Tuesday 27th January
Grammar
Tuesday 27th January 2026
LC: To write complex sentences with the conjunction 'if'.
1. Can you think of a main clause and share with the class?
2. Can you add a subordinate clause before or after the main clause?
3. Does it make sense? If not, what can you change to make it sound better?
Activity
In your books write four complex sentences with the subordinate conjunction 'if'.
Main
LC: To discuss and respond to a performance of a poem.
We are going to watch the poem from yesterday and think about how it made us feel.
Michael Rosen - angryTell me what you enjoyed about the poem. Why?
Tell me what you didn’t like. Why?
Which part did you like best? Why?
Intonation - how the voice rises and falls in speech. It can affect the meaning of what we say.
Volume - how loud or quiet the sound is.
Tone - describes how a writer feels about a character or an event.
Activity
1. Read the poem with 4 more lines added to it.
2. Practice reading it to your partner with intonation, volume and tone!
I am angry.
I am angry, really angry. Angry, angry, angry. I'm so angry.
I'll jump up and down, I'll roll on the ground.
Make a din, make you spin.
Pull out my hair, throw you in the air.
Pull down posts, hunt down ghosts.
Scare spiders, scare tigers.
Pull up trees, bully bees.
LC: To be able to measure capacity in millilitres.
RIC
R - Where did the crates sink into?
I - Why was there no land in sight by morning?
C - Can you find two past tense verbs?
Tuesday 20th January 2026
LC: To identify the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph.
The main Idea
The main idea is what the paragraph is mostly about. What is the most important point?
If a paragraph talks about what elephants eat, where they live, and how they behave, the main idea might be ‘Elephants and their lifestyle.’
Use Headings or Titles
- If your text is non-fiction, look at titles, headings, or subheadings in the text. These often hint at the main ideas.
Identify Key Words or Repeated Ideas
- What words or phrases keep appearing?
Whole Class
Oscar was feeling nervous. He checked his tie for the tenth time, and once again smoothed down the bit of his hair that always stuck up. He looked at the clock and realised it was finally time to leave. Picking up his bag, Oscar shouted goodbye to his mum and walked slowly down the drive. Today was the day he started high school, a day he had been nervously anticipating for what seemed like a lifetime.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
a) Oscar misses his mum
b) Oscar is nervous to start high school
c) Oscar liked to check his tie
Independent
Trees need light to grow, plus water and minerals from the soil. If tree seeds sprout in a forest, the taller trees block out most of the light. When a large tree is blown down, light floods through onto the forest floor. Young trees can then grow, and the fastest will shade out the other young trees.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?