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Lesson One – Santa’s Sleigh
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identity and describe how to compose an explanation text about how Santa might make different preparations to get his sleigh ready for Christmas.
The class can practise writing sentences explaining how and why Santa makes different preparations for Christmas such as filling his sack with presents and feeding the reindeer.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identity and describe how to compose an explanation text about how Santa might make different preparations to get his sleigh ready for Christmas
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe how to structure and format an explanation about how Santa prepares his sleigh ready for Christmas and a worksheet to practise writing a range of different sentences to explain how and why something happens.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to compose an explanation about how Santa prepares his sleigh ready for Christmas.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to plan and write an explanation to describe how Santa Claus prepares for Christmas including using apostrophes to indicate possession in sentences. 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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