KS: R & KS1
Year Group: Year 2
Literary Theme: Creation & Conservation
This is a three-session spelling seed for the book We Are Water Protectors by Carole Linmdstrom. Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014.
Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement the Literary Curriculum by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning.
Spelling Seeds work alongside the texts within the Literary Curriculum and, as such, will also reflect the suggested number of weeks spent on a text, as well.
water, hold, move, people, old, beautiful, wild, children, plant, bath, every
Adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root ending in -y
The possessive apostrophe (singular nouns)
A Planning Sequence is available for We Are Water Protectors.
Descriptive non-fiction, life-cycles, character description
Environmental campaign
3 weeks, 15 session
Overview and Outcomes:
This is a three-week planning sequence for We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade, in which children explore the true story of the narrative, and produce descriptive non-fiction writing in different forms, such as writing the life-cycle of water, identifying environmental issues, researching Native American tribes and creating a campaign to look after a local water.
Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption--a bold and lyrical picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and vibrantly illustrated by Michaela Goade.
Water is the first medicine.
It affects and connects us all . . .
When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth
And poison her people's water, one young water protector
Takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.
Water, water-cycle, pollution, conservation, indigenous peoples
View We Are Water Protectors Planning Sequence
