Showing posts with label listing comma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label listing comma. Show all posts

Monday, 17 November 2008

Year 5 - Spelling 'u and i' & Combining the Listing and Joining Commas



L.O. To combine the use of the listing and joining comma

1. Learn the 'u and i' spellings through playing games at Spelling City

2. Write a description of your bedrooms. Include a simile and Bald Worm's descriptive techniques. Write 8 lines - but the real challenge is to include both the listing and joining comma. Annotate your 'finished' work, showing me where you included the commas!

Due: Wednesday

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