Here are some ideas for extra practise at home. They will be helpful for your learning but also lots of fun. 

Spelling Scribble

To do this task:

1. Scribble all over a piece of paper.

2. Then, in each box, practise a different one of your spellings. You can use a different colour for each spelling if you want to.

3. Make sure to cover your spelling up when you practise writing it down and check that you have it correct each time.

Here is a picture of the task:

Try riddling

Choose a word (perhaps one of your spellings) and provide two or three clues for a partner or parent to guess what it is. For the word running, for example, you might say: "This word is a fast movement. It has a double “n” in it and you are not supposed to do it in the corridor!"

Mnemonic

Design a mnemonic for a word that you find tricky to spell and illustrate it. If you have more than one, then you could create your own mnemonic booklet. 

A new character

Invent a new Mr or Little Miss Character. Can you write a new story for a younger child to read?

Alphabet Zoo

Can you create an alphabet of animals and use alliteration too?

Angry alligator

Brave bear…

ICT

Use ICT (e.g.PowerPoint) to create an information leaflet about a subject that you have studied in school and would like to find out more about. 

Apostrophe Detective

Be an apostrophe detective. Look out for apostrophes when you are out and about that have been used incorrectly. Take a photograph and under your photograph can you put it right?

Five, six, seven, eight

5678     56 is 7 x 8

“I skate and skate on a slippery floor, 8 x 8 is 64”

Can you think of any other rhymes to help you remember your times tables?

Poster

Design a poster to help you with your English grammar explaining what a noun, verb adjective and adverb are.

Board Game

Design your own board game and write the instructions to go with it. What theme will you use? Think about the aim of the game, who the game is designed for and clear instructions.

Postcard

Design and write a postcard from your favourite book character, this could be for example;

The BFG – Postcard from Giant Country describing snozzcumbers, dreams, and missing Sophie.

Fantastic Mr Fox – Writing from underground after outsmarting the farmers.

The Iron Man (Ted Hughes) – Postcard from Australia or the scrapyard, describing strange humans.

The Enormous Crocodile – Postcard pretending to be on “holiday” but hinting at sneaky plans.