Unit D – Family Problems

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to compose and publish a story about how families might experience and fix problems in their homes, practise spelling words that end in the letter y and sequence sentences to write short narratives.

Compose and publish a story about how families might experience and fix problems in their homes

Lesson One : Word Guess

Play word spelling games to identify and spell different words that end in the letter y that can be used when describing things that can happen in a family

Lesson Two : Family Scenes

Suggest and record some of the different events that might come before and after a range of scenes in a narrative story about things that can happen in a family

Lesson Three : Story Planning

Plan and record the narrative for a composition with a familiar setting to show the sequence of different events that might happen in a story about a family

Lesson Four : Story Writing

Compose and record the sequence of events in the narrative for a story with a familiar setting to show how the characters might fix a problem that could occur in a family

Lesson Five : Story Book

Explain and model how to check and correct written sentences that can be complied into a story book about a problem that could happen for a family to solve

  • Word Matching

    Word Matching

    Identify, match and record the initial sounds that have been used in a range of cvc words beginning with different letters

  • Family Toys

    Family Toys

    Investigate and record how a selection of different toys and games that were owned by families have changed and developed over time

  • Subtraction Digits

    Subtraction Digits

    Model and illustrate how to subtract pairs of single digit numbers within ten using concrete equipment and diagrams to support the subtraction calculations

  • Family Experiences

    Family Experiences

    Practise composing and presenting some example stories with familiar settings to illustrate things that might be experienced by a family