Thursday 21st May 2026
Homophones
Write all of the words from the list below that are homophones. Write another spelling of the word next to each one.
pair late many plaice hour mane hear care oar paint waste rice seen check rain sweat reed father plug
Thursday 21st May
LC: Perform a poem with appropriate tone, volume, pace, intonation and expression.
Adapted
LC: Perform a poem with actions
Read the poem aloud again with your teacher.
Now let's all read the poem together and use the actions we made up yesterday.
Your teacher will record you after a few practices.
21.05.26
LC: Review Learning for Position and Movement.
Complete Review 13: p.138-140.
Adapted Group 2
Complete worksheet 2
Review
Define It
Remember - the root cent is a Latin word meaning '100'.
Which word is defined in each of the sentences?
cent(s) percent century centimetre centipede centurion centennial centenarian
This was an ancient Roman army officer who commanded 100 soldiers.
This is a period of 100 years.
This is a small unit of currency.
This is an insect with approximately 100 legs.
This is the 100th anniversary of an event.
This is someone who has lived for at least 100 years.
Learning
Focus: Explore, collect and spell word families with the root: chron.
Read the sentences below with me. They all contain words with the root chron.
In history, we had to use chronology to order the dates.
We put the photos in chronological order.
We had to synchronise our watches before starting the experiment.
She used natural medicine to ease her chronic pain.
The film is a chronicle of the life of the famous artist.
The root chron comes from a Greek word 'chronos' meaning 'time'.
The word definitions are below.
chronology: the order in which events happen from the first thing to the last thing
chronological: to put things in time order
synchronise: when things happen at the same time
chronic: to last a long time
chronicle: a story of events told in time order
Can you orally compose sentences containing the words?
chronological
chronic
synchronise
I will write some of your contributions.
Practise and Apply
Super Sentence Spellers
Write the sentences as I dictate them. Make sure you spell all of the words correctly.