This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to identify and record the number of syllables that can be heard in a range of different words that might be seen when reading a poem about a special journey.

The class can list words with two syllables and model how to use them in sentences to describe what might happen on a train journey to somewhere on a family trip.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to identify and record the number of syllables that can be heard in a range of different words that might be seen when reading a poem about a special journey

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and define some of the special vocabulary words used in a poem about a form of transport and differentiated sets of cards to record the number of syllables that can be heard in a range of different words.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore the number of syllables that can be heard in a range of different words that might be used in a poem about a form of transport.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to read and respond to poems about different ways to travel using a range of transportation vehicles, investigate syllables heard in different words and identify words that require capital letters. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

  • 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

  • Counting Back

    Counting Back

    Practise using the number technique of counting back to solve and complete a range of abstract and contextual subtraction calculations

  • Mother Nature

    Mother Nature

    Explore how mother nature can provide nourishment, protection and support to all living things in different habitats and environments

  • Digraphs Word Sums

    Digraphs Word Sums

    Investigate the spellings and meanings of different sets of words with a range of initial consonant digraphs