This literacy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and model how to use different reading skills to access information on a range of topics that feature in non-fiction information books. The class can explain how to use information text to find answers to key questions on different topics.

Book Hunt

Identify, describe and group a selection of non-fiction information books that match a range of different classroom topics

Book Questions

Identify and describe a selection of non-fiction books that can be used to answer key questions on a selection of different curriculum topics

Book Shelves

Practise sorting a selection of non-fiction books on different curriculum topics into matching groups by their content and provided information

  • Measurement

    Measurement

    Measure, compare and record the mass and capacity of different objects and containers using a range of non-standard measurements

  • Word Halves

    Word Halves

    Identify and complete the halves of letters for different cvc words beginning with the initial phoneme sounds for matching alphabet letters

  • Seaside Subtraction

    Seaside Subtraction

    Calculate and record the difference between pairs of numbers to ten by counting back to show numbers of items sold in a shop at the seaside

  • Animal Alphabet

    Animal Alphabet

    Practise finding information in non-fiction books about some of the different animals that live around the world