English Reception/Year 1 Autumn Imperatives, Polite Requests and Recipes
Instructions and Commands
Using humorous texts, You Can’t Take an Elephant on a Bus and What you shouldn't do before school, study different sentence types; punctuate correctly. Focus on commands and ‘bossy’ language. Write commands.
Commands (suggested as 5 days)
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Simon Says
- Role play home
- Animals and transport
- Maths ordering
You Will Need
Essential Texts
You Can’t Take an Elephant on a Bus by Patricia Cleveland
Group Readers
What you shouldn’t do before school by Ruth Merttens
Group Readers
What You Shouldn't Do Before School
What you Shouldn’t Do Before School, by Ruth Merttens, is funny account of all the things you shouldn’t do when getting ready for school. Children will enjoy the humour and apt illustrations, as well as relating to the mischief!
Requests (suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Recipe books
- Role-play cafe
- Bread van
- Making 'bread'
You Will Need
Essential Texts
You Can’t Take an Elephant on a Bus by Patricia Cleveland
Instructions (suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Role-play kitchen
- Sticky pasta
- Gingerbread baking
- Weigh it out
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola or an online animation of the same
Animated Tale
The Gingerbread Man read by Ted Fletcher