Lesson video

Hi, everyone, my name is Miss Toole and I love to sing songs linked to what we are learning about.

Now, in this unit, we are looking at explanation and if you can remember, we are explaining how beans grow.

So, I'd like to start off with a song linked to how beans grow and we looked at this song in the first lesson of this unit.

So, I'll quickly recap and then we can join in together.

So, are we ready? It goes.

♪ The bean is connected to the green shoot ♪ ♪ The green shoot's connected to the green leaves ♪ ♪ The green leaves connected to the new flower ♪ ♪ and that's how the beans grow ♪ ♪ Bum, bum, bum ♪ Do you remember it? If not, don't worry, we can just sing along together and you can join in with the actions, if you can't remember the words.

So, we'll go and sing it again and remember, when we do the bum, bum, bum, we join in again.

Okay, are we ready? Let's go.

♪ The bean is connected to the green shoots ♪ ♪ The green shoot's connected to the green leaves ♪ ♪ The green leaves connected to the new flower ♪ ♪ And that's how the bean grows ♪ ♪ Bum, bum, bum ♪ ♪ The bean is connected to the green shoots ♪ ♪ The green shoot's connected to the green leaves ♪ ♪ The green leaves connected to the new flower ♪ ♪ And that's how the beans grow ♪ ♪ Bum, bum, bum ♪ Super and I really enjoy that song 'cause it talks about how the bean starts at a small bean and grows into a bean stalk.

Let's have a look, what we're going to be doing today.

Today's lesson is all about the use of full stops.

So, we're going to start off by reviewing our explanation, we're then going to have a look a bit of a shared write together, then I want you to have a go at applying full stops independently and then we're going to come back together and reflect on our sentences.

So, today you're going to need an exercise book or a piece of paper, a pencil for your writing and your fantastic brain and most importantly, you're going to need yourselves.

So, pause the video now, go and get your resources and once you've got them, bring them back and press play.

We're going to start off by reviewing our explanation on how beans grow.

So, are you ready to get into the role of Professor Hasbean? Let's go.

Hi, my name is Professor Hasbean, and I'm here to explain to you, how beans can grow from a single bean to a beanstalk.

First, the bean is planted in the ground, about two centimetres below the surface.

If the soil is damp and warm, then the bean will come to life, causing roots to grow down and a shoot comes up above the ground.

When the sunlight shines on the shoot, the leaves come out and as a result, the plant is able to make food from sunlight because leaves are able to do this.

This food leads to more and more growth and the roots and the shoots shoot down and up and the plant gets bigger and bigger and taller and taller.

When the time is right, little flowers appear, which attract the bees.

The bees visit visit them flowers and leave a powder behind, called pollen, which amazingly, causes the flower to turn into beans.

Finally, when the beans are ripe, they can be picked and eaten or we can plant them in the soil to make more beans.

That's how it works.

That's how a beanstalk grows from a single bean.

If you don't believe me, try and grow one for yourself.

Did you enjoy retelling our explanation? I really enjoy getting into the role of Professor Hasbean.

Let's have a look, how we're going to apply that into our full stop work today.

On the slide, I have got a section of our explanation piece, all about how beans grow and I am going to read it to you.

So, are you ready and listening? Let's go.

When sunlight shines on the shoot, leaves come out, as a result, the plant is able to make food from sunlight because leaves are able to do this, this food leads to more and more growth of the roots and shoots, so the plant gets bigger and bigger and taller and taller.

I nearly ran out of breath then, do you know why I nearly ran out of breath? Because in that whole long piece of text, there's only one full stop at the end and we need to put full stops in to help the reader take a breath while they are reading our writing.

And a full stop is used to show the reader that is the end of our information.

So, have a look at the text on the board and when do you think the first sentence would end? Let's have a look.

So, our first part of information is, when sunlight shines on the shoot, leaves come out.

Full stop, I can take a breath.

Then we put our next sentence in.

As a result, the plant is able to make food from sunlight because leaves are able to do this.

Full stop, take a breath.

Then, we have our next sentence.

This food leads to more and more growth of the roots and shoots, so the plant gets bigger and bigger and taller and taller.

Full stop, take a breath.

Now, let me see if I can read it without running out of breath at the end, because I've got two more full stops throughout the text, to show me that's the end of the information and I can take a breath.

Are we ready? When sunlight shines on the shoot, leaves come out.

As a result, the plant is able to make food from sunlight because leaves are able to do this.

This food leads to more and more growth of the roots and shoots, so the plant gets bigger and bigger and taller and taller.

Oh, that was much better and I was able to take a breath as we were reading and I knew the different parts of the information.

So, now I want you to have a go at writing some sentences.

On the board, there is a picture.

Now, the picture is of a beanstalk growing up, we've got roots, we've got a bee and we've got the sunlight.

And I would like you to create a sentence based on this picture.

So, we could all really create some together now.

We could have, the roots shoot down below the soil.

The roots shoot down below the soil.

Seven words, I've got the at the start and after soil, that's the end of my information, I've put my full stop.

We could have, the sunlight feeds the plant.

The sunlight feeds the plant.

Six words, after plant, that's the end of my information, so what do I need? A full stop, good.

Well done.

Have a go at telling the screen your own sentence now.

Now that you have already constructed your sentence, we're going to have a go at writing our sentence down.

So, you need to look at the picture, that I showed you on the previous slide, think about your sentence and then we're going to write it down.

Now, my sentence says, the sun feeds the plant.

The sun feeds the plant.

So, my sentence is five words, starting with the word, the, which is one of our tricky words.

Capital letter because it's the start of a sentence.

So, it's T-h-e.

T-h-e for the.

Finger space 'cause I'm going on to the next word, the sun, s-un, sun.

Finger space, feeds, f-ee-d-s, feeds.

The sun feeds the, it's that tricky word again, the, t-h-e, the.

Plant, plant, p-l-a-n-t, plant.

There's my sentence and because it's the end of the information, I put in my full stop.

The sun feeds the plant, full stop.

Pause the video now and have a go at writing your sentence, making sure you are putting in a full stop.

Now, that we are all super sentence writers, I'm going to have a go at writing one more sentence to finish today's lesson.

So, my sentence is, the roots shoot down.

So, it's four words, the roots shoot down.

So, we're going to have a go at doing with you here.

So, it starts with, the, so we need to have my capital letter.

Capital T, and it's one of our tricky words, so it's T-h-e, the, finger space, roots.

R-oo-t-s, roots, the roots, finger space, shoot, sh, that's a digram, sh, another digraph, oo, the same as in roots.

The roots shoot down.

Down, d-ow-n, down, the roots shoot down, there we go, I have finished my super sentence.

Pen down, perfect.

What are you telling me? What am I missing? I need to put in my full stop to show the reader it's the end of the sentence, don't I? The roots shoot down, full stop.

Thank you for reminding me.

Can you go back and check that all your sentences have a full stop at the end.

Well done for going back and checking your sentences and thank you for reminding me that I missed my full stop.

Let's give ourself a marshmallow clap for our super work.

Marshmallow clap.

Super, to end with, I have created a song to remind me to put my full stops at the end of a sentence.

So, I'm going to teach it you, so that when you're writing your sentence, you don't forget either.

So, are you ready? It goes.

When you're writing a sentence, you need to make sure, you put a full stop at the end.

Should we put it all together, are you ready? Let's go.

♪ When you're writing a sentence ♪ ♪ You need to make sure ♪ ♪ You put a full stop at the end ♪ Amazing, thank you for joining in with my song and I hope it helps you remember where to put your full stop next time you're writing a sentence.

Thank you for all your hard work and I'll see you in the next lesson of this unit.