Wednesday 17th September
Wednesday 17th September 2025
GPS
Today, I am going to pretend to be 2 characters from the Enormous Crocodile story.
I am going to use the puppets to model a conversation!
I will then write the speech that has been said on the whiteboard for you. Look at where I am putting the inverted commas.
Your turn!
Can you and a partner pretend to be characters from the story and have a conversation?
Write the conversation on a whiteboard. Don't forget the inverted commas!
Main
LC: To create and develop a character for a narrative.
Next week, we are going to be writing our very own stories!
They are going to be based on a jungle animal and they are going to plan their own special plans and clever tricks...
Before we start writing, we need to develop our characters.
Talk Partners
What jungle animals do you know?
What do you know about them?
Today, we are going to choose a jungle animal character, research and make some notes.
I will show you how to do this first.
The jungle animal I am going to choose is...
A Spider Monkey!
He is going to plan clever pranks and special tricks...
I am going to research Spider Monkeys using the internet.
I will collect the information on a large piece of paper to go on to our learning wall.
Your turn!
Choose your jungle animal (remember, this needs to be a mean, nasty animal, just like the Enormous Crocodile) and research your animal. Click on the link below.
Record all of your notes in your English book.
LC: To be able to count in 2's.
Watch the video and join in.
Can you see a pattern?
Wednesday 17th September 2025
LC: To ask questions to improve understanding of a text.
Who can remember what had happened in the story so far?
Who has copped it?
Let's remind ourselves of what we had read yesterday...
Can you remember any of the questions that you had asked?
We are now going to read and understand the next part of the story together.
Can we think of some questions together?
How many...
Independent
Let's read a little further...
In your books, think of 3 questions about Aunt Bettie.
Here are some sentence starters to help you:
Why
How
When
Don't forget to punctuate with question marks.
