Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Ideal for homework or closed activity. Activity includes: Two texts factual and eye witness, a sequencing activity, two sets of comprehension questions, stimuli for short written task.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to understand how a character’s viewpoint affects a story To understand how two characters show their emotions through their actions.

This is a first in a series of resources designed to develop children's understanding of time-lines and their appreciation of where a particular historical period fits into the chronology of history. Learning Objective: To know and understand the history of these islands (Great Britain) as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day. A series of activities designed to begin any history topic linked to the British Isles including: Resource 1: Time-line of the British Isles – with dates Resource 2: Definition cards BC / AD. Resources 3: Timeline of the British Isles – without dates. Resource 4: Time-line Cards Resource 5: Interactive Time-line without dates. A Word document detailing some suggested activities for working with time-lines. Learning Outcomes: Children will be able to: • Understand how the islands of Britain have changed over time. • Understand the difference between AD and BC • Understand the difference between BC, First millennium and Second millennium. • Understand that dates before Christ are older the bigger the number (cf negative numbers) • Sequence a series of BC and AD dates. • Compare and contrast key events in British history. Any feedback on these resources, their effectiveness, additions and areas in which they can be improved would be very welcome. (Update - corrects 1 incorrect link in Resource 5 - Interactive Timeline of British isles)

Sample Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Text includes a range of non fiction, fictionalised, historical texts and short poetry. Questions include whole range of SAT style questions such as: inference and deduction, prediction and factual recall. Ideal for Guided groups, homework or whole class activity.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions - one week sample

A series of questions questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests. LOs: To relate Roald Dahl’s childhood to their own, To understand the nature of autobiographical writing.

A series of speaking and listening, role-playing, maths and art lessons linked to the short novel The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl. Designed for KS1 for Roald Dahl Day

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activities based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to use inference and deduction to make predictions about the plot of a shorter story. To understand the different techniques an author uses to tell a traditional tale. To consider the way that new chapters relate back to previous chapters and traditional ideas. To understand the way that an author can use book conventions to convey added meaning to a text. To be able to reflect on a completed text.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To make predictions based on information provided in the cover, blurb and introduction. To use inference and deduction to explain the main character’s current circumstances. To emphasise with the main character. To understand what life was like in Victorian London. To empathise with the main character at the lowest point of the novel. To make predictions based on inference and deduction. To reflect on a completed story.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to recognise the key features of a book / to be able to make informed predictions about a story. To evaluate the effectiveness of the opening chapter. To understand how an author chooses words to create a specific impression of a character. To understand how characters are developed. To be able to understand what can motivate characters. To understand how characters can be changed by one person’s positivity.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To develop a feeling of empathy with the main character of a book. To use recall, skimming and scanning to find out information about the story. To use your own experiences to comment on what’s happening in a story. To use inference and deduction to understand the behaviour of the main characters of a Chapter. To use recall and references to answer questions on the text. To recognise how an author starts to bring a story to its conclusion. To reflect upon a completed text.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To evaluate the opening of a story. To understand how an author develops the relationship between his main characters To understand how an author reflects on larger events beyond the story through the eyes of his characters To draw comparisons between the behaviour of two main characters in a story To make predictions based on what you know of the characters in the story. To reflect on a completed text.

Set in the Highlands of Scotland around the time of the Battle of Culloden, this short story has a definite twist in its tail. Ideal for any work on historical fiction, this text was written specifically for this purpose. A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author sets a story in the past. To use inference and deduction to understand the main characters’ feelings. To reflect on a completed text. Please note to print the text from Word, select two sided along short edge. This will print the book in A5 book format.

Two dinosaur texts to support less able children. Comprehensions include text to be read by adult / with children , word search associated with text, word matching to definition, clozed procedure adding vocabulary to create passage about dinosaurs. Can be used in class along side first two dinosaur comprehensions.

A complete set of 26 weekly plans. Each day’s learning is supported by a* youtube video* ideal for either distance learning in the event of a local lockdown or for teachers new to phonics to familiarise themselves with the Phase 5 Graphemes and Phonemes, their pronunciation and the best order in which to teach them. The scheme of work can be used in conjunction with the Phonics Bug reading scheme, with each week linked to the appropriate set of books to allow support of the new GPCs through Guided Reading. Also available from this author are completely resourced weekly plans, bundles of six-week blocks of learning (suitable for each half term) and free PowerPoint starters for each week as described in these plans. Each week’s complete teaching resources cost £1 (click here for week 1), with six-week bundles costing £2.50 (click here for week 1 to 6).

A complete set of PowerPoints designed to provide an interactive Revisit / Review for each week’s Phonics lessons. Each PowerPoint typically provides 5 days of starters, including a mixture of Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic activities. These activities are designed to run in conjunction with a complete programme of work click here including daily distance learning youtube videos click here for these plans. They also form part of weekly premium plans and 6 weekly premium bundles. Each week’s complete teaching resources cost £1 (click here for week 1), with six-week bundles costing £2.50 (click here for week 1 to 6). Please note some of the phoneme spotters have been sourced from other TES authors and so are not included as anything other than PowerPoint slides. Others are part of the original Letters and Sounds government publication.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To make predictions about a text. To empathise with a character To use skimming and scanning to find evidence that a book was written in the past. To understand how events are perceived differently by children and adults. To reflect upon a completed text.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests. LOs: To relate Roald Dahl’s childhood to their own, To understand the nature of autobiographical writing.

Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Text includes a range of non fiction, fictionalised, historical texts and short poetry. Questions include whole range of SAT style questions such as: inference and deduction, prediction and factual recall. Ideal for Guided groups, homework or whole class activities.