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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
This is a plan and resources for a beginners Italian lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning the vocabulary for different pizzas in Italian. The plan could be used for an individual lesson, or as part of a food unit.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a whole class listening game, a speaking and listening activity, a reading/written activity and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file and are:
Lesson Plan - 4 pages (PDF)
A 12 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Resources for listening game - 4 pages (colour and black & white) (PDF)
Resources for speaking and listening activity - 2 pages (colour and black & white) (PDF)
Reading/Written activity - 3 pages (colour and black & white and answers) (PDF)
This lesson made me hungry!
This plan is Blossoming Minds’ Italian Lesson 2 Unit 4, but can be used individually.
You might be interested in Units 1-3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12590110
A bundle of 7 comprehension packs , perfect for using with year 1 in the run-up to Christmas.
Each pack contains four comprehension sheets, and an accompanying PowerPoint with a page for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions with your class before they complete them.
The following comprehensions are included in the bundle:
The Christmas story
Christmas food instructions
Christmas in France
Christmas in Germany
Christmas in Italy
Christmas in Poland
Christmas in Spain
Please note, these comprehensions are also available as part of smaller and larger bundles.
This is a pack of 13 year 2 SATs style comprehensions, perfect for using throughout the autumn term.
Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions and a similar layout.
There are a wide range of autumn topics covered, including:
Autumn non-fiction (x 4)
Harvest non-fiction (x2)
Thanksgiving non-fiction
Halloween non-fiction (x 2)
Bonfire Night non-fiction (x 4)
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for lower key stage 2 (ages 7-9). There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to cook a Christmas dinner - Turkey with stuffing balls. It is perfect for using in the weeks before Christmas.
The higher ability booklet has two pages of information for the children to read before they complete 3 pages of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘which,’ ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. There are also true or false, multiple choice questions and some that require more detailed answers. There are 15 questions in total. The middle and lower ability booklets have the information split into four separate pages with questions on each page. The middle and lower ability each have 14 questions in total.
There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level. Answers are also included.
PDF file format.
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Year 3 and 4 comprehension - Mince Pie Recipe
Christmas pudding recipe comprehension - Year 3 and 4
Keep your year 2s busy throughout December with this collection of comprehensions, maths activities, SPaG activities, and interactive advent calendars, all with a Christmas theme. Worth nearly £50 if bought individually!
Included in the bundle are:
Christmas Maths Problems
Christmas SPaG packs x 2
Comprehensions x 9
Interactive Advent calendars x 2 - maths, jokes
Interactive Christmas Quiz
General KS1 Activity Booklet
All resources also available individually or as part of a smaller bundle.
A collection of 5 non-fiction comprehension activities for year 2. They all focus on the theme of summer and help children to practise their comprehension of instructions. Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions. They are also laid out in the same way as a SATs booklet to provide the children with greater experience.
The 5 topics explored in the comprehensions are:
How to build a sandcastle
Pond dipping
How to grow a sunflower
How to prepare a picnic
Making lemonade
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using in the summer term. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to make lemonade, with differentiated questions.
It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
There are a range of 'what, ’ ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using in the autumn. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to make toffee apples, with differentiated questions.
It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where’ and ‘how’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This bundle contains a collection of comprehension booklets aimed at year 2. The theme for the booklets is Christmas recipes.
The three topics covered are:
Christmas Pudding Recipe
Mince Pie Recipe
Trifle Recipe
Each booklet is differentiated and based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format.
This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using in the run up to Christmas. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to make trifle, with differentiated questions.
It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
There are a range of 'what, ’ ‘whose’ and ‘where’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft Word format included in the price.
This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using in the run up to Christmas. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to make Christmas pudding, with differentiated questions.
It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
There are a range of 'what, ’ ‘which’ and ‘how’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft Word format included in the price.
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A bundle of 11 comprehension packs , perfect for using with year 1 throughout the autumn term.
Each pack contains four comprehension sheets, with a short piece of text . There are 5 questions per sheet and some pictures to help with tricky words. There is also an accompanying PowerPoint with a page for each text so that you can go through the texts with your class before they complete them.
The following themes are included in the bundle:
Harvest
Autumn
Autumn wildlife
Bonfire Night
Christmas around Europe
The Christmas story
Christmas food instructions
Please note, the comprehensions are also available as part of a smaller and larger bundle.
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
The theme in this pack is ‘How to make Christmas food.’ There are four different comprehensions:
How to make Christmas puddings
How to make trifle
How to make mince pies
How to decorate a Christmas cake
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
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A bumper pack of 18 comprehension booklets, perfect for using throughout the autumn term with your year 2 class. Each comprehension is differentiated 3 ways and is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
The following themes are covered:
Harvest
Autumn
Halloween
Bonfire Night
Christmas
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for lower key stage 2, perfect for using in the weeks before Christmas. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to make a Christmas pudding, with differentiated questions.
It is based on a mixture of the KS1 and KS2 SATs reading papers.
There are a range of 'what, ’ ‘which,’ ‘where’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with the higher ability booklet resembling a year 6 paper and the middle and lower abilities resembling a year 2 paper.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using on or around Shrove Tuesday. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to make the perfect pancake, with differentiated questions.
It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
There are a range of ‘what’ and ‘how’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. Answers are also included.
I have also included both colour and black & white versions of each of the 3 booklets which contain some cute clip art of kids cooking!
PDF file format.
This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using on or around Good Friday or Easter. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to make hot cross buns, with differentiated questions.
I have also included colour and black & white versions of each of the booklets which contain some cute clip art of kids cooking! A sample of one of the pages from the middle ability booklet is shown in the preview.
Each booklet is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
There are a range of ‘what’ and ‘how’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
PDF file format.
A collection of 8 comprehension activities for year 2, perfect for using throughout the spring.
Each activity comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are based on the reading SATs paper.
The 8 topics explored in the comprehensions are:
St. David’s Day (non-fiction)
St. Patrick’s Day (non-fiction)
Pancake recipe (instructions)
Easter food (non-fiction)
Easter story (fiction style)
Hot cross buns (instructions)
What can I do in spring? (non-fiction)
Spring animals (non-fiction)
PDF file format.
This is a pack of 8 year 2 non-fiction comprehensions, all with the theme of summer. These are perfect for using before or after SATs.
Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions and a similar layout.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
A pack of 12 comprehension booklets, perfect for using in the weeks before Christmas with your year 2 class. Each comprehension is differentiated 3 ways and is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper.
The following themes are covered:
Christmas recipes x 3
Christmas story x 4
Christmas around Europe x 5