A set of headings, lettering, posters and vocabulary to use when making a display of everyday materials. Materials display lettering - In lower and upper case to cut out. Materials banner (2 versions) - prints out onto 2 A4 sheets Materials heading (2 different versions) - prints onto an A4 sheet. Propertiess - each word is on an A4 page - Vocabulary with explanations Natural and manufactured materials - each natural material is on an A4 page, with an illustration of an object that is made out of the natural material:- bone, clay, cotton, sand, leather, metal, rock, wood, wool.

Spelling resources to teach the statutory requirements in Appendix 2 of the English curriculum: Punctuation: Separation of words with spaces; Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences; Capital letters for names and for the personal pronoun I. PowerPoint files: Introduction to exclamation marks: Short presentation explaining when to use exclamation marks Introduction to full stops: Short presentation explaining when to use full stops Introduction to question marks: Short presentation explaining when to use question marks Capital letters - when to use them: Looks at occasions where capital letters should be used, with an activity to test the children’s understanding at the end. Capitals and punctuation quiz: Interactive activity where the children have to decide what is wrong with each sentence. Jake’s full stop: A story that shows what happens when full stops are left out of sentences. Sentences and punctuation: Recap on sentences and punctuation, with an activity at the end.

A set of resources looking at words beginning with wr. POWERPOINT: Explains the spelling and gives examples for the children to read. Then there is a spelling activity, using a look, hide and check format BINGO: Wr words CARDS: Matching cards with words and pictures CROSSWORD: wr words PRACTICE SHEET: Writing words beginning with wr spelling sheet WORDSEARCH: wr words WORD DOCUMENTS: Lists of words and a planning document.

Resources to teach the spelling rule: The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt le, el, al and il at the end of words WORDS ENDING IN LE: POWERPOINT Le at the end of words: A short powerpoint with 18 common words to read ending in le. ACTIVITIES Cards containing words ending in le - 45 word cards to play games Wordsearch - le words WORDS ENDING IN EL: POWERPOINT El at the end of words: A short powerpoint explaining that this spelling is not as common as le, but is usually found after m, n, r, v, w, and s. It displays 12 common words to read ending in el. ACTIVITIES Cards containing words ending in le - 27 word cards to play games Wordsearch - el words WORDS ENDING IN AL: POWERPOINT Al at the end of words: A short powerpoint explaining that not many nouns end in al, but many adjectives do. It displays 16 common words to read ending in al. ACTIVITES Cards containing words ending in al - 27 word cards to play games Wordsearch - el words WORDS ENDING IN IL: POWERPOINT IL at the end of words: A short powerpoint explaining that not many words end in il. It displays 9common words to read ending in il. ACTIVITES Cards containing words ending in al - 27 word cards to play games Wordsearch - el words ALL SPELLINGS OF THE /L/ SOUND POWERPOINT Which 'l' sound to use - shows all four spellings, with 22 words for the children to find which spelling is correct. It points out that the most common spelling is le. ACTIVITIES Loop cards containing pictures and all 4 spellings of the /l/ sound. Although every effort has been made to check wordsearches for unintentional inappropriate words, it is recommended that teachers double check them before giving to children. TEACHER RESOURCES Word list Planning - An adaptable outline plan of the resources included and objectives

Four powerpoints looking at past and present verb tenses. POWERPOINTS Introduction to tenses: Explains what tense means, and past and present tense, giving examples including the progressive form of verbs.It ends with some examples and opportunities for children to change the tenses of sentences. Changing present into past tense: Sentences to change Thinking of verbs and past and present tense: Look at pictures and describe the actions in the present and the past tenses. Irregular past tense verbs: Explanation and lists of irregular past tense verbs.

A lesson explainint the difference between statements questions exclamations and commands, with 2 activities. DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENTENCES POWERPOINT Explains the difference between a statement, question, exclamation and a command, and how the grammatical patterns vary ACTIVITIES Different types of sentences - writing an advertisement x 2

An explanation of noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound word, adjective, verb, suffix, adverb, tense, apostrophe and comma.

Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for word endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt tion, sion, ssion, cian POWERPOINT: Endings tion sion ssion and cian: Goes through each ending, giving examples, exceptions and an activity to add each ending to different words. PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES Look Write Cover Check x 4: For spelling practice of words with each ending 4 x worksheets, for each ending Wordsearch, containing all word endings Cards, containing words with each ending. Although every effort has been made to check wordsearches for unintentional inappropriate words, it is recommended that teachers double check them before giving to children. TEACHER RESOURCES Word list Adaptable outline plan

The first powerpoint recaps the terminology noun and prefix then explains how prefixes are added to words and change their meaning. Gives some examples of words with the prefixes super, auto, anti and tele and asks how the meanings have changed. The second powerpoint looks at a range of prefixes the children should have covered in Y2 and introduces new ones alongside their meanings. PDF WORKSHEETS & ACTIVITIES: Word list – nouns using prefixes Fore/mid/sub jigsaw cards Super/auto/anti jigsaw cards Prefix anti worksheet Prefix auto worksheet Prefix super worksheet DISPLAY: Noun prefixes display Plus a Y3 VG&P plan

POWERPOINTS: Paragraphs:An introduction to paragraphs, explaining what they are and how to write them. Headings and sub-headings:An introduction to headings and sub-headings, explaining what they are and where and how they can be used. Present perfect:Explains what the present perfect tense is and how it is formed. It ends with sentences for the children to rewrite using the present perfect tense. PDF activity: Present perfect worksheet

A powerpoint explaining the terms adverb, preposition, conjunction, word family, prefix, clause, subordinate clause, direct speech, inverted commas, speech marks, vowels and consonants

POWERPOINTS: Fronted Adverbials: Explains what they are and how to use them (including the use of commas from the punctuation objectives) PRINTABLE PDF FILES: Adverbial spotter worksheet: To use with reading books or passages of text Adverbials of time display Adverbials of manner display Adverbials of time display Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of manner cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc 5 x Word documents with different passages to use with spotter sheet

The powerpoint looks at the different forms of punctuation to use when writing direct speech. Shows different ways of recording direct speech, eg, direct speech first then the narrative/ narrative first then the direct speech etc. It ends with images and speech bubbles for the children to record direct speech using the correct formats. The display posters give prompts to help the children remember how to write direct speech.

A powerpoint lesson plus the following pdf files to teach the children how the i before e except after c rule applies to words where the sound spelt by ei is /i:/,plus the exceptions to the rule. Pdf files: Look Write Cover Check x 2: For spelling practice ei and ie words worksheet: A passage to read and write down ei and ie words ei words writing practice: List of ei words to identify and spell Strategies for remembering how to spell ei words worksheet: Looks at the different spelling strategies children can use

Resources to teach the guidelines for spelling homophones and other words that are often confused. POWERPOINTS Each Powerpoint gives definitions/explanations of each homophone, then ends with an activity for the children to work out which homophone is appropriate in different sentences. Homophones - nouns and verbs: advice advise, device devise, licence license and practice practise. Homophones 1: aisle isle, aloud allowed, affect effect, altar alter, ascent assent, bridal, bridle, cereal serial, complement compliment Homophones 2: descent dissent, desert dessert, draft draught, farther father, guessed guest, heard herd, led, lead morning, mourning Homophones 3: past passed, precede proceed, principal principle, profit prophet, stationary stationery, steal steel, wary weary, who's whose PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES: Look Write Cover Check x 7: For spelling practice, containing the words in the above PowerPoints Worksheets x 7: To write definitions of the homophones and think of ways to remember how to spell them. Definition and word cards x 3: Three sets of homophones and corresponding definitions for matching games etc.

POWERPOINTS: The history of the English language: A history, plus an explanation of why the English language has so many synonyms. Synonyms: Explains what they are and gives 11 words with related synonyms. Antonyms: Explains what they are and gives 12 words with corresponding antonyms, plus 7 words with several antonyms. Antonyms and prefixes beginning with 'i': Formation of antonyms by adding im, in or il to words. Antonyms and prefixes recap: Activity to make words by adding a range of prefixes covered in previous years, to make antonyms. PRINTABLE FILES (PDF): Synonyms worksheet: For finding synonyms Antonyms worksheet: re-write the sentences to make it mean the opposite House for sale - antonyms worksheet: Rewrite the advert using antonyms House for sale - synonyms worksheet: Rewrite the advert using synonyms Antonym cards (2 sets): Matching sets - easy and more difficult

A pack of powerpoints and activities to print to help children distinguish between the differences in vocal sounds, including oral blending and segmenting.

A set of powerpoints, games, cards and activities to develop oral blending and segmenting of sounds in words.

There are a variety of different activities for each phoneme. The descriptions of the powerpoints are as follows: Word list powerpoint: Begins with a list of words for reading, then shows each word individually for writing. Best Bet powerpoint: Introduces the different graphemes for each phoneme, then shows a picture and part of a word, with the relevant grapheme hidden. The children have to choose which grapheme is missing. Each word is added to a table that can be analysed at the end of the game. Homophones with pictures powerpoint: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, showing the different spellings and pictures to help remember which is which. Homophones: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, with no pictures. Phoneme Spotter Stories - Three versions of each story - PowerPoint, Smartboard, and pdf format. Rhyming word generation Smartboard file for recording words with different graphemes.

There are a variety of different activities for each phoneme. The descriptions of the powerpoints are as follows: Word list powerpoint: Begins with a list of words for reading, then shows each word individually for writing. Best Bet powerpoint: Introduces the different graphemes for each phoneme, then shows a picture and part of a word, with the relevant grapheme hidden. The children have to choose which grapheme is missing. Each word is added to a table that can be analysed at the end of the game. Homophones with pictures powerpoint: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, showing the different spellings and pictures to help remember which is which. Homophones: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, with no pictures. Phoneme Spotter Stories - Three versions of each story - PowerPoint, Smartboard, and pdf format. Rhyming word generation Smartboard file for recording words with different graphemes.