Make reading CVC words fun by using this easy-prep phonics scavenger hunt activity. Your Reception pupils will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their decoding and blending skills to read and match words and pictures, write the matching letters, find the mystery numbers and crack the code. This scavenger hunt focuses on the first letter in CVC words - this is the sound of a letter that most children find easiest to hear and discriminate so is the easiest to decode and read. Most young children love a game where they are active and looking for things and this scavenger hunt will be a fun way to combine this and practicing key literacy skills. Easy-Prep - Print and cut up the words and pictures and hide them around your room and/ or outdoors. Set the scene by reading the short passage and explaining what students have to do and hand out the answer sheets with a pencil and clipboard. Players find the 10 different pictures (with numbers), read the words with letters, decide which is the correct spelling and match them to the pictures. They record the letters underneath the number (of the matching picture) on the answer sheet which will give them 3 words - the mystery code. You will get: 10 pictures 40 words - students choose the correct spelling - each picture has 4 spelling options. Answer sheet 1 - record the letters of the correct spellings to find the mystery words Answer sheet 2 - record the numbers for the given letters (a CVC word) to reveal the secret 3-digit code Answers for quick assessment You will also get: Notes a short introduction to set the scene answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct winners’ certificates directions & FAQ’s Great for you: Low-prep Ideal for your literacy centre Great as an independent activity Use them in child-initiated learning time Ideal if you need a quick resource e.g. for supply days Great for extra reading practice Great for your students: Gives students opportunities to read CVC words and focus on the middle (vowel) sounds Encourages students to work together in pairs and groups The challenge to crack the 3-digit code will engage them Make it more interesting by using a 3-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with something inside - perhaps a coin, something related to your current topic, or a star certificates. You may be interested in: CVC Words-MIDDLE VOWEL-Fun Scavenger Hunt Reception If you like this resource, please rate & comment about it., Thank you. Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Make reading fun by using this easy-prep Planets Scavenger Hunt comprehension activity. Your Key Stage 2 students will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their reading skills to answer questions, unscramble the mystery words and crack the code. This engaging activity is perfect for using comprehension skills to find the answers and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code. Players use the cards to read short passages and find out about things that they might find in our solar system – planets. There are questions to be answered but they are on different cards therefore it is important to understand and remember what they have read. The answers are code words which will lead to letters to be unscrambled to lead to a mystery item. Who will be the first to find this? This activity makes reading and understanding fun and the competitive element will engage students. You will get: 10 cards with a short passage to read and a question that relates to another card so students must understand and remember what they have read Answer record sheet for each player or team - use the answers to find letters to unscramble and find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code a short introduction to set the scene answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct or not Space themed winners’ certificates directions The themes of the readings are all related to the space Prep is easy and quick – print & cut the cards into 2 and distribute these around the classroom or table and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. Great for you: Low-prep Ideal for your literacy Great as independent activities in a literacy lesson Ideal if you need a quick resource These activities are suggested for Key Stage 2 – in particular Years 4 & 5 but may also be suitable for other years Great for your students: Gives students opportunities to read carefully and remember what they have read The challenge to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code will engage them Great for working together Make it more interesting by using a 4-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with a something inside If you like this resource, please a rating & comment about it. Thank you. You may also like Sea Life Ocean Vocabulary Trail KS2 Seaside Comprehension SUMMER Scavenger Hunt Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Make reading fun by using this easy-prep summer Scavenger Hunt comprehension activity with a seaside theme. Your Key Stage 2 students will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their reading skills to answer questions, unscramble the mystery words and crack the code. This engaging activity is perfect for using comprehension skills to find the answers and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code. Players use the cards to read short passages and find out about things that they might find on the beach - starfish, sand, hermit crabs etc. There are questions to be answered but they are on different cards therefore it is important to understand and remember what they have read. The answers are code words which will lead to letters to be unscrambled to lead to a mystery location. Who will be the first to find this? This activity makes reading and understanding fun and the competitive element will engage students. You will get: 10 cards with a short passage to read and a question that relates to another card so students must understand and remember what they have read Answer record sheet for each player or team - use the answers to find letters to unscramble and find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code a short introduction to set the scene answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct or not seaside themed winners’ certificates directions The themes of the readings are all related to the seaside so ideal for summer Prep is easy and quick – print & cut the cards into 2 and distribute these around the classroom or table and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. Great for you: Low-prep Ideal for your literacy and summer centres Great as independent activities in a literacy lesson Ideal if you need a quick resource These activities are suggested for Key Stage 2 – in particular Years 4 & 5 but may also be suitable for other years Great for your students: Gives students opportunities to read carefully and remember what they have read The challenge to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code will engage them Great for working together Make it more interesting by using a 4-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with a prize inside: a seashell, sand, a picture, etc. If you like this resource, please a rating & comment about it, Thank you. You may also like Sea Life Ocean Vocabulary Trail Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Looking for easy-prep phonics games to roll and read CVC words this summer? Get your reception students excited about reading VC , CCVC, CVCC and CCVCC words with these differentiated beach-themed fun activities. They will use their early reading skills to practice decoding, blending and reading and become more fluent and confident in these key early literacy skills. The resources are easy to use and great for independent activities as part of a phonics lesson or as an adult-led activity where you can assess and teach early reading strategies, sounds and letters. They are great opportunities to talk about grapheme-phoneme correspondences and blending sounds to read whole words. Differentiation is easy as there are 6 different games with increasingly more sounds and letters (please see below). With the cute beach clipart, which is also suitable for other times of the year, the games make reading CVC words in the summer fun. The activities are perfect for lessons, extra practice, early finishers, fun homework, centres, substitute teaching and Home Education. You will get: 6 Games CVC ** s a t p** –repeated words Words with graphemes s a t p i n m d –CVC VC VCC CVC s a t p i n m d g o c k CVC, CVCC CCVC s a t p i n m d g o c k e u r CVC, CVCC CCVC s a t p i n m d g o c k e u r h b f l CVC, CVCC CCVC CCVCC s a t p i n m d g o c k e u r h b f l j v w x y z Together with A blank template for your students to write their own words and create ‘personalized’ games templates for dice and spinners (1-4 and 1-6) with a summer theme - or use standard 1-6 dice templates for markers and patterns for the backs of games (or laminate 2 games back-to-back for students to go onto a more challenging game teaching notes Great for you: Easy-prep - print and you are ready Ideal opportunity to assess and teach about reading CVC words Great as independent activities as part of a phonics lesson Great for your literacy and summer/ beach/ outdoor centres Use them for morning work Ideal for fun homework Use them for early finishers Ideal for extra fun blending and reading practice Ideal if you need a resource e.g. for substitute days Great for your students: Popular and easy-to-understand game format Games encourage perseverance - who can get to the end first? Provides great opportunities to learn together If you like this resource, please leave a rating & comment about this resource. Thank you. Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning. All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only.

SUMMER Bookmarks to Colour Encourage reading by personalizing bookmarks, get your students excited about describing their favourite book, writing a short story or poem, remembering the times tables with these easy-prep activities. Maths - stop the ‘summer slide’ by giving them a couple of times table bookmarks to color in and use for their summer reading books and times tables Reading - talk to them about books for summer holiday reading, ask them to list the titles they are planning to read. Give them blank book review bookmarks to fill in when they have read the book, bring them back after the summer holidays. Alternatively use them when they come back so they can describe their favourite summer book - an easy-prep and fun lesson. These will make a great ‘Books I read in the Summer holidays’ class display Writing - encourage students to read poems over the summer holidays and write their favourite one to remind them of good poetry. Or get them to write down great vocabulary they hear - we call them ‘WOW’ words - and bring them in after the holidays. Ask students to write a short story and keep this in their book as a marker to encourage reading These bookmarks are great as stand-alone fun independent activities. Just before the holidays, teachers often look for a quick and easy prep activity that will keep the students occupied but which has an educational content. The finished bookmarks will also make a lovely Summer or Back-to-School display. The activities are perfect for easy-prep fun early finishers, centres, substitute teaching and Home Education You get 36 bookmarks: with/ without lines for writing on writing a short story,favourite poem or book review planning a summer reading list counting to 9/ 10 or in 2s Number facts - 2 - 12 times tables Great for you: Low-prep - print, cut up & ready Great as a summer activity Ideal for your summer or literacy centre Great as an independent stand-alone task Ideal for fun homework Use them for early finishers Ideal for writing about their favourite book/ poem/ story Great if you need a quick resource e.g. for substitute days Use them for handwriting practice Great for your students: Popular activities that are easy to explain Bookmarks will be personalized and therefore encourage reading Fine motor skill activity to encourage using pencils correctly and efficiently Home Education: Use these to write about books they have read or as a colouring/ design activity Using bookmarks encourages reading Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Make reading and science fun by using this easy-prep Vocabulary Trail and Memory game cards with a sea life & ocean theme. Your Key Stage 2 students will work individually, in small groups and use their comprehension skills to match meanings and words, unscramble the mystery words and crack the code. There are 2 different resources - 10 words & meanings for a whole class vocabulary trail and 20 words & meanings as small cards to play popular games in small groups such as Memory, Pairs or Snap. These engaging activities are perfect for using comprehension skills to match the words and definitions and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code or be the one with the most cards at the end of a memory game. Players use the cards to read short science passages and find out about scientific vocabulary related to oceans. For the whole class activity, the answers will reveal letters which will give a ‘mystery code’ when these are unscrambled. For extra fun and as a challenge the answers can be used to give a secret 4-digit code. Who will be the first to find this? Who will get the most cards. The activities make reading and understanding fun and the competitive element will engage students. Differentiate the memory card game by including the 4 more challenging words and definitions or play a fast game of Snap to encourage skim reading. This is a great introduction and fun task for the start of a marine life or ocean topic or if you are having a ‘Looking after our world/ environment’ day or week. This is also ideal as a stand-alone comprehension activity. You will get: Vocabulary Trail 10 cards with words & explanations Answer record sheets for each player or team - use these answers to find letters to unscramble to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code You will also get: a short introduction/story to set the scene answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct so no long marking ‘locks’ that can be printed off with the 4-digit answers winners’ certificates directions Memory Game 20 cards with • words • definitions • ‘I am a …’ statements - which some students might find easier The themes of the reading passages are all related to marine life & oceans. The resources are in color and black & white for more printing options. Prep is easy and quick - print, cut up the cards and distribute these around the classroom (for the vocabulary trail) and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. (If you do not want your students to roam around then have a set of cards for each table). You might be interested in: KS2 Space Scavenger Hunt - Comprehension If you like this resource, I would appreciate a review and thank you. Please check out TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning