Collected Resources

1. Share the cover and the first pages of the Vet book. How is this book different to The Very Helpful Hedgehog? This is an information book and not a story. Sort a few of each kind of book into piles.
2. Say that with information books we don’t always need to start at the beginning. We can jump to the bit we are interested in. How do we know what’s in the book? Show the Contents page of the Vet book, explain its role, and use it to locate a section of the book children show an interest in. Shared read this page.
3. Share pages from the Dentist book. Discuss children’s experiences of going to the dentist. Why do we go? How do we feel? The people in the book look pleased to go to the dentist and keep their teeth healthy.
4. Look at the Dentist book and compare it with Vet. Again, use the Contents page to navigate to a section children are interested in. Shared read parts of text from that page. What information have we found out?
5. Look at the Indexes of both Vet and Dentist and discuss their role. Help children spot the alphabetical order used. Read some of the words, find the relevant page and check it.

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: The animals went in two by two
Introduce on Monday. Enjoy singing together.

1. A visit from the Emergency Services
2. Photographs and captions
3. Writing captions
4. Emergency procedures

1. Confused captions
2. Describing fingerprints
3. Writing captions
4. Which job would you do?

1. Books and bingo
2. Handy prints
3. Blue light brigade
4. Draw and print

1. Show covers of Firefighter and Police Officer. What sort of things do firefighters/ police officers do? Look through the books. Were there things that firefighter / police officer did that you didn’t expect?
2. Turn to the Glossary in Firefighter. What is a glossary? Shared read entries; enjoy some of the unusual, firefighter-specific words (mess deck, apparatus). Encourage children to use decoding skills to read new words. Record words for display and for possible inclusion in the class Big Book on the emergency services.
3. Look at Police Officer & discuss Sam’s job. Read the pages devoted to ‘Checking Equipment’. Read each item’s name. Can you see in the photo where Sam carries or wears each thing? What do you think she might need the torch for? The radio?
4. Help children differentiate between the emergency services and other local and community jobs. Discuss children’s understanding and experiences of ambulance/ fire/ police/ rescue services.

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: Fireman Sam (see resources -you can find the original theme tune and the Laughing Policeman song on YouTube) Introduce on Monday . Enjoy singing together.

1. The Hungry Caterpillar
2. Caterpillar lifecycle
3. Sequencing words
4. Retelling The Very Hungry Caterpillar