This literacy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate structure and language used in poems about the autumn and identify phonemes that comprise sounds in different cvc words. The class can combine vocabulary to compose poems describing how leaves change in the autumn.

Investigate structure and language used in a range of poems about the autumn and identify phonemes that comprise sounds in different cvc words

Lesson One : Autumn Rain

Read and respond to a poem about autumn weather and match cvc rhymes in different words

Lesson Two : Autumn Colours

Identify vocabulary and define words used to describe the colour of different autumn leaves in a poem

Lesson Three : Changing Seasons

Change and extend a poem about the summer and autumn seasons and identify final phonemes in cvc words

Lesson Four : Autumn Days

Identify words and vocabulary that can be used to describe a season of the year and name final phonemes in cvc words

Lesson Five : Autumn Leaves

Compose and present lines for a poem describing autumn leaves and match cvc words to the correct final sounds

  • Winter Weather

    Winter Weather

    Explore how the weather changes during winter and its effect on the natural world including how water can freeze and turn to ice when the temperature falls below zero

  • Winter Snowflakes

    Winter Snowflakes

    Investigate, describe and record how the natural world can change during a snowstorm which might occur during the winter season

  • Winter Temperature

    Winter Temperature

    Explore, test and describe some of the changes that can happen to water resulting from cold weather during the winter season

  • Snow and Ice

    Snow and Ice

    Identify and describe some of the common weather patterns that can occur during the winter season and how snow and ice can form at this time of the year