Hoppy Times
Recommended author of fun colourful resources to support different areas of KS2 curriculum.
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Science: Do people with longer leg bones jump further?
A PowerPoint lesson (with comments), a recording sheet and a set of extension cards.
The lesson is part of Year 3/4 Science topic of Animals, including Humans.
It offers children an opportunity to conduct their own investigation by measuring leg bones to see if there is a connection between the length of one's legs and their jump.
Included colourful illustrations, a game, video links, measuring to the nearest cm practice, plenty of opportunities for discussion and an extension activity.
The PowerPoint consists of 17 slides and most of the text is editable. The worksheet/ extension cards are in .pdf format and can't be edited. However, if you want something changing or spotted a mistake, please do not hesitate to contact me (my email address is provided within the resource).
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Complete Set Year 3/4 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities
Please note, I am in the process of redesigning the bundle, so sets 1, 2 and 3 will appear different to the other sets. You are welcome to redownload the bundle once I’ve updated the design on all the sets.
This bundle contains all of my 10 sets of Year 3/4 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities. Each set has at least 5 spelling activities plus a mini spelling list and word cards.
Please view each set individually to know more.
If you want to check the quality of my work, please download set 1 for free by following the link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-4-common-exception-words-spelling-activities-set-1-11657367
If you have a suggestion or spotted a mistake, please do not hesitate to send me an email which is included at the end of each set. Thank you for your interest in my products!
Hoppy Times
Year 3 / 4 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities (Set 10)
This is the last set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the 10 words of the list - strength, suppose, surprise, therefore, though, thought, through, various, weight, woman/women.
The activities include :
page 1 - mini word lists
page 2 - Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check activity
page 3 - Crack the Code activity
pages 4 - 8 - Word flash cards (2 per page of A4)
pages 9-10 - Word search activity (with answers)
page 11 - Roll and spell activity (dice required)
page 12 - Write it, draw it, use it activity
page 14 - Word Battleships activity
page 14 - credits
The 10 sets will be combined into a bundle shortly.
If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review.
Thank you for your interest in my products.
Hoppy Times
Year 3 / 4 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities (Set 9)
This is set 9 in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the 10 words of the list - question, recent, regular, reign, remember, sentence, separate, special, straight, strange.
The activities include :
page 1 - mini word lists
page 2 - Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check activity
page 3 - A Postcard to My Friend activity
pages 4 - 8 - Word flash cards (2 per page of A4)
pages 9-10 - Word search activity (with answers)
page 11 - Spin and spell activity (using a fidget spinner)
pages 12-13 - Spelling Venn diagram activity (with answers)
page 14 - Colour words activity
page 15 - creits
More sets will appear shortly. Each will include at least 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle.
If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review.
Thank you for your interest in my products.
Hoppy Times
Year 3 / 4 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities (Set 8)
This is set 8 in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the 10 words of the list - popular, position, possess(ion), possible, potatoes, pressure, probably, promise, purpose, quarter.
The activities are the same as in set 3 and tailored to the new set of words. They include :
page 1 - mini word lists
page 2 - Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check activity
page 3 - Dial a word activity
pages 4 - 8 - Word flash cards (2 per page of A4)
pages 9-10 - Word search activity (with answers)
page 11 - Silly sentences activity
page 12 - Word shapes activity
page 13 - credits
More sets will appear shortly. Each will include at least 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle.
If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review.
Thank you for your interest in my products.
Hoppy Times
Year 3 / 4 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities (Set 7)
This is set 7 in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the 10 words of the list - natural, naughty, notice, occasionally, often, opposite, ordinary, particular, peculiar, perhaps.
The activities are the same as in set 2 and include :
page 1 - mini word lists
page 2 - Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check activity
pages 3 -8 - Word flash cards (2 per page of A4)
pages 9 - 10 - Word search (with answers)
page 11 - Make a sentence activity
page 12 - 13 - Circle the correct spelling activity (with answers)
page 14 - Spelling Rainbow activity
page 15 - credits
More sets will appear shortly. Each will include at least 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle.
If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review.
Thank you for your interest in my products.
Hoppy Times
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KS2 SPaG POSTERS (grammar)
The resource follows the National Curriculum guidelines for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar in KS2.
Included over 50 display / reference posters and 48 vocabulary/word cards on various SPaG topics.
Lower KS2 posters: prepositions, root words, suffixes, prefixes, conjunctions, possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, plural nouns, word families, homophones, direct speech, articles, adverbs, fronted adverbials, pronouns, paragraphs, headings and subheadings, Present Perfect and Past Simple, main clause, subordinate clause, noun phrases, determiners.
Upper KS2 posters: suffixes (converting nouns and adjectives into verbs); prefixes (changing meaning of verbs); relative clauses; embedded relative clauses; relative pronouns; modal verbs; types of modal verbs; parenthesis; brackets; dashes; commas; commas to avoid ambiguity; paragraph cohesion; formal and informal language; passive voice; layout devices; subjunctive mood; ellipsis; semi-colon; colon; hyphen; antonyms; synonyms.
+ BONUS (Free Adjectives Dice Game)
All posters be printed as A4 or A3 (just change the settings on your Print page). The posters can also be scaled down (choose Multiple on the Print page) and used as reference cards / test prep tool - the choice is yours!
Thank you for interest in my products!
Hoppy Times
30 SPaG POSTERS (KS2 Year 5/6 grammar )
The resource follows the National Curriculum guidelines for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar in Upper KS2 (Years 5 and 6)
This HUGE set will give you everything you need for your SPaG wall. Included are 31 posters and 22 vocabulary cards on various SPaG topics.
Posters: suffixes (converting nouns and adjectives into verbs); prefixes (changing meaning of verbs); relative clauses; embedded relative clauses; relative pronouns; modal verbs; types of modal verbs; parenthesis; brackets; dashes; commas; commas to avoid ambiguity; paragraph cohesion; formal and informal language; passive voice; layout devices; subjunctive mood; ellipsis; semi-colon; colon; hyphen; antonyms; synonyms.
Can be printed as A4 or A3 (just change the settings on your Print page). The posters can also be scaled down (choose Multiple on the Print page) and used as reference cards - the choice is yours!
Thank you for interest in my products!
Hoppy Times
British Values Display Posters
Create a powerful display to promote British Values in your school / classroom / nursery with these child friendly posters. Over 10 posters included (some with variations). The posters depict and explain democracy, the rule of law, mutual respect, individual liberty and tolerance to those of different faiths and beliefs.
Every school in England must promote British values in their SMSC development, which is particularly important to Ofsted. This set is perfect for that!
The document is in .pdf format (not editable) however if you have any suggestions, my email address can be found on the last page of the resource.
Update: A version with a different font has been now added.
Halloween Maths Challenges KS2
Halloween Maths Challenges KS2
Treat your kids to some Monster Maths this autumn!
This is a colourful and fun set of 31 Maths challenges that can be used as starters / plenaries / task cards to make your lessons more fun in the run up to Halloween.
A lot of topics covered, including : measurement, time, shape, sequencing, basic operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, logic puzzles, open ended questions and word problems!
Suitable for KS2.
The set is saved as a .pdf document and can’e be edited. However, if you have any suggestions - do drop me an email that you will find at the end of the document.
Each task is on a separate A4 landscape slide. If using as task cards - just choose a multiple setting on the Printing page.
Answer page included.
Enjoy this fun Maths set and keep an eye out for more exciting resources from HoppyTimes.
Thank you for your interest!
*Freebie* HALLOWEEN TEMPLATES (for slides, task cards, projects)
Make your resources exciting this autumn! Just in time for Halloween.
Free Halloween blank templates (6 with white and 6 with dark charcoal inserts).
These cute templates come as picture files (.png images in a .zip file) and can be easily inserted in your documents. All you need to do is open the program you work with (I prefer PowerPoint), insert one of the images, adjust the size and add your own text.
The possibilities are endless - Halloween PowerPoint slides, task cards, writing frames,resource covers and more!
Thank you for your interest and Happy Halloween! :)
Year 3 / 4 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities (Set 6)
This is the 6th set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the following words of the list - interest, island, knowledge, learn, length, library, material, medicine, mention, minute.
The activities are same as in Set 1 and include :
page 1 - mini word lists
page 2 - Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check activity
pages 3 -7 - Word flash cards (2 per page of A4)
pages 8 - 9 - Word search (with answers)
page 10 - Make a sentence activity
page 11 - 12 - Missing words activity (with answers)
page 13 - iPad spelling activity
page 14 - credits
More sets will appear shortly. Each will include at least 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle.
If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review.
Thank you for your interest in my products.
Hoppy Times
Year 3 / 4 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities (Set 5)
This is the fifth set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the 10 words of the list - group, guard, guide,heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important.
The activities include :
page 1 - mini word lists
page 2 - Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check activity
page 3 - Crack the Code activity
pages 4 - 8 - Word flash cards (2 per page of A4)
pages 9-10 - Word search activity (with answers)
page 11 - Roll and spell activity (dice required)
page 12 - Write it, draw it, use it activity
page 14 - Word Battleships activity
page 14 - credits
More sets will appear shortly. Each will include at least 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle.
If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review.
Thank you for your interest in my products.
Hoppy Times
Online Safety / E-Safety Board Game + Bonus
A simple but effective board game to practise the concepts of e-safety with KS2 pupils.
The game contains a number of scenarios, true or false/ general internet safety knowledge questions.
3 A4 pages included in .pdf (not editable format)
Game board page - I would recommend printing on A3 with no quality lost
E-safety bookmarks page - based on the 5 SMART rules (bonus page)
E-safety blank bookmarks page - for the pupils to come up with their own rules and tips (bonus page)
The Online Safety board game can be used at the beginning of the unit on e-safety and then again, at the end - to assess pupils' learning. Encourage your pupils to give full answers/ have a debate with their partner if necessary. The questions test the children's knowledge of cyber bullying, dealing with online strangers and email attachments, as well as questions on how reliable online information can be, and more.
Other materials required: counters, dice.
Thank you for your interest!
Hoppy Times :)
FREE PLACE VALUE MATHS DISPLAY
Up for your consideration is this FREE Place Value display for Maths.
It is designed to teach and reinforce the concept of place value. If you are tired of the colourful and busy place value displays advertised on other websites, give this clean design a go. Can be used throughout the year. Saved in .pdf A4 format (not editable). Please let me know if you've got any questions or suggestions about the resource (myhoppytimes at gmail.com)
Please also have a look at my other resources on place value:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-task-cards-year-3-11498019
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-task-cards-year-4-11498332
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-matching-cards-activity-game-with-four-digit-numbers-11279518
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-matching-cards-activity-game-with-three-digit-numbers-11279522
Halloween Maths Murder Mystery
Halloween Maths Murder Mystery .
Suitable for KS2 (Years 4-6)
Great revision tool with a number of topics covered - 4 operations, times tables, time,problem solving, etc.
Easier and harder versions included.
Colourful graphics, can be printed in black and white with no quality lost.
The resource has 6 pages (a cover page, 4 pages with the activity, and 1 with HoppyTimes’ terms and conditions).
Solution included.
Thank you for your interest in my products!
Hoppy Times
BACK TO SCHOOL QUIZ
This fun quiz consists of 25 multiple choice questions about school and education, see examples in the preview. Recording sheet included. Editable text. Great beginning of the year / ice breaker activity for your new class. Suitable for KS2 - KS3
The Vikings word mat
A word mat to go with this popular primary topic on the Vikings.
A Viking display is also available here ( https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-vikings-display-11694402 )
Vikings Display Posters (Invaders and Settlers)
The Vikings Display board pack. Contains everything you need to decorate your display board for this popular topic. 44 pages in .pdf format (the display posters are NOT editable but do contact me if you want something adding or changing).
Included in the resource:
The Vikings header. A4, but can be printed as A3 to make it bigger, just adjust the settings on the printing page.
7 Vikings posters with short descriptions (Viking warrior, merchant, Viking woman, longhouse, long boat, arms and armour, weaving). A4
Vikings photos - a collection of 11 A4 real life photos to add to the display.
Vikings timeline - 10 A4 posters featuring the main events of the Viking era. Can be printed in a smaller format by choosing the "Multiple" option on the printing page.
Vikings KWL chart - A4 (for display or as an individual activity)
Vikings keywords - 2 keywords with borders per page of A4. An extra border provided if you want to write your own.
Vikings word mat with main keywords for the topic.
Save yourself hours of work by purchasing the ready made display, just print, laminate for durability and enjoy teaching the topic!
Ancient Egypt Display
Ancient Egypt Display pack. Contains everything you need to decorate your display board for this popular topic. 44 pages in .pdf format (the display posters are NOT editable but do contact me if you want something adding or changing).
Page 1 – front page, display example
Pages 2-18 – key words with an extra slide to write your own. 2 framed keywords per page of A4.
Pages 19 – 30 – display posters with brief descriptions(farmer, hieroglyphics, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, papyrus, reed boat, scribe, scarab, sarcophagus, canopic jars, pyramid, Anubis). A4
Pages 31-35 – Ancient Egypt timeline. 2 square framed images per page of A4.
Page 36 – Ancient Egypt header. A4 size. I recommend printing it as A3 (no quality lost) by changing the settings in your Adobe reader.
Pages 37 – 42 – Ancient Egypt lettering (not shown) in black.
Page 43 – KWL chart either for display or as an activity. A4
Page 44 – my terms and conditions page.
Save yourself hours of work by purchasing the ready made display, just print, laminate for durability and enjoy teaching the topic!