Unit B – Space Flight

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to change and adapt a story about a journey in a fantasy world, explore words that contain the /k/ sound for the letters c and k, and practise using the conjunction and to join sentences with the correct punctuation based on Whatever Next by Jill Murphy.

Change and adapt the sequence of events in a narrative story about a journey that happens in a fantasy world

Lesson One : Word Sounds
Investigate and practise spelling different words that include the /k/ sound for the letters c and k to use when composing sentences about a special journey

Lesson Two : Sentence Joins
Practise joining pairs of words and clauses using the conjunction and in example sentences to describe a special journey into space

Lesson Three : Moon Journey
Identify and record how to link different pairs of descriptive adjectives in model noun phrases about a journey through space using the conjunction and

Lesson Four : Space Sentences
Illustrate and model how to use capital letters and full stops correctly when writing different sentences about a journey into space that could feature in a narrative story with a fantasy setting

Lesson Five : Journey Story
Devise and build a storyboard using pictures and sentences to record some alternative events that could happen in a story with a fantasy setting about a special journey
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Money Coin Sums
Practise identifying, combining and recording sets of coins that can make matching sums that can be used when shopping for different products
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Maths Number Assessment
Assess abilities in working with numbers to solve abstract and contextual problems when calculating sums, products and quotients using different techniques and methods
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Animal Lists
Investigate how to compile lists using commas to present information about some of the special animals that live in habitats around the world
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English Spelling Assessment
Assess abilities in spelling different vocabulary words based on the National Curriculum programmes of study for Key Stage One