Teaching And Home Schooling Ideas

Practise spellings with a fun Easter game.  Draw egg shapes onto a sheet of paper and label with a number.  However many spelling there are draw same amount of eggs.  Write each spelling word onto paper and fold up and place each spelling in a plastic egg.  Label each egg with a number.  Throw the dice (We have a 12 sided dice) and open the corresponding numbered egg.  Write the word onto the numbered egg on the sheet.  Write the word as many times as you like or write once and then again when you throw that number again. 

Read extract from chapter one of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Charlie can only think of one thing, chocolate and he only gets a chocolate bar once a year on his birthday. Imagine you are Charlie. Ask how do you feel about chocolate? It's my favourite thing, I dream about it, it's delicious....  What do you think about the chocolate bar you get on your birthday? It's special, yummy, mouth watering, scrumptious.... Imagine you are Charlie and you get a bar for your birthday, how would you describe the chocolate? Think about size, shape, colour of wrapper, taste, smell....  Size - gigantic, huge Shape - rectangular, a slab Colour - golden, multicoloured Taste - delicious, scrumptious, yummy Smell - heavenly, chocolatey Draw a rectangle in centre of page and write My Chocolate Bar inside, then write adjectives to describe the chocolate bar. 

Ask what are homophones? Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have a different meaning.  Examples Made, maid Which, witch Hare, hair and her Where, were, wear, we're There, their and they're Look at the word there, what does it mean? It means a place.  Point out the clue in the word, there has here in it.  Can you think of a sentence with there in it? Over there is the castle.  Look at the word their, what does it mean? It means something belongs to them.  Point out the clue in the word, there is an I in the word, and I refers to me a person who the item belongs to.  Can you think of a sentence with their in it? Their football is red. Look at the word they're, what does it mean? It means they are, the words have been shortened with an apostrophe. Can you think of a sentence with they're in it? In the nativity they're all going to be shepherds. Now on A4 paper design a poster to explain the meaning of all three words.  ...

We did some work on metaphors. What is a metaphor? A phrase that describes something as if it is something else. Eg The cliffs are a face looking out to sea. We discussed what a metaphor is and how it's different to a simile (  What is a simile? A phrase that compares something to something else using as or like. Eg The sun shone like a diamond or the wind blew as fast as a sports car.)  We then completed the metaphor sentences. The sea is..... The tree is.... The forest is.... The waves are.... The cliffs are.... The river is.... The branches are.... The waterfall is. ... The leaves are .... The sky is.... The sun is.... Let us know what metaphors you write.

We did some work on similes. What is a simile? A phrase that compares something to something else using as or like. Eg The sun shone like a diamond or the wind blew as fast as a sports car. We discussed what a simile is and then completed sentences. The drink was as cold as..... The lorry was as wide as.... The snow fell like.... The tree was as tall as.... The rocks crumbled like.... The waves crashed like.... The wood was as dark as.... The branches hang like.... Her eyes shone like.... The leaves are as green as.... The sunlight sparkles like.... The water ripples like.... Let us know what similes you write.