Unit D – Animal Encyclopaedia

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to devise a class information book that uses alphabetical ordering to describe different mini-beasts that might live in the school grounds, identify and spell words with the or and ar phonemes and punctuate lists in sentences using commas.

Devise a class information book that uses alphabetical ordering to describe different mini-beasts that might live in the school grounds

Lesson One : Word Match
Identify and match different words that contain the or and ar phoneme sounds that can be used to describe mini-beasts when composing sentences

Lesson Two : Mini-beast Lists
Practise using commas between items in example lists in sentences describing some different mini-beasts that can be found living in the school grounds

Lesson Three : Mini-beast Facts
Explain and model how to use non-fiction texts to collect facts and information that can answer different key questions about a specific type of mini-beast

Lesson Four : Mini-beast Page
Investigate how to build and draft an entry for a page in an encyclopaedia that provides facts and information about a specific type of mini-beast living in the school grounds

Lesson Five : Encyclopaedia Entry
Explore and illustrate how to correct and edit an entry for a class encyclopaedia that provides information about a specific type of mini-beast that can be found living in a special habitat
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Final Sound /v/
Explore and record the spelling and meaning of some different words that end in the /v/ phoneme sound
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Flower Gallery
Record, edit and label digital images of some of the different flowers and plants that can be found around the school grounds
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Shape Patterns
Identify, describe and classify sets of 2D shapes by their matching properties when used in examples of repeating patterns
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Special Animals
Identify and record how to punctuate sentences correctly using capital letters to describe some different types of animals