Giraffe Class GHASP

Term 6 Week 6 Activities

Grammar

Handwriting

Spelling

and Punctuation!

Introduction

• Every week, I’m going to set you some activities to work on, based on grammar, handwriting, spelling and punctuation.

• Some of these activities will focus on things we have worked on before, because I think you need more practise, and some of them will be new things.

• Try to work through the activities each week – they are only short, and will be very helpful for improving your writing.

Activity 1: Spelling: (30-40 minutes) ‘There, Their, and They’re’

• This week, I think we need to revise the spellings of these three tricky little homophones.

• It can be very difficult to remember which one to use, because they are spelt very similarly and they all sound the same when they are spoken aloud!

• To start us off, I’ve written you a little poem to help you remember! Can you learn it off by heart? See if you can recite it to a member of your family!

Activity 1: Spelling: ‘There, Their, and They’re’

The fair is over there, in the square, Oh, can you hear the music blare? There are rides and games and dazzling lights, It’s come to town for three short nights! The children drag their parents along, To join the laughing, cheering throng, Their eyes light up, and their smiles grow wide, The kids can’t wait to get inside! They’re queuing to get the best ride seats, They’re stuffing candyfloss and sweets, They are throwing hoops and guessing squares, They’re winning great big fluffy bears!

Activity 1: Spelling: ‘There, Their, and They’re’

• ‘There’ refers to a place,

– e.g. “The fair is over there, in the square.”

– e.g. “There are rides and games and dazzling lights!”

• ‘Their’ means it belongs to them,

– e.g. “The children drag their parents along.”

– e.g. “Their eyes light up, and their smiles grow wide.”

• ‘They’re’ is short for ‘they are’,

– e.g. “They’re queuing to get the best ride seats.”

– e.g. “They’re stuffing candyfloss and sweets.”

Activity 1: Spelling: ‘There, Their, and They’re’

• Watch this short video, then do the check activity and the quiz below:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqhpk2p/articles/z3cxrwx

Activity 1: Spelling: ‘There, Their, and They’re’

Write out these sentences, choosing the correct homophones to write in the gaps: 1. _____ trying to get _____ early tonight. 2. _____ mum said _____ only allowed out for an hour. 3. I heard that _____ might be a proper fairground

carousel _____! 4. _____ is a huge queue for the candyfloss! 5. _____ only charging one pound for each ride! 6. I hope _____ rides are all open to children! 7. I want to win that huge teddy right _____! 8. _____ running a special offer over _____ – three

throws for 50p!

Answers: Activity 1: Spelling: ‘There, Their, and They’re’

Write out these sentences, choosing the correct homophones to write in the gaps: 1. They’re trying to get there early tonight. 2. Their mum said they’re only allowed out for an hour. 3. I heard that there might be a proper fairground

carousel there! 4. There is a huge queue for the candyfloss! 5. They’re only charging one pound for each ride! 6. I hope their rides are all open to children! 7. I want to win that huge teddy right there! 8. They’re running a special offer over there – three

throws for 50p!

Activity 1: Spelling: ‘There, Their, and They’re’

• Can you make up some sentences of your own using ‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’?

• Try to write a sentence for each word.

• Challenge: try to write a sentence using two of the words.

• Super challenge: try to write a sentence using all three of them!

Activity 2: Spelling: (30 minutes)

Prefixes: super-, anti- and auto-

• Prefixes are a group of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the start. Most prefixes mean a similar thing when they're added to different words.

• super– means ‘above’. – E.g. supermarket, superman, superstar.

• anti– means ‘against’. – E.g. antiseptic, anti-clockwise, antisocial.

• auto– means ‘self’ or ‘own’. – E.g. autobiography, autograph, automatic.

Activity 2: Spelling: (20-30 minutes)

Prefixes: super-, anti- and auto-

• Have a go at the ‘Spelling Co-ordinates’ activity to help you familiarise yourself with words which use these three prefixes.

• The worksheet (which has two activities) can be found in the ‘Supporting Resources’ section of this week’s work on the class page.

• It’s called ‘Giraffes Term 6 Week 6 GHASP - ANTI-AUTO-AND-SUPER-PREFIXES’.

Activity 3: Spelling (20 minutes)

• We finished the Word List from the National Curriculum for Years 3 and 4 last week, so from now until the end of term we are going to focus on words that people often spell wrong! You should:

1. Practise the spelling of them, 2. Look them up using an online dictionary if you’re not

sure of the meaning, 3. Try to write a sentence using each of them. • Online dictionaries:

– https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ – https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english – https://www.macmillandictionary.com/

Activity 3: Spelling: This week’s words: the 10 most commonly

misspelled words in English! 1. Publicly (not ‘ally’) 2. Pharaoh (‘ao’, not ‘oa’) 3. Definitely (no ‘a’) 4. Government (silent ‘n’) 5. Separate (2 x ‘e’, 2 x ‘a’) 6. Occurred (double ‘c’, double ‘r’) 7. Until (only one ‘l’ at the end) 8. Receive (‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’!) 9. Which (silent ‘h’) 10. Accommodate (double ‘c’, double ‘m’)

Example sentences: • The pharaoh was pleased with the progress on the new pyramid. • It suddenly occurred to me that I’d forgotten to feed the dog.

Activity 4: Handwriting Letter-join and on Paper (20-30 minutes)

• I have added the Letter-join home access letter to the resources for Term 6 Week 1.

• Please try to log in and spend 20-30 minutes at least once a week practising your handwriting.

• If you’d like to practise on paper, use the passage on the next page to help you.

• The letters are on the page after.

Activity 4: Handwriting: Practising on Paper: Copy out the passage.

Activity 4:

Handwriting:

Practising on Paper