This is a five lesson unit of work for teaching all dictionary and thesaurus objectives in KS2. In this resource pack you will find: Lesson plans (including for your TA), differentiated worksheets/activities (LA, MA and HA plus a challenge activity for deeper understanding/mastery), answer sheets for all activities (where possible) and flipcharts for whole class teaching (in ActivInspire, PowerPoint and PDF format). This pack will save you hours and hours of planning, resourcing, differentiating, finding challenging activities and generating flipcharts all for an amazing price. In addition, resources are uploaded in both PDF and Word format so that they can be edited to suit your needs. The children will love the fun activities and it turns what can be a rather sterile activity into something vibrant and worthwhile. Lesson 1 begins with an introduction to the dictionary. It then involves the children organising words into alphabetical order. By doing this they can reveal the hidden word. A great introduction to how dictionaries are organised. The challenge activity requires children to organise a set of funny books into alphabetical order! Lesson 2 involves the children learning to find words in a dictionary. They then must help Detective Howlmes repair his dictionary by finding definitions etc. The challenge activity: Deeper understanding of finding words in a dictionary given very little information. Lesson 3 takes the children on a treasure hunt. Identify the misspelt words using a dictionary, generate coordinates, follow the coordinates using online map, find where the missing diamond is hidden. Great fun! The challenge: Complete the words with every other letter missing. Lesson 4 involves the children learning to use a thesaurus. Roget’s thesaurus has been stolen. Detective Howlmes has written a crime report, can you improve it? The challenge: Can you correct the misuse of the thesaurus? Lesson 5 involves the children using all their dictionary and thesaurus skills. Correct or change 20 words to open the secret door and find the stolen thesaurus. BONUS: Also included is a 16 page PowerPoint of 5 minute challenges to complete using a dictionary or thesaurus + an editable version of this. Objectives Covered: To use dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read To use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words To use the first 2 or 3 letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary To use the first 3 or 4 letters of a word to check spelling, meaning or both of these in a dictionary To use a thesaurus Each lesson is also available as an individual lesson (£2 each). Check out my shop (by clicking on my username) to find these great resources + lots more!

There are a lot of good spelling resources out there, but nothing like this. This super spreadsheet will create differentiated spelling sheets, practice sheets and handwriting sheets by selecting words randomly from a massive 1200+ word bank (included in spreadsheet). Simply, choose the spelling rule from a drop-down menu, randomise the lists (F9) and then print (sheets have been set up for easy printing). You will never need to create your own lists/practise sheets/handwriting sheets again, saving yourself hours of work, and the randomising feature means no two lists/sheets will ever be the same. In addition, a random activity is also generated for each spelling list, reinforcing learning and there is a spreadsheet for recording spelling test results that makes it easy to track pupils' progress. ALL 44 spelling rules included. 1000s of sheets at your fingertips. Everything you need in one place. Easy to use. A massive TIME SAVER! Also, if you paid for these resources individually, it would cost approximately £100! (PDF previews represent a fraction of the lists/sheets that can be created. Full instructions can be found on first page of the spreadsheet) More like this… Year 1 Spelling Assessments Year 1 Science Assessments Year 1 Maths Assessments and Tracking Year 1 Mental Arithmetic

With most spelling assessments, you have a few tests to use over the year. With this resource, you will have hundreds. Each test is comprised of 20 staggered question (see previews) chosen randomly from a bank of over 150 sentences. Each test will enable pupils to demonstrate whether they are: below, working towards, meeting or exceeding age related expectations. Simply, open the resource, randomise (F9) and print! Answer sheet is included (obviously) as is a result page to track progress ALL year 5 and 5 spelling rules represented. 100s of assessments at your fingertips. Everything you need in one place. Easy to use. A great tracking tool. (PDF previews represent a fraction of the assessments that can be created. Full instructions can be found on first page of the spreadsheet) More like this… Year 5 Maths and Science Assessments Year 6 Maths and Science Assessments Worksheet Generators - Bundle

This is a complete resource for playing phonics bingo using the phase 2 phonemes. Each of the 21 spreadsheets have a list of words (100% editable) that the bingo cards randomly choose from to practise a chosen phoneme – just randomise and print! Then use the calling card list to play the game and make learning phonics a lot of fun! The previews represent only a fraction of this resource. Phonemes covered: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss + a blank spreadsheet to easily create your own cards. More like this… Year 1 Science Assessments Year 1 Maths Assessments and Tracking Year 1 Spelling & Handwriting Generator Year 1 Spelling Assessments

This is a complete resource for playing phonics bingo using the phase 3 phonemes. Each of the 25 spreadsheets have a list of words (100% editable) that the bingo cards randomly choose from to practise a chosen phoneme – just randomise and print! Then use the calling card list to play the game and make learning phonics a lot of fun! The previews represent only a fraction of this resource. Phonemes covered: ai, air, ar, ch, ear, ee, er, igh, j, ng, oa, oi, oo, or, ow, qu, sh, th, ur, ure, v, w, x, y, z, zz + a blank spreadsheet to easily create your own cards. More like this… Year 1 Science Assessments Year 1 Maths Assessments and Tracking Year 1 Spelling & Handwriting Generator Year 1 Spelling Assessments

This is a complete resource for playing phonics bingo using the phase 4 phonemes including nonsense words. Each of the 36 spreadsheets have a list of words – both real and nonsense - (100% editable) that the bingo cards randomly choose from to practise a chosen phoneme – just randomise and print! Then use the calling card list to play the game and make learning phonics a lot of fun! The previews represent only a fraction of this resource. Phonemes covered: st, nd, mp, nt, nk, ft, sk, lt, lp, lf, lk, pt, xt, tr, dr, gr, cr, br, fr, bl, fl, gl, pl, cl, sl, sp, st, tw, sm, pr, sc, sk, sn, nch, scr, shr, thr, str + a blank spreadsheet to easily create your own cards. More like this… Year 1 Science Assessments Year 1 Maths Assessments and Tracking Year 1 Spelling & Handwriting Generator Year 1 Spelling Assessments

There are a lot of good spelling resources out there, but nothing like this. This super spreadsheet will create differentiated spelling sheets, practice sheets and handwriting sheets by selecting words randomly from a massive 850+ word bank (included in spreadsheet). Simply, choose the spelling rule from a drop-down menu, randomise the lists (F9) and then print (sheets have been set up for easy printing). You will never need to create your own lists/practise sheets/handwriting sheets again, saving yourself hours of work, and the randomising feature means no two lists/sheets will ever be the same. In addition, a random activity is also generated for each spelling list, reinforcing learning and there is a spreadsheet for recording spelling test results that makes it easy to track pupils’ progress. ALL spelling rules included. 1000s of sheets at your fingertips. Everything you need in one place. Easy to use. A massive TIME SAVER! (PDF previews represent a fraction of the lists/sheets that can be created. Full instructions can be found on first page of the spreadsheet) More like this… Year 5 Maths and Science Assessments Year 6 Maths and Science Assessments

With most spelling assessments, you have a few tests to use over the year. With this resource, you will have hundreds. Each test is comprised of 20 staggered question (see previews) chosen randomly from a bank of over 150 sentences. Each test will enable pupils to demonstrate whether they are: below, working towards, meeting or exceeding age related expectations. Simply, open the resource, randomise (F9) and print! Answer sheet is included (obviously) as is a result page to track progress ALL year 3 and 4 spelling rules represented. 100s of assessments at your fingertips. Everything you need in one place. Easy to use. A great tracking tool. (PDF previews represent a fraction of the assessments that can be created. Full instructions can be found on first page of the spreadsheet) More like this… Year 3 Maths and Science Assessments Year 4 Maths and Science Assessments Times Tables Generator

This is a 35-page revision and exercise book to help Year 6 children with their SPaG SATs. A class set of these could cost around £6 per pupil. Here is a class set for only £9.99 – a potential £170+ saving! Each page covers a different topic and includes a definition, examples and SATs type questions (130+ questions) for the children to practise. Answers are also provided for self- or peer-assessment. Topics Covered: prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, word families, homophones/homographs, nouns, plural nouns, verbs, adjectives, conjunctions, pronouns, adverbs, prepositions, determiners, subject/object, statements, questions, commands, exclamations, capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, inverted commas, apostrophes, parenthesis, colons, semi-colons, dashes, hyphens, modal verbs, present tense, past tense, tense consistency, subjunctive form, active/passive voice, phrases, clauses, standard English and informal/formal writing.

Some simple sentences I came up with to help year 1 children remember: how/when to use capital letters; full stops; exclamation marks; question marks; capital “I”; capitals for places, days and people; and to use “and” to join ideas. Designed to be taught to the class as if casting a magic spell (use pencils like wands etc). Objectives covered: Joining words and joining clauses using ‘and’ Beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark Using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the personal pronoun ‘I’ Check out my shop for lots of useful and time saving resources… Visit My Shop!

Script I wrote for an assembly on the legend of Spartacus.