Traditional Fables

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explore and model the events and characters that feature in traditional tales written as fables to teach the reader a moral lesson. The class can suggest and illustrate how a fable might change with some other characters and story settings.

The Hare and the Tortoise
Select and change some of the main characters in a retelling of a traditional fable story to illustrate how the narrative events might alter

Town and Country Mouse
Dramatise and retell a traditional story with animal characters that has been written as a fable to teach the reader a moral lesson related to the story narrative

The Dove and the Ant
Plan and write a story with animals as the central characters based on a fable read by the class which is used to teach the reader a moral lesson about life
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Money Coin Sums
Practise identifying, combining and recording sets of coins that can make matching sums that can be used when shopping for different products
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Maths Number Assessment
Assess abilities in working with numbers to solve abstract and contextual problems when calculating sums, products and quotients using different techniques and methods
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Animal Lists
Investigate how to compile lists using commas to present information about some of the special animals that live in habitats around the world
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English Spelling Assessment
Assess abilities in spelling different vocabulary words based on the National Curriculum programmes of study for Key Stage One