Good Morning, Reception.
Well done for all of your hard work in phonics yesterday.
Today, we are going to focus on the tricky words again. Can you read the tricky words?
Next, listen to the story of Farmer Duck in the video (can you guess who is reading it?) or read the book if you have it. 
Then, write these tricky words in your book; to, the, into, was, they, all.
Listen to the Farmer Duck story again and tick the tricky words every time you hear them. You could pause the video at the end of each page.
How many times did you hear each of the tricky words?
Challenge: You could turn the sound off and try to read the story all by yourself.
I am looking forward to hearing all about the tricky words that you found and read today.
Love from Miss Siswick.
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We enjoyed reading the story and writing the words. We gave up counting “the” after 25 – too many!! Concentrated on the other words in the story – they, he, all, was.
Well done, James. There were an awful lot of ‘the’s in this story!
Hello Miss Siswick,
It is you reading the story. We really liked the book, especially the ending! We counted all the tricky words you asked, so many of the tricky word ‘the’! We were tired counting the ticks at the end!
Sent you a picture.
It was me, Philippa. Well done. I am glad that you liked it.
Good morning Miss Sisswick
It was you reading the story – you are very good at saying Quack!
We tried to count the words and paused in every page
We ran out of space to count “the”!
Well done, Rocco. I had to say ‘Quack’ a lot of times in this story!
Good morning Miss Siswick.Chiara loved the story she wrote the tricky words and found 95 tricky words in the story.we send you a picture.
Well done, Chiara. I am glad that you liked the story. It’s one of my favourites.
Good morning Miss, it was you reading the story. I send you a picture of my work.
Well done, Ruby-Mae. You’re right-it was me!
Hello,
Maya thinks it was Mrs Wick reading the story. She can tell because you were at school. She tried to tick all the tricky words but there were so many!
We read Paco’s Pet
Well done, Maya. It is me. I was at the hub school not at St. Vincent’s and Mrs Knowler filmed me! We had lots of fun!
Amber says it was you Miss Siswick reading and she counted. She ticked as she read.
In total she found:
62 x the
8 x they
4 x he
1 x to
5 x was
2 x into
We are sending a photo.
It has taken quite some time so she will carry on with other homework after lunch.
Great counting of the keywords, Amber. 62 ‘the’s was a lot to count!
Hello Miss Siswick
Ryan enjoyed the story especially when he realised it was you reading it. He read the tricky words easily and wrote them without copying. He liked counting the tricky words on the second reading (Ryan counts everything at the moment!)
the – 73 to – 5 into – 2 was – 5 they – 10 all – 3
Well done, Ryan. I am glad that you enjoyed the story. I enjoyed reading it.
Hi, Marcus enjoyed hearing Miss Siswick reading the story!
He counted 74 “the’s”! He played the video, paused it and read it himself, so I didn’t check if this was accurate!
We sent a photo of his results..
Well done, Marcus. I think ‘the’ is the most popular word in the story. I felt that I said ‘Quack’ a lot of times too!
Farmer Duck must have the most ‘the’s of any book our there! We counted 73 the, 3 all, 10 they, 4 was, 2 into, 1 to.
Well done, Florence. I agree. I think the author needs to think of some different words for his next book!
Hello, everyone. I can’t attach a photo gallery to a blog with a video in it so I can’t post your pictures here-sorry.
Good afternoon!
Theo says it was you Miss Siswick reading the story!
Theo really enjoyed the story!
Theo counted tricky words and he found :
the around 50-60
to 25-30
into 10
was 15
they 20
It was me, Theo! Well done. I am glad that you enjoyed the story and found the tricky words.
I thought I would have a little look at Reception’s blogs. You’re all working really hard. Well done.
Miss Siswick read Farmer Duck when she first came to visit St Vincent’s. We often talk about that day. Even now, Miss will text me “How goes the work?” Of course I text back “Quack” every time. ?
How goes the work, Mrs Knowler?
“Quack!” ?
Dear Ms. Siswick,
I liked the story very much. I found:
74 the, 2 into, 10 they, 3 all, 5 was and 5 to
Well done, Nicolas. I am glad that you liked the story.
Hi Miss Siswick, Juliana loved this story. ‘The’ was the most popular tricky word, she found 73 ‘the’.
Well done, Juliana. I love this story too.