Our focus word today is ‘marvellous’‘George stirred his marvellous concoction, as he wondered what it would do.

fantastic

normal

incredible

wonderful

boring

awesome

breath-taking

bad

Sort the words below: those which have a similar meaning to ‘marvellous’ and those which don’t

ordinary

Full Stops

Mrs Grinling rushed around the little, white cottage gathering up all manner of things. She put everything she collected into a large sack. She weighed the sack and then she weighed Mr Grinling. Mr Grinling began to feel nervous but he wasn’t quite sure why. By the time Mrs Grinling had attached the sack to the pulley and sent it down the wire, Mr Grinling was biting his fingernails and muttering to himself.

Full stops

To show the end of a sentence, we use a full stop.

Full stops

Just like capital letters, a full stop sits on the line.

We will go to the pet shop.

Full stops

Listen to this sentence carefully.

After which word should there be a full stop?

The fly landed on the butter.

Practise

Listen to this sentence carefully.

Heavy rain splashed into the puddle.

Now write it down on your whiteboard.

Unscramble this sentence

splash.made

whale

big

a

The

Unscramble this sentence

splash.madewhale bigaThe

What is wrong here?

Suddenly, there was a crash of thunder The dog barked and hid

under the table Jamal quickly got his favourite

dog chew to try to make him feel better

Task 1

Can you write two sentences each about these pictures?

Don’t forget to use capital letters and full stops.

Task 2

the mouse could see crumbs on the floor it crept out slowly from behind

the fridge

Write out the sentences and include the two missing capital letters and the two missing full stops.

Then write two sentences about what happens next.

Iandappleslike

bananasbut not

oranges.

Task 3

Unscramble and write the sentence in your book.How did you know which word was the last word?