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Lesson One – Firework Colours

This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to practise using the conjunction and to list and record descriptions of some colour shades that can be seen in fireworks in matching example sentences.
The class can create pictures of fireworks and select vocabulary words to describe the selected colour shades in sentences about what can be seen on Bonfire Night.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise using the conjunction and to list and record descriptions of some colour shades that can be seen in fireworks in matching example sentences
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify how to use the conjunction and to list descriptions of firework colour shades in sentences, a word bank to select and use vocabulary words to describe the colour shades seen in different fireworks and a template to record how to use the conjunction and to list descriptions of fireworks in matching example sentences.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use the conjunction and to list descriptions of firework colour shades in sentences.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to select special vocabulary for sights and sounds to use when composing poems describing different fireworks used by families on Bonfire Night. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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