Lesson Four – Story Changes
This literacy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate how to select and record narrative predictions as to how the sequence of events in a story might change with different characters and plot developments.
The class can choose and add initial phoneme sounds to practise spelling some different cvc words using illustrations to indicate their meanings.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to select and record narrative predictions as to how the sequence of events in a story might change with different characters and plot developments
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to identify and add matching initial phoneme sounds to complete different cvc words adding illustrations to indicate the meaning of each word and a worksheet to select different letters of the alphabet and make matching models for each initial sound.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to select and record predictions as to how a story might change with different characters and plot events.
This lesson is part of a literacy scheme of work to get the children to identify different ways that authors can use descriptive vocabulary in stories and select and use initial sounds in words based on The Mixed-up Chameleon by Eric Carle. 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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Four Sided Shapes
Name, model and classify some example four sided shapes with matching numbers of corners and sides that can be seen and used in different locations
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Chameleons
Identify and record some of the different ways that authors can use descriptive vocabulary in stories and select and use initial sounds in words
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Butterflies
Investigate, describe and compare some of the different butterflies that can be found living in a garden area in the school grounds
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Measurement
Measure, compare and record the mass and capacity of different objects and containers using a range of non-standard measurements