This six-lesson unit of whole class guided reading focuses on war poetry from World War 1. Perfect for KS2 (I personally delivered these lessons to my class of years 5/6). Each lesson includes all the resources ready to deliver a fantastic session: a PowerPoint presentation (with difficult language already explained), any worksheets or texts needed for the children and differentiated Success Criteria! Also, remember that all PowerPoint presentations can be opened using ActivInspire (send me a message if you need help exporting the file!) The unit will cover the following areas: Lesson 1 - discussing the genre and predicting the features of the poems Lesson 2 - summarising the events in Wilfred Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ Lesson 3 - pupils will take learning into their own hands and study one of Siegfried Sassoon’s famous war poems: ‘How to Die’, ‘Suicide in the Trenches’ or ‘Absolution’ Lesson 4 - in this lesson, the class will be comparing the poems they’ve already read with Jessie Pope’s pro-war poem ‘The Call’. This is a great lesson for discussions on the themes of pro and anti-war poetry! The questions are scaffolded with the sentence stems provided for their answers Lesson 5 - for a different twist on the theme, this lesson will be looking at Ted Hughes’ ‘Platform One’ and the children will be visualising the poem by drawing key scenes from it Lesson 6 - one final look at the work of Wilfred Owen and the fantastic ‘The Sentry’. Pupils will develop their ability to skim, scan and close-read by working out if the statements are true or false

All of the reading expectations for year 3 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. I use these after completing end of term tests and date or tick the aspects in the grid that they have achieved independently, helping you to gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Reading targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for maths, writing, science and foundation subjects. In conjunction with these grids, I have several whole class guided reading units that are guaranteed to engage your pupils - with texts that cover everything from the history of Spam through to war poetry.

All of the reading expectations for year 6 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. I use these after completing end of term tests and date or tick the aspects in the grid that they have achieved independently, helping you to gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Reading targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for maths, writing, science and foundation subjects. In conjunction with these grids, I have several whole class guided reading units that are guaranteed to engage your pupils - with texts that cover everything from the history of Spam through to war poetry.

A full guided reading unit of seven lessons all about newspapers. This unit will cover the differences between tabloids and broadsheets, facts and opinions and the features of newspapers. Lesson 1: Like all the guided reading planning on Class Helper, the first lesson is a knowledge harvest. In this lesson the pupils will mindmap their associations with newspapers and any features they know. Lesson 2: We look into the features of newspapers in detail and look at the contrasting differences between tabloids and broadsheets. Lesson 3: In this lesson, we’re focusing on digital newspapers and answering one mark mock Sats questions on the provided article. Lesson 4: Building a wide vocabulary is key within Class Helper’s guided reading planning and in this lesson pupils will underline adjective in a film review and use thesauruses to find synonyms and antonyms. Lesson 5: Focusing on the photographs and captions used in newspaper articles, in this lesson pupils will create their own drawing to match the article. Lesson 6: What’s more fun than one lesson of Sats questions? Yes, two! And two is the keyword as this lesson focuses on two mark questions. The text in this lesson looks at a typical tabloid article. Lesson 7: The final lesson in this guided reading unit looks at the difference between fact and opinion. Pupils have a worksheet with different statements about the given article and they need to work out whether the statements are fact or opinion, and back up their answer using quotations. The download includes fully editable Word document success criteria, texts for each lesson, PowerPoints and a unit plan for guidance.

All of the reading expectations for year 1 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. I use these after completing end of term tests and date or tick the aspects in the grid that they have achieved independently, helping you to gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Reading targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for maths, writing, science and foundation subjects. In conjunction with these grids, I have several whole class guided reading units that are guaranteed to engage your pupils - with texts that cover everything from the history of Spam through to war poetry.

All of the maths expectations for year 3 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. I use these after completing end of term tests and date or tick the aspects in the grid that they have achieved independently, helping you to gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Maths targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for guided reading, writing, science and foundation subjects.

All of the writing expectations for year 1 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. Simply take an independent piece of writing and date or tick the aspects in the grid and you can gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Writing targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for guided reading, mathematics, science and foundation subjects.

All of the writing expectations for year 3 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. Simply take an independent piece of writing and date or tick the aspects in the grid and you can gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Writing targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for guided reading, mathematics, science and foundation subjects.

All of the maths expectations for year 5 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. I use these after completing end of term tests and date or tick the aspects in the grid that they have achieved independently, helping you to gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Maths targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for guided reading, writing, science and foundation subjects.

All of the maths expectations for year 1 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. I use these after completing end of term tests and date or tick the aspects in the grid that they have achieved independently, helping you to gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Maths targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for guided reading, writing, science and foundation subjects.

All of the writing expectations for year 6 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum and in line with the teacher assessment frameworks. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. Simply take an independent piece of writing and date or tick the aspects in the grid and you can gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Writing targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for guided reading, mathematics, science and foundation subjects.

All of the writing expectations for year 5 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. Simply take an independent piece of writing and date or tick the aspects in the grid and you can gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Writing targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for guided reading, mathematics, science and foundation subjects.

All of the maths expectations for year 6 pupils drawn from the new national curriculum. It’s been split into three columns: working towards, working at and working above the expectations for the year group. I use these after completing end of term tests and date or tick the aspects in the grid that they have achieved independently, helping you to gain a more accurate picture of what the pupil understands and find any gaps in their knowledge. Maths targets for Years 1 - 6 can be found on my profile and all of these can be purchased in a bundle for the bargain price of just £4 (saving you enough money for a couple of celebratory sausage rolls from Greggs)! Alongside this, similar assessment grids are available on my profile for guided reading, writing, science and foundation subjects.

This is the fourth lesson in a six-lesson unit of whole class guided reading which focuses on war poetry from World War 1. Perfect for KS2 (I personally delivered these lessons to my class of years 5/6). Individual lessons are priced at £1 but the full unit of lessons is only £4. Each lesson includes all the resources ready to deliver a fantastic session: a PowerPoint presentation (with difficult language already explained), any worksheets or texts needed for the children and differentiated Success Criteria! Also, remember that all PowerPoint presentations can be opened using ActivInspire (send me a message if you need help exporting the file!) The unit will cover the following areas: Lesson 1 - discussing the genre and predicting the features of the poems Lesson 2 - summarising the events in Wilfred Owen’s 'Dulce et Decorum Est’ Lesson 3 - pupils will take learning into their own hands and study one of Siegfried Sassoon’s famous war poems: ‘How to Die’, ‘Suicide in the Trenches’ or ‘Absolution’ Lesson 4 - in this lesson, the class will be comparing the poems they’ve already read with Jessie Pope’s pro-war poem ‘The Call’. This is a great lesson for discussions on the themes of pro and anti-war poetry! The questions are scaffolded with the sentence stems provided for their answers Lesson 5 - for a different twist on the theme, this lesson will be looking at Ted Hughes’ ‘Platform One’ and the children will be visualising the poem by drawing key scenes from it Lesson 6 - one final look at the work of Wilfred Owen and the fantastic ‘The Sentry’. Pupils will develop their ability to skim, scan and close-read by working out if the statements are true or false

A simple, dyslexia-friendly poster for your maths display with the points of the compass. Please see my profile for other display posters, lessons and units of work for the entire curriculum!

Get this first lesson in the unit for free, gratis, literally nothing! This is the first lesson in a six-lesson unit of whole class guided reading which focuses on war poetry from World War 1. Perfect for KS2 (I personally delivered these lessons to my class of years 5/6). Individual lessons are priced at £1 but the full unit of lessons is only £4. Each lesson includes all the resources ready to deliver a fantastic session: a PowerPoint presentation (with difficult language already explained), any worksheets or texts needed for the children and differentiated Success Criteria! Also, remember that all PowerPoint presentations can be opened using ActivInspire (send me a message if you need help exporting the file!) The unit will cover the following areas: Lesson 1 - discussing the genre and predicting the features of the poems Lesson 2 - summarising the events in Wilfred Owen’s 'Dulce et Decorum Est’ Lesson 3 - pupils will take learning into their own hands and study one of Siegfried Sassoon’s famous war poems: ‘How to Die’, ‘Suicide in the Trenches’ or ‘Absolution’ Lesson 4 - in this lesson, the class will be comparing the poems they’ve already read with Jessie Pope’s pro-war poem ‘The Call’. This is a great lesson for discussions on the themes of pro and anti-war poetry! The questions are scaffolded with the sentence stems provided for their answers Lesson 5 - for a different twist on the theme, this lesson will be looking at Ted Hughes’ ‘Platform One’ and the children will be visualising the poem by drawing key scenes from it Lesson 6 - one final look at the work of Wilfred Owen and the fantastic ‘The Sentry’. Pupils will develop their ability to skim, scan and close-read by working out if the statements are true or false

The only time you’ll be pleased to hear a pupil say they 'P.E.E.'d in a test! Simple and effective, with the download including PDF and png files of the poster with a white and also a gold background. And it’s free. What more could you ask for? Be sure to check out my other resources on TES and throw a few pennies my way if you see something worthwhile.