Unit A – Crawling Caterpillars
This literacy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate examples of patterned language used to sequence events in a story about a caterpillar and learn the names and sounds for each letter of the alphabet based on The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
Investigate examples of patterned language used to sequence events in a story about a caterpillar and learn the names and sounds for each letter of the alphabet
Lesson One : Caterpillar Foods
Name and match a selection of letters of the alphabet to some different types of foods that might be eaten by a caterpillar based on the reading of a narrative story
Lesson Two : Munching Foods
Read and sequence each of the different parts of a narrative story about a caterpillar that uses patterned language to describe events experienced by the main character
Lesson Three : Caterpillar Menu
Identify and record initial phoneme sounds for different words naming foods and match the sounds to the correct letters of the alphabet
Lesson Four : Caterpillar Changes
Practise sequencing some different events from a story with patterned language to show how a caterpillar as the main character changes by the end of the narrative
Lesson Five : Hungry Caterpillar
Practise selecting and sequencing some alternative events that could happen in a story with patterned language about different foods that could be eaten by a caterpillar
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Halving Things
Explain and model how to find and record the halves of some of the different objects that can be used at home and in school
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School Friends
Identify and learn classroom routines and organisation by exploring and describing information and likes and dislikes for each of their classmates
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Classroom
Identify the location and function of different objects used in the classroom and explore how to formulate rules to manage the classroom safely
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Shape Patterns
Identify, describe and compare the sequences of geometric shapes that have been used to create a range of different patterns