Good Morning Year 2!
I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed some of the sunshine! I’m sure lots of you remembered to keep reading and will have lots to share on our Reading Diary Blog!
We’re going to have another look at Clever Cakes by Michael Rosen. We’ll be reading the same extract as last week. If you have a smart phone or tablet in your house, then ask your parents to help you read the QR code below to see the first half of the book. I have also saved pictures of the pages in the gallery below or you can click on this link for a printable version: printable clever cakes extract.
Read through the extract. Today we will be focussing on the second half of the extract, starting from page 6. See if you can answer these questions.
Once you have answered these ones, have a go at some of these challenge questions:
- How do you think Masha would have felt when her friends never came, and why?
- Why has Michael Rosen spelt help as ‘he-e-e-lp’? What is he trying to get the reader to think?
- Michael Rosen describes the bear’s paws as ‘massive muscly’. Can you think of other pairs of adjectives that could be used that both start with the same letter? Mine is ‘huge hairy paws’.
Our writing task for the week is going to be writing our own ending of the story, so I don’t want to give you Michael Rosen’s ending just yet. I’ll share the whole story on Friday for you to enjoy.
If it is easier for you to print the blog post, then click here for a printable version: English Blog Monday printable
I can’t wait to read all your answers in the blog below.
1. Her friends never came and she came out of her hiding place.
2. Because her friends never ever came.
3. Because the bear followed her shouting.
4. The bear wants Mash to cook his dinner, wash his trousers and scrub the floor in his house.
5. He picked her up and walked home.
Challenge questions:
1. Scared, because the deep dark wood is scary and Masha is alone.
2. That she is very very very scared and frightened.
3. Big brown paws.
Brilliant answers Sophia!
1. I think Masha would have felt sad because her friends never came to find her and frightened.
2. He wrote it because Masha was scared.
3. Fat fluffy paws.
Well done Jack! You’ve done the challenge questions, see if you can go back and do the first 5 questions as well.
1. Because her friends never came.
2. Because nobody came to find her.
3. The bear smelled her location.
4. To cook his dinner, wash his underpants and scrub the floor.
5. He grabbed her and took her with him.
1. Sad, lonely, forgotten, scared.
2. She realized she was lost and far away from other people and needed to shout to be heard.
3. Humongous hairy paws.
Well done Kristian. Check number 3 – he could have used his sense of smell to find Masha, but what does it say in the text?
Dear miss Carruthers
here are my answers
1. They waited and waited but they never came.
2. Because she missed her friends.
3. Because she shouted He-e-elp
4. Cooks his dinner, wash his trousers and scrub his floor.
5. Picked her up in his massive muscly paws.
Challenge questions:
1. She would have felt scared because they never came.
2. She shouted.
3. Enormous energetic paws.
Well done Nadine, you’ve thought carefully about your answers.
1) Because it says she waited and waited for a long time.
2) Because her friends could not find her!
3) He knew how to find because she was yelling help and he could hear her.
4) Cook his dinner, wash his trousers and scrub his floor!!!!!
5) He held Masha in is massive muscly arms.
Great work Luisa! Have a go at the challenge questions as well.
Well done Madeleine! Try to keep your handwriting neat while you are writing. Have another look at the second challenge question: How do you imagine it sounding when Masha says ‘he-e-e-lp’ rather than ‘help’?
Miss Carruthers,
Nadine’s mum here. Can I just check if she is supposed to start writing the end of the the story today? Or is that for later in the week?
Thanks!
We’ll start it on Thursday and I’ll put up a blog post for it – I just wanted to let you know in case you were wanting to find out the rest of the story today!
1. Because she was in the woods.
2. Because she was scared.
3. It was following her screaming.
4. To cook his dinner, wash his trousers and scrub the floor in his house.
5. He picked her up and carried her to his home.
Challenge 3.
Big bulging muscles, terrifying teeth, humongous head, Raging roar.
1. She waited and waited.
2. Because she was not found yet.
3. Because the bear heard Masha shout help.
4. Cook dinner, wash trousers and scrub the floors.
5. Picked her up
He used the sense of hearing!!!! Oops.
1 Because no one found her.
2 She was lost.
3 Because she shouted help.
4 Wash clothes, cook dinner and scrub the floor.
5 Put her in his paws.
1 Sad because she was lost.
2 So that you know she was in trouble. To understand this when reading.
3 Big and brown.
1. Her friends did not come
2.Masha was lost.
3. Masha shouted He-e-e-lp He-e-e-lp.
4. Cook my dinner ? ) wash my trousers ?and scrub the floor in my house ?
5. He picked up Masha with his big muscly paws ?.
Challenging questions:
1. She felt sad ☹️ Because they never came.
2. She was terrified.
3. Humongous hands
QUESTIONS:
1. I know Masha waited for a long time because in the text it says that she waited and waited but they never came.
2. She decided to go home because her friends never came to find her.
3. I think the bear knew where to find her because she shouted “H- e- e – elp” loudly, so the bear found her.
4. Scrub the floor wash the trousers cook dinner for him
5. He picked her up In his massive muscly paws.
CHALLENGE QUESTIONS:
1. She felt very worried because she remembered the warning from her granny.
2. Because he wants to make the reader to think that Masha is very scared.
3. Strong scary paws.
1. I know because the author said Masha waited and waited.
2. Masha decided to go home because her friends never came.
3. The bear knew where to find Masha because the bear heard her shouting.
4. The bear told Masha to cook his dinner, wash his trousers and scrub the floor in his house.
5. The bear swiped Masha up into the his arm and took her away to his house.
Challenge questions
1. Masha felt lonely, bored and tired from waiting and waiting.
2. Michael Rosen spelt help as ‘he-e-e-lp’ because Masha was shouting for longer and it sounds louder. He was getting the reader to think Masha was in danger and shouting.
3. Hungry hairy mouth
I think that the ending is going to be…
That Masha said can I just go home and the bear said no! Then Masha had a idea and it was, to say that Masha will give the bear a toy and the bear said yes now you can go home.
Marisa’s responses:
1. I know that Masha waited for a long time because she was in the woods and her granny said not to go in the woods because there can be a bad bear in the wood
2. Masha decided to go home because she knew it was the bad bear and also because she wanted to have super
3. I think the bear knew where to go because Masha made a noise which was He-e-e-lp that’s how the bear found her.
4. Clean the floor, cook him dinner and wash my trousers.
5. The bear grabbed her around his arms and took her to his home.
1. I think she felt worried and scared at the same time because her friends didn’t find her because she was in the woods.
2. Micheal Rosen said ‘he-e-e-lp’ because he is trying to tell the reader that Masha is screaming because she is lost.
3. Horrendously huge paws/ Great giant paws
Hello Ms Carruthers and everybody!
1. She waited and waited but they never came.
2. Her friends didn’t come so she got frightened.
3. The bear knew she was there because she was shouting.
4. Clean the floor, cook his dinner, wash his trousers.
5. He picked her up in his strong arms and paws.
1. Sad and afraid because her Nanna warned her it was dangerous in the woods.
2. She’s scared and frightened so she is shouting.
3. Sharp, spikey paws!
Dear Miss Carruthers,
1.We know because the word waited is repeated.
2. Masha decided to go home because her friends never came.
3. He heard Mashas echo and followed it.
4. The bear wants Masha to cook dinner , wash his trousers and scrub the floor.
5. He picked up Masha with his strong paws so she couldn’t go home.
1. Masha might have felt sad, scared , worried , frightened, and terrified because her friends never came and she was alone.
2. I think it is because he wants to show us that she is very scared.
3. Furry and fluffy.
1) Because it says she waited and waited for a long time
2) Masha went home because her friends never came
3) The bear was able to find Masha because she shouted for help
4) The bear wanted Masha to go to his house and cook his dinner, wash his trouser and the scrub the floor in his house
5) Because the bear grabbed her and took her to his house
Hi Sophia wrote the answers today, I will send them over.
1. We know that Masha waited for a long time because it said so (I can’t think of any other way to put that)
2. She wanted to go home because the bear wanted her to do his chores.
3. The bear knew where Masha lived because they presumably both live in the same woods.
4. The bear wanted Masha to cook his dinner, wash his trousers and scrub the floor in his house.
5. The bear picked Masha up in his paws so she couldn’t go home.
6. I think Masha felt scared when her friends did not arrive.
7. Mr Rosen has spelt it he-e-elp so that Masha sounds extra scared.
8. He could have written ‘big beary’ instead of ‘massive muscly’.
1. We know it was a long time because it says ‘she waited and waited’.
2. Masha decided to go home because her friends never came and she didn’t want to wait any longer.
3. We think the bear heard her shouting for help.
4. The bear wants her to scrub the floor, clean his trousers and cook his dinner.
5. The bear just grabbed her and picked her up.
6. We think Masha felt worried when her friends didn’t show up because she was lost and didn’t know what to do.
7. He spelt it that way because she is shouting so it sounds a bit longer.
8. The bear could have ‘sharp shaggy’ paws instead.
Emilia and Isabella uploaded some files with their homework.
I only received their 3D superhero pop ups – they looked amazing and I’ve put them on the DT blog.
Thanks for sharing their work. Well done girls!
Well done everyone – I’m so please you are keeping up your comprehension skills. You must all be reading lots at home!
1.She waited and waited but her friends never came.
2.I think she walked home so that her friends could find her.
3.The bear heard her screeching “help”.
4.The bear wanted her to cook’ scrub the floor and wash his trousers.
5. He grabbed her.
1. Masha felt sad because she thought her friends didn’t care about her.
2.So that people think is she saying it really loooong.
3. Sharp scary paws.