Writing

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to research and plan an explanation report. 

VOCABULARY

Explanation report: 

A report that explains something. They might tell you how or why something happens, or give information on how to do something.

Introduction: 

The way your explanation text will hook the reader and tell them what your explanation report is about.

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Ask your child to use the information they have discovered about ‘How planes fly’ to write an introduction for an explanation text that would hook the reader. Remind them they can use rhetorical questions and language features to help the reader visualise as they read.