This Real Grammar resources pack provides everything that you need to successfully explore how to write the days of the week with pupils in Year 1 or to revisit this learning. Teaching slides, worksheets, games and an opportunity to apply the new learning in a writing task are all included to create a complete KS1 resource to teach pupils how the days of the week are written, including the use of a capital letter. Pupils will write simple sentences and should be familiar with capital letters and how they are formed. A knowledge of other words that need capital letters (proper nouns) would also be helpful. Real Grammar resource packs on capital and lowercase letters and proper nouns are available.
Why do pupils learn to write the days of the week in Year 1?
The days of the week are words that pupils need to know must begin with a capital letter. Knowing the days of the week, and being able to order them, is also an important life skill and links to objectives in the mathematics curriculum (measurement).
Why do the days of the week need capital letters?
The days of the week (and also months of the year) are examples of proper nouns. Proper nouns name a specific person, place or organisation and begin with a capital letter. Days of the week name a specific day so must begin with a capital letter.
What is included in this resource pack?
This pack is divided into five parts:
TEACHThis section includes PowerPoint teaching slides and teaching notes with an optional script to introduce capital letters and lowercase letters to your pupils. It can also be used to revisit this aspect of grammar with pupils.
PRACTISEAn independent activity for pupils to practise using what they have been taught, allowing teachers to assess understanding.
REVISITA series of short, 10-minute activities that can be used following the TEACH session to revisit and rehearse what has been taught. These may be short writing tasks, grammar games or editing/proofreading activities.
APPLYA short writing task where pupils can use the grammar skills taught in context to produce independent writing.
REVISEThree SATs style test questions, including cloze activities and multiple choice quiz questions, based on the grammar that has been taught.
Teachers can choose which section of the resource pack to use according to their pupils’ needs and could use the activities over a series of lessons or weeks
Teacher notes are provided to show how these quality resources could be used with pupils.
How is this resource pack differentiated?
The PRACTISE and REVISE sections include three activities differentiated for three levels of ability:
- Worksheet 1 for pupils who may need support. Questions will have a lower cognitive domain (what is being asked of pupils) and/or vocabulary used may be simplified where possible.
- Worksheet 2 for pupils working at age related expectations.
- Worksheet 3 for pupils who may need an additional challenge and may be working at a greater depth in this area. Questions will have a higher cognitive domain with more challenging vocabulary.
SUPPORT and CHALLENGE ideas are also included in the teacher notes of each section where relevant, with ideas of how to support pupils working towards the expected standard or at greater depth in this area.
What pupil-facing resources are included?
- TEACH
PPT slides; model text ‘My week’
- PRACTISE
Practise 1, Practise 2 and Practise 3 worksheets
- REVISIT
Game 1 and game 2
- APPLY
Planning sheet; writing scaffold
- REVISE
PPT slides; Revise 1, Revise 2 and Revise 3 worksheets
Answer sheets for all worksheets are provided, where appropriate.