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Based around the book ‘Our Class is a Family’ by Shannon Olsen and Sandie Sonke, this 5 lesson English Unit of Work covers Year 1 National Curriculum Objectives for S & L, Reading, Grammar and Spelling and Composition. The unit includes editable planning documents, worksheets, writing frames, displays and much more.  End of unit Writing: Poster: Simple sentences on What makes a Classroom Family.

Unit overview:

In this unit, children will be hooked in by a mystery box containing the ingredients to make ‘Our Class Family’. They will be introduced to the text ‘Our Class is a Family’ by Shannon Olsen and Sandie Sonke. Shared reading lessons will involve discussing the significance of the title and linking what they know about families to their own personal experiences. Children will be taught that all families are different, they will understand the vocabulary linked to families and identify their own family members by creating a labelled picture. During shared reading lessons, children will be encouraged to discuss word meanings linked to families and the qualities that make a supportive family. Shared writing lessons will model the use of personal pronouns ‘I’ and ‘my’. Children will use word mats to orally generate their own simple sentences about their family and what make a good class family. Supported guided writing sessions will discuss the importance of ‘working together’ and ‘celebrating differences’ within the classroom. Children will then be guided to write simple sentences about a successful class family. Final writing piece: To write a poster – using simple sentences to write about what makes a happy class family.

Zip file includes:

Lesson Planning (5 editable lessons) (Microsoft Word Document)
Celebrating DIfferences Worksheet (PDF)
Celebrating Differences (PPTX)
Classroom Display Banner (PDF)
Classroom Display Quotes from Book (PDF)
Family Members DIsplay Vocabulary (PDF)
Home Sweet Home Classroom Poster (PDF)
Hook Activity (PDF)
Key Words Display Voccabulary (PDF)
My Class Family Worksheet (PDF)
Our Class Family Colouring Worksheet (PDF)
Our Class Family Writing Frame (PDF)
Our Class is a Family Classroom Poster (PDF)
Speech Bubbles for Writing (PDF)
Word Mat (PDF)
Working Together Presentation (PPTX)
Year 1 Writing Checklist (PDF)

Reading Objectives:

Discussing the significance of the title.
Being encouraged to link what they read or hear to their own experiences.
Discussing word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known.
Participate in discussion about what is read to them, taking turns and listening to what others say.

Speaking and Listening Objectives:

Articulate and justify opinions.
Speak audibly and fluently with an increasing command of Standard English

Grammar Objectives:

Use a capital letter for the personal pronoun ‘I’.
Reading and writing the pronouns (I, my, we).
Recognise and use verbs in written sentences.

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