Pirate Pete has lost his treasure in the deep sea and needs your help to find it. The fish have given him a code to crack. Can you help him? A fun code breaking maths lesson using addition and subtraction. I used this activity for my NQT job interview and got the job. This are not the actual sheets used as feedback said that some questions were a bit advanced for their children. Therefore I have edited and tried to choose appropriate calculations. The kids really enjoyed the lesson and I had a lot of fun teaching it. Hope you enjoy it!

Quick and simple RIC (Retrieval, Inference/Interpret and Choice) style guided reading task based on How To Train Your Dragon. Session breakdown: Read though chapter 7 of the book as a class. Complete a close read (using close read symbols): - a stick man for character description - a tree for setting description - a heart for anything they like - underline unknown words (text mark meanings) - circle high-level vocabulary - wavy underline and write a question about that phrase Answer the RIC questions. Enjoy!

Quick and simple RIC (Retrieval, Inference and author Choice) style guided reading task. Look at and compare two different travel guides for different audiences.

Quick guided reading activity using the RIC style questioning.