Year 2 Funny Bones Whole Class Guided Reading Comprehension This whole class guided reading pack for Funny Bones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is differentiated for Year 2 and linked to the new National Curriculum objectives. It includes comprehension questions and a challenge activity linked to the book.

End of Year 4 GPS Assessment This resource (zip) is to support teachers with end of year progress assessments by assessing against the Year 4 Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation objectives from the National Curriculum and English appendix 2. It also includes answers and a tracker sheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 1 from ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This whole class guided reading pack is for Year 5 and Year 6 based on Goodnight Mister Tom chapter fifteen by Michelle Magorian. The pack includes a teacher guide for the chapter, differentiated comprehension questions and follow-up work to practise further grammar and punctuation skills.

Year 6 GPS Modal Verbs Lesson This Modal Verbs lesson covers the prior learning of recognising modal verbs before moving onto the main skill of using modal verbs. The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks. This pack includes: Main Activity Worksheet Homework Extension PowerPoint Lesson Slides Application and Reasoning Varied Fluency Prior Learning Answers

Year 4 GPS Direct Speech Lesson This Direct Speech lesson covers the prior learning of Recognising Direct Speech before moving onto the main skill of using inverted commas. The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks. This pack includes: Main Activity Worksheet Homework Extension PowerPoint Lesson Slides Application and Reasoning Varied Fluency Prior Learning Answers

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 7 from ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 2 from ‘Varjak Paw’ by S. F. Said. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.

This Classroom Secrets Autumn Year 3 GPS Assessment Resource Pack has been created to match our GPS Scheme of Work. It is designed to assess pupil knowledge of all the blocks and small steps covered so far in the Autumn term. The assessment is similar to a SATs test, with 22 questions linked to all of the small steps in Autumn. The pack includes: The Year 3 assessment with 22 questions The mark scheme with content domain coverage, small step coverage and suggested levels A teacher assessment spreadsheet for gap analysis and suggested levels (Emerging, Developing, Expected and Greater Depth)

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 6 from ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets Autumn Year 4 GPS Assessment Resource Pack has been created to match our GPS Scheme of Work. It is designed to assess pupil knowledge of all the blocks and small steps covered so far in the Autumn term. The assessment is similar to a SATs test, with 21 questions linked to all of the small steps in Autumn. The pack includes: The Year 4 assessment with 21 questions The mark scheme with content domain coverage, small step coverage and suggested levels A teacher assessment spreadsheet for gap analysis and suggested levels (Emerging, Developing, Expected and Greater Depth)

Start of Year 4 GPS (SPAG) Baseline Assessment This Year 4 Baseline SPaG (GPS) Assessment (zip) will help teachers assess childrens’s knowledge of the Year 3 Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation objectives at the start of the year. It includes a tracker spreadsheet which can be used to analyse results and inform planning. This pack includes: Baseline SPaG (GPS) Assessments for Year 4. Tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge. Answers included.

This whole class guided reading pack for Kaspar - Prince of Cats Chapter One (free extract available online) is differentiated for Year 5 and Year 6, linked to the new National Curriculum objectives. It includes comprehension questions and a challenge activity linked to chapter 1.

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 16 from ‘Varjak Paw’ by S. F. Said. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Cinnamon’ by Neil Gaiman. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.

This Classroom Secrets Autumn Year 1 GPS Assessment Resource Pack has been created to match our GPS Scheme of Work. It is designed to assess pupil knowledge of all the blocks and small steps covered so far in the Autumn term. The assessment is similar to a SATs test, with 25 questions linked to all of the small steps in Autumn. The pack includes: The Year 1 assessment with 25 questions The mark scheme with content domain coverage, small step coverage and suggested levels A teacher assessment spreadsheet for gap analysis and suggested levels (Emerging, Developing, Expected and Greater Depth)

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 5 from ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 1 from ‘Private Peaceful’ by Michael Morpurgo. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

KS1 SATs Reading Practice Find and Copy a Word This Classroom Secrets resource (pdf) is differentiated in three levels and includes three or four different text types (narrative, diary extract, letter and a newspaper report) with a range of ‘find a copy a word’ questions in the style of the KS1 Reading SATs Test. The texts are differentiated for Year 1 Secure, Year 2 Developing and Year 2 Secure. Includes answers.

This free Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation scheme of work has been created to support your teaching of the English National Curriculum. We have grouped the Year 2 objectives into blocks for you to teach throughout the academic year, with each block including guidance on what should be taught. The blocks are broken down into smaller steps to enable your pupils to deepen their understanding of grammar, spelling and punctuation. This resource is Autumn Block 4 for Year 2.