KS2 Non-Chronological Reports Planning and Resources (Weather and Climate)

Non-chronological reports planning and resources. The unit is aimed at Year 3/4, but is set at a challenging level, so it may be suitable for older children too.

Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:

Lessons 1 - 3) Giving a weather forecast.
Lesson 4) Create a glossary of technical terms related to weather.
Lesson 5) Introduction to weather, climate and climate zones comprehension
Lesson 6) Compare the different features of fiction and non-fiction.
Lesson 7) Organise sentences into paragraphs.
Lesson 8) Comprehension on the temperate climate zone (4 levels of difficulty)
Lesson 9) Note-taking lesson and writing frame.
Lesson 10) Note taking on temperate climates.
Lesson 11) Comprehension on the desert climate zone (4 levels of difficulty)
Lesson 12 - 13) Note taking on desert climates.
Lesson 14) Comprehension on the polar climate zone (4 levels of difficulty)
Lesson 15 - 16) Note taking on polar climates.
Lesson 17) Comprehension on the tropical climate zone (4 levels of difficulty)
Lessons 18 - 19) Note taking on tropical climates.
Lesson 20) To identify and use fronted adverbials.
Lesson 21) Using conjunctions.
Lesson 22) Using commas in a list.
Lesson 23) Identifying independent / main clauses and subordinate / dependent clauses.
Lesson 24) Types of punctuation.
Lesson 25) Possessive apostrophes.
Lessons 26 - 31) Writing a climate report.
Lesson 32) Using ‘a’ or ‘an’.

There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.

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Note: This unit was updated on 3rd September 2022. Please download the most recent version of it if you bought it before this date. Please also use the lesson plans that are not in the ‘Combined’ file.