Homophones - words that sound the same

We wear sunhats when we go outside.
Do you know where my sunhat is?

Your sunhat is here!
Can you hear the music?
She likes to brush her hair at night.
The hare hopped away into its burrow to sleep.

Mufti day

Let's wear mufti tomorrow to raise money for the
Let us

people in the Philippines.

They're very sad and have no food because there
They are

was a terrible typhoon.

We'll bring a gold coin. Let's be kind!
We will                        Let us

Contractions

Dad's snore - big book

Look at our inventions we made to stop Dad's terrible snore? We used 'verbs' to describe what our inventions are doing.

Room 12's sandwiches

 

We are growing some pea shoots to put in real sandwiches!

Click on the picture below to be a rhyming word detective.

Room 12 went on a bear hunt

Safe scooter designs

Book market fundraiser

A huge thank you to everyone who donated books and bought books.

We were able to raise $600 for The Joshua School in Magugu, Tanzania.
 

Literacy stations

Dragons! Dragons! Dragons!

How can we make new friends at Ilam School?

We could be kind and say, "please can I be your friend". - Jordan

I would care for other people and say "are you ok" if they get hurt. - Ira

I would say "please" and "thank you" to people and ask them to be my friend... and be kind and nice. - Oska

Play with people. - Ilyssa

Play safely with people. -Mohamed

If someone falls over, say, "are you ok?" - Jack

I will tell the duty teacher if people are hurt. - Lucy

Click on the picture to start making sentences

Letter u

Apostrophe s - 's

Sharukh's hat is really warm and makes him look like a ninja.

Chunking big words

When we see big words we can look for little chunks that we know inside it.

More bossy r

  er               ir                   ur

her             dirt                 hurt

fern             sir                      pur
bigger         bird                   burp
Mother       girl                   turtle
germ          firm                burst

are, star, far, bar, jar, art, tart, start, party,  

Bossy r

Contractions

I'm a bit cold today but he's nice and warm.
I am                             he is

When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking

Can you ride to school on a boat?
Can you ride to school on a goat?
Today is a good day to wear a coat!

Compound words

We are collecting compound words on a class poster. If you find some at home you can bring them in to school to add to our collection.