This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to 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.

The class can explain and illustrate the meaning of some of the different vocabulary words used in a narrative story about events that can happen in a family.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to 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

Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet to play games to identify and spell different words that end in the letter y before using some of the vocabulary words in sentences to describe family events and a set of cards to match and group different sets of words that end in the same final phoneme sound for the letter y.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore the spelling and meaning of different words that end in the letter y to use when describing events that can happen in a family.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get 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. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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