Unit C – Chameleons

This literacy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify different ways that authors can use descriptive vocabulary in stories and select and use initial sounds in words based on The Mixed-up Chameleon by Eric Carle. The class can record some of the changes to the main character in the story.

Identify and record some of the different ways that authors can use descriptive vocabulary in stories and select and use initial sounds in words

Lesson One : Animal Colours
Identify and describe some of the different animals that live wild in the world by their matching colours and initial sounds

Lesson Two : Changing Animals
Select and list some special vocabulary words that can be used to describe a range of different characters that might feature in a narrative story

Lesson Three : Same or Different
Identify and describe some of the special events in a narrative story about an animal and suggest the consequences of different character actions

Lesson Four : Story Changes
Investigate how to select and record narrative predictions as to how the sequence of events in a story might change with different characters and plot developments

Lesson Five : Changing Chameleons
Explore how to describe and illustrate some of the special ways that a character has changed from the beginning to the end of a narrative story in terms of their appearance and behaviour
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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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Holiday Shirts
Produce items of clothing to wear on a holiday to a particular location by selecting and using shapes to represent different places
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Robot Movements
Explain and model how to control the direction and position of a robot when moving about the classroom to perform different functions