This lesson is an engaging resource where the children are classifying rocks based on their properties. When we completed this lesson, we had already done a lesson on the properties of different rocks so had findings to work with already. However, you could incorporate the properties into this lesson too.
The lesson comes with the complete lesson PowerPoint and resources.
Brief structure of lesson:
Retrieval practice
Name that rock
Whole class quiz questions for property definitions
Guided practice for classifying rocks
Independent sorting and classifying rocks
Challenge questions
Extend to think about sorting into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
This is a complete lesson with resources that focuses on children knowing how to apply number bonds within ten i.e. to find calculations that are ten or even hundred times greater and to find related facts (fact families)
It includes a full teaching PowerPoint, as well as resources to go alongside it including an open ended investigation using dice and reasoning and problem solving questions.
This lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint taking you through the lesson as well as resources.
Resources include:
a retrieval starter
Check in to see what they already know
differentiated tasks so that you can start children off where you deem fit, depending on the check in
multiple choice quiz
Reasoning and problem solving
These resources could be used at the beginning of a Stone Age (or Stone Age to Iron Age ) topic. Resources include:
A Stone Age poster which I would give to the children at the beginning of the lesson to see what they can infer about the Stone Age based on the images.
Simple posters for the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, which I intend on giving to the children once you’ve given them a bit of background information about the Stone Age, to see if they can INFER which order the three periods came in.
Stone Age to Iron Age timeline resource for children to accurately order the periods. I have purposely made them different sizes to show how vast the Palaeolithic period was compared to all others.
Complete lesson on identifying numbers on a number line to 100. This can be used in year 2 and as a recap in year 3. This lesson follows the White Rose scheme and includes retrieval practice, assessment and differentiated activities.
The coloured squares on the PowerPoint are used as an assessment/teaching tool. Children could have coloured quiz cards that they hold up to show the correct answer. Allows for whole class contribution.
Tasks get progressively more challenging, so children can either work their way through the activities at their own pace or you can start the children off where you see fit depending on how they did in the check in activity at the start.
Introductory lesson aimed at year 3, introducing children to 3 digit numbers. This lesson follows the White Rose scheme and includes retrieval practice, assessment and differentiated activities.
Tasks get progressively more challenging, so children can either work their way through the activities at their own pace or you can start the children off where you see fit depending on how they did in the check in activity at the start.
This resource includes PowerPoint going through the structure of the lesson. It includes retrieval practice, guided practice and differentiated tasks. This lesson could be used in year 2 or as a recap in year 3 which is how I use it.
Resources for the lesson are included too, including a retrieval practice pyramid which the kids love!
A variety of resources for a French colours unit of work, including:
pencil case activity, children read the simple sentences in French and colour the items the correct colour (this relies on them knowing pencil case items in French)
Flags activity - children to read the sentences and tick which flag it is referring to
Colour by numbers - children to read the numbers and colours in French and colour accordingly
A variety of French animal topic resources including:
worksheet involving reading animal names and simple sentences
animal match up cards (linked to Carnival of Animals music)
Animal zoo template for children to draw animals and write below
Animal cages used as flaps with space for children to write simple sentences on and draw animals underneath
A fantastic resource where children use their knowledge of numbers to 20 in French to crack the code. A spin off Guess Who activity where they have to work out clues to find out which character is the culprit! Combines knowledge of numbers, pencil case items and ages! The children I have done this with love it!
This lesson can go across two lessons where they go outside and become hunter gatherers in the first lesson to collect animals/plants they may have hunted. The second lesson is where they apply what they have learnt by creating a food guide and top tips for survival!
Disclaimer: Animal and plant pictures I sourced from Twinkl so I have not uploaded these due to Copyright.
Within this resource are several retrieval practice ideas I have made for you to use in your lessons. I have added suggestions into the examples to show you how they would work but all resources are easily editable to suit your subject/topic.
Resources include:
4 x grid
Retrieval pyramid
List it!
Picture Prompt
This resource is an entire unit of work for the topic ‘Stone Age to Iron Age’
Lessons include:
Introduction to the Stone Age
Hunter Gatherers which runs over two lessons
Stone Age settlements
Skara Brae
Stone Age to Bronze Age comparison
Amesbury Archer
Iron Age (could run over two lessons)
It includes 8 lessons, but could be condensed into fewer or extended to longer.