Unit C – Chameleons

This literacy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets 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. The class can record some of the changes to the main character in the story.

Identify and record some of the different ways that authors can use descriptive vocabulary in stories and select and use initial sounds in words

Lesson One : Animal Colours
Identify and describe some of the different animals that live wild in the world by their matching colours and initial sounds

Lesson Two : Changing Animals
Select and list some special vocabulary words that can be used to describe a range of different characters that might feature in a narrative story

Lesson Three : Same or Different
Identify and describe some of the special events in a narrative story about an animal and suggest the consequences of different character actions

Lesson Four : Story Changes
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

Lesson Five : Changing Chameleons
Explore how to describe and illustrate some of the special ways that a character has changed from the beginning to the end of a narrative story in terms of their appearance and behaviour
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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