Writing: Where would you take your invisible string?

In Tay clan, we have been learning to use conjunctions to join our sentences together. We learned how to use the conjunctions: and, because, but, so. We also learned alternative conjunctions and tried to challenge our learning by using these in our sentences.

Last week, we played conjunctions corners where Miss Redmond read out two sentences and we had to decide what conjunction we would use to join the sentences together. We had to dance and then go to the corner with the correct conjunction.

We then practised using conjunctions in our own writing. We had to think of a place that we would want to take our string to. Some of the places we decided to write about were: Australia, the jungle, the ocean, fidget land, Fortnite land, space and America. We had to describe what our place would look like and explain what we would do there.

We read our writing to Miss Redmond and others, and we noticed that we all tried really hard to use the four different conjunctions in our writing. We have discussed as a clan that we need to work on reading over our writing, making sure that we are using full stops and not writing too many conjunctions in one sentence.

To help us continue learning about conjunctions at home, Tay have come up with some ideas. We could spot conjunctions when we are reading at home. When travelling in the car, we could go on hunt for conjunctions around us. We could also write postcards to our friends and family.

 

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First Week in Clan Tay

Clan Tay have had a fantastic first week at Calderwood Primary School. We spent Friday morning reflecting on our week and realised that we have been very busy! We have demonstrated creativity this week through the artwork we have produced. Clan Tay enjoyed creating an ‘all about me stag’ to show that everyone is unique. We learned how to use different colours and a shading technique to create our stags. We have displayed our stags in our classroom for everyone to see.

This week, everyone in Clan Tay created a time capsule. We had to write down information about ourselves, our favourite things and think of hopes for the year. We measured ourselves using ribbon to see how tall we are. Our time capsules will get put away and we won’t open them until the end of the year. Clan Tay are excited to see how we will grow, what we will achieve and the progress we will make in the next year.

Miss Redmond has been so impressed by the confidence and enthusiasm of everyone in Clan Tay this week. They have worked hard, been respectful and made sure everyone feels included. Have a lovely weekend!

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