Are you looking for an alphabet UPPER and lowercase letter-matching game for early years (EYFS)? These domino games make letter recognition and matching lower to uppercase letters fun. The low-prep engaging activities are easy to set up and perfect for lessons, centres, tuff trays and supply teachers. Combine them with other phonics activities e.g. mazes and Worksheets to reinforce the letter shapes that go with different sounds. They will love these letter-matching activities and won’t realize how much they are learning while they are having fun! Use them as independent games or as an adult-led activity to assess and teach about the shapes of UPPER and lowercase letters. Ask students to say the letter sound and the letter name to reinforce the correspondence between these. Here is what you will get: 3 games with 9 or 18 letters to find and match using popular Comic Sans font font designed for younger children ‘fun’ font Great for you: Prep is easy and quick – print, cut out and you are ready for a fun and engaging activity Great for your literacy centre Ideal as an independent activity as part of a lesson Use this as an adult-led activity and discuss letter shapes, names and sounds Great for homework Use resources for early finishers Leave them in your tuff tray or have them out as child-initiated activities Ideal if you need a quick resource e.g. for supply teachers These games are suggested for early years but might also be suitable for other year groups. Great for your students: Activities are ideal for independent tasks Activities are easy to understand and do Games are fun Ideal for individual activities and play in pairs Home education, parents and childcare providers: Ideal to use as part of a lesson looking at UPPER and lowercase letters Great to do outside of formal teaching - ‘drip feeding’ letter recognition into other parts of the day as fun activities Combine this with looking at uppercase and lowercase letters in the environment, books, newspapers, etc, and see the different ways letters can be written Please check out My website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only

Are you looking for fun CVC easy-prep puzzles? These printable phonics games specifically target reading CVC words and final sounds. They are designed for Early Years pupils to practice decoding, blending, and reading skills in an engaging way. This resource can be used during lessons, in literacy centres, as independent work, homework assignments, Home Education, substitute lessons or extra reading practice. Pupils can work individually or in small groups to complete the puzzles. Differentiation is easy - either use the vowel in a different color for extra support and provide more than 1 letter for the initial sound as a challenge. You will get: 10 puzzles each with: • a picture • 3 letters ( the word) • Challenge 2 extra letters for the final sound (some of the extra letters are ones that are often confused in the graphic e.g. g and q and some where the sounds can be easily confused e.g. d and t) You will also get: • letters underlined that are easily confused if they are the wrong way round such as b, n, u • notes how to differentiate the activity • vowels in a different color to make this easier • answers for quick self assessment • patterns for the backs of cards The resources are in color and black & white for more printing options. The letters and pictures are all numbered so it is easy to see which letters go with which puzzle. If you are also getting the puzzles for the first and middle sound then the different color frames will help to organize these easily. Benefits • Helps students practice sequencing letters in the correct order for CVC words • Encourages young learners to say and match sounds in CVC words with corresponding letters • Allows for differentiation by providing 4 levels of difficulty • Offers a fun and interactive tool for children to improve their literacy skills • Easy-prep - print, cut out and play • Easy to organize for centres as the puzzles are clearly marked as to which letters go together with which puzzle • Can be played individually and in pairs - discussion with others helps learning and engages students • Great for lessons, centres, tuff trays, home education and homework If you like this resource, I would appreciate it if you could leave a review and thank you. Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only

Looking for fun CVC easy-prep puzzles? These printable phonics games specifically target reading CVC words and initial sounds. They are designed for Reception pupils to practice decoding, blending, and reading skills in an engaging way. This resource can be used during lessons, in literacy centres, as independent work, homework assignments, homeschooling, substitute lessons or extra reading practice. Students can work individually or in small groups to complete the puzzles. Differentiation is easy - either use the vowel in a different colour for extra support and provide more than 1 letter for the initial sound as a challenge. ##You will get: 10 puzzles each with: • a picture • 3 letters ( the word) • Challenge 2 extra letters for the initial sound (some of the extra letters are ones that are often confused in the graphic e.g. l and t and some where the sounds can be easily confused e.g. s and z) You will also get: • letters underlined that are easily confused if they are the wrong way round such as b, n, u • notes how to differentiate the activity • vowels in a different colour to make this easier • answers for quick self assessment • patterns for the backs of cards The resources are in colour and black & white for more printing options. The letters and pictures are all numbered so it is easy to see which letters go with which puzzle. If you are also getting the puzzles for the final and middle sound then the different colour frames will help to organize these easily. Benefits • Helps students practice sequencing letters in the correct order for CVC words • Encourages young learners to say and match sounds in CVC words with corresponding letters • Allows for differentiation by providing 4 levels of difficulty • Offers a fun and interactive tool for children to improve their literacy skills • Easy-prep - print, cut out and play • Easy to organize for centres as the puzzles are clearly marked as to which letters go together with which puzzle • Can be played individually and in pairs - discussion with others helps learning and engages students • Great for lessons, centres, home education and homework Thank you. Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only

Are you looking for fun segmenting and spelling games for digraphs ck, ff, ll, ss, zz and qu? Get your reception children excited to read, segment and spell words with the letters on the dice. They will love these activities which will help them recognise the first digraphs they will probably learn and choose the correct letters to ‘build’ the word. Why choose dice rather than get students to write? Some children at this age are reluctant to write but we still need them to practice spelling so playing engaging games solves this issue. Building words using these dice makes spelling fun. Use these games to revise and consolidate learning about spelling digraphs in fun ways. This can be a big step up from reading CVC words as students have to recognize that 2 letters together can make 1 sound. They will become more confident and fluent in their spelling and reading as they recognize these digraphs quickly. You will get: 70 words with and without the vowel in a different colour for added support with and without dots and lines under the letters and arrows to show the direction of blending the words in colour and black and white with a dyslexic font - these words also have less clipart and a pastel-coloured background to make it easier to read 6 dice 2 vowel dice 4 consonant dice a table with the words that are used instructions on how to play the games teaching notes a card to score points won e.g. tally marks Great for you: Ideal opportunity to assess and teach about digraphs ck, ff, ll, ss, zz and qu Great as independent activities as part of a lesson Great for your centres Use them for morning work Ideal for fun homework Use them for early finishers Ideal for extra fun segmenting and spelling practice Use them when you need some fun activities with educational content Ideal if you need a resource e.g. for supply teachers Easy assessment Great for your students: Popular to play & easy to understand activities Great opportunities to learn together and discuss blending and segmenting digraphs with instant self-assessment Home Education: Ideal to use as part of a lesson practicing spelling words with ‘easier’ digraphs Great activities outside formal teaching times - ‘drip feeding’ learning into other parts of the day If you like this resource, I would appreciate a review and thank you. Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only

Make reading CVC words fun by using this easy-prep phonics scavenger hunt activity. Your Reception pupils will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their decoding and blending skills to read and match words and pictures, write the matching letters, find the mystery numbers and crack the code. This scavenger hunt focuses on the first letter in CVC words - this is the sound of a letter that most children find easiest to hear and discriminate so is the easiest to decode and read. Most young children love a game where they are active and looking for things and this scavenger hunt will be a fun way to combine this and practicing key literacy skills. Easy-Prep - Print and cut up the words and pictures and hide them around your room and/ or outdoors. Set the scene by reading the short passage and explaining what students have to do and hand out the answer sheets with a pencil and clipboard. Players find the 10 different pictures (with numbers), read the words with letters, decide which is the correct spelling and match them to the pictures. They record the letters underneath the number (of the matching picture) on the answer sheet which will give them 3 words - the mystery code. You will get: • 10 pictures • 40 words - students choose the correct spelling - each picture has 4 spelling options. • Answer sheet 1 - record the letters of the correct spellings to find the mystery words • Answer sheet 2 - record the numbers for the given letters (a CVC word) to reveal the secret 3-digit code • Answers for quick assessment You will also get: • Notes • a short introduction to set the scene • answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct • winners’ certificates • directions & FAQ’s Great for you: • Low-prep • Ideal for your literacy centre • Great as an independent activity • Use them in child-initiated learning time • Ideal if you need a quick resource e.g. for substitute days • Great for extra reading practice Great for your students: • Gives students opportunities to read CVC words and focus on the middle (vowel) sounds • Encourages students to work together in pairs and groups • The challenge to crack the 3-digit code will engage them Make it more interesting by using a 3-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with something inside - perhaps a coin, something related to your current topic, or a star certificates. If you like this resource, please rate & comment about it. Thank you. Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only

Make reading CVC words fun by using this easy-prep phonics scavenger hunt activity. Reception pupils will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their decoding and blending skills to read and match words and pictures, write the matching letters, find the mystery numbers and crack the code. This scavenger hunt focuses on the middle letter - the vowel - in CVC words - this is the sound of a letter that most children find the hardest to hear and discriminate. Most young children love a game where they are active and looking for things and this scavenger hunt will be a fun way to combine this and practicing key literacy skills. Easy-Prep - Print and cut up the words and pictures and hide them around your room and/ or outdoors. Set the scene by reading the short passage and explaining what students have to do and hand out the answer sheets with a pencil and clipboard. Players find the 10 different pictures (with numbers), read the words with letters, decide which is the correct spelling and match them to the pictures. They record the letters underneath the number (of the matching picture) on the answer sheet which will give them 3 words - the mystery code. You will get: • 10 pictures • 40 words - students choose the correct spelling - each picture has 4 spelling options. • Answer sheet 1 - record the letters of the correct spellings to find the mystery words • Answer sheet 2 - record the numbers for the given letters (a CVC word) to reveal the secret 3-digit code • Answers for quick assessment You will also get: • Notes • a short introduction to set the scene • answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct • winners’ certificates • directions & FAQ’s Great for you: • Low-prep • Ideal for your literacy centre • Great as an independent activity • Use them in child-initiated learning time • Ideal if you need a quick resource e.g. for substitute days • Great for extra reading practice Great for your students: • Gives students opportunities to read CVC words and focus on the middle (vowel) sounds • Encourages students to work together in pairs and groups • The challenge to crack the 3-digit code will engage them Make it more interesting by using a 3-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with something inside - perhaps a coin, something related to your current topic, or a star certificates. If you like this resource, please rate & comment about it. Thank you. Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only

Make reading CVC words fun by using this easy-prep phonics scavenger hunt activity. Your Reception students will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their decoding and blending skills to read and match words and pictures, write the matching letters, find the mystery numbers and crack the code. This scavenger hunt focuses on the final letter in CVC words - this is the sound of a letter that most children find easier to hear and discriminate than the middle sound but harder than the first sound Most young children love a game where they are active and looking for things and this scavenger hunt will be a fun way to combine this and practicing key literacy skills. Easy-Prep - Print and cut up the words and pictures and hide them around your room and/ or outdoors. Set the scene by reading the short passage and explaining what students have to do and hand out the answer sheets with a pencil and clipboard. Players find the 10 different pictures (with numbers), read the words with letters, decide which is the correct spelling and match them to the pictures. They record the letters underneath the number (of the matching picture) on the answer sheet which will give them 3 words - the mystery code. You will get: • 10 pictures • 40 words - students choose the correct spelling - each picture has 4 spelling options. • Answer sheet 1 - record the letters of the correct spellings to find the mystery words • Answer sheet 2 - record the numbers for the given letters (a CVC word) to reveal the secret 3-digit code • Answers for quick assessment You will also get: • Notes • a short introduction to set the scene • answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct • winners’ certificates • directions & FAQ’s Great for you: • Low-prep • Ideal for your literacy centre • Great as an independent activity • Use them in child-initiated learning time • Ideal if you need a quick resource e.g. for substitute days • Great for extra reading practice Great for your students: • Gives students opportunities to read CVC words and focus on the middle (vowel) sounds • Encourages students to work together in pairs and groups • The challenge to crack the 3-digit code will engage them Make it more interesting by using a 3-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with something inside - perhaps a coin, something related to your current topic, or a star certificates. If you like this resource, please rate & comment about it. Thank you. Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only

SUMMER Bookmarks to Colour Encourage reading by personalizing bookmarks, get your students excited about describing their favourite book, writing a short story or poem, remembering the times tables with these easy-prep activities. Maths - stop the ‘summer slide’ by giving them a couple of times table bookmarks to color in and use for their summer reading books and times tables Reading - talk to them about books for summer holiday reading, ask them to list the titles they are planning to read. Give them blank book review bookmarks to fill in when they have read the book, bring them back after the summer holidays. Alternatively use them when they come back so they can describe their favourite summer book - an easy-prep and fun lesson. These will make a great ‘Books I read in the Summer holidays’ class display Writing - encourage students to read poems over the summer holidays and write their favourite one to remind them of good poetry. Or get them to write down great vocabulary they hear - we call them ‘WOW’ words - and bring them in after the holidays. Ask students to write a short story and keep this in their book as a marker to encourage reading These bookmarks are great as stand-alone fun independent activities. Just before the holidays, teachers often look for a quick and easy prep activity that will keep the students occupied but which has an educational content. The finished bookmarks will also make a lovely Summer or Back-to-School display. The activities are perfect for easy-prep fun early finishers, centres, substitute teaching and Home Education You get 36 bookmarks: • with/ without lines for writing on • writing a short story,favourite poem or book review • planning a summer reading list • counting to 9/ 10 or in 2s • Number facts - 2 - 12 times tables Great for you: • Low-prep - print, cut up & ready • Great as a summer activity • Ideal for your summer or literacy centre • Great as an independent stand-alone task • Ideal for fun homework • Use them for early finishers • Ideal for writing about their favourite book/ poem/ story • Great if you need a quick resource e.g. for substitute days • Use them for handwriting practice Great for your students: • Popular activities that are easy to explain • Bookmarks will be personalized and therefore encourage reading • Fine motor skill activity to encourage using pencils correctly and efficiently Home Education: • Use these to write about books they have read or as a colouring/ design activity • Using bookmarks encourages reading Please check out My Website Instagram LinkedIn TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Copyright © OwletLearning

Looking for easy-prep phonics games to roll and read CVC words this summer? Get your reception students excited about reading VC , CCVC, CVCC and CCVCC words with these differentiated beach-themed fun activities. They will use their early reading skills to practice decoding, blending and reading and become more fluent and confident in these key early literacy skills. The resources are easy to use and great for independent activities as part of a phonics lesson or as an adult-led activity where you can assess and teach early reading strategies, sounds and letters. They are great opportunities to talk about grapheme-phoneme correspondences and blending sounds to read whole words. Differentiation is easy as there are 6 different games with increasingly more sounds and letters (please see below). With the cute beach clipart, which is also suitable for other times of the year, the games make reading CVC words in the summer fun. The activities are perfect for lessons, extra practice, early finishers, fun homework, centres, substitute teaching and Home Education. You will get: 6 Games CVC ** s a t p** –repeated words Words with graphemes s a t p i n m d –CVC VC VCC CVC s a t p i n m d g o c k CVC, CVCC CCVC s a t p i n m d g o c k e u r CVC, CVCC CCVC s a t p i n m d g o c k e u r h b f l CVC, CVCC CCVC CCVCC s a t p i n m d g o c k e u r h b f l j v w x y z Together with A blank template for your students to write their own words and create ‘personalized’ games templates for dice and spinners (1-4 and 1-6) with a summer theme - or use standard 1-6 dice templates for markers and patterns for the backs of games (or laminate 2 games back-to-back for students to go onto a more challenging game teaching notes Great for you: Easy-prep - print and you are ready Ideal opportunity to assess and teach about reading CVC words Great as independent activities as part of a phonics lesson Great for your literacy and summer/ beach/ outdoor centres Use them for morning work Ideal for fun homework Use them for early finishers Ideal for extra fun blending and reading practice Ideal if you need a resource e.g. for substitute days Great for your students: Popular and easy-to-understand game format Games encourage perseverance - who can get to the end first? Provides great opportunities to learn together If you like this resource, please leave a rating & comment about this resource. Thank you. Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning. All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only.

Looking for fun blending and segmenting games to spell CVC words? Get your (EYFS) reception children excited to practise early reading skills and say, segment, blend and make words with the letters on the dice to match the pictures. They will love these activities which will help them to recognise consonants and vowels and choose the correct ones to build the different words. Why choose dice rather than get pupils to write? Some children at this age may find writing tricky as they have not yet got the fine motor control to use a pencil accurately and can get frustrated easily, however we still want them to practice spelling. Building words using these dice makes ‘writing’, or spelling, fun. You can also use these as a Memory or Pairs game by printing the words and pictures and finding the pairs. Alternatively print out the words twice and match them. Use these games to revise and consolidate learning about blending and segmenting CVC words in fun ways. Pupils will become more confident and fluent in their spelling and reading. You will get: 3 games which have: • dice - 2 dice with consonants plus 2 vowel dice • words in colour with the middle vowel in black • words in colour with the middle vowel in black plus 3 dots under the 3 letters and arrows to show the direction of reading the word • words in in black and white to print directly to the back of the pictures for instant self-assessment. ( The words are ‘handed’ compared to the pictures so that you should be able to print this back-to-back with the pictures). • a table of which words are being used (Game 1 - 43 words, game 2 - 40 words, game 3 - 30 words. Please note that some words are used more than once). • instructions how to play the games - i.e. match the letters to the word or match the letters to the picture • teaching notes • patterns for the backs of words in case you would like to have a player read the word and the others spell this Great for you: • Ideal opportunity to assess and teach about blending and segmenting CVC words • Great as independent activities as part of a lesson • Great for your literacy/ reading centres • Use them for morning work • Ideal for fun homework • Use them for early finishers • Ideal for extra fun segmenting and spelling practice Great for your Pupils: • Popular to play & easy to understand activities • Great opportunities to learn together and discuss blending and segmenting with instant self-assessment If you like this resource, I would appreciate a review and thank you. Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only

Are you looking for end-of-year, easy-prep student reflections? There are literacy, reading, writing, maths, science, history, geography, RE, PE, PSHE, MFL, art, drama and computing evaluations plus an evaluation for overall learning. Use the 6 templates for students to write to the teacher they will have next year Differentiation is easy as there are prompts to scaffold their writing. Decide which of the subjects you would like your students to reflect upon or give them a choice. Discuss what key skills and topics they have learnt during the academic year beforehand to remind them of the entire 10 months or so. These resources are ideal for class teachers to make evaluations easy plus give helpful feedback for the following year. The next teacher will also find these useful as the prompts reflect on children’s self-refection about what they consider themselves to be good at and what they might need help with. The evaluations can create a useful back-to-school class display, reminding children of what they were thinking before the summer holidays. The resources are also useful for teachers covering PPA in several classes – use these in the last few weeks to round up the year and remind children of all the great learning they have done with you. Great for evidence too for subject leaders if you keep a few copies for your files. You will get: 20 evaluations 2 evaluations for: Reading Writing Maths Science PE 1 evaluation for History, geography, art, music, D&T, PSHE, MFL, drama, computing, music 1 evaluation for overall subject areas Great for you: Ideal opportunity to assess children’s learning Great as independent activities as part of a lesson Use them for morning work Use them for early finishers Ideal if you need a quick resource e.g. for PPA teachers These worksheets are suggested for Key Stage 2 students but may also be suitable for other year groups. If you like this resource, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a review and thank you. Thank you. Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning. All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only.

Make reading fun by using this easy-prep summer Scavenger Hunt comprehension activity with a seaside theme. Your Key Stage 2 students will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their reading skills to answer questions, unscramble the mystery words and crack the code. This engaging activity is perfect for using comprehension skills to find the answers and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code. Players use the cards to read short passages and find out about things that they might find on the beach - starfish, sand, hermit crabs etc. There are questions to be answered but they are on different cards therefore it is important to understand and remember what they have read. The answers are code words which will lead to letters to be unscrambled to lead to a mystery location. Who will be the first to find this? This activity makes reading and understanding fun and the competitive element will engage students. You will get: • 10 cards with a short passage to read and a question that relates to another card so students must understand and remember what they have read • Answer record sheet for each player or team - use the answers to find letters to unscramble and find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code As well as: • a short introduction to set the scene • answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct or not • seaside themed winners’ certificates • directions • The themes of the readings are all related to the seaside so ideal for summer • Prep is easy and quick – print & cut the cards into 2 and distribute these around the classroom or table and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. Great for you: • Low-prep • Ideal for your literacy and summer centres • Great as independent activities in a literacy lesson • Ideal if you need a quick resource These activities are suggested for Key Stage 2 – in particular Years 4 & 5 but may also be suitable for other years Great for your students: • Gives students opportunities to read carefully and remember what they have read • The challenge to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code will engage them • Great for working together Make it more interesting by using a 4-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with a prize inside: a seashell, sand, a picture, etc. If you like this resource, please a rating & comment about it. Thank you. You may also like Sea Life Ocean Vocabulary Trail Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author

Make reading fun by using this easy-prep Planets Scavenger Hunt comprehension activity. Your Key Stage 2 students will work individually, in pairs or small groups and use their reading skills to answer questions, unscramble the mystery words and crack the code. This engaging activity is perfect for using comprehension skills to find the answers and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code. Players use the cards to read short passages and find out about things that they might find in our solar system – planets. There are questions to be answered but they are on different cards therefore it is important to understand and remember what they have read. The answers are code words which will lead to letters to be unscrambled to lead to a mystery item. Who will be the first to find this? This activity makes reading and understanding fun and the competitive element will engage students. You will get: • 10 cards with a short passage to read and a question that relates to another card so students must understand and remember what they have read • Answer record sheet for each player or team - use the answers to find letters to unscramble and find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code As well as: • a short introduction to set the scene • answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct or not • Space themed winners’ certificates • directions • The themes of the readings are all related to the space • Prep is easy and quick – print & cut the cards into 2 and distribute these around the classroom or table and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. Great for you: • Low-prep • Ideal for your literacy • Great as independent activities in a literacy lesson • Ideal if you need a quick resource These activities are suggested for Key Stage 2 – in particular Years 4 & 5 but may also be suitable for other years Great for your students: • Gives students opportunities to read carefully and remember what they have read • The challenge to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code will engage them • Great for working together Make it more interesting by using a 4-digit lock and pre-setting the numbers to this code. It could even open a ‘treasure box’ with a something inside If you like this resource, please a rating & comment about it. Thank you. You may also like Sea Life Ocean Vocabulary Trail Please check out My Website TpT Store (USA) TES Shop (UK) Instagram LinkedIn Copyright © OwletLearning All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single classroom (and homework) only

Make reading and science fun by using this easy-prep Vocabulary Trail and Memory game cards with a sea life & ocean theme. Your Key Stage 2 students will work individually, in small groups and use their comprehension skills to match meanings and words, unscramble the mystery words and crack the code. There are 2 different resources - 10 words & meanings for a whole class vocabulary trail and 20 words & meanings as small cards to play popular games in small groups such as Memory, Pairs or Snap. These engaging activities are perfect for using comprehension skills to match the words and definitions and be the first to unlock the secret 4-digit code or be the one with the most cards at the end of a memory game. Players use the cards to read short science passages and find out about scientific vocabulary related to oceans. For the whole class activity, the answers will reveal letters which will give a ‘mystery code’ when these are unscrambled. For extra fun and as a challenge the answers can be used to give a secret 4-digit code. Who will be the first to find this? Who will get the most cards. The activities make reading and understanding fun and the competitive element will engage students. Differentiate the memory card game by including the 4 more challenging words and definitions or play a fast game of Snap to encourage skim reading. This is a great introduction and fun task for the start of a marine life or ocean topic or if you are having a ‘Looking after our world/ environment’ day or week. This is also ideal as a stand-alone comprehension activity. You will get: Vocabulary Trail • 10 cards with words & explanations • Answer record sheets for each player or team - use these answers to find letters to unscramble to find the mystery location and crack the 4-digit code You will also get: • a short introduction/story to set the scene • answers for you to assess instantly if they are correct so no long marking • ‘locks’ that can be printed off with the 4-digit answers • winners’ certificates • directions Memory Game 20 cards with • words • definitions • ‘I am a …’ statements - which some students might find easier The themes of the reading passages are all related to marine life & oceans. The resources are in color and black & white for more printing options. Prep is easy and quick - print, cut up the cards and distribute these around the classroom (for the vocabulary trail) and you are ready for a fun and engaging lesson. (If you do not want your students to roam around then have a set of cards for each table).