POWERPOINTS: Fronted Adverbials: Explains what they are and how to use them (including the use of commas from the punctuation objectives) PRINTABLE PDF FILES: Adverbial spotter worksheet: To use with reading books or passages of text Adverbials of time display Adverbials of manner display Adverbials of time display Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of manner cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc 5 x Word documents with different passages to use with spotter sheet

The powerpoint looks at the different forms of punctuation to use when writing direct speech. Shows different ways of recording direct speech, eg, direct speech first then the narrative/ narrative first then the direct speech etc. It ends with images and speech bubbles for the children to record direct speech using the correct formats. The display posters give prompts to help the children remember how to write direct speech.

A pack of 4 powerpoint lessons and 10 printable activities to teach the guidelines for spelling these types of words. ENT ENCE ENCY ENDINGS POWERPOINTS 1 Explains that ent is used after soft c g and qu, giving examples of each of these type of words. It ends with an activity that shows a word, then it can be hidden so the children can write it, then shown so the children can check the spelling. 2 Explains how you can think of related words to gauge whether to use an e for these types of endings, for example confidential:confident. It ends with the same spelling activity. Includes words other than those preceded by soft c g or qu PDF WORKSHEETS Look Write Cover Check ent words (soft c g and qu): For spelling practice Look Write Cover Check ent words: For spelling practice Look Write Cover Check ence ency words: For spelling practice Word search Worksheet: Adding the endings ent ence and ency to different words then writing them in a sentence ANT ANCE ANCY ENDINGS POWERPOINTS 3 Explains how you can think of related words to gauge whether to use an a for these types of endings, for example consultation: consultant. It ends with a spelling activity. 4 Looks at words that need to be memorised to learn which spelling to use: Ends with a spelling activity. PDF WORKSHEETS Look Write Cover Check ant words (related ation words): For spelling practice Look Write Cover Check ance and ancy endings: For spelling practice Look Write Cover Check ant words: For spelling practice Word search Worksheet: Adding the endings ant ance and ancy to different words then writing them in a sentence Plus a word list for both spellings

Resources to teach the guidelines for spelling homophones and other words that are often confused. POWERPOINTS Each Powerpoint gives definitions/explanations of each homophone, then ends with an activity for the children to work out which homophone is appropriate in different sentences. Homophones - nouns and verbs: advice advise, device devise, licence license and practice practise. Homophones 1: aisle isle, aloud allowed, affect effect, altar alter, ascent assent, bridal, bridle, cereal serial, complement compliment Homophones 2: descent dissent, desert dessert, draft draught, farther father, guessed guest, heard herd, led, lead morning, mourning Homophones 3: past passed, precede proceed, principal principle, profit prophet, stationary stationery, steal steel, wary weary, who's whose PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES: Look Write Cover Check x 7: For spelling practice, containing the words in the above PowerPoints Worksheets x 7: To write definitions of the homophones and think of ways to remember how to spell them. Definition and word cards x 3: Three sets of homophones and corresponding definitions for matching games etc.

A powerpoint lesson and worksheet to teach the difference between vocabulary typical of informal speech and vocabulary appropriate for formal speech and writing.

POWERPOINTS: The history of the English language: A history, plus an explanation of why the English language has so many synonyms. Synonyms: Explains what they are and gives 11 words with related synonyms. Antonyms: Explains what they are and gives 12 words with corresponding antonyms, plus 7 words with several antonyms. Antonyms and prefixes beginning with 'i': Formation of antonyms by adding im, in or il to words. Antonyms and prefixes recap: Activity to make words by adding a range of prefixes covered in previous years, to make antonyms. PRINTABLE FILES (PDF): Synonyms worksheet: For finding synonyms Antonyms worksheet: re-write the sentences to make it mean the opposite House for sale - antonyms worksheet: Rewrite the advert using antonyms House for sale - synonyms worksheet: Rewrite the advert using synonyms Antonym cards (2 sets): Matching sets - easy and more difficult

A mixture of powerpoints and printable activities to encourage sound discrimination by listening to instrumental sounds.

A pack of powerpoints and activities to print to help children distinguish between the differences in vocal sounds, including oral blending and segmenting.

A set of powerpoints, games, cards and activities to develop oral blending and segmenting of sounds in words.

The picture grapheme/word mat is to aid in the teaching and learning of further graphemes, and learning to read tricky words in phase 5. A pictorial example of each sound is shown with the letters to help children remember the graphemes. Also on the word mat are previous tricky words, which can be decoded in Phase 5, and the 11 tricky words for children to read in Phase 5. The second word mat contains the alternate spellings for phonemes on page 144 of the Letters and Sounds document.

A set of all Phase 3 captions and sentences - powerpoint activities, worksheets and games.

There are a variety of different activities for each phoneme. The descriptions of the powerpoints are as follows: Word list powerpoint: Begins with a list of words for reading, then shows each word individually for writing. Best Bet powerpoint: Introduces the different graphemes for each phoneme, then shows a picture and part of a word, with the relevant grapheme hidden. The children have to choose which grapheme is missing. Each word is added to a table that can be analysed at the end of the game. Homophones with pictures powerpoint: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, showing the different spellings and pictures to help remember which is which. Homophones: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, with no pictures. Phoneme Spotter Stories - Three versions of each story - PowerPoint, Smartboard, and pdf format. Rhyming word generation Smartboard file for recording words with different graphemes.

There are a variety of different activities for each phoneme. The descriptions of the powerpoints are as follows: Word list powerpoint: Begins with a list of words for reading, then shows each word individually for writing. Best Bet powerpoint: Introduces the different graphemes for each phoneme, then shows a picture and part of a word, with the relevant grapheme hidden. The children have to choose which grapheme is missing. Each word is added to a table that can be analysed at the end of the game. Homophones with pictures powerpoint: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, showing the different spellings and pictures to help remember which is which. Homophones: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, with no pictures. Phoneme Spotter Stories - Three versions of each story - PowerPoint, Smartboard, and pdf format. Rhyming word generation Smartboard file for recording words with different graphemes.

The booklet is in pdf format and contains 14 pages of assessment. It covers all the content to be introduced for spelling, homophones and common exception words / word lists objectives for KS1 and KS2. It can follow each child as they progress through school. There are also 4 alternative front covers to choose from in Word. They can be readily adapted and added to if you want to personalise them. Class assessment There are 2 versions; one in excel if you want to keep a digital record, or pdf if you would rather print the record out. There is a sheet for each year group, covering all the spelling content (except for vowel digraphs and trigraphs, homophones and words) to be introduced.

This pack contains 7 resources: A PowerPoint lesson for children to write words containing the new grapheme, 4 differentiated worksheets, picture and word cards and a large flashcard. The font used is Sassoon with an additional copy in Elementary font.

A set of phonics display/flashcards to use in KS1. There are 2 A5 cards on a page. Each card contains pictures and a list of words including the relevant common exception words for Year 1. The first set contains the letters of the alphabet. The second set contains the consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs and trigraphs in the Y1 Spelling appendix. The third set contains extra graphemes identified in the Letters and Sounds phonics programme.

A set of A4 posters to print and display. They contain all the 'terminology for pupils' identified in Appendix 2 for Year 3: Adverb; Preposition; Conjunction; Word family; Prefix; Clause; Subordinate clause; Direct speech; Vowels; Consonants; Inverted commas/speech marks; Nouns; Present perfect; Punctuation

A set of A4 posters to print and display. They contain all the 'terminology for pupils' identified in Appendix 2 for Year 2: Noun; Noun phrase; Statement; Question; Exclamation; Command; Compound word; Adjective; Verb; Suffix; Adverb; Tense; Apostrophe; Comma; Subordination; Co-ordination; Progressive; Sentence.

A powerpoint looking at the rules learnt so far for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters.

A powerpoint looking at how suffixes change the way verbs work, with some examples of standard English to use in writing rather than local spoken forms, plus a list of irregular verbs.