Independent reading activities. Over 120 pages of guided reading activities to save you time and stress! Suitable for children aged 5-6 years old. Year 1 UK.
These updated reading activities are designed for children to be able to complete independently, as part of a guided reading carousel or even as homework.
I have put together over 120 pages of activities that children can do independently whilst still improving their reading skills and their understanding of books and stories.
There is a variety of activities starting with very simple phonics activities for lower abilities. The activities get more advanced for use throughout the school year.
Some of the activities are also linked to the year 1 curriculum eg the lifecycle of a sunflower, seasons and keeping healthy.
All aspects of the year 1 reading National Curriculum covered.Also perfect for lower ability children in year 2 and up.
Included in this product:
reading journal book cover
year 1 national curriculum statements for assessment
guided reading timetable
35 reading comprehensions
initial sounds cut and stick
b or d cut and stick
m or n cut and stick
c or k cut and stick
missing letters
draw the word x 3
2 syllable words
draw the caption x 3
mixed up sentences x 6
draw the book cover x 2
draw the characters x 2
draw your favourite part x 2
draw the ending x 2
write the tricky words x 2
find the digraph x 2
write the noun x 2
design a new front cover
find the nouns/weather words/plant words
reading questions
all about the book
book review x 2
read and colour x 3
read and draw x 3
describe the setting x 2
draw and describe the character x 2
draw the character x 4
draw the setting x 4
where is cat?
inference questions x 4
sunflower life cycle
make a foldable book
label a snail
make a wanted poster
decode words x 4
word endings x 2
missing words
syllables x 2
sequence story x 2
contractions
what happens next?
Hibernating animals no prep, print and go activities plus hibernation teaching Power Point . Suitable for KS1.
Children will love learning all about hibernating animals and what animals do in winter with these fun, interactive activities. Students will be engaged whilst learning at the same time. These print and go activities plus a teaching Power Point mean that no prep is required from you. This science product also includes English activities - make an early reading book and reading comprehension, labelling and vocabulary activity.
This product includes:
Teaching power point
Make a ‘Who hibernates here?’ flap picture
Make a ‘Where do I hibernate?’ cut and stick picture
Colour and label hibernators
Who hibernates here? label real pictures
Who hibernates here? cut and stick real pictures
Blank hibernators fact sheet/graphic organizer
Do I hibernate? cut and stick sorting activity - colour
Hibernating word mat
Draw a place to hibernate
Hibernation comprehension x 2 differentiated
Update -
Cut and paste vocabulary activity
Activity sheet x 2 differentiated
Colour and label hibernators (Black and white)
Do I hibernate? cut and stick sorting activity b/w
Make an early readers book - Who Hibernates Here?
3 x hibernation themed writing paper
Hedgehog template
Make a hibernation bookmark
Colouring sheet for early finishers
UK and US spelling
Let’s learn all about Europe. This product includes planning, teaching power point, print and go activities and work for early finishers. Everything you need to teach students all about Europe in KS2. Ideal for Year 3 and Year 4.
*Now includes a workbook for SEN/EAL students. This includes a workbook and resources for students who find it difficult to access the KS2 curriculum but follows the same subjects as the main product lessons *
The 76 slide power point includes 9 lessons, each with an end of lesson quiz. Each lesson has printable activities to accompany the power point, answer sheets included.
Lesson 10 is an end of unit quiz for assessment.
Each activity is differentiated 2 ways.
Also included are some extra activities and task cards for early finishers.
This Product Includes:
Teaching Power Point and activities for the following lessons -
Lesson 1
Where Is Europe - Label continents, colour Europe on a map, label areas of water
Lesson 2
Countries of Europe - Label the countries of Europe, Countries of Europe quiz
Lesson 3
Capital Cities of Europe - Match capital city to correct country
Lesson 4
Landmarks of Europe - Match pictures with descriptions, match pictures with labels - both cut and stick, draw a well known landmark
Lesson 5
Flags of Europe - Color the flags, design your own European flag
Lesson 6
Weather and Climate of Europe - Compare climates x 2 cut and stick
Lesson 7
Physical Features of Europe - Draw features on a map, match places and descriptions cut and stick
Lesson 8
Environmental Regions Of Europe - compare environmental areas of Europe - writing activity
Lesson 9 Human Characteristics of Europe - Trade in Europe research activities
Lesson 10 - End of unit quiz for assessment
Extra Activities
European Union Comprehension x 2 differentiated
Compare a European and non European Country research worksheet
European Country Study
European Capital Cities Word Search
8 task cards for early finishers
planning sheets
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Year 1. All you need to teach the Year 1 unit on plants.
Pack includes:
What a plant needs to grow labelling activity
Label parts of a plant - 2 differentiated sheets
Label parts of a tree - 2 differentiated sheets
Parts of a plant flip book - write about the role each part plays
Lifecycle of a sunflower - 3 differentiated activities
What part of a plant do we eat? cut and stick activity
Science experiment template - 2 differentiated sheets
How to plant a seed - 2 differentiated sheets
Identify plants and trees - cut and stick activity
Observe changes over time activity
Seed diary sheet
Trees research sheet
Draw a garden
Contrast and Compare activity
Plants word mat
Posters - What a plant needs, life cycle of a plant, parts of a plant
Word cards
Above / below ground sorting cards
Learning about Henri Matisse? Why not have a fun art day learning all about Henri Matisse with these low prep activities. This product includes a colorful Power Point teaching young children all about the life and works of Henri Matisse, focusing on his cut outs that he produced in later life.
Cut out activities include students choosing their favourite from a sheet of Matisse cut outs and choosing one to recreate using coloured paper.
Make an artwork plan for recreating a Matisse cut out.
Students can learn about colour theory and complementary colours with 2 differentiated colour wheel sheets.
Write your own Henri Matisse Biography with the facts they learn from the Power Point.
2 x differentiated timeline activities.
Make a bookmark for early finishers.
These activities are suitable for students K-2 KS1.
There are different levels of activities to suit all. Choose which ones you would like to complete.
Perfect for a fun day of art!
UK and US spelling version included.
Suitable for KS1.
Use these then and now sorting activities to help children learn the often difficult concept of the past.
Includes fun and engaging, no prep, cut and paste sorting activities.
Plus make a book activity.
Real life photos for sorting.
Newly added - order items from the past to the present.
Products Include:
7 cut and stick sorting activities - transport, home items, technology, buildings, toys, kitchens and fashion.
Mixed selection of pictures to cut and stick - individually or in small groups.
Drawing activity - draw items from the past and present - transport, home items, technology, buildings, toys, kitchens and fashion.
Make a ‘Then and Now’ book - color, cut out and stick pictures into book.
Real life then and now pictures for sorting, display etc.
Cut and paste ordering from past to present activities - cars, music players, phones and pens.
Amazon Rainforest activities and posters. This product could be just what you need if you are teaching children about the animals that live in the Amazon Rainforest. It includes fun, hands on activities that keep children engaged and motivated, whilst learning at the same time. These print and go activities include a scavenger hunt and matching activity. Children can also make a bookmark and create their own fact poster of their chosen animal. Word cards, real life photos and colorful fact posters of 15 Amazon Rainforest animals are included. Suitable for years 3 and 4.
**Included in this product: **
15 colourful fact posters on the following animals:
leopard
panther
scarlet macaw
hummingbird
blue morph butterfly
anaconda
boa constrictor
green iguana
poison dart frog
piranha
toco toucan
sloth
howler monkey
capybara
armadillo
Scavenger hunt activity for use with the posters - questions have 3 levels of difficulty
Pictures and descriptions for matching - 2 choices of activities - instructions included
Blank fact posters for children to complete with an animal of their choice
15 bookmarks - children to make one of their own choice
Word cards and real life photos for display
Colouring for early finishers
Animals and their habitats for year 2. Are you teaching students about animals, their habitats and how they have adapted to these habitats? Then this is the product for you! Save valuable time with these print and go, no prep activities. Children will love these fun activities, whilst learning at the same time. A 23 slide teaching power point means that no research or planning is required. There are word cards and real life pictures for display and a colouring sheet for early finishers.
Read on for a full list of included activities.
What’s included in this product:
23 slide teaching power point
A colourful matching/bingo/lotto habitats game
Hot or cold habitats cut and stick sorting activity
Wet or dry habitats cut and stick sorting activity
Forest or savanna cut and stick sorting activity
Rainforest or desert cut and stick sorting activity
Who lives here? draw the animals in the habitats x 3
Who lives here? draw the animals in the micro habitats
How lives here? cut and stick activity
Polar bear adaptation writing activity
Choose an animal to draw and research
Choose an animal to draw in natural habitat
Habitats activity sheet
Make a leaflet - 2 x differentiated - Choice of 3 animals - lion, sloth, polar bear
6 colorful habitat information posters
56 word cards for display
16 real life A5 posters for display
Colouring activity for early finishers
Parts of a Flowering Plant. PPT and activities. Year 3
This products helps children to identify and describe the functions of the different parts of a flowering plant.
It includes a 6 slide teaching power point and 2 activities - label the plant (2 x differentiated) and describe functions (2 x differentiated)
plus template to make a flipbook.
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Everyday materials print and go activities plus a 27 slide teaching power point suitable for year 1 UK. This product includes easy, print and and go activities plus a teaching power point - meaning no prep required from you! Children will love these fun activities whilst learning at the same time. The colourful power point will teach children about materials and how they are used in every day life. Real life photos, word cards, pictures for sorting and colouring for early finishers also included.
Included in this product:
Set of print and go activities that contains:
materials hunt
float or sink activity
recycle or compost cut and stick
magnetic or non magnetic cut and stick
properties of materials activity
design a toy activity
make a boat that floats activity
materials in school sorting
label the materials cut and stick
colour the materials
hunt the material
objects and materials
27 slide teaching power point
word cards
sorting cards (black & white and colour)
real life pictures for display
colouring sheet for early finishers
100 independent reading activities suitable for 6-7 year olds. Save yourself time and stress with this with these no prep reading printables - enough to last you the whole year.
These reading activities are designed for children to be able to complete independently, as part of a guided reading carousel, as an independent activity whilst the class teacher is reading with a group or even as homework.
This product includes 100 pages of activities that children can do independently whilst still improving their reading skills and their understanding of books and stories.
There is a variety of activities including word work, spellings, grammar, cut and paste, word searches, as well as 42 reading comprehensions. Plenty of variety to keep children engaged, as well as covering plenty of different skills. Simply print and go, no prep required. Print the whole product at the beginning of the year and you will always have reading activities to hand.
Some of the activities are also linked to the year 2 curriculum eg the lifecycle of a frog, materials, plants, recycling, historical figures. Perfest to use them alongside your topic work.
Many aspects of the year 2 reading National Curriculum covered. Also perfect for lower ability children in year 3 and up.
Also includes a reading journal cover and a tick list of National Curriculum reading standards for assessment. This will help you keep on track with assessing children’s reading skills.
Product Includes:
42 Reading Comprehensions
plus
My Reading Journal front cover
National Curriculum Reading Standards Tick List for Year 2
Find the plant words
Find the materials words
Prefix Re
Suffix -less and -est
Build compound words
Alphabetical order x 2
Describe dog and cupcake
Add Adjectives
le at the end of a word - cut and paste activity
el at the end of a word - cut and paste
dge making the j sound - cut and paste
dge making the j sound - drawing activity
r spelt wr - drawing
j/g - cut and paste
c making the s sound - cut and paste
al at the end of a word - word search
ge at the end of a word - word search
n sound spelt with gn/kn - dice game
n spelt with gn/kn - cut and paste
I can read ing words - cut and paste
contractions x 2
recycle materials - cut and paste
materials 2-4 syllables sort - cut and paste
word sort 2-4 syllables - cut and paste
Ordering how to make a pizza - cut and paste
Ordering how to make breakfast - cut and paste
Little Red Riding Hood ordering sentences - cut and paste
Draw fairy tale characters
Goldilocks ordering pictures - cut and paste
Jack And The Beanstalk ordering pictures - cut and paste
3 Little Pigs ordering pictures - cut and paste
Draw a front cover
Design a front cover
Draw the best part of a story
Draw and label characters
Review your favourite book
All about the book
Book review
Read and draw x 2
I can make inferences x 3
Make a healthy me poster
Make a camping poster
Word of the day
Write a book quiz
Draw the characters
Contents page
Robert Burns and Burns Night Teaching Power Point plus no prep, print and go activities for KS1.
This product includes a 14 slide power point that teaches children, in simple terms, about the life of Robert Burns and how Burns Night is traditionally celebrated. No need for you to spend time researching.
It also includes fun and engaging no prep, print and go activities that children will love completing whilst also learning about Robert Burns, Burns Night and Scottish traditions.
Activities for early finishers, words for display, US and UK spelling versions, how to use instructions and answer keys all included.
This Product Includes:
14 slide teaching power point
2 reading comprehensions - each one differentiated 2 ways
Make a foldable book
Cut and paste timeline activity
Writing activity - 2 x differentiated
Burns Night colouring sheet/wordsearch for early finishers
Blank fact sheet for children to complete
Burns Night cut and stick labelling activity
Write an acrostic poem
Design your own tartan
16 word cards for display
Make a book mark - 4 designs
Activities for early finishers - word search, colour flag and map
Instructions for use
George Stephenson information teaching Power Point and print and go activities. Help students learn about the life of George Stephenson and his influence on the development of the railways. This product includes an 11 slide power point teaching children about the life of George Stephenson, no need for you to research. There are also fun, interactive activities for students to complete, keeping them engaged and learning at the same time. Suitable for children aged 5-7 years old, KS1
It includes making a leaflet and a cut and paste timeline. Both activities are differentiated. Plus a cut and paste sorting activity, colouring page and a word search for early finishers. All prep free for you!
This product includes:
11 slide teaching power point
cut and paste timeline - x 2 differentiated
make a leaflet - x 2 differentiated
cut and paste sorting activity - railways past and present
colouring page
Word search for early finishers
Make a bookmark - colour and black & white versions
Christmas Fractions
Halves and Quarters
Christmas themed halves and quarters printable worksheets suitable for year 1.
Save time during the busy weeks before Christmas with these print and go Christmas themed fractions worksheets.
Keep your class amused and engaged during the last few hectic days of term.
Give yourself a chance to get organised and tidied!
Print out double sided to make an A5 size booklet, full of Summer themed activities.
Ideal to use whenever you have a spare 10 minutes to fill between rehearsals and leaver’s assembies!
Suitable for KS2
Healthy eating, nutrition, food groups and diet power point, poster and print and go activities suitable for KS1. Includes colorful posters for display, word cards and pictures for sorting, a bingo game, make a leaflet, no prep activities and power point to help students learn about the different food groups and the importance of a healthy diet in fun and engaging ways.
Included in this product:
A Power Point Presentation discussing food groups, healthy eating etc.
Printable activities that are all differentiated 2 ways. They include:
How much should we eat?
Healthy lunchbox
Healthy plate
Food diary
Word mat
Colouring of all food groups
Match animals to their diet
Food group sorting
Make a healthy diet poster
School lunch menu activity
Devise a menu
Blank food pyramid
Make a leaflet
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Healthy eating, nutrition, food groups and diet power point, poster and print and go activities suitable for kindergarten, first grade and KS1. Includes colorful posters for display, word cards and pictures for sorting, a bingo game, make a leaflet, no prep activities and power point to help students learn about the different food groups and the importance of a healthy diet in fun and engaging ways.
Included in this product:
A Power Point Presentation discussing food groups, healthy eating etc.
Printable activities that are all differentiated 2 ways. They include:
How much should we eat?
Healthy lunchbox
Healthy plate
Food diary
Word mat
Colouring of all food groups
Match animals to their diet
Food group sorting
Make a healthy diet poster
School lunch menu activity
Devise a menu
Blank food pyramid
Make a leaflet
Also included:
14 Colourful posters
Food pyramid poster
Word cards for display and sorting
Pictures for sorting
Bingo/lotto game - 6 boards, 36 cards - print out and laminate - Ideal for use in centers and independent activities
This product is suitable for children in first grade and year 2 UK learning about diet and nutritionrful posters
Food pyramid poster
Word cards for display and sorting
Pictures for sorting
Bingo/lotto game - 6 boards, 36 cards - print out and laminate - Ideal for use in centres and independent activities
This product is suitable for children in first grade and year 2 UK learning about diet and nutrition
January themed reading comprehensions.
No prep, print and go reading activities with a January/winter theme. Suitable for guided reading sessions.
These reading comprehensions are suitable for children aged 5-7 years. They could be used for more able readers aged 5 - and for less able readers aged 7.
10 comprehensions with different themes - fiction, non-fiction, life cycle, instructions, invitation, poster, weather forecast. This gives children an opportunity to retrieve information from different types of texts.
10 texts with answers included.
Food chain activities and teaching power point for year 2.
Are you teaching students about food chains? Then this is the product for you! Save valuable time with these print and go, no prep activities. Children will love these fun activities, whilst learning at the same time. A 28 slide teaching power point means that no research or planning is required. There are colourful posters, real life pictures matching game, differentiated activities and a colouring sheet for early finishers.
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Included in this product:
28 slide teaching power point
4 colourful A4 posters - carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, food chains
Real pictures matching game - food chains from the arctic, rainforest, pond and forest
Research and draw food chains x 3 differentiated
Cut and stick pictures to complete food chain
Cut and stick pictures to create your own food chains
Food chain quiz x 2 differentiated.
Colouring sheet for early finishers
Harvest Festival Freebie. Use this free cut and stick labelling activity as a starter, main activity, for centres or for early finishers.
Simply download and print.
Students will love to colour the harvest pictures then cut out the labels and match to the correct picture.
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Free apple life cycle cut and paste activity for you to download.
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