A 53 slide interactive PowerPoint and quiz on figurative language that looks at similes, metaphors, personification, and alliteration. Perfect for a lesson introduction or recap. TOP TIP: Make the quiz interactive by getting the children to write their answers on whiteboards. Contents - Slides 1 - 4: Introduction - Slides 5 - 10: Similes - Slides 11 - 15: Metaphors - Slides 16 - 19: Alliteration - Slides 20 - 23: Personification - Slides 24 - 52: Quiz - Slide 53: Conclusion ------------------------ If you like this resources, please give us a good rating! Thank you! Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Your kids will love reading about Lego with our fun reading comprehension! This is a basic text that goes through what lego is, how it has expanded throughout the years, and the benefits that Lego can have. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions. This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work. Included: 1 page Lego reading passage 2 x differentiated comprehension questions (1 page each) Answer key Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Dive into the 2024 Olympic Games with this engaging reading comprehension passage and questions! This passage explores the rich history of the Olympic Games and what’s to come at the exciting 2024 Paris Games. After reading, students will answer differentiated questions. Some questions will test their understanding of the text (explicit information), while others will require them to infer meaning by drawing conclusions (implicit information). The resource contains one passage along with two differentiated question sets. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This reading comprehension is the perfect addition to your sustainability topic. This is a basic text that goes through what renewable energy is and the different forms of renewable energy that have been developed. Once they’ve read the passage they will use the text to complete the comprehension questions. This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work. Included: Reading passage Comprehension questions Extension questions Answer key This resource is perfect for both distance and classroom learning. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about

Your kids will love reading about popular footballer Cristiano Ronaldo with our fun reading comprehension! This is a basic text that goes through who he is, how he has become such a huge football star, and key points in his career. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions. This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work. Included: 1 page reading passage 2 x differentiated comprehension questions (1 page each) Answer key Check out our Messi reading comprehension! Check out our Neymar reading comprehension! Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A fun interactive PowerPoint designed to give your class an introduction into the wonderful world of poetry. This PowerPoint will teach your children the technical vocabulary, creative language used, and different poetry forms. Contents: - Slides 1 - 4: What is poetry - Slides 5 – 7: Vocabulary - Slides 8 – 26: Simile, personification, or metaphor game - Slides 27 – 36: Poetry forms - Slide 37 – Scrapbook follow up This PowerPoint goes hand in hand with our Poetry Scrap book. Check it out in our store or via the link in our preview. ------------------------

This is a great literacy game to send home with your children that is easy to prepare. Each child must go on a journey to try and find things that they can see, smell and touch for each letter of the alphabet. Depending on ability, you may want to get children to write, draw, or write and draw the answers. Their journeys can be anything from their trip to school to a walk up a mountain! There are loads of fun challenges you can set with this activity. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Whether it’s blowing a gale, raining or bright sunshine this is the perfect lesson to encourage descriptive writing through the use of figurative language. The weather is such a powerful learning tool that can spark worlds of imagination. For this activity you will take the students outside in a variety of different conditions and allow them to use their senses to come up with similes, metaphors, and alliteration to describe the conditions. This is a great activity to do before writing a story when thinking about setting descriptions. We have loads more weather themed resources to check out! - Weather Diary - Weather Investigation - Weather Word Wall Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great reading comprehension pack about Baptism and part of your ‘Seven Sacraments’ topic. The text that goes through what baptism has, why people choose to get baptised and the importance of baptism. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions. This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work. Included: 2 page Lego reading passage 2 x differentiated comprehension questions (2 pages each) Answer key Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Your kids will love reading about popular footballer Harry Kane with our fun reading comprehension! This is a basic text that goes through who he is, how he has become such a huge football star, and key points in his career. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions. This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work. Included: 1 page reading passage 2 x differentiated comprehension questions Answer key Check out our other famous footballers reading: Ronaldo Messi Neymar Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a fun activity to get those imagination juices flowing as well as encouraging creative play and drama. Students will head outside and find themselves a stick. They must then use their imaginations to turn the stick into as many different things as possible… the possibilities are endless! Examples: Wand, microphone, guitar, pencil, drumstick, ski poles, etc… Once they’ve had a little play they can complete the ‘This is not a stick, it’s an…’ activity sheet, thinking of as many things their stick could be as possible. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Your kids will love reading about Minecraft with our fun reading comprehension! This is a basic text that goes through what Minecraft is, the key features of the game, and why it’s so popular. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions. This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work. Included: 1 page Lego reading passage 2 x differentiated comprehension questions (1 page each) Answer key This resource is perfect for both distance and classroom learning. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a fun and active way to get students thinking carefully about the difference between facts and opinions as part of your non-fiction texts topic. This resource contains animal and space themed task cards which the students need to sort into facts and opinions. There are two activities we enjoy using the cards for. Activity 1: Put students into teams of 4 or 5. In an open space, designate an area for facts and an area for opinions. Give each team a pack of cards and make them stand a good distance away from the designated fact / opinion areas (15 meters works nicely). Each team must take the top card and decide whether it’s a fact or opinion. Then one player must run and place the card in the correct zone before running back to their team. Once they’re back at their team they can discuss the next card and the next player can run to put it in the correct zone. Do this until all of the cards are in the correct zones. Activity 2: Designate an area for facts and an area for opinions (two sides of a playground work well). As you read out the task cards the students must decide whether it’s a fact or opinion and run to the correct area. If you want to turn this into a game, the last student to the correct zone is out. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This space themed activity gets your children thinking carefully about the difference between facts and opinions and is perfect for this non-fiction text topic. This is a no-prep cut and stick activity where students will read the statement, decide if it’s a fact or opinion, and stick it in the correct column. This pack has a fun space theme with graphics for each statement. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Get creative by creating characters using only natural materials that can be found in your outdoor space. For this activity students will create characters using leaves, sticks, stones and anything else they can find in your outdoor space. The story ‘Stick Man’ fits in really nicely with this activity and can be good to read before letting the students create their own characters. Once you’ve given students time to create their own characters it can be nice to go around and share their creations, getting them to explain a bit about their creations. You can take this activity even further by taking a photo of their character and sticking it on the sheet (quarter page) or getting them to stick their character directly onto the sheet (doesn’t work so well if sticks and stones are used!) and then getting them to write some adjectives or sentences to describe their character around the outside. This activity can make a great display! More ideas… Once they’ve created their characters you can also get a learning assistant to interview them about their characters. Where do they live? What do they like doing? What are they scared of? Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Unlock your children’s imagination with these fun story hooks. This resource will provide inspiration for them to write their very own story and can be a great hook for a big / independent write. This pack contains 20 pictures of different doors to be used as story starters. The children can start writing imagining that they are stood in front of the door. We have got some clue cards to help those students that may need some direction when writing their stories. We have had great success using this resources and seen some truly wonderful stories come from them. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Teach sentence structure with this fun outdoor scavenger hunt. Each sentence is split into three parts. Simply hide the sentence cards around your outdoor area and get your class to collect the cards and create the sentences. Once they’ve created a sentence they can write it down on the differentiated sentence record sheets. This is a great activity for students to understand how to create a sentence and the key components of a sentence (subject, verb, and complete thought). You may also like our ‘Sentence Fixers PowerPoint’. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Perfect to be used as a phonics station, these fun puzzles are great for your early readers to practice matching colors to their name. This FREE pack contains 1 puzzle, however it can be differentiated by students working in pairs or completing the puzzle with adult support. Be sure to laminate these puzzles so you can use them for years to come! Contents: 1 x Tarsia puzzle Check out our other Tarsia Puzzles for Early Years English Animal Phonics Math Dice Addition (1-15) Counting to 10 - Number Recognition

This video comprehension is all about the wonderful world of compost. Your students will learn what compost is and how it works, the importance of composting, as well as what we can and can’t compost. This pack contains 3 levels of differentiation as well as an extension activity where they must write a persuasive letter. What is video comprehension? Our video comprehension series is designed to facilitate the learning of those students who find reading tricky. It allows them to access the same level of learning without the need to read large amounts of information. We have found it especially helpful with our SEN students. Each set is differentiated three times. With the first level of differentiation requiring them to simply circle the correct answers. These worksheets work best if each student has their own device as they can re-watch parts of the video to find the correct answers. However if you don’t have one device per students or pair we have done this with great success by having the video on repeat on the board / tv at the front of the classroom. These activities are also perfect for home and distance learning. We are constantly expanding our range of video comprehension worksheets so be sure to check back frequently for new resources. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!