A reading comprehension pack based on some of the countries in Europe. This will also help students further their geographical understanding and awareness. Also included are two PowerPoints on The Continents and Europe to use in the introduction lessons. Video include links to YouTube videos reinforcing the concepts. The pack includes 10 simple reading comprehensions. Each comprehension has five pages including activities that require students to recall events from the text and locate answers within the text. The last two pages will ask students to identify the country on a map and then practice their handwriting. 10 Comprehensions included: The Continents Europe England Ireland France Germany Italy Norway Greece Spain Also included are 8 flags for each country for the students to colour in. These are based on the reading outcomes from the New Curriculum for Year 1 and 2. Suitable for Year 1 and 2 and lower KS2 for lower ability students. Files included are previews - the printable versions as in the final file Countries.pdf. If you have any problems or notice a mistake I did not see please contact me directly with the email I have included in the 'Thanks' file. See my shop for more resources https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TopmarksEd

A PowerPoint that details some of the traditions and their history. PowerPoint discusses the Nativity, history of Christmas cards, Christmas day, Christmas dinner, giving gifts, Christmas eve, Santa Claus Comprehension style activity (Differentiated for two groups) based on the PowerPoint Christmas word search Christmas card fold-able template Decorate a Victorian Christmas tree Map activity (Where is Bethlehem, Lapland and Christmas Island?) Christmas dinner (Draw and label traditional Christmas dinner) If you have any problems with the resource feel free to email me with the details in the thanks and contact document. Please note printable activities are in the 'Christmas Traditions and Activities PDF and Christmas Facts and Traditions pptx is the presentation. All other files are for your viewing prior to purchase. See more more of my Christmas and other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TopmarksEd