CP (Year 2 / 1st grade) programme 2010-11

This is the work we intend to cover during the year.

Changes may be made if necessary and content adapted to the varied needs of the children

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
Fiction and poetry	Fairy tales Nursery rhymes and other simple rhyming verse Stories with familiar settings	Traditional stories Rhyming poetry Stories about fantasy worlds	Stories with similar themes
Non-fiction	Non-chronological reports	Chronological report Dictionaries Instructions	Non-fiction texts Recounts
Related activities	Book vocabulary e.g. author, title, character Typical fairy tale language Re-telling a story Lists & labels used to plan a short non-chronological report Story settings Listening to stories and recording in reading diary	Story characters - describing appearance & behaviour Basic story structure Importance of story settings Learning and presenting poems Time sequence words/phrases to link events Alphabetical organisation of dictionaries	Predict what a book is about from cover Compare books by different authors on similar themes Write a story Re-read own writing Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction Contents and index Flow charts & cyclical diagrams (e.g. life cycles)
Sentence work Punctuation, parts of speech, word order	Speech bubbles Using knowledge of phonemes to read and write sentences Predict unknown words in a sentence using grammar and meaning Capital letters & full-stops/periods	Revision of basic punctuation Question marks Encouraging independence in writing simple sentences	Questions Commas in lists Capital letters for names, titles
Word work Spelling, vocabulary	Rhyming words Single letters phonemes Blend sounds to read words Chop/segment sounds in a word to write Read and write some fast/high frequency words The alphabet	Continue work on phonemes (groups work at different rates depending on needs) Sight reading of further commonly used words Vocabulary extension	Continue work on phonemes (groups work at different rates depending on needs) Sight reading of further commonly used words Vocabulary extension
Speaking & Listening	Circle time - learn discussion rules, express ideas & opinions Singing and drama (mime)	Circle time Role-play story characters Learn & recite poetry	Circle time Use verb tenses with increasing accuracy