Practical activities for Yr5 Measure unit. Includes distance, weight, capacity and length. Grids can be edited to suit your classroom/ school grounds. Extension activity converting units. I split the class into groups and worked the activities in a carousel.
Cover sheets for each unit of learning. Includes examples of learning and National Curriculum objectives, key vocabulary, stem sentences and “*What do I already know?” questions.
20 cover sheets.
What fractions can be found in the square/ triangles. Children can label/ colour/ fold the paper to indicate the fractions. eg: each column of triangles is worth 1/3, each individual triangle is 1/18, each small square is 1/9
3 week writing journey - Persuasive speech outcome. Includes drop in write of short narrative. Links with rainforest topic. Can be used alongside There’s a Rang Tan in my Bedroom.
As a hook, working wall can be adorned with various packaging of products that contain palm oil. The BBC newsreel clip sparks lots of debate so be prepared for discussion. Children often go home and do their own “research” in kitchen cupboards.
3 week writing journey based on The Curse of the Maya by Pearce and Loneragan. Flash fiction, setting description and adventure narrative outcomes. Includes example of flash fiction and cover page.
3 week writing journey based on Night at the Frost Fair by Emma Carroll, taken from the book Winter Magic. Portal narrative outcome. Planning includes necessary grammar lessons.
Scavenger hunt devised to develop dictionary use. Leveled worksheets for different abilities. Can be used as part of an English learning journey or a stand alone lesson. Designed so children can work independently or collaboratively.
8 guided reading lessons based on Cogheart by Peter Bunzl. Includes lesson plan, cover pages, profile grid, Cogheart themed letter paper, zone of relevance and related words.
3 week learning journey based on Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Magazine article outcome. Includes lesson plan with drop in write (letter writing), cover sheets and leveled magazine article planning grids.
3 week writing journey based on the David Wiesner picture book, Flotsam. Learning intentions taken from National Curriculum reading and writing outcomes. Short narrative, character description and persuasive advert writing outcomes. Includes narrative planning sheet.
3 week writing journey based on the short film Pandora Discovered (Avatar) Information text outcome. Learning intentions taken from National Curriculum reading and writing outcomes. Includes cover sheet, writing structure strips, setting description planning sheet and levelled colon and semi colon work sheets.
2 week writing journey with mocumentary writing outcome based on The Majestic Plastic Bag narrated by Jeremy Irons. Includes transcript of the mocumentary and Power Point of WAGOLL I created. Youtube link to film on planning. Learning intentions taken from National curriculum key reading and writing statements.
12 writing lessons based on a short clip taken from the children’s film The House of Magic. (Relevant clip available on YouTube- link on planning) Learning intentions taken from National Curriculum reading, writing and grammar outcomes. Includes levelled grammar worksheets based on the clip. (dashes for parenthesis) Character description outcome.
3 week writing journey with biography writing outcome based on Street Child. Includes levelled biography writing check lists, biography planning sheets, cohesive devices work sheets, commas activity, paragraph planning, front cover and LA paragraph planning questions. Learning intentions taken from National Curriculum reading, writing and grammar key statements.
Two writing journeys for Pebble In My Pocket. 12 lesson plan for Information Text writing outcome, 13 lesson plan for Travel Log writing outcome. Includes adverbials work sheet activity plus cover page.
13 writing lessons based on the Land of Neverbelieve. Learning intentions taken from National Curriculum reading and writing outcomes. Writing outcomes of information text and travel log/ blog.
3 week writing journey based on The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. Instruction Text writing outcome. Learning intentions taken from National Curriculum reading, writing and grammar key statements. Writing journey includes cold task and apprentice write. Character inference activity sheet included.