The Pirate Cruncher

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Maths: Can you use your dienes to subtract? Remember to draw how many tens and ones you start with and then cross them out to takeaway. English:Write a character description of Captain Purplebeard from the Pirate Cruncher. Can you describe what he looks like (beard, hair, face, clothes) and his personality? The fiddler unfurled his map and sang “I’ll show ye me map if you’ll take me there, there’ll be treasure enough for us all to share!” By thunder! That sounds just like our sort of plunder or my name ain’t Purplebeard of Penzance. Finish your grog lads – we set sail at once!”

Please choose theage 6-7 booksfor Year 2. The books are best looked at on tablets or computers/laptops. Look at the treasure map on the inside front cover. Could you create a map of your local area in a similar style?

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Twinkl are offering a collection of free interactive resources and worksheets for parents throughout the school closure. These can be accessed on any device, with no apps to install. All you need to do is to sign up for a free membership. This video shows the author telling the story to a group of children. Could you retell the story to an audience? Can you think of some questions that you would like to ask the author?

English: We are orally retelling our story 'The Pirate Cruncher' in class. Can you watch the video of the Pirate Cruncher using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro5S_UdvWkI Then use this story map in the picture below to create actions to the story. This will help you to retell it in your own words next week! When you have written yourpredictionyou can watch the rest of the story. Which ending did you prefer, yours or JonnyDuddle’s? His shanty caught the ear of dastardly Captain Purplebeard. Putting down his ale and wiping his lips, Purplebeard bellowed out the window “Treasure you say? Can you show us the way?” You could draw a picture for each pirate in your jotter and write their character profiles alongside them.

Maths: Answer these addition and subtraction questions. Remember to look closely at the symbols + or - Look at the map on the inside front cover. Could you write a story based in one of the locations (e.g. Monster Hole or Groggy Head)? Make a list of similar place names that you could use as story settings in the future. I t is really important that your child continues to read when they are at home. We have created an account with "Oxford Owl". Here you can find lots of freee-books and comprehension activities for your child to read and do.