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KS1 Grammar Game Cards
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KS1 Grammar Game Cards

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Play in pairs - all you need is a dice! card 1 - nouns and verbs card 2 - adjectives and verbs card 3 - adjectives, verbs, conjunctions, -ly openers card 4 - edit a sentence challenge card 5 - editable - create your own challenge card
Science discussion cards
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Science discussion cards

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Sentence stems to support high quality discussions as children plan and carry out investigative work. 2 levels. These cards are NOT editable. Print, laminate and use over and over again.
Thinking Maps Mat
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Thinking Maps Mat

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Print to A3 and laminate. Children to use to support discussions/ thinking during lessons, as part of a recap/ starter or plenary. Large section in centre allows for drawing with dry wipe pen and the reminder prompts around the outside display the thinking maps and the way thoughts/ ideas can be recorded.
CPD Journal cover page
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CPD Journal cover page

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Simply add your name to the blank box, laminate and use as a cover for a CPD journal. We use our CPD journals to capture key info from training sessions as mind maps so we can easily refer back.
Weekly Pic News Discussion record template
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Weekly Pic News Discussion record template

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As shown on my instagram account @journal_of_a_headteacher we use this template to record our weekly Picture News discussions and add them to a floor book. Simply summarise the week’s story and snip the images from the weekly powerpoint to add to the template - see example on page 2. Print and add notes/ post it notes to during your class discussion. Text editable. Images can be snipped from the weekly powerpoints and pasted in.
Emotion discussion sheets
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Emotion discussion sheets

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We printed these to A3 and used them to record our class discussions around each emotion. This links to our emotions cards - available to purchase on my TES
Writing to INFORM bundle of supports
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Writing to INFORM bundle of supports

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Support mats for Writing to Inform: Card 1 - instructions Card 2 - recount Card 3 - recount without sentence checker Card 4 - non-chronological report Card 5 - non-chronological report without sentence checker All cards come as a PDF and an editable Word document