Unit E – Wild Pets
This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate some of the special words used to describe different types of wild animals in poems with patterned language, explore spelling of words with gn, kn and wr initial sounds and select vocabulary to combine together into expanded noun phrases.
Investigate some of the special words used to describe different types of wild animals in poems with patterned language
Lesson One : Initial Sounds
Identify and spell different words that contain the /n/ initial sound spelt kn and gn when playing word games and reading poems about species of animals
Lesson Two : Size Words
Select and order a selection of vocabulary words that could be used in noun phrases in sentences to describe the sizes of different animals
Lesson Three : Animal Lists
Collect and record lists of adjectives that can be used to describe different parts of an animal to utilise when composing a poem
Lesson Four : Favourite Animals
Read and define some of the special vocabulary words that can be used in poems to describe different animals that live wild in habitats around the world
Lesson Five : Poetry Performance
Rehearse and perform a poem to the class about a type of wild animal adding voice expressions and actions to show the meaning of different vocabulary words
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Number Doubles
Model and record how to double different numbers to twenty using concrete equipment and pictorial diagrams to support calculations
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Zoo Animal Doubles
Practise doubling different numbers of animals that might be seen at a zoo recorded in words and digits to ten using diagrams and number lines to model each product
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Doubles Facts
Identify, match and record the doubles of different numbers to ten using concrete equipment and repeated addition to support each multiplication number calculation
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Tower Doubles
Practise counting and doubling different numbers of cubes that have been used to make a range of towers to five, ten and fifteen