British Primary School teacher (now living the good life in Spain!) sharing planning and resources to make those planning weekends a little bit easier!
Please check-out my Instagram page (the_diary_of_an_nqt) for more tips, ideas and advice!
British Primary School teacher (now living the good life in Spain!) sharing planning and resources to make those planning weekends a little bit easier!
Please check-out my Instagram page (the_diary_of_an_nqt) for more tips, ideas and advice!
Curriculum Target:
To write an extended piece of writing using punctuation.
Main outcome: To write a recount of a story
Text: The Gigantic Turnip
Day 1) LO: I can sequence my ideas
Day 2) LO: I can structure a story
Day 3) LO: I can structure a story
Day 4) LO: I can edit and improve my work
Day 5) LO: I can publish a story
Includes:
Some daily resources required (labelled and listed in lesson plan)
(Lined border paper available from Twinkl)
Termly target:
simple phrases/sentences that can be read by themselves and others.
capital letters for names of people.
words with finger spaces.
words spelt using their phonic knowledge.
Text(s):
The Works Key Stage 1 by Pie Corbett
The Nursery Rhyme Book by Helen Cumberbatch.
The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes by Raymond Briggs.
The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes by Faith Jacques.
Talk for Writing in The Early Years by Pie Corbett.
A variety of nursery songs and rhymes from the BBC School Radio website.
Traditional Rhymes.
Main outcome: Children write their own poem based on a model
Day 1) LO: I can identify features in a text
Day 2) LO: I can sequence my ideas
Day 3) LO: I can practise a rhyme
Day 4) LO: I can reflect to improve my learning
Day 5) LO: I can publish a rhyme
Termly target: To use time connectives, joining words, adverbs, verbs and specific text type features.
Main outcome: To create a set of instructions.
Text(s): A range of instructions.
Monday: LO: I can sequence events on a picture map
Tuesday: LO: I can plan my instructions
Wednesday: LO: I can sequence/write instructions
Thursday: LO: I can sequence/write instructions
Friday: LO: I can edit and improve my work
Includes:
Homework activities
A range of instructions for KS1
Lesson resources
Puppets Presentation (Lesson Starter)
Termly target: To add suffixes: _ing, _ed, _er and _est to a root word.
To learn the days of the week.
To use a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week.
To use the personal pronoun ’I’.
Main outcome: To write a recount.
Text: Jasper’s Beanstalk.
Monday LO: I can explore a main character
Tuesday LO: I can describe a main character
Wednesday LO: I can use adverbs
Thursday LO: I can use a suffix (weekly SPAG lesson)
Friday LO: I can describe a setting
Includes:
Daily resources
Teacher recount for daily lesson starter - Talk for Writing to create actions
Homework
Assessment grids for writing
Weekly plan - SPAG lesson
Termly target: To develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by listening to and discussing a wide range of poems.
Children explore their senses/ capture sensory experiences and learn how to follow rhymes.
Main outcome: To write and perform a poem to their peers.
Text(s): A range of poems
Day 1) LO: I can uses suffixes as plural markers - SPAG lesson (download _es and _s loop cards from Twinkl)
Day 2) LO: I can identify the features of a poem
Day 3) LO: I can use wow words to describe instruments
Day 4) LO: I can use MONSTER (Phonics) words to describe sounds
Day 5) LO: I can explore an instrument by asking questions - SPAG lesson
Curriculum Target:
To articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions.
To give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes.
Main outcome: To write a letter based on an opinion
Text: The Day The Crayon's Quit
Day 1) LO: I can sequence my thoughts and opinions.
Day 2) LO: I can express an opinion
Day 3) LO: I can express an opinion
Day 4) LO: I can edit and improve my work
Day 5) LO: I can publish a letter
Includes:
Some daily resources required (labelled and listed in lesson plan) - (Others available from Twinkl)
A child friendly version of the story for the teacher to model daily as the lesson starter so children can create actions (Talk for Writing). This supports the children when they come to write independently in week 2 (so they can copy the model from memory).
Tens and Ones Maths Homework (unrelated)
For classroom display inspiration please look at my Instagram page. Thank you.
KS1 Reasoning Assessment papers covering all Maths topics: Numbers - Geometry - Measures - Statistics
Can be used to assess at the end of Year 2; as lower ability tests for Year 3; or as lesson warm up/starter Questions to unpick as a whole class.
Editable Word Documents. 4-5 test questions per paper.