The presentation looks at the theories of Aristotle, Copernicus and Galileo to show how these theories led to modern day ideas about the solar system.
The first activity asks children to fill in diagrams to show the difference between heliocentric and geocentric models.
The second activity asks children to write or match facts about early astronomers and is differentiated 3 ways.
Higher ability write own sentences
Middle ability match stickers and fill in missing words
Lower ability match stickers
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The presentation goes through the order of our solar system and describes the key features of each planet. There are a few youtube links to support visual learners.
The main activity looks lovely in books. Children need to put the planets in order on a blank space sheet. These can be printed in a sticker format.
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The starter activity is a glossary, matching key words to their definition. It is differentiated for higher and lower (higher have ore words)
The presentation then discusses why we experience night and day. There are lots of youtube links to help visual learners.
The main activity requires children to shade in a diagram and then explain why we experience night and day.
Higher children have key words and need to write their own sentences
Lower children fill in missing words
SEN children have first letter of each missing word
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Great resources for more able children.
The first activity is simply rounding large numbers but the last two in the table require a little more thinking.
The second activity requires children to use reasoning and working backwards.
The greater depth activities involve money and working backwards.
Three booklets to work through that increase in their level of challenge. Each question in placed in a fun or real life context such as buying a football strip or calculating school fair profits. Inclues two greater depth activities for more able children.
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Advise on what to include in an action sequence including a written example that could be used as a model.
I have used a sequence from Monsters vs Aliens as stimulus for writing. The powerpoint includes a youtube link and a short story board.
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A great powerpoint to use before assessments. Recaps the following maths skills using test style questions:
Number value
Area
Partitioning
Temperature
Reflection
Rounding decimals
Facotrs and multiples
Fractions, decimals and percentages
Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10
Roman numerals
Prime numbers
Ordering decimals
Regular and irregular shapes
Powerpoint recaps the following SPaG skills
Conjunctions for time, place, reason
Commas
Statements and commands
Relative clauses
Relative and possessive pronouns
Types of words (verb, adjective, preposition etc
Progressive tense
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These activities put statistics in a real life context.
There is a table of data showing how many customers visited Frankie and Benny’s on Saturday and Sunday.
This data can be used to create a line graph. Higher ability children could create one with two lines, one for each day. As an extension, there are questions (small sticker format) to answer about the data.
For children who progress quickly there is also a separate mastery activity, answering questions using a line graph.
Test style questions for pages 7 to 18 of The Iron Man. Differentiated for Higher, lower and SEN.
SEN questions are multiple choice.
I recommend printing these resources in booklet format.
I have written part of a narrative with a science fiction theme that helps children to identify cohesive devices.
The first activity asks children (higher ability) to identify fronted adverbials, adverbs and adverbials phrases.
The other activities focus solely on fronted adverbials and are slightly differentiated. There is an extension activity underneath asking children to add fronted adverbials to sentences.
A great activity for higher ability children or those who are confident using commas.
The starter activity reminds children of all the different uses.
The mian activity uses an extract from The Maze Runner. All the commas have been removed - children need to put them in the right place. There is a table showing children how any of each type is missing for support.
Answers included.
Presentation contains link for noise pollution clip and asks children to discuss how it makes them feel. Explains different types of noise pollution and its effects. Moves onto air pollution causes and effects, finishing with a link to a video clip discussing the London Smog.
I used the activity sheet for children to write down three effects of noise pollution.
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Presentation goes through the different causes of river pollution and the environmental impact. The main activity is linked to play script writing in English as children are asked to create a TV advert about river pollution. These could be performed in a drama lesson.
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A great activity to help children think about different types of characters and how they would react in different situations. This can provide a stimulus for writing narratives or playscripts.
The starter is a group activity where children match dialogue and action to a well-known character.
The powerpoint looks at this in a little more depth.
The main activity gives children 4 different characters. Children need to imagine they just crash landed in a jungle and come up with dialogue and an action for each one.
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A great introduction to the Rivers topic. The first half of the powerpoint looks at key features such as meanders, rapids, deltas etc.
The activity related to this is a matching activity that is differentiated 3 ways.
Lower ability children have to simply match the picture to the definition.
Middle ability children have to match the picture to the definition and fill in the missing feature.
Higher ability children have to match the feature to the picture and write their own definition.
The second half of the powerpoint looks at key vocabulary for the topic such as erosion. This could be used to create a glossary using the resources provided.
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