A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions - one week sample

This is a first in a series of resources designed to develop children's understanding of time-lines and their appreciation of where a particular historical period fits into the chronology of history. Learning Objective: To know and understand the history of these islands (Great Britain) as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day. A series of activities designed to begin any history topic linked to the British Isles including: Resource 1: Time-line of the British Isles – with dates Resource 2: Definition cards BC / AD. Resources 3: Timeline of the British Isles – without dates. Resource 4: Time-line Cards Resource 5: Interactive Time-line without dates. A Word document detailing some suggested activities for working with time-lines. Learning Outcomes: Children will be able to: • Understand how the islands of Britain have changed over time. • Understand the difference between AD and BC • Understand the difference between BC, First millennium and Second millennium. • Understand that dates before Christ are older the bigger the number (cf negative numbers) • Sequence a series of BC and AD dates. • Compare and contrast key events in British history. Any feedback on these resources, their effectiveness, additions and areas in which they can be improved would be very welcome. (Update - corrects 1 incorrect link in Resource 5 - Interactive Timeline of British isles)

Set in the Highlands of Scotland around the time of the Battle of Culloden, this short story has a definite twist in its tail. Ideal for any work on historical fiction, this text was written specifically for this purpose. A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To understand how an author sets a story in the past. To use inference and deduction to understand the main characters’ feelings. To reflect on a completed text. Please note to print the text from Word, select two sided along short edge. This will print the book in A5 book format.

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit - a series of flashcards presented using PowerPoint to recap the sound oi and oy Review of /air/ sound Teach Reading alternative grapheme ere for /air/, quick copy and segmenting for spelling Practice write a sentence using one of the words, Practice read and quickly copy tricky words when, what, why, where. Apply reading sentence ** **

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to understand how a character’s viewpoint affects a story To understand how two characters show their emotions through their actions.

The lesson consists of: Revisit - a recap the sound /w/, /h/ and wh Review grapheme /ai/, split digraph a-e Teachalternative grapheme a-e for /ai/, quick copy of words with split digraph a-e Practice Reading and spelling of tricky words do, so, come little Apply Writing a sentence

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit - a phoneme spotter for the alternative /ear/ sounds, ere, ear and eer Review of /air/ sound Teach A countdown of /air/ sounds revising alternative air, are, ear, and ere Practice Play word challenge - writing as many different words for each of the alternative /air/ sounds Apply reading sentence using all of the alternative /air/ trigraphs

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit - a series of flashcards presented using PowerPoint to recap the sound /ear/ Teach Reading alternative grapheme ear for /air/, quick copy and segmenting for spelling Practice write a sentence using one of the words, Practice read and quickly spell tricky words when, what, why, were. Apply writing sentence

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit - a series of flashcards presented using PowerPoint to recap the sound oi and oy Teach Reading alternative grapheme are for /air/, quick copy and segmenting for spelling Practice write a sentence using one of the words, Practice read and quickly copy tricky words when, what, why, where. Apply reading alien sentence and substituting words for alien word.

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit - a series of flashcards presented using PowerPoint to recap the sound ear, ere, ere to runaround. Teach Reading alternative grapheme are for /air/, quick copy and superhero spelling. Practice read and quickly copy tricky words when, what, why, where. Practice write a sentence using one of the tricky words Apply writing sentence

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit / Review writing the alternative /air/ sounds, are, ear and are Teach reading, writing and spelling of alternative /c/ sounds teaching alternative k Practice Reading tricky words said, little, people, there, Quick spell of tricky words Apply writing sentence using alternative /c/ - k Today’s lesson revises alternative /air/ sounds and teaches reading and writing all the alternative /c/ - ck, k, ch

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit / Review runaround checking spelling of the alternative /air/ sounds, are, ear and are Teach reading, writing and spelling of alternative /c/ sounds teaching alternative ck Practice Reading tricky words said, little, people, there, Quick spell of tricky words Apply writing sentence using alternative /c/ - ck

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit / Review Phoneme Spotter for alternative /air/ sounds, are, ear and are Teach reading of all alternative /c/ sounds ch, k, ck using countdown Practice Writing and spelling tricky words using all alternative /c/ graphemes. Apply reading a sentence using alternative /c/ graphemes

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit / Review reading the alternative /air/ sounds, are, ear and are Teach Writing and spelling of alternative /c/ sounds teaching alternative ch Practice Reading tricky words said, little, people, there, Quick spell of tricky words Apply writing sentence using alternative /c/ - ch

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit reading the alternative /ear/ sounds, ere, ear and eer Review of /c/ sound **Teach Reading of alternative /c/ sounds teaching alternative ch Practice Reading tricky words said, little, people, there, Quick copy of tricky words Apply reading sentence using alternative /c/ - ch

The lesson consists of: Revisit - a runaround activity using PowerPoint to recap the sound /ure/, /ear/, /air/ Review grapheme ff and f for /f/ Teachalternative grapheme ph for /f/, reading ph words Practice Quick copy of ph words, Roll it, Read it for ph and wh words Apply Reading a sentence

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit - a series of flashcards presented using PowerPoint to recap the sound /ure/, /ear/, /air/ Review altnerative grapheme wh for /w/ Teachalternative grapheme wh for /w/, segmenting for spelling Practice Countdown reading alternative /w/ sounds against 2 minute timer Apply Writing a sentence

A youtube clip to be used by parents at home with children who are on Phase 5 of Phonics using Letters and Sounds. The lesson consists of: Revisit - a series of flashcards presented using PowerPoint to recap the sound /ure/ Review of /w/ sound Teach Reading alternative grapheme wh for /w/, quick copy and segmenting for spelling Practice read and quickly copy tricky words do, some, come, little Apply reading alien sentence. What word could be used instead of the alien name.

The lesson consists of: Revisit - a recap the sound /ure/, /ear/, /air/ Review grapheme /ai/ Teachalternative grapheme ay for /ai/, reading ay words Practice Reading of tricky words said, have, like so. Apply Reading a sentence

The lesson consists of: Revisit - a recap the sound /h/ and wh Review grapheme /ai/ Teachalternative grapheme ay for /ai/, segmenting for spelling ay words Practice Reading and spelling of tricky words said, have, like so. Apply Writing a sentence