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Dream Scheme creates Interactive Primary PowerPoints to really bring learning to life! All proceeds from these resources are currently being used to support the welfare of dogs in Spain. Follow us on Instagram for regular updates!
This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to Traditional Tales based on the Year 1 National Curriculum scheme of work. Within this unit you will find lessons based on the two stories ‘Dragon Dinosaur’ as well as ‘The House that Jack Built’. This presentation is Week 1 of 2.
Lesson 1: To read and discuss a familiar story
Lesson 2: To form my handwriting correctly
Lesson 3: To discuss my favourite story
Lesson 4: To write a well punctuated sentence
Lesson 5: To identify keywords
Total Number of Slides: 27
This second bundle also includes 5 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to continue the learning of Significant Authors. During this final week, children will continue focusing on the book Clockwork or All Wound Up as well as a short extract from Spring-heeled Jack by Philip Pullman.
SPAG/GPS covered this week: complex sentences, expanded noun phrases, effective punctuation and dialogue.
Lesson 1: To understand the structure and layout of a graphic novel
Lesson 2: To write a section of a graphic novel
Lesson 3: To perform an improvised role play
Lesson 4: To plan a film script for ‘Clockwork’ by Philip Pullman
Lesson 5: To write a film script
NB. Children will need to have completed reading the book Clockwork or All Wound Up by Philip Pullman during Week 1.
Total Number of Slides: 28
Lesson Plans Included? Yes
Activities Included? Yes
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Have children practice the correct spellings of irregular verbs with this 20-question activity sheet. Questions can be either copied and answered directly into books or answered on the sheet.
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This bundle includes 10 interactive fun-filled lessons where children will learn to read and understand a selection of short poems (included).
Pupils will participate in a range of activities such as: creating interesting noun phrases, writing a prose description, memorising and performing a poem, learning/revising how to use a dictionary and more!
Lessons include differentiated resources as well as additional visual aids to support activities.
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This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to Creating Images based on the Year 3 National Curriculum scheme of work. Within this unit children will revise and practise using adjectives, nouns and verbs. They will enjoy working together in small groups to memorise and perform small parts of a poem before performing together as a whole class. To end the week they spend time writing their own chant with a partner whilst applying the same structure and rhythm as ‘The Bug Chant’ by Tony Mitton.
Week 1 of 2.
Lesson 1: To create noun phrases
Lesson 2: To understand abstract nouns
Lesson 3: To write a prose description
Lesson 4: To memorise part of a poem
Lesson 5: To use adjectives and verbs to write my own chant
Total Number of Slides: 33
Success Criteria Included? Yes
Differentiated Activities and Resources? Yes
Resources Included? Yes
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During this two-week unit pupils will learn about the style, structure and features of recount texts as well as when/why they are used.
They will take an in depth look into fronted adverbials and the use of paragraphs in order to develop their understanding of how these are used to create cohesion within a piece of writing.
To conclude the unit, children will enjoy working in small groups as they plan a ‘hoax’ UFO sighting within school. They will then apply their knowledge of recount texts as they independently draft and write their own News Reports.
Number of Slides: 72
Worksheets Included? Yes
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Related Poem - ‘The door’ by Miroslav Holub (included)
This interactive PowerPoint contains the final 5 poetry lessons relating to Image Poems based on the Year 4 National Curriculum scheme of work. To conclude this unit pupils will practise writing descriptive sentences using comparative adjectives before editing their work to include fronted adverbials. They will learn the importance of a fronted adverbial as well as how and why these are used. Your class will become more engaged with poetry as they use their imaginations to visualise a range of different images when they ‘open a door’. They will then use these collaborative ideas to produce their own image poem (either independently or with a partner) before learning, rehearsing and performing their work during the final lesson.
Lesson 1: To write descriptive sentences
Lesson 2: To use fronted adverbials to improve my writing
Lesson 3: To plan a descriptive piece of writing
Lesson 4: To write an image poem
Lesson 5: To learn, prepare and perform my poem
Total Number of Slides: 29
Differentiation and Group Work? Yes
Resources Included? Yes
Lesson plan included? No
Week 2 of 2
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No additional resources needed. All lessons include an easy-to-follow lesson plan, interactive PowerPoint, starter activity, main teaching, lesson activity and plenary.
This bundle contains the final 5 lessons relating to Stories From Other Cultures based on the Year 3 National Curriculum scheme of work. During this third and final week, children will be applying their knowledge of traditional Indian Tales by planning and writing their own in a similar style. They will choose a well-known fairy tale and replace some of these characters with the characters from the Indian Tales which have been covered during this unit. They will be aiming to apply their knowledge of prepositional phrases, adverbs of manner and powerful language.
Lesson 1: To use a dictionary to check the meaning of new words
Lesson 2: To ‘magpie’ powerful language to use within my own writing
Lesson 3: To convert a Fairy Tale into a Traditional Indian Tale
Lesson 4: To write a story in the style of a Traditional Indian Tale
Lesson 5: To edit and improve my writing
Total Number of Slides: 30
Lesson Plans Included? Yes
Resources Included? Yes
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This presentation includes 5 project based lessons relating to Instructions and Explanations based on the Year 3 National Curriculum scheme of work. Children will begin by watching short clips of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ before answering 15 questions in a similar format to help understand the rules. To develop their understanding further pupils will then spend time working in groups to create their own questions (with the help of non fiction books) before writing their own instruction and explanation texts to support their game. To finish the week, children will have fun presenting and answering their questions!
Week 2 of 2.
Lesson 1: To watch and understand the rules of a game show
Lesson 2: To plan my own game show questions
Lesson 3: To write a set of instructions to explain a game
Lesson 4: To write in the third person and in the present tense
Lesson 5: To play a class game
Total Number of Slides: 121 (includes the ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire quiz’)
Resources Included? Yes
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Throughout this two-week unit children will read and discuss the stories ‘John Patrick Norman McHennessy - The Boy Who Was Always Late’ by John Burningham and ‘Dear Greenpeace’ by Simon James (which can both be listened to on YouTube using the provided links). Children will be inspired to write letters and postcards relating to both of these wonderful stories.
Grammar Focus - Pupils will learn how to use punctuation correctly, including
capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.
Total Number of Slides: 67
Resources Included? Yes
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This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to Postcards and Letters based on the Year 2 National Curriculum scheme of work. Within this unit you will find lessons relating to the story ‘Dear Greenpeace’ by Simon James (which can be listened to on YouTube using the provided link). This PowerPoint can be easily adapted to meet the specific needs of an individual class. Week 2 of 2.
Lesson 1: To correctly sequence the events of a story
Lesson 2: To practise spelling words with the /ul/ phoneme
Lesson 3: To plan the continuation of a story
Lesson 4: To write the first draft of my letter
Lesson 5: To create a final copy of my letter for display
Total Number of Slides: 32
Resources included? Yes
Closely following the Hamilton Trust scheme of work, we have produced these presentations to support the learning of Year 6 students. Required texts for this unit are ‘War Horse’ by Michael Morpurgo and ‘War Game’ by Michael Foreman. ‘One Boy’s War’ by Lynn Huggins-Cooper would also benefit this unit. Children will learn to recognise different types of sentences, write character descriptions, write dialogues, perform scenes from the book in addition to researching footballers who enlisted during WW1.
Total Number of Slides: 93
Closely following the Hamilton Trust scheme of work, we have produced these presentations to support the learning of the Traditional Tales unit for Year 1. The required text for this unit is ‘Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone’ by Fiona French.
Total Number of Slides: 56
Resources Included? Yes
This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to Historical Stories based on the Year 6 National Curriculum scheme of work. Within this unit you will find lessons based on the two stories ‘War Horse’ and ‘War Game’.
This presentation is Week 2 of 3 of this unit.
Lesson 1: To create a guide for historical writers
Lesson 2: To write an authentic sounding dialogue between two characters
Lesson 3: To convert a section of War Horse into a playscript
Lesson 4: To complete, revise and perform a scene based on War Horse
Lesson 5: To identify and write relative clauses
Total Number of Slides: 38
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This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to Stories by the same Author based on the Year 3 National Curriculum scheme of work. Within this unit you will find lessons linked to the story ‘I’ll take you to Mrs Cole.’ Week 1 of 2.
Lesson 1: To read and discuss ideas about a story
Lesson 2: To use the silent ‘e’ rule to add suffixes
Lesson 3: To identify noun phrases within a sentence
Lesson 4: To use conjunctions to expand simple sentences
Lesson 5: To use powerful verbs
Total Number of Slides: 38
Resources Included? Yes
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This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to Stories by the same Author based on the Year 3 National Curriculum scheme of work. Within this unit you will find lessons linked to the story ‘I’ll take you to Mrs Cole.’ Week 2 of 2.
Lesson 1: To use conjunctions to express time, place or cause
Lesson 2: To discuss and plan a story based on one read
Lessons 3 & 4: To write a story based on one read
Lesson 5: To complete and edit my story to remove errors
Total Number of Slides: 39
Resources Included? Yes
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This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to Just So Stories based on the Year 5 National Curriculum scheme of work. Within this unit you will find lessons linked to different extracts which can be sourced using the provided links. Week 3 of 3.
Lesson 1: To plan a 'Just So Story’
Lesson 2: To begin writing my first draft
Lesson 3: To complete writing my first draft
Lesson 4: To edit and proofread my own work
Lesson 5: To prepare and perform my own writing
Total Number of Slides: 35
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Pupils will read historical fiction ‘War Horse’ by Michael Morpurgo.
Throughout the reading of this story they will practise writing dialogues, letters and descriptions of characters and settings. They will have the opportunity to convert a section of the story into a an authentic playscript and will have the opportunity to perform their scenes to an audience. To conclude the unit pupils will look at ‘One Boy’s War’ and ‘War Game’ in order to draw comparisons between these three historical stories.
Grammar Focus:
Relative Clauses and adding commas to clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity.
Total Number of Slides: 93
Does your class know how to correctly use relative pronouns?
If not, this attractive poster can be displayed anywhere in the classroom for pupils to easily refer to during grammar related activities!
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