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Weather Explanations

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate the structure and content of explanations that describe how and why different types of weather can occur in the world. The class can compose example sentences for explanations to describe how the weather can change the world.

Snow
Explore an explanation about how and why it snows by answering a range of different comprehension questions and completing sentences about the structure and content of the text

Rainstorm
Read and answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of an explanation that describes how and why it rains in the world

Wind
Identify and sequence parts of an explanation text to answer why and how something can happen in the weather around the world
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Garden Flowers
Identify and record how to use pictograms to organise and present information about some of the special flowers growing in a family garden
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Clock Minutes
Read, match and record times to five minutes using analog and digital clock faces that can identify start times for different events and experiences
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Springtime Sentences
Explain and model how to compose and punctuate sentences using capital letters and full stops correctly to describe spring events and experiences
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Family Visit
Read and write recounts of a family visit to a special location that also includes weather information