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SPAG: Writing conversations using different sentence types
Dear Postman
Dear Postman is a super text for introducing letters to beginning readers. The animals write notes to the postman asking him to deliver their special treats. Their patience is rewarded with a knock at the door. Readers will gain confidence with the repeated phrases and patterns of the book.
Core Unit: Introduction to commands and other sentence types
What You Shouldn't Do Before School
What you Shouldn’t Do Before School, by Ruth Merttens, is funny account of all the things you shouldn’t do when getting ready for school. Children will enjoy the humour and apt illustrations, as well as relating to the mischief!
SPaG: Adjectives and qualifying adverbs in descriptive writing
Boris and Sid find a Tiger
Boris and Sid find a Tiger, by Ruth Merttens, gives a nice twist to familiar animals which turn up in children’s lives. Useful to read alongside information texts on animals as well as fiction, this story is for those who are beginning to decode slightly harder words.