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?

Help your students collate facts and plan paragraphs when writing a biography. Can be used when researching or when planning writing (or both!) Suitable for KS2

Amazon Rainforest themed informational text writing activities. Are you teaching your students how to write an informational text, non fiction text or non chronological report? Then this fun and engaging activity could be just what you are looking for. Suitable for lower KS2 How to use this product: This product is designed to help children learn how to write an informational text, non fiction text or non chronological text. It includes a set of activities for them to complete before writing their own text. Activity 1: Identify title, subtitles, diagram and caption. Students read the text. Students can write a suitable title to match the text. They can then write suitable subtitles, draw a suitable diagram and write a caption to go with the diagram. Activity 2: Identify title, subtitles, diagram, caption, conclusion and key facts/words. Students read the text and highlight the above features. Activity 3: Identify title, subtitles, diagrams, captions, concluding section. Students cut out the parts of an information text and stick them back together in the correct order. Also included: Cut out and laminate the key features of an information text bookmark. Students can keep these and refer to them when needed. Key features checklist. Give each student a checklist for them to refer to and ensure they have included the key features. They can tick them off as they include them.

FREE Halloween cut and stick activity. Download this free Halloween themed cut and stick activity for some Halloween fun in class or at home. Cut out the pictures and stick in the correct order of how to make a Halloween lantern.

Nice easy activity for first day back after the Easter hols! Full and half lined Easter themed writing frame.

Get ready for Summer!!! Four free writing templates with Summer borders

Roald Dahl reading comprehensions. 2 Roald Dahl reading comprehensions perfect for use on Roald Dahl day, guided reading sessions, literacy areas, whole class reading or as part of your Roald Dahl topic. Includes 2 different level reading comprehensions plus answers. You might also like: Elizabeth I Activities

Valentine’s Day reading comprehensions. 3 x comprehensions differentiated. Suitable for year 1 year 2

Phonics Lotto Game ee/ea/ey/y Help your children learn the different ways of making the ee sound in words. Game consists of 4 picture boards and 36 word cards. Each child has a board and children take it in turns to pick a card. Read the word on the card. If they have the corresponding picture on their board they place the card on top. The first player to cover all of their pictures is the winner. Print, laminate and cut out.

Christmas Alphabet Flash Cards Lower case and upper case. A-Z Christmas themed.

February themed reading comprehensions. No prep, print and go reading activities with a February theme. Ideal for use in 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 formats - non-fiction, timeline, recipe, bullet points, biography, instructions. This gives children an opportunity to retrieve information from different types of texts. 10 texts with answers included and US/UK spelling versions. Groundhogs Valentine’s Day How to make pancakes Polar Bear Day George Washington Thomas Edison Chinese New Year Charles Dickens Day Chinese New Year Mardi Gras

Back to school reading, includes a PPT story and daily reading activities for year 1. Use on the first week back at school to get your students back in the swing of reading sessions. Read the summer holiday themed story with your students each day and complete one of the 5 follow up activities. A simple, no prep reading session for your first week back! This product includes: A simple 8 slide, summer themed PPT story Day 1 activity - Draw and label the characters Day 2 activity - highlight the sight words on printable story versions and then write the sight words into the bucket Day 3 activity - Draw and label the creatures found in the rockpool Day 4 activity - Mixed up sentence build/write/draw Day 5 activity - Describe and draw the best day of your summer break Plus word search 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

Blank writing frames suitable for Early Writers. Large selection of writing templates and writing frames suitable for children aged 4-6 years old. Just print out and you’re ready to write! Product includes: Story writing - My story plan - 2 versions 5 sentence story Story map My story setting My character Writing frames Book Reviews 2 x fiction 1 x non fiction Lined and unlined frames - I Phone Notepads x 2 Clipboard Santa Face Postcards Butterfly Apple Snail Easter Egg Pirate Scroll x 2 My Potion x 2 Activities My diary entry My healthy lunchbox Science Investigation Animal fact sheet Country fact sheet Blank fact sheet Recount Instructions x 2 My Summer Holidays My Christmas Holidays Letter to Santa Letter My Weekend News x 2 Recipe Sheet All About Me My Birthday My New School Year My Year Review

Fun, early morning alphabet activities, ideal for teaching children the letters of the alphabet. These alphabet activities can be set up for children to complete as they come into the classroom in the morning. Alternatively they could be used during a phonics session, in a writing area or as an adult led session. They could even be used as homework/home learning activities or catch up. Each letter of the alphabet has a quick activity for children to complete, for example, draw a leaf for the ladybird’s lunch. Each sheet is black and white for children to colour. 52 sheets. Each letter of the alphabet has an initial sounds sort. Colour or circle the objects that have a certain initial sound. Also included is a colourful alphabet mat.