The Last Bear Complete Reading Unit (28 fully resourced lessons)Quick View
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The Last Bear Complete Reading Unit (28 fully resourced lessons)

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<p>This resource pack provides teachers with a comprehensive and ready to use resource for The Last Bear by Hannah Gold. It includes PPT (140 slides packed with discussion points, vocabulary development, questions and activities) for whole class reading sessions, an over view plan with adapted questioning for a support/booster group and all resources required to deliver the unit. It is tried and tested in a Year 6 class, but could suit Years 5 or 6, or a strong Year 4 class. It is based on the paper back version therefore if using the hard back version all page numbers need to be adjusted by 2 pages e.g. paperback version page 14, hardback version page 12.</p>
The Final Year Fully Resourced Reading UnitQuick View
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The Final Year Fully Resourced Reading Unit

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<p>A fully resourced unit of work for the highly popular The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow.</p> <p>Included:</p> <ul> <li>Planning for the full book with teacher notes and advice</li> <li>Comprehension questions and discussion points covering all 5 sections of the book in 14 individually planned lessons</li> <li>Independent activities to support each of the 14 lessons</li> <li>A teaching PowerPoint that runs alongside the planning</li> </ul> <p>This resource has been used with Year 5 and 6 children successfully.</p> <p>It is a pick up and use resource and should require no additional work on the teacher’s part.</p>
The Last Bear Non Chronological Report 10 Lesson Writing UnitQuick View
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The Last Bear Non Chronological Report 10 Lesson Writing Unit

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<p>If you are covering The Last Bear this fully resourced 10 lesson writing unit will provide you with 10 writing lessons with no extra work on your part. The 61 page powerpoint provides a starter activity for each session that reinforces key non chronological report writing skills, teaching prompts, engaging tasks for learners and a plenary. It requires learners to self and peer assess work and gives all of the resources in one Word document and one PDF that are required to teach the lessons. It is a hassle free, download and use resource that will save you hours of planning. It covers: note taking, brackets, relative clauses, subordinating conjunctions in varied positions, research skills and text layout skills. It is not photocopying heavy and has purposely been created to make it easy to navigate for the teacher delivering it. At the end of the unit your learners will have created a non chronological report on The Arctic and how climate change is affecting it. It will give them a greater insight into the reasons behind Dad’s work and the impact that human activity is having on Bear.</p>
The Last Bear - Whole class Reading Unit and 10 Lesson Non Fiction Writing UnitQuick View
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The Last Bear - Whole class Reading Unit and 10 Lesson Non Fiction Writing Unit

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<p>This resource comprises of 38 fully resourced and ready to teach lessons (28 whole class reading lessons and 10 writing lessons).</p> <p>The writing lessons run alongside the first 10 lessons of the whole class reading unit and provide learners with an insight into the changing climate and landscape of The Arctic (Bear’s home). They cover various elements of writing, including a daily focus on SPAG.</p> <p>Each lesson provides the teacher with every resource required. The unit has been thoughtfully put together to ensure very little preparation time is required on the teacher’s part. The need for printing and photocopying is minimal.</p> <p>This pack would suit a strong Year 4 class, or any Year 5/6 class.</p>
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Poppy Advert - Remembrance Day

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<p>Challenge your pupils to use their persuasive language skills in order to advertise poppies for Remembrance Day.</p> <p>This activity gives learners an introduction to the significance of poppies on Remembrance Day and requires them to apply persuasive language skills including rhetorical questions and direct appeal. The layout and visual appeal of advertising posters can also be taught.</p> <p>The lesson comes complete with a teacher input PowerPoint, Success Criteria sheets for pupils’ books, a poppy language word mat, a template for the main class plus an adapted template for early writers.</p>
Non Chronological Report The Arctic and Climate ChangeQuick View
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Non Chronological Report The Arctic and Climate Change

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<p>If you are covering The Last Bear, The Arctic, polar regions or climate change this fully resourced 10 lesson writing unit will provide you with 10 writing lessons with no extra work on your part. The 61 page powerpoint provides a starter activity for each session that reinforces key non chronological report writing skills, teaching prompts, engaging tasks for learners and a plenary. It requires learners to self and peer assess work and gives all of the resources in one Word document and one PDF that are required to teach the lessons. It is a hassle free, download and use resource that will save you hours of planning. It covers: note taking, brackets, relative clauses, subordinating conjunctions in varied positions, research skills and text layout skills. It is not photocopying heavy and has purposely been created to make it easy to navigate for the teacher delivering it. At the end of the unit your learners will have created a non chronological report on The Arctic and how climate change is affecting it.</p>
Once by Morris Gleitzman complete reading unitQuick View
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Once by Morris Gleitzman complete reading unit

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<p>This resource provides teachers with a complete reading unit for Morris Gleitzman’s World War II book Once. It includes an 18 lesson PPT covering the key reading skills of understanding new vocabulary, predicting, summarising, retrieving, inferring and explaining. The slides are easy to use for teachers and require no prep. It’s a pick up and use resource created to save time and photocopying. It is tried and tested in a Year 6 class but would work equally well in a Year 5 class.</p>
The Legend of Podkin One Ear Whole Class Reading  Complete UnitQuick View
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The Legend of Podkin One Ear Whole Class Reading Complete Unit

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<p>This resource provides teachers with a complete reading unit for The Legend of Podkin One Ear by Keiran Larwood. It is a 22 lesson PPT covering a range of reading skills to include inference, retrieval, vocabulary analysis, predicting, summarising, explaining and character analysis. The slides are easy to use for teachers and require no prep. It’s a pick up and use resource created to save you time and photocopying (none required). It is tried and tested in a Year 6 class but would work equally well in a Year 5 or strong Year 4 class.</p>
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Four Complete Upper Junior Whole Class Reading Units

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<p>Equip yourself with 4 whole class reading units covering highly relevant topical issues to include climate change and children’s experiences of war. This unit will provide teachers with over 100 lessons requiring no prior prep. It covers the key readings skills of retrieval, inference, prediction, summarising, explaining, character analysis and vocabulary development. All individual units are successfully tried and tested in a Year 5/6 class. Texts covered: The Last Bear, Once, The Legend of Podkin One Ear and You Don’t Know What War Is.</p>
You Don't Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska fully resourced reading unitQuick View
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You Don't Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska fully resourced reading unit

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<p>You Don’t Know What War Is is the diary of a 12 year old Ukranian girl who was living in the Ukraine with her grandmother when the war broke out in 2022. The book is her diary and recounts her first hand experience of war.<br /> This is a fully resourced unit providing a comprehensive handout for teachers with detailed discussion prompts covering a range of question types. It also comes with a 56 slide PPT for whole class questioning covering the entire book.</p> <p>This resource would be suitable for a year 5, 6 or 7 class.</p>
Non Chronological Report - Ernest ShackletonQuick View
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Non Chronological Report - Ernest Shackleton

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<p>Shackleton’s Journey lessons 1 and 2.</p> <p>In this two lesson pack, children apply the skills of concise note taking and presenting information in a suitable format to create a non chronological report on Ernest Shackleton. The pack includes a WAGOLL report, a PPT as a focus for teaching input and lesson information for teachers.</p>
Shackleton's Boat Sail Design D and T ProjectQuick View
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Shackleton's Boat Sail Design D and T Project

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<p>Shackleton’s Endurance Boat Sail Design Investigation</p> <p>This resource is suitable for classes learning about Shackleton’s Antarctic journey. Pupils take on the role of boat designers and apply their knowledge of forces and calculating area in order to design and build a boat suitable for tackling Antarctic conditions. This investigation focuses on the sail shape and design of boats. It includes a teacher PPT resource to introduce the project, a teacher tips sheet and a pupil design and results sheet.</p>
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Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

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<p>This complete lesson introduces the equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages. It focuses on hundredths, progressing onto tenths. It includes a teacher input resource and an independent pupil activity.</p>
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Times Tables Recall Cards

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<p>Times tables recall cards pack. A set of quiz quiz trade cards for the 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 times tables. These cards can be used as an active mental maths starter to revise tables facts for rapid recall.</p>
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Shackleton's Crew Application

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<p>In this activity, children apply to become part of Shackleton’s crew and embark on his journey. Children explore the different roles of each crew member and use their persuasive skills in an attempt to join the crew.</p>
Shackleton's Journey Cross Curricular Planning IdeasQuick View
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Shackleton's Journey Cross Curricular Planning Ideas

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<p>This ideas sequence was created as a cross curricular topic based on Shackleton’s Journey. It follows the book in order and provides suggested activities covering English, Science, History, Art, Design and Technology. ICT and Maths can be embedded throughout a number of the activities. Some of the activities are available on my author page (sail design and application task).</p>
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Shackleton's Journey Cross Curricular Planning Ideas

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<p>This ideas sequence was created as a cross curricular topic based on Shackleton’s Journey. It follows the book in order and provides suggested activities covering English, Science, History, Art, Design and Technology. ICT and Maths can be embedded throughout a number of the activities. Some of the activities are available on my author page (sail design and application task).</p>
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Written Subtraction

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<p>Written subtraction whole class input slides that enable you, as the teacher, to demonstrate your chosen method of written subtraction. Examples begin with HTU-HTU and progress to 4 digit subtraction with decomposition, thus catering for a wide range of KS2 ability.</p>
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Written Addition

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<p>Written addition whole class input slides that enable you, as the teacher, to demonstrate your chosen method of written addition. Examples begin with TU+TU and progress to 5 digit addition, thus catering for a wide range of KS2 ability.</p>