Written Homework to be completed by Tuesday 18^th June 2024

Please learn the following words for a spelling test. This week we are learning words that contain unstressed vowels:

definite   desperate   literate   secretary   stationary   dictionary   Wednesday   familiar   original   animal         

This week I would like you to write a sentence containing each word.  Include as many of the following that you can:

• Can you use commas, full stops and capital letters correctly? 
• Can you use some direct speech in your sentences including different words for ‘said’? 
• Can you use a relative pronoun such as: that, which, who, whom and where?
• Can you use an expanded noun phrase or a model verb to show possibility?
• Can you use parenthesis – brackets, commas or dashes to show additional information?  

Please refer to the ‘Monarchy’ Sheet that gives different strategies for how to learn spellings. This has been stuck in the front of your child’s Homework Book. English Task: This week I would like you to find out some information about the duck-billed platypus.  Where does it live in the world?  What is its habitat like?  What does it eat?  How does it look after its young?   

Online Tasks: For Purple Mash I have set you a new e-book entitled ‘Dark Water’ by Sarah Loader. Please read Chapter 2.  Your login for Purple Mash has been stuck in your Homework Book.