Ever been interested in a trip to Mars? Well, this handy guide (published in the mid 2030s) is here to help make that decision easier for you! A lovely fictional information text which will draw in your reluctant boy readers! This document has the following features: → An individually, purpose wrote text, specifically tailored for years 5 & 6 → Frequent use of exception words from the National Curriculum years 5 & 6 → A range of questions specifically taken from across the content domains → An appropriate range of questions, designed to mimic national testing for the following areas: retrieval, inference, comparison, prediction and summarisation → Promotes the use of dictionaries and thesauri to identify meanings of words, find synonyms and antonyms → Requires children to use evidence and quotes from the text to back up their arguments → Answers are provided in the word document and a purpose made PowerPoint that ‘picks apart’ each question and explains it clearly → Answers to the questions are provided within the same document (if you don’t want to use the PowerPoint) → Beautifully hand-drawn watercolour images to bring the text to life We have worked hard to analyse the content domains and the percentage coverage of these in end of year assessment papers from a range of assessment companies and has tailored the questions for this text to reflect those percentages children will face in assessment papers giving them the opportunity to practise answering questions of a similar nature. All text, images and documents belong to Primary Pros and cannot be reproduced without express permission from the author. Explore our other Year 5 & 6 Guided Reading Texts: Coming soon!

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 4 multiplication and division statement: recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Clearly shows how to recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations → A variety of examples used to demonstrate understanding → AfL embedded throughout, including answers → Learning Objective & differentiated success criteria → Animated count-down timer → Plenary to assess children’s progress The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities on one sheet from SEN, LA, MA, HA and Mastery Challenge → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 4 Multiplication and Division Lessons: Solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the distributive law to multiply two-digit numbers by 1 digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems such as n objects are connected to m objects Multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout Recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations Use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together 3 numbers Recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12

A beautifully created fact sheet that spans five pages with outstanding presentation. The engaging pictures and information along with question and answer sheets will engage even the most reluctant of readers! This document has the following features: → An individually, purpose wrote text, specifically tailored for years 3 & 4 → Frequent use of exception words from the National Curriculum years 3 & 4 → A range of questions specifically taken from across the content domains → An appropriate range of questions designed to test children’s knowledge of retrieval, inference and comparison in line with the National Curriculum requirements → Promotes the use of dictionaries to identify meanings of words → Requires children to use evidence and quotes from the text to back up their arguments → Requires children to summarise information from the text → Answers to the questions are provided within the same document → Beautifully hand-drawn watercolour images to bring the text to life We have worked hard to analyse the content domains and the percentage coverage of these in end of year assessment papers from a range of assessment companies and has tailored the questions for this text to reflect those percentages children will face in assessment papers giving them the opportunity to practise answering questions of a similar nature. All text, images and documents belong to Primary Pros and cannot be reproduced without express permission from the author.

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA & Mastery) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this National Curriculum Statement: Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables. The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity (plus extension) → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples → Both practise and quiz mode available within the PowerPoint → Learning Objective and differentiated success criteria which is clearly visible for all children → Animated count-down timer so children know how long they have left of the lesson (this is also good for teachers as it reminds you when to do mini-plenaries/feedback/etc). The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities on one sheet from SEN, LA, MA, HA and Mastery Challenge → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date (which automatically updates to the day you open the document) → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 3 Multiplication & Division Lessons: Recall and use multiplication facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables Write and calculate mathematical statements for division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods. Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 6 addition, subtraction, multiplication and division statement: divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Shows how to divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context → Careful step by step guidance that can be moved forwards and backwards through → Many opportunities for AfL → Plenary activity The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 6 Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division lessons: Multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using the formal written method of short division where appropriate, interpreting remainders according to the context Perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers

Please find within this download: Three detailed and engaging PowerPoints, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheets with Answer Sheets for a series of complete lessons on this Year 6 Place Value statement: Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit. The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Clear and precise instructions as to how we read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit → Clear and helpful explanations that are precisely animated → Careful step by step guidance that can be moved forwards and backwards through → Many opportunities for AfL → Plenary activity The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 6 Place Value Lessons: Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy Use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across 0 Solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 4 fractions statement: recognise and write decimal equivalents to 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4 The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Shows how decimals are linked to fractions through the use of bar models → A variety of different examples of decimals/fractions visually displayed using a variety of images and pictures → Clear and precise instructions as to how we recognise and write decimal equivalents to 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4 → Careful step by step guidance that can be moved forwards and backwards through → Many opportunities for AfL → Plenary activity The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 4 Fraction Lessons: Recognise and write decimal equivalents to 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4 Find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths Round decimals with 1 decimal place to the nearest whole number Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to 2 decimal places Solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to 2 decimal places

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 4 Place Value statement: count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1,000. The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity and extension → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Shows how to use physical number line to count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000 → The number lines are not just limited to starting at 0, but give examples of starting at numbers other than 0, for example 2 or -250. → Learning Objective and differentiated success criteria which is clearly visible for all children → Animated count-down timer so children know how long they have left of the lesson (this is also good for teachers as it reminds you when to do mini-plenaries/feedback/etc). The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 4 Place Value Lessons: Count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1,000 Find 1,000 more or less than a given number Count backwards through 0 to include negative numbers Recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (1,000s, 100s, 10s, and 1s) Order and compare numbers beyond 1,000 Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 4 position and direction statement: describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity (plus extension) → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Shows how to write down different co-ordinates → Shows how to plot co-ordinates → Specifically shows how to Describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant → Learning Objective & differentiated success criteria which is clearly visible for all children → Animated count-down timer → Plenary activity to help children embed knowledge of x co-ordinate first, followed by the y co-ordinate. The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 4 Position & Direction Lessons: Describe positions on a 2D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant Describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down Plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 6 fractions statement: solve problems which require answers to be rounded to specified degrees of accuracy. The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Shows how to solve problems which require answers to be rounded to specified degrees of accuracy → Careful step by step guidance that can be moved forwards and backwards through → Many opportunities for AfL → Plenary activity The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 6 fraction lessons: Coming soon!

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 6 algebra statement: generate and describe linear number sequences The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Shows how to generate and describe linear number sequences → Careful step by step guidance that can be moved forwards and backwards through → Many opportunities for AfL → Plenary activity The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 6 Algebra lessons: Coming soon!

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 6 measurement statement: recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes and calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles. The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Shows how to use recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes and calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles. → Careful step by step guidance that can be moved forwards and backwards through → Many opportunities for AfL → Plenary activity The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 6 Measurement lessons: Coming soon!

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 6 measurement statement: recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa. The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples and pictures to aid learning → Shows how to recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa → Careful step by step guidance that can be moved forwards and backwards through → Many opportunities for AfL → Plenary activity The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 6 Measurement lessons: Coming soon!

Please find within this download: A detailed and engaging PowerPoint, Differentiated (SEN, LA, MA, HA, Mastery and Greater Depth) Worksheet with Answer Sheet for a complete lesson on this Year 4 Properties of Shape objective: compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes. The PowerPoint has the following features: → Differentiated starter activity → Extremely logical and simplistic explanations with animated examples → Shows the key vocabulary for this objective and clearly walks through faces, edges, vertices and angles giving visual representations to describe the vocabulary 'in action’ → A variety of different examples of 2D and 3D shapes, discussing how we identify their features → Clear and precise instructions as to how to identify the features of these shapes → Shows how to compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes → Learning Objective and differentiated success criteria → Animated count-down timer → Plenary activity to stretch learners knowledge The Word Document has the following features: → Differentiated activities from SEN to greater depth → Coloured activity boxes to help you quickly assign tasks to children → Learning objective and short date which automatically show the correct date → Differentiated success criteria that link with the PowerPoint → Answer sheet included for all questions Explore our other Year 4 Properties of Shapes Lessons: Compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes Identify acute and obtuse angles and compare and order angles up to 2 right angles by size Identify lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes presented in different orientations Complete a simple symmetric figure with respect to a specific line of symmetry

A story about two slaves who dare to dream. Lekk and Kalino try to escape from a life of hardship underneath an Egyptian sun. The Pharaoh’s war goes badly and the guards, forever feriocious, are smaller in number than usual as they plot their escape… This document has the following features: → An individually, purpose wrote text, specifically tailored for years 5 & 6 → Perfect for SATs preparation → Frequent use of exception words from the National Curriculum years 5 & 6 → A range of questions specifically taken from across the content domains → An appropriate range of questions, designed to mimic national testing for the following areas: retrieval, inference, comparison, prediction and summarisation → Promotes the use of dictionaries and thesauri to identify meanings of words, find synonyms and antonyms → Requires children to use evidence and quotes from the text to back up their arguments → Answers are provided in the word document and a purpose made PowerPoint that ‘picks apart’ each question and explains it clearly → Answers to the questions are provided within the same document (if you don’t want to use the PowerPoint) → Beautifully hand-drawn watercolour images to bring the text to life We have worked hard to analyse the content domains and the percentage coverage of these in end of year assessment papers from a range of assessment companies and has tailored the questions for this text to reflect those percentages children will face in assessment papers giving them the opportunity to practise answering questions of a similar nature. All text, images and documents belong to Primary Pros and cannot be reproduced without express permission from the author. Explore our other Year 5 & 6 Guided Reading Texts: Coming soon!

A fictional tale about a scientist travelling to another planet and writing a report about a beautifully cute animal that is native to it. The plight of these cute animals and the dangers they face provides an intriguing text for children to read. This document has the following features: → An individually, purpose wrote text, specifically tailored for years 5 & 6 → Perfect for SATs preparation → Frequent use of exception words from the National Curriculum years 5 & 6 → A range of questions specifically taken from across the content domains → An appropriate range of questions, designed to mimic national testing for the following areas: retrieval, inference, comparison, prediction and summarisation → Promotes the use of dictionaries and thesauri to identify meanings of words, find synonyms and antonyms → Requires children to use evidence and quotes from the text to back up their arguments → Answers are provided in the word document and a purpose made PowerPoint that ‘picks apart’ each question and explains it clearly → Answers to the questions are provided within the same document (if you don’t want to use the PowerPoint) → Beautifully hand-drawn watercolour images to bring the text to life We have worked hard to analyse the content domains and the percentage coverage of these in end of year assessment papers from a range of assessment companies and has tailored the questions for this text to reflect those percentages children will face in assessment papers giving them the opportunity to practise answering questions of a similar nature. All text, images and documents belong to Primary Pros and cannot be reproduced without express permission from the author. Explore our other Year 5 & 6 Guided Reading Texts: Coming soon!

A poem about one seedlings pursuit of life, growth and desire to succeed in all that it does. The poem takes the reader through the journey of the seedlings life: from the moment it sprouts into existence to the decline in its old age. This document has the following features: → An individually, purpose wrote text, specifically tailored for years 5 & 6 → Perfect for SATs preparation → Frequent use of exception words from the National Curriculum years 5 & 6 → A range of questions specifically taken from across the content domains → An appropriate range of questions, designed to mimic national testing for the following areas: retrieval, inference, comparison, prediction and summarisation → Promotes the use of dictionaries and thesauri to identify meanings of words, find synonyms and antonyms → Requires children to use evidence and quotes from the text to back up their arguments → Answers are provided in the word document and a purpose made PowerPoint that ‘picks apart’ each question and explains it clearly → Answers to the questions are provided within the same document (if you don’t want to use the PowerPoint) → Beautifully hand-drawn watercolour images to bring the text to life We have worked hard to analyse the content domains and the percentage coverage of these in end of year assessment papers from a range of assessment companies and has tailored the questions for this text to reflect those percentages children will face in assessment papers giving them the opportunity to practise answering questions of a similar nature. All text, images and documents belong to Primary Pros and cannot be reproduced without express permission from the author. Explore our other Year 5 & 6 Guided Reading Texts: Coming soon!

A detailed information text all about honey bees. The text discusses the different roles of bees within the hive, the different bees which live there and the life cycle of bees along with some interesting additional facts. This document has the following features: → An individually, purpose wrote text, specifically tailored for years 5 & 6 → Perfect for SATs preparation → Frequent use of exception words from the National Curriculum years 5 & 6 → A range of questions specifically taken from across the content domains → An appropriate range of questions, designed to mimic national testing for the following areas: retrieval, inference, comparison, prediction and summarisation → Promotes the use of dictionaries and thesauri to identify meanings of words, find synonyms and antonyms → Requires children to use evidence and quotes from the text to back up their arguments → Answers are provided in the word document and a purpose made PowerPoint that ‘picks apart’ each question and explains it clearly → Answers to the questions are provided within the same document (if you don’t want to use the PowerPoint) → Beautifully hand-drawn watercolour images to bring the text to life We have worked hard to analyse the content domains and the percentage coverage of these in end of year assessment papers from a range of assessment companies and has tailored the questions for this text to reflect those percentages children will face in assessment papers giving them the opportunity to practise answering questions of a similar nature. All text, images and documents belong to Primary Pros and cannot be reproduced without express permission from the author. Explore our other Year 5 & 6 Guided Reading Texts: Coming soon!