As my class is currently studying World War II I wanted to create a resource for guided reading that supported the current theme. The class struggle to find evidence and use direct quotes in their answers so this is one of the lesson objectives, hence a great deal of evidence hunting. I hope this resource is equally useful to others as I struggled to find anything ready-made about Dunkirk meeting both poetry and guided reading criteria.

Sentence starters to help children to explain their reasoning. Great for working walls.

A World War 2 themed maths investigation in which children try to find the first names of the soldiers using clue cards. Each clue card has the surname of the soldier and some clues. This resource was made to provide an opportunity for children to work collaboratively and apply the number skills they had been taught. It covers using the < > = symbols, place value, partitioning and rounding as well as opportunities to explain reasoning.

Four posters showing some methods the children can use for subtraction, addition, division and multiplication.

A ppt used for a one off maths activity used with my year 3 class. Make a cardboard box, fill with goodies and attach a combination lock. Children should develop their workings to ensure they find all the possible codes. At the end, ask the children to write the code they think it could be on a Post-It and invite children to try to unlock the code. If someone does, they can all have the goodies!

Posters to show methods for the 4 operations. Made and used for my year 3 class.

Sentence building activity cards for a focus group. Includes a variety of punctuation and synonyms for said to improve vocab choices.

Daily resources for chapters 1 - 13 Infering a character’s thoughts, feelings and motive x4 days Summarising x 5 days Discussing interesting vocabulary x 4 days Identifying themes x 1 day