Starting Points: The Rhythm of the Rain

Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on The Rhythm of the Rain by Grahame Baker-Smith 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.

In this set of Starting Points you will find ideas to support the following grammar objectives:

• Revision of present and past tense (present tense)

• Perfect form of verbs

• Prepositions and adverbials used to indicate where, when and how

• Noun phrases for description and specification

• Cohesion created through the use of nouns and pronouns

Also included are:

• Vocabulary cards

• Prepositions and prepositional phrases cards

• Homophones cards

• A diamante poem example

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