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

  • 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