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Adverbs and Fronted Adverbial phrases KS2 SATS
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Adverbs and Fronted Adverbial phrases KS2 SATS

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**FREE UPDATED **All you need to teach adverbs and fronted adverbials. Fun and Easy to teach. No planning required. If you found this resource useful, leave me a five star review! This lesson plan contains all of the information you need to teach adverbs and fronted adverbials. Easy to follow slides. Print out to make worksheets/workbook. In line with the English National Curriculum. Years 3-6 Objectives covered: Understand that adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Create sentences using adverbs. Understand and use fronted adverbials.
Introduction to Nouns 101 KS1 and KS2 SATS
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Introduction to Nouns 101 KS1 and KS2 SATS

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A great FREE resource which is easy to teach. No planning required! Just download the PowerPoint and start teaching. Can be used to complement any school curriculum. Links in easily with the latest UK National Curriculum. This is a great introduction to nouns which can be used over and over again for teaching and revision. Print out slides to use as worksheets or use whiteboards. You decide. This is the perfect foundation on which children and adults can build on their knowledge of nouns. Objectives and outcomes include: I can recognise a noun. I can use a noun in a sentence. I can test words to see if they are nouns. I understand that sentences need nouns. I can tell you what type of noun is being used in sentence. I can distinguish between different types of noun including common, proper, countable, uncountable, concrete, abstract, compound and collective nouns.
Top 10 KS2 VCOP Speedy Starter Activities
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Top 10 KS2 VCOP Speedy Starter Activities

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Top 10 taster of child-centred and interactive VCOP Speedy Starter Activities If you like what you see find 60 more VCOP starter activities here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-vcop-speedy-starter-activities-12283661 Or try Easter VCOP starters here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/easter-vcop-speedy-starter-activities-12283568 Or try St. George’s day starters VCOP here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-george-s-day-vcop-speedy-starter-activities-12283634 10 Slides to be put up the board first thing in the morning or when you need a short, simple activity. Great way to start the day and get your kids motivated. Focusing on the Ros Wilson VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation). Brought together from TES primary resouces and a range of other materials and ideas. Can also be printed off as card and used an as extension, reinforcement activity or for fast finishers.
Top 10 Perfect Plenaries KS2/3/4
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Top 10 Perfect Plenaries KS2/3/4

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Taster pack of TOP 10 imaginative and creative plenary ideas for the perfect plenaries. If you like what you see, click here for 50 more activities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/60-perfect-plenaries-ks2-3-4-12284187 Imaginative, child-centred and interactive plenary ideas to finish any lesson - maths, English, topic, science, music, geography, history, modern languages (French, German, Mandarin etc.), economics, philosophy, literature, biology, chemistry, physics, religious studies, computer studies (IT), drama, media studies, etc. No more plenary planning!
Top 10 New Class Icebreakers and Circle Time activities
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Top 10 New Class Icebreakers and Circle Time activities

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Taster of my Top 10 new class icebreakers and circle time activities. Try them a the beginning of the week/term/year. If you like what you see, click here for 50 more activities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/60-new-class-ice-breakers-and-circle-time-for-back-to-school-ks1-4-12284809 Create teams, alliances, groups and ideas. Set expectations and boundaries. Laugh and have some fun with your class. Alone, in pairs, in groups and all together in a circle, these activities will create, inspire, facilitate and engage. Mix, choose randomly or with purpose. It’s up to you! Great to mix up friend groups and create new friendships and teams. No planning and only very minimal preparation required. All ages KS1-4 and abilities
What can you see? KS1/2 Vocabulary Game
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What can you see? KS1/2 Vocabulary Game

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FREE Fun and quick vocabulary game for KS1/2. No planning required. Great as a starter or activity at the end of the lesson. Fully editable. Instructions Pupils take it in turn to choose a number. Teacher or friend asks “What can you see?” Pupil responds with what they can see under the number: “I can see a…parrot”. Then it’s the next player’s turn. There are 6 games in total.
How do Authors use Language? Figurative Language KS2/3
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How do Authors use Language? Figurative Language KS2/3

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FREE Excellent complete and easy to use resource to teach “How do authors use Language”. Full of analysis,step-by step scaffolded approach. And differentiated for all learners. NO planning required. Based on extracts from the legend of St. George and the Dragon, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Suffixes Bingo
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Suffixes Bingo

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Fun, editable resource to play suffixes Bingo. Use the words with suffixes that I have chosen or add your own.
Negative Prefixes Game - KS2/3
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Negative Prefixes Game - KS2/3

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FREE Excellent, interactive game to practice words with negative prefixes: eg. impossible, irresponsible, unhappy etc. Great to learn and reinforce understanding of vocabulary and spellings. Perfect preparations for SATs and Cambridge exams at KS2 and KS3.
Adverbs and Fronted Adverbial phrases 101 for KS2 SATS
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Adverbs and Fronted Adverbial phrases 101 for KS2 SATS

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All you need to teach adverbs and fronted adverbials. Fun and Easy to teach. No planning required. This lesson plan contains all of the information you need to teach adverbs and fronted adverbials. Easy to follow slides. Print out to make worksheets/workbook. In line with the English National Curriculum. Years 3-6 Objectives covered: Understand that adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Create sentences using adverbs. Understand and use fronted adverbials.
Conjunctions/ Connectives, Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences 101 for KS2 SATS
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Conjunctions/ Connectives, Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences 101 for KS2 SATS

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Easy to teach resource covering clauses, simple, compound and complex sentences. Perfect for KS2. Includes all the most important connectives/conjunctions: and, or, but, so, because, although, after unless. New planning required! Great preparation for SATS! Children will be able to understand and create sentences with ease. Easily printable worksheets. Objectives and Outcomes: Identify clauses Identify and create simple sentences. Recognise and create compound sentences Use coordinating conjunctions. Recognise and create complex sentences. Use subordinating conjunctions.
Articles the, a, an 101 KS1 and KS2 SATS
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Articles the, a, an 101 KS1 and KS2 SATS

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Easy to teach lesson on Articles. No planning required. Everything your students need to know about a, an and the and when to use them. Objectives/Outcomes I can use articles correctly. I understand that articles are determiners. I know to use “a” before a consonant and “an” before a vowel.
FCE Cambridge Use of English Part 3: Key Word Transformation Practice and Revision
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FCE Cambridge Use of English Part 3: Key Word Transformation Practice and Revision

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FCE Cambridge Use of English Part 3: Key Word Transformation resource to support article: Skyscrapers? No, ‘water-scraper’! Easy to follow, engaging and easy to teach. No planning required! Excellent and diverse practice exercises with answers. Get your pupils ready for the Cambridge first certificate today! Use in conjunction with past paper FCE Use of English Part 3 which is available online. Skyscrapers? No, ‘water-scraper’!
9 Amazing GRAMMAR Units 101 BUNDLE for KS1-3 SATS
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9 Amazing GRAMMAR Units 101 BUNDLE for KS1-3 SATS

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BUNDLE 9 Amazing grammar units. Try this FREE Adverbs sample: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/adverbs-and-fronted-adverbial-phrases-ks2-sats-11900585 Everything you need for interactive, engaging and exciting teaching. No planning required. Just download and start teaching. From Adverbs to Conjunctions, your pupils will be writing with ease. Download today!
Prefix secret maze game for KS2 and KS3
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Prefix secret maze game for KS2 and KS3

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Practice the prefix “dis-” with this Amazing maze. Individual or team game. An excellent way to making the tricky topic of prefixes fun! You and the kids can make your own versions if you ungroup the images. Instructions Split players into two teams. Teams take it in turns to roll the dice and move forward. They can only land on a square with a word that can take the prefix “dis”. If they try to land on a square that cannot take the prefix “dis” (and take their finger off their counter) they must go back to the beginning. Whoever gets to the final green arrow first wins. Ungroup images to Edit.
Modal Verbs 101 for KS2 SATS (can, would, should, might, may, could, ought to etc.)
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Modal Verbs 101 for KS2 SATS (can, would, should, might, may, could, ought to etc.)

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Easy to teach and no planning required! All you need to teach modal verbs. Grammar can be fun with this lesson. Step by step slides. Easy to follow. Quizes with answers can be printed out to use as worksheets or pupils can use whiteboards. FREE bonus “Where in the world?” game included. Perfect for both native speakers and EAL pupils. Links easily to the National Curriculum. Outcomes and Objectives: I understand that a modal verb is a type of auxiliary verb. I can recognise a modal verb. I can use a modal verb in a sentence. I know that modal verbs do not change depending on the person (I, you, he etc.) I understand and recognise when modal verbs are used to show certainty or possibility etc.