First Half Term
 
Topic: Questions & Answers, Spark Island – Unit 2E
 
On completion of the integrated activity all children should be able to:
 

• Understand that there are different ways of asking questions.
• Understand that questions can be a word, sentence, number or yes/no.
• Create a simple questionnaire making use of a range of questions

 
Some children should be further able to:
 

• Understand that a computer database programme can be used to store and find information.
• Enter information into a database programme. (with help).
• Search for answers (with help).
• Understand that the database can only provide answers if appropriate information is stored.

 
Others may be able to:
 

• Carry out all of the above unaided.

 
Termly Plan – Summer Term 1st Half

Week	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
Learning Objective	Experience asking appropriate questions to make a chocolate pictogram.	Experience asking questions which require only yes/no answers.	Look at how information can be collected. Introduce the idea of a database to store and retrieve information.	Experience creating a new data base – compiling the information from a form.
Activities	Discuss Big Book – information. P28/29   Children vote for favourite choc. Bar: Mars, Twix, Kitkat, Penguin, Dairy Milk, Bounty. (only up to 10 each) PCM 24 Create pictogram on board.  Then on Spark Island programme.   Small objects game – yes/no answers only.	Read P30 in Big Book – play yes/no game.   Make a manual binary tree with basic shapes, circle, square, rectangle and triangle.   Use Binary Tree programme on Spark Island.   Play small objects game requiring yes/no answers.	Read Big Book P31.   Fill in form on PCM 25   Children add their information to the Spark Island Data Base.   Discuss questions to ask to compile a data base. (see P72, Teachers book for ideas) – This is to be used next week for integrated activity.	Use prepared form from last week.   Children carry out market research and ask and answer the questions.   Create new data base on Spark Island and enter information then search.
Resources	Big Book Choc. Wrappers Small Objects PCM 24 Spark Island programme	Big Book Card shapes/strips for Binary Tree Spark Island programme	Big Book PCM 25 Spark Island programme	Teacher assessment on child’s motivation and performance on task.
Cross-Curricular	Maths/English	Maths/English	Maths/English	Maths/English
Assessment	Integrated Activity	Integrated Activity	Integrated Activity	Integrated Activity

 
Second Half Term
 
Topic: Experience extended adventure game, Mattie Mole
 
At the end of this unit children will have experienced using an extended adventure game, carrying out instructions and language related tasks to complete the game.
 

Week	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5
Learning Objective	Experience an extended adventure game.	Experience an extended adventure game	Experience an extended adventure game	Experience an extended adventure game	Experience an extended adventure game
Activities	Language tasks as appropriate.	Language tasks as appropriate	Language tasks as appropriate	Language tasks as appropriate	Language tasks as appropriate
Resources	Mattie Mole Game	Mattie Mole Game	Mattie Mole Game	Mattie Mole Game	Mattie Mole Game
Cross-Curricular	English & French	English & French	English & French	English & French	English & French
Assessment	Teacher observation	Teacher observation	Teacher observation	Teacher observation	Teacher observation