English - Book Review 2: Opinions
Yesterday we tackled summarising a story. The other main aspect of a review is giving your opinion. There are three main aspects to address in this element of our review:
1. Opinion of the story - how did you find the story? Try to avoid the word "good." Think of more precise words e.g. interesting, funny, exciting, scary, sad, boring, slow, emotional, thought provoking. Any of these ideas are fine so long as you explain your opinion. So a sentence stem you could use might be:
I thought the "Book Title" was _____________ because....
You might use a specific scene to explain your opinion; change the conjunction "because" to "when" e.g. I thought "The Gruffalo" was scary when the mouse suddenly met the Gruffalo.
2. Favourite part of the story - it is good to take your general opinion and then refine this by adding in your favourite part. Again, try this story stem:
My favourite part was when....
You will notice that these stems start slipping in different conjunctions, one of the key features of our sentences, so see if you can encourage the inclusion of adjectives in your sentences too.
It is worth noting that all the elements so far covered (summarising/sequencing, opinions/favourite parts) are all aspects of the Key Stage 1 Reading curriculum. The final point is as well, although is more addressed towards the Year 2's:
3. Links to other books read - think about the story and then think: does it remind you about any other books you have read? A stem could be:
This story is like "Different Book Title" because/when....
This is trickier, as shown by the fact that it is in the Year 2 curriculum Greater Depth strand so do not be concerned if your child finds this one hard - it is the cherry on top!
For me, "The Gruffalo" reminds me of "Where The Wild Things Are" the 1963 book by Maurice Sendak - the children have had this read to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ej_kl8Il3I
The story is like "Where The Wild Things Are" because it also has monsters.
The story is like "Where The Wild Things Are" when it uses sentences like terrible teeth and terrible claws.
I've added a sheet below which could be used as a structure if you wish to use it (also on the class web page). It splits the review into 3 parts; general information, short summary (use yesterday's work) and then opinion. Underneath is my attempt at it - remember you could just write the whole thing out, you do not need to print it out like I did; I'm looking at you Year 2's!
To make this task easier, create a picture from the story and a sentence about what you thought of the book.
To make it harder, write it out yourself thinking about conjunctions and adjectives.
Maths - Subtraction
Following the same pattern as last week with addition, we will use our take away strategies to solve some problems today, but again a word on column subtraction. A reminder that this is for Year 2's who are confident with the tens and ones strategies in preparation for what they may use once they are in KS2.
Look at this calculation:
How would it look as column subtraction?
Note that it is addition at the end to combine the 2 answers into a final answer.
Choose from these problems. There are 2 for solving with number lines and 2 for solving with the tens and ones approach. Problem 1's are easier than Problem 2's. I have put blank number lines on the class page if you wish to use these:
Read through the problem together, highlight the key information - warning: there may be an addition slipped in there to keep you on your toes! Then use your approach to solve. You only need to choose one set of problems:
Number Line Problem 1
Number Line Problem 2
Tens and Ones Problem 1
Tens and Ones Problem 2
All the best - see you tomorrow!
KS1 Team
