Good morning p1/2. I hope you all managed to get outside and have some fun in the sun yesterday 😃 . Tomorrow and Monday are holidays so……NO SCHOOL BLOG on Friday and Monday!

Look where I was this week……our class potatoes are looking brilliant! I gave them some water and made sure there was enough soil. Do you remember when our potatoes will be ready to harvest? …..June!

Mrs McMillan has made a great YouTube channel with lots of techniques to help us all relax and stay calm if we are feeling a bit worried –  here’s the link if you would like to take a look.                        Mrs McMillan – Take a Moment

Reading Thursday

Warm Up:

• Watch this video to learn about the 6 important questions to think about when we are reading or writing a story

Choose A Book:

• Go onto Oxford Owl and choose a book to read with someone at home.

• Remember to click on ‘my class login‘ and enter woodlandsreading into the username and pupil into the password box.

• Talk about the story using the 6 questions:

  Who?	When?	Where?
  What?	How?	Why?

Main Activity:

• Primary 1

  Read the short story below about Tess and then answer the questions.  You can answer the questions by talking to someone at home or you can write your answers in your jotter.

  Remember to try and answer in a full sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop.  Not just with one word. So for question number 1 your answer would start:- Tess has a _______  ________  ________ .

  Primary 2

  Read the short story below and then answer the questions in your jotter.

  Remember to write your answer in a full sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop.  Not just with one word. So for question number 1 your answer would start:- The class are ______   _______ .

  Extra Challenge:

  • Pick a part of the story and make up your own illustration to go along with the story.

  • What do you think might have happened next in the story? If you would like to, write or draw what you think might happen next. 

  Remember to keep practising reading your common words from the Primary 1 and Primary 2 word walls.

  Primary 1

  

  Primary 2