This is the planning that I have made for the visual literacy unit for Baboon on the Moon. I have also uploaded the sheets and resources that I have made to go with the planning. The planning includes VCOP starters, differentiated success criteria for LAP, MAP and HAPS, as well as Big Write Opportunities. Please leave feedback if you found this useful! Thanks Kx

This is 9 days worth of planning based on the children writing a Viking Saga based on a character called Biorn from the short clip from the Literacy Shed website. It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and writing opportunities. It was planned for Year 4 focusing mainly on the Band 4 Learning objectives. Have also included some of the resources that I have made for these lessons. Some of the images have been taken from google and links are made to other websites on the plan that we used. I hope it is useful. My classed wrote some great Viking Sagas

This is 3 weeks worth of planning based on the POR test - The Pebble in my Pocket by Meredith Hooper. It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and writing opportunities. It was planned for Year 4 focusing mainly on the Band 4 Learning objectives. Have also included some of the resources that I have made for these lessons. However, some of the resources have been downloaded from Twinkl which I am unable to include in this download. Some of the images have been taken from google and links are made to other websites on the plan that we used. I hope it is useful. My class really loved this book and did some brilliant writing.

This is 7 sessions worth of planning based on the story by Dick King Smith - The Hodgeheg. It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and Big Write opportunities. It was planned for Year 2 focusing mainly on the Band 2 Learning objectives. Have also included some of the resources that I have made for these lessons.

This is 3 weeks worth of planning based on the book The Princess and the White Bear King. It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and Big Write opportunities. It was planned for Year 2 focusing mainly on the Band 2 Learning objectives. I have also included some of the resources that I made to support this unit including WAGOLL and word banks for my EAL learners.

This is 6 lessons worth of planning based on the Roman legend of Romulus and Remus. It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and writing opportunities. It was planned for Year 4 focusing mainly on the Band 4 Learning objectives. Have also included some of the resources that I have made for these lessons. Some of the images have been taken from google and links are made to other websites on the plan that we used. I hope it is useful. My class really loved this unit and did some brilliant writing.

This is 1 week worth of planning based on Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox. It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and Big Write opportunities. It was planned for Year 2 focusing mainly on the Band 2 Learning objectives. I have also included some of the resources that I made to support this unit including templates, example letters and WALTS. I have changed the font so that the 2 quotes are no longer corrupted!

Running records and questions that I created for the following books - A Squash and a Squeeze How to hide a lion The Day the Crayons The Dragon Machine The Three Little Javelinas The Sound Collector The Tear Thief These were used to gather evidence for Year 2 Reading SATS prior to moderation. I also filmed and timed the children reading to provide evidence for fluency. The running records are marked to show where 100 words are. ** UPDATE ** These have also been updated to have the reading level - working toward/ working at/ greater depth and questions added to How to Hide a Lion as these hadn’t uploaded last time.

Planning for the second week of the unit. Includes L.O, Success Criteria and differentiated for HAPs, MAPs and LAPs.

This is week 19 - 23 phase 6 phonics/spelling planning. It follows the Revisit/ Review, Teach, Practise and Apply format. Links are made to Phonics Play and sometimes Twinkl.

This is week 13 - 18 phase 6 phonics/spelling planning. It follows the Revisit/ Review, Teach, Practise and Apply format. Links are made to Phonics Play and sometimes Twinkl.

This is week 1 - 5 phase 6 phonics/spelling planning. It follows the Revisit/ Review, Teach, Practise and Apply format. Links are made to Phonics Play and sometimes Twinkl.

This is week 6-12 phase 6 phonics/spelling planning. It follows the Revisit/ Review, Teach, Practise and Apply format. Links are made to Phonics Play and sometimes Twinkl.

I made these guided reading record sheets each time I listen to a group read. Each group and session had a new sheet. I highlight off the target the session has focused on which makes updating target tracker much easier! There is space for a reading focus and 2 questions along with the pupils names and book read during that session.

This is 4 days worth of planning ( we did this as a last week of the year unit) based on Traction Man by Mini Grey. It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and writing opportunities. It was planned for Year 2 focusing mainly on the Band 2 Learning objectives. Have also included some of the resources that I have made for these lessons.

This is 2 weeks worth of planning. It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and Big Write opportunities. It was planned for Year 2 focusing mainly on the Band 2 Learning objectives. I have also included some of the resources that I made to support this unit including WAGOLL and word banks for my EAL learners.

This is 7 days worth of planning based on Nocturnal and Sea creatures. ( It also has a Grace Darling History lesson at the end which was linked to our Edison Topic) It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and writing opportunities. It was planned for Year 2 focusing mainly on the Band 2 Learning objectives. Have also included some of the resources that I have made for these lessons.

This is 3 weeks worth of planning based on Quentin Blake and his story Mrs Armitage on Wheels. It includes reference to the new National Curriculum and has grammar starters, differentiated success criteria and Big Write opportunities. It was planned for Year 2 focusing mainly on the Band 2 Learning objectives. I have also included some of the resources that I made to support this unit including WAGOLL, fact cards, and word banks for my EAL learners.

Information about Mairi Hedderwick that was used in my Literacy unit teaching the HAPs to skim read a text to find answers to questions. Information taken from her website.

I am learning to identify the key events in a story - Simple story board with boxes and lines for children to sequence the events in the story. Second page has time connectives already added for the LAPs.