This week in class, we had lots of fun exploring a spooky but sweet story called How to Look After a Ghost by Rebecca Green. This magical book helped us learn something surprising: ghosts aren’t scary at all but instead they can actually be our friends!
Giving Commands with Bossy Verbs
Before we read the story, we practised giving commands using bossy verbs. We took part in some fun role play where we gave instructions to our friends like:
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“Pick up the pencil!”
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“Sit down quickly!”
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“Open your book!”
Bossy verbs help us tell someone what to do clearly and confidently and they are perfect for writing instructions!
What We Learned from the Story
Once we read How to Look After a Ghost, we discovered lots of things about ghosts, such as:
👻 Ghosts are our friends!
📚 They love reading spooky stories.
🍽️ They enjoy eating Monster Mash (yum!).
🏠 And the best way to welcome a ghost into your home? Blow gently to say hello!
We explored the book together and talked about what we’d do if a ghost came to stay in our house. Then, we wrote our own set of instructions using bossy verbs. Some of us even had creative ideas like:
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“Tuck your ghost in at night.”
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“Make your ghost a cup of slime-tea.”
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“Tell your ghost a bedtime story.”
We made sure to use conjunctions like and, because, and so to join our ideas. For example:
“Feed your ghost a midnight snack because ghosts get hungry at night!”
How to Be a Good Friend
This week, we are also learning how to be a good friend. We shared ideas and gave each other kind commands, such as:
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“Share your toys.”
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“Listen when your friend is talking.”
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“Say sorry if you hurt someone.”
We even made freeze frames to act out different ways to show friendship such as; helping someone up when they fall or inviting someone to play.
Try These at Home!
Here are 3 things you can try at home to practise being a good friend:
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Write a kind note to someone in your family or a friend.
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Write a set of instructions about something that is important to you.
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Play the unfortunately game in partners where one of you starts your sentence with a positive clause, then you add the unfortunately by using the conjunction but. For example “ I arrived at school but I then saw a monster!”
Remember, being a good friend means using kind words, sharing, and always looking out for others—just like how we look after our ghost friends too!
