Reception

Fox's Sack

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Lessons (10)

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To listen to and to join in with a story

In this lesson, we will listen to the story of 'The Fox's Sack' and join in with actions to show what is happening. We will then create a plot matrix to check our understanding of the story.

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To map and speak a story

In this lesson, we will explore what happens throughout the story of 'The Fox's Sack' by creating a story map.

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To step and speak a story

In this lesson, we will step 'The Fox's Sack' story by adding words and actions to our story map. This will help us to become more familiar with the story and commit the story to memory.

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To deepen a story through role play

In this lesson, we will act out the story of 'The Fox's Sack'. We will look closely at what is happening in different parts of the story.

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To deepen a story through art

In this lesson, we will create a shared piece of artwork to explore what is happening in the beginning of the story 'The Fox's Sack' in order to deepen our knowledge of the events in the story.

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To deepen a story through hot seating

In this lesson, we will develop our understanding of what happens in the story and why through hot seating. The children will think of questions to ask the characters in the story and answer questions about the story.

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To describe, draw and label characters from the story

In this lesson, we will think about the different characters in the story 'The Fox's Sack' and discuss what happens to them at different points in the story. We will then draw and label what happens to the characters in order to develop our knowledge of the action in the story.

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To write a story (Part 1)

In this lesson, we will write a section of the story 'The Fox's Sack' using what we have learnt about action.

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To write a story (Part 2)

In this lesson, we will continue to write a section of the story 'The Fox's Sack' using what we have learnt about action.

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To recycle a story

In this lesson, we will change elements of the story 'The Fox's Sack' so that we can create a new story.

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