Collected Resources

1. Sort aliens using own criteria
2. Create alien finger puppets
3. Creating salt dough aliens

1. Share Here Come the Aliens. Notice the repeating sentence; encourage children to join in. Notice rhyme in aliens’ descriptions. Identify rhyming strings and extended them, e.g. two, true, do, glue, new. Explain that rhymes share the same end sound.
2. Read Here Come the Aliens together. Remind children that includes a repeating sentence and rhyme, which will help them to join in.
3. Share Man on the Moon. Ask children if it is a story or information book; children justify their choice. Sequence the story and recognise it only makes sense when read in sequence.
4. Re-read Man on the Moon. Enjoy the humour of the book. Identify parts that are real and parts that are made up. Use questions to encourage the children to develop each answer, e.g. Why do you think that? How do you know? Encourage the children to use because to justify their thoughts.

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer (resources)
Introduce on Monday (send a copy home). Rehearse and chant during week; enjoy at home! You might like to develop performance and add actions.

1. The Seasons
2. Harvesting Food
3. Pumpkin Soup
4. Donating Food

1. Sorting Harvest Food
2. The Enormous Turnip
3. Jobs List
4. Harvest tasks

1. Role Play
2. Small World
3. Harvest Patterns
4. Malleable

1. Enjoy The Enormous Turnip. Discuss why so many people were needed to pull the turnip. List the characters on the board.
2. Read The Enormous Turnip several times until the children can confidently sequence the story. Provide suitable props/costumes; support the children to act out a story retelling.
3. Music Learn, sing and adapt We Thank You for the Harvest (resources).
4. Read Pumpkin Soup. Notice the animals work together to prepare a shared meal. Why did feel upset? Reflect on how his friends felt and what they did to help.

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four (see resources)
Recite at suitable times throughout the week. Encourage children to vary the tone to emphasise the counting words, e.g. one, two, three... Children learn and perform in small groups.