Share the beloved holiday classic poem A Visit from St. Nicholas with your learners! This famous Christmas verse, also known as The Night Before Christmas or 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, was written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823 and still shapes modern visions of Santa Claus and Christmas magic.
This poetry reading comprehension pack includes:
The full text of the original poem beautifully illustrated
Two SAT style multiple choice practice sheets including a mix of factual, main idea, detail, sequencing, inference, vocabulary, true or false, cause and effect,and author’s purpose questions
Four versions of written response question sheets for differentiated engagement
Event sequencing task
Cause and effect activity
Poem summary cloze activity
Crossword puzzle using vocabulary from the poem
Connect your students in KS2 and KS3/4 with this festive poem that has influenced Christmas celebrations and children’s beliefs for over 200 years! With visuals and tiered comprehension questions, this resource provides rich opportunities for reading fluency and analyzing classic figurative language. 'Tis the season for Christmas poetry enjoyment with an iconic wintry text!
Looking for more holiday reading resources? Check out my other Christmas reading resources:
Little Match Girl Christmas Story
Little Fir Tree Christmas Reading
The Nutcracker Christmas Worksheets
Non-Fiction
Christingles Fun Reading Activities
History of the Christmas Tree Reading
Differentiated worksheets designed to assist learners with the mental addition strategy of partitioning ones into helpful parts to reach and bridge a three-digit number. The worksheets utilize the part-part-whole model to partition the ones, allowing students to discover the number bond to ten, which in turn helps them arrive at the next ten. By adding the remaining part, students can find the final answer.
The worksheets are differentiated into four levels, (I use them with my year 3 class) catering to learners’ varying abilities. Additionally, each set includes five large sheets, ideal for small group teaching.
Next Step: Add 10s across a 100 Number Line Worksheets
Differentiated short division worksheets with answer sheets.
5 days of progression / lessons to help children master short division.
L1 Worksheets - Short Division by 2 no regrouping (2 & 3 digits) - 2 Levels
L2 Worksheets - Short Division by 2 some regrouping (2 & 3 digits)- 3 Levels
L3 Worksheets - Short Division mixed divisors (2 digit), regrouping - 2 Levels
L4 Worksheets - Short Division mixed divisors (2 & 3 digits) regrouping - 3 Levels
L5 Worksheets - Short Division mixed divisors, tricky dividends including 0 (3 digit) - 2 Levels
Worksheets carefully designed to help children layout answers neatly and regroup numbers when needed.
Differentiated Worksheets for Subtracting Across Tens in Three-Digit Numbers
Help your Year 3 students confidently subtract across tens in three-digit numbers with this set of differentiated worksheets. Aligned with the White Rose Maths scheme (Year 3 | Autumn term | Block 2 – Addition and subtraction | Step 8: Subtract 1s across a 10), these worksheets are perfect for supporting a structured learning progression with mental subtraction.
This resource includes:
6 progressive levels of worksheets, each level designed with 2 A4 sheets.
Part-whole models and number lines included to provide structured visual support.
Levels are cleverly designed to gradually reduce visual aids, encouraging independent mental maths subtraction thinking.
Versions with and without chilli pepper level indicators for flexible use.
Ideal for students needing support at different levels of understanding, these worksheets will help build confidence and fluency in subtraction.
Follows on from: Add tens across a hundred
and Add ones across a ten
Next Step Subtract 10s across a 100 Worksheets
Enhance fluency in finding complements to 100 with this comprehensive resource designed for year 3.
It includes 14 worksheets using 100 squares, place value partitioning to find bonds, and number line representations.
Download now to help your learners master complements to 100.
Transport learners into the magic of the holidays with this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s bittersweet tale, “The Little Match Girl.” Vivid illustrations and varied questioning engage learners in years 3 through to year 8 with this timeless story perfect for the Christmas season.
This versatile reading comprehension pack includes:
A beautifully illustrated double sided retelling of the story
Three SAT style multiple choice practice sheets including a mix of factual, main idea, detail, sequencing, inference, vocabulary, true or false, cause and effect,and author’s purpose questions
Five versions of written response question sheets for differentiated engagement
Event sequencing tasks
Cause and effect activity
Story summary cloze activities
Vocabulary-based crossword puzzles using words from the text
Make an impact this holiday season with a rich selection of visual and written materials. Learners will connect with the beloved tale through leveled questions and activities aimed at improving reading fluency and analyzing this touching story. Share this poignant retelling and help students step into the magic of literature this Christmas!
Looking for more holiday reading resources? Check out my other Christmas reading resources:
Night Before Christmas Poem Comprehension
Little Fir Tree Christmas Reading
The Nutcracker Christmas Worksheets
Non-Fiction
Christingles Fun Reading Activities
History of the Christmas Tree Reading
Nativity Comprehension: Advanced Resource for Key Stage 3-4
Explore the Nativity narrative with this carefully researched and written educational resource tailored for secondary school students. Designed for advanced readers (Lexile 1000L–1400L), this pack offers historical, cultural, and theological insights.
Compatible with my lower level Nativity Reading Resources - available individually or as a bundle!
What’s Included:
Comprehensive (double-sided) Historical Narrative Summary: In-depth exploration of the Nativity story, detailing the political, cultural, and religious context of first-century Palestine, including Mary and Joseph’s journey, the birth of Jesus, the significance of shepherds and Magi, Herod’s threat, and the family’s flight to Egypt—highlighting themes of divine purpose, cultural intersection, and human resilience.
Advanced Mixed-Style Activity Sheets: Includes vocabulary matching, sequencing, cloze passages, true/false questions, and analytical written responses.
Two Multiple Choice Quizzes: Includes a 2-page and a 3-page version to assess comprehension with thought-provoking questions.
Two Levels of True or False Questions: Catered to challenge varying levels of critical thinking.
Cloze Summary Exercises: Build vocabulary and reinforce key details.
Crossword Puzzle: Engage learners with a thematic, knowledge-building challenge.
Traditional Written Comprehension Sheets: Encourage reflective, in-depth responses to the text.
Answer Keys Included: Effortlessly mark all activities with complete answers provided.
Perfect for Religious Studies, English, or humanities curriculum enrichment. Supports differentiated learning across secondary school settings.
KS2-3 Nativity Reading Worksheets - The Nativity Story Reading Activities
Looking for more holiday reading resources? Check out my other Christmas reading resources:
Night Before Christmas Poem Comprehension
Little Match Girl Christmas Story
Little Fir Tree Christmas Reading
The Nutcracker Christmas Worksheets
Non-Fiction
Christingles Fun Reading Activities
History of the Christmas Tree Reading
Single-Sided Biography: Saint Nicholas and the Origins of Santa Claus
Double-Sided Biography: Saint Nicholas - In-Depth Reading Resource
Rhetorical questions matching sheet.
10 scenarios (advertising, family, school, politics, etc.) and 10 matching rhetorical questions.
Learners have to match the rhetorical question to the topic by colouring the matching pairs the same colour or pattern.
Includes answer sheet.
This differentiated number line addition worksheet pack supports
*White Rose Year 3 | Autumn Term | Block 2 – Addition and Subtraction | Step 7: Add 10s across a 10. *
The set includes 8 worksheets at 4 carefully scaffolded levels (2 per level), helping children progress from simpler to more challenging problems/independent mental maths. Learners will practise adding multiples of 10 to three-digit numbers, reinforcing their understanding of number patterns and place value.
The pack also includes a version with chilli peppers marking each level (1 chilli = easy, 4 chillies = hard),
These worksheets can also be used for number line addition practice and recording mental maths thinking, making them versatile for guided work, independent practice, or extra support at home.
Perfect for differentiated learning.
Follows on from (White Rose Step 6) Add 1s across a 10 Worksheets
242 Phonics worksheets!
Phonics worksheets which can be used with any phonics scheme
Covers all phonics blends, digraphs, trigraphs and diphthongs.
For each phonics sound, blend, digraph, etc. there are 5 or 6 phonics pages:
Add the blend or digraph to the word and connect to the matching picture
Clear clip-art (black and white - perfect for colouring) phonics labeling page using 9 carefully chosen example phonics words/clip-art
followed by a fun read and draw page
Write the blend or digraph and read the words with the aid of sound buttons and lines under each grapheme.
Find, highlight and write the words containing each specific blend (or digraph, trigraph etc.)
then a cloze page of decodable sentences which have been carefully sequenced to progressively incorporate words that are consistent with the letters and corresponding phonemes that have been taught to the new reader/speller in previous pages of the book (plus sight words)
Could be made into a 242 page phonics workbook, or individual pages can be printed off and photocopied.
(I have uploaded two versions of the book - the original 168 page standard version, and a 242 extended version)
Perfect for beginner readers and spellers.
Also great for EAL students to help build vocabulary alongside reading and spelling skills.
Made by an experienced phonics teacher, and used in classrooms weekly.
Phonics cooperative partner activity
Phase 3 Set 1 Worksheets
Phase 3 Set 2 Worksheets
Phase 3 Set 3 Worksheets
Spelling Mats Phase 3 and Phase 5
41 differentiated column subtraction worksheets for years 2-3
Help students gain subtraction fluency with this comprehensive pack of 41 subtraction worksheets optimized for years 2-3.
Differentiated subtraction problems on grid paper to reinforce place value concepts. The worksheets provide repeated practice with:
2-digit by 2-digit subtraction problems with and without regrouping
3-digit by 3-digit subtraction problems without regrouping
3-digit by 3-digit subtraction problems with regrouping across tens
3-digit by 3-digit subtraction problems with regrouping across hundreds
3-digit by 3-digit subtraction problems with regrouping across tens and hundreds
Mixed 2-digit by 3-digit subtraction problems with and without regrouping
To build problem-solving skills, alternate versions are included where students must set up the subtraction problems themselves on grid paper.
With 41 unique worksheets that progressively increase difficulty, students get the repeated, standards-aligned practice they need to master subtraction concepts and gain fluency. Answer keys included.
Designed for years 2-3, but also useful for basic skills remediation up to year 5. Use these subtraction worksheets for in-class practice or homework to help boost subtraction skills!
Differentiated Worksheets for Dividing 2-Digit Numbers by 1-Digit Numbers
This set of worksheets provides scaffolded practice for students learning to divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers without regrouping. The worksheets are organized into 2 lessons/steps:
Step 1 - Divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number - no exchange
Step 2 - Divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number - flexible partitioning
The worksheets in each step use part-whole models, and are differentiated into 3 levels (with chili peppers):
Completely partitioned
Partially partitioned
Unpartitioned
This differentiation allows students to progress from more structured practice to independent partitioning as their division skills develop.
The 16 worksheets focus on familiar divisors like 2, 3, 4, and 8. These worksheets are ideal for building 2-digit division skills in Year 3. The scaffolding and progression help meet the needs of learners at various levels.
Another great year 3 resource for the next step in division: Divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number - with remainders
Doubling and halving using partitioning for 2, 3, & 4 digit numbers.
Doubling and halving frames differentiated worksheets.
Doubling related to multiplying by 2 and halving related to dividing by 2 with matching sum.
Includes blank versions for further differentiation.
Includes x2 times table PowerPoint with numerous animated slide pages, 1 page of which represents x2 as doubling.
A4 Double-sided Titanic Reading Comprehension.
Differentiated question sheets (higher 16, lower 10) with answers.
1 SAT style multiple choice question sheet.
Answers are included for all levels and styles of questions.
Reading sheet is a comprehensive overview which includes information about the construction, maiden voyage, passengers and crew, life aboard the Titanic, disaster, sinking, aftermath, and legacy.
Persuasive advert examples.
7 A4 persuasive example adverts.
Using persuasive adjectives, superlatives and comparatives, bossy verbs, exaggeration, rhetorical questions etc.
Irregular past tense verbs worksheet.
18 easy to read sentences: but with the simple present form of the verb being used ( crossed out text)...children have to read the sentence and rewrite it underneath changing the verb for the irregular past tense spelling of the verb.
Irregular past tense verbs supplied in a text box.
Easy to differentiate: remove text box, less or more sentences, don't strike through verb etc.
The Legend of Saint Nicholas and the Three Sisters - Differentiated Christmas Reading & Comprehension Activities
Bring the magic of Christmas and the spirit of generosity into your classroom with this beautifully differentiated reading resource! Perfect for learners of varying reading abilities, The Legend of Saint Nicholas and the Three Sisters retells a heartwarming story of kindness and hope, rooted in the traditions of St. Nicholas and the origins of Christmas.
This resource includes two levels of the same captivating story to ensure accessibility for all learners. Each text version is paired with engaging and varied activities to reinforce comprehension and extend learning.
What’s Included:
Two Levels of Text:
Higher Level Text: Approximate Lexile level 750L–900L, recommended for Years 5–7. It features richer vocabulary and sentence complexity for fluent readers.
Lower Level Text: Approximate Lexile level 550L–700L, recommended for Years 3–5. It includes simplified language and structure to support developing readers and an exclusive cloze summary activity.
Supporting Activities for Both Texts:
Multiple Choice Quiz
Traditional Written Response Questions
Two Christmas-Themed Crosswords (4 in total)
True or False Question Sheet
Fun Mixed-Style Written Response Sheets: Includes sequencing, vocabulary matching, and mini cloze activities.
Perfect for Christmas and St. Nicholas Day!
Inspire your students with the story of St. Nicholas, the real-life figure behind Santa Claus, while building essential reading and comprehension skills. Ideal for festive lesson plans or a thoughtful seasonal activity.
Extend the Learning:
Pair this resource with my related Saint Nicholas biographies for a deeper exploration of the historical figure behind Santa Claus:
Single-Sided Biography: Saint Nicholas and the Origins of Santa Claus
Double-Sided Biography: Saint Nicholas - In-Depth Reading Resource
These biographies are perfect companions to enhance your students’ understanding of the legacy of Saint Nicholas and the traditions surrounding Christmas.
Looking for more holiday reading resources? Check out my other Christmas reading resources:
Night Before Christmas Poem Comprehension
Little Match Girl Christmas Story
Little Fir Tree Christmas Reading
The Nutcracker Christmas Worksheets
Non-Fiction
Christingles Fun Reading Activities
History of the Christmas Tree Reading
Christingles Information Text and Fun Supporting Activities (KS1-KS3)
Discover the magical tradition of Christingles with this comprehensive reading comprehension and activity pack! Learn about the fascinating history, symbolism, and modern celebrations of this beloved Christmas custom through two differentiated texts suitable for different reading levels.
Learn about:
• The origins and history of Christingles from 1747 Germany to modern Britain
• The symbolic meaning of each Christingle component (orange, candle, ribbon, and treats)
• How Christingle services bring communities together
• The connection to The Children’s Society charity
• Modern adaptations and safety considerations
• Cultural and religious significance
Download includes:
Two leveled texts:
• KS1/Lower KS2 (Years 2-4): Simplified, engaging text with clear explanations
• Upper KS2/KS3 (Years 5-8): More detailed text exploring deeper meanings and historical context
Each text comes with:
• Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz
• Traditional Written Response Worksheets
• Mixed Activity Sheets (including sequencing, vocabulary work, fact-finding)
• True/False Quiz
• Fill-in-the-blank Cloze Summary
• Two differentiated crosswords (4 total)
Perfect for:
• RE lessons
• Christmas activities
• Reading comprehension practice
All materials are classroom-ready with answer keys included. Ideal for whole class teaching, independent work, or homework activities during the festive season.
Looking for more holiday reading resources? Check out my other Christmas reading resources:
Night Before Christmas Poem Comprehension
Little Match Girl Christmas Story
Little Fir Tree Christmas Reading
The Nutcracker Christmas Worksheets
Non-Fiction:
The History of the Christmas Tree