A great bellringer, brain break, warm up or ‘getting to know you’ task that can also be used as an extended task. Differentiated in nine different ways, this resource encourages students to select and edit their thoughts to a strict limit… harder than they anticipate! It’s also worth using for fast finishers.
Includes:
9 levels of differentiation
Quick and extended versions of the task
US letter and UK A4 document sizes and terminology
Fully editable Google Docs version
Prank your students by asking them to crack an obvious seeming code! The alphabet code looks easy, but all symbols need to be shifted along one letter… who will work it out first?
Includes:
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How to Use instruction sheet and answer key
Prank code
3x coded messages
‘Real’ code (with symbols in the correct position)
First, students use the key to attempt to decode the messages. How long will it take them to realise it doesn’t make sense? The messages revealed are April themed tasks and questions, which students then respond to - NO INTERNET REQUIRED!
Take a trip to an imaginary remote island! Students start by selecting one island from four descriptions and explaining their choice before going on to select seven items to take with them.
Students will have different choices and reasoning depending on their island choice…
Wrap the activity up with a piece of narrative, imaginative writing for their first night on the island.
Four sets of 6 printable double-sided cards to encourage pupils to take responsibility for their learning.
Desperate to encourage your students to be more independent, and to avoid the tidal wave of unnecessary questioning in the first ten minutes of a task?
The reverse side prompts the questioner to try five independent steps to problem-solve their learning issue before finally raising the front side of the card to ask for your help.
Just print your selected design back to back, laminate and trim!
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A reflective alternative to the ice-breakers and ‘getting to know you’ worksheets. This simple single-sheeter encourages students to think about the impression they want to make, whilst also helping to create a buddy system environment. This is suitable for a range of ages and all subject areas.
The pack includes:
US and UK terminology versions
black and white and rainbow colour versions in PDF
FREE simplified editable Word version to help you differentiate or personalise for your class
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Explore the more sophisticated vocabulary of Earth Day through these word search and definition matching tasks. Aimed at KS4 students, or MAT KS3 students, these sheets make a great starter task before moving on to an extended writing task linked to Earth Day.
These tasks come with full answer keys and in both US letter and UK A4 size for easy printing.
This Earth Day activity for Years 7-11 is a great seasonal starter or exit ticket. Learn about six different Earth Day celebrations whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included.
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This 20-question quiz is perfect for Christmas or end of year fun. Students use strings of letters to work out the lyrics from 2021 Tiktok trends.
For example, MMJYNHTBA would be ‘Marry me Juliet, you’ll never have to be alone’ - great for high school kids who finish end of year quizzes too quickly!
Please note that this is designed to be a harder quiz for older students.
Recreate the 12 Days of Christmas as a DIY calendar with pictures behind each door! This fantastic craftivity can be used with a range of student ages and abilities, and makes a great gift or project.
Elements included:
Detailed teacher instructions for preparation and delivery
Printable templates with a single simple font
Printable templates with a fun variety of fancy fonts
Totally blank printable template for complete creative freedom
Versions with blank pictures spaces behind the doors
Versions with image outlines for coloring or decorating
28 printable activity bookmarks for frontloading and exploring new unit or topic vocabulary. A perfect addition to any study unit!
The differentiated bookmark faces range from simple responses to critical and evaluative responses. The formats are inspired by models and theories such as Bloom, Frayer and Stahl/Nagy.
The bookmarks are formatted so two styles can be printed back to back - mix and match the differentiated versions for double sided bookmarks!
Learn about the Icelandic Jólabókaflóð (Yule Book Flood) tradition with this printable puzzle and activity booklet! This is the perfect bookish gift for your students this winter or Christmas. PLUS: Scavenger Hunt Codebreaker activity!
Includes…
Choice of covers (Jólabókaflóð or Bookflood)
Introduction page explaining the tradition
Wordsearch of Jólabókaflóð vocabulary
Crossword about the history of the tradition
Word Match to learn some Icelandic words and phrases
Labyrinth (just for fun)
Codebreaker - crack the coded message and answer the question
Fireplace mindful coloring page
Book cover mindful coloring page
PLUS
Codebreaker task as separate activity - hide the letter code cards around school for extra scavenger hunt challenge instead of providing students with the sheet of letter codes!
Challenge your students to study with a wider range of revision and test prep methods with these 40 printable bingo grids, complete with definitions of over 20 revision activities and styles!
This revision bingo set is designed to encourage students to step out of their comfort zones. Many rely on simply reading notes, or one repetitive method of revising which does not always help the content to stand out in their minds.
This pack includes the following printables:
40 different bingo grid pages to be crossed off when the revision method or activity has been completed
two pages of definitions of each revision method
These sheets can be printed as:
class sets so that all students receive a different grid for revision or test prep in the run up to a quiz, test or exam.
individual packs for students to use for different topics within a subject
individual packs for students to use for different subjects before exam season
Challenge your high school students to study with a wider range of revision and test prep methods with these five puzzles and activities based on the definitions of over 20 revision activities and styles!
This definitions and puzzle set is designed to encourage students to step out of their comfort zones. Many rely on simply reading notes, or one repetitive method of revising which does not always help the content to stand out in their minds.
This pack includes the following printables:
Definitions of 22 revision methods
Follow-up reflection activity
Word scramble activity
Letter shapes puzzle
Matching definitions activity
Word search puzzle
Answer Keys
Engage your classes with this growing bundle of themed codebreaking activities, all with added challenge and difficulty levels!
Features activities for:
New Year
Valentine’s Day
St David’s Day
St Patrick’s Day
Women’s History Month
Easter
April Fool’s Day
Earth Day
Mental Health and Wellbeing
First, students use the keys to decode the messages. The messages revealed are tasks and questions, which students then respond to in the spaces given.
Additional tasks ask students to:
write more questions and tasks using the given code, then decode and respond to each others messages
create new codes of their own and use it to share messages
differentiated extension slips require students to name code systems, with reasoning
Includes activity pages, extension pages, and answer keys.
Six summer acrostic poem worksheets with different fonts, and with or without writing guidelines. Students use the letters in the phrase ‘SCHOOL’S OUT’ to write a reflective acrostic poem about their school year.
These worksheets come in simple black and white format for easy printing, and in both US letter and UK A4 size documents.
A fun, thoughtful ‘would you rather’ slideshow and accompanying worksheets for KS3 and KS4 students with a back to school theme. For example, would your students rather do lessons one day a week without electricity, or one day a week outdoors in any weather, and why?
Encourage discussion around fifteen prompt pairs, all focused on the school theme. Great for warm-ups, bell-ringers or brain breaks. Either use the PowerPoint alone for verbal responses, use the full worksheets as a longer activity, hand out individual pairs as slips for a quick task… or a use as a combination!
US and UK document sizes included, and Google Apps versions with editable worksheets provided.
A thoughtful ‘would you rather’ worksheet and PowerPoint for older students with an appreciation theme; perfect for Mother’s and Father’s Day. For example, would your students rather make their parents breakfast, or make their parents dinner, and why?
Encourage discussion around eight prompt pairs, all focused on parents and grandparents, then students use the ‘why’ section to explain their choice.
This resource comes in two styles (one color and one black and white), and in both US letter and UK A4 document formats for easy printing, plus accompanying PowerPoint to make it easy for you to use these tasks as individual starters or exit tickets.
I have also ensured that US and UK spellings are included on the appropriate documents.
This 20-product Creative Writing bundle for KS2, KS3 and KS4 differentiated includes resources for teaching and practising structure, figurative language, creative devices, punctuation and grammar development… and more!
Resources are provided with spelling and document sizes appropriate for US and UK classrooms, and many include Google Apps versions.
This St Patrick’s Day activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great seasonal starter, brain break or exit ticket. Learn about eight different traditions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included.
The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions, and US and UK spellings.
These activities for KS3 and KS4 are great seasonal bellringers, brain breaks, starters or exit tickets. Learn about lots of different traditions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer keys included.
A thoughtful ‘would you rather’ worksheet for older students with an Earth Day theme. For example, would your students rather have an hour of electricity a week, or an hour of clean water?
Encourage discussion around seven prompt pairs, all focused on environmentally friendly activities, then students use the ‘why’ section to explain their choice.
This resource comes in three styles (two colour and one greyscale), and in both UK A4 and US letter document formats for easy printing.