Unit A – Fantastic Foxes
This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explore the narrative structure of a story by a significant children’s author with animal characters, investigate spellings of words with dge endings and use apostrophes for missing letters in contractions based on The Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl.
Explore the narrative structure and sequence of events in a story by a significant author with animals as the main characters
Lesson One : Word Endings
Investigate and record the spelling and meaning of different words with the dge ending to use when describing the actions of characters from an adventure story
Lesson Two : Contractions Match
Identify, match and record pairs of words that can be contracted together using apostrophes to use when describing events in a story about a animals
Lesson Three : Fox Contractions
Practise writing a range of different sentences about some of the events that occurred in a narrative story about foxes using words that are contractions
Lesson Four : Great Feast
Select and compose speech bubbles to record what different characters might have said about one of the narrative events in an adventure story
Lesson Five : Book Review
Select and write a review for the class book corner recommending a narrative story to another reader to outline reasons as to why it should be read and enjoyed
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Word Matching
Identify, match and record the initial sounds that have been used in a range of cvc words beginning with different letters
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Family Toys
Investigate and record how a selection of different toys and games that were owned by families have changed and developed over time
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Subtraction Digits
Model and illustrate how to subtract pairs of single digit numbers within ten using concrete equipment and diagrams to support the subtraction calculations
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Family Experiences
Practise composing and presenting some example stories with familiar settings to illustrate things that might be experienced by a family