Writing: a class pack

1 lesson card, each followed by its sheet. Print the lot, or choose pages in the print dialog.

Sky Grass Dirt

Where a letter sits on the line — up in the sky, down in the dirt

Warm-up, 5 minutes

Stand up tall for a tall letter (sky), crouch for a small one (grass) and touch the floor for one that dangles (dirt). Call out b, a, g, t, o, y and let the class move.

On the projector

The class makes the sky, grass or dirt shape with their bodies before a helper drags the letter into its band.

Open it with /play/sky-grass-dirt/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.

Away from the screen

On three-band paper (blue, green, brown), each child writes their own name and checks which letters reach the sky or dig into the dirt.

Questions to ask

  • Does this letter reach up to the sky?
  • Which letters have a tail that goes down into the dirt?
  • Can you think of a word that starts with a tall letter?
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Sky Grass Dirt

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Tall letters reach up into the sky (mint). Small letters sit on the grass (olive). Letters with a tail dig down into the dirt (coral). Trace each one, then write your own in the gaps.

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