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Sea Stealers
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An illustrated seaside story presented at three levels providing a perfect starting point to consider the factors involved in writing for different audiences. Fifteen activities at each level support many literacy hour word level activities, showing a graded development from level to level. A range of science activities can also be developed from the activities.
Subjects Covered

LITERACY, SCIENCE.
Age Range

5-6-7-8-9
NLS, 2B, 4B Habitats.
Learning Objectives

Read common and familiar words, Investigate vocabulary from a text, Habitats, Synonyms.

Year 1 Curriculum Links

LITERACY
Term 1
W12 Learn new words from reading and shared experiences, and to make collections of personal interest or significant words and words linked to particular topics

T1 Reinforce and apply their word-level skills through shared and guided reading
Term 2
W10 Learn new words from reading and shared experiences and to make collections of personal interest or significant words and words linked to particular topics

T1 Reinforce and apply their word-level skills through shared and guided reading
Term 3
W8 Learn new words from reading and shared experiences, and to make collections of personal interest or significant word and words linked to particular topics

T1 to reinforce and apply their word-level skills through shared and guided reading
Year 2 Curriculum Links

LITERACY
Term 1
W10 Learn new words from reading and shared experiences and to make collections of personal interest or significant words and words linked to particular topics

T1 Reinforce and apply their word-level skills through shared and guided reading
Term 2
W10 Learn new words from reading and shared experiences and to make collections of personal interest or significant words and words linked to particular topics

T1 Reinforce and apply their word-level skills through shared and guided reading
Term 3
W9 Learn new words from reading linked to particular topics,build individual collections of personal interest or significant words

W10 Use synonyms and other alternative words/phrases that express same or similar meanings; to collect, discuss similarities and shades of meaning and use to extend and enhance writing.

T1 Reinforce and apply their word-level skills through shared and guided reading
SCIENCE
Examine the seashore
Year 3 Curriculum Links

LITERACY
Term 1
W13 Collect new words from reading and work in other subjects and create ways of categorizing and logging them e.g. personal dictionaries, glossaries

W17 Generate synonyms for high frequency words, e.g. big, little, like, good, nice, nasty

W18 Use the term ?synonym?
Term 2
W17 Continue the collection of new words from reading and work in other subjects, and make use of the in reading and writing
Term 3
W12 Continue the collection of new words from reading and work in other subjects, and making use of them in reading and writing
Year 4 Curriculum Links

SCIENCE
Learn that different animals are found in different habitats

Learn that animals are suited to the environment in which they are found


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