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Mission to Mars: Design a Mission Badge (e-Textile)
**Updated with new graphics
This 21-page resource has been designed as an introduction to a study of a Mission to Mars. Children will research different mission badges before designing, making, and evaluating their own.
This Outcome uses Lilypad e-textiles, but the same curriculum objectives can be covered with the use of littleBits, circuit stickers (Chibitronics) or with twinkle lights that have been cut and joined to copper tape and powered with a low-voltage battery.
Digital resources for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
Mission to Mars: Build an Ecosystem (Persuasive Writing)
**Updated with new graphics and Google extension
This 55-page resource is meant to be a critical thinking objective where children learn about ecosystems while considering what they would need to survive on the planet Mars.
Children will learn about ecosystems, habitats, and communities before learning about keystone species and writing a persuasive text about which ecosystem should be brought to Mars.
Digital resources for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available by following the link provided at download.
Peter Pan Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie.
About the Novel: Popular fantasy about Peter, the boy who won’t grow up, and his companion Tinker Bell, transports young readers to Never-Never Land where together with Wendy and the other Darling children they meet Princess Tiger Lily, the Lost Boys, and the nasty Captain Hook.
About the Resource: The pack has been designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s Reading Standards for Year 6.
A link to an editable digital copy of the file on Google Slides for completing without printing is available with download.
On the Come Up Novel Study
About the Novel: Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill.
But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral…for all the wrong reasons.
Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn’t just want to make it—she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be.
Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; and about how, especially for young black people, freedom of speech isn’t always free.
About the Resource: This pack includes Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character studies and plot studies), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (Star Wars, Black Panther, Malcolm X, Obamas, Civil Disobedience).
Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
Internment Novel Study
About the Novel: Rebellions are built on hope.
Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.
With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp’s Director and his guards.
Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today.
About the Resource: This pack includes** Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities** (includes character analysis, setting analysis, and plot studies), Creative Tasks (includes writing and cooking), and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (Korematsu v. United States, banned books, Milgram experiment, shooting at Chapel Hill, Charlottesville riot, Japanese internment camps, White Rose, Red Cross visit to Theresienstadt, 442nd Infantry Regiment).
Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
Flush Novel Study
About the Novel: Take a romp in the swamp with this New York Times bestselling mystery adventure set in the Florida Keys from Newbery Honoree Carl Hiaasen!
Noah’s dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor—which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can’t prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right. The boat is pumped out and back in business within days and Noah’s dad is in the local lock-up.
Now Noah is determined to succeed where his dad failed. He will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping illegally . . . somehow.
About the Resource: This pack includes Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character studies and plot studies), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (water pollution, Florida Keys, green flash, loggerhead turtle).
Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
Write a Travel Blog from the HMS Beagle
Students use the stops made by Charles Darwin on the H.M.S. Beagle to write a travel blog about their discoveries and challenges.
The pack includes different graphic organizers, resources for lower ability pupils, as well as lesson plans and rubrics.
In the past, this resource has been used alongside Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman, but can be used independently of the novel, as well.
A link to access an editable file for use on Google Drive is available at download.
Mission to Mars: Chronological Study of the Space Program (Explanation Text)
Updated with new graphics and Google extension
This 26-page resource has been designed to use as a guide to studying the US space program’s chronology.
This Outcome will allow children to research how different aspects of NASA’s space program have changed over time, including space shuttles, spacesuits, and space exploration.
Children will then write an explanation text following the 2014 National Curriculum English Objectives for Year 6.
Link provided to digital resources for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw.
Mission to Mars: Report on Significant Person or Event (Historical Sources)
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This 35-page resource has been designed to use as a guide to studying significant people and events in the US space program.
Children will learn the difference between primary and secondary sources before using them in a presentation to teach their peers.
Digital resources for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
Grammar Dice BUNDLE for Key Stage 2
This resource is meant as a support or challenge for children in Key Stage 2 during writing exercises.
Nets are printed, laminated, and made into cubes so children can use them when they are stuck with their writing. Colourless copies also included.
The grammar on the dice are taken from the 2014 National Curriculum of England and the 2017 Interim Frameworks for Teacher Assessment at the end of Key Stage 2.
For Years 3 & 4: adverbs, adverbials, prefixes, suffixes, homophones, conjunctions and prepositions
For Years 5 & 6: suffixes, adverbs, homophones, cohesive devices, passive voice, expanded noun phrases, formal speech, adverbials, modal verbs, relative clauses, co-ordinating conjunctions and subordinate conjunctions.
A link is provided in the zipped files to editable files should you like to change any of the sides of the dice.
Punctuation Dice Key Stages 1 and 2 BUNDLE
This resource is meant as a support or challenge for children in Key Stages 1 and 2 during writing exercises.
Nets are printed, laminated, and made into cubes so children can use them when they are stuck with their writing. Colourless copies also included.
The punctuation on the dice are taken from the 2014 National Curriculum of England and the 2017 Interim Frameworks for Teacher Assessment at the end of Key Stage 2.
Key Stage 1: singular possession, commas for lists, full stops, capital letters, exclamation and question marks
Years 3 & 4: speech marks, apostrophes for plural nouns, and commas after fronted adverbials
Years 5 & 6: colons, semi-colons, brackets, bulletpoints, dashes and commas for clarity
A link is provided in the zipped files to editable files should you like to change any of the sides of the dice.
The Secret Life of Daisy Fitzjohn (Brightwood) Novel Study
This 50 page resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with The Secret Life of Daisy Fitzjohn (also known as Brightwood) by Tania Unsworth.
*Updated with opportunities for deeper learning
ABOUT THE NOVEL: Daisy Fitzjohn knows there are two worlds: the outside world and the world of Brightwood Hall, her home—and the only place she’s ever been. Daisy and her mother have everything they need within its magnificent, crumbling walls. But, when Daisy’s mother leaves unexpectedly one morning, a strange visitor arrives on the estate, claiming to be a distant cousin, James Gritting. As the days tick by and Daisy’s mother doesn’t return, Gritting becomes more and more menacing. He wants Brightwood for himself, and he will do anything to get it—unless Daisy, with only her imaginary companions to help her, can stop him.
ABOUT THE RESOURCE: Designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6, the pack includes: Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character studies and plot studies), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (yachts, topiaries, the Amazon, poisonous berries).
Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
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Reading Workshop Bundle for Years 1 & 2
This bundle combines different resources related to Reading Workshop, including writing, reading, and listening.
Included resources:
Reading Workshop Listen & Write FREEBIE
Grammar Dice for Key Stage 1
Punctuation Dice for Key Stage 1
Reading Workshop Tracker for Key Stage 1
Honey Bee Study with Maths and Scratch
This resource has been made to use alongside the other Honey Bee Study packs, which teach children about evolution and adaptations.
In this pack, children will take a closer look at the Maths used by bees in their honeycomb, before designing their own honeycomb in Scratch using Pens and Loops.
An editable copy of resources is available for sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw is provided with download.
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Valentines STEAM: Create a Box of Chocolates
In this resource, children will evaluate different chocolates before designing their own assorted chocolates and packaging for Valentine’s Day.
This pack includes lesson plans, rubrics, editable rubrics, and sample recipes to support the learning process.
Lessons and objectives are aligned with objectives from the 2014 National Curriculum of England, with links to NGSS listed where appropriate.
A digital copy for editing and sharing on digital platforms is available with download.
Ancient Sumer: Design an Instrument
Children will participate in a short study of the importance of music in Ancient Sumer as well as the instruments used. Children will have opportunities to look at instruments uncovered by archaeologists studying the area and will learn about the science of sound before designing, making, and evaluating their own instruments.
All learning objectives are aligned with the 2014 National Curriculum of England.
This pack includes lesson plans, rubrics, and editable rubrics to support with the learning process.
A digital copy for editing and sharing on digital platforms is provided with download.
Navigating Early Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool.
ABOUT THE NOVEL: From the author of Newbery Medal winner Moon Over Manifest comes the odyssey-like adventure of two boys’ incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail.
When Jack Baker’s father sends him from his home in Kansas to attend a boys’ boarding school in Maine, Jack doesn’t know what to expect. Certainly not Early Auden, the strangest of boys. Early keeps to himself, reads the number pi as a story, and refuses to accept truths others take for granted. Jack, feeling lonely and out of place, connects with Early, and the two become friends.
During a break from school, the boys set out for the Appalachian Trail on a quest for a great black bear. As Jack and Early travel deeper into the mountains, they meet peculiar and dangerous characters, and they make some shocking discoveries. But their adventure is only just beginning. Will Jack’s and Early’s friendship last the journey? Can the boys make it home alive?
ABOUT THE RESOURCE: Designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6, the pack includes: Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character studies and plot studies), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (General D. Eisenhower, Holy Grail, pi, constellations, crew).
Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
Teams & Athletes: Design a Team Jersey (with Explanation Text)
Children will look at how sports team logos have changed over time before designing a team logo of their own. Children then repeat the same structure, this time looking at team jerseys. Last, they will write an explanation text of how logos or jerseys have changed over time.
This pack includes lesson plans, rubrics, and editable rubrics to support with the learning process. Lessons and objectives are aligned with objectives from the 2014 National Curriculum of England. Links to the Common Core State Standards are also outlined, where appropriate.
A digital copy for editing and sharing on digital platforms is available by following the link provided at the time of download.
The Witch's Boy Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill. The pack has been designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6.
ABOUT THE NOVEL: When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. Across the forest that borders Ned’s village, Áine, the daughter of the Bandit King, is haunted by her mother’s last words: “The wrong boy will save your life, and you will save his.” When the Bandit King comes to steal the magic Ned’s mother, a witch, is meant to protect, Áine and Ned meet. Can they trust each other long enough to cross a dangerous enchanted forest and stop the war about to boil over between their two kingdoms?
ABOUT THE RESOURCE: This pack includes: Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character studies and plot studies), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (stuttering, witch, goat, wolves, lynx, falcon, gallows).
Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
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The Mostly True Story of Jack Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill. The pack has been designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6.
ABOUT THE NOVEL: Enter a world where magic bubbles just below the surface. . . .
When Jack is sent to Hazelwood, Iowa, to live with his strange aunt and uncle, he expects a summer of boredom. Little does he know that the people of Hazelwood have been waiting for him for quite a long time. When he arrives, he begins to make actual friends for the first time in his life-but the town bully beats him up and the richest man in town begins to plot Jack’s imminent, and hopefully painful, demise. It’s up to Jack to figure out why suddenly everyone cares so much about him. Back home he was practically… invisible.
The Mostly True Story of Jack is a stunning debut novel about things broken, things put back together, and finding a place to belong.
The Newbery Medal winner from the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Witch’s Boy Novel Study.
ABOUT THE RESOURCE: This pack includes Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character studies and plot studies), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (scars, parrot, San Francisco, Iowa, corn, grain elevator, bioluminescence, seeds).
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