Literacy: Silent Letters
Red
- autumn
- business
- champagne
- cupboard
- gnash
- handkerchief
- parliament
- raspberry
- receipt
- solemn
Green
- debt
- knight
- listen
- numb
- salmon
- should
- subtle
- whistle
- would
- wrestle
Blue
- answer
- sword
- whole
- wrap
- wrath
- wreck
- wren
- wrist
- write
- wrong
Red
Write these letters as headings. Sort your words into lists under the correct ‘silent letter’ headings.
d n g i p
So, for example, if one of your words this week was ‘hymn’, you would write hymn under your n heading, because hymn has a silent n.
Add at least one more of your own words to each list.
Green
Write these letters as headings. Sort your words into lists under the correct ‘silent letter’ headings.
b k l t
So, for example, if one of your words this week was ‘calm’, you would write calm under your l heading, because calm has a silent l.
Add at least one more of your own words to each list.
Blue
What am I?
Write the key word answers in your book.
- I join your hand and arm.
- I’m an old ship at the bottom of the sea.
- I’m a very small bird.
- I’m all the parts put together.
- I’m an old-fashioned weapon.
Can you think of any other words with silent letters? Write them in your jotter.
Maths
Around the House: Make a list of five numbers that you find around the house. Investigate the factors of each and write them in your jotter. For example, if one of my numbers was 12, I would write:
12: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
Arrays: Choose 3 multiplication sums to draw an array for. For example:
6 x 3 = 18
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This is 6 lots of 3 stars.
6 x 3 can also be written as
******
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This is 3 lots of 6 stars.
Topic
Koi Nobori, or children’s day, is coming up soon in Japan. In Britain, we don’t have a day to celebrate children. Write 3 reasons that might convince a politician to create a children’s day in Britain.
Then, draw a koi nobori to represent your family. Remember:
- Koi Nobori start with a multi-coloured streamer which represents the river.
- the children’s carp are always smaller than carps representing adults.
Miss Donaldson 🙂
