Starting Points: Cloud Tea Monkeys

Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Cloud Tea Monkeys by Elspeth Graham and Mal Peet 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 Year 3 and Year 4.

This set of Starting Points includes suggestions for the following grammar objectives:

• Use of adverbials to extend sentences

• Fronted adverbials

• Punctuation of fronted adverbials

• Cohesion through nouns and pronouns

• Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech

• Noun phrases for description and specification

• Organise writing with paragraphs.

In this pack we have included the following resources:

• Y3/Y4 statutory word cards

• Story mountain sheet

• Emotion graph

• Role on the wall sheet

• Tell me grid

• Adverbials sorting table

• Cut out theme tokens

• Fronted adverbial strips

Starting Points are sets of book-based planning ideas. The books are not included in the packs.