Experienced Primary School teacher of 30 years. Worked across KS1/2.
- child friendly worksheets and resources to cover all areas of the curriculum
- specialise in language and writing
- established child author
- Gold TES Author
- Shortlisted for the Bev Evans Award 2017
Experienced Primary School teacher of 30 years. Worked across KS1/2.
- child friendly worksheets and resources to cover all areas of the curriculum
- specialise in language and writing
- established child author
- Gold TES Author
- Shortlisted for the Bev Evans Award 2017
A PDF file of four samples of literacy style questions for Sats. I am offering these free to celebrate my second year of writing resources as a TES author and having so many followers, viewers, buyers and new friends. Thank you to everyone
A great resource to use with the children to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. A pdf file for Key Stage 1 which may also be useful for lower ability Key stage 2 or SEN. The 20 worksheets can be printed out separately and used for differentiation or as an entire booklet to let the children take home. There are a variety of writing and drawing tasks for literacy.
Acrostic poems, quizzes, alphabetical order, true or false, creative writing, finding words, similes and research from books or the internet. A great resource to celebrate Ireland's saint.
Great resource for KS1 themed St Valentine's Day. Reading, writing, and drawing activities which can be printed out as a complete workbook for the entire day or as individual worksheets. Comprehension on a party invitation, writing sentences, poems, verses, words and meanings, common and proper nouns.
This is the third in the series of My Colour Books for Early years and KS1 children. It is themed for Summer with colourful graphics. The tasks are to complete sentences using the correct colours, visual awareness is important and recognition of colours essential. There are also two wordmaps which could be laminated one on Seaside words and one on colours. These could be used as aids for writing ecxercises. The children will also be asked to complete some reading activities putting in a missing colour word, this will test understanding of what has been read. This can also be bought as part of a bundle.
This is a 20 page resource aimed at Year 1 and less able Year 2 on sentence construction.
Each page consists of a picture and the children have to create sentences to include either an adjective, a verb, two nouns or a Proper Noun.
The final two pages test the children on recognition of the parts of speech in their own sentences.
An 18 page Unit of Work
includes:-
a) Fact sheets on Ancient and Modern Olympic Games with Comprehension Worksheets
b) Fact Sheet on Zeus with word analysis and creative writing activities
c) Alphabetical Order
d) Past Tense
e) Brainstorming
f) Designing a logo
g) Creative writing, story, poem and newspaper article
Could be used alongside a class project on the Rio Olympics
This pack includes two mini workbooks covering two different poems.
The first poem is titled 'Mrs Bear' and the second 'Farmyard Friends'. Both poems are original poems written by me. The pack includes questions and other activities. This is an ideal pack for KS1 or Lower Key Stage 2.
This Pdf file consists of 10 poems written by me. It also includes tasks relating to poetry terminology, types of poetry and analysis of poem
This is an entire unit of poetry for one term and is suitable for KS2.
Suitable resource for KS1 and Lower KS2
20 page booklet and a powerpoint presentation
Definitions of Adverbs and Adjectives which can be laminated and used for Literacy Display board
Worksheets great for differentation children choose their own adverbs and adjectives for Crazy Caterpillar, Kitty Kat, Superhero Boy and Happy Girl
Use of a/an before adjective.
Game My Aunt's Cat can be done orally around the room using a-z and then children can complete the worksheet.
Matching verbs to adverbs.
Looking for a resource to keep your little ones busy towards the end of the year or to occupy your slower learners and improve their reading and writing techniques? This is the one. Seaside PDF file with lots of fun activities, writing and drawing activities included, research worksheets, vocabulary worksheets, writing poetry, stories, a little bit of science and senses, sailing to a desert island, descriptive writing and links to a cross curricular topic. Curriculum areas include Literacy, Science/Materials, Art and The Animal Kingdom. This file can be printed out as individual workbooks for each child.
15 page workbook to be used as an end of term revision task, or for early finishers and could also be used as individual worksheets to be displayed. All based on the seaside theme.
Rhyming, missing letters, colouring sheet, odd one out, opposites, Underwater world writing and drawing, Magic e, what's in the picnic basket,
creating sentences about the beach
A PDF printable resource in colour and in black and white. Various Story starters linked to Autumn, Hallowe'en, Hibernation, Humans and Weather. Some more difficult than others therefore could be used for differentiation.
I have also included a powerpoint presentation for classroom use. These are all original and created by me a published author.
A great resource for EYFS and KS1 with word mats and drawing activities connected to the Stage 1 Phonics Initial sounds. I tried this out with a student yesterday and she loved the graphics and the drawing activities.
A complete unit of 30 pages with a variety of Book Review worksheets for Key stage 1. May also be useful for low ability Key stage 2 and SEN. Incorporating writing and drawing on Fact and Fiction books.
Also a powerpoint presentation for classroom use. feel free to adapt slides to suit pupil's abilities. This resource will be useful for a composite class or a mixed ability class as it is differentiated.
Are you ever stuck for ideas to help promote the learning of spellings? This 20 page PDF file consists of a variety of activities children will enjoy doing to help them learn their spellings. They are suitable activities for the entire primary school. The file can be printed out and each page laminated to use in class. Once laminated they will last forever. The activities provide fun things to do for the children.
Activities include alphabetical order, vowels and consonants, writing silly sentences with spelling words, creating pictures with hidden words, creating word searches, computer activities, sentence construction, story and poetry writing, games, opposites and rhyming words. I have used many of these in my own teaching and the children loved them.
A pdf file and powerpoint presentation PHSE for KS2
Includes
Questions:-
What is Humanitarian Day?
How can you help those less fortunate in our community?
How can you help those less fortunate in the world?
Writing:-
Write a biography about someone who has made a difference in the world.
Write a biography about someone who has made a difference in your life.
Write your own I have a dream Speech
Fact Sheets :- Florence Nightingale, Martin Luther King
Citizenship
Library and Textbook tasks
Biography writing
Internet research
This could be used as a workbook for each child or as a presentation for Talking and listening.
A 15 page PDF file to be used by KS2. Charles Dickens’ life story is written in child friendly vocabulary. There are worksheets included which cover comprehension, spag, sequencing events, internet research, life in Victorian times, vocabulary and composing questions. This will be useful if the children are studying a novel by Dickens or are looking at life in Victorian times.The booklet can be printed out as a complete booklet for each pupil or as individual pages for display purposes.
Revision of various Literacy and Numeracy topics based on a trip to the seaside. Includes worksheets on money, averages, measures, addition and subtraction. Also includes acrostic poems, apostrophes, homonyms and creative writing.