A great Powerpoint to aid revision and work on and learn similes as a class - fantastic with year 4 but could be adapted for year 2 and go up as high as year 7 ! Went really well ! With activties also - do enjoy !
Resource and lesson stand alone to help with the writing of speech with attached resources also - reminders of how and when to punctuate and coloured activties for children at different levels - enjoy !
A Stand alone piece of descriptive writing - Big Write style based on a
fairground - sounds and video within this and an example piece of writing to improve
Year 6 thought this was very helpful as it addressed all the senses and the basic example they all could verbally improve and write then to greater depth - A good stand alone lesson !
Apostrophe for contraction powerpoint and activities attached - This was used in a class for a 50 minute observed lesson for a Year 3 post - The deputy head who watched it thought it was outstanding and the children learnt a great deal and particularly liked the coloured choices (levels) the children chose themselves - All you need is post it notes and big paper to stick around the room ! A great stand alone lesson also if you are running out of ideas or energy !!!
Guided reading question card - ideal for guided reading to use as a prompt sheet or for the children to write up as guided reading questions - this would suit 7-11 age group and just laminate them and you can use them time and again
Great resource particularly for independent learning also
Embedded clause lesson ideal for year 5 and 6 and geared to children of all abilities with clear progression ! Ideal for the first teaching of this and as a class - Super progression from the activty sheets also - The headteacher gave me good with outstanding for this lesson ! Enjoy and use as you see fit !
Spag starter ideal for coming into lesson to from break and lunch and can be edited and amended as necessary !
For Year 5 and 6 (and below) this was a great way to start the lesson as it was engaging and straight away got the kids to think and be active !
Stand alone Modal verb lesson ideal for year 5 and 6 in the run up to SPAG work and general English and grammar lessons
A great and child friendly resource !!!
Semi colon activity and powerpoint lesson combined- ideal for Years 5 and 6 English lessons and worked very well as a standard alone grammar lesson to aid childrens learning - progression within the lesson also here through staged activities
A stand alone lesson on types of questions - open and closed with attached resources to cut and edit as necessary - ideal for Key stage 2 but can be used in secondary also particularly Key Stage 3 as appropriate -
Great activity for all !
There`s a Pharoah in our bath - continue the story stand alone lesson as a powerpoint with then levelled pieces/colours for the children to work on to write a continuation - Great book for Y3 and Y4 to study and hopefully this should get some good writing for you - A starter activty also built into this to start the lesson on word classes
Pronouns and enclosed worksheet through this PPT presentation - ideal for year 3,4 and 5 and with included progression - I have used this for a few years and year groups now and they like the entertainment within the slides and engages all the children throughout - enjoy !
Pack of word class cards - ideal for the children to practice and revise key word classes - ideal for spag practice and revision generally throughout the school year with display also here- I got the class to write the particular word on the word class display sheet to create and add to the working wall - A great and invaluable resource and suitable for all year groups for Key Stage 2 in addition this can be used across school and particularly helpful for year 2 !
Enjoy and any questions etc do be in touch !
An Ask it style stand alone lesson to introduce the story of Charlie and the Chocolate factory - This would be ideal for an Englis/guided reading session and went down brilliantly with my Year 4 class this last time ! It get them thinking about the text, what and how it is written with a plenary with thought provoking questions to build upon for lesson 2 !
The kids loved it and would be ideal for years 3/4/ and 5 ! Any queries do be in touch !
A whole stand alone lesson on compound sentences with word resources to show progress over a lesson - The inspector said he liked the lesson !
It is a well paced Powerpoint then explains clearly to KS 2 the use of a compound sentence and how to use them - they then put this into practice by using the activities within the attached word document
This took a 50 minute lesson and all children accessed this really well - I have done this to years 4,5 and 6 and it has worked well - I hope you find it of use either for a lesson or revision tool
Complex sentences - A stand alone lesson with included resources to print and a self coloured pleanary for the children to show their understanding of complex sentences and use them in context etc - This is a powerpoint although as I say needs the last slides printing off for the activities - any queries do message and I`ll happily help !
A great Spag revision tool that will work with any age group from Year 3 to Year 6 ! Ideal to embed learning !
Information on word classes through the poem and then completed workheets to revise them further still with creative progress to make and design their own ! All the children I have used this on have really enjoyed it and learnt a great deal ! Any questions do ask away !!
A powerpoint ideal for the introduction of a Stone Age topic in conjunction with the book Stone Age boy - it get the children to ask questions through the text on what could be going and what more they want to find out about for this time period - Ideal for years 3 and 4 however could be adapted to years 2 or 5 - I did this for a half term but next term will strech this topic out for a full term - would also work for mixed age teaching ! Any queries do be in touch - enjoy !!
A Stone Age writing to describe lesson; to describe what they see, smell etc through the senses using a picture prompt to help them enclosed in the powerpoint - I then gave each child a picture of this to stick into their books we planned and talked through it using the template idea here and they with the example put this together - The class of year 3 then year 4 really enjoyed it and we got some great writing from this creative writing session- any queries etc do ask !!