Unit E – School Storms

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to read and analyse the structure and content of recounts about the weather and write sentences from different viewpoints, practise adding prefixes to word roots and extend sentences using fronted adverbials and conjunctions.

Read and analyse the structure and content of recounts about the weather and write sentences from different viewpoints

Lesson One : Word Building
Practise creating a range of different words by adding prefixes to word roots and identify changes to their meaning

Lesson Two : Weather Events
Select and add fronted adverbials to different sentences about the weather to indicate when something happened

Lesson Three : Sentence Extensions
Extend different sentences about events in the weather to say when, where or how something happened

Lesson Four : Sentence Conjunctions
Select and add extra clauses to different sentences about things happening in the weather using a range of conjunctions

Lesson Five : Recount Editing
Identify and suggest improvements to a recount text about a rainstorm happening at the school
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Maths Arithmetic Assessment
Assess abilities in solving arithmetic number problems for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when working with informal and formal written calculations
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Environment
Identify and describe some of the special landscapes and locations that can be found in the world and reflect on how they can be protected and preserved for the future
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Silent Letter Words
Explore and illustrate the meanings and spellings of some different words with silent letters when using them in a range of topics and scenarios
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Complaint Letters
Explain and model how to format and structure writing when composing letters of complaint about different issues and scenarios