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.
An engaging and detailed lesson teaching children how to convert percentages to decimals. Includes a 29 slide PPT, plan, resources, challenges and all answers.
Steps to Mastery
The starter reviews times and divide by 10 to build into the main concept of the lesson.
Lots of clear images included to model each concept and develop mastery of this area.
Learning is scaffolded with many examples to do with the class before independent work.
Covering these key aspects:
What are percentages? The meaning of the word is explained and what this means in maths with a visual representation. 6 examples covered and linked to fractions.
What are decimals? The meaning of the word is explained and compared with whole numbers, shown on number lines to represent the value of tenths, hundredths and thousandths and so on.
How do they link? Visual representation showing decimals and percentages as parts of 100 or 10, showing the same amount written in different ways.
How do I convert between percentages and decimals? Modelled examples showing how to divide and multiply to convert between the two.
How do I times and divide by 100? Links back to starter and shows an example using a place value chart.
Can I remember this? Children now try 8 examples independently before discussing answers as a class.
Resources
Place Value chart for scaffolding.
Differentiated worksheets for 3 groups with calculations and word problems included.
Extra challenge for fast finishers.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these high quality KS2 maths resources:
Converting Fractions to Decimals Word Problems
Place Value Display
Multiply and Divide Decimals
An engaging and effective game enabling children to add and subtract fractions with a purpose. Use to structure a maths lesson on fractions for KS2 children. Differentiated through output, children can move onto the extensions when they are ready.
3 styles of questions are included to ensure mastery in this skill. Children will become confident at adding fractions, subtracting fractions and solving fraction word problems.
Question Styles
Adding Fractions cards: A mixture of calculations involving fractions with different denominators.
Subtracting Fractions cards: A mixture of calculations involving fractions with different denominators.
Lucky Dip cards: Mixture of word problems, ordering and comparing fractions, equivalent fractions and converting decimals to fractions questions.
Challenge
5 extensions are included to challenge the children once they are confident with playing the game. Including the children writing their own cards on the blank cards supplied.
This game has a fun cat and mouse theme. All you need is one dice. The children can also choose and cut out one of 6 mice to be their game piece. Each go they can choose a card and answer the questions. All answers provided so pupils can work independently on this game.
For many more popular maths resources click here to visit my shop.
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions with the same Denominator Game
Converting Fractions to Decimals Word Problems
Adding and Subtracting Fractions Differentiated Word Problems
An engaging and effective game enabling children to add and subtract fractions with a purpose. Includes a game board, mice game pieces, differentiated question and word problem cards and all answers.
Use to structure a maths lesson on fractions for KS2 children. Differentiated through output, children can move onto the extensions when they are ready.
3 styles of questions are included to ensure mastery in this skill. Children will become confident at adding fractions, subtracting fractions and solving fraction word problems.
Adding Fractions cards: A mixture of calculations involving fractions with the same denominator.
Subtracting Fractions cards: A mixture of calculations involving fractions with the same denominator.
Lucky Dip cards: Mixture of word problems, ordering and comparing fractions, equivalent fractions and converting decimals to fractions questions.
Challenge
5 extensions are included to challenge the children once they are confident with playing the game. Including the children writing their own cards on the blank cards supplied.
This game has a fun cat and mouse theme. All you need is one dice. The children can also choose and cut out one of 6 mice to be their game piece. Each go they can choose a card and answer the questions. All answers provided so pupils can work independently on this game.
For many more popular maths resources click here
You might also be interested in:
Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Different Denominators Game
Converting Fractions to Decimals Word Problems
Adding and Subtracting Fractions Differentiated Word Problems
All the new curriculum writing objectives on one handy sheet for every year group. Separated clearly into transcription, composition and grammar so you can quickly see a child’s strengths and areas for development.
Useful for remembering what to cover, assessing work and for planning for progress.
You could have one sheet for each child or use as a resource on its own.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these resources for the New Curriculum:
Whole School SMART Targets
Whole School English Writing Assessment Guidance
Whole School Guided Reading Questions
5 engaging, ready-to-go and beneficial circle time sessions to increase awareness of mental health. Each lesson includes a quick and catchy starter, paired and group discussions and activities and a reflective calm plenary.
Designed for use during a Mental Health Awareness Week in primary schools or at any time you need to develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing.
Appropriate for years 5 -6 they cover these key issues:
Fear of failure (tests, exams etc.)
Bullying
Body Image
The Online World
Career Choices
This week of circle time will develop your pupil’s awareness of these issues whilst improving their understanding of their feelings and how to cope with them.
The children will be supplied with strategies to:
Identify feelings
Communicate feelings
Notice warning signs
Use coping strategies
Ask for help
These effective sessions will develop your pupil’s wellbeing and understanding of mental health.
Why not use my Emotion Cards to further develop your pupils EQ. Or check out my circle time activities for years 3 and 4.
Or download a complete lesson on Dreams and Aspirations here.
You can find more high quality KS2 resources at my shop.
10 complex word searches focusing on mental health. Covering emotion words and synonyms to enhance children’s vocbaulary. Deepen understanding and familiarity with key emotions. Includes colourful images and all answers.
Use these high quality emotion word searches for any lesson to encourage them to think deeper about their emotions.
Useful for Mental Health Awareness Weeks in primary schools and PSHE lessons throughout the year.
Enhance your pupil’s understanding of their emotions and how to deal with them. Engage your pupil’s in this important and relevant dialogue. Enable your students to have a positive mental health.
10 word searches each focusing on one emotion and the linked synonyms. Images and colours reinforce the feeling of each emotion. Words are carefully hidden. All answers included.
Why not check out my circle time activities for years 3 and 4?
Or download a complete lesson on Dreams and Aspirations here.
You can find more high quality KS2 resources at my shop.
All you need to teach the first week of the Autumn term addition and subtraction unit, week 4 in year 3. A colourful, engaging Powerpoint using some of the questions and images from White Rose. All worksheets, extensions, challenges and answers included. Also in this extensive pack is a detailed plan for the week.
5 lessons included, with full differentiation across year 3 and extending into year 2 - reviewing small steps covered last year to make up for any gaps due to the Corona Virus school closures.
Small Steps Covered:
Add and subtract multiples of 100
Add and subtract 3-digit and 1-digit numbers - not crossing 10
Add 3-digit and 1-digit numbers - crossing 10
Subtract a 1-digit number from a 3-digit number - crossing 10
Highlights of this addition and subtraction pack:
Range of activities
Simple games
Interactive animations of mathematical concepts on PPT
Visual and colourful
Designed to enable mastery
Supports variation theory
Special Features:
Starter activities are building blocks for the lesson
Reasoning and Problem Solving questions for every lesson
Extension activities for every lesson
Friday lesson reviews learning from the week so the addition and subtraction small steps will last the 5 weeks allocated by White Rose in the overview.
All reviews welcome.
Why not check out my Unit for the first 3 weeks of term:
Place Value Unit
An engaging 45 slide assembly on the inspirational scientist Albert Einstein. Includes a clear, animated and bright PowerPoint, a video link and fun facts. The Einstein assembly shows how his life choices led to great things and how it is important to follow your passions from a young age.
Celebrate a Great Scientist
Use to celebrate his birthday on March 14th or as an interesting assembly for any day of the year.
This science assembly includes:
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
Relevant for KS1.
Check out my other popular KS1 assemblies:
World Poetry Day KS1 Assembly
Charles Darwin KS1 Assembly
Mental Health Awareness KS1 Assembly
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 list.
Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Effective 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
Includes 30 lessons, displays, engaging activities, dictations, all answers and all resources needed.
Six engaging PowerPoints leading you through a term of weekly spelling lessons.
All words are from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling list.
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.
A colourful and engaging display explaining modal verbs for KS2. Includes titles, posters, word banks, modelled sentences and much more. Editable and ready to print, this pack is ready to pop up on your display and save you time.
This extensive pack includes all that you need to teach modal verbs through your display. Bright and colourful posters, questions and key words are all ready to print and put up on your wall to inspire children, enhance learning and ensure progress in English.
Display includes:
Title
Visual representations of the meanings of modal verbs
Sentence starters using modal verbs for different purposes
Groups of hot and cold modal verbs
Key words sorted by intensity and colour coded
Modal verbs in the negative form
Groups of modal verbs which work in the future and past tense and those that don’t
These display cards could also be used in writer’s toolkits to support children using modal verbs during writing lessons.
Created on PowerPoint so easily editable to your needs.
For a whole lesson on modal verbs, including resources, click here
Check out my other popular grammar resources:
KS2 SPAG Word Banks
KS2 SPAG Word Searches
Whole School Grammar Glossaries
Relative Clause Lesson
A set of 10 original poems written for children about India, describing its culture, landscape, physical and human features. Perfect for a KS2 geography topic on India. All the poems are written in different styles; to engage, inspire and teach about this fascinating country whilst developing key reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.
India Geography Topic
Each poem could spark a whole lesson enabling children to learn, discuss and write about the culture of India. They cover these geographical aspects of India:
Indian culture
Mumbai
Western Ghats
Thar dessert
Taj Mahal
Goa Beaches
Himalayas
Kerala
River Ganges
Collection of Poems
These poems are written to describe India whilst modeling essential writing skills such as: alliteration, rhyming, rhythm, personification and similes. Presented as word documents and all together on one PowerPoint with some higher-order questions to consider.
This pack includes 10 poems using these different styles:
Kennings
Haiku
Diamente
Repeated starting words
Kyrielle
Shape Poem
All the poems are written by me and all images used are copyright free.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more engaging and useful resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy
You might also be interested in my Arctic Poem collection
An engaging 22 slide powerpoint teaching pupils about Ruth Benerito’s invention and how it changed the world. Includes a teaching PowerPoint, input, experiment, video link, differentiation, plan, all printables and an extension task.
The complete PowerPoint teaches the science behind creasing and how this affected the cotton industry in the 1960’s. Visual and bright images make the theories easy to understand and will spark curiosity for science.
Includes:
A hands on experiment to do at the start of the lesson as an opener and engagement tool.
A helpful video link of Ruth explaining what she has achieved and how.
A range of activities for differentiation.
A challenge focusing on a clear and short biography of Ruth Benerito explaining why she is such an inspirational scientist and what she achieved in her life.
A detailed and easy-to-follow plan.
A lesson written for a year 5 class based on the new curriculum learning objective:
They should find out about how chemists create new materials, for example, Ruth Benerito, who invented wrinkle-free cotton.
All reviews welcome.
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.
All reviews welcome.
A complete lesson teaching factors, multiples, squares and cubes. Includes animated PowerPoint, worksheets, challenges and all answers. Ideal for UKS2, will engage and extend all the pupils in your class.
Download this lesson to teach these important concepts:
Factors
Multiples
Square numbers
Cube numbers
Use the colourful and animated PowerPoint to develop your pupil’s problem solving skills using RUCSAC and trial and error.
Print out the colourful worksheets provided with engaging word problems set in realistic contexts.
Hand out the reasoning challenges to extend your high achievers and challenge everyone else.
Share out the calculations for fast finishers to consolidate their learning so they develop mastery for these mathematical concepts.
Use all the answers provided for quick and easy marking.
Designed for the national curriculum objective:
Solve problems involving multiplication and division including using your knowledge of factors and multiples, squares and cubes.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular maths word problems:
Adding &Subtracting Fractions
Area and Perimeter
Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
Three essential resources for improving your own and your school’s behaviour management:
1. Noise Meter - Keep the level of classroom chat at the most appropriate for outstanding learning. Use this bright and clear tool with the children to save your voice.
2. Behaviour Management CPD Pack - An inspiring CPD pack for refreshing and updating your behaviour management.
A 29 slide PowerPoint takes you through key techniques and strategies to update your teaching. Within this there are moments to discuss, reflect and evaluate your practice.
Alongside this a 10 page document explain in more detail these key aspects:
How to lay the foundations for outstanding behaviour
How to explain your expectations and consequences
The 4 behaviour management essentials
The 10 strategies you need in your toolkit
How to teach for engagement and excellent behaviour management
Walking around school and behaviour
Table Plans
Playground behaviour management
Practical subjects, rewards and tidying up a classroom
How to evaluate and change your practice
Also included is an optional anonymous survey you can give your class to find out what they think about your strengths and weaknesses - a daring but effective way to move your skills forward.
This would be helpful for any NQTs and other teachers looking to refresh and update their pedagogy.
You could use it for your own personal CPD or provide it as a whole school CPD.
3. Seating Plan Pack: A bright and clear seating plan useful for teachers and your students.
Five seating plans that work for different classrooms, lessons, children and times of year.
Two sets of colour coding:
1. Colour coded for ability
2. Colour coded for groups
Labelled for subjects. Lots of spare tables and chairs so can edit each plan. Start the term with a focused, organised and refreshed classroom.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more free and inexpensive resources at my shop Teachallenjoy
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 useful list of questions for guided reading, reading discussions 1:1 and reading assessments in Year 2. 43 question templates under 12 categories which match the expectations of the National Curriculum and build confidence in reading.
Available in 3 formats to save you time and enhance your pupil’s reading:
A4 black and white questions sheet.
A4 colour coded questions sheet.
Colourful leaflet for discussing reading at home.
Can be used in guided reading, reading 1:1, writing comprehensions, at home to support parents and for assessment purposes.
Useful for teachers, TAs and parent helpers.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular KS1 English resources:
Year 2 Grammar Glossary
Year 2 SMART Writing Targets
Year 2 Reading Corner Display
