A complete lesson on reading inference for Y3/4 with an Arctic-themed adventure story as the focus text. The powerpoint introduces the characters, pre-teaches tricky vocab and outlines the strategy pupils should use. There is then an example question before the pupils answer the questions themselves. The questions are differentiated 3 ways but all are inference questions as this is the target skill. One you have done this lesson, please see ‘part 2’ for more: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11917973

Following on from the Roman/Greek myths planning lesson (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/plan-a-new-roman-myth-y3-4-11911035?theme=0), here are two days’ worth of writing lesson resources to allow pupils to turn their plans into the opening, build up, ‘problem’ and resolution of a ‘new’ Roman/Greek myth. Differentiated word banks are included as well as a basic powerpoint with checklists to support the teacher in modelling the sections of the writing in a way that includes the success criteria.

This is a complete writing lesson for lower KS2 during which pupils will write a biography of Mo Farrah. It is structured as an assessment piece that could take place either before the start or at the end of a unit on biographies. However, it is adaptable if you wish to use it in another way. The resources comprise a step-by-step powerpoint with embedded videos, a list of the major facts in Mo’s life and a word bank to assist pupils’ writing.

If you happen to be looking at the Stone Age to Iron Age in your topic and you need to teach fronted adverbials to Y3/4 this could be the lesson for you! The powerpoint explains step-by-step what an adverbial is, what the different types of adverbial are and how and when to start sentences with them. The examples are all in the context of a descriptive setting of a Bronze/Iron Age village. The activities (differentiated 3 ways) allow pupils to create sentences with fronted adverbials, whilst also demonstrating their knowledge of the underlying grammatical theory.

A complete lesson on reading retrieval for Y3/4 with instructions on how to get to a fairytale city as the text. The powerpoint pre-teaches tricky vocab and outlines the strategy pupils should use. There is then an example question before the pupils answer the questions themselves. The questions are differentiated 3 ways but all are retrieval questions as this is the target skill.

A complete lesson on reading retrieval for Y3/4 with a Greek myth as the text. The powerpoint introduces the characters, pre-teaches tricky vocab and outlines the strategy pupils should use. There is then an example question before the pupils answer the questions themselves. The questions are differentiated 3 ways but all are retrieval questions as this is the target skill.

A complete lesson for Y3/4 in which pupils complete an assessed written piece to either begin or end a unit on nature-inspired poetry. In this lesson, pupils complete a poem with a summer theme. The resources comprise: a basic wordbank, planning template and a step-by-step powerpoint.