An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
5 complete English lessons responding to and exploring the powerful video clip ‘The Piano’ by Aidan Gibbons, found on the Literacy Shed. Inlcudes 5 PowerPoints, paired and group work, modelled texts, new vocabulary, editing activities, complete inputs, starters and plenaries and differentiation.
Higher order questioning probes deep into this interesting short movie inspiring descriptive writing and progress of writing skills. Engaging and complete Powerpoints provide many opportunities for productive paired, individual and group work.
A range of modelled texts are provided so children can magpie new vocabulary whilst developing their editing, writing and publishing techniques.
Written for KS2 it covers many relevant teaching points: relative clauses, expanded noun phrases, editing and improving language, parenthesis, creating an atmosphere, showing change within characters, describing settings, building suspense, summarising, identifying word classes and complex sentences.
Starters include: spellings, synonyms, identifying verbs and adverbs, relative clauses and handwriting.
Lesson 1 - Write a review of the clip responding to an email sent to the class.
Lesson 2 - How to write about playing an instrument on your own - description and atmosphere.
Lesson 3 - How to write about memories in stories, building suspense.
Lesson 4 - Showing change in story characters.
Lesson 5 - Planning your own memory story.
All resources, a detailed plan and 5 PowerPoints are included, just download, print a few documents and your week of English lessons are ready to go. There are writing frames to support the lower ability and daily challenges for the higher ability.
All reviews welcome.
You can also download this as part of a bundle to save money: 2 Weeks of Planning Resources PowerPoints and a Display for The Piano
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An engaging set of 5 lessons teaching KS2 children how to recommend books. Save time by using this complete PPT, plan and all the necessary resources to inspire your readers this week. Enhance vocabulary, engage children and enjoy teaching.
Every lesson includes a sparky starter, meaty main activity and personalised plenary.
Questions prompt higher order thinking and activities are designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results.
Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one.
Differentiated resources and activities for two ability groups.
Written for year 4 or 5 but easily adaptable for all other KS2 classes.
All reviews welcome.
All the resources needed for teaching KS2 reading for a whole term.
Detailed plans and PowerPoints lead you through the lessons, focusing on the comprehension skills of:
predicting,
creating images,
comparing,
recommending books,
rereading and performing poetry,
making connections.
Engaging and relevant starters, main activities and plenaries planned for everyday.
Differentiation
Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA).
** Challenge**
Questions prompting higher order thinking and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results.
Progression
Each lesson in the week builds and expands on the previous one. All texts provided, a range of interesting genres and styles with modelled answers to comprehension assessment questions.
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A useful document for assessing children’s writing in Year 3, guidance for you to have a better understanding of assessing with the New Curriculum.
Make your assessments quick, clear and useful so that your planning hits the spot.
Ensure progress for every child as you confidently identify their next steps and find any small essential gaps to fill.
See all of the writing statements in an easy to understand grid, sorted into three simple steps:
- Beginning/Entering
- Within/ Developing
- Secure
You can use these for one child or for the whole class to track and enhance their progress throughout the year.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular resources for teaching English:
Year 3 Writing Assessment Sheets
Year 3 SMART Writing Targets
Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions
An engaging lesson pack with a plan, PowerPoint and resources for year 5 reading focusing on the skill of comparing. Includes starters, main activities, plenaries, texts, worksheets and guided teaching points.
Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA).
Questions prompting higher order thinking and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results.
Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one, focusing on short, high quality texts.
All reviews welcome.
Use this resource to write Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound writing targets in year 2.
Useful for teachers when writing targets so you can narrow down the statements from the National Curriculum into small steps which the children can understand.
Broken down into targets for punctuation, handwriting, grammar and composition.
You could print out one for each child and use as an assessment tool.
Or just use when marking to save time so you can quickly choose a high quality target personalised for each child.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these high quality resources for the New Curriculum:
Whole School SMART Targets
Whole School Writing Assessment Sheets
Whole School English Writing Assessment Guidance
Whole School Guided Reading Questions
A visual and ready-to-go PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons. Teach your class short and effective sessions to enable them to learn their spellings and succeed in a dictation. Give spellings a high profile and provide strategies for every child to access the curriculum.
All words have the -ent, -ence, -ential, -ency endings from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Short easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
For a whole year of spelling lessons follow these helpful links:
Term 1 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 2 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 3 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 4 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 5 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 6 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
A week’s plan, powerpoint and resources for year 5 reading focusing on the skill of connecting.
Engaging starters, main activities and plenaries planned for everyday.
Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA).
Questions prompting higher order thinking and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results.
Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one.
All reviews welcome.
A visual and ready-to-go PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons. Includes inputs, resources and dictation.
Teach your class short and effective sessions to enable them to learn their spellings and succeed in a dictation. Give spellings a high profile and provide strategies for every child to access the curriculum.
All words have the -ance/y, -ation, -ance, -ant, -antial endings from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Short easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
For a whole year of spelling lessons follow these helpful links:
Term 1 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 2 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 3 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 4 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 5 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
Term 6 Yr 5/6 Spelling Lessons
A target sheet for a year 3 child, includes all of the objectives for this year group in child speak. Children can track their targets in the table and teachers can tick in the columns when these are evidenced and then achieved. The rocket sheet is an extra fun way for children to remember which target they are working on.
Learning Objectives for year 3 in easy to understand short phrases.
Can be stuck in the front of English books so children can refer to this in lessons or kept in a teacher’s file.
Teacher can choose how much evidence needs to be collected before the children achieve the target.
You can show recognition of the target achieved in their work with a sticker/star/symbol.
Encourages responsibility for learning and ensures the children know their targets.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other resources for teaching and assessing primary English:
Year 3 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions
Year 4 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 4 Reading Assessment Questions
Whole School SMART Target Packs
A complete assembly on storytelling, including a 24 slide PowerPoint, video links, interactive questions, extension tasks, reflection time and song to finish.
Use as an inspiring start to National Storytelling Week, 29th January - 4th February 2024.
Cover:
What is a story?
What types of story are there?
How is storytelling different to reading a story?
Where do stories come from?
Storytelling - The Frog Prince
What do all stories have?
Plot
Characters
Setting
Can you copy stories?
Reflection
Song
Video links provided for children to go back into class and become familiar with a classic fairy tale or story and retell it, before adapting it to make it their own.
Highlights:
Ready-to-go
Perfect for KS2 primary age
Colourful, engaging, animated
Inclusive
Perfect for all learning styles
After the reflection time where children can connect to themselves and discover what stories mean to them, there is a story song (The Lion Inside) for children to watch and listen to as they quietly leave the assembly.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other assemblies on special occasions, linked to English:
Book Day
World Poetry Day
National Speech and Debate Day
Relax in March and use these fantastic assemblies to enthuse your pupils about learning. 4 complete engaging assemblies for the month of March. Includes video links, writing activities, inspirational role models, healthy eating tips, fun facts and much more.
All within a science theme they build on each other effectively and enhance your pupil’s enthusiasm and love of science.
KS2 British Science Week Assembly 9th-17th March
This is a detailed 28 slide PowerPoint ideal for an assembly or lesson or both for this special week. Could also be a useful PSHE lesson on scientific careers and role models.
Takes the children through key questions covering there understanding of science, its impact on our lives, how to be a scientist and what scientists are like including famous scientists and their achievements.
Download the 3 compelling activities to extend the pupil’s interest in the subject of science.
Albert Einstein’s Birthday Assembly - 14th March
Celebrate a great scientist with this detailed and interesting 30 slide PowerPoint on the inspirational scientist Albert Einstein.
Covering:
Themes of the assembly
A memory game
Young life
Family life
Working life
Fun facts
Images of his life
Scientific Research
Einstein quotes to inspire
Why was he such a great scientist?
Summary
Farmhouse Breakfast Week Assembly 4th-8th March
Download this engaging primary assembly to enthuse your pupils and increase their achievements. Explain through fun farm animals the many reasons why breakfast is good for you.
Many stimulating activities inspire the children to want to eat breakfast, including choosing their favourite breakfast plate and discussing which one is the best, healthiest and the most balanced.
Teaching Points Covered about Breakfast:
What Farmhouse Breakfast Week is all about
Local UK farms involved
Why breakfast is so good for us
What we can eat for breakfast and why
How to make a balanced breakfast
How we can be organised in the morning
This assembly also explains classic options for breakfast and tasty new ideas to try. There are many discussion opportunities for children so they are involved in the assembly and accept responsibility for making a change, eating a better breakfast and doing well in school.
Print the high quality resources and use the fun video link to ensure all the children enjoy learning about breakfast and are able to explain their understanding to others.
World Poetry Day - 21st March
Celebrate famous poets from around the world, amaze your pupils with their culture, story and achievements. Share some thought provoking poetry and inspire them to write their own poetry.
A bright and clear PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging and memorable spelling lessons for years 5 and 6.
All words follow the pattern of using the letter string ‘ough’ from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 5 animated and effective spelling lessons which enable children to learn these spellings in a fun and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
A bright and animated PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons for years 5 and 6.
All words have the -able/y -ible/y endings from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 3 thorough spelling lessons which enable children to learn these spellings in an active and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
A clear and animated PowerPoint leading you through a week of effective spelling lessons.
All words are linked to WW2, a useful way to deepen the pupil’s understanding of important words and phrases from this topic.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 3 Thorough spelling lessons to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
An engaging and memorable PowerPoint leading you through a week of fun and active spelling lessons for years 5 and 6.
All words follow the pattern of containing silent letters from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Clearly explains the word class of each spelling, the spelling patterns, all the rules and talks through the definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 5 effective spelling lessons which enable children to learn these spellings in a successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
A visual and ready-to-go PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons. Teach your class short and effective sessions to enable them to learn their spellings and succeed in a dictation. Give spellings a high profile and provide strategies for every child to access the curriculum.
All words are from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Short easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my whole term’s stash of spelling lessons:
Term 1 Stash
Term 2 Delight
Term 3 Bonanza
Term 4 Cool Collection
Term 5 Time Saving Special
Term 6 Relax and Enjoy Summer
A visual and ready-to-go PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons. Teach your class short and effective sessions to enable them to learn their spellings and succeed in a dictation. Give spellings a high profile and provide strategies for every child to access the curriculum.
All words are homophones from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Short easy to resource spelling activities to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way.
Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings.
A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week.
Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books.
Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in my other yr 5/6 spelling lessons on homophones:
Guessed/guest, morning/mourning, past/passed, precede/proceed, ate/eight
Draft/draught, farther/father, heard/herd, led/lead, aren’t/aunt
Bridal/bridle, cereal/serial, compliment/complement, descent/dissent, desert/dessert
advice/advise, device/devise, licence/license, practice/practise, prophecy/prophesy
Visit my shop for more high quality KS2 resources created by an English specialist: Teachallenjoy
A detailed lesson teaching children how to use where and when relative clauses.
Set in the context of magical stories it covers Scandinavian folklore elves - cross curricular links to Geography- with information about the history of these magical creatures.
Slides explain how to to use relative clauses and model examples of where and when clauses.
The children have a chance to have a go and add some into sentences before beginning their work.
Engaging starter focusing on the word class: prepositions.
Differentiated main activity for two ability levels.
Modelled examples of how the children could start the main activity and resources to scaffold them achieving the success criteria.
A detailed lesson plan included.
All reviews welcome.
For a pack of KS2 grammar word searches click here to further engage your class!
A Christmas story from Scandinavia written for KS2, includes model vocabulary and grammar skills.
Useful for English and geography lessons.
Click here for a bundle of 2 weeks planning using this text.
For high quality cross curricular units on Scandinavia follow the links below:
Scandinavia Geography Unit
Scandinavia Art unit
Or browse through my shop to find many more time saving resources.
