Looking after pets: reading and writing
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Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' understanding of how to join two ideas with 'and' and write statement sentences, while introducing them to command sentences. Pupils will also use a comma to write nouns in a list, building on their previous use of commas in sequencing language and expanded noun phrases. This unit prepares them for writing more detailed descriptions in the next unit, 'Paddington', where they will join similar ideas together using 'and' and apply their skills to writing a postcard.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to support decoding during reading and segmenting, when spelling
- Ability to read and write some common exception words
- Compose simple sentences by saying out loud what they are going to write and re-reading back, to check it makes sense
- Use adverbials of time at the start of a sentence
- Ability to write in the simple past tense by adding -ed to verbs
- Experience of discussing a range of fiction and non-fiction texts
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Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' understanding of how to join two ideas with 'and' and write statement sentences, while introducing them to command sentences. Pupils will also use a comma to write nouns in a list, building on their previous use of commas in sequencing language and expanded noun phrases. This unit prepares them for writing more detailed descriptions in the next unit, 'Paddington', where they will join similar ideas together using 'and' and apply their skills to writing a postcard.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to support decoding during reading and segmenting, when spelling
- Ability to read and write some common exception words
- Compose simple sentences by saying out loud what they are going to write and re-reading back, to check it makes sense
- Use adverbials of time at the start of a sentence
- Ability to write in the simple past tense by adding -ed to verbs
- Experience of discussing a range of fiction and non-fiction texts
Reading, writing & oracy
Looking after pets: reading and writing
In this unit, pupils will use the book 'Lulu Gets a Cat' as a springboard to learning about non-fiction information texts on cats. Pupils will compare fiction and non-fiction texts before learning how to write statement and command sentences for an information page about looking after cats.
10 lessons in unit
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