Primary teacher and English Subject Lead with over 18 years experience teaching in the UK and overseas. Sharing resources that I have created and used with success. Thanks for looking :) *Please visit and subscribe to my youtube channel*
Primary teacher and English Subject Lead with over 18 years experience teaching in the UK and overseas. Sharing resources that I have created and used with success. Thanks for looking :) *Please visit and subscribe to my youtube channel*
Based on the story The Enormous Turnip:
model text as a newspaper report
teaching guide with breakdown of model text into 5 sections (for boxing up)
list of writing tools to focus on (select fro the list as appropriate)
innovation example text
Suitable for KS1 or KS2.
Used with Year 3 for English / Topic learning on the Romans.
Features of a historical report and writing/grammar points to include
Example short report
Writing frame to scaffold writing
Images to cut and stick onto report
Slides to guide the lesson with links for research on Boudica and note taking example
Used with LKS2 for a Design project to invent a new chocolate bar.
Tasting suvey for ingredients to add to a new chocolate bar
Markey research tally chart template to conduct a survey
From this, you could make bar graphs and/or decide the ingredients then design packaging and make the chocolate bar.
Used with Year 3 to link with Topic work on Chocolate. Studied the book and some langusge features then innovated the story - a wishing tale.
A pdf of the scanned story
The story on a word doc broken into 5 parts for boxing up
An innovated story ‘Luna and the Golden Leaf’
A story mountain template used for plannning
A slideshow explaining what Roman mosaics are, where they are found and what we can learn from them. Lots of examples shown and ideas for making own mosaic in a Topic or Art lesson. Suitable for all years.
A lesson planned for Year 3 but can be adapted for KS1 or lower KS2.
Slides to introduce the topic, discussion points and task explanations
6 large information posters about different types of farming in the uk
A research task sheet for children to fill in while moving around the room reading the posters
A simple map and key task to consolidate the main types of farming in the UK
Plenary challenge question on the slides
A set of poems with a ‘counting’ theme for National Poetry Day 2024.
Also a slide deck for a lesson, can be adapted to suit any age group.
Enjoy!
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From Farm to Fork - a lesson for lower primary, suitable for years 2-4 or can be adapted for younger/older students.
Includes:
Slides to guide the lesson, including video links.
Storyboard task sheet
Model example of storyboard (carrots)
Word banks
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An art lesson to explore and learn about different painting tools, techniques and effects.
LO: To explore how paint can create different effects
Slides with success criteria, an exploration task, a video from Kapow to explain the different techniques, guided task on how to create the different effects and plenary discussion questions.
Resources needed: paper, sketchbook, paint, palettes, water pots, spatulas, cotton buds, sponges, sand.
Can be a stand alone lesson or a good preparation lesson for another art piece. E.g. see my ‘Grant Wood farming landscape paingints LKS2’ lesson.
An art lesson linked to a Food and Farming topic. Could also be a stand alone art lesson.
LO: To create artwork inspired by a famous artist. Info about Grant Wood with links to a video and a website showing his paintings.
Slides with paintings to print and share plus a suggested template for scaffolding.
Used with Year 3 - great results.
Previous lesson ‘Painting techniques lesson LKS2’ also available.
A task designed for KS2 which starts with some key vocabulary to define, followed by a selection of photos of foods from around the world. Research task to find out where these foods are produced.
Model text of 245 words based on Katie in London which can be used to focus on setting or character description. Includes character emotions, similes for London landmarks and time connectives.
Original book Katie in London also presented on ppt/google slides.
Suitable for Year 2/3 but can be tweaked as appropriate.
A collection of 19 myths and legends from around the world. These are around 250 words each in length. They were created for Year 3 to learn and retell for an oral storytelling lesson. They could be used for many purposes in Years 1 to 6.
A model text for a persuasive writing unit based on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The text is approximately 200 words and includes writing tools such as:
Present tense
Adjectives for impact - superlatives
Connecting words (linking words) e.g. first, you could, also, finally
A question
Also included here is a picture story map to help learn and retell the model text, plus a visual slide show of the text with images.
You can innovate using other famous buildings, sites or locations.
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A set of 40 words including phonetically decodable Alien words and real words to prepare children for the phonics screening check or to find phonics gaps for any age.
Made on google slides, downloaded as a pdf. For use on IWB or an iPad.
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Short story inspired by ‘Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx’ linked to Ancient Egypt topic learning. Planned for Year 3, Term 1. Suitable for Y2-4.
Grammar - noun phrases, adjectives and prepositions for sessing description.
Vocabulary - Ancient Egypt related language
Composition - face your fear (opening and ending focus)
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