A game to help pupils practice their high frequency keyword spellings. The first page - the game board - should be blown up to A3 size and I’ve laminated my copy. The keyword pages should be copied onto card and cut up. You will need a dice and a counter for each child playing (my class have used their mini robots that they created as part of our topic work).

8 days of Talk for Write planning adapted for The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson.

Looking at prefixes and how they change the meaning of the word.

Using Talk for Write ideas, this sheet was created to encourage children to consider the character of Plop in Jill Tomlinson's story, The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark. Physical attributes are written outside of the outline and thoughts & feelings are written inside the outline.

Four powerpoints covering the split digraphs o_e, i_e, e_e and u_e. First slide - revise Next - teach using 2 examples Finally - practise using 2 examples Up to you to decide on the apply stage! Sorry there are no a_e slides, the children have not encountered ae as a grapheme so it doesn't apply to this strategy for teaching split digraphs!

Consonant clusters are a stumbling block for many children in the phonics screening check. Use these cards and games to support the children in recognising consonant blends and then blending them in words. You may also have identified in practise that children sometimes reverse letters to create digraphs, e.g. mistakenly reading thrand as tharnd or strok as stork. This resource also practises this scenario through the word builder cards. I hope they help! If you like this resource, you may find these screening check practise files useful too: Consonant blends - phonics screening check practise Split digraphs - phonics screening check practise

I put together this flyer for parents asking how they can help their children at home. It includes a brief overview of the Phase 5 phonics taught in this term, some ideas for phonics games and also some website address for online phonic games.

A perfect way to bring an engaging technology activity into your classroom and a fun Halloween freebie! This resource contains a PowerPoint with Halloween-themed images for your children to segment for spelling. Simply download onto a computer, Chrome book or tablet that can display PowerPoints or upload to Google slides for devices connected to the internet, e.g. iPads. Start the slideshow and children write the words on whiteboards or into books. There is a slide at the end where they can check their own work. I know that all sounds a bit complicated but my Year 1 SEN kids use these with independence! This activity is great for Year R work stations, independent cutaways, intervention work, peer tutoring, assessment, morning work or an early finisher task. Looking for more Halloween themed activities? Check out these Halloween maths resources: Halloween maths worksheets [Halloween word problems (addition and subtraction within 20)]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-word-problems-addition-and-subtraction-11976667) Don’t forget to leave feedback so I can improve what I do - or make more of what you love! Follow me to be notified when new products are uploaded. Happy teaching! Katharine7

Outdoors phonics activity, useful for Phase 4 revision of sounds. Print off the sound cards and hide around the playground. Children find the sound and the number then return to the supervising adult(s) who uses the checklist to ensure children have the sound correct and to record which sounds they have found.

These pick and mix ideas for writing give meaningful contexts for children’s writing whilst learning at home. The ideas are open-ended enough that they will be suitable for most primary year groups.

A friendly Key Stage 1 grammar powerpoint based on the UK 2014 curriculum containing activity/game areas linked to objectives. Aimed at Year 2 with some Year 1 content revision. To be used to introduce and play with grammar objectives contained in Appendix 2 of the National Curriculum English programme of study for Key Stage 1 or perhaps as a pre-assessment tool.

Have a bit of fun and keep the children busy with these classic logic puzzles. Children can practise their reading and reasoning in an engaging and different way! Read the clues and eliminate possibilities to crack the puzzle. Children can draw pictures or use the grids provided to logically reason which pirate captains each ship. There are 3 differentiated puzzles and answers are provided with this resource. If you’ve enjoyed the pirates puzzle, why not try another logic puzzle: Who’s Who

Three differentiated classic logic puzzles. I can remember doing these as a child and loving them! There are lists of clues and children can either draw pictures or use the grids provided to logically reason who lives in which house. The answers are provided with this resource.

Perfect for your Year 2 SATs preparation and the upcoming coronation! This 3-page reading comprehension gives your children a general introduction to King Charles III and the coronation. It’s an opportunity to practise retrieval, vocabulary and inference questions using the format and wording of Key Stage I SATs papers.

Use these slides to introduce some of the Year 2 suffixes, including spelling rules, and then practise some examples before children apply what they are learning in their own writing. Suffixes included: -y -ful -less -ness -ment

Lots of practise reading and writing the split digraphs a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e! This resource includes: - poster cards for each split digraph - alien words using all 5 digraphs - real words using all 5 digraphs -split digraph writing frames (for all 5 digraphs) - empty split digraph writing frames You might like to use my free split digraphs presentations as well: Presentations for teaching split digraphs

Children can practise consonant blends as games with these sets of cards and create their own words by mixing and matching cards. Great preparation for the phonics check if you have identified consonant blends as a sticking point for a pupil. I find that even simple final consonant blends can trip up children, e.g. reading ulb as lub. There are two files included in this download: - initial consonant blends practise, e.g. fl, br, st - final consonant blends practise, e.g. lb, rt, sp, lm

Posters to encourage children to use a variety of conjunctions (and spell them correctly!) in their writing. 2016 interim assessment framework: using co-ordination (or / and / but) and some subordination (when / if / that / because). I got a bit carried away playing around with colours, hopefully you'll find one to suit you! If there's a colour you'd prefer, drop me a message and I'll see if I can do it for you. 2013 National Curriculum Key Stage 1 English programme of study (Year 2): Pupils should be taught to learn how to use subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but).

Perfect for practising segmenting for spelling using a tablet or PC with early writers! No printing is required - all you’ll need is a device that has PowerPoint, or access to Google Slides via the internet, a piece of paper and a pencil or pen. The digital worksheets begin with simple CVC (consonant sound, vowel sound, consonant sound) words such as pig, hat, etc. with the middle sound provided. Children sound out (segment) the word, using the image and given letter for support and then write the word on their piece of paper. Answers are provided on the penultimate slide so they can even mark their own work. Once they have mastered level 1, they can “unlock” the next level and so on, building up their segmenting for spelling skills progressively and systematically. I’ve used these digital worksheets with children 4 years old and upwards. Most children are able to use them independently once they’ve been shown what to do and the slide show is presented. They occasionally come out of the slide show by accident but show children how to press the slide show/present button and they can often handle that by themselves too - great for their computing skills! What’s included? A zipped file which contains all of the PowerPoints as follows: CVC single grapheme words (scaffolded) CVC single grapheme words CVC digraph words CCVC single grapheme words CVCC single grapheme words CCVC words with digraphs CVCC words with digraphs

These castle themed digital phonics worksheets are perfect for practising early spelling using a tablet or PC with young writers! No printing is required - all you’ll need is a device that has PowerPoint, or access to Google Slides via the internet, a piece of paper and a pencil or pen. The digital worksheets begin with simple CVC (consonant sound, vowel sound, consonant sound) words such as pig, hat, etc. with the middle sound provided. Children sound out (segment) the word, using the image and given letter for support and then write the word on their piece of paper. Answers are provided on the penultimate slide so they can even mark their own work. Once they have mastered level 1, they can “unlock” the next level and so on, building up their segmenting for spelling skills progressively and systematically. What’s included? A zipped file which contains all of the PowerPoints as follows: CVC single grapheme words (scaffolded) CVC single grapheme words CVC digraph words CCVC single grapheme words CVCC single grapheme words CCVC words with digraphs CVCC words with digraphs The first worksheets use Phase 2 sounds from Letters and Sounds / Set 1 sounds from Read Write Inc. They progress to Phase 3 / Set 2 as digraphs are introduced and the final two PowerPoints contain some Phase 5 / Set 3 digraphs. I’ve used these digital worksheets with children 4 years old and upwards. Most children are able to use them independently once they’ve been shown what to do and the slide show is presented. In my experience, children occasionally come out of the slide show by accident but if you show them how to press the slide show/present button, they can often handle that by themselves too - great for their computing skills! If you’ve enjoyed this resource, you can find a similar resource here: Digital phonics worksheets