This colorful set of 9 reading comprehension posters will look fantastic in your classroom and help your students with their reading comprehension skills.
The set includes a poster on each of the following reading strategies:
-cause and effect
-inferring
-making connections (text-to-text)
-making connections (text-to-self)
-making connections (text-to-world)
-predicting
-questioning
-summarizing (US spelling)/summarising (UK spelling)
-visualizing (US spelling/ visualising (UK spelling)
This set of 9 jungle themed reading comprehension posters will look fantastic in your classroom and help your students with their reading comprehension skills.
The set includes a poster on each of the following reading strategies:
-cause and effect
-inferring
-making connections (text-to-text)
-making connections (text-to-self)
-making connections (text-to-world)
-predicting
-questioning
-summarizing (US spelling) / summarising (UK/Australian spelling)
-visualizing (US spelling) / visualising (UK/Australian spelling)
Included in this Fraction Task Cards Set are two sets each containing 12 task cards. Set One includes 12 task cards which display a unit fraction (1/b) represented as parts of a shape. Set Two includes 12 task cards which display a fraction (a/b) as parts of a shape ranging from halves to sixteenths.
Student response sheet is included as well as answers (in numerical form). These cards are ideal for to reinforce the concept of fractions and to use as centers for individual practice.
This 'All About Me' lapbook project is the perfect way to begin the new school year! It is the ideal way to get to know your new students and allow them to set goals for the year ahead.
Included in the 'Back to School All About Me' lapbook are eight activities, complete with clear instructions for your students to follow, plus a front cover to complete.
UK and US spelling versions included.
Activities are:
- Front cover
- Favourite thing (music, movie, food, sport, color and pet)
- My goals
- Class rules
- My talents
- When I grow up I want to be...
- (In my new class) I am looking forward to...
- Favourite subject
- My family
This set of 16 identifying angles task cards is perfect for helping your students to identify acute, right and obtuse angles. Included are 16 task cards, a student response sheet and an answer sheet. The ideal way to reinforce acute, right and obtuse angles.
These are fantastic resources to support the teaching of adjectives. Included are seven activities which can be implemented as whole class activities or set up as rotations or activities for review.
Choose the Adjective
Students choose the appropriate adjective from the word bank to describe the nouns in the images.
Find the Adjectives
Students underline the adjectives within the sentences. The sentences in the first box have one adjective to find and the sentences in the second box have two adjectives to find per sentence. Answer sheet included.
Add the Adjective
Students add adjectives to the blanks in the sentences to describe the nouns.
Character Description
Students choose adjectives to describe the monster in the image. They then use their adjectives to write sentences about the monster.
Using Adjectives
Using a foldable, students think of a nouns that can be described by the adjective on the reverse side of the petal.
Adjective Sort
Students sort the adjectives into the correct category. They write the adjectives in the correct column of the table. Answers included. UK and US spelling versions included (for word colour/color).
Setting Description
Each sheet contains an image of a setting (underwater, beach, forest, winter street). Students write a description of each setting using adjectives to add detail.
Adjective Wordsearch
Students find the adjectives within the wordsearch. Answer sheet included.
Full, clear teacher instructions included.
Develop your pupils’ comprehension skills with this reading comprehension pack. Included are five non-fiction original reading passages based on five African animals. Alongside each reading passage are questions to develop student comprehension, understanding and information retrieval. Also included are five answer sheets, one for each passage and set of questions.
The five reading passages are based on the following African animals:
-Lions
-Elephants
-Giraffes
-Zebras
-Hippos
Please see the slide show of files included for an example of one of the passages, questions and answer sheet.
Alternative US spelling worksheets also included.
Please take a look these similar resources:
Arctic Animals Reading Comprehension
Australian Animals Reading Comprehension
Ocean Creatures Reading Comprehension
Amazon Rainforest Animals Reading Comprehension
Desert Animals Reading Comprehension
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A fantastic way to round off the school year! Your students will love receiving these awards! Included are 30 different certificates - celebrating students' achievements, effort and personalities. There is something for everyone in this pack!
Certificates included are:
-awesome actor
-awesome actress
-brightest smile
-sensational speller
-mathmagician
-fabulous friend
-magnificent musician
-handwriting hero
-homework hero
-most thoughtful
-reading superstar
-nature detective
-awesome all-rounder
-neatest presentation
-most creative
-amazing attitude
-outstanding organiser
-amazing artist
-king of questions
-queen of questions
-sporting superstar
-spectacular scientist
-technology whiz
-terrific team player
-wonderful writer
-class comedian
-most enthusiastic
-problem solver
-sensational singer
-most helpful
Enjoy!
This fantastic pack of science activities is ideal for supporting teaching of the Year 3 Rocks unit in the New National Curriculum 2014. Included are seven activities:
-Describe it!
Students identify the rocks in the photographs and describe their appearance and texture.
-Sort it!
Print, laminate and cut up the cards. Students match the rocks (a) to their properties (b) and uses (c). Alternate Uk spelling option included.
-Match it!
Students sort the images into those that are electrical conductors and those that are electrical insulators
-Use it!
Students look at the photographs (slate roof tiles, marble archway, granite kitchen surface and writing chalk). They write about why the
properties of each particular rock suit the purpose it is being used for in the photograph.
-Investigate it!
Students plan and carry out an investigation to test rock permeability.
-Observe it!
Students carry out a simple experiment to separate the materials in clay, loamy and sandy soil. They draw diagrams of their findings.
Included are detailed, clear instructions on how to set up the activities. Also included is a KWL (what I know already, what I would like to know and what I learnt) for student to complete prior to and after the unit.
Please note: Some of the activities require additional resources. These include samples of different rock types (i.e. chalk, limestone, sandstone, marble, granite and slate), magnifying lenses, clear containers for soil experiment and pipettes.
Both UK and US spelling versions of resources are included.
Your students will love this fantastic pack of Science activities, ideal for supporting teaching of Properties of Materials! Included are six materials activities :
-Investigate it!
Teddy's umbrella has a hole in it! Students investigate which material would be best to fix it.
-Create it!
Students design their own chair, thinking carefully about the properties the materials it is made from need. They label the materials they would use and describe why they have chosen them.
-Match it!
Students match up the cards into sets of a) material, b) properties and c) uses.
-Define it!
Student match up the vocabulary cards and their definitions.
-Find it!
Students find items in the classroom made from plastic, wood and metal.
-Describe it!
Students describe the material on the card (set of 12 cards included), without saying the three forbidden words on their card. Their partner must guess the material.
Included are detailed, clear instructions on how to set up the activities and the additional equipment needed for 'Investigate it!'. Also included is a KWL (what I know already, what I would like to know and what I learnt) for student to complete prior and after the unit.
Both UK and US alternative spelling/vocabulary also included.
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Your students will love this fantastic pack of electricity activities, ideal for supporting the teaching of the 2014 National Curriculum Year 4 electricity unit. Included are seven activities:
-Identify it!
Students identify items that use electricity and those that do not.
-Build it!
Students predict whether the circuits will light the bulb. They build the circuits to test their predictions.
-Sort it!
Students sort the images into those that are electrical conductors and those that are electrical insulators.
-Investigate it!
Students investigate what happens to a bulb in a circuit as more batteries are added.
-Create it!
Students design their own switch to turn a bulb on and off in a series circuit.
-Avoid it!
Students describe why the images of electrical hazards are potentially dangerous.
-Define it!
Year 4 Electricity Unit
Students match the topic vocabulary to its definitions.
Included are detailed, clear instructions on how to set up the activities. Also included is a KWL (what I know already, what I would like to know and what I learnt) for student to complete prior and after the unit.
Please note: Some of the activities require additional resources. These include wires, bulbs, batteries, selection of electrical conductors and insulators and materials for building a switch (paper clips, popsicle sticks, tin foil, clothes pegs etc).
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Year 4 Living things and their habitats
Your students will love this fantastic pack of science activities, ideal for supporting teaching of the Year 4 Science unit 'Living things and their habitats'! Included are six activities:
-Sort it!
Students sort animals in different ways, recording their reasoning.
-Group it!
Students group animals according to their animals class (mammal, reptile, amphibian, insect, bird or fish).
-Match it!
Students match up the cards into sets of a) animal class, b) characteristics and c) example.
-Describe it!
Students describe the impact humans have had on the environment in the photographs (deforestation, garden pond, litter on a beach and African national park).
-Observe it!
Students draw and describe a local habitat throughout the four season. They describe the impact on the local animals and plants.
-Define it!
Students match the topic vocabulary to its definitions.
Included are detailed, clear instructions on how to set up the activities. Also included is a KWL (what I know already, what I would like to know and what I learnt) for student to complete prior and after the unit.
Enjoy!
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These cracking Christmas themed Maths activities are perfect for Years 5 and 6 during the month of December. Included are seven fabulous Christmas maths activities;
Christmas Coordinates
Students record the coordinates of each item on the four quadrant grid. Included in both colour or black and white.
Festive Word Problems
Students solve the six division and multiplication festive problems and record their answers on the response sheet. There is also a set of cards with spaces to fill in the numbers so you can tailor the
questions to your class.
Less Than or Greater Than
Print and laminate the less than or greater than cards. Students use a dry eraser pen to mark either the greater or less than symbol in the space between the two decimal numbers. This activity is available in three different ability sets of cards; Blue Set - just hundredths, Red Set - tenths and hundredths mixed and Green Set - hundredths and thousandths mixed.
Lowest Terms
Students shade in the picture of the elf according to the key by converting the fraction in each section to its lowest terms.
Prime or Composite
Print and laminate the number cards and heading cards. Students sort the number cards into the correct category according to whether they are prime or composite.
Santa’s Journey
Students help Santa to plan his journey this Christmas by calculating the time intervals between the pairs of clocks.
Enjoy!
This Bonfire Night freebie is the perfect starting point for writing activities based on Guy Fawkes Night, the 5th November.
Included are 16 task cards, four per page. Simply print, laminate for durability and cut out and they will be ready to inspire your students! Writing tasks include poetry, instructions, persuasion, recount and much more!
This Halloween bumper pack of spooky Literacy and Maths activities is perfect for the month of October. Your students will love these fun filled activities. Included are five Literacy and five Maths activities. Each of the ten activities come complete with clear instructions on how to use. Enjoy!
Activities included:
-Creepy Costumes
A fun data handling activitiy in which investigate the the most popular Halloween costume amoungst their classmates, create a graph and answer questions based on their data.
-Eerie Ordering
Students order sets of numbers from smallest to largest. There are four different levels of activities - ordering two-digit numbers and ordering three-digit numbers, ordering decimals up to one decimal place and ordering decimals up to two decimal places.
-Fearful 31st
Students find all the different ways to make 31 in this fun filled Halloween activity.
-Revolting Rounding
Students round the numbers in the pumpkins. There are three ability levels; rounding to nearest multiple of 10, rounding to the nearest multiple of 100 and rounding decimals to the nearest whole number.
-My Monster
Student create their very own Halloween monster and then write descriptions of their creation.
-Alphabet Order
Students order Halloween themed words alphabetically.
-Parts of Speech
Students sort the words into the correct box according to their word
type.
-Spooky Syllables
Students sort the Halloween word cards into groups according to their number of syllables.
-Scary Sequences
Students work out the next number in the number sequences. Four different levels of activities are included to cater for different ages/ability levels.
-Halloween Acrostic Poem
Students create their very own Halloween themed acrostic poem.
These time activity cards are ideal for helping your pupils to learn to tell the time.
Included are four sets each with 16 task cards:
Set One: Hour intervals
Set Two: Half hour intervals
Set Three: Quarter hour intervals
Set Four: Five minute intervals
That makes 64 task card altogether! The different levels of cards are perfect to cater for a range of abilities and make differentiation simple.
Each set includes a mix of analogue and digital clocks. Pupils must write the time in words from the clock image of the task card.
Also included are student response sheets and answer sheets.
Plural or Possessive Activity Cards
Help your pupils to understand the difference between plural and possessive nouns with these fantastic activity cards.
Included are 36 task cards (four per page), clear instructions and an answer reference sheet. Simply print out the cards, laminate, cut up and they are ready to use.
Pupils read the sentence on the card and look at the word in red within the sentence. They decide whether the word is a plural or a possessive noun, needing an apostrophe.
Pupils use a dry wipe marker to circle the correct red word at the bottom of the card that fits correctly within the sentence.
Pupils (or an adult) can check their answers using the answer reference included.
Wipe the cards clean and they are ready to use again!
This set of 48 guided reading task cards is perfect for guided reading or pupils' independent reading activities. Included are 12 cards in each of the following areas:
-Character
-Plot
-Setting
-Language
The cards are four to a page. Simply print out and laminate for question cards that can be used again and again for any fiction reading book.
*************NOTE: If you have already purchased my Guided Reading Resource Pack, please do not purchase these cards as they are included in the pack.*****************
This set of counting task cards is fully aligned to the Year 2 National Curriculum 2014 Maths objective:
Pupils should be taught to:
-count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number, forward and backward
Included are 48 task cards, three to a page, complete with answer grids. There are 12 cards for each counting step; 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s. Pupils will count on in multiples of the particular number, filling in the missing numbers. When counting in tens, pupils will count on and back in tens from any 2-digit number.
Cards 1-12 counting on across multiples of 2
Cards 13-24 counting on across multiples of 3
Cards 25-36 counting on across multiples of 5
Cards 37-48 skip counting on and back in jumps of 10
Simply print, laminate and cut up the task cards. Pupils may write their answers using a whiteboard pen directly onto laminated cards or they can record their answers on the response sheet.
This set of 80 CVC word cards can be used in multiple ways. Use the cards as flash cards for reading activities and games or display them around your classroom.
Page count: 40 (2 word cards per page)