Unit A – Handa’s Surprise
This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate the use of patterned language in a story from another culture, explore spellings of words with different vowel digraphs and practise punctuating and writing sentences using capital letters and full stops based on Handa’s Surprise, Eileen Browne.
Investigate and describe the use of patterned language and narrative events in a story from another culture
Lesson One : Fruit Basket
Identify, define and spell a selection of vocabulary words with the vowel digraph ir that can be used to describe different fruits
Lesson Two : Word Lists
Compile and illustrate lists of words from a narrative story set in a different culture that contain the ir and ur vowel phoneme digraphs
Lesson Three : Animal Sentences
Model how to add the correct punctuation and word spaces to complete sentences about different animals that might live wild in habitats around the world
Lesson Four : Animal Voices
Write a selection of different sentences to suggest what characters might have said in response to narrative events in a story from another culture
Lesson Five : Story Scenes
Practise using drama and role-play to illustrate one of the events that happened in a narrative story that is set in another culture
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Maths Measurement Assessment
Assess abilities in estimating, measuring and comparing a range of different measurements for length, mass and capacity
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Family Life
Investigate and reflect on some of the special events and experiences that might happen in the life of a family
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Final Sounds Word Guess
Practise playing some guessing and matching games to identify the spelling and meaning of words with different final sounds
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Building Reports
Explore how to collect facts and information to work with when composing and presenting non-chronological reports about buildings that can be found in the local area