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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Garden Measurements
Practise using vocabulary words and non-standard measurements to find and compare the length of different things that can found in a garden
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Family Holiday
Identify and recount events and experiences to describe what happened when on holiday at the seaside using sentences in the past tense
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Money Shopping
Investigate and model some of the number skills that need to be used when working with money on a shopping trip
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Supporting Others
Explore how to build strong and positive relationships with other pupils at school and family members at home through different situations and scenarios