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Reading Comprehension Arctic Animals
Develop your pupils’ reading skills with this reading comprehension pack. Included are five non-fiction original reading passages based on five arctic animals written by myself. Alongside each reading passage are questions to develop pupil 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 arctic animals:
-Polar Bears
-Reindeer
-Arctic Foxes
-Walruses
-Snowy Owls
Please see the slide show of files included for an example of one of the passages, questions and answer sheet.
Please take a look these similar resources:
Australian Animals Reading Comprehension
Ocean Creatures Reading Comprehension
African Animals Reading Comprehension
Amazon Rainforest Animals Reading Comprehension
Desert Animals Reading Comprehension
Save over 30% when purchasing all six sets as a bundle:
Animals Reading Comprehension Bundle
FREE sample set:
Mountain Animals Reading Comprehension
CVC Word Flashcards
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)
Surfing Theme Number Posters 0-30
Get set for the beach with these surf number posters! They are an ideal addition to any surfing or beach theme classroom! They include a sea themed border, surfboards and ocean creatures including starfish, crabs and clams! These surf number posters include the number in digits, in words and a ten frame representation of all numbers from zero to thirty.
All About Landforms
This fantastic 43-page pack all about landforms is perfect for any landform unit. Your students will have fun learning about different types of landforms. Twelve landforms are included. These are: glacier, volcano, plain, river, plateau, mountain, lake, canyon, hill, desert, valley and island.
Included in the pack:
Landform posters
Twelve landform posters to display, each including a title, description and image.
Landform Matching Pairs Game
Students match the description card of each landform up with the image card.
Describe it!
Students describe the landform on their card to a partner but they must not use the three most obvious words on the card in their description! Their partner must work out the correct landform.
Landform Multiple Choice Question Cards
Students identify the correct landform form the description from a selection of multiple choice answers. Student response sheet and answers included.
Landform Research Project Booklet
Students research each landform. They include information about the landform, real life examples and color the image of the landform. A front cover to the booklet is also included.
Cracking Christmas Maths Activities
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!
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Animals Reading Comprehension Bundle
Save over 30% when buying as a bundle! Develop your pupils’ reading comprehension skills with this fantastic animals close reading bundle featuring 30 animals in total.
Included are six comprehension sets, each with five non-fiction original reading passages based on five animals in similar habitats. Alongside each reading passage are questions to develop student comprehension, understanding and information retrieval. Also included are answer sheets for each passage and set of questions.
The animals included in the bundle are:
Arctic Animals
-Polar Bears
-Reindeer
-Arctic Foxes
-Walruses
-Snowy Owls
African Animals
-Polar Bears
-Reindeer
-Arctic Foxes
-Walruses
-Snowy Owls
Amazon Rainforest Animals
-Jaguars
-Toucans
-Sloths
-Red-eyed tree frogs
-Howler monkeys
Desert Animals
-Camels
-Meerkats
-Fennec foxes
-Rattlesnakes
-Scorpions
Australian Animals
-Kangaroos
-Koalas
-Platypuses
-Kookaburras
-Possums
Ocean Creatures
-Dolphins
-Octopuses
-Sea Turtles
-Clownfish
-Great White Sharks
US and UK alternative spelling included.
Alternative US spelling worksheets also included.
Find the individual resources included in this bundle here:
Arctic Animals Reading Comprehension
Australian Animals Reading Comprehension
Ocean Creatures Reading Comprehension
African Animals Reading Comprehension
Amazon Rainforest Animals Reading Comprehension
Desert Animals Reading Comprehension
FREE sample set:
Mountain Animals Reading Comprehension
Story Cubes
These Story Cubes are the perfect addition to any writing station! Included are templates for four cubes; character, setting, time and object. Simply print out onto card stock (coloured works best), cut out, fold and glue to create the cubes. The cubes come with clear instructions on how to use in class.
Students will have hours of fun rolling the cubes to generate the four ideas for their stories. There are many different possible combinations. These are the ideal way to inspire your students and spark their imagination!
Page Count: 5
Guided Reading Question Cards
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.*****************
Coloured Labels and Borders
This bumper pack of labels and borders are perfect for organising your classroom and your pupils will love writing on the coloured bordered paper. Included are labels; perfect for trays, drawers and coat pegs. These are .doc files with text that can be altered using Word. They come in eight different colours. Also included are pdf coloured paper borders - lined and unlined. There are eight different colours of labels and borders. These are blue, green, red, yellow, pink, orange, purple and rainbow.
Plural or Possessive Activity Cards
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!
Measuring Angles Activity Cards
This fabulous set of activity cards is perfect for developing your pupils' angle measurement skills. Simply print out, laminate and cut the cards up. All you will need is a protractor for your pupils to measure the angles in the set.
Included are two sets, each with 12 question cards - one set has angles to 10 degree intervals and one has angles to 5 degree intervals for easy differentiation. All angles included are 180 degrees or less. Also included are pupil recording sheets and answer keys.
Decimal Memory Game
This is a simple and fun memory card game which reinforces the concept of decimal numbers using clear visuals.
There are 24 cards altogether of 12 matching pairs. Each pair has one card which displays the value in digits (whole number and decimal tenths) and one card which display the value visually through a clear diagram.
Print, laminate and cut out the cards. In pairs, or small group, students lay the cards face down on a table. They then take turns to turn over two cards. If they find the two matching numerical and visual cards of a particular decimal, they may keep the cards and have another go. If not, they must turn the cards back over and the next person has their turn. It is important to remember where the cards are positioned for future turns!
These cards can also be used to play decimal snap or simply as a visual prompt when teaching decimals.
Coin Addition Cards up to £5
Coin addition task cards ideal for helping students recognise coins 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 as well as adding coins. Ideal for Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4.
Each task card has 4 to 5 UK coins which pupils must recognise and add up to find the total amount. This set is differentiated on three levels. Simply print, laminate and cut out the 4 cards per page.
Included:
Set 1 - 12 task cards adding several coins up to the total value of 20p
Set 2 - 12 task cards adding several coins up to the total value of £1
Set 3 - 12 task cards adding several coins up to the total value of £5
Also included are pupil response sheets and full answer sheets.
Number Name Recognition Memory Pairs Game
This fun Number Name Recognition Memory Pairs Game helps pupils to practise and remember number names up to 20 and relate them to written numerals and amounts. Included in each set is a number name cards and a matching written numeral and ten frame representation for each number from 1 to 20. There are four sets of the game included in four different colours so different pairs/groups of pupils can be playing with different sets at the same time and the cards won't get mixed up!
How to Play
Print, laminate and cut out the cards. In pairs, or small group, pupils lay the cards face down on a table. They then take turns to turn over two cards. If they find the two matching number name and written numeral/ten frame card of a particular number, they may keep the cards and have another go. If not, they must turn the cards back over and the next person has their turn. It is important to remember where the cards are positioned for future turns!
Jungle Number Posters 0 to 20
This set of jungle themed number posters from 0 through to 20 will look great in your classroom! Included are 21 posters, one per number, with the number in digits, the number in words and ten frame dots to represent the value of the number.
Year 2 Counting in Steps Cards
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.
Telling Time Unit
This telling time unit, containing eight activities, will reinforce the concept of reading and writing time, calculating time intervals and will help your students understand time durations.
Included:
Time Snap
Students match analogue and digital times to the nearest five minutes.
How Long?
Students calculate the time interval between two analogue clock. Student response sheet and answer key included.
One Minute Challenges
How many can they do within one minute?
Build a Clock
Students build a clock.
Calculate it
Students solve the time word problems on the question cards. All time calculations are less than one hour.
Plus much more!
Page count: 41
Fraction Snap Game
A fun fractions game to reinforce the concept of fractions of shape. Students must find the matching fraction in numbers and the fraction represented as a shape.
In pairs or small groups students deal the cards, face down, equally between themselves. The first player places a card, face up, to begin a pile. The next player places their card, face up, on the pile. Continue until a shape and a numeral card representing the same fraction are placed on top of one another. The student who shouts ‘Snap!’ first keeps that pile. Continue until one player has won all the cards.
These cards can also be used to play other games such as memory pairs.
Included: 30 cards making 15 pairs
Place Value Activity Cards
This set of 60 place value task cards is perfect for reinforcing the concept of place value up to 1000. Included in the set are 12 task cards on each of the following:
-Identifying the value of the underlined digit in a 3-digit number
-Writing the number in numeral form from the number name
-Writing the number from the pictorial representation
-Writing the expanded form of the number from the numeral form
-Comparing 3-digit numbers using <, > and =
Included for each of the 5 sets is a student response sheet and an answer sheet.
Page count: 25
Jungle Punctuation Posters
This jungle / safari themed set of 14 punctuation posters, complete with cute animals, is ideal for displaying in your classroom to reinforce uses of punctuation marks. Each poster includes an explanation of the use of each punctuation mark and at least one example of the punctuation mark in use. Pick and choose the posters to suit the level of your class. There are two versions of full stops and commas - one basic and one advanced - so you can display the appropriate poster for your class.
Posters included in the set are:
-apostrophe
-brackets
-colon
-comma
-comma (advanced - includes separation of clauses)
-dash
-ellipsis
-exclamation mark
-full stop
-full stop (advanced - includes abbreviation)
-question mark
-quotation marks
-speech marks
-semi-colon