Unit A – New Pets

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explore descriptive language used in stories about family life, practise spelling words with le endings and write sentences using the correct punctuation based on I Want a Pet, Lauren Child.

Explore descriptive language used in stories about family life, practise spelling words with le endings and write sentences using the correct punctuation

Lesson One : Word Guess
Play different paired and group games to identify the spelling and meaning of different words with le endings that can be used to describe pet animals

Lesson Two : Animal Sentences
Select and use a range of descriptive vocabulary words to describe some of the different animals that could be kept as pets by a family

Lesson Three : Animal Lists
Select and compile lists of descriptive vocabulary words that can be used to describe a range of different animals that live wild in the world

Lesson Four : Animal Capitals
Practise using capital letters correctly in sentences to describe some of the different wild animals that could be kept as a pet by a family

Lesson Five : Pet Boxes
Investigate how to make collections of vocabulary words and sentences that can be used to describe an unusual pet animal that could have been kept by a family
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Garden Numbers
Identify and model some of the different calculation techniques that can be used when adding pairs of single digit numbers
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Summer Stories
Practise composing and presenting narrative stories with familiar settings to illustrate the events and experiences that could happen during the summer
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Fraction Numbers
Investigate how to use concrete equipment, diagrams and calculations to identify and record the matching fractions of different numbers
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Family Holiday Lists
Explore how to compile sentences punctuated using commas to list some of the special things that families can use, complete and experience on a holiday