'The Three Billy Goats Gruff': reading and writing
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Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' learning about sentence composition from 'A Superhero Like You'. Pupils apply their knowledge of nouns and adjectives to write character descriptions, embedding noun phrases.They then transition to narrative writing, where they practise using their own adjectives within pre-constructed sentences for support. This unit prepares pupils for the next unit, 'The Magic Porridge Pot', where they will expand their sentences by incorporating verbs and selecting appropriate adjectives and verbs independently.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary
- Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories.
- Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences.
- Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary.
- Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories and during role-play.
- Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories.
- Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters.
- Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils' learning about sentence composition from 'A Superhero Like You'. Pupils apply their knowledge of nouns and adjectives to write character descriptions, embedding noun phrases.They then transition to narrative writing, where they practise using their own adjectives within pre-constructed sentences for support. This unit prepares pupils for the next unit, 'The Magic Porridge Pot', where they will expand their sentences by incorporating verbs and selecting appropriate adjectives and verbs independently.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary
- Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories.
- Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences.
- Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary.
- Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories and during role-play.
- Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories.
- Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters.
- Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.
Reading, writing & oracy
'The Three Billy Goats Gruff': reading and writing
In this unit, pupils explore traditional tales, sharing their preferences and focusing on 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. They orally retell a story using sequencing language. They also compose sentences including adjectives to describe the characters in the story. Finally, pupils write the story.
8 lessons in unit
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