Animal Poems

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and collect different vocabulary words to use when composing poems about the appearance, movements and sounds made by a range of animals. The class can use the selected vocabulary in poems about animals with patterned language.

Fantastic Fish
Select and record vocabulary words that can be used to describe the shapes, colours and patterns seen on different fish to utilise when composing poems

Elephant
Select, define and record synonyms for different vocabulary words that can be used to describe a particular type of mammal in a poem to illustrate their appearance, movements and sounds

Family Pets
Select and use descriptive vocabulary words in a poem to describe some of the different animals that can be kept as pets by families
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Counting Back
Practise using the number technique of counting back to solve and complete a range of abstract and contextual subtraction calculations
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Mother Nature
Explore how mother nature can provide nourishment, protection and support to all living things in different habitats and environments
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Digraphs Word Sums
Investigate the spellings and meanings of different sets of words with a range of initial consonant digraphs
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Van Gogh
Investigate and replicate the work and painting style of a famous artist from the past by producing a matching landscape of the school building