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Alphabet bingo - initial sounds game
This set contains 20 picture bingo cards and 20 letter bingo cards to play in large or small groups.
Each card prints onto an A4 page (although you can alter the printer settings to print smaller versions if required.)
The small calling cards (pictures and letters) can be used to cover up or match the picture or letter sounds.
The larger calling cards (pictures and letters) can be held up for the children to look at.
Spelling assessment booklet for KS1 & KS2: Appendix 1 English curriculum objectives Years 1 to 6
The booklet is in pdf format and contains 14 pages of assessment. It covers all the content to be introduced for spelling, homophones and common exception words / word lists objectives for KS1 and KS2. It can follow each child as they progress through school.
There are also 4 alternative front covers to choose from in Word. They can be readily adapted and added to if you want to personalise them.
Class assessment
There are 2 versions; one in excel if you want to keep a digital record, or pdf if you would rather print the record out.
There is a sheet for each year group, covering all the spelling content (except for vowel digraphs and trigraphs, homophones and words) to be introduced.
KS2 HOMOPHONES posters / flashcards
A set of A4 posters containing all the homophones identified in the Year 3/4 and 5/6 spelling appendix.
Each page is split into 2 so that 2 homophones are printed on one page. You can cut them in half and use as flashcards or leave them whole and display them. For Y3/4 there are 21 pages, plus 3 pages containing just one word. For Y4/5 there are 24 pages plus 1 page containing just one word, plus a set of 4 noun/verb posters.
3 & Y4 HOMOPHONES:
accept except
affect effect
ball bawl
berry bury
brake break
fair fare
grate great
groan grown
here hear
heel heal he’ll
knot not
mail male
meat meet
medal meddle
missed mist
peace piece
plain plane
rain rein reign
scene seen
weather whether
whose who’s
Y5 & Y6 HOMOPHONES:
aisle isle
aloud allowed
affect effect
altar alter
ascent assent
bridal bridle
cereal serial
compliment complement
descent dissent
desert dessert
draft draught
farther father
guessed guest
heard herd
led lead
morning mouring
past passed
precede proceed
principal principle
prophet profit
stationary stationery
steel steal
wary weary
who’s whose
Y5 & Y6 HOMOPHONES - nouns and verbs: Each set prints onto 1 A4
advice advise
device devise
licence license
practice practise
KS1 HOMOPHONE posters / flashcards
A set of A4 posters containing all the homophones identified in the Y2 spelling appendix plus other common homophones that children will encounter in KS1.
Each page is split into 2 so that 2 homophones are printed on one page. You can cut them in half and use as flashcards or leave them whole and display them. There are 25 pages, plus 3 pages containing just one word.
The homophones are:
bare bear
be bee
blue blue
here hear
there their they’re
night knight
one won
quiet quite
see sea
sun son
to too two
PLUS
been bean
four for
new knew
no know
pair pear
red read
right write
wear where
sew so saw
tail tale
through threw
week weak
which witch
Suffix spelling rules posters KS1 & KS2
Seven posters explaining the different rules for adding suffixes covered in Appendix 1 of the English 2014 curriculum for years 2, 3 and 4, with a heading 'Suffix Spelling Rules'.
Spag Year 6 Synonyms and Antonyms posters and headings pack
SYNONYM POSTERS:
Each word prints onto 1 A4 page and contains the main word plus synonyms. It also contains a title page.
The words are -
and, ask, answer, like, (answer and like share an A4 page), awful, bad, big, fun, get, good, happy, horrible, look, loud, mad, new, nice, old, pretty, said (x 2 pages), sad, scared, small, went, quiet,
ANTONYM POSTERS::
There are 2 sets of words per A4 page; 38 sets of words altogether, plus an A4 title.
Spag Punctuation posters: KS1 KS2 Years 1 to 6 display pack
A set of 22 A4 posters describing, naming and explaining different types of punctuation
The posters cover all the punctuation outlined in the English National Curriculum.
The titles of the posters are:
Punctuation
Capital letters
Spaces
Sentence
Full stop
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Apostrophes for contractions
Apostrophes for ownership
Comma
Commas for lists
Inverted commas
Ellipsis
Hyphen
Colons to introduce a list
Colons for independent clauses
Semi-colon
Bullet points
Dash
Brackets
Plus 2 'DO NOT...' posters:
Do not use an apostrophe for 'its' when it is a possessive adjective
Do not use an apostrophe for plurals
Each poster contains the title and explanation and an image / examples
Plus a 'Punctuation' banner that prints onto 3 A4 pages and a border to frame a display.
Handwriting sheets for KS1: lower and upper case letters and digits
This set contains a variety of writing worksheets to promote correct letter formation.
The font used throughout is Sassoon, plus a slanted dotted handwriting version in the lower case letter packs
PENCIL CONTROL SHEETS: A range of pre-letter formation sheets to get children used to the directions and actions needed for writing letters
Arches
Crosses
Curls
Lines
Peaks
Snakes
Zigzags
Zeds
LOWER CASE LETTERS: This set consists of 4 folders of different handwriting families
SET 1: Downward strokes
Dotted letters l t i j
Dotted letters u and y
Sassoon letters l t i j
Sassoon letters u and y
All downward letters
SET 2: Down and retrace
Downward letters b k h dotted
Downward letters m n r p dotted
Sassoon downward letters b k h k (2 versions with curly/straight k)
Sassoon downward letters r m n p
All down/retrace letters
SET 3: curly letters
Curly letters a c o dotted
Curly letters d g q dotted
Sassoon curly letters a c o
Sassoon curly letters d g q
Sassoon curly letters e f s (curly and straight versions of f)
Sassoon curly letters c o a d g q
SET 4: Zigzag letters
Dotted zigzag letters v w z x
Sassoon zigzag letters v w z x
Plus a digit formation 0-9 sheet
CAPITAL LETTERS: These are divided into similarly formed letters
Curled capitals C G O Q S
Capitals diagonal X Y V W
Capitals straight E F H I L T
Capitals straight then diagonal A M N Z K
Capitals straight then curled B D P R U J
DISPLAY / ACTIVITIES
Topic covers - 5 different versions with the heading 'My Handwriting Book' for children to keep their work together.
Hollow letters: Each letter prints onto 1 A4 sheet. Can be laminated for finger painting etc, or used as activity sheets. There are two versions, one with large letters filling the page, the other with smaller letters.
Lower case letter formation: This can be used for display as a reminder of correct letter formation, or laminated and used in practical activities. The posters show fingers pointing where to begin writing, where to end, and which way to go - children can see at a glance if they are forming their letters correctly.
BLANK HANDWRITING SHEETS
Two different versions with different line widths.
Where possible, alternate ways of writing k and f are included.
Alphabet line / frieze for display with lower and upper case letters
This set contains 26 alphabet flashcards in lower case and 26 in upper and lower case, both in Sassoon Primary font, with pictures matching each initial letter sound.
There are also alternate lower case letters for f and k, plus ck, ll, ff, ss and zz.
There are 2 cards per A4 page for you to print as many times as you like.
They can be used as flashcards, for an alphabet frieze or other display work.
Alphabet / Letters, digraphs and trigraphs A5 flashcards / display - 72 graphemes
This set contains all the letters of the alphabet, consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs and trigraphs in the Y1 spelling appendix.
The cards are in pdf format for you to print out as many times as you like. They can be used as flashcards, for display or for group or individual use.
There are 2 cards per A5 page. Each card contains pictures and a list of words, including the relevant common exception words for Y1. The single letter sounds contain the matching keyboard letter so they can help children on the keyboard.
There are 3 separate files:
PHONIC CARDS 1
26 letters of the alphabet plus ch sh th and wh
PHONICS CARDS 2
All the graphemes identified in the Y1 spelling appendix
PHONICS CARDS 3
Extra graphemes from the Letters and Sounds document ( ff ll ss zz ck ey ng and ure)
The Magic Box activities and worksheets
This set contains activities to print, and a powerpoint containing visuals to look at whilst reading the poem.
Introducing non-fiction books - Lessons and headings - features of information texts
A set of resources to introduce children to non-fiction books.
The powerpoints:
explain and demonstrate alphabetical order
show how questions are used for information
demonstrate the layout and features of a non-fiction book
give an example of a page from a non-fiction book
provide opportunities for children to think of captions
show the difference between fiction and non-fiction sentences.
KS1 Fantasy stories - story maker settings, characters and objects
An introduction to fantasy stories - one powerpoint looks at the difference between fact and fiction; the second powerpoint guides the children through making up their own fantasy stories.
The printable files are cards - each set has 12 images so the children can use them to choose a setting, main character and an object.
The Frog Prince Fairy Tale - interactive powerpoint story and characters to print
A story of the Frog Prince for the whiteboard, with props and characters for role play.
Guy Fawkes, Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot - 2 powerpoints, 12 display files and 15 activities
A powerpoint story of Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot and why we celebrate Bonfire Night, with classroom activities to print and display resources.
Guy Fawkes - Two versions; one for KS1 and one for KS2. It details Guy Fawkes' life, and how he became involved with the other conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot; it explains how he was caught, and why people now celebrate Bonfire Night.
ACTIVITIES:
Bonfire night acrostic poem
Bonfire Night topic cover
Fire border for displaying work
Fireworks border
Gunpowder plot and Guy Fawkes sequencing
Gunpowder plot black and white pictures (for colouring/display)
Gunpowder plot cards
Gunpowder plot word mat
Guy Fawkes topic cover
Letter to Mounteagle
Newspaper report x 4 - Guy Fawkes, The arrest and The conspirators
Blank scroll
DISPLAY
A-Z Flame lettering
Bonfire Night banner
A4 title
Large lettering Bonfire Night
Fireworks border for displays
Confession letter of Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes title
Main conspirators poster
Portraits of James I and Guy Fawkes
Posters - Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot
The Fireworks code
The Gunpowder plot pictures
Rapunzel Fairy Tale activity pack - Powerpoint story, display resources and activities
A story of Rapunzel, plus writing sheets, wanted poster, sequencing pictures, book cover; display border and heading.
Jack and the Beanstalk Fairy Tale activity pack - powerpoint story, display and activities
A powerpoint story plus the following resources to print:
A Beanstalk to print out (you can make it as tall as you wish)
Leaves and beans to add to the beanstalk
Black and white leaves to colour / paint
Number leaves - 0-20
Jack and the Beanstalk character masks - in colour and black and white
Jack and the Beanstalk - large lettering
Jack and the Beanstalk - heading on A4
Hansel and Gretel Fairy tale activity pack- powerpoint story, display and activities
A story in powerpoint, sequencing cards, heading, lettering, retelling pages, story sequencing and characters for role play.
Letters and Sounds Phase 5: Yes/No questions
A Yes / No question powerpoint that can also be printed out.
Letters and Sounds Phase 5 - Choosing three right answers powerpoint
An interactive powerpoint to play the '3 right answers' game.