Past Tense Loop Cards

Grade 2/3 and Grade 4/5 both managed to beat their times! 

G2/3 Guided Explanation Writing

We are currently learning about evidence from the past and how it helps us to understand the place we live in. We are also learning how to write explanation texts. After researching Thomas Edison and orally presenting our findings, we wrote this text together.

How Thomas Edison’s inventions have changed our world

Thomas Edison’s inventions have changed our world a lot. They have given us the chance to talk to friends who are somewhere else, music, talking dolls, movies and maybe most importantly, light when it is dark.

Thomas Edison improved Mr Bell’s telephone, so that it could be used to talk with our friends from far away. He also made it louder. Almost everyone has a telephone now.

His phonograph recorded sound clearly and people used it to listen to music. Now, many people use iPods and stereos for this. Thomas Edison even created the talking doll by putting a little phonograph inside the doll.

He invented a machine that recorded moving pictures (kinetoscope), which gave us silent movies. Later, he connected the phonograph with the kinetoscope to get sound and moving pictures together. This was the first ever movie!

Thomas Edison’s most famous invention was the light bulb, because, when it was dark, we could turn on the lights and see clearly. The first light bulb only lasted for two or three minutes, but modern light bulbs can last for years.

Thomas Edison’s inventions make our lives easier and happier.

By: Reach, King, Nikor, Sal and Mony

G2/3 Reading Skills

It's always difficult when you're reading a book and you come across unfamiliar words.

Today, we practiced reading and guessing unfamiliar words through their context. It was hard work, but good fun, and we managed to learn some new words.

Can you remember the meaning of these words?

• alternative; the road was blocked, so they had to find an alternative way.
• assisted; the kind boy assisted the old lady to cross the road.
• gallant; the gallant knight rode on towards the dark cave where the dragon lived.
• devoured; Greedy Greg devoured his dinner in less than a minute.
• detested; Ralph detested his sister's pet rat. 
• entire; He was able to fit the entire hotdog in his mouth. 
• concerned; Mary was concerned when her son didn't return from the park on time. 

G2/3 Welcome Back!

This term we are happy to welcome back a friendly face!!

Today is Wacky Wednesday!

Wacky Wednesday at ISPP

When I got to school,

It was so cool,

ABC was not in order,

Shoes were around the border,

The tables had human legs,

Everyone was eating eggs,

The stairs switched sides,

Teachers were following guides,

Books could talk,

Folders could walk,

Miss Carolyn was upside down,

King was wearing a crown,

I looked at the sky,

Miss Mom could fly,

Reach was a pop star,

Who lived in a chocolate bar,

Nikor had super powers,

And made everyone take showers,

Babies were crawling up the walls,

I needed to make some calls!

By: King, Nikor and Reach

G4/5 Autobiographies

Over the last few weeks, G4/5 students have been reading and writing biographies and autobiographies. During EAL, we looked at the structure of these texts and then worked in groups to create rubrics for How to write a good autobiography. 

We thought carefully about what to put in each section of our rubric.

After creating time-lines for our own lives, we used these to write our autobiographies. We then evaluated our own writing using our rubrics, before swapping with a partner to see if their evaluations matched ours. The results were very interesting and we had some great discussions about the structure, accuracy and content of our writing.

We didn't always agree with each other's assessments!

G2/3 Punctuation Kung-Fu!

G2/3 students have been learning about punctuation and practicing adding punctuation to familiar texts. This week, we used an extract from a book called The Clay Dog, which we have all read and enjoyed during EAL lessons. 

We added punctuation to extracts which had had the punctuation removed - using Kung-Fu moves! We took it in turns to read the text, pausing to allow our partners to perform the moves when necessary. It was great fun - and when it was time to add the punctuation in writing, we did REALLY well. 

Speech marks!

Full stops!