This resource contains two sets of reading comprehension passages relating to the Pilgrims (known as Separatists) and the Puritans (non Separating Puritans) and the Church of England. The aim of each reading comprehension is to show the differences and similarities between these Puritan sects. You could use this resource as additional information to your Thanksgiving lesson or history lesson on the Puritans in England. Please note: It does not include the Mayflower Compact or the Thanksgiving Feast with the Wampanoags. Content: Teacher Notes Card 1: Who are the Pilgrims with 12 comprehension questions Card 2: Who are the Puritans with 7 comprehension questions Worksheet - Gap filling activity on the Pilgrims Worksheet - Gap filling activity on the Puritans Information sheet on the Congregational Way Also includes PDF fillable spaces which can be completed on digital devices. UK and US spelling. The comprehension activities include: Finding evidence in the reading passages Vocabulary work Comparing Card 1 and Card 2 Tick box answers Students giving their own opinion Includes specimen answers - Gap filling activities: Student A and B work together to complete their worksheets. Student A has the information that is missing on Student B’s worksheet and vice versa. The students are encouraged to read together to complete the activity. Learning Objectives: To know the differences and similarities of the Pilgrims and the Puritans. To know that the Pilgrims and the Puritans settled in different colonies. Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This product is divided into reading and writing. It contains a reading comprehension and questions, gap filling activities and an optional project-based activity which entails drafting and writing about Ruby Bridges. Ideal as a standalone lesson. Teacher notes included. Content: Reading comprehension passage (1 page) Comprehension Questions 1 (6 questions) - with Answer sheet Comprehension Questions 2 (6 questions) - with Answer sheet Section A: Making list activity - students list good/bad things they liked about the Ruby Bridges story; Section B: Students write questions they would like to ask if they met Ruby Cloze Activity/Filling in missing words using the word banks Drafting and writing: Cards 1 to 9: With questions and information for students to research and write notes. The cards are in colour and b/w - laminate and cut out. Blank writing sheet for drafting Blank writing sheet for final draft Example notes and writing to show students. UK and US Spelling included (1 page) Option of two paper sizes: A4 and US letter size:) Thank you for visiting my shop:) You may be interested in another Ruby Bridges reading comprehension for younger children: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-comprehension-passage-questions-worksheets-ruby-bridges-black-history-month-12256410

This resource relates to ordinal numbers in figures and words. There is a cut and paste Royal family activity to do - Who is next in line to the throne? There are also matching ordinal numbers to words and cut and paste putting the months of the year in order. These worksheets are great for independent work or group work. You can even send home worksheets for homework and/or distance learning. Content • Royal Family worksheet to complete. (Cut/paste activity) • Royal Photos to cut out sheet • Differentiated worksheet on Royal family with arrow tags • A set of colorful ordinal numbers arrows • Worksheet – Match up ordinal numbers and words • Worksheet – Ordinal Numbers Missing Gaps 1st to 20th • Worksheet (x2) – Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers Activity • Worksheet A– Activities using colors on the position of beads • Worksheet B – Ordinal Numbers and Counting On • Worksheet C – Ordinal Numbers and Counting Back • Worksheet – Following directions to complete ordinal activity • Worksheet (Cut/paste) – Ordering months of the year • Worksheet – Line up for lunch activity and answering questions • Cut/Paste Activity - Ordering Animal Cards using ordinal numbers 21st to 30th. The story to this activity is that Jan has pasted down her 20th animal card and now needs help to sort and glue down the rest of her collection in the correct ordinal order. Please see preview pane. I have included Teacher’s Notes describing the activities. (2 pages) LO: To be able to read and write ordinal numbers To know ordinal numbers tell us a position and/or order in a list You may be interested in the UK version: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12282464 Thank you for visiting my store:)

The resource is a short reading comprehension passage about Saint Valentine with multiple choice questions and true and false statements. The text is suitable for KS1 and above. The story is also presented on PowerPoint so that you can read aloud to the whole class. In addition, you can make a booklet to use as guided reading and for students to complete the associated activities. Content: Story on PowerPoint Presentation Hard copy of the story in colour and b/w so that you can make a booklet 6 Multiple choice questions sheet with Answer Key 6 True or False sentences with Answer Key Word work on synonyms, antonyms and making -s or -es plurals Match up picture to words activity sheet with Answer Key The booklet is in colour and black and white. Total page download including answer sheets: 23 You have a choice of 2 paper sizes: A4 or US letter size. Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This science unit on plants and flowering plants and their life cycle comprises 6 lessons. There are 6 PowerPoint presentations with whole class activities, some quick recap quizzes, lesson plans, flash cards and differentiated worksheets. Content • Lesson 1 PowerPoint re: Flowers (17 Slides) with whole class activities. • Lesson 2 PowerPoint re: Bean Plant (14 Slides) with whole class activities. • Lesson 3 PowerPoint re: Fruit and their Seeds (10 Slides) with whole class activities. • Lesson 4 PowerPoint re: Practical lesson on planting a bean to grow a bean plant (6 Slides) • Lesson 5 PowerPoint re: Life Cycle of a Sunflower (12 Slides) with whole class activity. • Lesson 6 PowerPoint re: Seed Germination (11 Slides) with whole class activity. • 6 Flexible lesson plans outlining learning objectives, and main activities. PowerPoint slides are referred to in each lesson plan. • Differentiated Worksheets for each lesson Lesson 1: Looking at different plants that flower and understand that grass and trees are plants. Two activities in Lesson 1 Going on a Flower Hunt. My Seeds Sheet activity - Students look at 4 types of seeds and draw the flowers of that seed - example sheet included. Lesson 2: Know parts of a plant – Definition of words; Sequencing and labeling a bean plant and labeling a flower - Writing activity, cut and paste sequencing, ordering sentence strips in the correct sequence of a growing plant worksheets. Lesson 3: Fruits and their seeds. Learn that many fruits contain seeds. Observational activity (2 worksheets) - drawing fruits and their seeds. Label an apple; choose correct words to label pictures; Match up whole fruits to their halves by drawing lines. Lesson 4: Children grow their own bean plant - Activity based. Monitor growth. Ready-made recording worksheets; My Bean Plant Preparation write-up. Lesson 5: Learn life cycle of a sunflower, and sequencing growth. Worksheets: Labeling a sunflower; Cut/paste activities; Writing activity – looking at a life cycle illustration and describing it in words; Sequencing sentence strips. Lesson on Seeds: Life cycle of a seed and some information on mushrooms which do not grow from seeds. Students also learn about different types of germination. Worksheets: Recap Quick Question Sheet (Students can work individually or in pairs); Cloze activity – students fill in the gaps using words from the word box. Each editable PowerPoint shows the worksheets for that lesson. Please see UK Version: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/plants-flowering-plants-life-cycle-sunflower-and-bean-plant-labelling-worksheets-presentation-10004220 Thank you for visiting my store:)

In this resource students read sentences with missing rhyming CVC words and choose the correct rhyming word to match the highlighted word in each sentence. They also complete words with missing beginning and ending sounds and blend to read CVC words. Set 1: Worksheets A to F - (24 sentences) There are 4 sentences on each page. Students read each sentence and then match the highlighted word with the correct rhyming word. Students choose one out of the three choices in the box. **Set 2: Worksheets 1 to 5 ** Students are to use their phonic knowledge to complete each word with a beginning and ending sound. Then they write the words out on the handwriting lines. **Set 3: Worksheets 1 to 5 ** These worksheets are for students who need practice in sounding out letters in CVC words. He/she sound out each letter pointing to the sound buttons beneath each letter. When they have blended the sound to make the word, he/she can then write the word out. This activity is suitable for one-to-one or small group setting activity. Hope you find these worksheets a useful addition to your phonics lessons. There are two worksheets sizes: A4 and US Size Thank you for visiting my shop:) Related free worksheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sentence-work-phonics-cvc-words-cloze-worksheets-activity-distance-learning-12304682

Reading comprehension passage and questions relating to the Greensboro sit-in (led by four African American students) which was part of the Civil Rights Movement. It was not the first sit-in protest but the most effective. This product also includes other associated tasks and optional map work and watching video with question sheets to complete. Key words - civil rights, segregation, Jim Crow Laws, North Carolina, Woolworth Department Store, nonviolent protests, the Greensboro Four. Now includes PDF fillable boxes which students can complete on screen. Content: Reading comprehension passage 10 Questions to answer – evidence in text and students’ own views Word work: Match words to sentences definition activity Word Search with Answer Key Optional map activity Optional video link (6.21 mins duration) with question sheets (2 pages) The reading passage introduces students to sit-ins as part of the nonviolent protests during the 1950/1960s to challenge the United States Jim Crow Laws. Students look for text-based evidence and also give their own views. Word work The matching activity entails students reading sentences and then matching the definition to the correct word. Word Search: To reinforce vocabulary found in the text. Map activity This is optional - North Carolina has already been identified on the map as one of the southern states that passed the Jim Crow laws soon after the Reconstruction period. Students find out which other southern states did the same then color or shade in the areas on the map. Video on Greensboro Four sit-in (6:21 mins duration) - 3 Civil rights leaders describing their experiences. US and UK paper sizes Thank you for visiting my shop:)

If you are looking for extra reading material then this product contains three reading passages with pumpkins being the central topic of the passages with comprehension questions. Included in the passages are some types of pumpkins, Thanksgiving and the custom of carving pumpkins at Halloween. Pictures are included within the passages for students to refer to. It would be ideal for students to partner up and read together and then answer the questions. To create interest you could bring in two or more varieties of pumpkins and ask students when they are most likely to see lots of pumpkins. Content: Worksheet 1: Pumpkins Galore! Worksheet 2: Pumpkins Galore! Thanksgiving Worksheet 3: Pumpkins Galore! Halloween Specimen answers are included and all the worksheets have duplicate b/w copies. Please see preview pane. UK and US spellings. You may be interested in harder reading passages on the same topic: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12758386

These are Summer phonics worksheets relating to beginning consonant blends/clusters. They are ideal for reviewing work on blends and for writing simple sentences using beginning blends. There are also differentiated multiple-choice worksheets whereby students select the correct blend to complete one or two words in a sentence. Content: Consonant blend worksheets Writing simple sentences Missing consonant blends worksheets Fun colour by Code Activity – great for early finishers Consonant blends worksheets: There are 7 consonant blends worksheets containing 9 blends pictures on each sheet with incomplete words. Students select the correct missing blends from the grid using the picture clues. **The blends are: ** bl-, br-, cl-, cr-, dr-, fl-, fr-, gl-, gr-, pl-, pr-, sc-, sk-, sl-, sm-, sn-, sp-, st-, sw-, tr-, and tw-. Writing activity: Worksheets 1 to 3 Students write simple sentences using each of the beginning blends shown in the grid with pictures. They should check their work making sure they start their sentence with a capital/uppercase letter and finish with an end punctuation. Missing consonant blends worksheets (differentiated) Worksheet 1: Students select one correct blend to complete the word in the sentence. Worksheet 2: Students select two correct blends to complete the words in the sentence. Colour by Code: Summer Beach (2 versions) – with Solution. The blends in this activity are colour-coded. The consonant blends are: bl, br, cr, fr, gl, sn, sp and st. The image shows words and pictures beginning with consonant blends. First version: the colours are displayed with the beginning consonants in order to colour the images correctly, students use the colour code to complete the activity. Second version: Students will need to colour in the crayons before using the code to complete the picture. There are 2 papers sizes: Optional A4 or US Letter Size Thank you for visiting my shop. You may be interested in Mixed Consonant Blends Spring Worksheets https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12823358

This final consonant blends resource contains differentiated activities which can be used as an addition to lessons on consonant blends or clusters. Students trace over blends, match correct pictures and complete cut and paste worksheets. Content: Final Consonant Blends: Trace and Circle – Colour Final Consonant Blends: Trace and Colour – B/w Worksheets 1 and 2: Matching Pictures to Consonant Blends Cut and paste pictures for matching activity Cut and paste pictures with missing final blends for matching activity Answer Sheet for Worksheets A to I Trace and Circle Worksheets A to I: Students trace over the consonants blends and then draw a line to one of the pictures that ends with the final blend shown in the centre. Trace and Colour Worksheets A to I: Students trace over the consonant blends and then draw a line to one of the pictures that ends with the blend in the centre and then colour in the picture. Worksheets 1 and 2: Cut and paste differentiated activities Cut out the colour pictures and glue the correct picture to the correct final consonant blend on worksheets 1 and 2. Version 1: Cut out the b/w pictures and then match and glue them to the correct final consonant blends on worksheets 1 and 2. Students should then colour in the pictures. Version 2: Contains part of the consonant blend word. Students complete the words by selecting one of the blends from the grid at the bottom of the page and then cut and glue onto the worksheets 1 and 2. Please see preview panes. Suitable for US Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This product has been added to and now includes a PowerPoint presentation lesson on antonyms (introducing synonyms), worksheets and activities relating to antonyms and synonyms. You can use these worksheet activities to review opposites and words that are similar. If you are looking for extra resources or extension to your lessons or for students to take home and complete, there are a variety of tasks - cut and paste, completing an antonym table, writing sentences, matching activities, whole class reading text and word searches. Content: Teacher Notes (1 page) Missing Antonyms Worksheet - Writing Antonyms and Sentences (x3) Antonyms Match List Connecting Antonyms (Differentiated Worksheets) Write and Trace Antonyms Worksheet Antonyms/Opposites Puzzle Match (Cut/Paste Activity) 2 Wordsearches – Find the Antonyms with Solutions PowerPoint Presentation Product Content: Teacher Notes (1 page) Editable PowerPoint Presentation (60 Slides) Presentation Lesson Guides 1 – 3 Worksheets x5 Flashcards (x2 Sets) Editable cards (PowerPoint) Please see the preview panes. If you would like the PowerPoint Presentation and associated worksheets only: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12900454 60+ pages (incl. colour and b/w worksheets, Answer Sheets) Optional: A4 or US 8.5 x. 11in size worksheets. Thank you for visiting my store.:)

These are Summer phonics worksheets relating to final consonant blends or clusters. They are ideal for reviewing work on final blends and for reading simple sentences with common final blends. There are multiple-choice worksheets whereby students select the correct blend to complete each word. There is a fun activity for students to crack various codes (cryptograms) using summer-themed pictures to represent letters to fill in gaps in sentences and match words to pictures. Content: Worksheets A to G with Answer Sheet Worksheets 1 to 3: Crack the Codes in sentences Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match with Answer Sheets x2 Recording Sheets to record students’ progress Worksheets A to G with Answer Sheet and b/w versions A multiple-choice activity: Students will see three sets of final consonant blends on ice cream cones. They should look at the picture and then write the correct missing blends to complete each word. Read and Crack the Code Worksheets 1 to 3 Read Sentences and Crack the Codes. In this activity, students will see a summer-themed key – each picture represents a letter of the alphabet. They should read the sentences and fill in the gaps by cracking the code. Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match In this activity students work out the word using the summer-themed picture code and then draw a line from the word to the correct picture. (Answer Sheets) Please see preview panes. You have the option of using b/w worksheets. Options: Worksheets sizes A4 and US Letter Size (8.5 x 11) Thank you for visiting my shop.

This is a summer-themed CVC word worksheet activity resource which you can incorporate into your main lesson or use as assessment, homework or give to early finishers. You can give the worksheets to all students and differentiate by outcome or allocate worksheets to different groups. Content: Sunshine Spell and Write Worksheets (x4) Missing Short Vowels Worksheet - A and B Match Picture to Word (x2) Write beginning and ending letters worksheet Students are required to sort jumbled letters in a grid to spell CVC words by looking at the pictures, read and match words to pictures, and add missing medial vowels. The beginning and endings letters worksheet contains 20 CVC pictures. Students should use their phonemic knowledge to add the missing consonants. I have included examples of the worksheets on how the activities should be completed. Please see preview screen. Thank you for visiting my shop:)