Using the book Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems, this ‘KS1 stories with familiar settings’ resource encourages children to write a story about their favourite soft toy. They’ll also practise forming upper and lower case letters.

KS1 stories with familiar settings resource contents

• Worksheets
• 28-page PDF story – The Dog and the Lost Mum
• Teacher notes, outlining ten sessions organised over two weeks

Objectives

• Learn to use capital letters for names and to start sentences
• Investigate words ending in ‘le’ and words containing /oy/
• Independently read the Hamilton Group Reader, The Dog and the Lost Mum

Family stories resource pack

This download also contains a KS1 stories with familiar settings resource comprising four units. Each of these includes a unit overview, teacher notes and student resources:

• Unit 1 – Core
• Unit 2 – Comprehension
• Unit 3 – SPaG
• Unit 4 – Composition

Activities include things like putting images in order to create a cohesive narrative, drawing a story map, telling a story about your family to identify characters and much more.

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