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English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
Week 4 English Activities
This week our story is called The Snail and the Whale
Click on the link to listen to the story!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZAtKDaFU6c
Questions to discuss with your grown up…
What is the story about?
Who is the author of the story?
Who are the characters in the story?
Where is it set?
Monday: Reading
Tell the children that we are going to be reading and writing stories about the story The
Snail and the Whale. Look at the front cover and discuss:
What is the title? Who is the author? What do they
think the story is about? Who is the character in the
story? What do you think will happen in the story? Read
the story The Snail and the Whale. Discuss what they
liked about the story and what they disliked about the story.
Snail and the Whale comprehension tasks.
Tuesday: Character description
Model writing a sentence for the character e.g. The snail is tiny. Say the sentence. Count
the number of words in the sentence using fingers. What is the first word in our sentence?
What is the next word etc.?
What do I need to remember at the beginning/end of a sentence? Read the sentence to
check it makes sense. Ask the children to write their sentence about the characters.
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
Write some sentences using the word mat (see resources) about the characters.
Wednesday: Sequencing the story and drama
Today we are going to sequence the story The Snail and the Whale
Discuss what the children know already about the story.
What happens in the beginning of the story?
What happens in the middle part of the story?
What happens at the end of the story?
Use the pictures to sequence (put in order) the story. Write a sentence about each picture if
you can. Use the word mat from earlier in the week to support.
Can you use your words in sentences to retell or act out the story or parts of the story? You
can use the pictures in the resource pack to help you.
Thursday: Setting description
With your grown-up pick two or more of your favourite settings
that the Snail and the Whale visit. Can you write some
sentences using adjectives to describe what the place looks
like?
Friday: Writing a Postcard
Can you imagine you’re the snail and write a postcard telling the other snails about where you
are. Think about your five senses: what can you see, hear, taste, smell and feel? This about
what adjectives you could use. Use word bank and tricky word card (tree). Remember to use
finger spaces, full stops, neat handwriting.
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
RESOURCES
Monday: Comprehension. Please select one of the three comprehension tasks that is accessible
for your child.
The Snail and the Whale.
The snail was small.
The snail had an itchy foot.
The snail wanted to sail in the sea.
The snail wanted to hitch a lift from the whale.
The whale said “Come sail with me.”
1. What did the snail look like?
2. What was wrong with the snail’s foot?
3. What did the snail want?
4. What did the snail want from the whale?
5. What did the whale say to the snail?
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
The Whale and the Snail CHALLENGE
They sailed through icebergs and far off lands.
The could see mountains and golden sands.
They went in dark caves.
The snail sat on the Whale’s tail.
The snail said to the Whale, “I feel so small.”
6. True or False: They sailed to a cold place?
7. What adjective is used to describe the sands?
8. What adjective is used to describe the caves?
9. Where did the snail sit?
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10. How did the snail feel?
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
Read the sentences and tick the correct sentences to match the
picture.
The whale is big.
The snail is big.
The snail is small.
The snail is on the beach.
The snail is on the tail.
The whale is on the tail.
The snail is on the sea.
The snail is on the sand.
The snail is on the grass.
I can see a rock.
I can see a seagull.
I can see the whale.
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
Read the word and tick the correct word to match.
whale white water
tail town tall
snail soap sand
sand bird rock
Circle two:
Circle two:
Circle two:
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
Extra Phonics Activity
Copy and write the words under the treasure (real words)
or trash (not real).
bird
shap
ig
sail
baf
fish
whale
tiny
snail
thun
boat
shell
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
Tuesday: Character description
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
tail
blowhole
shell rough spikey
slimy skin beady eyes
white belly tiny eyes
slimy black smooth
skin
huge pointy
tentacles
tiny
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
Wednesday: Sequencing the story
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
Thursday:
Setting
Description.
Choose two
or more of
the settings
to describe.
English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
Friday: Writing a postcard
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English Week 4 Summer 2 Snail and the Whale
snail
whale
dock
whale
people
seagulls
ships
rocks
