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
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
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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.
Arctic and Antarctic Animals Reading Comprehensions
Suitable for year 1, maybe year 2 .
4 differentiated sheets for each animal.
4 different animals - polar bears, penguins, arctic fox, seals
Each sheet had assessment statements from National Curriculum.
Christmas Bundle
Have Christmas sorted this year with this selection of Christmas products.
Feeling overwhelmed with the amount of work whilst dealing with overexcited children?
This selection includes power points, print and go activities and role play/imaginative play resources to help keep your workload down during this busy period.
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
Grammar activities for year 1.
No prep required - the perfect teacher time saver.
All you need to teach year 1 grammar.
Simply print out and ready to go - 23 activities, each differentiated 2 ways.
Based on the National Curriculum requirements for year 1 grammar.
Activities include:
noun hunt
noun sort - people, place or thing x 2
noun sort - common/proper
verbs
noun or verb sort
question mark or exclamation mark
capital letters
capital letters and full stops
plurals add -s/-es x 3
count the syllables x 2
alphabetical order
join words using and
adding -un
adding -ed
adding -ing
adding -er/-est
months of the year
days of the week
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This bundle includes:
Over 120 activities for children to complete independently whilst adults are reading with different groups.
These activities are linked to the the standards required by the National Curriculum.
A simple timetable for weekly guided reading sessions with 2 adults.
Spelling activities for children to complete independently using your own class spelling scheme.
Assessment sheets to use during adult led guided reading sessions and sheets to record individual children’s progress.
Autumn themed reading comprehensions for KS1
This product contains 10 autumn themed reading comprehensions to use as part of your autumn topic.
Titles -
Autumn
Trees
Apples
Harvest
Pumpkins
Animals
Conkers
Acorns
Squirrels
Hedgehogs
Simple texts for children to read and answer 4 retrieval questions.
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.
William Shakespeare. Learn all about the life of William Shakespeare. This product includes a power point, scavenger hunt, timeline activity, make a leaflet, blank biography planning sheet plus word search and bookmarks for early finishers. Are you learning about William Shakespeare? Then this could be the perfect accompaniment to your studies. Find out about the man behind some of the world’s most famous plays.
There is a power point for you to share with your students - no research needed from you. They can then enjoy a fun scavenger hunt, helping them to learn about the life of William Shakespeare.
Students must then use their answer sheets to complete the timeline activity and make their own leaflet.
There is also a blank biography planning sheet for students to complete for their biography writing.
Early finishers can make a bookmark and complete a word search.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS ABOUT THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE RATHER THAN HIS WORKS.
Suitable for KS2
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Included in this product:
15 slide teaching power point
Scavenger hunt with differentiated questions sheets
Make a leaflet
Timeline activity - differentiated 3 ways
Blank biography planning sheet
Word search
Make a bookmark
How to use instructions
17 slide power point teaching children about who the real St George was plus how and why we celebrate St George’s Day
Differentiated reading comprehensions and questions.
2 x differentiated on the real Saint George
2 x differentiated on the Legend of George and the Dragon.
A fact sheet explaining how St George’s Day is celebrated.
Make a mini book about St George
Design your own St George’s shield
Blank fact sheet / research sheet for students to complete
Make a shield book.
Wordsearch
Make a bookmark for early finishers
These activities would be ideal for a morning or afternoon learning about St George.
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
A great bundle of Christmas activities to keep your children busy and engaged in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
This Christmas Bundle includes reading, maths, role play and RE activities.
Suitable for KS1
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.