Jumpstarting Literacy

In school we have been developing our sentences through use of vocabulary which we woould like children to continue at home. Have a look below at the great words we have been using at school:

These are adverbs to use for WHEN:
yesterday, often, tomorrow, early, today, weekly, lately, now, recently.

These are adverbs for HOW:
happily, patiently, silently, softly, suddenly, lazily, sadly, gracefully, quickly, slowly, carefully, angrily, excitedly, gradually.

These Time Connectives are great for starting sentences too:
first, then, now, once, secondly, next, meanwhile, after a while, until, suddenly, just then, after that, later on, ultimately, eventually, lastly, finally.

These words will be very valuable for the upcoming big write which you will learn more about soon.

Zoha's Imaginative Story

Naeem's Imaginative Story

Senna and Sharko's Scarey Adventure by Isabella

For the Parents:
What did you think of Isabella's story?

Waves and the Lost Mum by Eden

For the Parents:
Please leave 2 stars and a wish, what two things did she do really well and one thing that she could work on?

The Magical Anchor by Holly

Elliot's Imaginative Story

The Children Seeing the Room for the First Time

Once Mrs. Waite had cut the ribbon to open the room the children were allowed in to finally see what was there. Look at their reactions! I am sure they are going to be writing some great pieces in there.


In the Comments:
• Write a sentence about how you felt the first time you entered the room.
• How do you think it will help your writing?

The Grand Opening

For the past two weeks the year 4 team have been building a writing corner for the children to use when they need inspiration. This has been kept as a secret and the children have had no idea what has been going on. Today we invited Mrs. Waite to the grand opening of the writing room, the children were really excited to see what was inside . . .

For the Parents:
• Do you think the room will be a useful resource for your children?
• Would this have been helpful to you when you were at school?

Imaginative Stories with the Parents 2

This is what the group with the Anchor thought up . . .

Imaginative Story Writing with the Parents.

In 4A today we were visited by five parents for our literacy lesson. The children and parents were inspired by the objects brought in to class and managed to think up excellent imaginative stories. This is what the group with the treasure chest came up with . . .

Perry's Story Ending

Old Nick’s eyes narrowed, “Yes, I have one of those; however I will not give it to you.”
Monica frowned at Old Nick,” WHAT!!” She yelled. Monica was furious!
Although she was extremely desperate to fix the problem, she had to do something
for all the damage she had caused. “There has to be something I can do?”
She asked.” I have a clue for you; you have to use your pencil.” Then Monica had a brilliant idea.
She got out her pencil and began to draw a magic eraser. Monica rubbed out every single damage prank she had made.

Zoha's Story Opening.

In literacy this week Year 4 were asked to write an opening for a story set under the sea. They used the beginning of Finding Nemo as a stimulus, this is what Zoha wrote:

One day under the bright blue sea there lived two clown fish they lived in a patch of poisons’ pink anemone. Their names were Carlin and Marlin. One day Carlin layed eggs Marlin was so happy he could not keep his big mouth shut. When Marlin came home Carlin decided to show him the eggs. They swam to the cave under the anemone Marlin was amazed when he saw the small red delicate eggs. He turned around, Carlin was gone! Marlin found Carlin staring at a giant fierce barracuda,
“Let’s go,” whispered Marlin to Carlin.
Carlin did not reply. Suddenly the barracuda struck,
“No!” Shouted Marlin but he was too late Carlin had already been eaten by the Barracuda.