Unit G – Family Outings

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to read and explore poems with descriptive vocabulary about different places that families could visit on a special outing, practise spelling words with the vowel digraphs air and ear and join sentence clauses and words using the conjunction and.

Read and explore poems with descriptive vocabulary about different places that families could visit on a special outing

Lesson One : Word Match
Explore how to play spelling word games to identify and match different words with the vowel digraphs of air and ear that can be used to describe some special family outings

Lesson Two : Countryside
Practise using the five senses to link pairs of sentences clauses using the conjunction and to describe what can happen when visiting the countryside

Lesson Three : Zoo Lists
Investigate how to collect and record lists of special vocabulary words using the five senses that can be used to describe a family visit to a zoo

Lesson Four : Locations
Explore how to select and add descriptive adjectives to matching sentences with the conjunction and to describe some of the special places that families can visit on an outing together

Lesson Five : Poetry Lists
Practise collecting and listing sets of vocabulary words that have been used in a poem to describe a special location that a family could visit together on an outing
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Family Fireworks
Select special vocabulary for sights and sounds to use when composing poems describing different fireworks used by families on Bonfire Night
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Labelling Bicycles
Develop and refine word processing skills when labelling and organising different parts and equipment that can be used when riding a bicycle
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Garden Sculpture
Select and use different materials to mould and shape sculptures representing a range of artefacts that might be used in a family garden location
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Witch’s Cauldron
Select and write sets of instructions that a witch can follow when making a range of potions for casting different spells