key things to remember when writing a letter and how to set it out

good, bad, nice, happy, sad - simple colourful posters with more exciting vocabulary, and example sentences.

Following a series of work on different types of poems (acrostic, rhyming and shape) children get to choose their favourite and write a really good poem in that style about Easter.

Worksheet to provide evidence for AF3 and 2 exploring how characters' actions can suggest character traits.

simple revision aid / poster for display

print and laminate capital letter ice cream cones and lower case ice cream scoops. Children can play games matching the correct pairs, also useful for display.

simple story map for children to plan their writing on, picking out important events from the story and choosing wow words to put in their writing.

Simple and colourful sheet to share with parents once children can read unfamiliar texts on sight and you are wanting to develop their comprehension and deduction skills. Simple information about the range or AFs in reading, and example questions to ask to get evidence of children's understanding for each AF. I am planning on giving these out at parents evening.

story map and writing frame for children to plan and write an exciting adventure story based at the seaside, using information they have learnt about staying safe by the sea.

Poster with non fiction text common features, vocabulary and examples.

good for planning out what to write, including key events and wow words.

sime writing sheet with line drawings of key events to support writing. Learning objectives and self assessment success criteria at the end.

more interesting words for basic colours, in right colours ready to print and cut out for display. I plan on making a colour rainbow on my wall with these on. Some of the words are quite difficult but it's good to aim high!

Wordsearch currently containing HFWs to extend and support learning in spellings lessons. Children are given their new spellings, practice them in their best handwriting, then find them in the wordsearch. Finally they have to use each word in a sentence to show they understand the meaning.

Speaking and Listening, Reading and Writing objectives from the national strategies to print and laminate. S&L objectives are on speech bubbles, Reading ones are on thought bubbles and Writing ones are on scrolls, so if you pin them on your working walls next to your learning steps, children will easily be able to identify what type of Literacy they will be doing and what learning objective their activities link to.

A simple independent activity to assess what children already know about the common features of Traditional tales / fairytales.

Pictures, headings and sub headings, with basic information for children to learn about non-fiction / information texts. Frog page also has a basic labeled diagram.

Sheet for children to fill in to explain why others should read a particular book. Questions to support more extended answers and teacher's comment box with AF2 and 7 reading links to support APP evidence gathering.