Grayling 4

Phonics

Our phonics reading today focuses on the tricky words some, come and said. See if you can spot them in this tricky bug song and find them on your phase 3 tricky bug sheets. 

Now have a go at reading these sentences and guessing which tales they are from. Can you spot the three tricky words? There is something else in each sentence…. Speech marks! Can you find these and discuss with an adult what these are and why they have been used? 

Once you know that the speech marks help to tell you when a character is talking, see if you can say the speech in a voice just like the Wolf’s, Witch’s and Jack’s. Can you think of anything else the characters say in one of your favourite traditional tales? 

Literacy

Remind yourself of which traditional tales you have enjoyed reading/listening to this week and talk about which one is your favourite so far. What makes it your favourite? Is it the funny story line, a particular character or maybe the ‘happily ever after’ ending?

Encourage your child to join in with retelling the story to you or maybe to a friend or family over video call. The listener could guess the traditional tale based on your storytelling and descriptions. Include a description of the story setting in your retelling and think what the place would look like and if you would like to live there. 

Let’s now turn this into some Drama! You are going to imagine that you are one of the characters from your favourite tale. As your adult reads the story or plays it online, see if you can act it out with actions and movements. 

Can you use your facial expressions to portray the good/bad character? Do you look sneaky and scary, like the Big Bad Wolf?  Do you look sad and hungry, like Baby Bear in Goldilocks and The Three Bears?