Y3 Amazing Rivers – Environment – Pathways to Write

Name: Y3 Amazing Rivers – Environment - Pathways to Write - The Literacy Company
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Additional Pathways Units Environment Pathways to Write Text Based Planning Resources Whole-school Themed Units Year 3

Key stage 2

Year group 3

Curriculum Link Geography, Journeys, Science, Environment, Travel and Exploration

Fiction or Non-Fiction book Non-Fiction

Is this resource part of Pathways Literacy? Pathways to Write

Final outcome To write text for an information board, designed to give visitors information and persuade them to look after our waterways.

This year 3 Environment themed unit of work is based on Amazing Rivers by Julie Vosburgh Agnone. Amazing Rivers is a fact-filled, colourful celebration of Earth’s waterways. Discover religious celebrations, stunning waterfalls and weird wildlife, including hungry bears and giant salamanders.

The unit comprises 15 sessions of English planning and focuses on mastering key writing skills (grammar, vocabulary and punctuation) from the national curriculum. Opportunities to develop reading comprehension, writing composition and spoken language skills are also woven throughout the unit.

Mastery skills:

Use ‘a’ or ‘an’ according to whether the next word begins with a vowel or consonant
Use prepositions, conjunctions and adverbs to express time, place and cause
Group related ideas into paragraphs
Use the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense

Short writing opportunities:

Diary
Explanation of water cycle
Letter
Leaflet
Setting description
Instructions

Resources: PowerPoints, lesson planning and abridged methodology.

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Book Ordering

The supporting texts for the units of work can be purchased at Peters Ltd at 30% off the RRP price of the books*:
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