Main Learning Area: English
Main Learning Strands: Speaking and Listening/
Viewing/Reading/Writing.
Theme: Letterland
Main Outcome Statements
SL1.3 - Draws on the linguistic structures and
features of own variety of English when speaking and listening, and relies on
simple sentences or uses simple connectives to link ideas.
V1 - Retells meanings and makes simple
interpretations from visual texts, often making connections with own
experiences; uses cues to predict meaning from visual texts; and demonstrates
an emerging awareness of the use of symbols and conventions.
R1 - Engages in reading like behaviour
and demonstrates that written symbols and illustrations convey information.
WF - Demonstrates pre- writing behaviours
W1 - Recognises that
writing conveys information.
Additional outcome
statements:
Arts -STP1,RRE1, Technology - TP1.3, M1.1,1.2, Maths - S1,M1, C and D 1.2 , N1.1,1.4, Science - IS 1.2,NPMF
Focus Questions
What is each letter’s name,
sound and character?
Where can you see the letter
... ? ie identify individual letters in words around
the room or in their name.
What letters are in your
name?
What are letters for?
Can you recognise
and write your name?
Suggested introduction
Introduce children to the
‘magic’ letterland book where all the letterland characters live. To open the book we say the
spell ‘izzy wizzy lets get
busy’ and then knock on the book 3 times, only them will it open!
Introduce each character
with a little story about them ie this is Bouncy Ben
and he loves to bounce every where, he looks after all the words that begin
with ‘b’. Then identify ‘b’ words and pictures in the book. Every character has
a letter formation sheet and a Letterland song.
Annie Apple- complete letter
formation sheet.
Count the apples sheet,
apple printing, ant printing -make ant using finger prints in paint or make egg
carton ant using pipe cleaners for antennae .
Copy words beginning with a
and draw picture – can do this for each letter
Bouncy Ben. - formation
sheet.
Make blue bear mask. Sponge
print plate blue, cut out blue ears. Blue balloon printing. Bounce balls in
phys ed.
Clever cat - formation
sheet.
Glue pre cut circles into
caterpillar shape( use alternate coloured circles so
children practise making a simple pattern)add wobbly eyes. Could fasten
with split pins. Make crabs from card with split pin jointed pincers.
Dippy duck - Cut out dippy
duck letter, practise formation and add feather tail.
Complete Digger dog’s dot to
dot dog house sheet - numbers 1 –5 or 1 - 10
Eddy Elephant - formation
sheet.
Cut out and order different
sized eggs from smallest to largest or by number order.
Make paper plate elephant
masks with ‘concertina’ trunks.
Fireman Fred - complete
formation sheet.
Use orange and red paint to
make a ‘fingerpaint fire’ picture. Children could colour and cut out a fire engine to glue on top. Discuss
numbers 4 and 5.Make frogs. Match fish with different patterned bodies – cut
and paste.
Golden girl - complete
formation sheet.
Make green card sun glasses
with green cellophane lenses.
Observational drawing of
bunch of grapes
Hairy hatman
- complete formation sheet.
Eat halal hotdogs. Handprinting. Make hats.
Impy ink - complete formation sheet.
Cut out card ice cream cone
shape, glue onto paper, add cotton wool ice cream. Could make real ice cream
cone. Inkwash picture.
Juggling Jim - complete
formation sheet.
Make and taste jam
sandwiches. Cut out paper numbered jam sandwiches match and glue to paper plate
which has been divided into quarters and numbered also- can use numbers or draw
dots for children to count.
Kicking King - Complete
formation sheet.
Sponge print koalas and
kangaroos. Cut out kite shape, add string and ribbons.
Colour in the matching letters on kites worksheet
Lamp Lady - complete
formation sheet.
Make paper lolly. Cut out and colour circle
- ‘lolly’, add popstick.
Make a lion mask.
Make a lunch
Copy sentence – here is my
lunch (could cut, match and paste words) draw or colour
picture of lunch
Munching mike - complete
formation sheet.
Make a mouse or monkey mask.
Naughty Nick - complete
formation sheet.
Make newspaper names. Cut
out large letters from newspaper . Children select which in their name and glue
in correct order. Discuss number 9.
Make a necklace using nine
‘beads’ eg pasta.
Oscar Orange - complete
letter formation sheet. Make orange octopus. Blow up orange balloons. Cut eight
orange legs, attach to balloon, draw face OR cut out orange semi circle and add
legs OR paint polystyrene cup orange and add legs.
Discuss opposites - play
opposite lotto or complete opposites worksheet.
Poor Peter - letter
formation sheet
Purple and pink paint potato
printing on outline of a paper pig
Make 3D paper collage - show children different effects with paper eg fringing/curling/scrunching
Quarrelsome Queen -
formation sheet
Make crown.
Robber Red - enlarge
formation sheet so filled with Robber Red. Children glue red paper rectangles
onto robber for collage effect. Play robber (memorisation)
game. One child removes object, ‘policeman’ to say what’s missing.
Make a robot.
Sammy snake – complete
formation sheet
Make spider on string
puppets.
Cut out snake shapes.
Children to glue different coloured shapes onto snake
to make a repeating pattern. Eat snake jellies. Discuss numbers 6 and 7.
Ticking tess
- match the teapots worksheet (from Rhyme activities book). Make tea and toast.
Sequence making a cup of tea pictures (same book) Discuss numbers 2,10 .
Have a teddy bear’s picnic.
Make teddy hats/ears
Make a card turquoise turtle
Uppity Umbrella - Formation
sheet
Discuss concepts under and over. Use strips of paper to weave
an under and over picture. Place a blob of glue on paper, press down end of
strip, make loops and bridges, glue down. Then using other strips go under and
over, glue down ends.
Vase of Violets - If poss bring in real violets. Cut out vase shape, glue onto
sheet of paper or cut out 2 vase shapes and glue on to card roll back and front
for 3D effect. Handprint purple flowers on top of vase and add yellow middles
for 2D effect or make violets on straws to put in card roll for 3D effect.
Wicked Water Witch - make
witch hats and star wands (glue star on to straw)
Formation sheet
X - Formation sheet
Make a fox in a box. Cut out
net of a box, put together. Colour a card cut out of
a fox – put the fox in the box to make a ‘fox in a box’.
Yo Yo man –Complete formation
sheet.
Cut out and glue shapes to
make a yellow yacht.
Make yo
yo man yellow collage
Zigzag Zebra -Use picture of
zigzag zebra, cut black stripes and glue in appropriate places on zebra. Play
with zoo animals.
Make paper zig zag picture. Cut out or/and
fold zig zags from paper,
Glue onto sheet of A4. Use different colours and
lengths.
Also
Colour pictures of initial sounds
Put words and pictures on
writing table
Continue number work 1 –10
Mime letterland
characters eg creep like clever cat, walk like dippy
duck or eddy elephant etc