Literacy Lesson - 20/11/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

bear bare	A bear is a large furry animal. She walked on the beach with bare feet.
here hear	Please come over here. Can you hear that noise?

Monday Motivational - 19/11/12

“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration and expectation.”

- Jack Nicklaus

Brain Teaser - 16/11/12 - The Answer

A man walks into an art gallery and concentrates on one picture in particular. The gallery curator notices this and asks the man why he is so interested in that one painting. The man replies, "Brother and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son."

Who is in the painting?

The son of the man who was studying the painting.

Brain Teaser - 16/11/12

A man walks into an art gallery and concentrates on one picture in particular. The gallery curator notices this and asks the man why he is so interested in that one painting. The man replies, "Brother and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son."

Who is in the painting?
Answer on Monday......

Literacy Lessons - 15/11/12

Allowed and Aloud

allowed aloud

You are not allowed to smoke in here. I don’t like to read aloud in front of the class.

Motivational Quotes - 14/11/12

“Everyday I expect more from myself than anyone else ever possibly could.”

- Michael Jordan

Literacy Lesson - 13/11/12

Who's and Whose

Who's is the shortened form of Who is.

Whose is another possessive pronoun like his, her and our. We use Whose to find out which person something belongs to, e.g. Whose cell phone keeps ringing?