Category Archives: Literacy

Interviewing Goldilocks

In our writing lesson this week, we prepared questions for Goldilocks.  We were learning about asking questions, and who better to ask! We asked some burning questions such as, ” Why did you just go into the Bears Cottage?” and ” How did Baby bear’s bed feel? ”   Goldilocks visited us with Daddy Bear and she answered all our questions.  We decided that she was very naughty.  ( Thank you, Mrs Gray!)

Snow Days

Well!  Throughout my entire career, I have never had a snow day until now!   I decided to prepare for some topical science lessons for next week and have got some snow bricks ready and sitting in my freezer.  We will look at the properties of snow. ( How can snow be “ the wrong type of snow”?   I left outside a container to see what happened to different items in freezing conditions, but I can’t find it now as it has been buried under the snow!  The ice castles are also in the freezer ready to discover how to rescue the items inside them.

Ther are lots of things you can do at home too- write stories about the snow and their adventures in the snow; draw pictures about the snow; build snowmen and discover what happens in powder snow; go on Sumdog and Education City. ( Sumdog diaries are in the front of the Diary); read stories with an adult; take photos of the snow and best of all….. have fun in the snow!

Remember to wear snow boots / wellies when we return and for the children to have gloves, hats and scarves on as we will go outside for some outdoor learning in the snow.   We will change into our gym shoes in class and let our wet things dry.

I look forward to seeing your stories and pictures.

 

Some ideas:

 

Photo from my house.

Photo from upstairs.  I love the snowflakes patterns on the window.

View from my hall window.  I have never seen this happen before.

Mystery Reader

We love stories being read to us by Mrs Arbuckle.  However, it is important to know that many people love to read too. We will be having Mystery Readers in class every Friday at 12pm.

Today, the fabulous Mrs McCann came to read to us.  She is one of our brilliant classroom assistants and we see her friendly face in the playground too. She read ” Jonathan The Porcupine” by Cathie Gebhart and Chelsea Rae Meeker.  Thank you Mrs McCann for coming along and sharing your story.

Library Visits

We visit the library every Thursday afternoon. Mrs Arbuckle scans our books, so we know who has what book.  We need to remember to return our books.  We have a look at the books and Mrs Arbuckle loves reading stories.  We also love to share our books and show Mrs Arbuckle the words we know.  📚📚📚