An explanation text explaning the process of making a mummy to support Ancient Egypt topic. Included are various activities relating to the one text: cloze procedure, identifying key features, putting it in the right area, a text with no causal conjunctions. Some sheets are differentiated mild and medium.

A simple introduction to causal conjunctions and their purpose, aimed at a year 3 class. The supporting notebook explains what they are/do and gives some examples. It also has an explanation text about mummification to highlight the causal conjunctions and input them later in the lesson to show progression. Worksheets are also provided (differentiated 3 ways) for children to demonstrate their understanding of causal conjunctions through some sentence work.

Resource to support teaching amulets in an Ancient Egypt topic. Covers 16 of the key amulets.

A notebook giving a clear explanation and examples of statement, question, command and exclamation and opportunity to practice writing them. The document with lists of sentences was used in a group sorting activity where they sorted them in to the 4 groups. Also included is an individual task differentiated 3 ways: mild = ticking the sentence type, medium = colour coding the sentences and spicy = writing examples of each.

Labelling activity differentiated 3 ways (mild, medium, spicy) using a real picture of a plant not a drawing (more realstic to children!). Extension questions for early finishers, lesson plan with link to useful video and a 'concept cartoon'. Concept cartoons are discussion areas for the beginning and end of lessons. They are a simple idea where pupils can imagine themselves being someone in the picture, asking questions, to make it more meaningful for them.

3 worksheets to practice measuring in cm and mm. Helps children see that cm are bigger than mm. Also is a good activity to gauge how children will cope with full conversions - it flagged up lots of misconceptions! 3 Worksheets to consolidate measurement conversions. Differentiated 3 ways (Mild, Medium, Spicy). True or false 'prove it' challenge cards as an extension using greater than and less than symbols. Initially designed for Year 3

Various activities looking at +/- 10 and 100, numberlines and missing values with some activities from the White Rose Maths Hub documents. Notebook includes a link to primary games.

Medium term plan and weekly lesson resources for reading comprehension sessions based around The Mousehole Cat. Each session is differentiated 3 ways: mild, medium, spicy.

An introduction to adding fractions using physical apparatus and pictoral representations. There are worksheets differentiated 3 ways (mild, medium and spicy) and a notebook to guide you through the initial lesson. It includes discussion points, key questions and visual aids. Loop cards for adding AND subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Cut along the red and the blue lines. Enough for 1 card each in a class of 30. Fractions board game, themed around star wars. Roll the dice, move on that number, the star you land on you have to say what you would need to reach one whole e.g. if you land on three quarters, say one quarter. If you get it wrong you miss a turn next time.

A set of loop cards for adding and subtracting fractions when the denominator is the same. Cut along the red and blue lines. Suitable for one each in a class of 30.

Clearly structured cards that explain spelling rules including suffixes, prefixes, exceptions and curriculum spellings. Covers a large range of spelling rules such as ed, ing, er/est, y as I, ou as an u, ly, able or ible. Though a comprehensive set, more will come over the year as we cover more rules. They are great to chop up and laminate and have on the tables for children to check and correct their spellings against.

Based on Philip Pullman's Aladdin version, a series of 6 lessons looking at different extracts (in chronological order) and answering a series of comprehension questions focusing on clarification, inference, author's choice and providing evidence with answers. The lessons follow a structure (outlined in the document) that encourages more discussion around answers rather than just giving children a text and them answering questions independently. There is a document with suggested answers though you may be surprised some of the things the children come up with for 'what do you think' questions. Supporting notebook with coloured slides separating the different sessions. Hope this is of use to you!

A board game to help practicing subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Designed for Year 3s within a nature/environment topic. Also see the adding fractions star wars themed board game available on TES

Designed for Year 3 - a series of activities and a notebook looking at the progression of equivalent fractions with links to a fractions song and games. Also includes resources for an Nrich activity using a fraction wall. The different backgrounds on the notebook indicate different teaching days and the relevant worksheets are also attached. Differentiated three ways (mild, medium and spicy).

Supports children exploring an Ancient Egypt topic. Notebook looks at understanding the numbers get bigger the further away from 0 (Jesus' Birth) because they were longer ago. Worksheet is differentiated 3 ways with an extension activity.

7 weeks worth of PE lessons looking at speed, agility, footwork, power and reactions. Learning intentions, warm ups, skill development, skill application, assessment and resource list for each lesson. Blue represents support. Green represents extension.

Lessons plans and resources for: what is light? reflections, shadows and sunlight. Differentiated three ways: mild, medium and spicy. Includes experiment write up sheets as this was a very practical topic!

Resources (including Scaffolded experiment write-up sheet) for experiment lesson looking at objects moving over different surfaces. Lesson plan and notebook included plus a link to a useful video.

A notebook clearly explaining 4 different types of conjunctions: adding, opposing, time and cause and effect. This is complimented by a grid activity for children to sort examples from a word bank in to. For LA children there are some sentences with conjunctions missing and they must choose which conjunction fits best. Also provided: conjunction word bank like a jigsaw because conjunctions 'join' clauses together.

I print these out and laminate them and have them on the child's desk for me to write simple steps for them to complete the task as independently as possible. I also have a large version of it across the bottom of my whiteboard because generally the whole class benefits from it being broken in to manageable steps and it stops them coming up and asking what to do next!