1. POW – Literacy challenge Mrs. Armstrong has brought her duvet and pillow from home so the children can experience their own ‘Magic Bed’ in the classroom. Imagine you have a Magic Bed and it will take you anywhere you want to go! Sit with a friend under your duvet and decide where you are going in your magic bed! Where would you go? Who would you take with you? What do you see when you get there? What’s the weather like? Let’s go on our Learning Journey…

2. Adventure and Fantasy Stories- The Magic Bed by John Burningham 7.” Create own short story inspired by “The Magic Bed”. 3.Read the book and. Watch the You tube version. Discuss illustrations. Write a description of one of the illustrations-use effective adjectives and precise nouns. 4. Alliteration tasks. 6. Plan your story. Key features for a narrative. What happens at the start? What does your bedroom change into? Where do you go? What do the characters do? What happens at the end? 2.How have artists used items in their settings? Write quality sentences to describe the setting. 1.Study power point of fantasy settings. What can you see hear and smell? What are the qualities of a good adventure story? What do I include in my character and setting description? How do precise nouns, similes and adjectives improve descriptions? How can I use alliteration and sound effects to improve my story? How can I start my sentences in different ways? What should I include in a story plan? What are our top tips for a Fantasy/Adventure Story? Adverbial phrases-(how, when, where), a connective,adverb or a verb

3. POW – Literacy Challenge! Far away in a distant galaxy, there was a distant planet where lots of little robots lived and waited patiently for messages from planet Earth. Planet Earth was very interesting! Everyday, on the distant planet, the robots worked hard in their space craft factories and, every night they waited for messages from their robot friend, Dusty. The last time Dusty visited planet Earth, he found out how to write something called a non chronological report. Dusty discovered that on Earth people read non chronological reports to find out information about things. It was a very good way of sharing information with others. Dusty decided that it was time he sent a report to his friends at home. Could he remember how to write a non chronological report? Let’s look at our Learning Journey…

4. Non- Chronological Reoprt 3 How to turn statements into questions? Read the story book and PowerPoint. Ask questions about the plot. 4. Why is the Big Bad Wolf guilty? How can I locate extracts to back up my argument? 5.Why is the big Bad Wolf not guilty? Is the wolf is prison for the wrong reasons? 7. How can I use extracts from the book to help to explain my reasons? Reading comprehension skills- inference/ deduction 2. What do you think this book is about? Who is the character on the front of the book? 1. Read together the original version of The Three Little Pigs. What are the key parts of the story? 6. What are the fairy tale character witness statements? Key skill – matching verbs to nouns pronouns I am the children are..

5. The Mouse hole cat. Linking Reading to Writing- Following our Guided Reading text we are to use ideas and evidence from the story to write our own story setting and a story from another viewpoint!

6. Stories with Familiar Settings- The Mouse hole Cat by Antonia Barber 3. Why did the author chose specific vocab? Which words describe the storm? 4.How can I use my senses to describe the storm? Watch You tube version. 5. What helps me to retell the story in order? Structure, speech and thought bubbles. How do time openers improve my writing? : Level 1- The, I, My Level 2 - First, Then, Next, After, Finally. Level 3 - Later that day, Tomorrow, After, This Morning, Yesterday. Talk for writing to sequence the story. 7. Which writing top tips will help to write the story from a different viewpoint? Story sequence with a beginning, middle and end. Exciting descriptive vocab. First person and points of view Accurate punctuation. Pencil target followed. 2.Why is the setting description in a story so important? What is an adjective? 1.What is a legend? Discuss the genre. 6. What must I include in super sentences to describe the illustrations? Which connectives can I use to create complex sentences. Level 1- and Level 2- but Level 3 – because, however, so, then Study PWP of the book Pictures and captions. 8. How can I use drama to explore the story? Hot seating.

7. A task from our Headteacher! Ms Smolinski has set “The Swaledales a Challenge”. She would like each of the Year 2 children to write a letter to the new children starting at Penny Bridge Academy in September! We are to used letter headed paper and Mrs Farley with provide us all with an envelope. What is special about our school? Let start making notes with our learning Partners…

8. How well can I write and understand what to include in a letter to a new child at Penny Bridge CE Academy? 8. Assessment Task- produce a letter to a new child starting school in September. Success Criteria I wrote name and address on the right side I wrote Dear… followed by a comma I in the first paragraph I wrote why I was writing. In the second paragraph I wrote about the school. In the third paragraph I wrote a closing statement. I used some connectives and conjunctions. I used capital letters for proper nouns. 3. How do I start a letter and end a letter? 4. How can sentences using connectives and conjunctions improve my letter? 5. What are proper nouns? Which proper nouns need capital letters in my writing? 7. How can I use paragraphs to structure my letter? Planning three paragraphs using Joan Stark shopping list idea. 2. How do I write my address?. 1. What is an envelope for? What do I include in a letter? What types of letter are there? Formal, informal and emails. 6. WAGGOL – What A Good One Looks Like… Why is this a good letter? Peer assessment.

9. POW- Book Review by Swaledales We have been asked by another Year 2 class to write a book review of the Katie Morag stories. Do we think they should study the books? Did we enjoy reading them? Why? We must include evidence from all the stories we have read. We must include a star rating and give reasons for our opinions. Let’s look at our Learning Journey….

10. Follow up from Spring Term Reviewing books by the Same Author- Katie Morag 8. Assessment Task What should I include in my own Katie Morag Book Review? – ( Give recommendation star rating out of ten) Present Tense. First person (I, my me) 3. -How can I compare and contrast the two books? Which characters are in all books? 4. How do I describe a character from the Katie Morag books using evidence from a variety of books? 5. What do we include in a book review? Look at book reviews online- Why have children enjoyed the stories? 7. What should I include in a character description of Katie Morag? Granny island? Adjectives powerful verbs. 2 Read four Katie Morag Stories. What do I like/dislike about this story? 1. What do we know about Mairi Hedderwick? Generate questions we would like to ask? 6. Read Katie Morag and The Big Boy Cousins- How do connectives and conjunctions help to create complex sentences? Level 2- but Level 3 – because, however, so, then

11. Literacy Learning Journey – Story Writing Year 2 – Summer Term 2015 What are the main events in the story of Jack and the Beanstalk? Where is the story set and who are the characters? Read and discuss different versions of the traditional tale “Jack and the Beanstalk”. How can we retell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, sequencing the main events in the correct order? With Learning Partner sequence pictures of the story in the correct order. Retell the story orally then rewrite the story in a comic strip form using connectives to link events and ideas. What story connectives can we use to link the events in the story? How can we use a story planner to organise our ideas for our own imaginative ‘magic seed’ story? Plan a ‘magic seed’ story. Settings, characters and plot (beginning, middle and end). What do we need to include in a really good opening paragraph for our story? Brainstorm ideas for story openers. When, where and how did you find your magic seed? Use ‘the power of three’ (adjectives) when describing your story setting. How can we make sure the ideas in our story make sense and flow in a logical order? Write a ‘magic seed’ story using the story planner. Use connectives to link events in the story. Make sure your story has a clear beginning, middle and end and is organised into paragraphs. What punctuation will we need to use in our story? Use full stops, commas, exclamation marks and speech marks to punctuate your story.

12. Literacy Learning Journey – Information Writing Year 2 – Summer Term 2015 How can I write a set of instructions that are clear, correctly sequenced and easy to follow? Linked to our Science work on Plants. Write a set of instructions explaining how to plant and care for a runner bean seed? Start each instruction with a ‘bossy verb’ e.g fill, put, water, dig, cover, watch, wait How can we use ‘imperative verbs’ or ‘bossy verbs’ in our instruction text? How do we lay out text in a diary? What information should we include on each page? Linked to our Science work, keep a ‘Diary of a Runner Bean Plant’ over several weeks. Design a front cover and record the date on each page. Record your observations and include labelled drawings. What information should be included in a weather report? Watch clips of UK weather reports and observe vocabulary and phrases used. Make a collection of weather related vocabulary. Write a UK weather report to present in the style of a news or radio programme. (Role Play).

13. Literacy Learning Journey – Poetry Year 2 – Summer Term 2015 Read and talk about a range of poems relating to “Our Wonderful World” topic e.g plants, trees, weather Thinking about nature and the world around us, brainstorm things we like to see, hear, touch, taste and smell. How can we use adjectives, verbs and adverbs to bring our ideas alive? Write an “Our Wonderful World” poem using a given structure, one verse for each of our 5 senses. How can we use our senses to explore ideas for a poem? Take each idea for the poem and expand it e.g. I like to see tiny, white lambs skipping in a field How can we present our poems attractively to be included in an “Our Wonderful World” class poetry book? Copy out poem in neatest handwriting and decorate with small illustrations and/or a border. How do poets use poetry to express their thoughts and feelings about nature and the world we live in?