Planning and Activities
Non-fiction
English Year 1 Spring Letters and Postcards
Letters in Different Contexts
This block is all about writing letters in different contexts. Children write requests and responses, explore sentence types, focus on punctuation: capitals and end of sentence.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core Unit: Recognise, read and write letters
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Here Comes Mr Postmouse by Marianne Dubuc
Unit 2 SPAG: Identify types of sentence and punctuation: capital letters and end of sentence marks
(suggested as 3 days)
Unit 3 Composition: Writing letters of request and replies
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Group Readers
Dear Mr Postman
Group Readers
Dear Postman
Dear Postman is a super text for introducing letters to beginning readers. The animals write notes to the postman asking him to deliver their special treats, their patience is rewarded with a knock at the door. Readers will gain confidence with the repeated phrases and patterns of the book.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.
Unit 4 SPAG: Writing conversations using different sentence types
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Group Readers
Dear Postman
Group Readers
Dear Postman
Dear Postman is a super text for introducing letters to beginning readers. The animals write notes to the postman asking him to deliver their special treats, their patience is rewarded with a knock at the door. Readers will gain confidence with the repeated phrases and patterns of the book.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.
Unit 5 Composition: Draft and write letters using correct format
(suggested as 4 days)
