Get the full unit on TES https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-literacy-english-traditional-and-fairy-tales-unit-12322085 Taken from our Year 1 Literacy Resource File Includes lesson plan and all resources (including differentiated resources) as well as the story The Gingerbread Man LO: To be able to read with support and join in key phrases appropriately. • To be able to identify the main events in the story and put them in chronological order. Learning Outcomes: To have more secure knowledge of the characteristics of the genre. • Better ability to identify key incidents in the story and sequence them correctly. Leave a review

This resource includes 1 text with activities and questions. Text title: Drumming all over the world The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills. There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme. The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable. The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy Leave a review

Get the all 71 sheets via our TES shop 5 worksheets: Alphabet – to put words into alphabetical order. Dictionary – to understand that a dictionary gives the meaning of words. Word Families – to recognise members of a word family. Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings. Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings. Thesaurus – to use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings. Taken from: Grammar and Creativity for Year 3 Good writing may start with an exciting idea, but it needs structure to make sense to a reader. Grammar provides a framework on which to display the imagination. Writing brings together individual expression and an understanding of the rules that allow our language (any language) to make sense. This book has been written with the view that grammar and creativity go hand in hand to produce good writing. Developing children’s understanding of the basics of English will encourage their literary adventures. The range of activities here has been designed to excite interest as well as guide children and teachers through the rules. Leave a review

Get 15 sheets or the whole book via our TES shop 5 sheets with answers Nouns – to understand the difference between common and proper nouns. Nouns – to identify collective nouns. Noun Challenge – to identify abstract nouns. Noun – to work with singular and plural nouns. Nouns – to investigate how nouns are part of word families. Noun Phrases – to expand nouns into noun phrases. . Taken from: Grammar and Creativity for Year 6 Good writing may start with an exciting idea, but it needs structure to make sense to a reader. Grammar provides a framework on which to display the imagination. Writing brings together individual expression and an understanding of the rules that allow our language (any language) to make sense. This book has been written with the view that grammar and creativity go hand in hand to produce good writing. Developing children’s understanding of the basics of English will encourage their literary adventures. The range of activities here has been designed to excite interest as well as guide children and teachers through the rules. Leave a review

This resource includes 1 text with activities and questions. Text title: Niagara Falls The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills. There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme. The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable. The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy Leave a review

An excellent piece of children’s fiction, ideal for your primary school library, Scrimshaw is an engrossing fantasy adventure from international author Nazam Anhar that features pirates, rough seas and adventure. A fantastic journey into the realm of pirates and plunder, join Nathan as he voyages to far off lands and discovers a whole way of life that he never knew existed. Scrimshaw also provides the perfect opportunity for teachers to explore elements of history, geography and science in their literacy lessons, making it perfect for dynamic cross-curricular teaching. Leave a review.

Taken from Unit 1 UKS2 Literacy file. Read chapter 4 ‘The Keeper of the Keys’ from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling to the class. Put a plain cover on the book and do not reveal the title. Set the scene by reading a description of ‘the perfect place’ to stay from the penultimate page of chapter 3 beginning (he) ‘was pointing at what looked like a large rock way out to sea…’ .Explain to the children that as you are reading you would like them to the strategy of listening our for key features to help them decide which genre this story could be classed as. What clues are there? Leave a review.

Sample one week lesson plans from LCP’s Phonics Planning 3rd Edition Day-by-Day Lesson Plans based on Letters and Sounds Please note: This is just the planning and does not come with the lesson’s resources. What is LCP Phonics Planning? It is not a phonics teaching scheme and I have assumed that your school already has such a scheme in place, for example, LCP Phonics. There are many other commercially produced schemes available. LCP Phonics Planning is a planning tool for teachers who are teaching phonics using the Letters and Sounds document from the DfE. It is a guide and should be used with flexibility and at a pace which is appropriate to each group or class. Objectives and criteria for success: Teach new graphemes for reading (p134) ay ou ie. Teach the rules for spelling words containing these digraphs. (Appendix 6). Teach reading the tricky word people (p140) and decodable words house, about (p141). Teach reading and spelling compound words. (Appendix 7). Practise reading and spelling high frequency words (p141/p148). Leave a review

Daily home learning planners come with great activities and timetable to use with your child whilst home-schooling. Each day is fully planned to help parents. All activities come with appropriate links and are designed to be engaging and to keep your child focused. Some activities are independent. Whilst, others are designed to be completed with an adult. Each day is centered around a theme (For exmaple: The Romans) and activities are cross-curricular. Today’s lessons are a mixture of History, Art, Reading, Writing, DT and Science. DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites. Like us? Leave us a review

Based on a theme, LCP’s daily home learning plans are here to help give parents ideas for fun and engaging activities for their children. Each day includes a mixture of independent and working with adult activities and a timetable to help structure the day. It includes all resources and hyperlinks. Day 7 Africa- The Gambia includes links to Geography, Reading, Writing, Spelling, Science and Art. DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites.

Get the full unit via our website: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-english-literacy-explanation-5-lesson-unit-life-cycles-12330576 Includes Lesson plan and Worksheets WALT • Read and follow a text about the life cycle of a plant. • Know what a glossary is. This long lesson links to the topic of plants and how they grow by introducing the children to a variety of seeds. It may be preferable to spread the lesson over two sessions, using the Glossary activities on the second day. Children will complete an investigative study, which will form the basis upon which they will learn how to read and compose explanatory texts. Leave a review

Based on a theme, LCP’s daily home learning plans are here to help give parents ideas for fun and engaging activities for their children. Each day includes a mixture of independent and working with adult activities and a timetable to help structure the day. It includes all resources and hyperlinks. Day 5 Animals includes links to Science, DT, Art, Writing, Reading and DT . DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites.

Taken from Unit 1 UKS2 Literacy Resources File Horror stories have common features, such as: – a setting that is uncomfortable, creepy or scary. Often these are unusual places; – use of darkness and cold to unsettle the reader; – use descriptive words to create an atmosphere – appealing to all the reader’s senses; – create suspense through building up tension and sudden action; – suspense is built through long compound sentences and action is sudden and ‘jumpy’ conveyed through short, dramatic sentences; – dramatic endings and use of cliffhangers. - there will usually be a sinister, evil villain There is often an element of guesswork through clues given in the text. Who is bad – or carried out an evil deed – can be hidden and concludes with a moment of revelation; – include simplistic themes of right and wrong, and good over evil. This sheet is designed to prompt discussions on the features of a specific genre. Leave a review

A worksheet to run alongside any publication of Beowulf. Prompts children to look at the meaning of the words found in the text. Leave a review

Based on a theme, LCP’s daily home learning plans are here to help give parents ideas for fun and engaging activities for their children. Each day includes a mixture of independent and working with adult activities and a timetable to help structure the day. It includes all resources and hyperlinks. Day 2 Inventors includes links to Science, DT, Art, Writing, Reading and History. All resources included. DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites. Leave a review

Based on a theme, LCP’s daily home learning plans are here to help give parents ideas for fun and engaging activities for their children. Each day includes a mixture of independent and working with adult activities and a timetable to help structure the day. It includes all resources and hyperlinks. Day 6 Titanic includes links to History, Art, DT, Writing and Reading, DISCLAIMER: Website addresses are provided in this resource in order to offer additional information sources for teachers. It is not unknown for unscrupulous individuals or organisations to place highly unsuitable materials on websites to which children might have access. It is essential that teachers check the content of websites before allowing pupils to have access to them. In addition, although we try to suggest reliable sources, websites and the individual pages within them can sometimes be removed or have their website addresses changed by their owners. LCP cannot be held responsible for other organisations’ websites which are removed or changed, nor for the content of such websites. Leave a review.

As the story has a repetitive structure, it should be accessible to children who are secure at Letters and Sounds Phase 4 and familiar with some aspects of Phase 5. The following vowel digraphs and trigraphs are included and could be revisited as part of your phonics sessions: Phase 3: ‘oa’, ‘ai’, ‘oo’, ‘ur’, ‘ar’, ‘er’, ‘igh’, ‘air’ Phase 5: ‘a-e’, ‘ay’, ‘ie’, ‘i-e’, ‘ea’, ‘ou’ Taken from Make Phonics Fun: Summer. For each topic covered there are two pages of practical teacher’s notes offering activity ideas to help you make the best use of the resources and texts provided. Activities are clearly signposted to indicate whether they are most suitable for shared, guided or independent reading sessions and, where relevant, opportunities for writing and for developing speaking and listening skills are also highlighted. The book makes frequent references to the phases of Letters and Sounds. Each topic within Make Phonics Fun is supported by a range of lively and appealing pupil texts – including original stories, fascinating non-fiction and quality poetry. There are two photocopiable activity sheets for each topic, providing a range of fun things to do – from reading games which involve listening for specific phonemes, to sequencing activities and track games providing sounding out and blending practice At the heart of each topic within this book is a carefully selected list of 40 real and pseudo words (20 words for Section 1 and 20 words for Section 2), building a word bank, from topic to topic and term to term, that will cover the broad range of grapheme-phoneme correspondences that the children should be familiar with by the time they approach the end of Year 1 Leave a review

This resource includes 1 text with activities and questions. Text title: Boats through History The cards primarily address text-level objectives for each year group and focus specifically on reading comprehension of non-fiction texts. The cards are designed to encourage talk and develop listening and speaking skills. There is a main text on the front of each of the reading cards. The main text is followed by talk time , where there are open-ended questions, which are designed to stimulate a personal response to the issues raised and encourage children to think about the card’s theme. The questions encourage discussion between two to six people. Talk time questions that are preceded by a require children to refer back to the text and are suitable for prompting children’s written responses. The box contains an interesting fact related to the card’s theme. This should appeal to the children’s sense of wonder and fascination for the remarkable. The reverse side of each card carries things to do box. This contains activities and challenges that are designed to enable children to pursue the main theme still further. The activities are mainly practical in nature, so that all children can succeed, whatever their levels of literacy Leave a review

Each unit contains Activity ideas packed with facts, suggestions for different abilities and for working both in and out of the classroom, one Activity sheet, two Visual resources and a photocopiable Factsheet. Supporting the units are two Timelines, a World War I Glossary and two Maps of Europe showing how the geographical landscape and country boundaries changed as a result of the war. It provides an example of creative and effective cross-curricular planning, taking a key historical event as a starting point for meaningful, subject-focused activities. All the activities and resources included are matched to the requirements of the NEW Primary Curriculum (implemented September 2014) and are designed to be flexible, and used to follow ideas for English and Foreign Languages Years 5 & 6 so that teachers can choose to use them in their entirety, as a complete project framework, or as a dip-in resource bank of ideas. There are 6 units. This is unit 1- Other units are available. Leave a review

The Three Billy Goats Gruff- one lesson with resources (includes text) WALT • Say what we think about why characters in stories do the things they do. • Understand the characters’ feelings. • Use adjectives which describe feelings. Activity: • Shared reading of the text. • Pairs of children respond to the story: Was it right to trick the troll? How did the troll feel? • Take feedback and scribe and categorise responses. • List troll’s feelings and make a list of feeling adjectives. • To develop oral skills. • To write lists with adjectives. Leave a review