Unit G – Animal Facts
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and record the structure of alphabetically ordered texts using encyclopaedia entries about animals, match prefixes to correct word roots and practise retrieving information from non-fiction texts to research classes of animals.
Explore and record the structure of alphabetically ordered texts using encyclopaedia entries about different animals
Lesson One : Prefixes and Roots
Play some games to identify and match a range of different prefixes with their correct word roots
Lesson Two : Word Definitions
Identify and record the meanings of different words that can be used to describe animals that belong to a specific class
Lesson Three : Animal Questions
Practise using non-fiction books, dictionaries and encyclopaedias to find answers to questions about different animals
Lesson Four : Animal Research
Select and record sections of an encyclopaedia entry that can be used to answer different key questions about an animal
Lesson Five : Encyclopaedia Entry
Record how to re-organise different sections of an encyclopaedia entry to present information about an animal
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Rounding Hundreds
Explain and model how to round some different numbers to the nearest hundred based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Rounding Tens
Identify and record how to round some different numbers to the nearest ten based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Classic Animal Stories
Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters
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Cities, Towns and Villages
Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition