Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

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There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Common Exception Words Talk about and find on the map where children have been to visit or on holiday or have relatives. (in future weeks we will plot these on the map so this is just discussion based) Plus we have arranged all of the printables into one folder as we know some people last time wanted to print it all in one go. A link to that folder is here. Children to create these sentences orally using the words from their thought tapping. (No written recording).

The dinosaur says that the man should have been rules by his heart and not his head. What does this mean? Video– This is a lesson on related facts and fact families. In this lesson, they will work practically to find links between the addition and subtraction sentences. They will represent this on ten frames using small objects. They should recognise that addition and subtraction are inverse operations. (if you would like to view the powerpoint used in the video it is here).Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement Writing Roots by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning. If you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT going and paying our very talented team of young creatives. For more information, visit: https://www.patreon.com/ayoungertheatre.

This is a book that fearlessly exposes the hitherto unexposed connections between rubbish, the endless tons of domestic and commercial waste that we produce, and dinosaurs. This is a great thought provoking story which can be enjoyed by children of all ages. The pictures are colourful, bright and friendly. Although published in 1972 the message of pollution and the importance of recycling remains the same and is probably even more relevant today. Essentially it is like that classic documentary One Million Years BC, but with better dinosaurs, more rubbish and without Raquel Welsh, or indeed anybody else in furry underwear. The book begins with the lines: “A man stood on a hill and looked at a star. All he thought about, dreamed about, was the star.” It follows a businessman who will do anything to travel to space, even if he has to destroy his own planet to get there. When he finally reaches the faraway star – a barren planet with “no trees, no flowers, and not a blade of grass” – he starts to think that maybe Earth wasn’t that bad in the first place. Hello! We have written a introduction letter to explain the format of the blog and to try and help you navigate it. Please do take the time to read through this before looking at the blog as we hope that it will help make it easier to navigate what is clearly a low of new information!

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Phonics sheet here– Complete the sheet using some of the sounds looked at this week, wh ph ir and tch. At the bottom, complete the phoneme spotter. Or perhaps it is a children's picture book in which dinosaurs rise up from beneath the earth to sweep up and dispose of all the rubbish that humanity has produced and the ruins of our industrial society. Then, since dinosaurs are apparently keen gardeners, they turn our plant into a lush paradise, that is somewhat implausibly suitable for both people and dinosaurs to enjoy in harmony, with neither people being eaten nor Sauropod eggs for breakfast in my memory there was an extensive series of pictures showing dinosaurs sweeping rubbish into volcanoes, ripping out motorways like so much old carpet, however upon re-inspection it proved that my imagination had substantially embellished the original in my memory. Powerpoint– Work through the powerpoint recapping the key skills of ‘days of the week’ and Number bonds. There are links to the following built into the powerpoint: Introduce a map of UK or show in an Atlas. Start with the UK then show the countries that make up the UK. Point out that Scotland and Wales are attached but Ireland is an island. Then ask where do we live? Find Bristol on the map together. Ask children if they know the capital of the UK and find London together.

Young readers will love discovering why in this classic environmental tale from best-selling author / illustrator Michael Foreman. Teaching Ideas and Resources: English Watch the story Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish being read here– only watch the first part, pause after ‘Somehow I must fly’. When he lands he is greated by a Dinosaur, at first the man thinks he has found a new planet but is soon corrected by the Dinosaur who is angry that the man destroyed the environment so carlessly.Sheet– same activity but focusing on numbers within 10. If your child is not ready to relate addition and subtraction yet. Please just focus on finding the addition number sentences to go with each picture, using the rule of commutativity (e.g. 2+3=5 so 3+2=5) Upon arriving, it is not the lush (grass is greener scenario) planet that he fantisised about; rather, it is barren and life less. He sees another distant star; his planet that he doesn't recognise as his own. The irony of his blindness is apparent as he sets off and sets to discover IT, still with his take all, share nothing attitude.

Extension Introduce compass directions, London is SE, Bristol SW etc. Discuss whether the places you are plotting are urban or rural. Discuss the difference. Not knowing it is Earth he sets off again in its direction in hope to finally find a world of natural beauty. They are devastated by what they see and set out to remove all the man made roads, pilons, factories to help clean up all the rubbish. Activity: Complete the materials scavenger hunt (inside, outside or both) to find as many objects for each material as they can. Handwriting sheet here– Complete the handwriting either on a printed copy of sheet 1 or use your writing book to copy the words in and write each word 3 or 4 times using correct formation. These words are our high frequency words. Read them through before writing.Imagine a world that is full of rubbish and pollution. Can you think of words / phrases to describe it? Watch ‘ The Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish’ up to ‘Dancing dinosaurs broke up the roads.’ What do you think the dinosaurs would think of how the world looks now? What do you think they will want to do about it?