Guided Reading Weekly Planning Template (over 4 days). Younger students (YR 1 - YR 3): 8 sets of guided reading books are required (2 sets of books per group). Older students (YR 4 - YR 6): 4 sets of guided reading books are required (1 set of books per group). Please note: Allow for 4 timetabled guided reading sessions each week. 2 adults are needed to complete each guided reading session - normally the class teacher and TLA (Teaching and Learning Assistant) - but you just need 2 responsible adults. Each guided reading session lasts approximately 50 minutes and each group of children should be listened to for 20 minutes (2 groups at a time). 10 minutes (per session) is allocated to changing groups and to explain independent activities - at the beginning and halfway through the session. 1 day per week (normally Friday), the guided reading session WILL NOT take place. You can choose the day! Groups and Independent Activities: Divide your class into 4 groups (these can be colour groups, different animals, shapes - whatever you decide). When a group is NOT being listened to, they will complete an independent activity set by you - it can link to the book they are reading or completely unrelated (e.g. a handwriting, spelling or times tables task). These are called pre-reading activities (an activity to complete BEFORE they read with an adult) or post-reading activity (an activity to complete AFTER they read with an adult). Learning outcomes: Choose books from the same genre - fiction, non-fiction or poetry. A maximum of 3 learning outcomes should be focused on each week. Monday’s timetable: FIRST, the TLA will listen to the red group WHILST the teacher listens to the orange group. AFTER reading to the adult, the red and orange group will complete their independent activity (set by you). NEXT, the TLA will listen to the green group WHILST the teacher listens to the black group. BEFORE reading to an adult, the green and black group will have completed an independent activity (set by you). The 5th day: On this day, you DO NOT do guided reading. Instead, you could ask your student’s to read independently (or with a partner). Alternatively, you could visit the library, read a book to your class OR read a ‘shared’ class text.

4 sets of fully editable lined paper: Set 1: Small-spaced lines - ideal for Y6 and above. Set 2: Medium-spaced lines - ideal for Y4 or Y5. Set 3: Large-spaced lines - ideal for Y2 or Y3. Set 4: Extra Large-spaced lines - ideal for Reception of Y1. Each set has an ONLINE version and a PRINTABLE version. The ONLINE version allows students to simply type onto the document - no awkward editing skills required… just type away! The ONLINE version also allows you to mark the work ONLINE and send it back to your students.

A nice introduction to writing a diary. Contents of 8-slide PowerPoint: Slide 3: Sentence starters Slide 4: Past tense verbs Slide 5: Amazing adjectives Slides 6 & 7: Verbs and Adverbs Slide 8: Diary example

Making Inferences - worksheet. 1 page - fully editable. Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability).

Attached is a 10-slide PowerPoint you can use when teaching non-fiction. Before delivering this PowerPoint, put a selection of non-fiction books out on the children’s tables. Contents: Features of non-fiction texts. Activities to complete. Presenting facts in different ways. Finding information. Asking questions. Topics to research. Ideal for 5 - 9 years. Fully editable.

Focus: Capital letters and full stops. 2 activity booklets. 4 pages in total. Resource 1: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers provided. Resource 2: A 2-page activity booklet that focuses on capital letters and full stops. Answers not provided. Suitable for younger learners (5 - 9 years). Fully editable.

4 storyboards attached. Fully differentiated and fully editable. Storyboard 1: All writing and pictures provided (answers). Storyboard 2: 4 pictures and all writing provided (lower ability). Storyboard 2: 4 pictures but no writing provided (middle ability). Storyboard 3: No pictures or writing provided (higher ability).

Year 2 Spelling Lists. Week by week spelling lists. 47 lists in total (divided into 3 terms). 120 slides. Fully editable.

Text: Hansel and Gretel A complete 3 week unit plan for Y3 or Y4 students. All resources attached including PowerPoint, worksheets etc. Unit plan (3 weeks approx.) PowerPoint presentation. Hansel and Gretel pictures. Lost in the Woods Activity. Play script template. Rhyming couplets activity. Sequencing activity. Speech bubbles and 3-page booklet. Spelling activities (optional). Storyboard activity.

A PowerPoint that introduces the long ‘a’ vowel sound. 12 slides. SLIDE 3: ay as in play. SLIDE 5: a_e as in magic ‘e’. SLIDE 8: ai as in rain. SLIDE 11: ei as in eight. Ideal for KS1 or Lower KS2. Please note: When you preview the PowerPoint, the images may appear distorted/squashed BUT the images will be completely normal once purchased. Fully editable.

Attached is a 1-page worksheet to complete before you start reading Kensuke’s Kingdom. Ideal for whole class, group work or one-to-one teaching. I will keep adding activities in the coming weeks. Fully editable and ideal for 9+

Why not run an exciting 500-word writing competition at your school? Just edit the poster and send it out. Fully editable. Good luck!

4 resources in total Plan and create your own rhyming couplet poems using these versatile worksheets. 8 pages in total. Fully editable.

1 worksheet. 20 questions. Fully editable. Answers provided.

A 28-slide PowerPoint full of past, present and future tense sentence-based activities. Fully editable, fun and interactive.

Planning a Play script - template to complete. A useful starting point before writing a play script. 5 sections to complete: Section 1: Which characters will be in your play? Section 2: What entertaining event(s) will happen? Section 3: Where will each scene take place (settings)? Section 4: Describe the opening stage directions. Section 5: How will the play end? Fully editable.

Paired Reading - PEER ASSESSMENT sheet. A useful peer assessment sheet for assessing reading punctuation, fluency, delivery and accuracy. Fully editable.

** A 2-week unit of work (PDF and Word) based on 'Kensuke's Kingdom' by Michael Morpurgo ** Ideal for upper KS2 students.

Follow the 5 basic ‘pre-cursive’ letter stages (displayed in this PowerPoint) and watch your student’s begin their journey to cursive writing. Handwriting practice sheets also included - fully editable! No handwriting scheme necessary. Slide 3: Holding your pencil correctly Slide 4: The 5 pre-cursive stages Slide 5: The 5 pre-cursive stages (to stick in books) Slide 6: Bookmarks showing the pre-cursive letters Slide 8: Stage 1 Slide 9: Stage 2 Slide 10: Stage 3 Slide 11: Stage 4 Slide 12: Stage 5

A 59-slide animated PowerPoint AND set of worksheets - the majority of which are related to ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry. The PowerPoint focuses on WRITING TO PERSUADE with the last few slides dedicated to advertisements. 10 integrated and exciting activities. Fully editable. Ideal for Year 3 or Year 4. 10 days of activities. Over 20 hours of planning!