Mainly KS2 resources for English, Maths, Science and some topic also. Most of my resources include a lesson plan, presentation, activities and differentiated tasks. Please leave a review on any of my resources in which you purchase so I can use your feedback positively.
I have taught the majority of these lessons and they have worked well. All lessons coincide with the National Curriculum 2014 and have been approved by my subject leaders. Hope they are useful :)
Mainly KS2 resources for English, Maths, Science and some topic also. Most of my resources include a lesson plan, presentation, activities and differentiated tasks. Please leave a review on any of my resources in which you purchase so I can use your feedback positively.
I have taught the majority of these lessons and they have worked well. All lessons coincide with the National Curriculum 2014 and have been approved by my subject leaders. Hope they are useful :)
Fantastic planning on biographies with lots of interesting people to learn about such as authors and footballers. Children will learn how to write successful biographies in an interesting way.
Also included is a weeks worth of SPAG in the form of starters.
This resource allows children to become completely emerged in the writing style of biographies. They will understand how they should be structured, punctuated and what kind of vocabulary to be using.
The planning is extremely detailed, as is the notebook file, which makes your job 10 times easier, as all you have to do is teach from this pack.
There are many differentiated activities included also that just need to be printed. Children will research information on the author Louis Sacher and by the end of the week, they were excited to write a biography about him.
INCLUDED:
*A full week of detailed, differentiated planning.
*A range of differentiated activities for using throughout the week.
*A detailed notebook file that takes you step-by-step through the lessons.
*SPAG/Grammar starters.
*Samples of biographies to immerse the children in the language/style of writing
*Images of Louis Sacher to stick in their biography.
*Facts about Louis Sacher to a) inform them b) order the events in his life.
This is a follow on lesson that I used to establish understand of possessive apostrophes (could be used as an introduction also). This package contains a powerpoint, a lesson plan and a resource that is differentiated.
The activity is related to Horrid Henry which my children love.
This comprehension is based on Qatar as a country and the processes they’ve put in place in order to host the World Cup 2022. It provides children with an interesting background knowledge of the country while testing their comprehension skills simultaneously.
I have attached comprehension questions/activities for a lower ability, middle ability and higher ability learner, all in the same document.
It worked well for the abilities in my own class, however it can be adapted to suit the needs of your class too.
I have saved it as a word document and a PDF.
This is a bundle of my comprehensions together at a reduced price to have your lessons covered for a few weeks.
They include:
*A comprehension on Qatar
This comprehension is based on Qatar as a country and the processes they've put in place in order to host the World Cup 2022. It provides children with an interesting background knowledge of the country while testing their comprehension skills simultaneously.
I have attached comprehension questions/activities for a lower ability, middle ability and higher ability learner, all in the same document.
It worked well for the abilities in my own class, however it can be adapted to suit the needs of your class too.
I have saved it as a word document and a PDF.
*The BFG (chapter 1)
Chapter 1 of the BFG with comprehension questions. My class love the BFG so I decided to create a comprehension on each chapter.
Looks at deducing, inferring and spotting similes.
The BFG (chapter 2)
Chapter 2 of the BFG with comprehension questions. My class love the BFG so I decided to create a comprehension on each chapter.
Looks at deducing, inferring, italics and spotting similes
Text and questions based on deducing and inferring are included.
A simple, fun game of dominos to reinforce past tense verbs for EAL children.
Just cut them out in domino shape and allow children to match the correct verb with the past tense.
One version has some pictures, the other just has the words.
This game involves asking the children to roll a dice and read the sound that their counter lands on. When they read the sound, they must think of a word that this sound is in. I played it in mixed ability pairs, the low ability children just had to try and read the sound. It was a lot of fun and they loved it.
It contains diagraphs, triagraphs, split diiagraphs and single sound letters for a thorough revision.
Chapter 2 of the BFG with comprehension questions. My class love the BFG so I decided to create a comprehension on each chapter.
Looks at deducing, inferring, italics and spotting similes
I wrote a short piece about a Middle Eastern boy joining a British School and decided to make it into a Year 6 SATS sample paper.
The questions are structured exactly like the SATS exams and children can use them as revision in the weeks/months coming up to the SATS exams.
I have uploaded it as a PDF and also a word document. Also, I’ve separated the reading material and the questions in two different documents if required.
Can be used with year 5s also to get them into the SATS style of questioning.
Let me know your thoughts on this resource.
So if you are viewing this resource, you NEED to check out my other product on myths first as this is a follow on from it. Traditional Tales and Myths- Understanding the features
Children cannot and should not be writing their own myth without first of all familiarising themselves with the text type. Having completed that step, they can then begin to think about planning their very own myth.
This resource includes:
*3 day detailed lesson plan.
*Toolkit template for children to write down the features and necessary things needed in order to write a successful myth.
*Myth adaption sheet for drawing their new idea to change the myth.
*Pictures to caption- this confirms children’s ability to order the story.
*Theseus and the Minotaur text for reference.
*Vocab cards for tricky words/pictorial representation.
*Drama ideas: such as text tennis, text mapping etc.
The idea behind this week of teaching is that children are reciting/acting out the text each day, confirming their understanding of the story structure/sentence structure orally. Once children can do this, they will be able to write their very own version. They are encouraged this week to change one part of the myth in order to write their very own myth. For example: instead of Theseus and the Minotaur, it could be Theseus and the Lemontaur, who is a half lemon, half horse who throws lemons at Theseus?
By the end of these lessons, children should be able to write their very own adaptation to the myth: Theseus and the Minotaur. But as stated earlier, this is a follow on from this lesson:
Traditional Tales and Myths- Understanding the features
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As last week was Book Week, I planned a week’s worth of lessons based around the book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. Each day, we read a chapter of the story and then engage in lessons based on what we’ve read. As you can see from the cover image, this involves lots of chocolate!!
The children absolutely adored these lessons and were so engaged in the process of melting chocolate. They needed to see which chocolate would be the best to build the Indian Prince’s palace out of by melting different types of chocolate. HINT: flakes don’t melt!
Honestly, a really fun week and trust me, you’ll enjoy it too. Please check out my Instagram for more of my activities for Book Week: Rebecca.the.irish.teacher
This resource is made with a Harry Potter theme. Children are introduced to the term pronouns through a short Harry Potter clip where they can hear how badly pronouns are needed in spoken language as well as written. I have made differentiated work resources for the children to use for low ability, middle ability and high abililty- all still based on the Harry Potter Theme.
Children are encouraged to work in groups throughout this lesson to try and practice using pronouns on whiteboards, before their activity. Using a Harry Potter theme worked well in my class as it fun, colourful and different from their normal SPAG lessons, which can sometimes be boring.
I have included a powerpoint, worsheets and a detailed plan with this package.
A weekly plan on non-chronological reports for year 1.
This plan is detailed and differentiated. Children are encouraged to use a signpost sentence to inform the reader what they will read. They will make notes by using a mind map and create an interesting, factual report.
It's a follow on from another non-chronological plan I have in my shop: see the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-chronological-reports-year-1-11510333
A simple display I used when studying the book ‘Journey to Jo’Burg’. We used this book to create pieces of writing with issues and dilemmas. (Planning is available in my shop also).
Children loved the colorful characters which confirmed their understanding of what a dilemma was, while learning about the country of South Africa at the same time.
*I know the sign in my cover picture (Jo’Berg) is spelled wrong, however I have fixed it in the resource itself.
A comprehension based on the story of ‘Who killed King Tut’. (a report)
Children are encouraged to use their inference skills and comment on why the author has used a certain structure to help the reader.
Children will use a range of reading skills and strategies when answering this comprehension.
6 challenge cards for children to solve upon finishing a comprehension task early or if looking to encourage them to think deeper.
We have been trying to use the A.P.E (answer, prove, explain) technique for inference questions, which encourages children to PROVE their answers by looking at clues in the text/pictures.
These challenge cards remind children to prove their answers.
My most recent class assembly was based on Theseus and the Minotaur (with a twist).
We had covered this story during our topic of myths https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/myths-understanding-the-features-11943412 and the children LOVED it. I wrote this play script based on the myth however we added a little twist. The minotaur is known to be a FEARSOME, UGLY creature, but in our story he turns out to be nice once people get to know him. Moral: Don’t judge a book by its cover.
The play script is editable to ensure that there is enough lines for the children in your class. I have 25 and there is 25 parts. However, it is an easy script to edit and adapt.
To tie it all together, we sang ‘Eye of the Tiger’ in the middle of the performance which went down a treat with the parents and the school.
Masks NOT included
This resource contains the script ONLY and in total the play lasted about 15 minutes.
I hope you enjoy it as much as we did and please let me know how you and your class got on.
These spellings are based off the statutory spellings of the English National Curriculum 2014. Children in years 3&4 are expected to spell these words by the end of Year 4, and in my classroom, we try to learn and familiarise ourselves with them as much as possible.
With this resource, I print, laminate and cut up these words and have them in a basket or box in the classroom. As a starter to guided reading or any English lesson really, I take out the basket and give each table 5 words to focus on. They discuss the words and the spelling patterns, along with the meaning. This way the words are familiar to them.
To increase children’s use of these words, any time they use one of them in their writing, they are encouraged to underline it to show they can spell it. Thus, the spelling of my year 4s has greatly improved, thank god!
This resource comes with 109 words in both yellow and black and white.
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St. Patrick’s Day Activities (Reading and Writing) - Let’s celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these fun no-prep activities in your class for March. These activties are based around a persuasive text, encouraging you to visit the country of Ireland.
This Product Includes:
Page 1- How to use this product.
Page 2- Clumping Activity (learning how to group similar information into the same paragraphs). Children will cut up and un-jumble the statements about Ireland, justifying why they have grouped certain statements together.
Page 3- Persuasive Passage about ‘Ideal Ireland’.
Page 4- Questions based on the passage ‘Ideal Ireland’ (retrieval and inference).
Page 5- Plan your own text on YOUR home country/home town (for those who are also from Ireland).
Page 6- Draw a labelled diagram of your home country/home town to persuade the reader to come visit- even MORE!
Page 7- Terms of use and credits.
Description
Use this St. Patrick’s Day mini unit to supplement any St. Patrick’s Day activities you may have! It’s not directly linked to St. Patrick’s Day itself, however it’s based on the lovely country where St. Patrick’s Day was born- Ireland!
How to teach this lesson:
You can use this fully designed mini-unit as long as you need, because it includes all of the resources you need to teach it! You could also use it alongside your ‘Persuasive Writing’ unit too! It’s up to you :)
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My Literacy planning/resources are my biggest sellers! I hope to be of some help to someone with regards to planning Literacy.
I have a passion for planning and resourcing Literacy lessons and I try my best to make lessons as interesting and relevant to children's lives as possible. I do this by creating colourful, interactive notebook presentations, engaging activites and differentiated work.
I have taught all of these lessons (as has my Year 5 team) and they have been successful in improving children's writing and interest in writing.
I have included:
*Explanation Text
*Formal Argument
*Instructions
*Persuasive Letter Writing
*Persuasive Writing
*Playscripts
*Suspense and Mystery.
Each folder includes a detailed weekly plan, differentiated resources and a colorful, detailed notebook file.
Please leave a review if you enjoyed my resources/plans and check out my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Morrisr9
Resources, plan, presentation and SPAG. This week of lessons really helped bring on the children's descriptive writing. The video clips help them to imagine things clearer and bring great life to their writing. I found it really successful. It focuses on getting the children to use their sense to imagine what a scene looks like.
SPAG lesson is on prepositions and this presentation was accumulated from TES website also.
Check out my other resources also: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Morrisr9