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My Reception children spent half a term learning about caterpillars and butterflies. We learned Makaton actions to the Very Hungry Caterpillar. We watched a makaton video on YouTube. My class wanted to use some of the actions for the minibeasts, and then chose their own actions for other parts of the story. We learned Makaton actions for minibeasts - Mr Tumble CBBC video on YouTube. We painted the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. We used this script which includes the songs that we used. We found all of the songs on YouTube and learned them during snack time. The class assembly lasted 10-15 minutes.

Label features of information text African animals Differentiated worksheets

Our genre was instruction writing. Each task is differentiated. Introduction - use a big piece of sugar paper and ask the children to tell me what to write. We talked about the features that we needed to include (title, numbered points, pictures to illustrate what happened). 3 tasks - Instructions to make bread, instructions to plant potatoes, instructions to plant onions MAT - copy from a model/word mat/independent writing Top group - use a word mat to find the correct bossy verb. Fill in the gap. Draw pictures to illustrate each step. Middle group - cut out each step and stuck them in order. Draw pictures to illustrate each step. Bottom group - I took photos of each activity and they cut them out and glued them in order. A member of staff wrote what they said about each picture.

Differentiated sheets Early Years/Reception/Year 1 A skeleton table to help children to plan all elements of their story. Word mat included to help children generate ideas. An editable Word document is included, as well as a PDF copy.

Bossy Verbs - Instruction Writing - How to Make Fruit Kebabs Reception Language, Literacy and Communication Differentiated - fill in gaps, cut and stick pictures in order, write sentences independently

My Reception class enjoyed the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. We came up with our own story, and changed the words to 'We're Going on a Bug Hunt'. For our class assembly, we learnt Pie Corbett actions to retell the story. We also sang the Ugly Bug Ball song. It took us about 20-25 minutes. The parents and children loved it!

I use these worksheets during my guided reading sessions with Year 1. We make predictions about the front cover, then half way through, and then just before the end. We then reflect on what we predicted. The skimming task is differentiated. The focus is on phase 2 and 3 tricky words. My children highlighted the words in different highlighter pen as it was clearer for them to count the words at the end. Guided Reading Literacy KS1 Year 1

Read through the CVC words Reception Foundation Phase KS1 Reading Language Literacy

Sort Real and Nonsense CVC Words Reception Literacy Phonics

Reception Report Writing We looked at the features of report writing. Then we read a report about chickens/chicks, including the life cycle of a chicken, as we had chicks in Nursery. Our topic was 'mini beasts', we we wrote a report about butterflies. We had caterpillars/butterflies in class. The children had observed the full life cycle of a butterfly. Differentiated worksheets x2

Includes 3 Word Level Pictures and sentences to read. Laminate and use as pairs/snap/splat etc. Adult must encourage the child to say the sentence correctly. Repeat the sentence correctly. Tick off the sentences and date when the child is able to read them correctly.

Early Years - Reception Writing Template Genre - Instruction Writing How to play a triangle. Our topic was music/sound - ‘What’s that sound?’ Introduction We had a letter from Y2 asking us to teach them how to play a triangle. We played the triangle. We wrote instructions as a class on an A2 piece of sugar paper. 3 Differentiated worksheets Top group - write sentences independently - word mat to help with tricky spellings. Draw pictures of each step independently. Middle group - fill in the missing bossy verb (word mat included but you can add your own). Lower group - cut and stick the pictures and writing in order. They were able to order the numbers.

Spider Web Phonics Group activity / game. Each child needs a board and a spider. Start with the spider in the middle of the board. An adult will need to shout out a letter. The children need to move their spider to the sound that they hear. I’ve attached 2 copies - a PDF & and editable Word document to change the sounds

Early Years & Year 1 Literacy CVC Word Bingo Staff member will need to orally segment CVC words - e.g. pig ‘p - i - g’. Children will need to orally blend the word and then look for the picture on their board. When all 4 pictures have been called out, shout out ‘BINGO’ to win the game. I’ve included a Word Document (editable) and the PDF copy (cannot edit).

Early Years Literacy Children could either find letters hidden in the outdoor area/woodlands and record their answers as a tally chart on the worksheet. Alternative activities: Letter hunt in books Letter hunt around the school Find flashcards Included Word document (editable) and PDF copy.

Letter Formation Early Years Literacy / Phonics / Handwriting Encourage children to form letters correctly by first writing over the orange letter, then trying by themselves. An editable Word document and PDF copy has been included.

Postcard Penguin On Holiday Early Years Literacy Children pretend to either be Penguin or Crab. They write a postcard to their friend talking about their holiday.

Queen’s Jubilee We were learning about money. We linked it to the Queen’s Jubilee. The children need to match the value of the stamp to the correct postcard. e.g. Miss West’s stamp is 19p. Can you find 19p? Can you make 10p using coins? How many ways can you make 19p? We used this in the provision whilst learning about the Jubilee. Then we wrote our own postcards about what we enjoyed during the Jubilee celebration.

Reception Phase 3 Sounds - Sort into a Table Literacy phonics spelling sounds

Sort ay and ou digraphs into a table Year 1 literacy