Riddles

[KS1Teacher]

My Year Two class are going to be doing these on the SATS and I have no clue how to teach them at this level. The previous planning says that they have been missed as the school has said they are to hard for Year Two level.

[mrsb]

Hi

I am also looking for help with teaching riddles to my Y2 class as we are using the 2007 English SATS. I would also therefore be interested in any help anyone has.

Thanks

[alidfc1]

MRSB please could you explain the SATS 2007 further.  My Year 2 class are doing them, as yet they have not arrived.  What is the focus of the testing?  Do they have to write a riddle or read one.  Am guessing this is for the short Literacy task, what is the other task?


Thanks Ali

[mrsb]

Schools should have ordered the tests in the Autumn term, mine arrived at the beginning of the month. The riddles comes into the short writing task and the children have to write their own riddle. If you haven't ordered the tests you can use the 2005 English tests. hope that helps.
Mrs B

[KS1Teacher]

Our tests arrived earlier this month also, the Maths seems to have a great focus upon Data Handling, something which we haven't covered that much in our class. Our school has also now decided that every maths lesson should have some link to Problem Solving and Real Life Problems, as if we don't have enough to organise.

[alidfc1]

What is the theme for the long writing task?

[KS1Teacher]

I haven't got the paper with me atm, but from memory it's story writing.

[southernteacher]

Going back to the riddle writing, try getting the children to write a riddle about an animal.

i.e I have four thick legs,
    A long twisiting trunk,
    Llittle mice scare me,
    What am I?

Very basic but a start.  There are quite a lot of riddles in one of The Works poetry books - I can't remember which one but they may offer insperation too. Everyone in my cluster is suprise, suprise doing riddles with year 2 for the first time!!

[southernteacher]

Of course, I meant inspiration NOT insperation!!!

[southernteacher]

Sorry me again . Just remembered there are some riddles for KS1 on the Woodlands Junior School website Literacy Zone KS1