I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
A bundle of 10 math worksheets for different objectives linked to algebra based on the Year 6 White Rose Maths objectives that are linked to Halloween through the use of images and questions. Although written with the Year 6 objectives in mind, the worksheets can easily be used across other year groups.
Each worksheet includes a variety of question types to support and deepen understanding, alongside challenge questions. Answers are also included for each worksheet and challenges. The worksheets can easily be used as a worksheet when teaching the objective or used for recap/ revision or even to be sent home as homework as a fun Halloween activity.
The ten worksheets/ objectives include:
1-step function machines
2-step function machines
Form expressions
Substitution
Formulae/ Formula
Form equations
Solve 1-step equations
Solve 2-step equations
Find pairs of values
Solve problems with two unknowns
Five fully planned and resourced lessons that focus on key aspects of grammar through nouns, verbs and adjectives as well as being able to find antonyms and synonyms, providing a weeks worth of lessons.
The first lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with the focus then being on common and proper nouns. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common and proper nouns before introducing abstract nouns to children. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The third lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common, proper and abstract nouns from previous lessons. The focus then shifts to pronouns before children complete activities. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The first of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on verbs. The activities will help children identify how changing verbs can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on adjectives. The activities will help children identify how changing adjectives can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
A fully-resourced unit of work linked to information texts about plants with ten lessons looking at identifying features and being able to create written information texts.
Included in the 10 lesson sequence is a PowerPoint with all the lessons included within as well as any supporting resources needed. This includes:
Lesson 1 - Looking at the organisational features of an information text and identifying these within given examples. There are three different example texts included to support this as well as a modelled example.
Lesson 2 - Looking at the important role sub-headings play and then being able to create sub-headings where these have been taken out in example information texts. Included is also a support sheet with potential examples for anyone who struggles.
Lesson 3 - Paragraphs - This lesson focuses on being able to sort information based on the topic it has. This will include some practice as well as then being able to sort different sentences into which one of the three paragraphs it would fit into.
Lesson 4 - Planning and making notes. This lesson focuses on being able to plan and make notes ready to turn into an information text. Included is a planning sheet, example texts that can be used to gather information (alongside books and internet research potentially) and a model planning sheet that shows how to write in notes and bullet point format. This lesson can easily be extended into two lessons if necessary to gather enough information.
Lesson 5 - Writing an introduction
Lesson 6 - Writing the first main paragraph
Lesson 7 - Writing the second main paragraph
Lesson 8 - Writing the third main paragraph
Lesson 9 - Writing a conclusion
Lesson 10 - Editing and publishing
The final set of lessons from lesson 5 onwards follow the same pattern of showing an example of that paragraph style from the text, an opportunity to write one together as a class before then giving children time to write their own paragraph and edit. There is an editing sheet with prompts to support some key areas for children to check. This then finishes with children publishing their work, deciding on the layout they wish to use. To support this, some images are included that they can cut out and use within their finished piece should they wish.
A bundle of fully resourced decimal lessons based on the Year 4 White Rose maths unit for decimals (B) with 8 fully planned and resourced lessons included
Included are lessons for:
Lesson 1 - Make a whole with tenths
Lesson 2 - Make a whole with hundredths
Lesson 3 - Partition decimals
Lesson 4 - Flexibly partition decimals
Lesson 5 - Compare decimals
Lesson 6 - Order decimals
Lesson 7 - Round to the nearest whole number
Lesson 8 - Halves and quarters as decimals
All lessons include:
A lesson PowerPoint with starter, vocabulary, modelling (with teacher notes) and guided practice
Lesson plan
Worksheet with answer sheet
Scaffolded worksheet with answer sheet
Modified worksheet for those who need additional changes to access the learning with answers
Challenge tasks
Support strips that can be stuck in books
Everything is included that could be needed to run the lesson successfully, with each resource carefully considered in ensuring accessibility for all as well as ensuring there are plenty of opportunities for challenge to provide depth of understanding.
Complete set of planning, slides and worksheets to provide 10 lessons on area, perimeter and volume. This has been written with Year 6 in mind but the resources are easily adaptable for other year groups.
The worksheets have written with mastery in mind and so follow the following structure:
Worksheet One - Works on practise and fluency (LA)
Worksheet Two - Practise, fluency and reasoning (MA)
Worksheet Three - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (HA)
Worksheet Four - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (This is a spare worksheet should children finish problem solving on worksheet three)
All worksheets include answers except for the variables lesson as answers vary too much.
Differentiation is achieved through self-assessment of own abilities to choose which worksheet they do.
Lesson 1 and 2 - Perimeter
Lesson 3 and 4 - Area of quadrilaterals
Lesson 5 and 6 - Area of triangles
Lesson 7 and 8 - Same area, different perimeter and vice versa
Lesson 9 and 10 - Volume
These have had great success in previous lessons and challenge and stretch children of all abilities.
Also included is a mixed perimeter and area worksheet.
Twenty six reading comprehension activities linked to the book The Boy at the Back of the Class. Each chapter has a separate comprehension activity that includes 20 questions working on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
Thirty five reading comprehension activities linked to the books Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. There is an activity for each chapter of the books. Each chapter has a separate comprehension activity that includes 20 questions working on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
A range of English resources available to help teach different aspects in Years 5 and 6. These include fully planned topics of writing genres with resources and teaching slides included, reading comprehension activities, grammar activities and different word mats and self-assessment grids to help children.
Twenty five reading comprehension activities linked to the book Letters from the Lighthouse. Each chapter has a separate comprehension activity that includes 20 questions working on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
Fifteen fully resourced lessons that complete a unit of work for Year 5 in place value.
Most lessons bar the Roman Numeral lesson are double lessons, sharing the same objective and resources.
The lesson sequence of the unit is as follows:
Lesson 1 and 2 - Place Value up to 100,000
Lesson 3 and 4 - Compare and order numbers up to 100,000
Lesson 5 and 6 - Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
Lesson 7 and 8 - Place Value up to 1,000,000
Lesson 9 and 10 - Compare and order numbers up to 1,000,000
Lesson 11 and 12 - Round numbers up to the nearest 100,000
Lesson 13 and 14 - Negative numbers
Lesson 15 - Roman Numerals
Each double lesson includes a PowerPoint which starts with an arithmetic starter for each lesson (based on key Year 4 objectives they would have focused on). The first lesson then includes a number of teaching points which are then recapped as part of the second lesson.
Also included is an activity that can be used over the double lesson, alongside challenge questions for anyone who has finished. Answer sheets are included for both.
The Roman Numeral lesson stands alone as a single lesson with a range of potential activities included.
All aspects can be easily edited and adapted but can also be used as it is to deliver two lessons for the objective.
A pack of reading comprehensions linked to all the teams taking part in the Premier League for the season 2021-22.
Included is a fact file for all 20 teams that are competing with information up to date as of the start of the season (information and images courtesy of Wikipedia).
Matching each fact file is a comprehension task of 11 questions that links to the text, as well as an answer sheet that is provided, providing 20 different tasks and 220 different questions to help develop comprehension skills.
Tasks can be used in a range of ways including as stand alone reading tasks, as a series of reading lessons, as a reading task to be doing when they come in or even for home learning or homework.
Two weeks of fully planned and resourced English planning linked to the book ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’.
This includes both reading and writing planning so children can become immersed in the book to support their understanding in both areas.
The writing planning includes:
A fully resourced two week unit on diary writing, linked to the book The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.
Included are two weeks worth of lesson PowerPoints, activities and sheets as well as support sheets where required and model extracts that can be used. Answer sheets are also included for any tasks that require them.
The ten lesson sequence follows the order as below:
Lesson 1 - Features of a diary
Lesson 2 and 3 - Past tense
Lesson 4 - Writing a diary extract
Lesson 5 - Commas in a list
Lesson 6 - Writing a diary extract
Lesson 7 - Time adverbials
Lesson 8, 9 and 10 - Writing diary extracts
Each grammar focus lesson ties in to the lesson that follows where the skill will then be applied as part of the diary extract written that day. A link is also included to a version of the story being read aloud.
All components of the resource are uploaded as PowerPoints so that any subtle changes that need to be made for your class can be done.
Images are courtesy of Pixabay
The reading planning includes:
Two weeks worth of fully planned and resourced reading planning (based on 4 lessons a week) from ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’.
Included in the resource are the full set of resources, including lesson PowerPoints, activities for each day and answer sheets where appropriate. The only thing required is a copy of the book for children though a link is also included for a read aloud version of the story.
The first week includes:
Lesson 1 - Discussion around the book and creating a book review
Lesson 2 - Focus on vocabulary
Lesson 3 - Sequencing events (images courtesy of Pixabay)
Lesson 4 - Retrieval
The second week includes:
Lesson 1 - Focus on vocabulary
Lesson 2 - Retrieval
Lesson 3 - Explaining answers using because
Lesson 4 - Summarising by retelling the story
Everything for reading is also uploaded as PowerPoints should you wish to do any tweaks to suit your class.
Two fully planned and resourced schemes of work for writing information texts.
Included are:
Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at information texts, writing an information text about the white elephant from The Firework-Maker's Daughter. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 10 lessons that focus on key features of information texts and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7.
Skills include: planning, reading comprehension, using generalisers, peer-assessing writing, creating a glossary and structuring a text with sub-headings and a topic phrase.
Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at information texts. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 14-15 lessons that focus on key features of information texts and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7.
Skills include: researching and planning, reading comprehension, using generalisers, creating a glossary and structuring a text with sub-headings and a topic phrase.
Also included are a set of guided reading activity cards.
A ten lesson sequence focusing on addition and subtraction in Year 5.
Most lessons come as double lessons with two single lessons as introductions ahead of the double lessons that follow them.
The lesson sequence is as follows:
Lesson 1 - Written Addition
Lesson 2 and 3 - Written and Mental Addition
Lesson 4 - Written Subtraction
Lesson 5 and 6 - Written and Mental Subtraction
Lesson 7 and 8 - Choosing most appropriate method for addition and subtraction
Lesson 9 and 10 - Inverse operations and finding missing numbers in calculations
Each lesson/ double lesson includes PowerPoints which include arithmetic starters for every lesson, key vocabulary, teaching, discussion and practise before moving on to the independent activity and challenge questions. Over a double lesson, the activity and challenge task remain the same as it gives children chance to go in depth in both the teaching in the first lesson and through the challenge questions in the second lesson. Answer sheets are included for all activities and challenges.
A range of presentations that can be used to run different Maths lessons. Included in each presentation are modelled examples as well as practise questions to work through.
Three separate presentations that focus on relative clauses, adverbial clauses and non-finite clauses (all subordinate clauses) as well as a PowerPoint on subordinate clauses in general and main clauses.
Each set of worksheets: Three differentiated worksheets that focus on adverbial clauses, relative clauses or non-finite clauses for children in either Year 5 or 6. Activities start with children being able to identify the different clauses before moving on to including them and then writing their own sentences that include different clauses.
A mixed reading comprehension bundle that has a range of reading comprehensions that work on building understanding/ improving knowledge about particular facts.
A bundle of fully resourced length and perimeter lessons based on the Year 4 White Rose maths unit for length and perimeter with 9 fully planned and resourced lessons included
Included are lessons for:
Lesson 1 - Measure in km and m
Lesson 2 - Equivalent lengths (km and m)
Lesson 3 - Perimeter on a grid
Lesson 4 - Perimeter of a rectangle
Lesson 5 - Perimeter of rectilinear shapes
Lesson 6 - Find missing lengths in rectilinear shapes
Lesson 7 - Calculate perimeter of rectilinear shapes
Lesson 8 - Perimeter of regular polygons
Lesson 9 - Perimeter of polygons
All lessons include:
A lesson PowerPoint with starter, vocabulary, modelling (with teacher notes) and guided practice
Lesson plan
Worksheet with answer sheet
Scaffolded worksheet with answer sheet
Modified worksheet for those who need additional changes to access the learning with answers
Challenge tasks
Support strips that can be stuck in books
Everything is included that could be needed to run the lesson successfully, with each resource carefully considered in ensuring accessibility for all as well as ensuring there are plenty of opportunities for challenge to provide depth of understanding.