This was used for a teaching interview in Year 2 and I got the job! There are three sheets for different abilities. I only used one but made them when I was getting the lesson ready as I kept changing my mind. There is a powerpoint of the story in case you don’t have the book.

This is a handwriting sheet that can be adapted with different words. It has been made for home learning but could be used for the classroom. It has a lined second page so children can write sentences using the common exception words. Made for Year 2 but can be adapted.

Homework instructions for a book review in preparation for World Book Day. Includes a box for children to draw their favourite part of the story and stars to colour to give the book a star rating. Suitable for Year 2 (also maybe Year 1 and Year 3)

Math and Science Year 2 report comments that can be adapted. Change name using find and replace. Greater depth, working at, working towards and pre-key stage for maths.

English subject report comments for Year 2 children. Includes comments for exceeding children, working at children, working towards children and also for a child who is not working in Key Stage One but is in Year 2. The word boy or girl can be replaced with the child’s name.

Homework sheet for spelling -le and contractions. Can be adapted for any words for children to learning spellings. Also has a challenge page on the back for sentences. Can be printed on two sides to save paper.

Root words and suffixes to read and learn to spell and write. like, liked, make, making, wise, wisest, write, writer

This is a set of 11 sentences that are about the game, ‘Minecraft’. There are wrongly spelled words to correct and pronouns to identify. These were originally used to help a child with special needs who was finding some spellings and the concept of pronouns tricky. He really enjoyed and engaged with the activity so I thought I would share it. I have highlighted the spellings to be corrected in bold but you could take them off of bold to make the activity a bit more difficult. I have made one sheet for only correcting spellings and another for correcting spellings and finding the pronouns. Answers are included - so the children can self mark and save you time!

This is a powerpoint to support the teaching of The Fire chapter from the book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. It includes prediction, vocabulary, inference, retrieval and summarise work.

This is a short plan for a lesson on the chapter called The Fire from the book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. It includes prediction, vocabulary, summary, explanation, etc.

Templates, resources, support sheets for children to write a description of a Mr Men character and then write an apology letter from Mr Bump. Children will need to read Mr ump story for letter writing.

Year 5 report comments for reading writing and maths for all abilities.

This resource consists of Notebook files or Powerpoint files (depending what you use) and Word plans to teach Year 5 Reading lessons for The Shamans Apprentice fiction book by Lynne Cherry Each lesson is about an hour long. ‘The Shamans Apprentice’ is a short picture fiction book that was used to accompany a topic on the Rainforest and the book is about medicines that are used which grow in the Rainforest.

This resource consists of one Powerpoint file to teach Year 5 Reading lesson for ‘The Raft’ chapter from ‘The Explorer’ fiction book by Katherine Rundell. The lesson is about an hour long, focusing on the one chapter for the lesson. ‘The Explorer’ is a fiction book that was used to accompany a topic on the Rainforest and the book is about children surviving a plane crash in the Rainforest. More lessons also available for the rest of the chapters.

This resource consists of one Powerpoint file to teach a Year 5 Reading lesson for the chapter: ‘The Raft’ from ‘The Explorer’ fiction book by Katherine Rundell. The lesson is about an hour long, focusing on the one chapter for the lesson. ‘The Explorer’ is a fiction book that was used to accompany a topic on the Rainforest and the book is about children surviving a plane crash in the Rainforest. More lessons are also available for the rest of the chapters.

This resource consists planning to teach Year 5 Reading lessons for chapters ‘The Trap’, ‘Fishing In The Dark’, ‘Tarantulas’, ‘Twice-Fried Oiseau Spectacle’ for ‘The Explorer’ fiction book by Katherine Rundell. Each lesson is about an hour long, focusing on one chapter in each lesson for an hour. ‘The Explorer’ is a fiction book that was used to accompany a topic on the Rainforest and the book is about children surviving a plane crash in the Rainforest. More lessons also available for the rest of the chapters.

This resource consists of four Notebooks to teach Year 5 Reading lessons for chapters The Vow, Max, Waiting For Dawn and Another Kind Of Exploring chapters for ‘The Explorer’ fiction book by Katherine Rundell. Each lesson is about an hour long, focusing on one chapter in each lesson for an hour. ‘The Explorer’ is a fiction book that was used to accompany a topic on the Rainforest and the book is about children surviving a plane crash in the Rainforest. More lessons also available for the rest of the chapters.

This resource consists of four PowerPoints and worksheets to teach Year 5 Reading lessons for chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 for ‘The Explorer’ fiction book by Katherine Rundell. Each lesson is about an hour long, focusing on one chapter in each lesson for an hour. ‘The Explorer’ is a fiction book that was used to accompany a topic on the Rainforest and the book is about children surviving a plane crash in the Rainforest. More lessons also available for the rest of the chapters.

This is 2 weeks planning and resources for Year 1 writing lessons, based on the story ‘Man on the Moon’ by Simon Bertram, including grammar work on conjunctions.

This is the planning and Notebook presentation for a 2 week writing plan using the traditional tale of Hansel and Gretel. It includes differentiation opportunities and learning objectives. The first week is learning the story through talking and actions and sequencing. The second week is a carousel of 5 activities which could be changed to one whole class activity each day if carousels aren’t appropriate.