English

AUTUMN 2

Narrative and letter writing

Spoken language focus:

• Listening and respond appropriately to adults and peers.
• Asking relevant questions to extend understanding and knowledge.

      Reading focus

-     Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words.

• Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: 1) Listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently. 2) Being encouraged to link what they read or hear to their own experiences

Writing focus: Genre -  Detective Narrative and letter writing

• Begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place.
• Composing a sentence orally before writing it
• Leaving spaces between words

Focus book:     

Hermelin by Mini Grey  

This half term's Traditional tale - Dick Whittington 

*We will also be focusing on topic (non-fiction) books relating to London.

AUTUMN 1

Recounts, diary entries, non-Fiction texts

Spoken language focus:

• Listening and respond appropriately to adults and peers.
• Asking relevant questions to extend understanding and knowledge.

      Reading focus

-     Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words.

• Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: 1) Listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently. 2) Being encouraged to link what they read or hear to their own experiences

Writing focus: Genre -  Return stories and Postcards.

• Begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place.
• Composing a sentence orally before writing it
• Leaving spaces between words

Focus book:                                  

The Secret of Black Rock               by Joe Todd-Stanton

This Half Term's Traditional Tale   - The Gingerbread man.

*We will also be focusing on themed stories linked to families and memories.