We began by looking at different examples of instructions via comprehension worksheets (two birds, one stone? 🐦🐦) and I asked the girls what similarities they noticed between the different instructions... They noted that instructions are written in a list (How do you know? "Because the lines are underneath each other and they have numbers on the side" 👍) and they have another list of what you need, too (in recipes, this is the list of ingredients!). What are instructions for? "So you know what to do!"
After the girls completed a few comprehension sheets and so were familiar with a number of examples (we did 5 in total, from Letts Monster English – Reading (Age 5-6), Collins Easy Learning – Comprehension (Ages 5-7), Letts Make It Easy… Maths & English (Age 5-6) and Letts Make It Easy… Maths & English (Age 6-7)), they then had a go following a set of instructions of their choice: they decided to make Monster Masks, as in one of the comprehension worksheets, so I wrote the instructions on the whiteboard for them to follow and helped where needed (including the toddler!):
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