I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country.
I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country.
I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
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.
Word searches with clues linked to new 'needs to be used' spelling vocabulary.
Clues and word answer sheet.
Outcomes will familiarise children with meaning of words they MUST use in their independent writing.
Wordsearches proven way of revising / teaching spelling vocabulary.
Now include 3 wordsearches. First one revised to correct a injury to an injury (sorry)
Includes:
Display vocabulary for all aspects of Assertive Mentoring's Grammar Hammer 4
A weekly teaching resource for Grammar Hammer tests
3 interactive whole class quizzes ideal for pre-programme assessment and termly revision.
Designed to run with Smartboard and Notebook
A set of resources to enable you to bring the Anglo Saxon period to life.
This includes a choice of two different sets of comprehension questions (the latter differentiated) , as well as two investigation type activities and a time line which can be used for display as well as at the start and end of the topic for assessment.
Also inow ncluding a Time-line of British history to allow you to provide a context of where Anglo Saxon Britain fits in the larger history of the British Isles.
Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Ideal for homework or closed activity. Differentiated for main group and More able. Activity includes: Two texts factual and eye witness, a sequencing activity, two sets of comprehension questions, stimuli for short written task. MA also includes glossary dictionary work.
Three interactive quizzes designed as assessment or revision of grammar knowledge. They cover:
- recognising and giving examples of common grammatical terms.
- knowledge and use of punctuation.
- knowledge and use of verbs including progressive and perfect tenses, passive and active voice and subjunctive.
A revision or assessment tool for the use of all the verb tenses covered in Year 6 Grammar test.
Verbs include: simple past, simple present, present perfect, past perfect, past progressive (or past continuous), present progressive (or present continuous, passive voice, active voice and subjunctive.
Can also be used with Assertive Mentoring's Grammar Hammer 4.
A revision or assessment tool for the use of punctuation that will be encountered in Year 6 Grammar test.
Punctuation included: inverted commas, apostrophes, semi-colons, colon, dash, ellipse, use of commas in subordinate clauses.
Can also be used with Assertive Mentoring's Grammar Hammer 4.
Includes:
Display vocabulary for all aspects of Assertive Mentoring's Grammar Hammer 4
A weekly teaching resource for Grammar Hammer tests
3 interactive whole class quizzes ideal for pre-programme assessment and termly revision.
Designed to run with Promethean ActivInspire and Promethean Interactive Whiteboards
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To order multistep calculations.
- To interpret line graphs.
Main Lesson:
- To convert between different units of metric measure (Year 5)
- To interpret line graphs and to convert between miles and kilometres (Year 6)
-To change freely between related standard units [for example length, capacity and mass] (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder, multi-step calculations and revision of properties of numbers. A connect activity challenging children to hypothesise what data a series of line graphs might represent.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach use line graphs to convert between different units of measure and how to draw their own line graphs.
A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to convert between the various metric units of measure using, and plotting their own, line graphs. A challenge activity where children convert between miles and kilometres and metres. Answer sheet provided to support marking.
A final AFL / Next Steps task, asking children to apply their knowledge to a conversion table, converting between litres and gallons.
15 sets of complete lessons (3 x 5 days) covering current National Curriculum expectations for teaching short and long division, multiples, common multiples, prime factors, common prime factors, BODMAS, multiplication and division by powers of 10, metric measures, conversions between metric and imperial measures, and multi-step Word Problems.
Each week ends with either an investigation of Word Problems linked to the topic studied.
Every lesson includes:
- a Starter based on Arithmetic and / or previous learning and a Connect Activity designed to activate the children's interest in the topic being covered that day.
- two interactive teaching presentations designed to run on either Smartboard's Interactive Whiteboard or Promethean ActivInspire software.
- a detailed 4 way differentiated lesson plan including all relevant learning objectives and AfL / next step opportunities.
- a 4 way differentiated worksheet designed to cater for the learning of virtually all children in Year 5 or Year 6 regardless of ability.
