PRIMARY 3 – THE PLAY PARK

As well as reading the ‘Play Park’ story, I would like you to find and read this story from Oxford Owl:

Greedy tiger –1. Read over the speed sound chart.2. Read the green and red words.3. Answer the questions at the end.

Go to: www.oxfordowl.co.ukand find “The Play Park”

■Read all of the story in your Storyteller voice.

■If you listen to the story make sure that you try and follow the words on the page.

■Try Play Activities 1 and 2.

Green Set 3 Words:

Sounding out unfamiliar words is so important.So remember ‘Fred Talk’

Our next sound is a magic e sound i - e. Try and find it

on the Edinburgh Sound Chart.

i-e as in ride a bike

Read these words out loud and copy them in your jotter. Dot and make an arch as you go along. Remember a dot for a single sound and an arch going from the i to the e

hide smile likenice time white

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-swf3Gy_40

Read these words out loud and ask an adult to test you.

name late make same

cake date fake made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1xqLjHF53A

Take a look at this video to help with the magic e arch and the sounding out of magic e words:

■ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJAL7IoBcQI

Go over the ai sound:

train paint paidsnail tail rain

This weeks creative task can be completed anyway you wish…

I want you to create your own pretend play park!

I know that a lot of you like to make and draw things usinglego, junk, objects lying around your house, toys etc. Inside and

outside, with or without family members.

Come up with a plan for your new play park and send me a photo of your design!

Day 1:

Day 2/3:

Writing about your play park

I would like you to take yourself on an adventure through your play park…

Be creative using your picture or model:

■ Create a story like the one you have read on Oxford Owl. The 2 characters turned into mini characters in the story. I want you to do the same!

■ Primary 3, you are so fabulous at ‘Free Writing’!

■ On the next page is a story start to get you started.

■ Take yourself around your park. You could be – having fun; running away from someone; exploring; part of an experiment.

■ Use speech this time? Talk about your ideas with an adult before you start. Can this adult come up with a story as well?

It happened so quickly! 1 minute I was having a picnic with Daniel and the next I felt my body shrinking! And a dark shadow appeared over me.“Quick!” Daniel yelled …

Primary 3, what can you write?

*Remember to include your play park in the story.

Remember all of these things when you are writing -

Speech marks

Question marks

Exclamationmarks

Your plan will help with your writing task …