Unit E – Word Play Poems
This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate poems about different animals that play with language written as tongue twisters, riddles and rhymes, practise spelling words ending in the suffix tion and use noun phrases to describe and specify animals.
Investigate poems about different animals that play with language written as tongue twisters, riddles and rhymes
Lesson One : Word Building
Select and match some different letter strings to the suffix ion to build a selection of rhyming words that can be used in example sentences describing special animals
Lesson Two : Dragon Words
Investigate how to choose and record powerful descriptive vocabulary words to describe some different parts of a dragon in example sentences
Lesson Three : Riddle Poem
Explore how to select and use some special vocabulary words in a poem that plays with language to describe a type of animal that lives wild in a habitat around the world
Lesson Four : Animal Words
Practise selecting some special vocabulary words to use in tongue twister poems describing a range of different animals and other creatures
Lesson Five : Tongue Twisters
Select and use some special vocabulary words with the same initial sounds to compose and present tongue twisters about different animals
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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