Stone Age to Iron Age BUNDLE - UPDATED
A bundle of book-based resources on the topic of Iron Age to Stone Age. Included in this pack are three sets of Starting Points notes for Stone Age Boy, the Secrets of Stonehenge, and The First Drawing and a set of Guided Reading planning for The Stone Age published by Usborne books. Each of these is available separately on the Primary English website, but can be downloaded here as a value-for-money bundle.
Stone Age Boy: Starting Points
In this set of Starting Points based on Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in lower KS2.
In this set of Starting Points, we have planned for the following grammar learning:
revision of commas to separate items in a list (taught in earlier years)
revision of exclamation marks and exclamative sentences (taught in earlier years)
expressing time, cause and place using conjunctions
using headings and subheadings
direct speech
The Secrets of Stonehenge: Starting Points
In this set based on The Secrets of Stonehenge by Mick Manning and Brita Granström you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in KS2.
Year 3
Word families based on common words
Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions
Introduction to paragraphs as a way to group related material
Headings and sub-headings to aid presentation
Introduction to inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
Year 4
Fronted adverbials
Use of paragraphs to organise ideas around a theme
Appropriate choice of noun or pronoun to aid cohesion and avoid repetition
Use of inverted commas and the punctuation to indicate direct speech
Use of commas after fronted adverbials
Year 5
Indicating degrees of possibility using adverbs or modal verbs
Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph
Linking ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time
Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity
Year 6
Use of the passive to affect the presentation of information in a sentence
Linking ideas across a text with a range of cohesive devices
Layout devices (headings, sub-headings etc to structure the text)
Use of colon to introduce a list
How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity
The First Drawing: Starting Points
In this set based on The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in KS2.
In this set of Starting Points, we have planned for the following grammar learning:
Revision of commas to separate items in a list
Prepositions used to suggest time and place
Fronted adverbials
Commas used to mark fronted adverbials
Adverbials used to link ideas within and across paragraphs
Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech
Noun phrases for description and specification
Use of single dashes to add further information and pairs of dashes for parenthesis
Use of hyphens
The Stone Age: Guided Reading Pack
This teaching sequence focuses on the retrieval of information and using non-fiction book features (contents and index). The planning is pitched at children reading at Year 2 and Year 3 levels but will be of interest to teachers from Year 2 to Year 6.
This teaching sequence includes:
A guided reading lesson plan in an editable word document format
A Non-fiction Features resource
All About The Stone Age resource (with answers)
An All About The Stone Age blank poster template
A photocopiable set of comprehension questions for independent or teacher/ TA supported work
A wordsearch suitable for independent work
To see each resource separately, click below.
