I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
A fully-resourced lesson that focuses on being able to name and locate the continents of the world and the oceans.
Included is:
A presentation that introduces the different continents and oceans, involving some discussion around these, questions and some facts around continents.
An activity that links to the presentation with questions and a map task for naming the oceans and continents. There is also a challenge question for those that finish. An answer sheet is also included for the activity.
A support sheet for the activity which is a map with the continents and oceans named.
This lesson can be used in either KS1 or 2 with a focus on teaching continents and oceans for the first time or coming back to it at the start of KS2.
Three reading comprehension activities linked to chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Viking Boy. Each chapter has a comprehension activity that includes 20 questions that work on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
Each set consists of a fact file about a Pokemon with a set of three differentiated worksheets that have 10 questions that test children’s reading. Each one has answers included.
Made to engage particular children with reading by using something they are interested in.
Three differentiated worksheets that focus on relative clauses for children in either Year 5 or 6. Activities start with children being able to identify relative clauses before moving on to including them and then writing their own sentences that include relative clauses.
A bundle of reading comprehension resources that are linked to supporting general understanding of the major religions of the world, with each resource providing an overview text as well as differentiated comprehension tasks linked to the text provided.
Religions included are:
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Judaism
Each religion includes:
A fact file about the religion (both in colour and black and white for ink saving purposes)
3 different comprehension activities of differing challenge - answers are included for these
A vocabulary activity that requires definitions to be found for each word provided.
A bundle of two worksheets for pictograms, one working on being able to interpret and one on being able to draw pictograms.
The first worksheet is:
A worksheet that provides a variety of questions linked to being able to intepret information presented as pictograms.
Included as part of the worksheet are 4 different questions that provide variation to check understanding through the use of different values for different images and whether pupils are able to intepret these accurately in different questions.
Answers are also included for all questions.
This worksheet can easily be used as a worksheet when teaching the objective or used for recap/ revision or even to be sent home as homework.
The second worksheet is:
A worksheet that provides a variety of questions linked to being able to present information through pictograms.
Included as part of the worksheet are 4 different questions that provide variation to check understanding through the use of different values for different images and whether pupils are able to intepret these accurately in different questions.
Answers are also included for all questions.
This worksheet can easily be used as a worksheet when teaching the objective or used for recap/ revision or even to be sent home as homework.
An extract from Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone with three sets of differentiated questions attached.
This is a sample extract. For all seven documents visit https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/harry-potter-reading-comprehensions-combined-11177467 where you will find extracts from all seven Harry Potter books with three sets of differentiated questions attached with each extract. These activities will help children work on a range of comprehension skills using a story many are already aware of and engaged with. Questions range from simple retrieval to commenting on why particular language has been used.
***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling.
An activity sheet that focuses on being able to use there, their and they’re accurately. Included is key information at the top of the sheet that children can refer back to before completing tasks to check understanding.
Included are resources to support developing understanding of the Notre-Dame cathedral as well as then having the opportunity to complete comprehension activities linked to the text.
This resource includes:
A fact file about Notre-Dame
3 different comprehension activities of differing challenge - answers are included for these
A vocabulary activity that requires definitions to be found for each word provided.
Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at instructions. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 8-10 lessons that focus on key features of instructions and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7.
Independent writing is linked to George's Marvellous Medicines with children creating 'different' types of medicine with a list of possible ingredients also included and an example of how it could be written.
Skills include: Using linking adverbs (time adverbials) and using imperative verbs as well as creating a poppy for remembrance day.
Three reading comprehension activities linked to chapters 17, 18 and 19 of Letters from the Lighthouse. Each chapter has a comprehension activity that includes 20 questions that work on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
A free example for Chapter One can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/letters-from-the-lighthouse-chapter-one-reading-comprehension-12376815
Three reading comprehension activities linked to chapters 8, 9 and 10 of Letters from the Lighthouse. Each chapter has a comprehension activity that includes 20 questions that work on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
A free example for Chapter One can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/letters-from-the-lighthouse-chapter-one-reading-comprehension-12376815
Three reading comprehension activities linked to chapters 7, 8 and 9 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Each chapter has a comprehension activity that includes 20 questions that work on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
A free example for Chapter One and Two of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/harry-potter-and-the-philosopher-s-stone-reading-comprehension-chapters-1-and-2-12429979
Eighteen reading comprehension activities linked to the book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Each chapter has a separate comprehension activity that includes 20 questions working on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
Three reading comprehension activities linked to chapters four, five and six of The Night Bus Hero. Each chapter has a comprehension activity that includes 20 questions that work on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
A free example for the first three chapters can be found at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12543465
A booklet that includes 300 different activities linked to the statutory spelling list for Years 3 and 4.
Activities include:
What words can you make from the letters?
Unjumble the letters to find the word (answer sheet also included for this)
Use the word in a sentence
Find the definitions for words
Correct the errors
Find the odd one out
Decide what different words have in common
Match the word to the correct definition
There are also word sheet activities available and word cards as part of the resource that results in over 400 activities.
A lesson aimed at the Year 3 Science unit of Plants. This lesson is the first lesson of a sequence, looking at the different parts of a plant. The lesson presentation includes being able to name the different parts of a plant as well as then discussing the different roles that each part plays.
This is then followed by an independent activity that requires children to label the parts of a plant before matching the parts to their different functions. This is then followed by a challenge question to provide the chance to reason. An answer sheet and support sheet are also included.
Five lessons that focus on being able to calculate the area of quadrilaterals and compound shapes.
Included is:
A fully-resourced double lesson that focuses on the objective of finding the area of quadrilaterals, with a particular focus on squares and rectangles.
Included in the resource is:
A double lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter for each lesson, key vocabulary and areas to model and discuss as well as then having some guided practice for children to work through to check their understanding.
This is then followed up by an independent practice activity and challenge questions for those that finish. These are planned to run over the two lessons with the first lesson potentially taking more teaching time and the second lesson giving more time for practice and challenges. Answer sheets are included for both.
All attachments are uploaded as PowerPoints so they can be easily adapted, especially in adapting to any misconceptions or needs that arise from the first lesson.
Three fully-resourced lessons focusing on being able to calculate the area of compound shapes.
The lessons are split so that they act as an introductory lesson before having a double lesson that provides the opportunity to develop and become confident in finding the area of compound shapes.
The first lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter, key vocabulary, modelling and discussion as well as guided practice. This is followed up with an independent activity and challenge tasks to apply what has been learnt, with answer sheets included with these.
The double lesson includes a double lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter for each lesson, key vocabulary, modelling and discussion as well as guided practice. This is followed up with an independent activity and challenge tasks to apply what has been learnt (that stretch over both lessons with more time teaching first lesson and more time practising in the second lesson), with answer sheets included with these.
A presentation that includes 145 past questions that can be used as a revision tool for Year 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling or that can be used to pick and choose from for starter questions in English sessions. Questions are taken from the sample paper as well as the 2016 and 2017 paper.
Easily usable as talking points with children practising a question at a time before then discussing the answer and why that is the case.