Year 2 English Maths Planning Plus History World war 2

Lots of English and Maths. Tremendous amount of stuff on World War 2.

Text: Room on the Broom. We will also share a variety of Julia Donaldson texts with the children at the end of each day to support and promote new learning and understanding.

Genres covered in this unit: Non-Narrative. Grammar focus:
Monday: Using a capital letter to start a name: Julia Donaldson.
Tuesday: Using a question mark at the end of a question.
“How many books have you written?”
Wednesday: Writing a clear sentence using a capital letter and a full stop.
Thursday: Writing a clear sentence using a capital letter and a full stop.
Friday: Writing a clear sentence using a capital letter and a full stop.
Key teaching input/texts/questions/
clips etc Steps to Success
Teacher to display a picture of Julia Donaldson on IWB.

Q: Who do you think this is? What do you think she does for a living? Why? - Teacher to encourage pupils to expand on their answers/thinking. Teacher to explain that this woman is called Julia Donaldson and she is a children’s author. Class to work together to list stories from this author using reading area to support. E.g. The Gruffalo, The stick man, Room on the Broom…

TTYP: Can you think of 3 questions that you would like to find out about this author? – Class to share ideas and Teacher/TA to scribe to support future learning.

Using the following website, Teacher to carry out shared reading with the class to discover new information/answer any questions e.g. “How many books have you written” : http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/index.php
Mild: state something you would like to find out about Julia Donaldson.
Spicy: use phonetic knowledge to segment and blend CVC/ CVCC words
Hot: share an interesting fact you have found out about Julia Donaldson.
Extra Hot: Would you like to be an Author? Why?