A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes 9 Rio Olympic theme activities: -Puzzles - Alphabetical sort, word search, crossword - Literacy activities – Acrostic poem, persuasive writing - Olympic games activities – Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream - Certificate -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 3-6 students. Suggested ideas for differentiation and extension are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent RIO resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285993

A great resource to give learners at the start of any term, not just at the beginning of the year! The resource includes 4 worksheets for students to use to reflect on learning and goal progress. The pack also included 5 fun worksheets for students to use when reflecting on their holidays and 2 fun back to school worksheets for students to complete. -Comparing and Reflecting on Progress -Reflecting Rubric -Learning Reflection -Classroom Reflection -Holiday Tweets and Texts -Holiday Snapshot -2 truths and 1 lie -Holiday memories -Back to school Bingo -Word scramble -Back to school word search -Teacher Notes and Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form a first day back lesson when students receive their most recent results back. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Years 4- 8 or KS2 and lower KS3, however the reflection worksheets are accessible to Year 6-10 or KS3 and GCSE students. Both packs are available individually @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-holiday-reflections-and-activity-pack-11186943 and https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-holiday-and-learning-reflections-11186051 Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes Rio Olympic theme displays: -Medal Tally Poster - Bookmark/ Border Display - Bunting - Bingo -Olympic Country Report - Flag of competing country and sport pictographs -Suggested teaching strategies This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! The worksheet and game can form a standalone lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. The displays can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS2 and lower KS3 students. Suggested ideas are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285978

A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016! The resource includes 6 Rio summer Olympics theme activities: -multiplication -time - perimeter and area - division - reading tables -word search (for early finishers) -suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 4 - lower Year 8. Worksheets provide a challenge for more able students (Year 4). Some questions rely on assumed Olympic event knowledge so please read the teaching notes. All measurements are in meters to align with Olympic events (i.e. 100m, 10km athletic events etc.) Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest.

Christmas literacy activities. A great resource to get learners excited about the Christmas 2015! The resource includes 10 Christmas theme activities and answers: - 2x Beginning sounds – writing the letter - 2x Beginning sounds – circle the correct letter - 2x Christmas word-search - Christmas words snap game - 2x Christmas story with puppets - Letter to Santa Claus This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can provide worksheets to help form a standalone English or literacy lesson or can be left as activities in a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to early years and KS1 students. Activities are differentiated – harder word search and Christmas vocabulary provide a challenge for more able students. Want to try before you buy? Download my free Christmas resource. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

Special discount offer for all 3 of my Rio Summer Olympics themed resources! The resource includes: - 5 literacy activities (writing a haiku, acrostic poem x2, dribble (100 word story), feature article and persuasive writing. - 5 worksheets (Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream, Olympic Country Report) - 4 puzzles (Alphabetical sort, word search x2 and crossword) - Certificate - 3 display posters (Medal Tally Poster, Bookmark/ Border Display and Bunting) - Bingo - Flag of competing country - Sport pictographs -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers These resources have been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. Please note that some activities in this bundle are aimed at KS2 while others are aimed at KS3. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest. Updated: Haiku PowerPresentation uploaded...if you have already purchased this resource you can download the file via your dashboard.

A great resource to get learners excited about the US Open 2015! The resource includes 3 US Open/ tennis theme activities: -Writing a haiku riddle -Word-search -Numeracy worksheet – addition, subtraction, money, perimeter and circumference -Suggested teaching strategies for each activity -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy and numeracy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Together all three activities should last between 1 - 1.5 hours. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to elementary school students, for middle school maths worksheet will need additional problems. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rugby World Cup 2015! The resource includes 13 Rugby World Cup theme activities: -Writing a haiku and acrostic poem, dribble (100 word story) and article -Mapping skills -Numeracy worksheet – number, fractions and percentage -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy and numeracy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to upper Elementary and lower Middle school students. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources and free RWC themed resource.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes Rio Olympic theme displays: -Medal Tally Poster - Bookmark/ Border Display - Bunting - Bingo -Olympic Country Report - Flag of competing country and sport pictographs -Suggested teaching strategies This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! The worksheet and game can form a standalone lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. The displays can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 4-7 and lower Year 8-9 students. Suggested ideas are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285993

Special discount offer for all 3 of my Rio summer Olympics themed resources! The resource includes: - 5 literacy activities (writing a haiku, acrostic poem x2, dribble (100 word story), feature article and persuasive writing. - 5 worksheets (Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream, Olympic Country Report) - 4 puzzles (Alphabetical sort, word search x2 and crossword) - Certificate - 3 display posters (Medal Tally Poster, Bookmark/ Border Display and Bunting - Bingo - Flag of competing country - Sport pictographs -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers These resources have been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. Please note that some activities in this bundle are aimed at Year 4-6 while others are aimed at Year 7-9. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest. Updated: Haiku PowerPresentation uploaded...if you have already purchased this resource you can download the file via your dashboard.