This is a series of 11 lessons that take you on a journey to planning a detailed diary entry. It could be adapted to a first person narrative too. This unit uses a video stimuli which explores Athens from the perspective of a warrior adventurer. The journey includes relative clauses as well as all the features of a diary entry. All example texts are written by myself and designed to draw out UKS2 grammar and writing objectives. All lessons are fully resources, with planning and scaffolding. This entire unit is dyslexia friendly. This is an extremely high quality unit that is ready to teach to outstanding quality. This has taken many hours to create and I have used it many times and polished and perfected it. It is great for cohorts needing improved vocabulary choices, those that struggle with writing stamina and is packed with inclusive strategies for all disadvantaged groups to thrive.

This is a set of 4 lessons based on the poem “I Don’t Like Poetry” By Joshua Seigal. It is really good fun to read and mimic. This week long block includes fluency and performing the poem, it them analysing the structure and compares it to another one of Joshua Seigal’s poems, there is a comprehension day working on a mix of skills from retrieval to author’s intent and the opportunity to add a paragraph about hyperboles to extend their figurative language knowledge. Aimed at UKS2 but easily adapted for LKS2.

This is a weeks worth of Guided Reading based on the text Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. This covers Chapter 2 and and up to page 33 due to running alongside The Write Stuff unit, we needed to get to the Car Showroom to start our writing. One lesson is mostly reading and there is one lesson which focuses on a particular type of inference question from reading papers (3 mark questions). This also features a drama lesson where children act out a scene from the car showroom.

This is 3 reading lessons based around the text Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. These lessons are aimed at Year 5 and take into consideration the recommendations made in the most recent DfE subject report. It includes the prologue and chapter 1 activities, including fluency and opportunities for reading aloud as well as a mixed skill comprehension questions including inference and sentence stems provided for inclusivity.

This is a complete lesson focusing on recall of the 9 times table. There are lots of lessons involving reasoning and problem solving but often, not quality, resources focused on the speed, fluency and accuracy of recall. The apps that often bridge the gap between home and school are excellent but do not come with the quality teaching content that shows children strategies for recalling their facts with increasing speed. This lesson, as with all the lessons in this series, includes counting activities (add multi-sensory opportunities with body percussion for an added pizazz), bar models, odd one out, sentence stems, arrays, quick fire games, mini quiz, which is all built upon buy guided practice following the graduated release model, consolidated with independent learning using the worksheet provided. I love to get children moving around and counting in pairs or threes, using clapping with their chants and where concrete apparatus are necessary, that too! These lessons are perfect prep for MTC. If you find it useful or have any feedback on how you used it, please comment, leave a review or show me on my instagram page @misshb_teacher

This week-long unit is fully resourced. It is winter-themed and although some poems are about Christmas, others are on the topic of winter itself to cater for everyone in your classroom. Lesson 1 - introduction to poetry, ‘taste’ two poems and record their response. Lesson 2 - Introduction to figurative language, ‘taste’ two poems and record techniques found. Lesson 3 - Discuss their favourites and why. Recommend the poems to people in their lives they think would most enjoy them. Lesson 4 - Focus on rhyming couplets and rewriting/mimicking one of the peoples by rewriting every other line. Lesson 5 - Polish and Publish using the theme. The slides cover everything. The worksheets come too. All you need to do is print. The slides are dyslexia-friendly, concise and free of cognitive overload. They are designed for UKS2 but can be easily adapted to suit your class or another year group. The poems have a range of techniques so cover a lot of ground. Perfect to recap techniques gathered throughout their school career or assess where a newer class are at so you know how to approach your next poetry topic. This is a tried and tested resources. Year on year, children love it and it brings joy to the classroom and an appreciation of poetry. Please feedback how you have used this resource to help a small business promote and extend their catalogue and customer - thank you!

I use this to gather a song from every class member and then pull one out of a basket if they have extra time because everyone has been getting on or everyone is working beautifully during an afternoon art lesson. I also may single out a student working really hard and listening well to get their song played.

I use this very simple template with 30 marbles to collect for my classes to earn a half-termly treat. I’ve always found other templates have way too many marbles to earn or too few. 30 is perfect for a half-term as there are rougly this many school days. I give class marbles for whole class working - everyone on task, working as a team, when adults compliment our classroom or transitions - assemblies etc Hope it is helpful.

I think it is of great importance to discuss these values with learners so they know what they look like, you can address misconceptions and really set the tone for the classroom atmosphere. These slides have lots of discussion prompts with follow up exercises of drawing and writing sentences about these school values as well as a game at the end for pupils to demonstrate what these expectations look like in action. 8 slides, approx 45 minutes of activity. You can adapt as you need.

This lesson takes learners through a series of assessments to ensure they have met all their place value objectives. It has a series of tasks and discussions about the meaning of place value, reading and writing numbers and it follows a graduated release with I do, We do, You do format. The independent task is linked with Year 5, Year 4 and Year 3 place value skills so it can be differentiated for the learner, depending on their gaps and where they are in the phases. The sheets can be adapted easily to change numbers or volumes of digits. I am using this resource to consolidate after picking up a new class. I want to ensure they have met their objectives but I have also used it at the beginning of the year as an assessment to create flexible groups for my first place value lesson and adapt my unit of teaching to emphasis key gaps for the class, groups and individuals. Enjoy!

These working wall headings ensure that learners can access the help they need. Working walls are meant to be made in action and that means they are not always polished-perfect - And that is okay! But we need to ensure learners can access what they need to help them. These headings add a little order to the disorder and mean that when learners are stuck, they know where to look and any barriers to them finding what they need independently are removed. These can be printed on a4, laminated or use card for a more stable background (and more eco-friendly). Trim them up and stick them on! Voila…

When creating a working wall, it is essential that students can access the information there. Yes, they aren’t suppose to be polished-perfect spaces but learners must be able to find what they are looking for, otherwise we end up placing more barriers on them trying to access the information they need to help them. These signs support that. Laminate them or print on card (better for the environment) then add to your working wall. Add examples under the headings throughout the unit to ensure when they get to their final piece, children can write independently and know where to look for reminders of the expected standard.

This slide deck and accompanying printable is designed to help increase recall and fluency of key facts and curiosity about these facts through reasoning. The slides take you through some odd one out activities, counting using number stick visuals, spot the missing multiple, bar models, sentence stems, arrays, groups, worded problems and using known facts, paired with engaging activities such as beat the teacher, times table bingo and a mini quiz. The slides follow an I do, We do, you do approach and have a sheet with varying levels of challenge to ensure independent application. My ethos is to keep it simple, remove barriers to understanding and cognitive overload by keeping the slides clean, relevant and dyslexia friendly. There are ordered and disordered questioning, reasoning, problem solving, lots of oracy opportunities and discussion. This is a fun lesson - tried and tested by myself and my colleagues!

This slide deck and accompanying printable is designed to help practice fluency of key facts and curiosity about these facts. The slides take you through some odd one out activities, counting using number stick visuals, spot the missing number, bar models, sentence stems, arrays, worded problems, times table bingo, beat the teacher and a mini quiz. As well as, independent practice using the provided resource sheet. my ethos is keep it simple. There is ordered and disorder questions, as well as reasoning and problem solving, littered with partner talk, guided and independent work. This lesson is fun, active and a great accompaniment to anyone preparing Year 4 for the Multiplication Check.

This is a simple lessonon the 6 times tables. No fuss or confusion. Fun and simple. High participation. Approx 30-45 minutes long with a mixture of 6 times table practice and games. I have been teaching Year 4 and we used an additional after lunch slot for times table practice and I wanted it to be fun, fast-paced, packed with verbal fluency, visuals and games, and focused on recall and fluency as we were digging deeper in our maths lessons. This lesson comes with a set of slides, dyslexia friendly, and a resource sheet for some quick recall. Slides are adaptable so please, make them your own. If you enjoy this resource or have any feedback - please leave a review! Miss HB Teacher

This is a 5 lesson poetry block based on the poem Dreams by Langston Hughes , including 5 lots of dyslexia friendly lesson slides and accompanying resources. Lesson 1 - Sparks creativity into the topic by discussing dreams and goals, with a short piece of writing related to their own. Lesson 2 - introduction of poem and analysis Lesson 3 - understanding metaphors and planning metaphors Lesson 4 - includes a shared write and independent write Lesson 5 - check against the success criteria/edit and publish using the theme Every lesson comes with a printable worksheet. All designed to save you time and be easy to follow and adapt. Aimed at UKS2 but can easily be adapted. If you enjoyed this resource, please leave a review.

Banners save so much more time that letters! This is super simple printable banner to display in your classroom. Work smarter and not harder as they say!

Simple banner with green and purple theme. Dyslexia friendly font. Saves so much more time than printing individual letters and cutting out!

This is a simple assessment grid which can be used after a lesson or topic. It is great to get children reviewing their own learning and seeing what might be left to cover. Super way to represent pupil voice in anything that you are learning. Enjoy.