What have we been learning to do in Reading?
We have been learning about predicting before we read a story and while we are reading.
Why is this important?
This is important because it makes us think about what we are going to read and what we have read.
What have we been learning to do in writing?
We have been learning about writing more detail in our descriptions.
We have been learning to 'show' instead of 'telling' in our writing. Here is an example of a sentence that 'tells': I felt tired. Here is an example of how we can 'show' this sentence to the reader with more detail: 'I was yawning for ages, my mouth was wide open like a hippopotamus. My eyes were nearly shut, and I knew I was about to drop off to sleep'.
We are also learning to split our writing into paragraphs. Each paragraph is about a different main idea.
Why is it important to learn these things?
It is important to be able to add details to make our writing more interesting for whoever reads it. That could be parents, friends, or teachers.
It is important to put our writing into paragraphs so everything isn't all mixed up. It helps to have it broken into ideas to make it easier to read.
What have we been writing about?
We have been writing descriptions about a pet or a person who is special to us. We are doing this so that everybody in our class can learn about us and about the people or animals important to us.
When we have finished our writing, we will put some examples on the blog so that you can read them too!
By Anushka, Jayda and Ellie!
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