Monday sentence of the day and phonics

Date: 4th May 2020 @ 10:17am

Good Morning! I hope you all had a lovely weekend! I went on a lovely peaceful walk and made some cookies to eat when I got back.

Sentence of the day

On Friday you were challenged to think of as many adjectives as you could to describe the bug hotel. Here are some brilliant examples of children using adjectives to improve the sentence. Well done!

This week, your writing challenge is to write your own set of instructions on how to make a bug hotel. So, today’s sentence of the day challenge is to put these instructions in the correct order. Write the numbers next to the sentences along with first, next, then, after that and finally.

______fill your flower pot with twigs and dried leaves

______find a shady area of the garden

______put some stones in your flower pot to stop it flying away

______add some sugar to the pot

______peek inside to see which bugs have visited your hotel

Phonics

Today’s phonics is all about those tricky words! Watch the youtube videos and write down any words that you don’t know or that you just find a bit difficult. These will be your words to practice today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dx65u59aw – phase 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY&t=11s – phase 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NOzgR1ANc4&t=3s – phase 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbcZnb2iz1c – phase 5

Write down the tricky words twice and play a game of pairs or snap or ask someone at home to hide the words around your house and go on a word hunt.

There are also lots of tricky word games on phonics play. Like this one…

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/train-your-brain-ph5

Have fun and don’t forget to send us your pictures!