Another 5 mock test answer sheets and 5 corresponding sets of flash cards/booklet pages replicating the 2015 KS1 phonics screening test. This part also includes 5 PPTs with all the words from the individual tests for whole class and small group sessions. Covering a range of real and pseudo words (marked with a monster on flash cards) from phases 2-5. A perfect resource for revision, testing your pupils' knowledge and identifying areas for development prior to the 2016 Phonics Screening.

A comprehensive 30 slide power-point presentation, which goes through all the key maths concepts that children need to know for the current KS1 reasoning paper including: Halving/doubling; odd and even; fractions of shapes and amounts; 2D and 3D shapes; direction and right angle turns; symmetry, data, symbols and counting forwards and backwards in steps. It can be used throughout the year to practise and revisit themes covered in units of work. There are also great opportunities for children to answer questions to develop their reasoning paper skills. This resource is also great value for money, as it can be used year upon year. Certain slides can be selected for teaching /revision sessions or it can be used for starters/plenaries.

What’s included: *Lesson plan (2-2.5 weeks of lessons) *Main teaching SMART Notebook presentation (76 slides) *Accompanying worksheets and activities, plus a writing checklist, Non-chron WAGOLL and writing planning sheet Learning objectives covered: *Make inferences - reading comprehension using film (The Saga of Bjorn from The Literacy Shed) covering questions strands: true or false, put in order, retrieval, vocabulary and inference *Punctuate a paragraph correctly (dictation) *Design a Norse mythical creature *Adverbials of time, place and manner *Write a non-chronological report *Identify and use pronouns (including possessive pronouns) Vary openers using DADWAVERS Plan and write a Norse myth/saga Side note: We are studying Vikings in history and also began reading Viking Boy (Tony Bradman) as a class read before starting this unit of work (some parts - very few - were censored/missed out due to violence! I always read ahead in advance of reading aloud to the class) but overall they absolutely loved it. Additionally, it helped increase subject-specific knowledge about different Viking topics such as Viking way of life, Gods and the Valkyries.

This is a two week unit of work on biographies. It has cross curricular links with the Earth, Sun and Moon topic in Science as it uses the biography of Neil Armstrong in the first week of planning.

What’s included: Lesson plan for lesson 1 (used in observation) Smart notebook main teaching presentation for lesson 1 Lesson 1 resources sheets Lesson 2 - extension of lesson 1. True or false questions and ‘find and copy a word or phrase’ questions. Lesson 3 - song lyric comprehension and questions The first lesson comprises of a number of short activities and a main independent activity based on inference. Short activities - predict, vocabulary, retrieve (true or false) and retrieve (match up). Main (independent activity) - inference activity worksheet. There are also differentiated activities for SEND pupils - all worksheets included. The second lesson is a shorter lesson which is an extension of lesson 1. The third lesson is questions on the song ‘Blinded by your grace’(Stormzy) Please note: Lesson 1 and 2 uses the Stormzy biography text that can be found in on Twinkl)

With over 60 slides, this last-minute revision power-point includes a definition of all grammatical terms for the new 2016 SPAG test. It then has several examples of questions from previous papers for the children to quickly test their knowledge. Ideal for final cramming!

An ideal last-minute set of spelling revision worksheets. They can quickly be made into booklets which the children can revise with at home, or during small windows of time in the classroom. The 20 sets of 10 spellings cover all of the Year 5 and 6 New Curriculum word lists, as well as common tricky words which are highly likely to come up in the 2017 SPAG test.

This essential- last minute revision- spelling presentation includes over 30 slides, containing word lists of all the major spelling rules and patterns for Year 6. Also included are 14 fun spelling races that the children can complete in small groups, pairs or individually. The children must work together to correct the spellings. You can either give the children clues as to which ones they need to correct, or just tell them how many correct answers they have! The children in my Year 6 class love competing against each other for house points. The races are a much more fun way of revising spellings than an actual test. I usually award from 5 house points to 1 house point for the first 5 groups. It is excellent for highlighting to teachers which spellings all groups continue to find tricky. The spelling races can be adapted for any set of words.

This resource is perfect for daily maths starters. All questions are based on the 2016 KS2 Arithmetic Paper. The presentation contains over 60 slides with top calculation tips and strategies for all arithmetic paper question types, from fractions to squared numbers. Each tip is then followed by a set of questions to practise and test their strategies. Answers to all questions are provided in the presentation notes!

*Lesson plan (11 lessons) Day 2 was split over 2 lessons. *Main teaching SMART Notebook presentation (40 slides) *Accompanying worksheets and activities, plus a writing checklist, Letter WAGOLL and writing planning sheet Learning objectives covered/activities: *Increase familiarity with a wide range of books. Draw inferences - Observe/Wonder/Infer *Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence - Use the text to create a FACT FILE for a character *Inference - ‘What it says/what it means’ sheet *Use varying and technical vocabulary to write a post card *Use conjunctions to extend sentences (when, if, because and although) Y3 – when, before, after, because *To identify how language, structure, and presentation contribute to meaning in a text - TEXT DETECTIVE *Identify feelings and how they change throughout the story - thought shower and use to write a ‘perfect’ paragraph Proof-reading activity Plan and write a letter (recount) Develop editing techniques using editing cards/stations *PLEASE NOTE - EDITING STATIONS POWERPOINT WAS SOURCED FREE ON TES AND ADAPTED TO SUIT THIS TASK.

A follow-up resource to our planning and resources on The Day the Crayons Quit. A lesson plan with 15 lessons and associated resources, including the main teaching Power Point. There are also 10+ ideas for additional lessons to extend the topic or to use at other times in the sequence of lessons provided. There are also several suggestions given for extra SPAG opportunties linked to the text. Objectives covered are: Prediction and inference about a character Drama-hotseating Vocabulary - using words in context/finding meaning Using a thesaurus and dictionary Locating and summarising information Research on a topic to produce a leaflet Writing - a postcard Writing - an interview Writing- book review Punctuating speech Using ISPACED Persuasive writing Reading comprehension: retrieval, inference, true/false, word meaning and APE PLUS LOTS MORE IDEAS!

What’s included: *Lesson plan (13 lessons - 3 weeks) *Main teaching SMART Notebook presentation (59 slides) *Accompanying worksheets and activities, plus 2 x writing checklists and writing planning sheet. Learning objectives covered: *Make inferences - Observe/wonder/infer task sheet Vocabulary match-up starter Improve/upgrade instructions task Identify and use subordinating conjunctions *Punctuate a paragraph correctly (dictation) *Write a set of instructions *Use a dictionary to correct spellings/editing lesson *Proofread and explanation text and know explanation text features *Use apostrophes for possession (Y4) and contraction (Y3) Write relative and subordinate clauses Design a Lego Card Build vocabulary and upgrade sentences Plan an write an explanation text around a new Lego card Edit and improve explanation text Other starter/short tasks throughout the week linked to grammar/punctuation PLEASE NOTE: Lesson 8 requires each pupil to each have a packet of LEGO CARDS. There are plenty to show online but the kids LOVED getting their own pack. Sainsburys give them out at certain times of the year and they can also be bought on eBay.

A full lesson plan for an English lesson observation relating to Macbeth. The power-point covers all aspects of the lesson from starter to plenary.

Tried and tested English observation lesson. Focuses on modal verbs but in the context of a unit of work on persuasive writing linked to the environment. All resources provided.

With over 50 slides, this power-point includes a definition of all the punctuation, sentence types and grammatical terms for the KS1 SPAG test. It then includes several examples of questions based on the current test for the children to quickly test and consolidate their knowledge. Ideal for starters and plenaries throughout the year.

These 5 Notebooks (which can be used daily over 5 weeks) are great, ready-made resources to use as a starter, plenary or extension activity in your maths lessons. Linked to objectives and questions covered on KS2 maths tests, they cover a wide range of maths topics from converting measures, multiplying and dividing, working out areas and perimeters of compound shapes and much more. Ideal for quick-fire practise, consolidation and new learning across mental maths.

Suitable for both KS1 and 2. The resources include 5 starter PPTs which can be easily adapted to a variety of topics. Ideal starters to revise topics quickly or consolidate key facts for daily work. Topics include mixed tables; multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 100; pairs to 100; pairs to 20 and doubles. More to follow this half term hopefully!

This power-point has practical tips, hints on test technique and opportunities to consolidate pupils' general knowledge needed for the current (2016) Reasoning Paper . It has been produced by Year 6 teachers to use as a an assessment tool throughout the year, revising reasoning paper content. It can be included in weekly planning, or at the end of a unit of work.