Week Commencing 4th May 2020

Monday 4^th May:

• Visit Espresso – click on the link from our school website: https://www.silvertreesacademy.co.uk/espresso/
• Now click on Key Stage 1, English and scroll down to and click on Exploring Non-Fiction: this will take you to lots of different non-fiction texts. Choose a text to focus on (my personal favourite is Dinosaurs!)
• Complete the reading and understanding activities for the non-fiction text you have chosen.

Tuesday 5^th May:

• Visit the BBC Bitesize website and explore the Small Town Superheroes game. Here you will find a Reading and Understanding activity where you have to read short pieces of text and answer the comprehension questions. Follow this link:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/games/embed/small-town-superheroes?exitGameUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fzncgvk7

Wednesday 6^th May:

• You should have had a text message last week informing you about our new online library called Rising Stars (email your class teacher to get your login details). https://my.risingstars-uk.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
• Log into your Rising Stars library and read one of the books chosen for you by your class teacher. Complete the quiz and try to earn a bronze, silver or gold star!

Thursday 7^th May:

• Open the document below ‘The Runaway Iceberg’ and read the story about the penguin adventure.
• Now answer the questions about the story – remember to use your Rex Retriever and Isa Inference skills!
• You can answer the questions in your purple book if you can’t print it out.

Friday 8^th May:

• Open the document below ‘Dinosaur Babies’ and read the non-fiction text about dinosaurs.
• Answer the questions as you read this text – remember: use the text to find the answers!
• You can answer the questions in your purple book if you can’t print it out.