Y1 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Introducing Lower-Case Letters Lesson
This Introducing Lower-Case Letters lesson covers the prior learning of applying phonics sounds to label beach related words, before moving onto the main skill of recognising and using lower-case letters.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
National Curriculum Objective
English Year 1: Begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place
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2 Teaching Support
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Lesson Slides
These lesson slides guide pupils through the prior learning of applying phonics sounds to label beach related words, before moving onto the main skill of recognising and using lower-case letters. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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Modelling PowerPoint
This PowerPoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the varied fluency and application and reasoning worksheets as part of this lesson.
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Free Year 1 GPS Scheme of Work Autumn Block 2 – Punctuating Sentences
This is a free scheme of work for Year 1 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling designed to be used in conjunction with your English curriculum and allows you to cover the Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation objectives from the Year 1 National Curriculum.
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Lesson Slides
These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This Introducing Lower-Case Letters Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of applying phonics sounds to label beach related images, before moving onto the main skill of introducing lower-case letters.
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Interactive Activity
This Reception Beach Labelling Game is designed to check pupils' ability to use their phonics knowledge to label beach related images.
2 Varied Fluency
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Varied Fluency
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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Mixed Activity
This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of Introducing Lower-Case Letters.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 1 Lower-Case Letters Game is designed to check pupils' understanding of recognising and using lower-case letters.
2 Application
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Application and Reasoning
This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
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Application
This application task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the Introducing Lower-Case Letters lesson.
2 Homework
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Worksheet
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
