Lesson video

Hello everyone, and welcome to your eighth lesson of the unit with me, Miss Brittain, and Cedric! What's that? Yes, you're right, we are going to do some writing today, Cedric.

You think I need to warm my arms, hands, and fingers up for writing? I think you might be right, Cedric.

If you'd like to, children, you can join in with these exercises to get ready and warm.

So the first one we're going to do is shoulder shrugs.

So five times.

One, two, three, four, five.

The next one we're going to do to get our hands and fingers ready is a butterfly.

So if you can cross your thumbs like this, stretch your fingers out, and fly like a butterfly.

The next one we're going to do is finger push-ups.

So put your fingers together and push, and push, and push.

And our last one, my favourite one for exercising my fingers is piano fingers.

And now the other hand.

In today's lesson, we are going to be writing the story of a giant turnip to show really clear action.

So what will we do in today's lesson? We'll start off with our nursery rhyme, then we're going to recap the story, and then we're going to be writing the story.

For this lesson, you will need an exercise book or a piece of paper and a pencil, your super memory, and your teddy talk partner, or, something else if you use that.

You can pause the video here to go and get whatever you need and then press play once you're proper.

Now, it's time for our nursery rhyme, ten in the bag.

Except yesterday, we changed it to ten people pulled the turnip.

~So we'll stick with those words, because they go with our song.

Are we ready? Show me ten! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Ten people pulled the turnip and the farmer said, "Heave-ho-oh, heave-ho-oh!" So they all pulled the turnip but the turnip was stuck.

Nine people pulled the turnip and the farmer said, "Heave-ho-oh, heave-ho-oh!" So they all pulled the turnip but the turnip was stuck.

After nine comes.

? Eight.

Eight people pulled the turnip and the farmer said, "Heave-ho-oh, heave-ho-oh!" And they all pulled the turnip but the turnip was stuck.

Can you pause the video here and carry on right down to one person.

Later, I'll join you again.

One person pulled the turnip and the farmer said, "Heave-ho-oh, heave-ho-oh!".

So they pulled the turnip and the turnip popped out.

First, we're going to recap the story using our box plan from earlier on in the unit.

Here is our box plan from earlier on in the unit.

Don't worry if you don't have yours because you can use this one that's on the screen and pause it at any time.

So we're going to run through really quickly our box plan to recap the main events and action in our story.

So, here, do we know what these pictures here mean? Well, that's the seed going into the ground, that's the turnip going out of the ground, and the cross means- Can you tell your screen what the cross means? Brilliant! You might have said something like the turnip is stuck in the ground.

Ooh, now this was a tricky arrow but I drew it because it helped me remember the action.

What does the farmer do when the turnip is stuck the first time? That's right, he shakes his head back and, uh, left to right, left to right, because he's confused.

Now this section is quite clear to me because I know this is his wife, there's his Jack, his son, and this is Jill.

And I recognise that because in our story I use the action for the skirt for the wife and the pigtails for Jill.

And here, the hand, what does the hand show in the story? Is that image clear to you, children? The hand shows the pulling, and the musical note shows the singing, so that's where his family comes to help and they pull and they sing.

That- oh.

That doesn't work! So, the dog comes, and then the mouse comes.

And they pull and they pull.

What does this image show? Can you tell me what from the top panel what this image shows? It shows a turnip popping out of the ground.

And I drew this image to show the pop! And here, what's happening here? The picture's not stood up anymore, can you tell your screen? Yes, they're falling down or tumbling down.

And they were all cheering and really happy.

And then this image is where they all, where the wife, makes a turnip stew and she chops and she stirs.

Now, we're going to have a go at writing the story but before we begin I want to show you today's star words.

So then, some of them are the same as yesterday's star words, but some of them are different.

Today's words, are pulled, farmer, wife, turnip.

Pulled, farmer, wife, turnip.

Can you say them with me as I point to them? Pulled, farmer, wife, turnip.

Pulled, farmer, wife, turnip.

Speak them to your teddy talk partner: Well done children.

Great work.

And then, we've got our high frequency words.

Do you remember our chant? You can't sound them out, you've just got to know them.

In today's high frequency words we've got my turn "it", your turn: My turn "he", your turn: My turn "his", your turn: My turn "the", your turn: My turn "they", your turn: Let's have a look at them again.

It He His The They Cedric, can you remember what I need to do every time I write a sentence? Oh, Cedric can't remember children! Will you help me to remind him? We were all taught this in our previous lesson if you were here.

Every time I write a sentence I have to show five.

One: Capital letters.

Can you show me your action for capital letters? Capital letters.

And they come at the where? The beginning of our sentence and for names.

The next one is finger spaces.

Finger spaces.

We need to put finger space in our sentence so that we can read our work clearly.

The next one is spelling.

We need to use our high frequency words.

"We can't sound them out, we just got to know them." And our phonics to sound out any other words.

And don't worry too much about getting the spelling right as long as you use your phonics.

Full stop! Can you remember where a full stop comes, Cedric? That's right, so you do remember, you just needed some reminding.

It comes at the end of your sentence.

And once I've written a sentence I need to reread it to make sure it makes sense.

Show me five! Now we're going to write the story.

And I'm going to use my box plan to help me to think about the clear action that I need to show in my writing so that my audience, my reader, knows exactly what is happening.

And I'm going to start at the point where the turnip is stuck.

And in my box plan I can see the turnip and a cross next to it which means it's stuck in the ground.

The farmer pulled the turnip.

So my first action is the farmer pulling the turnip and I'm going to put that into a sentence.

And I need to think it, say it, punctuate it.

Say it twice.

The farmer pulled the turnip.

The farmer pulled the turnip.

Now I need to punctuate.

Capital letter, The farmer pulled the turnip.

Full stop.

If you'd like to have a go at writing that sentence on your own if you're feeling confident, you can pause the video now.

If not, and you'd like to write along with me, you can carry on.

And I'm taking "the" from my high frequency word box.

"Farmer", from my key word box.

"Pulled", from my key word box.

And I've put in a finger in between each word for my finger spaces.

Pulled.

The And turnip.

And that's in my key word box as well.

So I need to now check my five.

Capital letter, finger spaces, spelling, full stop, and it makes sense.

The farmer pulled the turnip.

Can you what from the top panel what the next part of our story is? Who does the farmer get first? Looking at our box plan to help us if we need to, that's right! He calls for his wife.

Now I want you to have a go at writing the next sentence on your own or with the help of your parent or carer.

And I want you to explain how the farmer calls for his wife.

You could write he got his wife, or you might come up with something else.

Pause the video here if you'd like to have a go, but if you're not yet feeling confident enough, you can carry on to the next slide.

Now the next section after that, well he pulled the turnip, but what happened? The turnip did not budge.

It was stuck.

So I want us to have a go at writing the sentence.

It was stuck.

Shall we have a go at sounding out "stuck"? Cause it and was are my high frequency words that I just need to know.

You ready? It was stuck.

Stuck.

Stuck.

Okay.

Capital letter, it.

Finger space, was.

Finger space, stuck.

And it's my diagraph,.

Full stop.

It was stuck.

If you'd like to, you could extend the sentence here using "because" and explain why the turnip was stuck.

It was stuck because.

You can pause the video here if you'd like to have a go at that.

And if not, you can watch me write in my reason why.

So I've crossed out my full stop because it's not the end of my sentence anymore, and I'm writing "It was stuck because.

." ".

it was so big".

It was so big.

Big.

And a full stop at the end.

Fantastic work, if you've managed to have a go at that on your own.

So on this slide you can see my sentence.

Capital letter, "He got his wife".

You might have had a go at writing something different.

So our next sentence in the story, well what happens next? What did the farmer want his wife to do? They pull the turnip and they sing.

So I'm going to think of a sentence to show that action.

They pulled and sang.

Say it again.

They pulled and sang.

Four words.

Now I'm going to punctuate it.

Capital letter, "They pulled and sang".

Full stop.

They is in my key word box, pulled is in my key word box, and is a word that we just need to know, and sang.

I'm going to sound out "sang" using my phonics.

We say the word, we robot the word, we write the word.

Ready, sang.

Sang.

Let's have a go at writing that sentence.

If you're feeling confident, you might pause the video here and have a go yourself, but if you'd like to you can carry on with me.

They Finger space, pulled.

And Sang Full stop.

They got his wife.

He got his wife, sorry, they pulled and sang.

And don't forget to check your five.

And here are our sentences, all together in our story so far.

If you can, read along or try to join in with me now.

The farmer pulled the turnip.

The turnip was stuck.

He got his wife.

They pulled and sang.

If you'd like to, you can go back through your sentences now and check that you've showed five.

Well done children, if you've managed to have a go at writing today, especially if you managed to do some bits on your own.

I know sometimes writing can be really tricky but as long as you always have a go and give it your best shot, then that's what matters.

We'll always have a go, we'll always have a go, oh-oh, don't you know, we'll always have a go.

Before the next lesson you might like to draw some pictures to go with story.

Or, you might like to read your story out to your parent or carer.

Remember me and Cedric love seeing your work, so if you'd like to, don't forget to ask your parent or carer to share it.

See you in the next lesson!.