Early Years - Reception Writing Template Genre - Instruction Writing How to play a triangle. Our topic was music/sound - ‘What’s that sound?’ Introduction We had a letter from Y2 asking us to teach them how to play a triangle. We played the triangle. We wrote instructions as a class on an A2 piece of sugar paper. 3 Differentiated worksheets Top group - write sentences independently - word mat to help with tricky spellings. Draw pictures of each step independently. Middle group - fill in the missing bossy verb (word mat included but you can add your own). Lower group - cut and stick the pictures and writing in order. They were able to order the numbers.

10 frame - painting activity with numbers up to 10 3 differentiated sheets with various numbers from 0 to 10. I’ve attached a PDF & an editable word document. I’ve also attached a Pudsey Bear 10 frame activity.

Our genre was instruction writing. Each task is differentiated. Introduction - use a big piece of sugar paper and ask the children to tell me what to write. We talked about the features that we needed to include (title, numbered points, pictures to illustrate what happened). 3 tasks - Instructions to make bread, instructions to plant potatoes, instructions to plant onions MAT - copy from a model/word mat/independent writing Top group - use a word mat to find the correct bossy verb. Fill in the gap. Draw pictures to illustrate each step. Middle group - cut out each step and stuck them in order. Draw pictures to illustrate each step. Bottom group - I took photos of each activity and they cut them out and glued them in order. A member of staff wrote what they said about each picture.

Valentine’s Day - Numeracy Provision Activity mats for the numeracy area in the provision. Children need to make the correct number of hearts out of play dough. Children need to build a tower of cubes to match the number on the heart. Hearts on numbers - order numbers

Teen Numbers Worksheet - Use dienes to make teen numbers. One 10, plus ones. Word document (editable) and PDF copy.

-at -en -op Sort Rhyming Words into a table Included editable Word document for you to change the words. Included a PDF copy.

Early Years Literacy Sorting words with digraphs into a table th sh ch ng ng ai ee igh oa oo oo ar or ur I’ve included the editable Word document and a PDF copy. Phonics - EYFS/Reception/Year 1

Write numbers to 10 Early years numeracy Do children recognise numicon shapes? 3 differentiated worksheets Lower - write number once alongside the correct numicon shape Middle - copy over yellow writing then try writing numbers independently Top - write numbers independently using correct formation Included Word document which can be edited, as well as PDF document

Foundation Phase Science / Knowledge and Understanding / Science and Technology Differentiated worksheets - editable Word document and PDF copies. Lower - draw a line to match the correct picture to magnetic or non magnetic Middle - print in A3. Children could either cut and stick pictures in the correct place or draw pictures and staff label their drawings. Top - draw and label their pictures and sort them into magnetic and non magnetic

Early Years / Reception / Year 1 Sort food that is healthy and unhealthy for your teeth. Print page as A3. Lower - children can cut and stick pictures Middle - children can draw pictures, adults can label drawings Top - children can draw and label pictures independently Word document (editable) and PDF has been included.

Sort Hot and Cold Early Years / Year 1 / Foundation Phase Worksheet and word mat included (Word document can be edited & PDF copy) Photocopy the worksheet as A3. Lower ability - cut and stick pictures in the correct place Core ability - draw pictures and staff label drawings Top ability - copy and draw pictures and label independently using word mat

Assessments Included: Cutting skills DCD skills High Frequency Words Number Formation Number Recognition Word document (Editable) and PDF copy included

Early Years Literacy Children could either find letters hidden in the outdoor area/woodlands and record their answers as a tally chart on the worksheet. Alternative activities: Letter hunt in books Letter hunt around the school Find flashcards Included Word document (editable) and PDF copy.

Letter Formation Early Years Literacy / Phonics / Handwriting Encourage children to form letters correctly by first writing over the orange letter, then trying by themselves. An editable Word document and PDF copy has been included.

Postcard Penguin On Holiday Early Years Literacy Children pretend to either be Penguin or Crab. They write a postcard to their friend talking about their holiday.

Design your own puppet - Early Years - Reception During our topic of fairytales, the children designed their own puppet. The children will write the name of their puppet. Then colour in the splodge to show the colour of the material that they will use. Then they circle the materials that they will use. In the last box, they will draw and label their puppet.

Queen’s Jubilee We were learning about money. We linked it to the Queen’s Jubilee. The children need to match the value of the stamp to the correct postcard. e.g. Miss West’s stamp is 19p. Can you find 19p? Can you make 10p using coins? How many ways can you make 19p? We used this in the provision whilst learning about the Jubilee. Then we wrote our own postcards about what we enjoyed during the Jubilee celebration.

Maths and Numeracy Progression Step 1 Assessment

Tally Chart of Favourite Pet Early Years Numeracy / Maths Whole class task Children vote for their favourite pet. Discuss recording votes as a tally chart. Count the votes and write the number in the last box. Editable Word document is included, as well as a PDF.