Poetry

We have been looking at shape poetry and calligrams. We have noticed that some shape poems have alliteration in them.

Can you create a whole sentence using alliteration?

Here is an example to help you.

E.g. My mother munched many mangoes.

Winter acrostic poems

Can you write an acrostic poem based on a winter theme? An example is shown below. You don’t have to just use the word winter for your poem, it is up to you!

Wonderful snow

Icicles hanging

Never falling

Trees covered in snow

Excited for spring

Remembering winter is fun

Describing a wintery setting

With the chill of winter beginning to set in, I thought it would be a nice idea to revisit our descriptive writing skills and think about how we can describe the wintery scenes we might see over the coming months.

Take a look at the picture below:

 

 

Can you describe this wintery setting? Write and post a descriptive passage using adjectives, adverbs and a range of language that will help to paint an image in the readers mind.

 

I have made a start on my own example, you can see it below. I'm sure you can do better though!

 

The bare trees stand alone, frozen by winter's icy touch. The footprints of strangers are etched into the blanket of fresh, white, crisp snow.

 

Remember, a passage is more than just one or two sentences.



Writing a report

At our workshop last week, we had the chance to see a Bearded Dragon up close.

In Literacy, we have spent a lot of time learning about writing an effective report.

Can you write a paragraph about what the Bearded Dragon looks like? Remember to include all the features needed in an interesting report. You may develop your report with more paragraphs of information if you can.

Tropical animal workshop

Today, many of us conquered our fears. This includes myself, I have included the photo of me holding Rosie the tarantula. This was something that I never thought I would do, so thank you to you all for helping me to feel confident enough to try something new!

What was your most memorable moment from today's workshop? What did you enjoy most? What didn't you like as much? Did you learn something interesting about one of the animals?
Comment on the post to let me know.

Welldone to everyone for high-fiving spiders, holding snakes and stroking lizards. You are all wonderfully brave!

Data Handling

Last week in Downing Street class we were looking at data handling and we created our own bar graphs and line graphs. Below is a graph about Year 3's favourite subjects. What does the bar graph tell you?

Parts of a Plant

This week in school we have been learning about Plants. The first thing we did was to identify the different parts and functions of a plant.

I have posted a picture of a labelled diagram of a plant. Can you write a description of the job of each part of the plant in your posts? You might want to carry out some extra research if you are not sure.