Unit G – Animal Facts
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and record the structure of alphabetically ordered texts using encyclopaedia entries about animals, match prefixes to correct word roots and practise retrieving information from non-fiction texts to research classes of animals.
Explore and record the structure of alphabetically ordered texts using encyclopaedia entries about different animals
Lesson One : Prefixes and Roots
Play some games to identify and match a range of different prefixes with their correct word roots
Lesson Two : Word Definitions
Identify and record the meanings of different words that can be used to describe animals that belong to a specific class
Lesson Three : Animal Questions
Practise using non-fiction books, dictionaries and encyclopaedias to find answers to questions about different animals
Lesson Four : Animal Research
Select and record sections of an encyclopaedia entry that can be used to answer different key questions about an animal
Lesson Five : Encyclopaedia Entry
Record how to re-organise different sections of an encyclopaedia entry to present information about an animal
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Times Tables Division
Practise using facts in each of the times tables to support the division of pairs of numbers when solving a range of problems
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Football Teams
Investigate and record how to format and structure letters that could be sent to and from football teams for different purposes and functions
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School Letters
Practise composing and publishing letters to different members in the school community for a range of functions and purposes
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Living Things and Habitats
Identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world