Good Morning Year 2!
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I hope you all had a wonderful half term holiday and managed to enjoy the sunshine!
Today all the staff are back at school, trying to make the school safe for when children are allowed back. This means that I won’t be able to approve or respond to your comment straight away – but please still post! I can’t wait to read all your work when we’re finished at school.
I’m sure many of you did lots of reading, don’t forget to update our Reading Blog so that we can all share the exciting stories.
Over the next three weeks, we will be looking at a non-fiction book called ’50 Ways to Feel Happy’. The QR code and pdf extract have all the pages we will need for these three weeks so you don’t need to read it all today! Look carefully at the page numbers in the top corner of the pages – today you just have to read the Contents page and Page 4-7.
Use a tablet to scan the QR code below or click on this link to read it as a pdf: 50 Ways to be Happy extract
Once you’ve read the Contents page have a go at these questions:
- What is a non-fiction book? (How is it different to fiction)
- Why is it helpful to have a Contents Page?
- On which page could I find information and ideas for new activities to try?
- What would I find on page 62?
Now you can read the next four pages (pages 4-7) and answer the questions below:
*For the new words question, try to find at least 2 new words – can you write a definition to explain what these words mean?
1. Non-fiction books are true and have facts in them and fiction books are made up stories.
2. It is helpful to have a contents page so you can find what you’re looking for more easily (but in fiction books you just read the whole book).
3. Page 30.
4. What to do if you feel very unhappy.
Acceptance:
Accepting what you’re good at and what you find difficult.
Mindful:
Being aware of your feelings.
My top three things that make me feel happy are:
Playing chess with my sister
Going swimming
Going on playdates with my friends.
Well done Rex! I hope you have had lots of time to play chess with your sister recently.
1. A non-fiction book is not a ?♀️fairy tale. Non-fiction is facts.
2. To guide you through the ?book.
3. In the section, ‘Trying Out’ on page 30
4. ‘What to do it you feel very☹️ unhappy’.
5. I knew all the words.
6. The top３things that make me? happy are, having? breakfast, ⛈storms and getting stuck in ?trees.
Wonderful Luisa! I love breakfast too 🙂
1. A non-fiction book is based on facts. An example is a dictionary.
2. A contents page tells you where you can find information in the book.
3. On page 30.
4. What to do if you feel unhappy.
Well done Joshua! What 3 things make you happy?
Dear Miss Carruthers,
1. It is a book that tells you the truth about everything.
2. Because then you know what chapters are in the book.
3. page 30: Trying out: keep learning new things
4. What to do if you feel very unhappy
New words: awareness (I know about something – I am aware that Nicolas is sleepy in the evening (I know he is tired).
Resilience: you don‘t give up and keep on trying (for example with difficult maths homework).
5. The book gives you ideas and activities how to make yourself and your friends happy.
Top three things:
1. Cuddling with mummy, daddy and Nicolas
2. Reading my books
3. playing with my night night crew (my favourite crew of toys: Lovey the singing bear, Lily the baby rabbit, White the white rabbit and Pearl the hare).
Regards,
Sophia
Wonderful Sophia! I’m glad you have been working on your resilience 🙂
What is a non-fiction book?
A non-fiction book is when it describes true stories.
How is it different to fiction?
It is different to fiction because fiction is fantasy.
Why is it helpful to have a Contents Page?
It is helpful to have a contents page because so you can find what you looking for in the book very quickly.
On which page could I find information and ideas for new activities to try?
You can find information on page 30.
What would I find on page 62?
What to do if you feel unhappy.
Brilliant Marisa!
1. It should tell the truth. Fiction tells a story.
2.It tells you the chapters int he book.
3.Page 6.
4.Tips on what to do when you feel unhappy.
Well done Finley. What are the top 3 things that make you happy?
Dear Miss Carruthers,
1. A non fiction book is about things that are real and not made up. A non fiction book is different to a fiction book because fiction books are made up and fake.
2. It’s helpful to have a contents page because it tells us more about the categories in the book.
3. You can find activities, ideas and information on page 30.
Key 5: Trying out…….30
Keep learning new things
4. You would find on page 62: What to do if you feel very unhappy.
Reading
1. Awareness: This means knowing about something and also being careful so we don’t make mistakes again.
2. Constructive: This means being able to do something better and being positive.
List of things that make me happy:
1. Painting, friends, family, candy, rainbows, reading, dancing, singing.
2. Top 3 of things that make me happy are:
1st: Family
2nd: Friends
3rd: Candy
Brilliant answers! Well done!
I found out that acceptance means when you agree to do something . Awareness means when you under stand something and you know what the problem is.
Relating when you are linking.
What things make you happy
sweets
party
holiday
sleepover
swimming
birthday
TV
drawing
reading
cycling
games
planting
cooking
park
puzzle
jokes
Well done Marisa – what are your top 3?
Dear Miss Carruthers,
1. A non fiction book is a book that can teach you a fact. A fiction book can use imagination to tell stories.
2. A Contents Page tells you how many chapters there are so you can
find out what you want to know.
3. I can find ideas from page 8_56.
4. I will find ideas on what to do if I feel very unhappy.
5. My words are: an index which in a book is an alphabetical list of names with next the page number to find the words in the book and resilience is the ability to recover quickly difficult situation.
6.This book has tips to be happy.
7.These are the things that make me happy:hugs,playing and reading.
Fantastic work Marie!
Hello Miss Carruthers.
We had a great half term. We enjoyed the sun and we learned to paint the “Sunflowers” by Vincent Van Gogh!
We worked together for today English homework.
Questions:
1. A non-fiction book take about something that happened or something that really exists. A fictional book is about untrue and imaginary facts.
2. The content is important because it tell us about what each chapter talks about and in which page.
3. page 4
4. On page 62 we can find the chapter that talks about “ what to do if you feel very unhappy “
Words we learned and discussed with my mum:
Awareness-notice things around us mindfully
Resilience-don’t give up and find a way to bounce back.
Discover happiness around us- what make us happy and Explore.
Isabella: This book is about being mindful about what is around us and how important is connecting with others.
Emilia: This book tell us to be mindful and resilient so we can have an happier life.
What make me happy:
Isabella
Food ,sleeping,family,play,gymnastics, watch movies on the iPad,P.E.
drawing, learn new things and animals. TOP THREE: food, family drawing.
Emilia
Family,gymnastics,P.E.,painting, playing sports ? ?,learning new things. TOP THREE sport, gymnastics and painting.
Wonderful answers girls! I’m glad you could think of so many things that make you happy. I’d love to see your sunflower paintings! 🙂
The top three things that make me happy.
1. My family
2. Football cards
3. Oreo ice-cream
What great choices! 🙂
1. A non-fiction book is about real life or learning something. Fiction books are about make-believe.
2. Contents page helps you find information.
3. On page 30 about new things to try.
4. What to do if you feel unhappy
New words
Fulfilled. Something that makes you happy, like hobby.
Acceptance. You accept bad things, especially when there is nothing you can do about what is happening.
Brilliant Kristian! What 3 things make you happy?
1. A non-fiction book is true information and facts that are real. It is different to a fiction book because a fiction book is not real and it is like a fairy tale.
2. It is important to have a contents page so you know what specific page you need to go on.
3. Page 4
4. What to do if you feel very unhappy
Awareness, resilience
Well done Sophie. What does awareness and resilience mean?
1) A non-fiction book is a book were everything is facts and are true
2) A contents page is helpful as they show each specific topic in a select page, making it easy to find
3) page 30
4) what to do when you feel happy
Well done Gabi 🙂
1. A non-fiction book is something that is not true and a fiction book is different because it is true and based on facts.
2. A contents page is helpful because it’s guides you and tells you what the book is about.
3. It is page 30.
4. It will tell you what to do if you feel
unhappy.
The new words I found was discoveries, experiment and scientist.
Things that make me feel happy is playing ybh with my cousins, swimming, going on holidays, chasing the waves at the beach, playing hide and seek, going to school to see my friends, eating fish and chips and the colour pink.
Wonderful answers Mila! I hope we can all be back at school sometime soon too, that would also make me very happy 🙂