English, for the week of 29th June

We are still exploring The Grufffalo! There are lots of activities for you to do in your pack. Here are some more….

Activity 1

You could try making one out of playdough. Ask an adult to help you.

1. 2 cups plain flour (all purpose)
2. 1 cup salt.
3. 1/2 cup cocoa powder or some brown food colouring.
4. 2 tbsps vegetable oil.
5. 2 tbsps cream of tartar.
6. 2 cups of boiling water.
7. 4 drops of glycerine (optional extra for increased shine and stretch)

Method:

• Combine all of the dry ingredients in a bowl
• Stir in the vegetable oil
• Mix together
• Stir in the boiling water (adult only) and mix until combined
• When it has cooled a little, knead it on a clean surface until it loses all stickiness and becomes smooth and stretchy. No residue should come off on your fingers. If it is still sticky add a little more flour, if too dry and crumbly add more water, a tablespoon at a time. It might smell chocolately, but you mustn’t eat it!

Activity 2

Design your own monster. Think of all the monsters in books, in cartoons and films. How will yours be different? Will it be furry or scaly? Will it have one eye or two, or maybe more? Will there be any tusks, or teeth or claws?

Activity 3

Now we need to write a description of our monster.

Here are some words you might need:

hairy   scaly  orange   blue    claws   paws   teeth   jaws   friendly  grumpy   tiny  huge

Remember capital letter, full stops and finger spaces. Use your phonics to sound out any words you don’t know how to spell. Check it all makes sense!

Here is my description of a monster. I wonder if you have got a good picture of it in your head. You could try to draw it too!

My monster is very shy. It will hide whenever it hears a human and it thinks they are very noisy! It is small and can fit inside a washing machine, which is where it likes to hide. The skin is scaly and the most unusual purple colour, like a ripe grape. It’s large eyes are close together and green.  One shiny tooth is in the middle of its wide mouth. A long tail curls around it’s body and helps it to swing from the lights on the ceiling.

Happy writing……