Medium Term Plan – Y2/Y3 Autumn YEAR A

Hamilton are providing a two year rolling programme.This means that the Y2/3 teachers will not be in any danger of using the same plans from for two years running. We will be gradually uploading a completely new raft of plans called Y2/3 Set B. This means that the Y2/3teacher can use the Set Aplans one year and the Set B plans the next year so that no child in Y2/3should ever repeat a plan! Eventually we shall also be adding a raft of extra plans to add a choice of different texts and topics for Y2/3 teachers.

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Term / Fiction / Non-fiction / Poetry
Autumn / Plan 1A: Stories in familiar settings
Required texts:
The Huge Bag of Worries by Anthony Browne
Once Upon an Ordinary School Dayby Colin McNaughton
The Huge Bag of Worriesby Virginia Ironside
Description:
Starting with The Huge Bag of Worries, children explore the characters and worries. They orally re-tell Changes, looking at the structure and characters. Finally they look at Once Upon an Ordinary School Day. They plan and write their own amazing stories!
Grammar focus:
Year 2
  1. Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
  2. Use subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but)
  3. Learn how to use and understand the grammar for year 2 in curriculum appendix 2 (in discussing their writing)
Year 3
  1. Learn how to use adverbs
  2. Extend sentences with more than one clause using conjunctions
  3. Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
/ Plan 1A: Information Texts
Recommended texts:
Think of an eelby Karen Wallace and Mike Bostock
Let’s Learn About Eels by Breanne Sartori
Fantastic Facts about Electric Eels by Miles Merchant
Description:
Information texts share fascinating facts about our world! Using the theme of eels, children will explore the textual features of writing narrative non-fiction and non-chronological reports. They will be able to write statements, questions and exclamations and understand how to use the possessive apostrophe. Children will publish their own books inspired by Think of an Eel and work collaboratively to publish a class non-fiction book about the many different species of eels in the oceans and rivers of the world.
Grammar focus:
Year 2
  1. Use familiar and new punctuation correctly: full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks and questions marks
  2. Use sentences that have different forms: statement, question and exclamation
  3. Use the present and past tenses correctly and consistently
Year 3
  1. Indicate possession using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns
  2. Use present perfect forms of verbs
/ Plan 1A: A study of a poet - Zephaniah
Required texts:
Funky Chickens by Benjamin Zephaniah
Description:
Children will be immersed in the wonderful world of Benjamin Zephaniah. They will explore many poems both on paper from the book Funky Chickens, and from the poet himself. They will learn, perform, then write their own versions.
Grammar focus:
Year 2
  1. Use punctuation including commas
  2. Use subordination (using when, if, that, or because) or co-ordination (using and, but, or)
  3. Use sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
Year 3
  1. Extend range of sentences using conjunctions
  2. Learn how to use and understand the grammar for LKS2 in curriculum appendix 2 (in discussing their writing)

Plan 2A: Traditional Tales
Required texts:
Use Your Imaginationby Nicola Byrne
Good Little Wolf by Nadia Shireen
The Scariest Baddy Ever – Hamilton Group Readers
Description:
Children extend and explore their imaginations, using Use Your Imagination by Nicola Byrne, and the Hamilton reader The Scariest Baddy Ever. They develop their understanding of speech and thought and its written conventions. This culminates in writing their own imaginative story, using extended sentences, descriptive language, speech, and their imagination to engage the reader!
Grammar focus:
Year 2
  1. Use sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
  2. Learn how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly (see English Appendix 2), including full stops and capital letters
  3. Use subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but)
  4. Use some features of written Standard English
Year 3
  1. Use and punctuate direct speech
  2. Use extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although
  3. Choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
/ Plan 2A: Letters
Required texts:
The Hueys in It Wasn’t Me by Oliver Jeffers
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
Description:
Children focus on two Oliver Jeffers books, Stuck and The Hueys in It Wasn’t Me. They look at the issues raised and use them to explore features of letter writing. They will have opportunities for role-play and discussion before writing letters themselves.
Grammar focus:
Year 2
  1. Expand noun phrases to describe and specify
  2. Use familiar and new punctuation including commas, full stops and capital letters
  3. Use subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but)
Year 3
  1. Use a wider range of conjunctions
  2. Use and punctuate direct speech
  3. Learn, use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2
/ Plan 2A: Classic Poems
Required texts:
The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear
The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-cat by Julia Donaldson
Macavity the Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot
The Song of Mr Toad – Hamilton Group Readers
The Works chosen by Paul Cookson
Description:
Beginning with Macavity, children are introduced to classic poems. They write their own versions before exploring another classic, The Owl and the Pussycat. They perform & write a continuation using ideas from The Further Adventures of The Owl and the Pussy-cat.
Grammar focus:
Year 2
  1. Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
  2. Learn how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly
  3. Use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2
Year 3
  1. Use adverbs
  2. Learn, use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2
  3. Use fronted adverbials
  4. Use commas after fronted adverbials

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