Lesson Two – Street Buildings

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe the functions of some of the different types of buildings that can be found along a street close to the school’s location.
The class can list and match a range of objects that can be used in different locations for specific types of buildings such as trolleys for a supermarket and books for a library.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and describe the functions of some of the different types of buildings that can be found along a street close to the school’s location
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe objects found in different buildings close to the school and templates to record and compare types of buildings found in the local area and objects that might be used in each location.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and and describe the functions of different types of buildings found along a street.
This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and compare different types of buildings and objects that can be found on a street or road that is part of the school neighbourhood. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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