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Non-fiction Lesson - Features of a Non-chronological report - Teaching PowerPoint with Activities!
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Non-fiction Lesson - Features of a Non-chronological report - Teaching PowerPoint with Activities!

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Before children try to write a non-chronological report, they need to know what one looks like, they need to know how it should be set out and they need to know what features to include. This resource includes everything you need to teach children grades 3 to 6 about non-chronological reports and their features. It includes two example non-chronological report texts for you to examine in class. The resource is a PowerPoint presentation lesson complete with: √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Starter activity √ Review of relevant prior learning √ Teaching input/ information slides √ Examples of good non-chronological reports √ Speaking, listening, reading and writing tasks √ Explanations and examples of how to use each structural and language feature in your own non-chronological reports √ Consolidation tasks for each feature √ Whole class and independent activities √ Feature checklist √ Plenary Learning Objective: LO: To identify the structural and language features of a non-chronological report Success Criteria: I can distinguish between fiction and non-fiction. I can explain the meaning of β€˜non-chronological’. I can describe how a non-chronological report is structured. I can identify language features of a non-chronological report. Lesson details: Starter activity - Sorting texts task Review of revelant prior learning - fiction & non-fiction Teaching input - meaning of non-chronological Example of a non-chronological report (6 text slides) Teaching input - structure of a non-chronological report, explanations, examples and consolidation tasks for these features (headings, sub-headings, an introduction, paragraphs, facts, photos, diagrams, key information boxes) Teaching input - language features of a non-chronological report, explanations, examples and consolidation tasks for these features (present tense, third person, generalisers, technical vocabulary, factual adjectives, formal language) Independent consolidation task Example of a non-chronological report (5 text slides) Feature checklist Plenary - Assessment of learning task This lesson can be a stand-alone lesson showing the features of a non-chronological report but it can also be part of a bundle of three lessons teaching children how to write non-chronological reports. This is lesson one of three. Lesson 1 - Identify the features of non-chronological reports and examine example texts Lesson 2 - Conduct own research into a topic and present findings (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13117269) Lesson 3 - Write own non-chronological report (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13118600) PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the β€˜notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations. This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Non-fiction Lesson - Conducting Research & Presenting Findings - Teaching PowerPoint with Activities
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Non-fiction Lesson - Conducting Research & Presenting Findings - Teaching PowerPoint with Activities

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This lesson can be used as part of a unit on non-chronological reports OR it can be used as a stand-alone lesson teaching children how to conduct research and present their findings to the class. This resource includes everything you need to teach children grades 3 to 6 how to conduct research into a topic, make detailed and informative notes and then present their findings to the class in a clear and concise manner. The resource is a PowerPoint presentation lesson complete with: √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Starter activity √ Review of relevant prior learning (fact and opinion) √ Teaching input/ information slides √ Two research tasks (one historical and one present day) √ Speaking, listening, reading and writing tasks √ Differentiated research support slides √ Tips for taking notes, presenting findings, speaking and listening well √ Presentation plan examples √ Answer slides √ Plenary activity Learning Objective: LO: To conduct research and create a presentation on a particular topic Success Criteria: I can use multiple sources to find out information about a given topic. I can make useful notes as part of my research. I can use present my findings to others in a clear and concise way. I can make listen carefully and make notes on a presentation. Lesson details: Starter activity - Fact or opinion? Game to engage learners in research task - twenty questions Teaching input - how to conduct research Historical research task (dinosaurs topic) Speaking and listening task - class mind-map + suggestions Differentiated research support (questions to answer etc.) Preset day research task (disasters topic) Speaking and listening task - class mind-map + suggestions Differentiated research support (questions to answer etc.) Example presentation plans for both topics Hints and tips for speaking/ presenting and listening/ note-taking Plenary - Assessment of learning task This lesson can be a stand-alone lesson teaching children how to conduct research into a topic and then present their findings. It can ALSO be part of a bundle of three lessons teaching children how to write non-chronological reports. This is lesson two of three. Lesson 1 - Identify the features of non-chronological reports and examine example texts (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-fiction-lesson-features-of-a-non-chronological-report-teaching-powerpoint-with-activities-13116858) Lesson 2 - Conduct own research into a topic and present findings Lesson 3 - Write own non-chronological report PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the β€˜notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations. This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
English Narrative Writing Lessons  - How To Write A Story - Teaching PowerPoint + Activities!
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English Narrative Writing Lessons - How To Write A Story - Teaching PowerPoint + Activities!

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This resource includes everything you need to teach children grades 3 to 6 how to plan and write fantastic narrative stories filled with powerful descriptions and suspense! The resource is a PowerPoint presentation lesson complete with: √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Starter and plenary activities √ Review of relevant prior learning √ Teaching input/ information slides √ Example texts for each part of a story (character description, setting description, suspense-filled climax, resolution, ending) √ Differentiated feature checklists for each part of a story (3 levels) √ Whole class/ shared writing activities √ Independent consolidation tasks (3 √ Speaking, listening, reading & writing tasks √ Differentiated grammar task - writing in the past tense (3 levels) √ Writing inspiration Learning Objective: LO: To identify the features of and write my own fiction story Success Criteria: I can explain the structure of a typical story. I can write in past tense. I can use powerful, descriptive language (adjectives, adverbs, fronted adverbials etc.) I can describe events in chronological order. I can use figurative language. Lesson details: Starter activity - adjectives bingo game Review of revelant prior learning - True or false statements about stories -Teaching input/ information slides - story hills, typical structure of a narrative story + differentiated consolidation activity Differentiated grammar task - writing in the past tense Story openings - setting descriptions (what they are, example of a good setting description, features of setting descriptions, identification of features consolidation task, shared write activity, independent writing activity) Story openings - character descriptions (what they are, example of a good character description, features of character descriptions, identification of features consolidation task, shared write activity, independent writing activity) Story build ups & Climaxes - using suspense to describe the problem (what suspense is, example of a good suspense-filled climax of a story, structural and language techniques for building suspense, identification of features consolidation task, shared write activity, independent writing activity) Story resolution - (what happens here, example of a good resolution, shared write activity, independent writing activity) Story ending - (what happens here, example of a good ending, shared write activity, independent writing activity) Independent extended writing task (assessment of learning) Differentiated feature checklists for stories (3 levels) Plenary - synonyms of β€˜went’ game PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the β€˜notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations. This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Sentence Structures and where to place FULL STOPS/ periods - Full Grammar Lesson + Activities
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Sentence Structures and where to place FULL STOPS/ periods - Full Grammar Lesson + Activities

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Do your children still struggle to know where to place full stops? Do they understand the differences between the various components of sentences: subjects, verbs, objects, prepositional phrases, adverbs and adverbial phrases, co-ordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions? Can they distinguish between complex, compound and simple sentences? Or between different types of nouns (pronouns, proper nouns, common nouns) and different types of verbs (modal verbs, being verbs, infinitives, continuous verbs etc.)? All this is covered in this ultimate sentence construction grammar lesson. Help your children begin to really understand what makes a sentence and not just a phrase. Help them understand where to place full-stops and how to use these different sentence components to make their writing more descriptive and interesting. This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which contains all the information slides and consolidation activities you need to teach children how to contruct powerful, descriptive and grammatically correct sentences! The presentation includes: √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Starter activity - AFL (Where should the full stops go?) √ Information and explanation slides √ Shared/ whole class consolidation activities for each learning point √ Independent, differentiated activities (3 difficulty levels) √ Activities reviewing relevant prior learning √ Answer slides √ Plenary activity What does this lesson cover exactly? A starter activity allowing teachers to assess children’s current understanding of where to place full stops. The subject of a sentence is the one that does the verb. The subject usually (but not always) comes in front of the verb and almost all sentences have a subject (except for commands where the subject may be implied as β€˜you’). The subject will be some form of noun (pronoun, proper noun, common noun etc.) Differentiated consolidation activity - identify the subject in these sentences All clauses must have a verb (otherwise they are just a β€˜phrase’). Verbs may be action/ doing words or β€˜being’ verbs (is, are, am, was, were, will be etc.) Verbs tell us the tense of a clause. If a sentence has just one clause, it is a simple sentence but clauses can be joined together to make compound and complex sentences using conjunctions. There are two main types of conjunction: subordinating conjunctions which join a subordinating clause to a main clause to add extra information about the main clause and coordinating conjunctions which join two main clauses together. There are only seven coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, ye PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the β€˜notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations. This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Spelling Lessons Bundle - Homophones and Near Homophones, Homophones Group A,
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Spelling Lessons Bundle - Homophones and Near Homophones, Homophones Group A,

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Homophones Group A, Part 1: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry Homophones Group A, Part 2: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury It is advisable to teach homophones separate from each other to avoid confusion (e.g. teach β€˜main’ on a different day to β€˜mane’). This bundle contains two full lesson teaching the spellings of the homophones in group A; each lesson focuses on one half of all the pairs of homophones in group A. Lesson 1 covers: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry. Lesson 2 covers: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury The lessons include an explanation of what β€˜homophones’ are, explain the meanings of all the words and include a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and meaning of these words (anagrams, word searches, crosswords, fill in the blanks, spelling pyramids, acrostic poems and many more). They also include spelling strategies mats for extra ideas and methods for learning spellings. A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings. The spelling lessons include the following: √ Spelling assessment √ Learning objectives √ Success criteria √ Starter activities √ Review of prior learning √ Teaching inputs and information slides √ Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings √ Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word meanings √ All answer slides √ Spelling strategies mats √ Extension task - writing application activities √ Plenary activities This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones in a fun, engaging and impactful way.
Spelling Lessons Bundle - Homophones and Near Homophones, Homophones Group B,
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Spelling Lessons Bundle - Homophones and Near Homophones, Homophones Group B,

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Homophones Group B, Part 1: break, great, hear, knot, main, meddle, mist, rain, scene, peace Homophones Group B, Part 2: brake, grate, here, not, mane, medal, missed, reign, seen, piece It is advisable to teach homophones separate from each other to avoid confusion (e.g. teach β€˜main’ on a different day to β€˜mane’). This bundle contains two full lesson teaching the spellings of the homophones in group B; each lesson focuses on one half of all the pairs of homophones in group B. Lesson 1 covers: break, great, hear, knot, main, meddle, mist, rain, scene, peace Lesson 2 covers: brake, grate, here, not, mane, medal, missed, reign, seen, piece The lessons include an explanation of what β€˜homophones’ are, explain the meanings of all the words and include a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and meaning of these words (anagrams, word searches, crosswords, fill in the blanks, spelling pyramids, acrostic poems and many more). They also include spelling strategies mats for extra ideas and methods for learning spellings. A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings. The spelling lessons include the following: √ Spelling assessment √ Learning objectives √ Success criteria √ Starter activities √ Review of prior learning √ Teaching inputs and information slides √ Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings √ Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word meanings √ All answer slides √ Spelling strategies mats √ Extension task - writing application activities √ Plenary activities This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones in a fun, engaging and impactful way.
Phase 2 Phonics Digraphs Bundle (ck, ff, ll) - Extension to Phase 2 Phonics Lessons
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Phase 2 Phonics Digraphs Bundle (ck, ff, ll) - Extension to Phase 2 Phonics Lessons

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Never plan another phonics lesson! Here are all the resources you need to teach children to recognise these common digraphs, created by an EYFS specialist and UK trained teacher. Whether you’re an experienced teacher whose realised that your free time is too valuable to spend hours planning everything from scratch, or your a parent with no idea on how to even start teaching your child to read and write, our phase 2 phonics lessons have everything you need. These lessons can be incorporated into the order you teach the phase 2 individual letters and sounds or can be taught at the end. These are the first digraphs children usually learn, due to their high frequency in English. You can then follow these with the phase 3 phonics lessons which teach children about many more digraphs and trigraphs. Phase 2 of Phonics is when the letters and sounds they represent are introduced, and children learn how to form the letters. It is also where the skills of blending and segmenting are taught. We blend sounds in order to read words and we segment words into their sounds in order to write them down. All of this is covered in these resources and you will find you have everything you need to execute effective, engaging and inspiring lessons. For those of you who have never taught phonics before, many slides contains directions, hints and tips in the notes section. These explain what each slide is for and often include additional ideas for their execution. As a teacher, tutor, early-years specialist and head of English at an international school, I have personally used these lessons teach classes of children how to read and write, tweaking and perfecting them annually. They contain: Reviews of prior learning Learning objectives and success criteria Phase 2 phonics sound mats Video and game links Activities introducing the letters and the sounds they make Letter identification activities and texts (poems) Activities for identifying the initial, middle and final sound in CVC (consonant- vowel- consonant) words Letter formation activities and video links Activities for blending sounds to read CVC words Activities for segmenting words into their sounds to write CVC words down These resources teach children the sounds and letters based on the order of their frequency of use in English: Lesson 1 - S Lesson 2 - A Lesson 3 - T Lesson 4 - P Lesson 5 - I Lesson 6 - N Lesson 7 - M Lesson 8 - D Lesson 9 - G Lesson 10 - O Lesson 11 - C Lesson 12 - K Lesson 13 - CK Lesson 14 - E Lesson 15 - U Lesson 16 - R Lesson 17 - H Lesson 18 - B Lesson 19 - F Lesson 20 - FF Lesson 21 - L Lesson 22 - LL Lesson 23 - SS Segmenting and blending activities begin from lesson 3 onwards. Lessons should be taught in the above order as they follow on from each other, building on prior learning and they also include a recap of previous learning at the start of each lesson. These lessons will get children reading and writing words. You can then follow these lessons with the Phase 3 lessons (also available in bundles) which will get children reading and writing sentences. Please check the notes sections on each slide for extra details, directions, hints, tips and ideas. Environmentally friendly! No printing is required for any activity in any lesson. Children can work on white-boards or in notebooks. The lessons can also be easily used to teach children online, especially with interactive apps such as Pear Deck, Seesaw, Nearpod etc.
Phonics Phase 3 Consonants Lessons & Activities - Complete Bundle Worth Β£18.00
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Phonics Phase 3 Consonants Lessons & Activities - Complete Bundle Worth Β£18.00

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All the resources you could ever need to teach the full set of the phonics phase 3 consonants; this bundle includes all the videos, games, activities and resources needed to teach children how to read and write the phase 3 phonics consonant sounds. It consists of six one-hour long lessons and each PowerPoint includes: √ Learning objective and success criteria √ Phonics phase 3 sound mat √ Review of previously learned sounds √ Videos introducing the sound √ Games practising identifying, segmenting and blending each sound √ Reading activities √ Writing activities In phase 3 of phonics, children meet some of the less common letters and the sounds they make. These lessons follow on from the phase 2 phonics lessons and phase 3 digraph and trigraph lessons. PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 3. You can download the β€˜ai’ digraph for free from the Firefly Learner TES shop’s featured resources. We also have a bundle for all the phase 3 digraphs and tragraphs. This bundle includes the following sounds from phonics phase 3: j v w x y z
Full Unit of Lessons + Activities - How to Write Non-Chronological Reports (Grades 3 - 6)
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Full Unit of Lessons + Activities - How to Write Non-Chronological Reports (Grades 3 - 6)

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Three PowerPoint Presentations complete with tasks and activities to teach children how to write fantastic non-chronological reports. Lesson 1 - Examine example non-chronological reports, look at their features and learn how to use these in our own writing. Lesson 2 - Guides students in researching a non-fiction topic (dinosaurs or natural disasters) in preparation for a class presentation. Lesson 3 - Teach children how to write non-chronological reports using the information that they found in lesson 2. Includes shared/ modelled writing tasks, example texts, feature checklists etc. Each lesson is complete with: √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Starter activity √ Review of relevant prior learning √ Teaching input/ information slides √ Speaking, listening, reading and writing consolidation tasks √ Whole class, paired, group and independent activities √ Plenary
Cambridge - Stage 6 - ESL - Unit 1 - Full Set of Lessons + Activities
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Cambridge - Stage 6 - ESL - Unit 1 - Full Set of Lessons + Activities

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Do you teach Cambridge Stage 6? If so, this resource will save you bags of time as it includes all the lessons and activities you need to teach the concepts of unit 1 (My World) in an impactful and engaging way. Lesson 1 - To describe feelings and emotions Lesson 2 - To use the present perfect tense Lesson 3 - How to use β€˜yet’ Lesson 4 - How to use β€˜ever’ and β€˜never’ Lesson 5 - To locate countries on a map, using the correct vocabulary Each lesson is complete with a PowerPoint presentation containing: √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Starter activity √ Review of prior learning √ Grammar activities √ Speaking games and discussion tasks √ Information slides/ teaching input √ Reading tasks √ Writing tasks √ Mini plenaries and recaps √ Extension and application tasks √ Independent, paired and group activities √ Vocab focus √ Plenary task √ All answer slides PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the β€˜notes’ section of the PowerPoints for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations. These lessons are also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. They combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Phonics Phase 3 Digraphs and Trigraphs Lessons & Activities - Complete Bundle Worth Β£60.00
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Phonics Phase 3 Digraphs and Trigraphs Lessons & Activities - Complete Bundle Worth Β£60.00

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All the resources you could ever need to teach the full set of the phonics phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs; this bundle includes all the videos, games, activities and resources needed to teach children how to read and write the phase 3 phonics digraphs and trigraphs. It consists of twenty one-hour long lessons and each PowerPoint includes: √ Learning objective and success criteria √ Phonics phase 3 sound mat √ Review of previously learned sounds √ Videos introducing the sound √ Games practising identifying, segmenting and blending each sound √ Reading activities √ Writing activities In phase 3 of phonics, children learn that multiple letters (digraphs and trigraphs) can make one sound. These lessons follow on from the phase 2 phonics lessons where the most commonly used letters and sounds are learned and children practise segmenting and blending mostly CVC (consonant - vowel - consonant) words. PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 3. You can download the β€˜ai’ digraph for free from the Firefly Learner TES shop’s featured resources. This bundle includes the following sounds from phonics phase 3: air ar ch ear ee er igh ng oa oi oo (long) oo (short) or ow qu sh th ur ure zz
Complete Phase 2 Phonics Course (Lessons & Activities)  - All the resources you could ever need to start teaching children how to read and write!
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Complete Phase 2 Phonics Course (Lessons & Activities) - All the resources you could ever need to start teaching children how to read and write!

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Never plan another phonics lesson! Here are all the resources you need to teach children how to read and write, created by an EYFS specialist and UK trained qualified teacher. Whether you’re an experienced teacher whose realised that your free time is too valuable to spend hours planning everything from scratch, or you’re a parent with no idea on how to even start teaching your child how to read and write, this bundle contains everything you need. Phase 2 of Phonics is when the letters and sounds they represent are introduced, and children learn how to form the letters. It is also where the skills of blending and segmenting are taught. We blend sounds in order to read words and we segment words into their sounds in order to write them down. All of this is covered in these resources and you will find you have everything you need to execute effective, engaging and inspiring lessons. For those of you who have never taught phonics before, many slides contains directions, hints and tips in the notes section. These explain what each slide is for and often include additional ideas for their execution. As a teacher, tutor, early-years specialist and head of English at an international school, I have personally used these lessons teach classes of children how to read and write, tweaking and perfecting them annually. They contain: Reviews of prior learning Learning objectives and success criteria Phase 2 phonics sound mats Video and game links Activities introducing the letters and the sounds they make Letter identification activities and texts (poems) Activities for identifying the initial, middle and final sound in CVC (consonant- vowel- consonant) words Letter formation activities and video links Activities for blending sounds to read CVC words Activities for segmenting words into their sounds to write CVC words down These resources teach children the sounds and letters based on the order of their frequency of use in English: Lesson 1 - S Lesson 2 - A Lesson 3 - T Lesson 4 - P Lesson 5 - I Lesson 6 - N Lesson 7 - M Lesson 8 - D Lesson 9 - G Lesson 10 - O Lesson 11 - C Lesson 12 - K Lesson 13 - E Lesson 14 - U Lesson 15 - R Lesson 16 - H Lesson 17 - B Lesson 18 - F Lesson 19 - L Segmenting and blending activities begin from lesson 3 onwards. Lessons should be taught in the above order as they follow on from each other, building on prior learning and they also include a recap of previous learning at the start of each lesson. These lessons will get children reading and writing words. You can then follow these lessons with the Phase 3 lessons (also available in bundles) which will get children reading and writing sentences. Please check the notes sections on each slide for extra details, directions, hints, tips and ideas. Environmentally friendly! No printing is required for any activity in any lesson. Children can work on white-boards or in notebooks. The lessons can also be easily used to teach children online, especially with interactive apps such as Pear Deck, Seesaw, Nearpod etc.