Sort it out!

1. Cut out each animal. 2. Stick them underneath each other to make a list, of the order they

appear in the book. 3. Match the label to the animal.

elephant lion giraffe camel

monkey snake puppy

Week 1 Monday Grammar 1: Easy

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Sort it out!

1. Cut out each animal. 2. Stick them underneath each other to make a list, of the order they

appear in the book.3. Write the name of each animal.

Week 1 Monday Grammar 1: Medium

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29 Bones Lane,Barking,

Yeovil,England,

BA21 4DG.Dear Pendragons, The last few weeks have been wonderful! Since moving in with my new family I have been lucky enough to know what it is means to feel special. They have taken very great care of me and are now busy teaching me lots of new things.

They play a game with a small ball or a long stick. Someone throws it as far away from them as possible and then I quickly run after it and bring it back to them. It’s brilliant fun. We play it for hours and hours. Afterwards I am so tired I have to have a little nap.

I have been barking and growling at all the cats that come into our garden. They think I am asleep because I lie very still and close my eyes, so they jump down onto the grass and walk past me. When they come very close I spring up and chase after them! They don’t play that so often now.

I was very worried about leaving my brothers and sisters at the zoo, but I am very lucky to be a pet because everyone looks after me. I get lots of cuddles and they know just where I like to be scratched on my tummy.

Love from

Fido Dog

Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 2

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Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 2

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What do we know about letters?

From the letters we have seen, we know:

* An address will tell you who and where the letter came from, or who and where it is going to

* Places and names begin with capital letters

* Dear and Love from are sometimes used at the start and end

* Can be written in the past tense – telling you something that has already happened.

* Letters can ask for something, or can tell you about something.

What else can we discover about letters?

We think letters can:

1.

2.

3.

Week 1 Thursday Word reading 1

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When you come across a word you don’t know, use these strategies to help you read it!

Use the pictures

Look for s maller

words within wordsc-at

Break words into syllables

e.g. cat-er-pillar

Sound out the word

Skip the word and read the rest of the

sentence to try and work out what it says

Did the sentence you read make

sense?

Week 1 Thursday Word reading 1

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Week 1 Thursday Word reading 1

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July 2014

Dear Granny,

The weather is wonderful here on holiday. We have been outside everyday! I have built lots of sandcastles and played in the rock pools. One day a huge crab pinched my big toe. I have seen lots of starfish and have collected very pretty shells. I can’t wait to show you! I hope you are having a good rest.

Love from Amijit

Mrs Sandy Bucket,

16 Candyfloss Road,

London,

England,

LO1 DN3

June 2014

Dear Uncle Scar,

Please can you send me a new warm woolly hat? It is very cold here in England, not like it is in Africa. My paws are very cold and the tip of my nose has turned blue! I don’t want my ears to get frost-bite so please be quick in sending me a hat!

Love from Leo Lion

Mr Scar Lion,

The Plaines,

Sunny Side Road,

Africa,

AF1 7KA

16 Candyfloss Road,

London,

England,

LO1 DN3

July 2014

Dear Amijit,

Thank you very much for your postcard. It sounds like you are having a very exciting time! I will be so happy to see your beautiful sea-shell collection.

I am having a lovely rest, thank you, but I miss you very much and can’t wait until you come home again. I hope that you will be able to show me how to make a sandcastle and will tell me about all of things you have seen in the rock pools.

Thank you for cheering up your old granny with the funny story about the crab. It did make me giggle.

Love from Granny

The Plains,

Sunny Side Road,

Africa,

AF1 7KA

46 Donkey Lane,

Bray,

Berkshire,

EE1 ORR2

August 2014

Dear Tarzan,

Week 1 Thursday Word reading 1

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The Plains,

Sunny Side Road,

Africa,

AF1 7KA

46 Donkey Lane,

Bray,

Berkshire,

EE1 ORR2

August 2014

Dear Tarzan,

100 Treetop Terrace,

The Forest,

Brazil,

AHH AHH

Dear Mr Keeper,

Thank you very much for your letter. Of course I will send another box of bananas! I am pleased the monkeys like them so much.

Love from Tarzan

[insert the school’s address here for the children]

Dear

Please

Love

Week 1 Friday Composition 1: Easy

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Your address

Dear ,

Please

Week 1 Friday Composition 1: Medium

Endangered Animals

These animals are endangered. That means there are so few of them left on the planet that they are at risk of extinction – never being seen alive again, ever!

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Black rhinoceros

Polar bear Orang-utan

Clouded leopard

Sumatran tiger

Green turtle

Week 2 Tuesday: Spoken Language 1/Word reading 2

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Endangered Animal Fact Files

Black rhinoceros Polar bear Orang-utan

Live: In mid-western African.

Eat: leaves, branches of bushes and grass.

What they are like: Skin is actually grey, not black. They enjoy rolling in mud.

Live: In the Artic circle.

Eat: seals, birds, fish and small animals.

What they are like: Skin is black to catch the energy from the sun. Very strong and powerful. Live alone unless they have cubs.

Live: Only in Sumatra and Borneo in Asia.

Eat: Fruit, leaves, bark from trees and sometimes bird’s eggs.

What they are like: They stay in the trees and make beds out of leaves. When it rains they use large leaves as an umbrella!

Clouded leopard Green turtle Sumatran tiger

Live: In the deep forests of China and South East Asia.

Eat: Boar, deer and cows. Sometimes eat snakes and birds.

What they are like: Very good at climbing trees. They don’t growl.

Live: Mainly in the oceans of the southern hemisphere.

Eat: Adults eat seaweeds, young eat crabs and jellyfish.

What they are like: Swim along way from the distant seas to lay their eggs. They bury their eggs in the sand and then return to the ocean.

Live: On the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.

Eat: Deer, wild boar, rabbits and birds.

What they are like: Very sharp claws and teeth mean they can kill animals much larger than they are.

Week 2 Tuesday: Spoken Language 1/Word Reading 2

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Websites to give information on endangered animals:

http://www.konicaminolta.com/kids/endangered_animals/library/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/collections/p0085njx

http://www.arkive.org/

http://www.earthsendangered.com

http://www.bornfree.org.uk

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

Non-fiction books that give information on endangered animals can be found in the school library, from the Local Authorities school library service or may be purchased from online retailers:

Endangered Animals (100 Facts) Steve Parker, Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd, ISBN: 1848102313

Endangered Animals: Eyewitness, Dorling Kindersley (2010) ISBN: 1405345349

Endangered Animals (Go Facts: Environment) (2007) A & C Blacks Publishers ISBN: 0713679689

Extraordinary Endangered Animals (2011) Abrams Books for Young Readers ISBN: 1419700340

Week 2 Tuesday: Spoken language 1/ Word reading 2

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Talking in a group

When you speak with people in a group you must:

Use a louder voice, so they can hear you.

Speak clearly, so they don’t get confused by what you say.

Look at their face, and into their eyes, so they will believe the information you are telling them.

Week 2 Tuesday: Spoken language 1/ Word reading 2

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A proposed structure for writing own Dear Greenpeace book

Letter Your letter Greenpeace reply

1 and 2 Explain you have found your chosen animal in your garden/yard. Ask what they like to eat. REMEMBER to use a question mark.

Explain that you don’t think this animal has been found in the garden/yard because they don’t live in this country. Say where they live. Answer the question about food.

3 and 4 Explain you have given your animal the food that has been suggested and they liked it! Ask what they look/behave like, so you can be sure you have found one.

Describe what the animal looks or behaves like. What other facts can you share about this animal?

5 Decide what happens to your animal – will it leave and go home, be captured and sent to the zoo or will you keep it as a pet? What else could you happen?

Week 2 Wednesday Composition 2

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Letters to the Zoo!

These Success Criteria may be edited, photocopied and given to the children to support their independent writing.

Easy Medium Hard

Begin with Dear Write an address to show where the letter is coming from

Write an address to show where the letter is coming from

Begin names with capital letters Begin with Dear Begin with Dear

Write three sentences; include capital letters, finger spaces and full stops

Begin names with capital letters Begin names with capital letters

Write one question sentence. Use a ? at the end of the sentence

Write three sentences; include capital letters, finger spaces and full stops

Write three sentences; include adjectives to add description

Finish with Love from Write one question sentence. Use a ? at the end of the sentence

Write one question sentence. Use a ? at the end of the sentence

Finish with Love from Finish with Love from and Yours sincerely

Week 2 Friday Composition 3

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