I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
This is a cut and paste resource relating to the alphabet. Aimed at students learning upper and lower letters.
A useful resource when you are introducing a new letter of the alphabet.
<strong>Content: </strong>
• Upper case letters with pictures
• Lower case letters with pictures
• (3 sheets) - Alphabet Pictures a to z -
There are 4 pictures for each letter of the alphabet (except for ‘x’)
• Example of a worksheet for letter C
• Set of plain letters
<strong>Activities:</strong>
Introduce the letter you are working on, e.g. T or t, and ask children what words begin with that letter.
As an independent activity - set out a selection of pictures with different letter sounds for children to choose the correct pictures to stick around the letter ‘t’. See preview pane example for letter ‘c’.
Children can decorate the letter after their cut and paste activity
More able children can draw more pictures for their letter and label their pictures.
Also included: Extra set of large upper and lower plain letters.
File Type: Pdf and Publisher.
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This product contains worksheets relating to pairs of matching onset and rime CVC words.
A lovely addition to your phonics lesson to support phonic work.
It consists of 2 sets of 54 worksheets together with picture and word cards in color and black and white.
Teacher’s Notes included for suggested activities.
Students look at the picture and say what it is. Then they color in the letters that make that word. When they have colored in the letter, the children rearrange them to spell the word and write it on the handwriting guide line.
If some students get stuck, I have included word cards with the same pictures which you can put in the middle of the table for the students to find that matching picture that is also on the worksheet. With the help of the card, students can color in the correct letters on the worksheet.
Please see Preview pane.
CVC words used
cat, rat, bag, tag, van, man, sad, pad, nun, sun, hut, cut, net, jet, hen, pen, leg, peg, pin, tin, hot, pot, dog, log, bed, red, bug, jug, zip, rip and lip, cap, map, mop, hop, fox, box, sit, hit, pig, wig, six, mix, sob, cob, ham, yam, pod, rod, tub, cub, mud, bud, sum and gum.
File Type: PDF
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cvc-onset-rime-worksheets-read-colour-write-teacher-notes-keystage-1-11685278
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This is an assembly/lesson presentation about St. Andrew’s Day celebrated on 30 November and its connection to Scotland.
There are are teachers’ notes to guide you through the assembly. Slides are referred to.
Aimed at: KS1/Lower KS2
It is a 54-Slide PowerPoint Presentation divided into different sections with supporting worksheets/activities.
Learning Objectives: To learn about St. Andrew and how he became the patron saint of Scotland.
Pupils learn:
• St. Andrew was one of the twelve disciples
• Why is he the patron saint of Scotland
• Scotland’s flag which features the saltire
• The Declaration of Arbroath – St. Andrew’s connection - Useful Slides (you can edit out)
• Various legends surrounding St. Andrew’s Day – St. Rule (Regulus), Pictish King Angus mac Fergus, Bishop Acca of Hexham
• How the thistle became Scotland’s national flower
• St. Andrew’s Day celebrations in different countries
• How Scotland celebrates – traditional food, dance, music and parades
• Optional videos links to watch (BBC for younger audiences) – Video 1 (4 mins) and Video 2 (8 mins) – showing how two brothers celebrate St. Andrew’s Day in Scotland from their point of view.
• Reflection – pupils are asked to recap on the assembly/lesson via pictures on Slide 50
• Pupils reflect on how to be kind and thoughtful
• Optional prayer to finish assembly/lesson
There are questions to ask during assembly – interaction with the pupils.
Additional Work or use as homework for consolidation:
Reading comprehension - (2 pages - 9 questions with suggested answers)
Observational drawing of Scotland’s national flower - you can bring in a real thistle or use the picture.
Colour in and answer questions about the saltire activity
Match pictures to labels activity – Scotland’s traditional dishes
Match pictures to description of traditional dishes activity
Word Search with Solution
File Type: PowerPoint Presentation, Word Format and PDF. It is also in a zip file (Just right click and extract files).
You can edit the presentation to suit your class or assembly group.
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The product relates to a 10 to 15 mins assembly on The Good Samaritan.
Aimed at Foundation/Keystage 1/2.
<strong>Content:</strong>
27 Slides - PowerPoint Presentation - Telling of the parable and what it means to be a neighbour, Reflection - relate to children’s experiences of helping and being considerate and kind to everybody.
There is an optional end of assembly prayer on Slide 27.
Teacher’s Assembly Guide (2 pages) - This guides you through the assembly with extra notes. The slides are referred to.
2 Optional worksheets for post-assembly work. More able writers recount the parable and the second worksheet contains pictures to help recount the parable.
Please see the preview pane.
File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF.
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You may be interested in a 1 hour structured lesson on the Good Samaritan:
Presentation, Lesson Plan, Differentiated Worksheet and Cut and Paste Activities
The Parable of the Lost Son - Forgiveness
This product relates to the topic on The Good Samaritan.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/2
Curriculum links: Religious education, literacy and PSHE.
Additional worksheets to support children’s literacy skills.
They cover:
Differentiated reading comprehension worksheets. One of the reading comprehension worksheet is in cursive font.
Sorting jumbled sentences so they make sense and adding a full stop
Cloze activity - read text and fill in the missing words using the words from the word bank
Work on homophones - 1. Children write the correct word in the box. 2. Write sentences using the highlighted words.
Includes Answer Sheets.
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This bundle relates to the topic on The Good Samaritan in religious studies. I have bundled all three products.
Content:
Ready-made Assembly Presentation (27 Slides)
Lesson Presentation (23 Slides) together with
Flexible 1 hour Lesson Plan with learning objectives and success criteria - Starter activities, main lesson and plenary.
A total of 10 worksheet activities including cut and paste to consolidate children’s learning.
Option of two short animation videos on the topic from BBC Teach and Miracle of Mercy links.
Lots of opportunities for listening and speaking, writing and literacy skills. Children also learn how to be a good citizen by learning what it is to be a good neighbour.
File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF.
Please look at the preview panes for worksheets.
This product relates to final consonant blends or clusters endings. Please see worksheet activities.
Content:
• Endings Blends Match (3worksheets)
• Making Words with Ending Blends (3 worksheets)
• Colouring activity – Which Word? (3 worksheets)
• Differentiated Cut and paste activities (4 worksheets)
• Cut and paste activities - Consonant Final Blends Sort (4 worksheets)
• Completing sentences with the correct word (2 worksheets)
• Two Word Searches with Solution
The final blends used in this product are:
ct nd ft nk lp nt lk pt lt sk ld sp mp st lf
• Endings Blends Match (3 worksheets)
Students look at the picture and then draw a line from the beginning of the word to the picture and then to the ending blend to spell the word. See the first example on the worksheet.
• Making Words with Ending Blends (3 worksheets)
Students can choose any of the final consonant blends to complete the words below the boxes. Once they have made word, the students draw a picture to go with the word because two words can be made with be__ , i.e. best or bend. Both are correct as they are real words.
• Colouring activity – Which Word? (3 worksheets)
Students sound out the word that goes with the picture in the centre and then colour the correct word that goes with the picture.
As an extension activity, on a separate sheet, students can write a sentence with the words that are not coloured in.
• Differentiated Cut and paste activities (4 worksheets)
The first set of worksheets do not contain pictures.
Students cut out the ending blends and match it to the correct starting letters to make a word.
When they have made a word, they write out the word neatly on the handwriting lines.
Some of your students may need pictures to help them join the ending blends to the letters to make a word. For each word the students make, they can sound out the letters.
** • Cut and paste Consonant Final Blends sort (4 Sheets)**
Students sort the pictures into the correct column. They finish off the word with the correct final blends.
• Completing sentences with the correct word
(Differentiated worksheets)
Students read the sentences and then choose the correct word so that the sentences make sense.
2 Word Searches with pictures to colour in.
File Type: Word and PDF
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30 Initial Consonant Blends Worksheets
UPDATED with 26 extra worksheets for differentiation.
Aimed at Keystage1/Lower Keystage 2.
These worksheets are based on the 22 initial consonant blends. It is part of a large resource pack - see below.
You may only require the worksheets which can be used in the classroom, as homework or as revision.
The worksheets include:
Cloze activities on all the initial consonants - children read each sentence and choose the appropriate to complete the sentence so that it makes sense - A choice of two words. There is a mini word search at the end.
Worksheet (1 page) Matching words to pictures by drawing a line.
Worksheets - Making words from a set of consonant blends, e.g. children will see missing gaps in a word - e.g. __ __ am. They can choose any of the initial consonant blends in the box below to make a word, e.g. slam or pram or tram.
Matching initial consonant blends to pictures
Trace over initial consonant blends and match to the correct pictures
Revision worksheets to consolidate their learning.
Please see preview pane.
This worksheet resource is part of a larger pack:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-initial-consonant-blends-presentations-plans-listening-audio-worksheets-activities-11607482
This bundle contains St Valentine themed resources - worksheets, activities, presentations.
The resources can be used as revision, homework or as standalone lessons.
Content:
- Teacher Notes (x3)
- Assembly Presentation
Literacy
-St. Valentine Day's Lesson Presentation
- Worksheet - Writing activity on St. Valentine's Day
- Worksheets on jumbled sentences and words
- 2 Word Searches in upper and lower case letters
- Reading Comprehension
- Guided reading activities
- Phonics CVC Words Worksheets
- Cracking codes to spell colour/color words
Maths
Work on tally charts, pictograms and block graphs and interpreting data
Counting and matching up
Addition and Subtraction problem-solving Number and Picture Pattern Sequences
- Completing addition equation
- Missing number of hearts and roses activity
- Number match jigsaw puzzle pieces
- Simple colour by number activity
Other Topics
- Mixing colours activity
- Valentine's Day Emotions/Feelings Worksheets
Activities include worksheets and cut and stick activities.
Please see Preview Panes for more information.
For more detailed description, please see individual resources.
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This is a lesson/assembly presentation resource on St Valentine's Day, February 14.
Learning Aims: To learn who was Saint Valentine and his connection to St Valentine’s Day.
Aimed at: Reception/KS1
Content:
- Teacher Notes on The Story of St Valentine referring to Slide numbers
- Teacher Notes on Assembly Presentation
- 22 Slide PowerPoint Presentation
- Worksheet 1 – Writing - Love is …
- Worksheet 2 – Jumbled Words and Sentences Activity - with Answer Sheet
- 2 Word Searches – Upper and lower case letters - with Solutions
This resource can be used as a 1 hour lesson and I have uploaded Teacher Notes/Guide which contains starter activity, main lesson and plenary. Slides are referred to in the Teacher Notes/Guide.
I have also included Teacher Notes/Guide on Assembly with options to delete slides for a 10 to 15 mins assembly.
The Presentation begins with a starter activity - the Lead up to St Valentines - stores displaying Valentine related items.
It then leads into the story of St Valentine, his run-in with Claudius II, curing the jailers blind daughter and symbols relating to the celebration.
Reflection - Children learn that Valentine's Day isn't just about romance but has other meanings, e.g. Love is patience, kindness etc.
Consolidation
Worksheet 1 - children write in a few sentences what love is... An example is given
Worksheet 2 - Jumbled sentences and words - children rearrange each sentence and add a full stop. The second part is to sort out jumbled words using the pictures as clues.
2 Word Searches containing related vocabulary - in upper and lower case letters.
Please look at examples of the slides in the preview pane.
File Type: PowerPoint Presentation, Word and PDF formats.
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This product relates to alphabet activities for Reception/Year 1, SEN and ESL/EFL/ESOL.
Learning Objectives: To begin to learn about alphabetic order and matching upper to lower case letters. To identify initial sounds.
Content:
• Teacher’s notes
• 2 Sets of Aa-Zz puzzle pieces – Cut/paste
• Aa-Zz -Matching letters of the alphabet to pictures
• Aa-Zz - Tracing over letters and matching to pictures
Description
Cut and Paste to match Puzzle pieces
Place a selection of Aa – Zz puzzle sheets on tables for children to cut out and match upper and lower case letters and stick into workbook or on a separate sheet of paper.
They can trace inside the letters with different colour pencils (rainbow tracing).
For the capital letter part of the puzzle ask children to write words beginning with capital letters such as their name if it begins with that letter, a city, day or month, a place of interest etc and draw pictures.
For the lower case part of the puzzle, ask children to write and draw things beginning with that letter that does not always begin with a capital letter.
Please see sample preview in preview pane.
Matching letters to pictures and colour activity
‘Aa is for’ to ‘Zz is for’ activity – tell children they need to colour in the picture that begins with that letter and not to colour in the other pictures.
Tracing over letters and matching to pictures
This alphabet activity is similar to the above except that the children trace over the dots.
File Type: Word and PDF
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For US version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12693309
I have now bundled the mixed CVC Presentations and worksheets together as they relate to mixed CVC words.
The set of 6 interactive PowerPoint Presentations are great time-saving assets to any phonic sessions.
They are easy to use and students will enjoy cooperative learning - think, pair share.
The 20 worksheets are additional resources for children to practice what they have been learning.
The worksheets include reading simple high frequency sight words.
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This resource contains three PowerPoint Presentations on mixed phonics CVC words.
Teacher’s Guide included.
Phonics Input Sessions: Segment and blend CVC words orally and in writing.
These presentations can cover numerous phonic sessions.
Play in Slide Show
Each presentation contains 80 slides and has three different functions - see below
The presentations are set up so that you have to click on the arrows, home, end slide function buttons. To reveal the letters in each word, you have to click on the purple squares.
Click on any slide you want to use by going back and forth on the arrows.
You can end the Slide Show at any time, click on END SLIDE SHOW>.
In Slide Show you can use the forward/backward arrows to select the slides you want to use in your phonics lesson. This is so convenient as you can choose the words you want to focus on.
Children will see a picture for each word.
Suggested Activities
What’s the missing phoneme?
The CVC words are covered up ready to be revealed when you click on a square.
You can differentiate the lesson by revealing two letters at a time and asking children to say and/or write what they think the missing phoneme is.
• Click on the squares to reveal the letters you want in the lesson.
• The children use the pictures as a visual aid to help them say or write the missing phoneme.
What are the missing phoneme?
• You can make the lesson more challenging by only revealing one phoneme and the children write or say the two missing phonemes.
What’s the picture – Segment and blend CVC words
You can assess how well the children segment and blend the CVC words.
Select any slide in Slide Show.
Ask the children what the picture is. You can prompt them if they are not sure.
Get them to say the letters by sounding out and blending.
Ask them to write the word on their whiteboards and then show you.
You can reveal the answers by clicking on the squares.
Alternatively, tell you the children you are going to show them slides of pictures and they have, e.g. a few seconds, to write the letter that corresponds to each phoneme on their whiteboards and then show you on their mini- whiteboards.
I have also upload a PowerPoint Timer, timed at 2 mins and 5 mins as an option to use.
Please see Preview Pane on the words used in this resource.
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Presentation and worksheet resources for special day topics - re Anzac Day. It includes:
-Presentation lesson/Assembly on what happens on Anzac Day plus a weblink .
-Presentation on the Legend of Simpson and his Donkey in Gallipoli and follow-up factsheets and reading comprehension worksheets.
Presentation on the history of Anzac biscuits and follow-up reading comprehension worksheets.
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A lovely addition to work on weather and seasons.
The worksheets contain facts about snow, sleet and hail which the children will enjoy reading about.
All the worksheets are on PPT and pdf. So you can pre-teach any vocabulary.
In the gap-filling tasks, students work in pairs and have to work together to complete their respective worksheets.
<strong>This resource comprises:</strong>
• two non-fiction reading comprehensions plus questions.
• two gap-filling exercises – Pair work collaboration is required.
<strong>How we get snow and sleet - Reading comprehension</strong>
Students read the text and answer 5 questions. They look for the answers in the text, tick correct statements and write full answers.
Gap-filling activity – Students work in pairs to complete the missing information in Worksheet A and Worksheet B.
Partner A will have worksheet A and Partner B will have worksheet B.
In order to complete their worksheets, the students will have to read together to fill in the missing words on their respective worksheets.
<strong>How we get hail - Reading comprehension</Strong>
Students read the text and answer 5 questions. Students are required to look for the answers in the text, tick true or false statements and say why, write full answers and make a list.
Gap-filling activity – Students work in pairs to complete the missing information in Worksheet A and Worksheet B.
As above, Partner A will have worksheet A and Partner B will have worksheet B.
In order to complete their worksheets, the students will have to read together to fill in the missing words on their respective worksheets.
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This product contains additional worksheets for the unit on weather and seasons. It entails reading, writing and sketching.
<strong>Content:</strong>
Worksheet – Describing Clouds
Worksheet – What Am I?
Additional worksheets for the weather and seasons unit.
<strong>Describing Clouds (1 page)</strong>
Student describe pairs of clouds to show how they are different from each other, and then draw/sketch a picture. They can sketch from memory or look up images of these clouds in non-fiction books or on the computer.
For example, on the worksheet, students will see that the ‘Cirrus and Nimbostratus’ clouds are sub-headings; the ‘Cumulus and Cumulonimbus’ are sub-headings and the ‘Cirrocumulus and Altocumulus’ are sub-headings.
Once the worksheet is completed, students can see the difference between the sets of clouds.
<strong>What Am I? Worksheets (2 pages) + Answer Sheets</strong>
There are 5 clouds containing descriptions.
Students read the description in each cloud and write the name of the cloud that is described and then draw a picture of it.
An Answer Sheet is provided with these worksheets.
Download: 6 pages - right click on zip file and then open the folder.
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This Weather Bundle contains:
PowerPoint Presentations on the water cycle and clouds
Flexible Lesson Plans
Matching Activities
Cut and Paste Tasks
Reading Comprehensions - Snow, Sleet and Hail
Worksheets
Flash cards for water cycle and clouds
Weather Instruments
Fun stuff
Students will learn about the water cycle and types of clouds and types of precipitation, i.e. why some clouds produce rain, snow, sleet and hail.
Lots of resources are to hand.
Some preparation is required such as printing and laminating small photos of clouds for matching activities.
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Teacher’s notes/guide (2 pages)
A great addition to your weather unit activities.
The product contains:
• Letterings that spell ‘WEATHER INSTRUMENTS’
• 17 Posters with photos and description for wall display
• 9 Factsheet Posters with clipart weather instruments
• 9 Worksheets
• 9 Blank writing slips for students to complete
• 9 cut and glue match up weather activity
LO: To learn weather instruments and what they are used for.
Includes lesson starter.
Letterings that spell ‘WEATHER INSTRUMENTS’
Seasonal lettering designs and plain white lettering that spell out weather instruments in upper case. Just print, laminate and cut around letters and attach to your wall display.
17 posters for display show photographs of each instrument and some facts. The posters are also on PowerPoint so that you can read them through with your class. Weather instruments:
Anemometer
Atmometer
Barometer
Wind vane
Wind sock
Hygrometer
Thermometer
Sling psychrometer
Weather balloon
Weather satellite
Rain gauge
Snow gauge
Pilot Balloon
Weather map
Weather radar
Stevenson screen
These factsheet posters will help students complete their independent activities.
9 Factsheets clipart weather instruments
These can be used as flashcards and/or you can also put a selection on students’ desks to complete their independent activities. <strong>The main weather instruments are: Anemometer, Barometer, Wind vane, Wind sock, Hygrometer, Thermometer, Weather balloon, Weather satellite and Rain gauge.</strong>
Independent work
9 Worksheets: The more able students can complete the whole page worksheets. They write one or more facts about the instrument shown. Their writing should contain a lot more detail which they can obtain from the factsheets.
Activity 1 - Cut out lined strips with picture of weather instrument: For students who can write one or two sentences about the weather instrument. Write the instrument and a sentence about it.
Activity 2 – Read and match, cut and glue activity: Each strip of paper has a picture of a weather instrument and on a separate bit of paper is a description of an instrument. Students read the description of an instrument and then glue it to the correct picture on the strip of paper.
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This product is on the topic of All About Me.
Aimed at: Reception/Year1 and Year 2.
Use for ESL/EFL students for speaking about themselves and about other people.
<strong>Content:</strong>
• Teacher Notes (2 pages)
• 42 Question Cards (colour and plain background) – Laminate and cut out
• Rules for whole class activities using the question cards
• Digit cards 1 – 32 (patterned and plain): Laminate and cut out
• Worksheet (1 page)
• Blank question and digit cards for your use
**The question cards can be used in various ways. **
This is option 2. Arrange students in a semi-circle.
Whole class activity – Laminate and cut out the flashcard numbers and randomly hand them out to the students.
Print, laminate and cut out the question cards and place a selection in the centre.
You select a question card and then to choose a student to answer the question, say ‘I want whoever has number 7 to answer the question.’
The student that has card number 7 answers the question.
If you would like other students to answer the same question, then just say e.g. ‘I want whoever has card number, e.g. 23, to answer the same question.’
Depending on timing, you can decide on how many questions to select from the pack.
Working in Pairs or small groups
Students shuffle some question cards and lay them face down on the table.
They take turns to turn over a card and ask each other questions.
Worksheet – All About Me
This is a single worksheet for students to complete.
Activities on the worksheet:
Draw a picture of themselves;
write their name
Age
Birth date
Write the colour of their hair and colour in the picture
Write the colour of their eyes and colour in the eye picture
Complete the six boxes.
The 42 question cards are also on PowerPoint and editable.
Extra blank cards - Askt students to write their own questions for others to answer.
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-about-me-pshe-presentations-and-question-name-generator-activity-sheets-question-cards-11354873
This bundle contains a lot of activities for children to get used to writing numbers in words.
The bundle also includes literacy and numeracy skills such as listing numbers, counting, doubling how to write numbers in words.
Content:
Lesson Plans
Presentations (includes whole class activities)
Variety of Worksheets
Practical activities
Please see individual resources for full description.