I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
This product relates different worksheet activities and puzzles on the topic of Wales and their patron saint, St. David.
The worksheets are differentiated.
Content:
Unscramble the 4 symbols of Wales and write the words opposite the pictures.
Reading comprehension and gap-filling - (Easy)
Reading comprehension and gap-filling - (Challenging)
Reading comprehension worksheet on Wales and Welsh community in Argentina
4 Cut/paste Activity sheets - Children read the sentence, copy it, and then cut out the words and rearrange correctly to make the sentence, then colour in the pictures: daffodil, St David, Leek and flag of Wales.
Complete a jigsaw puzzle (colour and b/w)
Word Search with Solution
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This product relates to the Legend of St. David and myths.
Content:
18 Slide PowerPoint Presentation
Lesson Plan
3 Sets of Worksheets
The presentation describes myths and legends and that sometimes myths and legends overlaps. Children learn about some of the mythical stories that are passed down from one generation to the next, e.g. why the leek and the dragon are symbols of Wales and the miracles St David carried out, e.g. making the blind see, why David is standing on a hill with a dove on his shoulder, the legend of the boy who tried to steal pigeons, the legend of the corpse candle.
Listening and speaking during the presentation.
The flexible lesson plan guides you through the presentation or you can just play the presentation which children interact with.
Differentiated gap-filling worksheets:
Worksheet 1 - Children use the words in the box to fill in the gaps.
Worksheets A and B: - Children work in twos and collaborate to complete their worksheet as each child has information the other children needs.
There is a teacher’s copy for the worksheets A and B.
Early finishers - During the presentation the children are given the opportunity to retell one or two of the legends they like best which they oral retell to the class.
When they come to do the worksheets, they recount one of the stories either using a worksheet with story boxes or write a short narrative and draw a picture
This resource relates to St. David’s Day celebrated on 1 March.
An editable presentation on the facts of Saint David/Saint David’s Day which can be used in assembly or as a lesson.
Content:
A Presentation (55 Slides) on facts about St. David and how the day is celebrated.
There are questions and answers throughout the presentation to involve the children.
Questions to recap on what they have learnt.
It is divided into sections:-
Background to St. David’s life
Connection between Wales and Argentina
Myths and legends - E.g. Why is St David seen with a dove on his shoulder standing on a small hill.
Celebrations
Reflection
-A prayer (optional)
(3 pages)- Teacher’s notes on assembly referring to the slides.
Optional Follow-up worksheets:
Write and draw 4 things you can remember about St David
Flags of Wales : Children colour in the flag of Wales and the cross of St David (Answer key provided)
Puzzle pieces to put together then label the picture. (colour & b/w) (Welsh flag)
2 video links: You can click on the links in the Presentation.
Video 1 is a commentary by children on St David’s Day Preparation - Tour around St David’s City (4 mins 3)
Video 2 is a commentary by children on St David’s Day Parade and making a dragon. (3 mins 40)
Please see preview pane of some of the slides in the presentation.
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This bundle relates to St Patrick’s Day celebrations. It includes myths and legends, phonics, reading comprehension presentations.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation Assembly/Lesson
PowerPoint Presentation on myths/ legends
Worsheets - 2x reading passages and accompanying tasks - vocabulary work, finding information, giving reasons for answers.
Lesson Plans on myths and legends
Reading Comprehension passage for early readers with questions and literacy tasks.
Beginning consonant blends worksheets
Ideal resource to use in the lead up to St Patrick’s Day and after St Patrick’s Day on myths and legends.
Please detailed description for individual products.
You may be interested in some St Patrick’s Day maths activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-maths-block-graph-patterns-sequencing-puzzles-numbers-1-20-match-up-worksheets-12080124
These reading comprehension worksheet and activities can be used in the lead up to St Patrick’s Day or for your myths/legends unit.
Students can pair up for reading the passages.
This product contains two reading passages and a dedicated worksheet on homonyms.
Worksheet on homophones:
Section A: 7 sentences - students choose and write in the correct word so that the sentence makes sense.
Section B: The words that are not used in Section A, students make up 7 sentences of their own.
E.g. Section A - Saint Patrick is the patron saint of ___________. (Island/Ireland)
Section B - 'Island ’ would be incorrect if used in the above sentence, so in this section students make up a sentence with ‘island’.
Text 1: The Evil Black Pig of Monaghan (St Patrick is challenged to get rid of the pig which causes fear and destruction in the village) contains 4 paragraphs Sections A to D. Students can work in pairs to read the story and then answer the 12 questions.
Tasks included: Searching for answers in the text, gap filling, multiple choice, adding paragraph headings, word work such as finding a compound word, dictionary work.
Text 2: Leprechauns: (Symbol of St Patrick’s Day/Ireland) - Students complete both paragraphs with missing words using the 9 words in the in the word box.
Additional work/Early finishers:
There are 8 tasks to complete in the second part of Text 2 worksheet which relates to various word and sentence work and putting words into alphabetical order.
Answers/Solutions included.
Total pages: 11
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Maths Activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-maths-block-graph-patterns-sequencing-puzzles-numbers-1-20-match-up-worksheets-12080124
This resource focuses on the legend of Saint Patrick and myths.
The PowerPoint Presentation includes whole class activities and there are questions at the end of the presentation.
Children are encouraged to participate in discussion about the different myths and legends in relation to St Patrick/St Patrick’s Day.
The resource contains:-
32 Slides PowerPoint Presentation
Flexible detailed lesson plans covering 2 lessons (includes learning objectives and plenaries/closing session). Each PowerPoint slide is referred to in the lesson plans.
Lesson 1: Children link the shamrock St Patrick is holding to Irish myths, including leprechaun costumes that they might see on St Patrick’s Day celebrations. Learn the difference between myths and legends. They look at mythical beasts and describing words and phrases.
Differentiated worksheets - With support - LA draw their own picture of Cyclops and label the parts with adjectives.
MA/HA - Draw own picture of Cyclops or create their own mythical creature and label it with adjectives and and use simple sentences to describe in more detail, e.g. its body was as big as a house.
Extension: Complete Patrick’s Day Factsheet (colour in/4 questions).
Lesson 2: Previous is lesson reviewed. This lesson focuses on the retelling of myths and sequencing events. Three mythical stories on PowerPoint are read out and children decide which one they like better and what makes them interesting. Discuss what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the stories.
Differentiated Activity 1 - Lower Ability children cut out and sequence three pictures and write a simple sentence below each picture called St. Patrick and the Serpent.
Middle Ability - Cut out sentences and glue below the correct pictures to tell the story of St Patrick and the Serpent .
High Ability - Retell legend of St Patrick and the Serpent. First they draft and then write out neatly.
Early finishers: Draw or find a picture of a person whom they regard as a legend and write why.
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Maths activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-maths-block-graph-patterns-sequencing-puzzles-numbers-1-20-match-up-worksheets-12080124
This resource relates to St. Patrick’s Day (17 March).
It is versatile in that you can save as a different name and then adapt to suit the timing of your assembly.
It can also be used as a lesson resource where you can focus on a particular topic such as St Patrick’s life from when he was born, taken as a slave and the becoming the patron saint of Ireland.
Content:
A Presentation (69 Slides) on facts about St. Patrick and how the day is celebrated.
The presentation starts with a welcome to the whole school.
It then shows a stain glass window of St Patrick holding a shamrock.
There are questions and answers throughout the presentation to involve the children.
It is divided into sections:-
Background to St. Patrick’s life
Around the World
Myths and legends
Celebrations
Reflection
-A prayer (optional)
(3 pages)- Teacher’s notes on assembly referring to each slide.
Optional Follow-up worksheets:
Write and draw 4 things you can remember about St Patrick
Flags of Ireland : Children colour in the flag of Ireland and the cross of St Patrick (Answer key provided)
2 Differentiated cut and paste picture sequencing activities (Answers provided)
Symbols of Ireland: Sort out the three jumbled words and write them opposite the pictures.
Worksheet on three well-known myths: Sort out the jumbled headings and then draw lines to the correct picture for each heading (Answers provided)
Word Search - Find 10 words
Please see preview pane of some of the slides in the presentation.
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Maths Activities
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-maths-block-graph-patterns-sequencing-puzzles-numbers-1-20-match-up-worksheets-12080124
This product is in PowerPoint and PDF format.
It has a multipurpose use and comes in plain white and 7 other colours.
Optional: Print off on card paper and laminate.
The cards are designed with handwriting lines, single writing line and blank white background.
Suggest uses:
It can be used as name tags
Practising letters and numbers
Use to group tables by using the colour border of the cards. Very handy if you have a cover teacher and he/she does not know where certain students sit. You can tell the cover teacher what colour cards to use.
You can print off the PDF format and write in your text; or
Use PowerPoint to type in your text into the blank space - Use Insert Text Box.
I hope you find this product useful and thank you for your interest.
An assembly presentation with worksheets activities about why Thanksgiving is celebrated includes the Pilgrims voyage on the Mayflower and Squanto.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation for assembly or class lesson - 24 Slides
Worksheet 1 – Students write 4 things they are grateful for
Worksheet 2 – Students match the product from which the food is made, e.g. match wheat to bread; pumpkin pie/pumpkin; milk/cow etc.
Worksheet 3 – Finding out about a country that celebrates thanksgiving - The worksheet includes questions to guide the students in their fact-finding activity.
Vocabulary building - Students make as many words as they can out of ‘Thanksgiving’. A fun activity - at the end of the lesson find out who has the most words.
Word Searches (x3)with Solutions
Follow up word search activities
Extension work for more able readers - Questions to research
The worksheets are optional and can be used after an assembly or a class lesson.
The presentation is to tell students about Thanksgiving Day and how it is celebrated. They can also talk about how they celebrate this holiday at home.
The second part of the presentation briefly informs students how the thanksgiving festival came about.
Extra activities:
Students can find out about when and how other countries celebrate thanksgiving and whether they call it by another name.
E.g. The United Kingdom (Harvest Festival)
Students can choose another country of their choice – Worksheet 3 template.
Depending on the ability of your students: You can print off Slide 13 of the presentation and ask students to write sentences or a short paragraph with the words displayed about Thanksgiving
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This is an assembly presentation on the topic of Guy Fawkes and bonfire night celebrated on 5 November in the UK.
The presentation can also be used as part of a lesson as there are 42 slides with optional follow-up activities.
Depending on how long your assembly is, you can choose what to include in as the presentation is editable.
It is divided into four sections:
• Celebrating with fireworks
• Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
• How we celebrate today and fireworks code
• Ending assembly with our freedom to practise our own religion and a prayer.
You can begin your assembly from Slide 11 which covers the gunpowder plot and why 5th November is a special day.
The presentation contains a glossary and the list of conspirators.
The follow-up activities relate to what they have learnt in assembly or if using as a lesson, to consolidate their learning.
Teacher Notes (4 pages) - Slides are referred to in the teacher notes.
4 Worksheets:
Worksheet 1 : Children draw and write simple sentences relating the five senses they use during a fireworks display. An example of this is on Slide 33.
Worksheet 2: Children write and draw four things they have learnt about the Gunpowder Plot.
Worksheet 3: This is a Guy Fawkes rhyme activity - using the well-known rhyme Remember, Remember, the fifth of November, children answer some questions on the rhyme, there is phonic and word work and children are asked to write in their own words ‘Why should 5th November never be forgot?’ The more able children may be able to complete this and the less able can discuss it.
Wordsearch with solution
Please see preview pane for worksheets and presentation slides included.
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With Halloween coming up, I have created some resources relating to Halloween.
Content:
Teacher Notes
4 Word Searches
20 Pictures and Words Cards
36 Playing cards for snap or matching pictures game
How many Words in a Word Game on PowerPoint
Words within a Word Worksheet
Print off and laminate the cards and pictures as many times as required: Use for Snap! matching picture game and matching words to pictures, children can even try sorting the words into alphabetical order.
There are four word searches to complete in lower and upper letters.
Vocabulary building game:
Play the PowerPoint slide to demonstrate to children how they can put together different letters from the word “Halloween” to make different words. There is also a worksheet for this activity. E.g. Children can make the words - hello, we, now etc.
Early finishers can try making different words from ‘pumpkin’ on their whiteboards.
You can organize different games station in your classroom - each table has a different games activity for students to enjoy.
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Please see UK version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-games-word-searches-playing-cards-picture-word-match-ups-words-within-word-12007226
With Halloween coming up, I have created some resources relating to Halloween.
Content:
Teacher Notes
4 Word Searches
20 Pictures and Words Cards
36 Playing cards for snap or matching pictures game
How many Words in a Word Game on PowerPoint
Words within a Word Worksheet
Print off and laminate the cards and pictures as many times as required: Use for Snap! matching picture game and matching words to pictures, children can even try sorting the words into alphabetical order.
There are four word searches to complete in lower and upper letters.
Vocabulary building game:
Play the PowerPoint slide to demonstrate to children how they can put together different letters from the word “Halloween” to make different words. There is also a worksheet for this activity. E.g. Children can make the words - hello, we, now etc.
Early finishers can try making different words from ‘pumpkin’ on their whiteboards.
You can organise different games station in your classroom, i.e each table has a different games activity for children to enjoy.
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Please see US version - Halloween words (candy corn, candy apple and candies)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-games-word-searches-playing-cards-picture-word-match-ups-words-within-a-word-us-12007241
It’s Halloween! Children will have fun playing bingo, snap, memory games and other games with this resource.
x30 Bingo Cards numbered 1 to 30 - 12 pictures on each card
All the bingo cards are different. It can be played as a whole class or in small groups.
Children can dab or cross off a picture that they have with a dry-wipe pen or place a counter on their picture.
36 Calling cards with words and pictures.
For Snap! Make extra copies of the calling cards for students to play Snap!
Memory Match Game:
Photocopy two sets of the calling cards and then lay out a selection of the cards face down on the table. Players take turns to pick up two cards. If the cards match, the player keeps the two. If the two cards do not match, the player returns the cards to the same position they were in face down. The players have to try and remember where the cards are.
List of Call-out cards: bat, mummy, black cat, Jack-o’-lantern, ghost, graveyard, zombie, broomstick, cauldron, frog, hat, Dracula ghost, spider’s web, skeleton, jar of eyes, Halloween costume, monster, haunted house, Frankenstein, moon, scarecrow, toffee apples, magic spells, skull, magic wand, spider, werewolf, sweets, wizard, scary mask, witch, Trick or Treat bag, slime, owl, the dark and shadow.
Halloween Bingo US Version:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12003710
Hope your students will have fun.
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This bundle contains a lot of activities for children to get used to writing numbers in words.
The bundle also includes literacy and numeracy skills such as listing numbers, counting, doubling how to write numbers in words.
Content:
Lesson Plans
Presentations (includes whole class activities)
Variety of Worksheets
Practical activities
Please see individual resources for full description.
This product contains a variety of resources to get your class speaking, listening, writing and drawing.
There’s lot to choose from:
Use the PowerPoint Generator to randomly choose a name or question. Just type in your class names and adjust the size of the font.
Lay out a variety of questions cards for children to find out about each other
PowerPoint Name spinner - type in your class names and spin to select student
a variety of worksheets to suit all levels of ability
Option for children to create a booklet and to speak about themselves.
You can set up workstations with different resources on each so that students can move around if they wish.
Please see description and preview pane for each product.
All About Me booklet.
Ideal for Year 1/2, ESL, EFL and EAL students.
Teacher’s Notes included.
Use it during the first week back at school and find out about the children you’ll be teaching and children can find out about each other’s family and interests.
The front page of the booklet, which is editable, comes in 7 border colours: plain white, blue, red, yellow, purple, green and grey.
On the front page is a doodle box for children to doodle away and make their cover unique.
The rest of the pages are for children to:
do a self portrait
write their age
write who they live with
draw the people they live with
write three favourite things they like to do
write and draw their favourite animal, TV show, colour and food
A page about ‘More about me’ - children write a special day they like to celebrate, a place to visit, favourite subjects and what they want to be when they grow up.
Last two pages are differentiated - Children might want to share some news, perhaps what they did during the summer or half term break.
Hope you enjoy using the booklet.
This product is on the topic of All About Me.
Aimed at: Reception/Year1 and Year 2.
Use for ESL/EFL students for speaking about themselves and about other people.
<strong>Content:</strong>
• Teacher Notes (2 pages)
• 42 Question Cards (colour and plain background) – Laminate and cut out
• Rules for whole class activities using the question cards
• Digit cards 1 – 32 (patterned and plain): Laminate and cut out
• Worksheet (1 page)
• Blank question and digit cards for your use
**The question cards can be used in various ways. **
This is option 2. Arrange students in a semi-circle.
Whole class activity – Laminate and cut out the flashcard numbers and randomly hand them out to the students.
Print, laminate and cut out the question cards and place a selection in the centre.
You select a question card and then to choose a student to answer the question, say ‘I want whoever has number 7 to answer the question.’
The student that has card number 7 answers the question.
If you would like other students to answer the same question, then just say e.g. ‘I want whoever has card number, e.g. 23, to answer the same question.’
Depending on timing, you can decide on how many questions to select from the pack.
Working in Pairs or small groups
Students shuffle some question cards and lay them face down on the table.
They take turns to turn over a card and ask each other questions.
Worksheet – All About Me
This is a single worksheet for students to complete.
Activities on the worksheet:
Draw a picture of themselves;
write their name
Age
Birth date
Write the colour of their hair and colour in the picture
Write the colour of their eyes and colour in the eye picture
Complete the six boxes.
The 42 question cards are also on PowerPoint and editable.
Extra blank cards - Askt students to write their own questions for others to answer.
You might be interested in:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-about-me-pshe-presentations-and-question-name-generator-activity-sheets-question-cards-11354873
Teacher’s notes/guide (2 pages)
A great addition to your weather unit activities.
The product contains:
• Letterings that spell ‘WEATHER INSTRUMENTS’
• 17 Posters with photos and description for wall display
• 9 Factsheet Posters with clipart weather instruments
• 9 Worksheets
• 9 Blank writing slips for students to complete
• 9 cut and glue match up weather activity
LO: To learn weather instruments and what they are used for.
Includes lesson starter.
Letterings that spell ‘WEATHER INSTRUMENTS’
Seasonal lettering designs and plain white lettering that spell out weather instruments in upper case. Just print, laminate and cut around letters and attach to your wall display.
17 posters for display show photographs of each instrument and some facts. The posters are also on PowerPoint so that you can read them through with your class. Weather instruments:
Anemometer
Atmometer
Barometer
Wind vane
Wind sock
Hygrometer
Thermometer
Sling psychrometer
Weather balloon
Weather satellite
Rain gauge
Snow gauge
Pilot Balloon
Weather map
Weather radar
Stevenson screen
These factsheet posters will help students complete their independent activities.
9 Factsheets clipart weather instruments
These can be used as flashcards and/or you can also put a selection on students’ desks to complete their independent activities. <strong>The main weather instruments are: Anemometer, Barometer, Wind vane, Wind sock, Hygrometer, Thermometer, Weather balloon, Weather satellite and Rain gauge.</strong>
Independent work
9 Worksheets: The more able students can complete the whole page worksheets. They write one or more facts about the instrument shown. Their writing should contain a lot more detail which they can obtain from the factsheets.
Activity 1 - Cut out lined strips with picture of weather instrument: For students who can write one or two sentences about the weather instrument. Write the instrument and a sentence about it.
Activity 2 – Read and match, cut and glue activity: Each strip of paper has a picture of a weather instrument and on a separate bit of paper is a description of an instrument. Students read the description of an instrument and then glue it to the correct picture on the strip of paper.
Please see Preview Pane.
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This resource comprises 5 worksheets on the water cycle and a missing jigsaw activity.
The worksheets are also on PowerPoint and PDF format.
These are additional worksheets you can give out during the lesson, use as assessment on the water cycle or as homework.
Two worksheets require students to write about the water cycle in their own words.
Three worksheets entail cut and paste activities. The simpler activities are cutting out the word strips and glue them onto the correct blank space to show the water cycle process.
The other cut and paste activity requires students to write the title in their workbooks or on a separate sheet of paper. Then they write about each word, cut out the strip and glue it into their workbooks. Some students may only be able to complete 4 strips. Let them choose a word to write about.
Once the students have written something about each word, they can draw a picture for each strip.
There is a jigsaw puzzle to complete. It has 4 pieces missing with which students complete the puzzle picture of the water cycle. When this is completed, student cut out and stick the labels into the correct spaces on the completed puzzle. A finished puzzle is included to how the puzzle should look. NB: The picture was drawn on the computer and coloured in by hand.
Missing Jigsaw Puzzle pieces (b/w) – Print off the page with just one puzzle piece in place. Students complete the whole puzzle by cutting out the rest of the puzzles (8 pieces) and sticking them in place to complete the water cycle picture. Then as above, cut out the words and glue beneath the correct picture, e.g. precipitation would go beneath the rain cloud.
Students can then colour in.
Hope you enjoy using these resources.
This Weather Bundle contains:
PowerPoint Presentations on the water cycle and clouds
Flexible Lesson Plans
Matching Activities
Cut and Paste Tasks
Reading Comprehensions - Snow, Sleet and Hail
Worksheets
Flash cards for water cycle and clouds
Weather Instruments
Fun stuff
Students will learn about the water cycle and types of clouds and types of precipitation, i.e. why some clouds produce rain, snow, sleet and hail.
Lots of resources are to hand.
Some preparation is required such as printing and laminating small photos of clouds for matching activities.
Please see individual description for each product.
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