English Autumn
Reading
Class novel - Mrs Armitage on Wheels, The No. 1 Car Spotter, Clarice Bean,
Guided reading and storytime texts include a selection from - The Hundred Decker Bus, Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh, Willy the Wimp, The creation story, non fiction texts including Bonfire Safety and Advent, Voices in the Park, Alex Brychta, The First Christmas. There are also 3 RWInc guided reading sessions weekly
Grammar & Punctuation
Spelling and phonics
Y1 recap - prefix 'un', compound words, plurals, suffix ed, ing, syllables, rhyme, vowel sounds - long / short, consonant sounds (stretchy and bouncy)
Set 2 phonics followed by set 3.
6 Red words per week to learn.
RWInc spelling programme. Book 2A 1 unit per week ( 6 unit words to learn per week):
Unit 1 - The or sound spelt a before l and ll
Unit 2 - soft c
Unit 3 - adding the suffix y (2)
Unit 4 - adding the suffix y (2)
Unit 5 - adding the suffix ly
Unit 6 - the n sound spelt kn and gn
Unit 7 - the igh sound spelt y
Unit 8 - adding the suffix ing(1)
Unit 9 - adding the suffix ing (2)
Unit 10 - the j sound
Unit 11 - the o sound spelt a after w and qu
Writing
Recounts
Story - different point of view
Character description
Description of activities
Instructions
Poetry
Skills to be developed - writing stamina, planning & rehearsing, holding a sentence, proofreading, editing and developing success criteria.
English Spring
Reading
Class Novel - The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, George's Marvellous Medicine
Guided reading texts include - Non fiction topic texts, Wild, Snow Tales, Flood!, Traction Man, Biographies of famous scientists - e.g. Dunlop, McAdam, Macintosh.
Grammar & Punctuation
Spelling and phonics
Set 3 phonics
6 Red words per week to learn.
RWInc spelling programme. Book 2A 1 unit per week: (6 unit words to learn per week)
Unit 11 - the o sound spelt a after w and qu
Unit 12 - adding suffix ed (1)
Unit 13 - adding the suffix ed (2)
Unit 14 - adding the suffix ed (3)
Special focus contractions
Book 2B
Unit 1 - the r sound spelt wr
Unit 2 - adding the suffix er/est (1)
Unit 3 - adding the suffix er/est (2)
Unit 4 - adding the suffix er/est (3)
Unit 5 - the ee sound spelt ey
Unit 6 - adding the suffix ness
Writing
Planning writing - structure
Character description
Book Review
New chapter
Biography - McAdam, Dunlop, Macintosh
Handwriting
Skills to be developed - writing stamina, planning & rehearsing, holding a sentence, editing and improving using authors vocab
English Summer
Reading
Class Stories - Traditional Tales - Hansel and Gretel, Jack and the Beanstalk
Guided reading texts include - Non fiction topic texts, Traditional tales including Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears...
Grammar & Punctuation
Spelling and phonics
Set 3 phonics - revisit + tion, cious, s used for zh sound
6 Red words per week to learn.
RWInc spelling programme. Book 2B 1 unit per week: ( 6 unit words to learn per week)
Unit 7 - adding the suffix ness (2)
Unit 8 - words ending in le
Unit 9 - words ending in el
Unit 10 - words ending in al
Unit 11 - adding the suffix ful
Unit 12 - adding the suffix less
Unit 13 - adding the suffix ment
Unit 14 - words ending in tion
Unit 15 - adding the suffix es
Writing
Planning writing - story structure, non chronological report - subheadings
Non - chronological reports (topic work)
Character description
Story openings
Story Settings
Tradditional Tale with a twist - alternative endings
Handwriting
Skills to be developed - writing stamina, planning & rehearsing, holding a sentence, editing, using story phrases (Authors voice) in own writing to upscale