Spend your Sundays collecting resources from under your duvet! Find free teaching resources and other publications targeted at children including fiction, poetry and language books amongst others.
Feedback is always appreciated.
Spend your Sundays collecting resources from under your duvet! Find free teaching resources and other publications targeted at children including fiction, poetry and language books amongst others.
Feedback is always appreciated.
One of the things which has given me the most comfort in my teaching career is hearing teachers swear in the staffroom. It sounds strange but it’s a funny sort of therapy - knowing that someone else is also having a bad day. Sometimes we just need a bit of reassurance that we’re not alone in whatever’s going on in our professional lives. We all have bad days but sometimes it’s easy to think we’re the only ones.
This collection of stories, confessions, grievances and all-out ‘fails’ written by an online community of real teachers is a little window into the problems of teachers around the world. Some will make you cringe, some will make you smile. We’re not endorsing, condoning or condemning anything you read here. Some of the actions described could not be described as ‘best practice’ while some seem like the musings of criminal masterminds. Take some comfort and draw your own conclusions...
Wordsearches (and answers) with keywords for a range of science topics including:
Characteristics of rocks
Circulation
Food Chains
Human Life Cycles
Microorganisms
Plant Life Cycles
Properties of Materials
Teeth
A unit of planned lessons for up to 6 weeks based on the inspirational text 'The Tea Swiggin' Pirate Jones'
Includes the inspiration text and others in the series which may also be useful with some additional resources.
A detailed literacy unit of work (up to 6 weeks) focused on Pirates based around 'The Tea-Swigging Pirate Jones' as an inspirational text.
A great resource with lesson plans consisting of differentiated activities which should save hours of planning. Plans can be adapted for use with other texts
Also includes some additional powerpoint resources which may be of use.
Grown-ups keep secrets – all sorts of stuff,
Which they only tell you when you’re old enough,
And now you’re getting bigger, it’s about time you knew -
About a secret that they have been keeping from you!
There’s a little family who lives under each bed.
Some who are blue and some that are red.
It goes without saying that they’re all very small,
(They live under your bed after all!)
It’s the Norf Clan I’ll tell you about today,
They live under a bed – not far away,
They camp out in a mattress between the springs,
Collecting toys and buttons and interesting things...
The Norf clan is an entertaining narrative poem about a mischievous gamily who live under the bed of a young boy and get him into trouble and prove that sometimes, life just isn't fair - but you'll get over it!
Also available in a great value bundle!
A Brilliant and Large collection of works by the excellent Edward Lear which includes:
- Book of Nonsense
- More Nonsense
- Nonsense Songs
- Nonsense Stories
- The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses
Better still, everything is saves as MS Word documents so you can cut, paste and adapt these resources to your hearts content!
eBooks, Worksheets, Games, Target boards, Dominoes...
Teaching is hard enough without resourcing for EAL learners. This useful bundle may just help to make your life that little bit easier.
Teaching activities and resources to aid in the teaching of Narrative poetry. Resources include pre-reading activities to ensure students get the most out of the text as it is read for the first time.
Cover Reveal: as each new section of the cover is revealed allow pupils to predict what the book may be about. Do patterns, images, text, fonts etc provide any clues about the text?
Vocabulary exercise: new vocabulary which will be used in the text can be researched and defined by the children prior to reading the text to enhance comprehension.
Analysis of text: a range of activities to investigate the characters, events, structure and features of the narrative poem.
The recommended texts are 'The Marvellous Mrs McToot' available on TES here:
www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-marvellous-mrs-mctoot-extended-narrative-poem-11446654
This text is complimented by the texts available in this TES Bundle deal:
www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-music-and-magic-narrative-poem-trilogy-11477087
or
www.tes.com/teaching-resource/narrative-poems-collection-11477089
A narrative poem following the nasty Dr Glum as he uses his magical drum to make others unhappy - but will he learn his lesson?
This is the story of old Doctor Glum
And the magical instrument he taps with his thumb.
He’s fat and old with a temper that’s bad,
And wears a red army tunic that belonged to his dad.
On his head is the hat from an old marching band,
Which is covered in dirt and was bought second hand.
Bits of spaghetti and old food dangled -
From his white beard that was scruffy and tangled.
Strapped around his neck (which is as fat as a plum),
Is a big red and white marching band drum…
But the power the drum holds is something quite great;
It’s a shame that the man with the drum’s filled with hate!
An excellent resource for pre-1914 text studies with 2 novels and poetry by the great Lewis Carroll saved as Word documents for you to cut/paste/edit into you own resources.
Novels:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Through The Looking Glass
A valuable & versatile resource resource which can be adapted for all ages and is only limited by your own imagination.
- A Smartboard & PowerPoint resource to teach money or set problem solving challenges. Resources in £, p, $ and blank for your own currency. Add your own values to each cafe item to allow the resource to be used for ages and abilities (eg -
- A printable menu to match the iwb teaching resource - add prices to to set challenges suitable for your ability levels.
- Dry wipe printable to match other resources - just print, laminate & cut. Add your own prices for group work activities.
Examples of challenges you can set for your pupils:
You must buy a main meal, a dessert and a drink without spending more than £_______.
How many different meal combinations can you make?
You bought a main meal, a dessert and a drink with a £5 note.
You received £______ change. What did you buy?
I bought a main meal, a dessert and a drink for £______.
What did I buy?
I bought a pizza, a muffin & a carton of milk. I paid with exactly the correct change. How many different combinations of coins could I have used?
You take everyone sitting on your table for a meal. Find out what they would like to eat and how much it will cost.
- How much will you all have to pay if you share the bill equally?
A large collection of Aesop's Fables - 1 per page in 180+ pages saved as a Word document for you to edit/adapt into your own resources. Stories include:
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS
THE CAT AND THE MICE
THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG
THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER
THE MICE IN COUNCIL
THE BAT AND THE WEASELS
THE DOG AND THE SOW
THE FOX AND THE CROW
THE HORSE AND THE GROOM
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE
THE CAT AND THE BIRDS
THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW
THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR
THE MOON AND HER MOTHER
MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN
THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION
THE LION AND THE MOUSE
THE CROW AND THE PITCHER
THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN
THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS
THE GOODS AND THE ILLS
THE HARES AND THE FROGS
THE FOX AND THE STORK
THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL
THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL
THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT
THE FOX AND THE MONKEY
THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG
THE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLE
THE FROGS' COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SUN
THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX
THE GNAT AND THE BULL
THE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERS
THE SLAVE AND THE LION
THE FLEA AND THE MAN
THE BEE AND JUPITER
THE OAK AND THE REEDS
THE BLIND MAN AND THE CUB
THE BOY AND THE SNAILS
THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS
THE ASS AND HIS BURDENS
THE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLF
THE FOX AND THE GOAT
THE FISHERMAN AND THE SPRAT
THE BOASTING TRAVELLER
THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER
THE ASS AND HIS SHADOW
THE FARMER AND HIS SONS
THE DOG AND THE COOK
THE MONKEY AS KING
THE THIEVES AND THE COCK
THE FARMER AND FORTUNE
JUPITER AND THE MONKEY
FATHER AND SONS
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THE OWL AND THE BIRDS
THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN
THE SHE-GOATS AND THEIR BEARDS
THE OLD LION
THE BOY BATHING
THE QUACK FROG
THE SWOLLEN FOX
THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK
THE BOY AND THE NETTLES
THE PEASANT AND THE APPLE-TREE
THE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONS
JUPITER AND THE TORTOISE
THE DOG IN THE MANGER
THE TWO BAGS
THE OXEN AND THE AXLETREES
THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS
THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING
THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE
THE LION AND THE BOAR
THE WALNUT-TREE
THE MAN AND THE LION
THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE
THE KID ON THE HOUSETOP
THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL
THE VAIN JACKDAW
THE TRAVELLER AND HIS DOG
THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA
THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX
MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR
THE FAWN AND HIS MOTHER
THE FOX AND THE LION
THE EAGLE AND HIS CAPTOR