I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
25 different questions for Chapter One of The Witches by Roald Dahl. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities. To support guided reading sessions, all questions have the relevant page numbers (paperback) and answers at the end.
N.B. You will need to provide the text itself.
Five fully planned and resourced lessons that focus on key aspects of grammar through nouns, verbs and adjectives as well as being able to find antonyms and synonyms, providing a weeks worth of lessons.
The first lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with the focus then being on common and proper nouns. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common and proper nouns before introducing abstract nouns to children. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The third lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common, proper and abstract nouns from previous lessons. The focus then shifts to pronouns before children complete activities. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The first of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on verbs. The activities will help children identify how changing verbs can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on adjectives. The activities will help children identify how changing adjectives can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
Two lessons that focus on antonyms and synonyms and being able to use a thesaurus. They also help focus on verbs and adjectives.
The first of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on verbs. The activities will help children identify how changing verbs can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on adjectives. The activities will help children identify how changing adjectives can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
Also included is a one off lesson for writing a descriptive setting.
Three lessons from a sequence that focus on nouns.
The first lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with the focus then being on common and proper nouns. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common and proper nouns before introducing abstract nouns to children. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The third lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common, proper and abstract nouns from previous lessons. The focus then shifts to pronouns before children complete activities. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on adjectives. The activities will help children identify how changing adjectives can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The first of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on verbs. The activities will help children identify how changing verbs can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
N.B The lesson resources are titled lesson 4 as it is the fourth lesson from a bigger sequence of learning.
The third lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common, proper and abstract nouns from previous lessons. The focus then shifts to pronouns before children complete activities. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common and proper nouns before introducing abstract nouns to children. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The first lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with the focus then being on common and proper nouns. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
A set of three differentiated worksheets that work on place value for Year 6 children. Having used a similar format in my own lessons, these sheets often provide enough challenge for two days lessons, with children taking on the easier work then moving on to harder challenges within the other sheets.
These have all been made with mastery in mind and so follow this pattern.
Worksheet One - Works on practise and fluency (LA)
Worksheet Two - Practise, fluency and reasoning (MA)
Worksheet Three - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (HA)
Worksheet Four - Same as worksheet three as a spare for anybody who finishes problem solving
Answers are included for each sheet.
A range of quizzes that are useful for the end of the year or as general activities.
Quizzes include:
A quiz that gets children to try and identify 30 different flags from around the world. A fun geography activity for the end of the year or as a general activity to check knowledge of different flags.
A British History quiz that includes 20 questions about British history, including a range of topics and spanning over 1000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 23 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of British history and can be done individually or in teams.
A European History quiz that includes 20 questions about European history, including a range of topics and spanning over 2000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 28 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of European history and can be done individually or in teams.
A multiple choice quiz that children can do in teams as a fun end of year activity looking at various events in 2016-2017.
Round One- Sporting events
Round Two- Film questions
Round Three- Picture Round
Round Four- Song Round - Name the artist and name of the song with a point for each (Freedom in this round of selecting a number of songs yourself from 2016-2017 to quiz children on)
Round Five- Music Round
Round Six- Television Round
A multiple choice general knowledge quiz that has 26 questions before finishing with 2 bonus rounds with a point per answer available.
A quiz that gets children to try and identify 30 different flags from around the world. A fun geography activity for the end of the year or as a general activity to check knowledge of different flags.
A lesson on synonyms and antonyms. Included is the lesson presentation that discusses antonyms and synonyms before finding examples and looking at how to use a thesaurus accurately. Also included are three differentiated worksheets that focus on being able to find antonyms and synonyms.
A lesson/ two lessons based on writing and punctuating direct speech. The lesson is based on the mini story of Geri's game that is shown on Literacy Shed with the key element of the lesson focussing on being able to describe what the two characters may say between one another and ensuring this is punctuated properly.
A lesson/ two lessons based on discussions on being able to write character descriptions. The lesson is based on the mini story of Geri's game that is shown on Literacy Shed with the key element of the lesson focussing on being able to describe one character as if there are two people there.
Included in the presentation is work on adjectives, the link for the clip, questions for children to answer (and answers my children came up with) and a small example of being able to write a description of one character as if he is two different people.
Two different quizzes that can be used for a bit of fun as well as checking historical knowledge.
1st quiz - A British History quiz that includes 20 questions about British history, including a range of topics and spanning over 1000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 23 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of British history and can be done individually or in teams.
2nd quiz - A European History quiz that includes 20 questions about European history, including a range of topics and spanning over 2000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 28 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of European history and can be done individually or in teams.
A European History quiz that includes 20 questions about European history, including a range of topics and spanning over 2000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 28 points.
This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of European history and can be done individually or in teams.
A fully resourced lesson on semi-colons that has been written for Year 5 but is easily adaptable. Included is the lesson presentation and three differentiated worksheets that focus on being able to use semi-colons, particularly between two independent clauses. These then move on to checking children's understanding through questions before the HA activity gets children to write their own sentences with semi-colons.
A number of resources that can be used for class transition days or for the start of a new school year.
Activities include:
Three quizzes that children can complete in teams
Setting targets and getting to know children activity sheet
Classroom flag templates where children can design a class flag
Rules activity where children decide from rules which are important or unimportant to then create a set of class rules from
Getting to know everyone - Ice breaker activity where children have to find others that may have done a particular thing
Questions and ideas - What they are looking forward to, any concerns and any questions they may have
A fun game that can be used to revise being able to read coordinates or even as an activity as part of learning to read coordinates.
Included is a coordinates grid for themselves and an enemy grid to colour against with both of these being all four quadrants. Also included are pairs of ships for both players, either using the thinner versions or thicker versions.