Lesson Planning
Non-fiction
English Year 2/3 Summer Explanations
Space
Explore the solar system with Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock's Am I Made of Stardust? Create interactive booklets and explain what it's like to be in space. Grammar includes using paragraphs and conjunctions.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Ask and answer questions and create non-chronological reports
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Am I Made of Stardust? by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Selection of non-fiction books about space
Websites
Count down and ‘blast off’ soundtrack
Starry Night Symphony YouTube video
What is the Solar System? from BBC Bitesize
NASA Space Place website
Unit 2 SPaG: Organising non-fiction paragraphs around a theme
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Am I Made of Stardust? by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Unit 3 SPaG: Subordination and co-ordination – conjunctions
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Am I Made of Stardust? by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Unit 4 Composition: Writing explanations about astronauts
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Am I Made of Stardust? by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Weblinks
NASA website about spacesuits
Astronaut Jenni Sidey-Gibbons answering children’s questions
European Space Agency Kids ‘A Day in Space’ article