Man on the Moon - Learning Objectives

The learning objectives for Year 2 students during Autumn Term 2 revolve around the core texts "Man on the Moon" by Simon Bartram and "One Giant Leap" by Don Brown, with a historical context linking to famous people from the past and present. The unit culminates in various written outcomes, including a narrative about aliens, a space counting poem, and a recount of events from the story. Students will also learn to craft instructions on how to fly to the moon and rules for visiting it, as well as creating an informative text about astronauts. Additional reading materials include "Bob and the Moontree Mystery" by Simon Bartram and a selection of space poems curated by Gaby Morgan.

Objectives for spoken language, reading, and writing are clearly outlined. Students are expected to give and listen to opinions using standard English, recite their own compositions, and retell stories with correct event sequencing and character involvement. They will make predictions, understand and find inferences, and explore different settings and times within books. In writing, they will grasp the various purposes of writing, plan and map out ideas, and organize their work into coherent sections. Grammar and vocabulary goals include understanding sentence functions, using appropriate punctuation, expanding noun phrases with adjectives, and correctly applying past and present tenses and possessive apostrophes. These objectives aim to develop the students' comprehensive language skills in the context of an engaging and educational theme.