Language & Literacy – During Term 3

Talking & Listening

· Listen to and follow instructions accurately.

· Show awareness of the listener, e.g.by the use of conventions such as ‘good morning’ and ‘thank you’

· Speak clearly and audibly with confidence to a range of audiences Retell stories in sequence, using some formal features of story language

Reading (At appropriately differentiated levels)

· Participate in guided reading sessions and develop visual, meaning and grammar reading strategies.

· Know how to handle and care for books.

· Recognise full-stops, exclamation marks, question marks and capital letters when reading and name them correctly.

Writing (At appropriately differentiated levels) Sentence Construction & Punctuation:

· Use capital letter for name and lower case letters correctly formed.

· Use upper case letters and full stops to demarcate sentences.

· Write dictated sentences.

· Begin to write sentences independently. Phonics & Spelling:

· Linking sounds to letters, sounding the letters of the alphabet.

· Hearing and saying sounds in order in words.

· Blending sounds to read and write CVC/CVCC and CCVC/CCVCC words/ extended code. Handwriting:

· Use a comfortable and efficient pencil grip.

· Write lower case letters using the correct sequence of movements.

· Use finger spacing between words when writing. Writing:

· Write captions for their own work.

· Write lists.

· Write and draw labels for everyday classroom use.

· Use ICT to create signs, labels and captions.

World Around Us (Topic Work) - Our topic is ‘Peter Rabbit’ Some of the activities we will be involved in are:

· Look after and maintain a vegetable patch in the garden to grow leeks, peas, beetroot and pumpkins.

· Make signs for the vegetable patch.

· Create sensory wind chimes for the garden.

· Create and maintain individual sensory gardens.

· Grow herbs and flowers for the sensory gardens.

· Design and create a scarecrow for the garden.

· Watch, experience and document the growth of roots and shoots from a plant.

· Talk about and experience the season change from Spring to Summer with nature walks.

· Role play as a botanist/gardener looking after flowers and vegetables.

ICT Film and Animation

· Take photos on an iPad or camera.

· With teacher help, display the photos on IWB and talk about what is happening.

· Using an app such as iMovie, make a short film of an activity in class e.g. of play. Talk about the main features that should be included.