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 Reading & Writing at HomeJUNIORSTERM 2 - WEEK 4 DAY 2FOCUS: WritingCreate silly sentences!USEFUL WEBSITE:Wheel Decide – What to do at home? 1:Silly Sentences!Access YouTube: Silly Sentences! the video you will see children creating sentences that tell you who the character is, what they’re doing, and where they are.You can make your own silly sentences with your child to practise reading, writing/drawing.ACTIVITY 2:Wheel DecideAccess ‘Wheel Decide’ by clicking on this link. will see it says – ‘What to do under quarantine’ options in each section of the wheel.Click on the wheel to spin and have a practise of using it.Perhaps you could do one of the activities.You can use this wheel to provide options for creating silly sentences with your child.Scroll down and click on modify wheel.Type the title for your wheel - ‘WHO?’ Ask your child who they would like to add - batman, a unicorn, superman, mum, dad, brother or other family members names. Type your choices. You can choose up to 100! When you have finished click on – ‘apply wheel changes’.Create a sentence by spinning the wheel. The character it lands on is your person/animal/character for the sentence.For example – if it lands on ‘Superman’ your sentence will begin with ‘Superman’.Your child can draw/write Superman (who).Repeat this process for choosing an action – (what) was running, flying, swimming, eating pizza, dancing, jumping – encourage your child to choose the options for you to type.Repeat this process for choosing a setting (where) – in a shop, at school, in the park, outside, in the jungle, at the zoo (see example).Repeat to create/write/draw as many sentences as you like.Your child can choose to draw or write the sentence or both!WHO?WHAT?WHERE?Supermanwas swimmingin a shop!FINAL NOTE:Creative writing enhances children’s imaginations and develops their reading and writing skills. Creative writing plays an important role in literacy development. ................
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