Week 4 of 10 English and Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler (approx. 5-6 hours worth of planning per week).
A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2.
I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. I will update MyShop each week with the next set of weekly Reading, English, Grammar plans and resources.
** Reading Lessons**
4 x Reading lessons (30 mins)
I have written the Reading comprehension questions myself, in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS for each chapter.
At the end of last week, I began to use Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach.
This week’s planning consists of 2 x demonstration comprehension sessions (Mondays and Wednesdays) which will be based on the book, Spy Master.
There are also 2 x book talk sessions (Tuesdays and Thursdays) where the children will be in mixed ability groups, each group with a different text to focus on together.
Usually, there will be a fifth lesson on Friday where we complete an independent comprehension task, which will be based on the book, Spy Master and completed in a similar way to the demo lessons, but with less discussion and modeling.
English Lessons
3 x English lessons which go alongside the book and are differentiated (45 mins approx.)
4 x 5-minute grammar starters
1 x Grammar lesson which covers the LKS2 statements (30 mins approx.)
Planning based on chapters 11-14 (38 chapters in total)
Detailed SmartNotebook slides for each Reading, English and Grammar lesson ( 37 slides) - I have converted these to Power Point slides too for those without access to Smart Notebook (may need some editing)
Model writes are included
All other resources mentioned for lessons are included
The next set of planning and resources will be available on MyShop.
About the book:
**'THE YEAR IS 1532.
In the court of King Henry VIII, spies are everywhere and no one can be trusted.
This is the world Jack Briars faces when he becomes apprentice to Thomas Cromwell, the King’s right-hand man - and Spy Master!
Jack’s new life is exciting, but, when you’re surrounded by secrets and lies, even one mistake can be deadly. Can Jack keep his place - and his head?’**
Half term of History planning
10 x 1 hour - 1.5 hour lessons on Tudor monarchs
First lesson about prior knowledge and a timeline on British history
A lesson on each of the monarchs
A range of practical activities and written tasks
Will be creating and adding to a Tudor monarch timeline book each week
Resources and detailed Smart Notebooks will be made available on My Shop
Next half term of History planning (Tudors, Tudor life) will be made available on My Shop.
Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler
A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2.
I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning.
Chapters 1-6 reading comprehension sheets
Written in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS
Reading, English and Grammar lessons for the book are available on MyShop
I use the questions when reading to the class. My TA has a copy of the sheets and notes down the children’s ideas and answers for verbal evidence of reading. I collect as many answers as possible each lesson.
Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler
A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2.
I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning.
Chapters 15-22 reading comprehension sheets
Written in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS
Demonstration comprehension and Independent comprehension slips also provided for lessons on Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books lessons.
Reading, English and Grammar lessons for the book are available on MyShop
I use the VIPERS questions when reading to the class. My TA has a copy of the sheets and notes down the children’s ideas and answers for verbal evidence of reading. I collect as many answers as possible each lesson.
Week 1 of 2 English and Reading plans and resources to go alongside the film clip ‘The Piano’ by Aidan Gibons. Used during weeks 5 and 6 of our World War II topic. Can be easily adapted to other year groups.
5 x Reading lessons (using Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach)
Monday - Comprehension session - gaining an understanding of the clip
Tuesday - Book Talk
Wednesday - Demonstration Comprehension
Thursday - Book Talk
Friday - Independent Comprehension
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the Reading lessons.
5 x English lessons (loosely using Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach)
Children will be planning on their ‘thinking side’ and using the FANTASTICs
Flashback narrative writing
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the English lessons.
Detailed Smart Notebook slides - 55 slides (converted into Power Point for non-Notebook users - may need to be edited slightly)
Detailed plans - 5 pages
All resources uploaded
26 high-order words from the book, Dear Katie, The Volcano Is a Girl.
tricky/key words
word type
definition
synonyms
evidence from the book to put the word into context
Used the pages to create an A5 folder to go alongside the book in English and Reading lessons.
High-order words from the books, Escape From Pompeii (30 words), When the Giant Stirred (18 words) and Dear Katie, The Volcano Is a Girl (26 words).
tricky/key words
word type
definition
synonyms
evidence from the book to put the word into context
Used the pages to create an A5 folder to go alongside the book in English and Reading lessons.
Week 6 of 10 English and Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler (approx. 7-8 hours worth of planning per week).
A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2.
I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. I will update MyShop each week with the next set of weekly Reading, English, Grammar plans and resources.
** Reading Lessons**
5 x Reading lessons (30 mins)
I have written the Reading comprehension questions myself, in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS for each chapter.
Reading lessons have been planned in the style of Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach.
2 x demonstration comprehension sessions (Mondays and Wednesdays) which are based on Spy Master.
2 x book talk sessions (Tuesdays and Thursdays) where the children will be in mixed ability groups, each group with a different text to focus on together.
1 x independent comprehension session (Fridays), which is based on the book, Spy Master and completed in a similar way to the demo lessons, but with less discussion and modeling.
English Lessons
5 x English lessons which go alongside the book and are differentiated (1 hour approx.)
4 x 5-minute grammar starters
1 x Grammar lesson which covers the LKS2 statements (30 mins approx.)
Planning based on chapters 18-22 (38 chapters in total)
Detailed SmartNotebook slides for each Reading, English and Grammar lesson ( 45 slides) - I have converted these to Power Point slides too for those without access to Smart Notebook (may need some editing)
Beginning to use Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach to the planning side of writing lessons.
Model writes and plans are included
All other resources mentioned for lessons are included
The next set of planning and resources will be available on MyShop.
About the book:
**'THE YEAR IS 1532.
In the court of King Henry VIII, spies are everywhere and no one can be trusted.
This is the world Jack Briars faces when he becomes apprentice to Thomas Cromwell, the King’s right-hand man - and Spy Master!
Jack’s new life is exciting, but, when you’re surrounded by secrets and lies, even one mistake can be deadly. Can Jack keep his place - and his head?’**
Week 1 of 4 English and Reading plans and resources to go alongside the book ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. Used during the first 4 weeks of our World War II topic. Can be easily adapted to other year groups.
5 x Reading lessons (using Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach)
* Monday - Demonstration Comprehension
* Tuesday - Book Talk
* Wednesday - Demonstration Comprehension
* Thursday - Book Talk
* Friday - Independent Comprehension
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the Reading lessons.
5 x English lessons (loosely using Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach)
* Children will be planning on their ‘thinking side’ and using the FANTASTICs
* Diary writing
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the English lessons.
Drama hook lesson to begin the book
3 x 5 minute Grammar start activities
Detailed Smart Notebook slides - 73 slides (converted into Power Point for non-Notebook users - may need to be edited slightly)
Detailed plans - 10 pages
All resources uploaded
Unit cover
Week 4 of 4 English and Reading plans and resources to go alongside the book ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. Used during the first 4 weeks of our World War II topic. Can be easily adapted to other year groups.
5 x Reading lessons (using Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach)
Monday - Demonstration Comprehension
Tuesday - Book Talk
Wednesday - Demonstration Comprehension
Thursday - Book Talk
Friday - Independent Comprehension
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the Reading lessons.
5 x English lessons (loosely using Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach)
Children will be planning on their ‘thinking side’ and using the FANTASTICs
Newspaper reports
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the English lessons.
Detailed Smart Notebook slides - 50 slides (converted into Power Point for non-Notebook users - may need to be edited slightly)
Detailed plans - 5 pages
All resources uploaded
Week 2 of 4 English and Reading plans and resources to go alongside the book ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. Used during the first 4 weeks of our World War II topic. Can be easily adapted to other year groups.
4 x Reading lessons (using Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach)
* Tuesday - Book Talk
* Wednesday - Demonstration Comprehension
* Thursday - Book Talk
* Friday - Independent Comprehension
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the Reading lessons.
4 x English lessons (loosely using Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach)
* Children will be planning on their ‘thinking side’ and using the FANTASTICs
* Diary writing
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the English lessons.
3 x 5 minute Grammar start activities
Detailed Smart Notebook slides - 56 slides (converted into Power Point for non-Notebook users - may need to be edited slightly)
Detailed plans - 8 pages
All resources uploaded
Week 3 of 4 English and Reading plans and resources to go alongside the book ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. Used during the first 4 weeks of our World War II topic. Can be easily adapted to other year groups.
5 x Reading lessons (using Jane Considine’s Hooked on Books approach)
Monday - Demonstration Comprehension
Tuesday - Book Talk
Wednesday - Demonstration Comprehension
Thursday - Book Talk
Friday - Independent Comprehension
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the Reading lessons.
5 x English lessons (loosely using Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach)
Children will be planning on their ‘thinking side’ and using the FANTASTICs
Newspaper reports
All resources and model plans and writes are available for the English lessons.
Detailed Smart Notebook slides - 75 slides (converted into Power Point for non-Notebook users - may need to be edited slightly)
Detailed plans - 6 pages
All resources uploaded
Whole school planning for the book, Setsuko and the Song of the Sea by Fiona Barker.
Originally planned for an author visit but could be used for World Book Day or similar.
Cross-curricular activities and ideas.
A whole school Music week set of planning for EYFS-Year 4.
In our school, we have 3 explicit Music weeks with a focus on a couple of the interrelated dimensions of music. This week is all based around rhythm, pulse and tempo. There is enough planning for each year group to complete Music all day for the week.
• Boomwhacker planning – Monday-Friday (6 page doc.)
• Rhythmic Basketball planning – Tuesday-Friday (6 page doc.)
• Untuned Percussion planning – Monday-Friday (8 page doc.)
• Listening and Appraising planning – complete daily session (2 page doc.)
• Rhythm and Pulse activities – complete a couple of tasks from this daily and build up throughout the week (3 page doc.)
Boomwhacker, rhythmic basketball and untuned percussion planning has a progression map for the week on the first page.
On the Monday, we had a junk drumming workshop for 30 mins with each class.
UPDATED!
Lessons 1 Week 2 of 2 weeks Reading and English unit based on Christina Balit’s, ‘Escape From Pompeii’.
Week 1: Setting descriptions
Week 2: Narrative writing
Children complete the tasks in their English books, planning and writing before the English task.
English
1 x English lessons
* Monday - First two plot points, step by step with grammatical features
Detailed Smart Notebook slides included and also uploaded in PowerPoint form (24 slides).
Vocabulary book available - 30 high-order words from the book with word type, definition, synonyms, evidence from the book.
All resources and model writes included.
This resource is an updated version of my 2 week plan which was uploaded last year. There are some similarities in the planning, however, changes were made due to using Jane Considine’s ‘Hooked on Books’ approach to Reading and loosely using ‘The Write Stuff’ to plan and write using the lenses.
Suitable for Years 3 and 4.
Used book to go with Earthquakes and Volcanoes topic.
Week 1 planning and resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12490195
Week 2 planning and resources:
Vocabulary book:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648516
Lessons 1 and 2 Week 1 of 2 weeks Reading and English unit based on Celia Godkin’s, When the Giant Stirred.
Week 1: Persuasive writing, holiday brochure
Week 2: Narrative writing - independent task
Children complete the tasks in their English books, planning and writing before the English task.
English
1 x English lesson
* Monday - Introduction paragraph and first two plot points, step by step with grammatical features
Could be split into multiple lessons - my class are used to the structure of the lesson now.
Reading
1 x Reading lesson
* Monday - demonstration comprehension about the setting.
Detailed Smart Notebook slides included and also uploaded in PowerPoint form (41 slides). I have exported the snb slides into ppt so they may need some tweaking to look the same.
Vocabulary book available - 18 high-order words from the book with word type, definition, synonyms, evidence from the book.
All resources and model writes included.
Suitable for Years 3 and 4.
Used book to go with Earthquakes and Volcanoes topic.
Week 1 planning and resources:
Will be uploaded and link provided.
Week 2 planning and resources:
Will be uploaded and link provided.
Vocabulary book:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/when-the-giant-stirred-vocabulary-book-12648560
Bundle will be available.
Week 1 of 10 English and Reading unit on the book ‘First Blood: Spy Master’ by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler (approx. 5-6 hours worth of planning per week).
A great book for The Tudors topic in KS2.
I used the book last year during remote learning, recorded chapters and set writing tasks. The children loved the book and the mystery of it so I decided to revisit it this year and expand the learning. I will update MyShop each week with the next set of weekly Reading, English, Grammar plans and resources.
5 x Reading lessons (10-15 mins approx.)
4 x English lessons which go alongside the book and are differentiated (45 mins approx.)
5 x 5-minute grammar starters
1 x Grammar lesson which covers the LKS2 statements (30 mins approx.)
Planning based on chapters 1 and 2 (38 chapters in total)
Detailed SmartNotebook slides for each Reading, English and Grammar lesson (36 slides) - I have converted these to Power Point slides too for those without access to Smart Notebook (may need some editing)
Model writes are included
Reading comprehension questions written by myself, in the style of Literacy Shed’s VIPERS for each chapter
All other resources mentioned for lessons are included
The next set of planning and resources will be available on MyShop.
About the book:
**'THE YEAR IS 1532.
In the court of King Henry VIII, spies are everywhere and no one can be trusted.
This is the world Jack Briars faces when he becomes apprentice to Thomas Cromwell, the King’s right-hand man - and Spy Master!
Jack’s new life is exciting, but, when you’re surrounded by secrets and lies, even one mistake can be deadly. Can Jack keep his place - and his head?’**
Year 4 MTP for WW2 English, Autumn Term (14 weeks)
An outline of;
Texts/Film units
Writing genres
SPaG
Handwriting
Weekly plans, Smart Notebooks/Power Points and resources will be uploaded onto My Shop following this plan.
Can be edited for other year groups.
Lesson on the Henry VII and how the Tudor era began. Recap the Battle of Bosworth from the previous lesson. Throughout the next 8 lessons, the children will be creating and adding to their own Tudor monarch timeline book.
Detailed Smart Notebook (8 slides)
Examples of WAGOLL
Available now on My Shop
First half term of planning on the Tudors based on Tudor Monarchs (10 lessons)
MTP for whole term with brief outline (20 lessons)
Will be made available soon
Second half term of planning is based on Tudor life (10 lessons)
Introduction to The Tudors topic. Looks at prior knowledge and gather questions and interests that they have already. Create a timeline of British History to gain understanding on when the Tudor era was.
Detailed Smart Notebook
Any additional resources uploaded
Available now on My Shop
First half term of planning on the Tudors based on Tudor Monarchs (10 lessons)
MTP for whole term with brief outline (20 lessons)
Will be made available soon
Second half term of planning is based on Tudor life (10 lessons)