Unit A – Wild Things

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explore narrative settings and predict events in a story set in a fantasy world, investigate the spellings of different words with tch endings and join pairs of sentences using the conjunction and based on Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.

Explore narrative settings and predict events in a story set in a fantasy world, investigate the spellings of different words with tch endings and practise joining pairs of sentences using the conjunction and

Lesson One : Word Endings
Practise building and spelling a range of different words with tch endings that can be used to describe some of the places that could be read about in a fantasy story

Lesson Two : Sentence Halves
Identify, explain and model how to link different pairs of sentence clauses related to a story with a fantasy setting using the conjunction and

Lesson Three : Sentence Joins
Select and model how to write example sentences about characters from a story with a fantasy setting using the conjunction and to link pairs of sentence clauses

Lesson Four : Story Places Lists
Select and record vocabulary word lists to match alternative settings that could have been used in a similar story that takes place in a fantasy location

Lesson Five : Wild Things Story
Produce a narrative storyboard with sentences and illustrations for a similar type of story that takes place in an alternative location with matching characters
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Counting Back
Practise using the number technique of counting back to solve and complete a range of abstract and contextual subtraction calculations
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Mother Nature
Explore how mother nature can provide nourishment, protection and support to all living things in different habitats and environments
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Digraphs Word Sums
Investigate the spellings and meanings of different sets of words with a range of initial consonant digraphs
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Van Gogh
Investigate and replicate the work and painting style of a famous artist from the past by producing a matching landscape of the school building