I hope this makes report writing easier for someone. Please review. This is a Report Writing Comments Bank for general contribution, effort and attitude comments, for example, 'He has the ability and commitment to excel in many subjects.' 'He consistently and actively contributes knowledge, opinions, and skills to a group.' 'He is a charming and helpful member of the class who can always be relied upon to carry out any task conscientiously.' 'He is an open-minded and flexible thinker.' 'He needs encouragement to take a more active part in class discussion.' The statements start with general report starter comments and attributes that could be commented on in general reports. Next, statements about attitude and contribution are grouped from very positive and positive to less positive comments.

Year 5 - compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets

This is a free extract from a Premium PowerPoint presentation discovering through questions and examples the rules for punctuating dialogue. This extract focuses on alternative words for said. The full PowerPoint and speech punctuation investigation tasks are available as a premium resource at AWalkerEducation shop. The full premium presentation shows how to punctuate direct speech, how to move and use speech tags and includes alternative words for the speech verb, ‘said’. The investigations use well known texts for children to investigate and discover the rules for themselves.

I've put together QCA materials used for the past phonics screening checks in 2015 & 2016 with the sample materials for 2011 (the first year QCA released example materials). The copyright for all PDF documents belongs to QCA/QCDA/DfE and can be reproduced, stored or translated for private study only. They are not for sale. QCA states materials are published to help teachers and pupils become familiar with the phonics screening check. These and further materials are available on the Gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phonics-screening-check-2016-materials

Character - positive character traits vocab building list. I cut up the words and pupils sorted the list into words they knew, thought they might know and definitely didn't know. Words could also be used to sort, for example, words with linked meanings and made into Mind Maps. Suited to some pupils in Upper Key Stage 2, but also some pupils in Key Stage 3 and 4.

4-3-2-1 strategy reading comprehension sheet for use with any non-fiction text.

This is part of a PowerPoint presentation discovering through questions and examples the rules for punctuating dialogue. This extract focuses on speech tags. The full PowerPoint and speech punctuation investigation tasks are available as a premium resource at AWalkerEducation shop. The full premium presentation shows how to punctuate direct speech, how to move and use speech tags and includes alternative words for the speech verb, ‘said’. The investigations use well known texts for children to investigate and discover the rules for themselves.

Quiz - template for children to write questions about a topic

This builds understanding of the concept of multiplication by using mental methods. The 12 x times table is taught by using partial products and clever grouping.

Finding the main idea - 1- 2- 3- 1 reading comprehension organiser

Sorting task for parts of rivers a course. 1. Pupils sort words into Upper, Middle and Lower Course of a river 2. Pupils sort words into sequence to support their writing of a paragraph about each of the stages of a river.

Character - negative character traits vocab building list. I cut up the words and pupils sorted the list into words they knew, thought they might know and definitely didn't know. Words could also be used to sort, for example, words with linked meanings and made into Mind Maps. Suited to some pupils in Upper Key Stage 2, but also some pupils in Key Stage 3 and 4.

An easy simile poem idea that can deliver some surprisingly creative ideas There's an example, ideas sheet and scaffold. I found an example of a 'If my Thoughts Took Shape' poem years ago and recently made the scaffold and ideas sheet to structure and support pupils.

Finding the main idea - pupils find headings for paragraphs in a desert information text.

List of hairdresser titles to demonstrate word play.

Planets worksheets for pupils to write their facts and research about planets.

A simple Minotaur worksheet to use to describe the Minotaur.

A cloze procedure to test scientific understanding, following reading the wonderful book, A Drop in the Ocean by Jacqui Bailey.

A letter requesting information from parents about their children to find out about a new class

321 Reading Strategy Worksheet for use with any non fiction text.