Beginner
comprehension
Unit | Title | Slide | Unit | Title | Slide |
1 | 2 | 6 | 26 | ||
2 | 8 | 7 | 29 | ||
3 | 11 | 8 | 31 | ||
4 | 14 | 9 | 35 | ||
5 | 21 | 10 | 37 |
Planning a story
Before we start a story, we must think about the order in which things happen.
Unit 1
The pictures for the stories need to be put in order. Can you sort them out?
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2
3
4
1
2
3
4
Learning objectives:
Vocab
Match the words to the pictures.
haircut
hair
chair
hairdresser
cut
sat
end
Think about it
Put the sentences in the correct order.
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2
3
4
I went to get a haircut.
I sat in a chair.
The hairdresser cut my hair.
In the end my hair was cut.
Think about it
1
2
3
4
1.
2.
3.
4.
I went to get a haircut.
I sat in a chair.
The hairdresser cut my hair.
In the end my hair was cut.
Think about it
1
2
3
4
1.
2.
3.
4.
I went to get a _______.
I sat in a ________.
The _________ cut my hair.
In the end my ___ was cut.
haircut
hair
chair
hairdresser
haircut
chair
hairdresser
hair
Think about it
1
2
3
4
Dog and bunny waited for the bus.
The bus came and dog and bunny got on.
Dog and bunny sat on the bus.
The bus left.
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2
3
4
Write a story called ‘My Journey to School’.
Learning a song
Unit 2
The animals went in two by two Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in two by two Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in two by two
The elephant and the kangaroo
And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain.
The animals went in three by three Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in three by three Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in three by three
The wasp, the ant and the bumblebee
And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain.
The animals went in four by four Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in four by four Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in four by four
The great hippopotamus stuck in the door
And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain.
Learning objectives:
The animals went in two by two Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in two by two Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in two by two
The elephant and the kangaroo
And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain.
The animals went in three by three Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in three by three Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in three by three
The wasp, the ant and the bumblebee
And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain.
The animals went in four by four Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in four by four Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in four by four
The great hippopotamus stuck in the door
And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain.
Think about it Which animals are in the song? Match the animal words to the pictures.
The animals went in two by two Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in two by two Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in two by two
The elephant and the kangaroo
And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain.
The animals went in three by three Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in three by three Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in three by three
The wasp, the ant and the bumblebee
And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain.
The animals went in four by four Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in four by four Hoorah! Hoorah!
The animals went in four by four
The great hippopotamus stuck in the door
And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain.
Now try these Find the rhyming words
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4
2
Ordering
Dry the baby with a big towel.
Put the baby in the water.
Undress the baby.
Dress the baby.
1. Undress the baby.
2. Put the baby in the water.
3. Dry the baby with a big towel.
4. Dress the baby.
These instructions are in the wrong order. Which order should they go in?
Unit 3
Improve your instructions
Use time connectives at the start of each instruction. This helps show when you do the instruction:
First,
Secondly,
Next,
Finally,
Dry the baby with a big towel.
Put the baby in the water.
Undress the baby.
Dress the baby.
Instructions
Things needed:
towel,
talcum powder,
brush,
bathtub,
shower,
clean clothes,
water,
baby soap,
baby shampoo.
It is helpful if instructions list the things you need at the start.
Instructions
Where is the garage?
Where is the supermarket?
Where is the police station?
Where is the hospital?
Where is the school?
Where is the fire station?
Where is the tennis court?
Some instructions help you find a place.
Unit 4
1. School
2. Supermarket
3. Fire station
4. Garage or
Petrol station
5. Police station
6. Hospital
House
Tree
Parking places
Street or road
Zebra crossing
Roundabout
Turn left on
the ……. turn.
Turn right on
the ……. turn.
Go straight forward.
4th fourth
3rd third
2nd second
1st first
You start at the school.
Supermarket
Hospital
Turn left
Go straight
Go straight over the roundabout
The supermarket is on your left.
Turn right.
Go left on the roundabout.
Go straight.
At the roundabout turn left.
The hospital is on your right.
You have finished school but you need to buy some grapes and visit your grandma in hospital.
Game:
Each player rolls a dice to show where you start.
Then each player must roll the dice, in turn, to decide where they go next. They must then describe how to get there.
Once the player has visited all 6 places they have won.
settings
Think about it
Which adjectives describe the shoe?
Unit 5
old
brown
big
dirty
full
giant
small
empty
new
clean
Now try this
Give a list of adjectives to describe the shoe, like this:
Shoe
dirty,
old,
big,
full,
giant,
brown
Now try this
Match the adjective to the picture.
messy
inside
quiet
outside
natural
day
evening
Now try these
Red Riding Hood walked to Grandma’s house.
The wolf asked her where she was going.
When Red Riding Hood got to the house Grandma was different.
Red Riding Hood ran out of the house.
She asked the woodcutter for help.
label each setting in the picture:
Forest or Grandma’s house.
Forest
Forest
Grandma’s house
Grandma’s house
Forest
Getting Started These are all things in the story.
How many settings are there in the story?
Find the settings.
Name the characters
Who’s in the story?
Cinderella
Goldilocks
Paddington Bear
Little Boy Blue
Red Riding Hood
Jack
The people and animals in a story are called the characters.
Unit 6
Now try these Name the characters
Red Riding Hood walked to Grandma’s house.
The wolf asked her where she was going.
When Red Riding Hood got to the house Grandma was different.
Red Riding Hood ran out of the house.
She asked the woodcutter for help.
Getting Started These are all things in the story.
How many characters are there in the story?
Find the characters.
Reading a dictionary
Unit 7
Dictionaries are in alphabetical order.
Dictionaries describe the word you look up.
This dictionary is about animals.
Cat
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Ant
Bee
Duck
Elephant
Fox
Goat
Dictionaries are in alphabetical order.
Match the animal to the letter.
Cat
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Ant
Bee
Duck
Elephant
Fox
Goat
Match the description to the animal.
An insect which makes honey.
An insect which works hard.
A pet with whiskers.
A bird which quacks.
A grey animal with a trunk.
An animal with orange fur.
An animal that has horns.
Diagrams
Diagrams can often help to explain things.
Here is a diagram that shows how a frog grows from a tiny egg.
Unit 9
2. Tadpoles grow.
3. The tadpoles hatch.
4. They grow legs.
1. Frogs lay eggs.
5. The tadpole is now a frog.
2. Tadpoles grow.
3. The tadpoles hatch.
4. They grow legs.
5. The tadpole is now a frog.
1. Frogs lay eggs.
Finally...
1. Add:
First
Next
Soon
After this
Finally
To the sentences. Then draw the diagrams in your book.
First...
Next...
Think about it
Soon...
frogs lay eggs.
tadpoles grow.
the tadpoles hatch.
they grow legs.
the tadpole is now a frog.
After this...
Next, tadpoles grow.
First, frogs lay eggs.
Soon, the tadpoles hatch.
After this, they grow legs.
Put the sentences in the correct order with the correct picture.
Think about it
Finally, the tadpole is now a frog.
Next, tadpoles grow.
First, frogs lay eggs.
Soon, the tadpoles hatch.
After this, they grow legs.
Put the sentences in the correct order from the sentences below.
Think about it
Finally, the tadpole is now a frog.
Next, tadpoles grow.
First, frogs lay eggs.
Soon, the tadpoles hatch.
After this, they grow legs.
Finally, the tadpole is now a frog.
Riddles
Some poems can also be riddles, and some poems can be funny.
Unit 9
1. What has two hands,
a face and tells the time.
2. What is sharp enough to make pictures and stories.
3. What can undo your mistakes.
Think about it
1. On it I lay my weary head,
When I go at night to _____.
What is it? ______.
2. The farmer said I’ll show you how,
this white liquid comes from a _____.
What liquid is it? _____.
bed
Pillow
cow
Milk
pillow
bed
cow
milk
Thinking about books
At school and home we often read or look at books. Here are some book covers.
Unit 10
Title | Make a Ring Box | At the Animal Park | Get on |
Author | | | |
The book is about... | | | |
James Edward
How to make things
James Edward
Animals at a zoo
Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta
A funny story about getting on a float
James Edward
How to make things
James Edward
Animals at a zoo
Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta
A funny story about getting on a float
Title
Author
Illustrator
Blurb
(Write what the book is about)
price