Retelling and Ordering

1F

In year 1 this week we have been learning about ordinal numbers and positional language.  On Thursday, the children used characters from the narrative Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon to use positional language to explain where the characters are.

The pictures show us using puppets to say where George was on the Trim Trail.  

                                                                          

“George is on top of the beam.” Child in 1F

2D

The children worked in groups to sequence the story of Katie in London.

They created a story mountain and put the 5 main parts of the text in order.

They then worked to retell the narrative using story language.

As an extension, the children were given two extra images to sequence into the story mountain.

Success criteria

- 5 main parts (opening, build up etc)

- verbs

- adverbs

- varied openers

- generalising words

- language bank

- story language

“The children were exhausted”  Marie-Ann

“Suddenly they heard a huge groan” Mia

“All of a sudden the grey statue turned gold … he was alive!” Ivo

“He looked at them sadly” Lea

Transport on fire!

1F

Inspired by range of vehicles, year 1 wrote descriptions of the vehicles. We used some features of a poem, including adjectives and alliteration and onomatopoeia. 

2J
Wednesday 4^th November 2015

Learning intention: To write a poem.

The Great Fire of London

In London when the fire started to spread,

While the bakery man was still in bed,

I think the building should,

Be made of bricks, not wood.

The year was 1666, late one September night,

The baker’s shop in Pudding lane was alight,

All the lovely people began to run,

But the baker didn’t know what he had done!

The flames started to give off smoke,

But then some people began to choke.

                     - by Lily Hazel (2J)

About this poem: This term our theme is The Great Fire of London. Lily wrote this creative poem using her comprehension skills to recall key historical facts about the fire.