... the story. Each sentence begins with "This is the ...", the repetition allows weaker readers to gain access to the text, joining in with group reading of the story by predicting the start of each sentence. The distinctive rhyming patterns used through the text provides the opportunity to further develop an understanding of "... demarcating sentences in writing, ending a sentence with a full stop ..." as specified by the NLS framework for year one, term two, sentence level work, page 22. 'This Is The Bear' is an accessible story, rich in humour and rhythm, a book that children will enjoy and that provides many opportunities for learning throughout year one and into year two. Whole Class Work Children are given nine pictures (appendix III) from the story and asked to cut out the pictures and sequence them. They then stick the pictures onto folded paper, to create a 'book'. They then write their ...

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