Medium Term Plan Rec/Y1summer YEAR A

Medium Term Plan – Rec/Y1Summer YEAR A

Term / Fiction / Non-fiction / Poetry
Summer / Plan1A:Traditional Stories
Required texts:
The Black Rabbitby Phillipa Leathers
Wolf Won’t Biteby Emily Gravett
Description:
Children listen to and read a wide variety of traditional tales and compare them with Philippa Leather’s wonderful Black Rabbit. They then read and recite Emily Gravett’s Wolf Won’t Bite before using it as a model for their own scary animal story.
Grammar focus for Year 1:
1. Punctuate sentences with a capital letter, full stop, exclamation or question mark.
2. Begin to use ‘and’ to join sentences. / Plan 1A: Letters and Postcards
Required texts:
Barbapapa by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor
Two Can Toucan by David McKee
Description:
Children learn how to format a letter and postcard, understand why people write to each other and be aware of the different types of sentences that authors use, including using‘and’ to join two ideas together in a compound sentence or to add descriptive phrases and words.
Grammar focus for Year 1:
1. Use capital letters for proper nouns.
2. Write, leaving spaces between words.
3. Punctuate sentences using capital letters, full stops, etc. / Plan 1A: Nonsense Poems
Required texts:
The Quangle Wangle’s Hat by Edward Lear and Louise Voce
The Works chosen by Paul Cookson
Description:
Using poetry by Edward Lear, children write questions, statements and exclamations. They will compose their own rhyming poem. They explore Lear’s poem,The Quangle Wangle’s Hat and use it to learn about sequencing, writing a character profile and learning a poem by-heart.
Grammar focus for Year 1:
1. Begin to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, a question or exclamation mark.
2. Write, leaving spaces between words.
Plan 2A:Stories about Families
Required texts:
A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton
My Mum by Anthony Browne
My Dad by Anthony Browne
My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh by Nick Sharratt
Description:
Using texts about Mums, Dads and Babies, children talk and write about their families, and author their own stories too. The focus is on extending and punctuating sentences using a range of texts relating to children’s own experiences to help support learning.
Grammar focus for Year 1:
1.Use capital letters for the names of people/places.
2. Punctuate sentences with a capital letter, full stop, exclamation or question mark.
3. Write, leaving spaces between words. / Plan 2A: Information Texts: African Alphabets
Required texts:
African Animal Alphabet from National Geographic
African Animal ABC by Philippa Alys Browne
South African Animals by Lindiwe Mabuza
Wild and Free by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
Why are whales so big? by Miles Kelly
Description:
Using information texts, includingNational Geographic African Animal Alphabet, children focus on alphabetical order and use this to help write a class African Alphabet book. They develop their ability to write fluently by extending sentences and punctuating with exclamation and question marks.
Grammar focus for Year 1:
1. Begin to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, a question or exclamation mark.
2. Join two simple sentences using ‘and’
3. Learn the grammar for Y1 / Plan 2A: Action Poems
Required texts:
Required Poems supplied with plan.
Description:
In this unit children will sing, dance and enjoy a variety of familiar and new Action Poems. They will refine the skills of working collaboratively to enhance their performances, and be able to compose their own versions of known action poems. They will develop an understanding of using capital letters to spell proper nouns, and how to use exclamation marks in sentences.
Grammar focus for Year 1:
1. Use capital letters for proper nouns.
2. Write, leaving spaces between words.