Literacy and topic resources for students from Year 3 to Year 6. Resources are either free or value for money as I believe that every £ spent should relieve stress, lessen your workload and advance your students' experiences in school.
Literacy and topic resources for students from Year 3 to Year 6. Resources are either free or value for money as I believe that every £ spent should relieve stress, lessen your workload and advance your students' experiences in school.
A back to school Google Forms reading comprehension activity bundle with six individual activities about world history. The activities, which have an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task, are about the following people or topics:
Katherine Johnson
The Titanic
Joan of Arc
Lionel Messi
Michelangelo
The Colosseum
The NO PREP informational text activities are ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in Year 5 or year 6. The resources, which also come in PDF format, allow students to learn key facts about the famous people or topics whilst working on their comprehension skills.
Included in each of the six activities:
A Google Forms Activity
A PDF Printable Activity
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This resource bundle is great for:
Distance learning
Independent work
Homework
Guided reading sessions
Assessment practice
Reading interventions
These activities are online resources, that use Google Forms, and are linked to your Google Drive. They can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and are easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.
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Time allowance to complete each activity:
5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.
40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
Time allowance to assess:
A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.
Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)
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This remote learning bundle has two online activities that would span five lessons about the famous Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg. The resources are perfect for Distance Learning in Year 3 or Year 4 and are ideal for students learning about climate change or for Women’s History Month.
When downloaded this resource includes printable versions of the activities and PDFs with links that allow you to copy the Google Forms and Google Slides documents and save them in your Google Drive.
Firstly, there is a Reading Comprehension Activity with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task. The resource is a Google Forms activity and is ideal for distance learning.
Secondly, there is a Biography Writing Unit. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. The Google Slides activity is ideal for distance learning. The first lesson is interactive and involves students reading facts, and then sorting and ordering these facts into paragraphs. In the second lesson the children need to use these facts to type four paragraphs. Then, in the third lesson they need to choose the most important facts and include these in an introduction; after this they need to answer several questions before typing up their conclusion. In the final lesson your class will need to check their draft paragraphs before typing up their work on to the template provided.
These activities are both online resources that use Google Forms and Google Slides, they are linked to your Google Drive. They can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers. The resources also come in a PDF format, which can be printed.
However, the resource also comes in a PDF format, which can be printed.
Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the Gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)
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A reading comprehension passage with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the young climate activist, Greta Thunberg.
The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in Year 5 or Year 6 for Women’s History Month. Students will learn key facts about the historical figure whilst working on their comprehension skills.
Included in this PDF printable resource:
A teacher presentation to introduce the subject
An informational text
A comprehension activity with ten questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
A multiple choice quiz with seven questions
An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning
A wordsearch puzzle
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This resource is great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Guided reading sessions
Assessment practice
Reading interventions
Emergency sub plans
The activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document.
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This bundle contains ten reading comprehension activities about influential figures from Women’s History, and six biography writing units. The activities focus on Rosa Parks, Greta Thunberg, Marie Curie, J.K. Rowling, Amelia Earhart, Mae Jemison, Anne Frank, Mother Teresa, Serena Williams, Cleopatra and Ruby Bridges.
34 Lessons, or 34 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!
Firstly, there are ten reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:
Rosa Parks
Greta Thunberg
Marie Curie
J.K. Rowling
Amelia Earhart
Anne Frank
Mother Teresa
Serena Williams
Cleopatra
Ruby Bridges.
These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.
Finally, there are six biography writing units about Rosa Parks, Greta Thunberg, Marie Curie, J.K. Rowling, Amelia Earhart and Mae Jemison. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.
Good luck, I hope you get some great results!
We specialize in play scripts, we have a William Shakespeare collection with Richard III, Macbeth and Hamlet. We also have a good selection of Christmas play scripts including Elf, The Santa Clause and A Christmas Carol.
For more resources visit the Creative Primary Literacy store.
Ten reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, with comprehension and grammar questions followed by extension tasks about ten different non-fiction topics. The Google Form activities are ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in Year 5 or Year 6 learning about World History.
When downloaded these resources include printable versions of the reading comprehensions and PDFs with a link that allow you to copy the Google Forms documents and save them in your Google Drive.
The activities can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and are easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.
This bundle contains the following reading comprehension activities:
1 – Mount Everest
2 – Children of the Industrial Revolution
3 – Roswell
4 – William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
5 – The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
6 – The Great Plague
7 – Martin Luther King Jnr
8 – Abraham Lincoln
9 – Ancient Olympic Games
10 – Mars – The Red Planet
Time allowance to complete each of the ten activities:
5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.
30-40 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
Time allowance to assess each activity:
A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.
Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)
Please check out my store, Creative Primary Literacy, for more resources.
A Women’s History Month bundle of ten reading comprehension activities. Each activity comes with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch.
The NO PREP informational text activities are perfect for students in Year 5 or Year 6. The resources allow students to learn about key female figures from history whilst developing their comprehension skills.
This bundle contains the following activities:
Marie Curie
Rosa Parks
Mother Teresa
Ruby Bridges
Anne Frank
Cleopatra
J.K. Rowling
Serena Williams
Greta Thunberg
Amelia Earhart
Included in each PDF printable resource:
A teacher presentation to introduce the subject
An informational text
A comprehension activity with ten questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
A multiple choice quiz with seven questions
An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning
A wordsearch puzzle
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These resources are great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Guided reading sessions
Assessment practice
Reading interventions
Emergency sub plans
The activities require NO PREP; they each have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the documents.
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This bundle contains activities on four inspirational young women who changed the world: Malala Yousafzai, Ruby Bridges, Greta Thunberg and Anne Frank. It contains four reading comprehension activities and four biography writing units. Perfect for Year 3 or Year 4.
24 Lessons, or 24 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!
Firstly, there are four reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:
Greta Thunberg
Malala Yousafzai
Anne Frank
Ruby Bridges
These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.
Then, there are four biography writing units about the four young women. These units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.
Good luck, I hope you get some great results!
We specialize in play scripts, we have a William Shakespeare collection with Richard III, Macbeth and Hamlet. We also have a good selection of Christmas play scripts including Elf, The Santa Clause and A Christmas Carol.
For more great activities check out Creative Primary Literacy!
Ten reading comprehension activities, or reading comprehension activities. Each activity comes with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch.
The NO PREP activities are perfect for students in Year 3 or Year 4.
This bundle contains the following activities:
1 – Mount Everest
2 – Children of the Industrial Revolution
3 – Roswell
4 – William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
5 – The Transatlantic Slave Trade
6 – The Great Plague
7 – Martin Luther King
8 – Abraham Lincoln
9 – Ancient Olympic Games
10 – Mars – The Red Planet
Included in each PDF printable resource:
A teacher presentation to introduce the subject
An informational text
A comprehension activity with ten questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
A multiple choice quiz with seven questions
An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning
A wordsearch puzzle
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These resources are great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Guided reading sessions
Assessment practice
Reading interventions
The activities require NO PREP; they each have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the documents.
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These easy to use, no prep, substitution plans give you an ideal back up plan to have ready in your classroom just in case. The bundle contains ten reading comprehension activities about inspirational female figures from history and four biography writing units. Ideal for emergency sub plans in Year 5 or Year 6.
26 Lessons, or 26 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!
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Firstly, there are ten reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:
Marie Curie
Rosa Parks
Mother Teresa
Ruby Bridges
Anne Frank
Cleopatra
J.K. Rowling
Serena Williams
Greta Thunberg
Amelia Earhart
These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.
Then, there are four biography writing units about Anne Frank, Rosa Parks, J.K. Rowling and Marie Curie. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately an hour each.
Good luck, I hope you find the resource useful!
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This bundle contains activities on four inspirational young women who changed the world: Malala Yousafzai, Ruby Bridges, Greta Thunberg and Anne Frank. It contains four reading comprehension activities and four biography writing units.
24 Lessons, or 24 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!
Firstly, there are four reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:
Greta Thunberg
Malala Yousafzai
Anne Frank
Ruby Bridges
These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.
Then, there are four biography writing units about the four young women. These units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.
Good luck, I hope you get some great results!
We specialize in play scripts, we have a William Shakespeare collection with Richard III, Macbeth and Hamlet. We also have a good selection of Christmas play scripts including Elf, The Santa Clause and A Christmas Carol.
For more resources visit the Creative Primary Literacy store.
These easy to use, no prep, substitution plans give you an ideal back up plan to have ready in your classroom just in case. The bundle contains ten reading comprehension activities; two biography writing units about Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King; and two informational writing units about Mount Everest and the Ancient Olympic Games. Ideal for emergency sub plans in Year 3 or Year 4.
24 Lessons, or 24 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!
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Firstly, there are ten reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:
Mount Everest
Children of the Industrial Revolution
Roswell
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Great Plague
Martin Luther King
Abraham Lincoln
Ancient Olympic Games
Mars – The Red Planet
These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity, crossword puzzle and wordsearch activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.
Then, there are two biography writing units about Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln, and two informational writing units about Mount Everest and the Ancient Olympic Games. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.
Good luck, I hope you find the resource useful!
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This bundle contains ten reading comprehension activities about influential figures from Women’s History, and six biography writing units. The activities focus on Rosa Parks, Greta Thunberg, Marie Curie, J.K. Rowling, Amelia Earhart, Mae Jemison, Anne Frank, Queen Elizabeth II, Serena Williams, Cleopatra and Ruby Bridges.
34 Lessons, or 34 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!
Firstly, there are ten reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:
Rosa Parks
Greta Thunberg
Marie Curie
J.K. Rowling
Amelia Earhart
Anne Frank
Queen Elizabeth
Serena Williams
Cleopatra
Ruby Bridges
These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.
Finally, there are six biography writing units about Rosa Parks, Greta Thunberg, Marie Curie, J.K. Rowling, Amelia Earhart and Mae Jemison. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.
Good luck, I hope you get some great results!
We specialize in play scripts, we have a William Shakespeare collection with Richard III, Macbeth and Hamlet. We also have a good selection of Christmas play scripts including Elf, The Santa Clause and A Christmas Carol.
For more resources visit the Creative Primary Literacy store.
Two great activities that would span five lessons about the young Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg. Perfect for students in Year 3 or Year 4.
NO PREP is needed!
Firstly, there is a reading comprehension activity where children need to read through an informational text, and then answer comprehension and grammar questions, before completing an extension activity. Secondly, there is a biography writing unit which has been split into four separate lessons of reading, sorting and writing.
Included in the close reading activity:
An informational text
A comprehension activity with eight varied questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
An answer page for self-assessment or teacher use
A crossword puzzle & wordsearch activity to consolidate learning
Included in the biography writing unit:
Four fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphs
Writing templates for four draft paragraphs
Two prompt sheets for students to write their introduction and conclusion
A template for students to write up their neat biography text
This resource is great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Creative writing sessions
Guided reading sessions
Reading & writing interventions
Assessment practice
Emergency sub plans
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These easy to use, no prep, substitution plans give you an ideal back up plan to have ready in your classroom just in case. The bundle contains ten reading comprehension activities; two biography writing units about Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King; and two informational writing units about Mount Everest and the Industrial Revolution. Ideal for emergency sub plans in Year 5 or Year 6.
24 Lessons, or 24 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!
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Firstly, there are ten reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:
Mount Everest
Children of the Industrial Revolution
Roswell
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Great Plague
Martin Luther King
Abraham Lincoln
Ancient Olympic Games
Mars – The Red Planet
These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity, crossword puzzle and wordsearch activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.
Then, there are two biography writing units about Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln, and two informational writing units about Mount Everest and the Industrial Revolution. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.
Good luck, I hope you find the resource useful!
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An informational writing unit and reading comprehension activities about Mount Everest. The bundle has four separate lessons and is perfect for students in Year 5 or Year 6.
Included in the Informational Writing Unit:
Four fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphs
Writing templates for four draft paragraphs
A prompt sheet for students to write their introduction
A template for students to write up their neat informational text
A crossword & wordsearch to consolidate learning
Included in the Close Reading Activity:
A teacher presentation to introduce the topic
An informational text
A comprehension activity with ten varied questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
A multiple choice quiz about the text
An answer page for self-assessment or teacher use
A crossword & wordsearch to consolidate learning
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This resource is great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Creative writing sessions
Assessment practice
Emergency sub plans
The reading activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document. It also contains a multiple choice quiz, a crossword activity and a wordsearch puzzle to consolidate learning.
The Informational Writing Unit is split into three lessons. The first lesson is interactive and involves them cutting out facts, and then sorting these facts into paragraphs. In the second lesson the children need to use these facts to write four paragraphs. Then, in the final lesson your class will need to use the format provided to write an introduction for the text before checking their draft paragraphs for mistakes and writing up their work into a neat copy on the template provided.
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An informational writing unit and reading comprehension activities about Mount Everest. The activities focus on facts about the highest mountain in the world and move on to look into early summit attempts and the mountain today. The bundle has four separate lessons and is perfect for students in Year 3 or Year 4.
Included in the Informational Writing Unit:
Three fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphs
Writing templates for four draft paragraphs
A prompt sheet for students to write their introduction
A template for students to write up their neat informational text
A crossword & wordsearch to consolidate learning
Included in the Reading Activity:
A teacher presentation to introduce the topic
An informational text
A comprehension activity with eight varied questions
Two grammar questions about the text
An extension writing activity
A multiple choice quiz about the text
An answer page for self-assessment or teacher use
A crossword & wordsearch to consolidate learning
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This resource is great for:
In class learning
Independent work
Homework
Creative writing sessions
Assessment practice
Emergency sub plans
The reading activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document. It also contains a multiple choice quiz, a crossword activity and a wordsearch puzzle to consolidate learning.
The Informational Writing Unit is split into three lessons. The first lesson is interactive and involves them cutting out facts, and then sorting these facts into paragraphs. In the second lesson the children need to use these facts to write four paragraphs. Then, in the final lesson your class will need to use the format provided to write an introduction for the text before checking their draft paragraphs for mistakes and writing up their work into a neat copy on the template provided.
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