Year 3 & Year 4 LEGO Instructions & Explanations (Planning and resources)

What’s included:

*Lesson plan (13 lessons - 3 weeks)
*Main teaching SMART Notebook presentation (59 slides)
*Accompanying worksheets and activities, plus 2 x writing checklists and writing planning sheet.

Learning objectives covered:

*Make inferences - Observe/wonder/infer task sheet

• Vocabulary match-up starter
• Improve/upgrade instructions task
• Identify and use subordinating conjunctions
  *Punctuate a paragraph correctly (dictation)
  *Write a set of instructions
  *Use a dictionary to correct spellings/editing lesson
  *Proofread and explanation text and know explanation text features
  *Use apostrophes for possession (Y4) and contraction (Y3)
• Write relative and subordinate clauses
• Design a Lego Card
• Build vocabulary and upgrade sentences
• Plan an write an explanation text around a new Lego card
• Edit and improve explanation text
• Other starter/short tasks throughout the week linked to grammar/punctuation

PLEASE NOTE: Lesson 8 requires each pupil to each have a packet of LEGO CARDS. There are plenty to show online but the kids LOVED getting their own pack. Sainsburys give them out at certain times of the year and they can also be bought on eBay.