Every week, I have children in my class who love to write their own stories. At the moment, it’s mainly the girls BUT the boys are starting too! To promote and celebrate the love of story writing, I’ve created a blank story book template for children to complete. I always leave around 20 of these blank book templates in my ‘Author’s lounge’ so that they are readily available for all budding story writers. Just print off the relevant template (KS1 or KS2) and staple the books together. The KS1 book template contains 10 writing pages plus a front and back cover. On each writing page, there is space to draw a picture too. The KS2 book template contains 16 writing pages and a front and back cover. On every other page, there is space to draw a picture. It’s amazing to see the children’s faces light up every time someone mentions their book being displayed in the ‘Author’s lounge’. I use the KS1 book template with my current Year 2 class and they love it. They write stories about unicorns, princesses, frogs, heroes etc. The KS2 book template is adapted to attract older writers and is currently being trialled with a Year 5 class. 2 book templates attached - fully editable.

A 3-page activity booklet to help your student’s use a thesaurus and expand their vocabulary. Ideal for 6+ Fully editable.

Homophones and Tricky Words (3 Posters & 4 Worksheets). 3 posters to display: Poster 1: two & too. Poster 2: whether & weather. Poster 3: which & witch. 4 worksheets - fill in the gaps: Worksheet 1: To, Two or Too? Worksheet 2: To, Two or Too? Worksheet 3: To, Two or Too? Worksheet 4: To, Two or Too? All answers provided. Ideal for 5 - 9 years.

Most frequently used words displayed on 38 pages (ideal for creating spelling lists). Also attached is a 4 page ‘500 most frequently used words’ list (ideal for student’s to refer to).

A 26-slide phonics PowerPoint - ideal for Reception or Year 1. This PowerPoint focuses on the following sounds/blends: er ue qu ou ar ou oi Animations, sounds and pictures incorporated to make it a bit more fun.

High Frequency Word Lists: Set 1 (1 - 50). Set 2 (51 - 100). Set 3 (101 - 150). Set 4 (151 - 200). Set 5 (201 - 250). Set 6 (251 - 300). 6 Recording Templates attached too (1 for each set).

Capital Letters and Full Stops 3 worksheets and a small slide show. Fully editable.

Can your student’s figure out the missing medial vowel? 23 slides Great fun for younger learners! Fully editable

Learn some great ways to spell: because island necessary difficulty friend piece parliament separate secretary terrible business quiet guitar accommodation ‘ould’ words laugh rhythm soldier height & weight hear

Help your student’s spell more effectively by giving them their own word book/dictionary. This book allows your student’s to record their own spelling mistakes so that they can focus on the words they get wrong. Ideal to give out at the beginning of the year (or term). Just print off and use.

11 fully editable question cards related to features of a book: Setting questions. Style questions. Points of View questions. Non Fiction questions. Illustrations, Glossary and Index questions. Subject and theme questions. Poetry questions. Character questions. General Non Fiction. Basic questions. Plot - Narrative Structure.

A great way of celebrating a child’s birthday in your class! Celebrate a child’s birthday by allowing the class to “interview” the birthday child (hot seating). Then complete the birthday booklets (there are differentiated booklets for boys and girls). There is also a separate booklet for the ‘birthday child’ to complete. Once the booklets have been completed, just staple them together and send them home for the birthday child to keep. You can even make a front cover for all the birthday booklets (I’ve attached 14 to choose from - all editable). The children love this (and parents too). Fully editable.

Attached is a fully editable 4-page onomatopoeia activity booklet. Also attached is a fun onomatopoeia video - the kids love this! Ideal for 6+ Instructions: Introduce onomatopoeia ‘sound words’ by watching the video. Show the children the onomatopoeia words listed on page 1 of the 4-page activity booklet. Give some examples of onomatopoeia words you might hear in certain jobs - there are a number of jobs listed in the booklet (with examples and pictures). Ask the children to have a go at drawing the sound words listed in the activity booklet then ask them to add one more word (and drawing) of their own. Challenge Activity: You might want the class (or a group of children) to perform their own onomatopoeia poem/song in the style of the video. If you do, I’ve also attached a simple rhythm/beat your children to listen and perform their poem/song to (plus a sheet for them to publish their work onto).

Hundreds of frequently used words - ideal for spelling lists. 5 - 11 years. Fully editable.

3 lovely stories to share with your class: Jack Frost and the Snow. The Rainbow Fish (adaptation). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Fully editable.

Summary of resource: A simple way to introduce your class to non-chronological reports. 24 easy-to-teach slides. Planning templates and examples provided. . Contents of PowerPoint: . What are non-chronological reports? How to start and plan your report Layout and Features Examples to look at …

Iron Man Poetry Unit of Work + Resources Attached is a fully editable 1-week Iron Man Unit Plan (this can easily be extended to 2 or 3 weeks). Genre: Poetry. Focus Text: The Iron Man by Brenda Williams. A 36-slide PowerPoint complements the unit of work - just click through each slide. All of the activities/resources are in the slide show - just print off the relevant slides. Optional homework task also included. . Objectives for each lesson: LESSON 1: To describe the Iron Man; To perform verses of the Iron Man; To rewrite verses of the original text. LESSON 2: To compose poetry verses describing the ‘Return of the Iron Man’; To perform poetry using a set criterion. LESSON 3: To create a character profile sheet of the Iron Man using rhyming words; To choose and describe a pretend job The Iron Man might do on his ‘home’ planet; To compose and write a poem based on the Iron Man’s pretend job using rhyming couplets. . Please note: Each lesson is designed to last approximately 1 to 2 hours (this all depends on the age and ability of your class).

Focus: Report Writing. Text: Iron Man by Ted Hughes. PowerPoint, unit of work and 3 newspaper report writing templates included. Everything you need to teach a great unit of work. Fully editable.

All phonics-based objectives, word lists and assessments for Reception to Year 2. Easy-to-read objectives. Easy-to administer assessments. All objectives and assessments divided into 6 phases (phases 1 to 6). 100 High Frequency Words separated into phases. 200 common words also attached. All resources are fully editable.