Monday 31 May 2021

Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters are phrases and sentences that use a certain sound, often very difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly. They are word games that are fantastic to practice pronunciation when speaking English, so 5th Graders have been creating some using the initial sounds of their names.

This is Naia's!  

Reading Corner

Today, Awnie reads "Chrissy doesn't Like her hair", written by Christine Williams and illustrated by Amy Summer.

Monday 24 May 2021

Tongue Twisters

  Tongue Twisters are phrases and sentences that use a certain sound, often very difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly. They are word games that are fantastic to practice pronunciation when speaking English, so 5th Graders have been creating some using the initial sounds of their names.

Here is Julia's! 

Reading Corner

 Here is Miss Linda reading "Grumpy Monkey Up All Night", written by Suzzane Lang and illustrated by Max Lang.

 

Feelings

 

Hobbies

 

Past Participle

 

Monday 17 May 2021

Tongue Twisters

 Tongue Twisters are phrases and sentences that use a certain sound, often very difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly. They are word games that are fantastic to practice pronunciation when speaking English, so 5th Graders have been creating some using the initial sounds of their names.

Carolina tells us hers! 

Reading Corner

 Craig and Ryan read Dr Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham".

Monday 10 May 2021

Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters are phrases and sentences that use a certain sound, often very difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly. They are word games that are fantastic to practice pronunciation when speaking English, so 5th Graders have been creating some using the initial sounds of their names.

Let's listen to Carla! 

Reading Corner

 Today's reading is "Supertato", by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet.

Gardening


Abbreviations

Friday 7 May 2021

Reading Corner

 Awnie reads Emily Pearson's "Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed", illustrated by Fumi Kosaka.

Bugs

Homophones

 Homophones are words that have different meaning and different spelling but the same pronunciation, that is, they sound the same.

Thursday 6 May 2021

Reading Corner

 Miss Jill reads "This is a Taco", written by Andrew Cangelose and illustrated by Josh Shipley.

Bugs

Homophones

 Homophones are words that have different meaning and different spelling but the same pronunciation, that is, they sound the same.

Wednesday 5 May 2021

This is Me

  Today, in This is Me!, Antonio talks about herself.

Reading Corner

 Welsh actress Joanna Page reads "Blue Monster Wants It All", written by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Jenny Desmond.

Bugs

Homophones

 Homophones are words that have different meaning and different spelling but the same pronunciation, that is, they sound the same.

Tuesday 4 May 2021

-ED Pronunciation

 Do you know how to pronounce words ending in -ED correctly? In this video, you will learn to pronounce them with Lucy.

 

Long Vowel /ɔː/

 Watch Alex, from BBC Learning English, pronounces the long vowel / ɔː /.

 

Short Vowel /ɒ/

 Let's learn how to pronounce short vowel / ɒ / with Alex, from BBC Learning English.

Reading Corner

 American actress Mindy Sterling reads "Library Lion" written by Michelle Knudsen and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.

Bugs

Homophones

 Homophones are words that have different meaning and different spelling but the same pronunciation, that is, they sound the same.

Monday 3 May 2021

Tongue Twisters

 Tongue Twisters are phrases and sentences that use a certain sound, often very difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly. They are word games that are fantastic to practice pronunciation when speaking English, so 5th Graders have been creating some using the initial sounds of their names.

Emily made hers with the sound /ʃ/!

Reading Corner

 If you like glue, this is definitely your story, "Too Much Glue", written by Jason Lefebvre and illustrated by Zac Retz.

Bugs



Homophones

 Homophones are words that have different meaning and spelling but the same pronunciation, that is, they sound the same.