Primary school teacher of over 20 years experience providing a range of resources for a variety of subjects and topics. All resources have been used with Early years or KS1 range however they could also be used with lower KS2 depending on the ability of the children.
Primary school teacher of over 20 years experience providing a range of resources for a variety of subjects and topics. All resources have been used with Early years or KS1 range however they could also be used with lower KS2 depending on the ability of the children.
5 simple sentences that are jumbled up . There are pictures to help with the sentence and also clues such as capital letters and full stops to help with sentence order.
A short extract from the book The Jolly Postman with six questions for the pupils to answer. Each answer is structured so that the pupils complete the answer as a full sentence
Worksheet has two sections
First section fill in the missing conjunction to complete the sentences so that it makes sense. Use either and/but
Second section using and/but join the two sentences together so that they make sense
Differentiated to 4 levels. Children read a short extract of text and answer questions based on the text.
For confident, independent readers - 7 questions to answer - straight forward recall and more complex inference questions
For confident readers - slightly shorter extract of text with 7 questions to answer - recall and inference questions
For less confident readers/for an adult to read with the children - 3 questions to answer (recall) with a choice of two possible answers for the children to pick from. Complete the sentence with the correct answer also models how to answer a question in a full sentence.
For less confident readers - Four pictures from the beginning of the story. Children can retell the story verbally using the pictures/discuss story with an adult. 3 questions to answer using the pictures to help/ Two possible choices of answer, complete the sentence with the correct answer. Also models how to answer the question in a full sentence.
Differentiated to 3 levels.
Lower Ability - Simple extract of text from the story with 3 questions to be answered. Answers are structured in full sentences and the children choose the correct word to complete the sentence. Can be used as a cloze prcedure or to be copied into books.
Middle Ability - Simple extract of text from the story with 6 questions to be answered. Answers are structured in full sentences and the children complete the sentence using the text to help.
Upper Ability - Short extract from the story with 7 questions to be answered. No help given in the structure of answers.
Differentiated to 5 levels simple set of 3 or 4 cards with animal names for children to put into alphabetical order
Pg 1 alphabetical order to second letter using names only x2
Pg 2 alphabetical order to second letter
Pg 3 alphabetical order to first letter using names and pictures 5 cards
Pg 4 alphabetical order to first letter using names and pictures 4 cards
Pg 5 alphabetical order to first letter using names and pictures 3 cards
Six Dinner Sid comprehension activity.
Short paragraph of text from the book for the children to read followed by 3 questions. The children are given help with the structure of how to answer the question and also a multiple choice of 2 answers are given for the children to choose the correct answer.
What am I? animal riddle prompts to help young writers compose their own riddles. Gives them ideas of things to include and how to structure their riddle
A short extract from the book ‘The Jolly Postman’ the pupils are to answer four questions based on what they have read. Each answer is structured and they choose the correct answer to complete the sentence correctly.
