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Teaching Literacy in Year 1 - Term 3
These texts match the range for Year 1 term 3 in the NLS Framework for teaching. They can be used as part of the literacy hour. Select planning to see where they fit in to the medium term plan for term 1. Click on resources to see additional material to support the use of these texts.
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New Literacy Framework Units
Text: Change
This simple explanation is a useful book for introducing pupils to a non-fiction text. It contains a contents and index page and labelled diagrams. Change can be used as a model in the whole class work on how to write labels,diagrams and extended captions. See the weekly plan on how this process may be developed throughout a week.

Heinemann
ISBN: 0-435-09459-9
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Text: Life in a Shell, Poggy Frog's Contest
Life in a Shell
By Claire Craig

Poggy Frog’s Contest
Written by Jow Cowley
Illustrated by Anne Sulzer

Kites, Mimosa Publications
ISBN: 0-732-73663-3

This 2 in 1 Big Book contains Life in the Shell, an information book and Poggy Frog’s Contest These 2 books give you an opportunity to contrast and compare how information and fiction texts differ in the way they are written and presented.

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Text: My Bean Diary
This Discovery World non-fiction text provides a simple model of how you can organise information about growing beans. It contains the non-fiction features of a contents page, an index and labels.

By Rhonda Jenkins
Heinemann Discovery World
ISBN: 0-435-09446-7

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Text: Goat Facts
Three Billy Goats Gruff Goat Facts Single User(PC)

This non chronological report is presented as an electronic book, for use with an interactive whiteboard, computer or multimedia projector. (7.9mb Download) Single User PC Version

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The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Term 2 Week 4 Plan: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Three Billy Goats Gruff E book Single User (PC)
The Three Billy Goats Gruff traditional tale, presented as an electronic book, for use with an interactive whiteboard, computer or multimedia projector, with colourful illustrations and the option to edit your own text and save and load text. (5mb Download) Single User PC Version
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Three Billy Goats Gruff E book with speech Single User (PC)
The Three Billy Goats Gruff traditional tale, presented as an electronic book, for use with an interactive whiteboard, computer or multimedia projector, with colourful illustrations and sound on the speaking parts. (9.6mb Download) Single User PC Version
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Three Billy Goats Gruff Goat Facts Single User (PC)
This non chronological report is presented as an electronic book, for use with an interactive whiteboard, computer or multimedia projector. (7.9mb Download) Single User PC Version
£5.99 - buy now!

Term 3 Text: Rumble in the Jungle
Week 1 Plan: Rumble in the Jungle
With its striking illustrations, this collection of animal poems is ideal for meeting the teaching objective of reading a 
variety of poems with similar themes.

Author: Giles Andreae
Illustrator: David Wojtowycz
Orchard Picture Book
ISBN: 1-86039-660-7

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Term 3 Text: Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
Week 2 Plan: Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
A small boy with a big name - and a big heart. When he finds that Miss Nancy has lost her memory, Wilfred sets out to discover what memories are so that he can find it for her.
Author: Mem Fox
Illustrator: Julie Vivas
Puffin Books
ISBN: 1-14-050586-5

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Term 3 Text: The Magic Box
Week 3 Plan: The Magic Box

The Magic Box
A poem taken from Cat Among the Pigeons
This poem forms the basis of Unit 8 from Developing Early Writing (NLS)

Cat among the Pigeons, poems by Kit Wright
Puffin Books
ISBN: 0-14-032367-8

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Term 3 Text: Gorilla
Week 4 Plan: Gorilla
Hannah loves gorillas. This beautifully illustrated story about a lonely girl , a friendly gorilla and their magical night out provides a good example of a fantasy text.

By Anthony Brown
Walker Books
ISBN: 0-7445-9997-0

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Term 3 Text: Jasper's Beanstalk
Week 5 Plan: Jasper's Beanstalk
Please Note: this book is currently out of print
Jasper found his bean on Monday, planted it on Tuesday and on Wednesday he watered it. But despite all his attention he was surprised that it hadn't grown by the following Monday! This book provides a good model of a simple recount.

By Nick Butterworth & Mick Inkpen
Hodder Children's Books
ISBN: 0-340-77917-9

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Week 5 Alternative Text: Handa's Hen
Week 5 Alternative Plan: Handa's Hen (Mixed Age Plan, Y1 & 2)
Following on from Eileen Browne's success with Handa's Surprise, this book features Handa and her friend Akeyo. Based on children from the Luo tribe in south-west Kenya the story also features a variety of wild creatures found as Handa searches for her missing hen. The plan accompanying this text has been written for both Year 1 and 2 (6 and 7 year old) children. Ideal for teachers with a mixed age class.

Written and illustrated by Eileen Browne,
Published by Walker Books.
ISBN: 074459815x

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Term 3 Text: My Bean Diary
Week 6 Plan: My Bean Diary
This Discovery World non-fiction text provides a simple model of how you can organise information about growing beans. It contains the non-fiction features of a contents page, an index and labels. It provides a useful contrast to the story of Jasper's Beanstalk.

By Rhonda Jenkins
Heinemann Discovery World
ISBN: 0-435-09446-7

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Postcard Competition
Week 7 Plan: Postcard Competition

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All the resources required for this week's plan can be obtained free from this site or from the internet. You may find these books useful as additional resources:
Discovering the USA - ISBN 1-874488-25-8
Postcards from USA - ISBN 1-874488-81-9
My Trip to Lyme Park
Week 8 Plan: My Trip to Lyme Park 
This example of a factual recount (download free from  resources page) can be used as an introduction to Unit 9,  Developing Early Writing (NLS). This unit focuses on teaching the characteristics of a factual recount.
Published by DfES 2001
Publications details can be found by following this link: www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/literacy/publications/
The Fire Station Opening Day
Week 9 Plan: The Fire Station Opening Day

The Fire Station Open Day (picture of fire engine)
UNIT 9 NLS Developing Early Writing
Published by DfES 2001
Publications details can be found by following this link: www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/literacy/publications/

If you haven't been able to arrange a visit of a fire engine to your school, don't despair! You can download a recount of an open day at a fire station. See our free resources section.
If You Should Meet a Crocodile
Week 10 Plan: If You Should Meet a Crocodile

This collection of poems about animals was chosen in association with poet and educationalist, Pie Corbett. It is available as a big book.

Illustrations by Anna Currey
Macmillan
ISBN: 0-333-76280-0

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Who's at the Door
Week 11 Plan: Who's at the Door

The three little pigs get the better of the big, bad and very stupid wolf. This split page book provides a good example of a humorous parody of a traditional tale.

By Jonathan Allen
Orchard Books
1-86039-876-6
(available as a big book)

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The Cow That Went Oink
Week 12 Plan: The Cow That Went Oink

A cow that went 'oink' met a pig that went 'moo'. Where all the other animals just laughed, the cow and pig helped each other out. They had the last laugh because they were the only animals on the farm that could say both 'oink' and 'moo'! A delightful text that could be used to make links with children's own experience of speaking different languages.

Author & Illustrator: Bernard Most
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
ISBN: 0-15-220196-3
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