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IRON MAN UNIT OF WORK - CPLE - Power of Reading Inspired
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IRON MAN UNIT OF WORK - CPLE - Power of Reading Inspired

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Created with Year 3 and 4 in mind. This unit comes with a Powerpoint for each lesson and attached resources. I have provided SEN/EAL word banks within this unit if work too. Many of the lessons have simplified and differentiated worksheets and tasks for significant SEN and EAL pupils. There are 13 lessons provided but this can be extended to 19 lessons if you follow my notes below. Week 1: Lesson 1: Illustrate the opening of Iron Man. Lesson 2: Use conjunctions Lesson 3: Use similes Lesson 4: Write from Hogarth’s point of view (when he first sees Iron Man) Lesson 5: Write a diary entry from Hogarth’s point of view Week 2: (structured writing cycle) Lesson 6: Plan a diary entry (More structure for the next diary entry which is about when Hogarth traps Iron Man in a deep hole) Lesson 7: Write a diary entry I then used the rest of this week to finish writing, edit writing and publish writing which took this to a whole week) Week 3: Lesson 8: Collect impressive adjectives to describe the scrapyard Lesson 9: Create a piece of art inspired by the scrapyard ‘Extra SPAG lesson expanded noun phrases’ taught here. Week 4: Lesson 10: Identify and use similes and metaphors Lesson 11:Plan a suspenseful horror poem (WAGOLL provided) Lesson 12: Write a suspenseful horror poem I then used the rest of week 4 to finish writing, edit and improve, and publish.
2 week Romans Romulus and Remus English plan
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2 week Romans Romulus and Remus English plan

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The following plan will go through these lessons: I can understand what a myth is and identify their themes and features. I can compare and contrast different versions of a Roman Myth I can use drama to empathise with characters in a story I can explain when to use possessive apostrophes in character descriptions I can understand the general structure of a myth. I can plan the characters and setting for my own myth. I can use adverbials to open my myth. I can use conjunctions in my myth. Lots of fun to introduce the topic of Romans. Made for year 4 but can easily be adapted. Includes smart notes, differentiated resources and activities.
Unit of work - column addition and subtraction - NCETM inspired PowerPoint
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Unit of work - column addition and subtraction - NCETM inspired PowerPoint

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Each lesson follows the same maths lesson structure of: Revisit Address Misconceptions Vocabulary Focus Guided Practice Talk Task Deepen Independent Task The ‘Independent Task’ slide has a ‘Now, Next, Last’ visual to promote children’s independence in completing their tasks. The Powepoint is infused with STEM sentences, different representations, practical activities, fluency, and reasoning tasks. The overall structure of the unit is inspired by the NCETM for Year 4 and some questions and representations are taken from White Rose. There is a real mixture of resources used and combined to create a comprehensive unit that can be delivered straight from this download. The lesson objectives are as follows: Identify place value Use column addition with regrouping Use column addition with regrouping twice Use column addition with regrouping twice Decide on mental or written strategies Solve addition problems Identify the minuend and subtrahend Use column subtraction Use column subtraction Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with two exchanges There are multiple lessons on subtraction with one exchange as this is where I have found children struggle the most within the unit. There are multiple lessons with multiple representations and a variety of challenging questions which extend those who do grasp this concept quickly. #mastery #year4 #addition #subtraction #writtenmethod #columnmethod #exchange ##regroup #NCETM #Whiterose #placevalue
Pebble In My Pocket - 4 weeks of lessons - 2 units of work. Newspaper report and persuasive speech.
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Pebble In My Pocket - 4 weeks of lessons - 2 units of work. Newspaper report and persuasive speech.

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Here is 4 weeks worth of lessons based on The Pebble in My Pocket. Some lessons are inspired by the planning sequence from The Power of Reading scheme of work which then builds up comprehension and understanding of the text to lead into writing. Two high quality pieces of writing are planned, modelled, drafted, edited and published including a newspaper report and a persuasive speech on the environment. Learning objectives for each lesson are: 1 - write a poem about a pebble (examining and exploring real pebbles) 2 - create an image based on the text (art inspired by the illustrations) 3 - use rich vocabulary 4 - create a storyboard 5 - identify and use formal language 6 - plan a newspaper report 7 - write a newspaper report 8 - edit and improve (no slides for this as children complete this independently through a checklist) 9 - publishing (no slides provided as this is children publishing their work in their neatest handwriting for display) 10 - respond to illustrations 11 - understand the impact of climate change 12 - explain the impact of climate change 13 - explain the impact of climate change 14 - identify and use emotive language 15 - plan a persuasive speech 16 - write a persuasive speech 17 - edit and improve (no slides for this as children complete this independently through a checklist) 18 - publishing (no slides provided as this is children publishing their work in their neatest handwriting for display)
Gospel: Understanding Christianity Unit
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Gospel: Understanding Christianity Unit

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This is a unit of work I have planned, resourced and used from the Understanding Christianity scheme of work. This is ‘Gospel’ and it is aimed at Years 3 and 4. This is a Powerpoint download of the following lessons: Lesson 1: Engage with the idea of Gospel through parables A focus on understanding what a parable is and this looks at The Thankful Leper and The Good Samaritan. This has a fill in the gaps task about The Good Samaritan. Lesson 2: Enquire into the idea of Gospel This focuses on understanding why Jesus told the story of The Good Samaritan and what it means to Christians to be a good samaritan. This has a diary entry writing task about The Good Samaritan. Lesson 3: Explore ways in which Christians practice Gospel This focuses on what Christians might do to be a good samaritan and live life how God and Jesus wanted. This looks directly into the charity Christian Aid and what some Christians dedicate their life to. This contains a drawing task. Lesson 4: Evaluate how Christians can share God’s message This lesson focuses on rich discussion and writing to answer questions about what kind of world God wants and what kind of world the children want and why. This then goes into an art focus of creating a piece of artwork to encourage others to be kind. The last slide of this Powerpoint contains ways in which children can express their learning about kindness by suggesting activities they can do to show kindness.
Year 4 Fractions Unit - 13 full lessons
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Year 4 Fractions Unit - 13 full lessons

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This unit of work includes a PowerPoint and accompanying worksheets, challenges and activities. Lessons LO’s include: Write mixed numbers Add and subtract mixed numbers from a part-whole model Add and subtract mixed numbers Label fractions on a number line Identify how many fractional parts make a whole Compare and order fractions on a number line Compare ans order fractions Compare and order fractions with the same numerator Add fractions with the same denominator Subtract fractions with the same denominator Add and subtract fractions Identify equivalent fractions Identify equivalent fractions All lessons state whether they are ‘practical’ or ‘in book’ lessons with most being in books. All in book lessons come with ‘Next steps’ which can be printed and glued into books for children to take on an extra challenge or answer in feedback marking. All lessons come with a ‘Now, next, last’ slide included in the PowerPoint for the encouragement on independent learning and SEN learners. All lessons follow the slide structure of: Revisit Address Miconceptions Key vocabulary Focus Guided Practice Deepen Independent Practice Next steps (for ‘in book’ lessons) Some tasks, activities and planning is taken from a mixture of and inspired by White Rose, NCETM and various other planning sites and resources.
Geography European Country Study: Sweden - Unit of work 8 lessons
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Geography European Country Study: Sweden - Unit of work 8 lessons

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8 Lessons based on Sweden, all with activities. Most of these lessons comes with PowerPoints to accompany. There are some lessons where a PowerPoint is necessarily needed so there are teacher comments on the activity sheet on what to do - some require using atlases or Google Maps. The lesson learning objectives are as follows: Design my own Swedish Darla Horse (art based - can be turned into a sequence of lessons easily and an art final product) Compare England and Sweden on a map of the world. Compare Swedish to English houses Locate key landmarks on a map of Sweden Identify Human or Physical Geographical features of Sweden Why do 90% of Sweden live in the south? Answer questions about Sweden Compete in a quiz about Sweden. 2 of the resources are taken and adapted from Twinkl but the rest are my own created for my Year 4 class when we did a Geography unit on Sweden.
The Firework Maker's Daughter VIPERS Guided Reading Question Tasks - 28 lessons
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The Firework Maker's Daughter VIPERS Guided Reading Question Tasks - 28 lessons

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Here are 28 Guided Reading lessons. Each lesson comes with a set of questions based on the reading VIPERS. Questions are to be stuck in books for children to answer. This was originally made for a Year 4 class so could easily be adapted up to Year 5 or down to Year 3. Most lessons have two sets of differentiated questions. Tasks in this unit include: Diary writing sequencing the story book review Answering questions Drawing
Demon Dentist Guided Reading Tasks
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Demon Dentist Guided Reading Tasks

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Created for Year 4 but easily adaptable. Included are the worksheets/questions for the whole book. 2 per page - easy to print and trim. All objectives based on the reading VIPERS
Fly Eagle Fly unit of work - 3 weeks - power of reading inspired
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Fly Eagle Fly unit of work - 3 weeks - power of reading inspired

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This unit of work is inspired by the planning of Power of Reading. Some lessons are the same but I have adapted it to include a writing cycle. The writing cycle supports students by including a grammar lesson, a planning lesson and then the writing lesson. Power of reading week 1 Writing cycle structure (outcome: Eagle poems) Power of reading week 2 Writing cycle structure (outcome: Letters) When referring to the names Amari and Nala, my class gave the characters name so we knew who we were referring to throughout the story. Amari is the farmer’s friend who comes to visit the farmer and is shocked by the eagle. Nala Amari’s wife. Lessons included are: Lesson 1: Read and respond to the story ‘Fly Eagle Fly’ Lesson 2: Identify effective vocabulary Lesson 3: Create a storyboard for Fly Eagle Fly Lesson 4: Visualise and draw a setting Lesson 5: Build a bank of vocabulary to describe an eagle Lesson 6: Identify and use expanded noun phrases Lesson 7: Gather information about eagles Lesson 8: Create a plan for a poem Lesson 9: Write a poem about an eagle (this can be extended to edit and publish) Lesson 10: Understand a character’s feelings Lesson 11: Understand a character’s perspective Lesson 12: Identify powerful vocabulary Lesson 13: Answer questions about a text Lesson 14: Write a book review for Fly Eagle Fly Lesson 15: Identify and use prepositions Lesson 16: Gather information about South Africa Lesson 17: Create a plan for a letter Lesson 18: Write a letter (this can be extended to edit and publish)
Ancient Maya Non-chronological Explanation Texts KS2 English Planning - 2 weeks
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Ancient Maya Non-chronological Explanation Texts KS2 English Planning - 2 weeks

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Clear planning leading up to an independent write on a non-chronological report on Ancient Maya. This can easily be adapted to another topic for the non-chronological report. It includes: Powerpoints Differentiated worksheets Extra information word document where needed Links to videos to use Lesson 1 - Features of a WAGOLL (what a good one looks like) 2: Nouns and pronouns 3: Applying knowledge of nouns and pronouns 4: Using paragraphs 5: Shared write 6: Edit and improve a WABOLL (what a bad one looks like) 7: Planning a non-chronological report on Maya 8: Independent Write Step 9 would be to publish. The SPAG this includes: title, subheadings, glossary, paragraphs, fronted adverbials, nouns/pronouns for clarity, subject-specific vocabulary. Suitable for Year 3 and 4. This took 2 weeks to complete with my class.
Jellyfish non-chronological animal reports - 9 lessons.
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Jellyfish non-chronological animal reports - 9 lessons.

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This unit will last me two weeks with a year 3/4 class. Can be easily adapted. It contains absolutely everything you need including personally made word mats and sentence starters. Lesson 1: Explore a WAGOLL non-chronological report (2 differentiated WAGOLL’s to work on - one on polar bears and one on pigs) Lesson 2: Use paragraphs Lesson 3: Use paragraphs (progressing from lesson 2) Lesson 4: Create a shared plan Lesson 5: Create a shared write Lesson 6: Create an independent plan Lesson 7: Create an independent write (3 differentiated success criterias) Lesson 8: Edit and improve my work Lesson 9: Publish my work (with appropriate template provided)
Maths unit - multiplication and division patterns
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Maths unit - multiplication and division patterns

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This unit of work is based off the the NCETM Prioritisation and is created to be Y4 Unit 5 which is called ‘7 times tables and patterns’. This is a clear mastery approach to teaching maths. This contains 7 lessons on this unit, plus an extra addition and subtraction revision lesson at the beginning. The objectives for each lesson are: Revise column method for addition and subtraction Count in and multiply by 7 Solve 7 times table problems Identify patterns of odd and even numbers in times tables Identify square numbers Identify square numbers Find divisibility rules Find divisibility rules Each lessons follows a structure which will support children’s understanding. There is at least one slide on each of the following: -Revisit slide (prerequisite skills needed or revision of another previously taught skill) -Address misconception (a slide that is put here to purposely address misconceptions through discussion, solving a problem) -Vocabulary slide -Focus (the teaching of the new skill) Guided practice Talk task (a problem to discuss) Deepen (an opportunity to apply the skill to a deeper question or problem) Independent practice (3 tasks) Deepen/next steps (these can be used as feedback marking or trickier problems to give the children to deepen their understanding)