Year 2: How do you make a jam sandwich?

In English, we have been practising instruction writing. In order to better understand how to write instructions clearly, we wrote and then followed instructions on how to make a jam sandwich. They did an excellent job working together and were very sensible when making and eating their sandwiches.

The children were able to clearly describe the steps in time order by using adverbs (first, then, next, after) and came up with a range of verbs that could be used to write commands (get, put, take, place, spread, smear, cut, eat, enjoy etc.). They have applied these writing skills to other sandwich instructions too - they sound delicious!