
Humble, Sweet
Working, Dreaming, Believing
Heart full of hope
Princess