Category Archives: Mild literacy

Mild Literacy – Reading – Dragon Tea – Illustrator Challenge

Enjoy reading Part 2 of Dragon Tea.

 

Practise recognising those long vowel ‘ee’ sounds and the alternative versions – are you getting better?

Did you notice that there is no illustration for the last page of the story?

I am challenging you to make an illustration using natural materials to help finish the book.

Many of us will be celebrating V.E. Day. You might be having a tea party. Would that give you any ideas?

Please send a photograph of your idea to Ms Rossvoll or Mr Mutch and they will be added to the book!

Dragon Tea Part 1 – just incase you missed it!

 

Literacy: MILD: Bee Fact Files with Special Guests!

It’s time to get writing!

I have enlisted the help of some amazing bee keepers to help us with this grid task. From just a small request they have produced an amazing amount of videos filled with lots of facts for us to listen to!

To help with writing the factfile there is also the youtube link on the grid. In the sway at the beginning you will see a checklist you can use when watching the videos. When we are listening out for facts it is always a good idea to know what you are listening out for.


Please enjoy the interview with our special guest! 

Bee Keepers Go LIVE!


Are you ready to start writing? 

In your journal you will need a blank page.

You can save the top of the page for when we do our picture and labelling next week.

You can choose how many sentences filled with facts you would like to write.

If you are describing the bee…. your sentence may start with.

It has… 

The bee has… 

If you are telling us about where it lives… your sentence may start with.

It lives in… 

The bee stays in… 

You can find bees in… 

 

If you are telling us about what the bee does… your sentence may start with.

The bee will… 

The bee must… 

Bees can… 

If you are telling us some interesting facts… I’m going to leave that to you as you might find a fact our bee keepers or myself have never heard of.

Enjoy writing your factfiles with the help of our Amazing Bee Keepers! 

Mild Health and Wellbeing – Wander in the wild!

When I wander I always spot a change of some sort or other. I love picking natural things up and collecting.

I wonder what you might collect on your wander?

Primary 1 made fantastic dragons and fairies after collecting in the school grounds!

Primary 1’s great ideas inspired me to go out and collect to make a reading book for you. Can you spot what I have collected to make the pictures with?

 

Now when I think about what I have learned about dandelions I would like to have a lion; and a sun in the grass would be a portal to somewhere special in my next story!

What ideas do you have?

This mild challenge encourages you and your family to investigate the different types of plants, creatures and their habitats – where they live – in your local area. These plants, creatures and us depend on each other to be healthy and survive.

A love of being outdoors and being curious about where we live and what links all living things is a never ending source of learning.

We hope you have enjoyed learning about dandelions – more information to follow!

 

Mild Literacy Challenge – Send a hug

What a lot of effort you have made learning to write letters.

At this time when we are apart from so many people we care about I think that it is such a lovely thing to send a letter.

Here are some new ideas to have fun with.

A BIG CHALLENGE

If you have been collecting natural materials you might like to decorate a letter with them. Have a go at hitting the petals, leaves with a hammer to add their colour to the pages etc – have a look! You might need some help from an adult with needles and hammers!

Mild Literacy – Let’s learn to write a letter.

On Tuesday Mr Mutch asked you to think about

  • why each crayon was quitting
  • how they were feeling
  • what problems they had

Let’s try and get the crayons to stay by writing a letter back to them.

Which crayon would you write to?

I am writing to Pink crayon.

Read the letter and think about the problem Pink crayon has.

Click on the letter to make it bigger. 

Please read the letter I have written.

This book also helps you learn how to write a letter.

You could use this idea to help you write to one of the crayons.

The best crayon in the box

Do you think I will get Pink crayon to stay in the box?

On Friday I will share different types of letters and envelopes you can make but let’s focus on the writing first.

Literacy mild challenge – Happy Lists

We are learning to write lists.

As an adult I write lists all the time.

With so many different things happening lately I have found it helpful to write  some happy lists.

This has helped me to focus on what is going well and worry a little bit less.

Happy List Ideas

  • This Week’s Happy Moments

  • Happy Places

  • Happy Moments or Memories

  • Happy Songs

  • List words about a friend or pet that makes you happy.

I have had a go at writing some Happy Lists  in this book.

I have filmed some of my happy places to share with you.

Take a moment to look and listen.

I wonder what you might make happy lists about?

 

Easter Word Challenge

Here’s another Easter Literacy challenge for everyone.  How many words you can make from ‘HAPPY EASTER’?

Read the instructions in the Sway below, and challenge other family members to take part.  I’d recommend doing this over a number of days so that you can keep adding to your total.

Don’t forget to write the list of words in your Learning Journals, and leave a comment for me here, to let me know how many you have managed to find.   I’m going to give it a go and I challenge all the teachers and Mrs Fraser to take part as well!

There are different rules for Mild, Spicy and Hot, so click on the Sway to find out more.