Monday 6 October 2008

Year 5 Prose Style: The Listing Comma + Spellings for Friday



L.O. To revise the use of the listing comma

Today, we revised how you can use movement to help you learn punctuation. The 'clever-clogs' term for this is kinesthetic learning. Did you enjoy our kung-fu punctuation battle?

We also revised the use of the comma in lists, and saw how this works when we add adjectives.

For homework, please (i) write a description of your home, with a focus on using the listing comma and adjectives

(ii)Teach Mum/Dad/Nanny the 'kung fu' punctuation moves. See how they get on with listing commas!

You should also have a go at the game here.

Spellings - Nouns that end in -o

Nouns that end in -o add -es when they become plural:
potato/potatoes, echo/echoes, hero/heroes

exceptions: studio/studios, piano/pianos, kangaroo/kangaroos, zoo/zoos

either: buffalo/buffalo(e)s, cargo/cargo(e)s, motto/motto(e)s

volcano/volcano(e)s

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