Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet is a great book about a Muslim boy with a huge imagination. There are 5 weeks worth of planning, including worksheets and powerpoint slides. The lessons contain lots of vocabulary, videos explaining Ramadan, the Mosque, prayers, Eid and much more! The lessons and worksheets cover lots of inference, retrieval, prediction, summaries and vocabulary activities. Lesson 2 has a quiz covering what has been read so far in both PDF and word so it can be edited. Answers are on the slides. There are also two summaries to compare and discuss what makes a good summary. There is also echo reading to teach reading with expression. Lesson 3 teaches prayer names and times through a vocabulary cut, match and stick task and has videos about Ramadan and The Mosque. Week 3 has 3 lessons as it was World Book Day that week. Week 4 discusses the two Eids using a video from Newsround along with other vocabulary and retrieval questions, firstly as a class task and then, the following lesson, as a worksheet. Week 5 has no book tasks but has lots of vocabulary discussion and reading. All slides and worksheets have pictures and they are all adaptable.

Lyrics and backing track - singing the locomotive along to the locomotion backing track written for Year assembly on the history of transport.

Lesson 1 of Where are the hottest and coldest places on Earth? Power point includes - Recap on learning on continents and settlements. Question for main teaching is - What are the poles and hemispheres and where are they in relation to where we live? There are 3 tasks - one fluency ordering settlements in size, one labeling the poles and equator and one labeling the hemispheres with challenge questions to locate countries and continents using the map. There is also a lower ability version of the task which includes pictures and symbols.

Transport - Why did the Wright brothers succeed where others had failed? How can we possibly know about the Wright Brothers first flight when theres nobody alive now who saw it? Powerpoint has attractive slides, a video. It recaps information for fluency and has discussion points. There is evidence including pictures and newspaper articles as well has an exert from the Wright brother’s diary. The book task gives children the opportunity to pick and explain why they think the Wright brothers were so successful.

2 lessons, each on powerpoint. Lessons are vibrant and include lots of examples of parade animal masks. Pictures to help children choose their animal on Word documents are included. Lesson 1 teaches the children about Mardi Gras and includes a video. The lessons can be spread over more weeks or taught as two long art lessons. These were made for a Year 2 class.

Coasts Geography Knowledge Organiser KO Year 2 - includes key vocabulary including the Jurasic Coast and Mary Anning.

2 Pages, Powerpoint, Knowledge organiser covering trains, planes and cars.

Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure for reading/R4L/guided reading lessons. 4 weeks worth of lessons with 4 lessons for each week (Week 4 has 3 lessons and a plenary). Each week has a Powerpoint clearly marking each day’s lesson and each week also has two book tasks with attractively presented worksheets and two non-book tasks. Lessons over the 4 weeks include, Vocabulary, Prediction, Inference, Retrieval and Summary. The lesson Powerpoints are animated with a pale blue background and contain lots of pictures. Each slide also has a plenary slide to open up discussions about the children’s opinion of the text/book.

How has road travel changed over time? A Year 2 KS1 History lesson that would also suit Year 3. The Powerpoint has fluency recap slides for the history of trains, an animated time line showing ‘Living memory’ and ‘Before living memory’. Lesson has good discussion points and videos. Main lesson task is a ‘double bubble’ where children can compare an old Benz motor with a modern car.

Science Living things and their habitats KO Knowledge Organiser