Good morning Year 1!
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Today we are going to begin reading a new book. It is called ‘The Great Explorer’ by Chris Judge.
Have a read of the first few pages of the book
The Great Explorer PDF
National Geographic North Pole
North Pole facts for Kids
Challenge question:
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How do you think Tom was feeling when he found out his dad was lost in the North Pole?
Good morning Miss Travers,
First Tom will sail to the North Pole. The boat got stuck in the icebergs. He escaped on his hot air balloon. He met a polar bear who was friendly. They went exploring and found a tent and found his Daddy!.
Tom goes to the shop first to buy a map or he could have used his atlas.
Challenge
Tom was a little bit worried and sad. He was a bit nervous because he might meet some sharks and walruses who might want to eat him when he rescued his Dad. But like Peter Rabbit he was not going to give up.
Well done Jacob! Excellent work!
Good morning miss travers,
Tom went to rescue his father. First he bought a map and packed his bag with the stuff he needed. Tom has lots of adventures but it was dangerous just to Rescue his father. Tom found his father injured. And they were rescued together by the helicopter. And his dad called tom a Great explorer.
Super work!
Dear Miss Travers.
1- I think Tom is going to get to the North Pole and his boat will get stuck in an iceberg. He is going fly in a hot air balloon and he will see the Northern lights in the sky. Then he will jump onto an iceberg he’s going slide down it. He’s going to also meet some wild animals including a walrus and a bear. Then he is going to stand on an iceberg and use his binoculars to search for his dad.
2- I think first Tom goes up into the sky in a hot air balloon and see the Southern lights.
Extension
If I went to the North Pole I would like to see the Northern lights ,Polar Bears and Artic Foxes. I would like to ride a Dog Sledge and I would like to see an Artic Wolf. I would like to see Ice Bergs and I would like to meet the people who live there.
I wouldn’t like the fact that the Sun doesn’t shine on the North Pole for half the year or the temperature which is 10° below Celsius most of the time.
Challenge question.
I think Tom felt shocked and worried about his dad being lost in the North Pole because it can be dangerous.
Well done Isabella!
Hello Miss Travers,
Tom is going to the North Pole. I think the boat will get stuck in an iceberg. Tom will fish and catch shrimps to eat. He will use the sauce pan and cup on his feet to slide along the ice and the pick to push in to the ice in case he slips, to get him to safety.
I would like the snow and ice bergs because they would look beatuiful. The polar bears, seals, whales, dolphins and Arctic foxes. The Northern Lights because they are very bright and colourful.
I would dislike being too cold and slipping in to the freezing cold
water!
I think Tom felt very sad, scared, worried and unhappy when he found out his dad was lost in the North Pole.
Super work! Well done!
– What might happen next? Where is Tom going to go first?
I think Tom will pass the birds and climb the mountain. He will use a puck and a rope. I think he will find a polar bear.
– Challenge: I think he was feeling sad and worried because he loved his Dad.
Excellent well done Camila!
1. I predict Tom’s boat will crash.
2. I predict that tom will go to a cave.
Challenge:
I predict he felt shocked.
Well done Laura! Can you tell me why you predict that?
Hello Miss Travers,
What can happen next… Tom climbs the iceberg and he saw a lovely view from the top of the iceberg. It was miles away but Tom didn’t care. He set off and the pick of his footprints was going in the ice. But at the end of the iceberg, he still didn’t find his dad and that was a big ocean to travel until the next iceberg. Tom realized that he had left his sailing boat on the other side of the iceberg. So he followed his footprints and went on his sailing boat. Tom arrived an hour later and it was already night. So he dressed up his tent and unfolded his sleeping bag and he closed his eyes because he needed to wake up very early the next morning. Next morning, he woke up at 6 o’clock and left to an other adventure to find his dad…
Super work!
What might happen next?
I think Tom will stop sailing and will have to climb some mountains.
Where is Tom going to go first?
Tom is going to use his binoculars and try to rescue his dad.
Challenge: How do you think Tom was feeling when he found out his dad was lost in the North Pole?
Tom was really sad but then he was courageous and went off to find his dad.
Well done Jay! I like that you have used the word courageous to describe how brave he was!
Good morning Miss Travers,
I think that Tom felt sad when he found out that his dad was lost in the North Pole.
What might happen next
I think that Tom will search for a long time for his dad. He will get off his boat and walk in the frozen snow. He might get attacked by a polar bear but he will run away very fast.
Next, Tom will explore the North Pole. He will find amazing animals such as penguins, polar bears and whales.
First, Tom will go in his tent he took with him.
I think Tom felt sad when he found out that his dad had got lost whilst exploring the North Pole.
Well done Louise!
1) Tom might got to North Pole and found his dad.
2) Tom is going to first to North Pole.
Challenge
Tom is feeling sad.
Well done Mateus!
Hi Miss Travers, I think Tom felt sad and worried when he found out his dad was lost in the North Pole.
I think when Tom got to the iceberg, the whales were circling him because they wanted some food. He gave them some food and then sailed away. He followed the compass to The North Pole and used his binoculars to see if he could find his dad. It was nighttime so he got his torch out and set up his tent and used the pick. He put his torch in his tent and then he heard a penguin so he went out and gave the penguin some fish he caught when he went fishing. In the morning he had a sandwich and he followed his compass and found his dad. They sailed all the way home and used the binoculars and saw some more penguins and some whales. When they got home they had a hot chocolate and went to bed. The end
Well done Eden, you have worked so hard on this!!
Dear Miss Travers.
Tom fist set sail in his kind little boat. Iceberg appeared in horizont. Then his boat got stuck and he travelled in a hot air balloon where he saw an aurora. Then he landed with a parachute where he saw with his binoculars a tent. Tom thought that it was his dad tent. He was right.
I think Tom went on a hot air balloon after his boat got stuck in the iceberg.
Challenge
He felt sad that his dad has lost in the North Pole. Tom though that dad was in great danger of walruses and polar bears.
Well done Fabi, you have worked very hard on this!