Main focus: Inference A simple worksheet activity to do with a reading partner. 1 worksheet. Fully editable. Ideal for 7+

My Kids LOVE this activity and I use it whenever I’m teaching inference. A lovely starter or plenary activity. Just ask your student’s to write a clue in the box and see if their partner can guess what it is. Please make sure whoever is writing the clue draws the correct number of letter spaces (using little squares). Hours and hours of fun… you can also use this as a speaking and listening task! Please enjoy!

Attached is an inference worksheet to use/adapt with your class. Also attached is a list of inference questions and objectives to refer to. Age: 6+ (depending on ability). All resources are fully editable.

Trigger ‘connections’ between your student’s knowledge of books and their own ‘life’ experiences. A prior knowledge activity booklet and activity chart - to complete before reading a book. Great for making connections. A list of objectives to refer to when making ‘connections’ between your student’s knowledge of books and their own ‘life’ experiences. All 3 products are fully editable.

WHY USE A KNOWLEDGE RATING SCALE (KRS)? It’s a great way to introduce new VOCABULARY at the start of a lesson or unit of work. It’s a great way to assess your student’s knowledge of vocabulary. It’s a great way to identify your learning groups for a lesson or unit of work. . INSTRUCTIONS: . Just type in (or get the children to write) the vocabulary you want them to learn. The example shown is for a ‘Moving and Growing’ topic in science. Ask the children to complete the table indicating the following: I have seen or heard of this word. I can say this word. I can tell you what this word means. I can use this word in a sentence. I don’t know this word. Children who tick the last box indicating, ‘I don’t know this word’ can become your focus group. Fully editable.

22 EAL activities, strategies and games to help promote English proficiency within your classroom. Tried and tested.

Great for displaying in your classroom - just print off and use. A great variety of openers, connectives, punctuation & sentence starters. 15 pages in total.

4 pages of editable VCOP writing pyramid faces to edit/print out/refer to when completing writing tasks. Also attached is a VCOP pyramid to construct. Both resources are fully editable.

Guided Reading Homework Activity … and NO MARKING involved! Fully editable. Appropriate for 5 - 11 years (depending on ability).

These activities are a great way to build up a student’s vocabulary skills. They can be called Semantic Gradients, Vocabulary Scales or Word Sorters (the latter being my favourite). I have attached 3 fully editable activities for you to try with your students. They are: Sorting words - BIG to SMALL. Sorting words - FREEZING to BOILING. Sorting words - SILENT to NOISY.

WORD OF THE WEEK A great activity to develop vocabulary and sentence-building! Just choose a word you want to focus on (e.g. tractor). Divide the children into pairs and ask them to find specific vocabulary related to the word (the words have to begin with the letters in the word). For an additional challenge, each word can be put into a sentence. E.g. the word tractor has 7 letters so the children have to find 7 words associated with tractor… T = Tyres Sentence: Tractors have large tyres with thick treads. R = Robustness A = Agriculture C = Cultivate T = Trailer O = Outdoors R = Ruggedness You can help each group by giving them a dictionary, thesaurus and iPad to use. Volunteers can share their words and sentences at the end of the activity. Words and sentences could be displayed on a ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’ wall. 9 templates attached (3-letter word, 4-letter word, 5-letter word, 6-letter word, 7-letter word, 8-letter word, 9-letter word and 10-letter word). Fully editable.

Students can use their visualisation skills and 5 senses to describe parts of their reading book. 5 resources in total: 2 PowerPoint presentations (16 slides in total). 3 worksheets (5 pages in total). Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability). Fully editable.

Students can use their visualisation skills and 5 senses to describe parts of their reading book. 5 resources in total: 2 PowerPoint presentations (16 slides in total). 3 worksheets (5 pages in total). Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability). Fully editable.

Writing Task Title: MY FAMILY 2 attachments: A slide about families … why is your family special? A good starting point for discussion about day-to-day family life.Discuss things that families do together, disagreements they may have, memorable moments, highlights, sad times, excursions etc. A 2-page creative writing activity. Let your student’s choose a title (from the list provided) for their ‘Family’ story/drama. Fully editable.

BIG WRITE - My Sister’s Birthday! Stimulus Text: ‘Hurry Up Birthday’ by Paeony Lewis and Sarah Gill (or something similar). Ask the children to imagine it’s their sister’s birthday … go shopping etc. Planning frame and writing template attached. Fully editable.

What do you think about zoos? 1 side of A4. A nice introduction to debates! After the activity has been completed, split the class in 2 groups - one group FOR zoos and one group AGAINST zoos. Fully editable.

Is Vivisection (Animal Testing) Right? … DEBATE! Vivisection: The practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation or scientific research. A contentious topic to research and debate. Ideal for 9 + (depending on ability). Unit plan, 5-slide PowerPoint and 2-page prompt sheet attached. Fully editable.

6 worksheets to aid creative writing. Just print off and use.*

Nouns Worksheets 3 nouns worksheets. Ideal for 5 - 9 years. Fully editable.