A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
A Walker has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant, an Expert Leading Literacy Teacher, a primary school teacher, an author and was responsible for teaching and learning at one of the UK’s leading Independent Prep schools. She is an author of educational materials used in schools for Cambridge University Press, Pearson, Rising Stars and Cambridge Hitachi and is an experienced KS2 & KS3 English teacher.
This is a Word a Week to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Week for a school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
If you like this Word a Week resource, you can buy the complete Word a Day resource for over three years. Alternately, the Word a Day resources can be bought as 3 separate year resources, providing a Word a Day for each of the three years.
This is a third Word a Day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Day for another school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
This is a second Word a Day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Day for another school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
This is a Word a Day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
These are picture words, enough for a Word a Day for an entire school year!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free Word a Day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
This is a free sample of a Word a Day resource that I have made with over 600 words. The bought resource provides a big enough word a day collection for 3 and a half school years.
There is a related picture and synonym to aid comprehension.
I hope it will be a way for whole schools to increase the vocabulary of their pupils, through use in lessons, newsletters or assemblies.
Aimed at KS3, KS4 and KS5 but the word a day may also have some application with able pupils in upper KS2.
This is a free sample of a Word a Day resource that I have made with over 600 words. The bought resource is a big enough word a day collection for 3 and a half school years.
There is a related picture and synonym to aid comprehension.
I hope it will be a way for whole schools to increase the vocabulary of their pupils, through use in lessons, newsletters or assemblies.
Aimed at KS3, KS4 and KS5 but the word a day may also have some application with able pupils in upper KS2.
There is a word a day to increase pupils’ vocabulary, using relevant pictures, definitions and synonyms.
There are 666 picture words - enough for over three and a half school years!
It is an easy and effective way to boost a school’s vocabulary.
Aimed at KS3, KS4, KS5 or the vocabulary could provide some upper KS2 extension.
This resource could have a powerful impact on an entire school’s vocabulary acquisition, if the word a day pictures are added to newsletters or lessons.
I’ve made two small free word a day resources available to demonstrate how useful the resource can be, so you can try those out in a classroom.
There is a choice of using the resource in letter order or a random assortment.
Do your pupils really understand light? This is a great resource to sort out misconceptions! This sheet takes common misconceptions about light and the children discuss and tick or cross the concepts they agree and disagree with.
Correct answers have the double borders.
Lighting the Earth - worksheet to discuss misconceptions of concepts. This worksheet works a bit like a concept cartoon; pupils decide if the statements are true or false. Correct statements have a bolder border.
Learning outcomes - children learn about global warming and by using the model text, teaching notes and scaffold are able to write their own persuasive and informative texts on global warming.
A model global warming persuasive information text provides lots of information, so children will learn about global warming. Teaching notes provide guidance on the features of the text type. Teaching notes also guide discussion of how the writer manages to persuade and inform. This builds the children’s understanding of the text type in order to help pupils write their own persuasive and informative texts on global warming. There is a scaffold frame that can also be used to support independent writing on global warming.
Handy worksheet to research Anglo Saxon place names in East Anglia. I used maps and got children to complete task in a small group and they enjoyed it.
This activity gives pupils a clear structure for writing a newspaper about Mrs Pretty’s donation of the Sutton Hoo finds to the British Museum. It also provides all the facts they need to write a really good newspaper article.
A task for able upperKS2, and KS3 historians.
