Explore the Foundational Narratives and Wisdom of Judaism
This meticulously researched and thoughtfully written bundle immerses students in 8 formative Jewish stories: The Story of Creation, Moses & Exodus from Egypt, The Jewish Story of David and Goliath, Moses in the Bulrushes, Joseph & His Brothers, Queen Esther’s Story of Purim, The Story of Hanukkah, and Moses & The Burning Bush.
Also included is an invaluable informational text introducing the history, beliefs, and traditions of Judaism. PLUS an information text about Yom Kippur
Each resource is accompanied by a wealth of comprehension activities to reinforce understanding:
Differentiated written response worksheets with diverse question types
Multiple-choice story quizzes
Cloze-style story summary worksheets
True/false comprehension checks
Engaging crossword puzzles
Answer keys
Develop cultural literacy and nurture ethical thinking as students delve into these seminal Jewish texts exploring timeless concepts like faith, courage, wisdom, and humanity’s sacred responsibilities.
An outstanding value download! This premium 9-resource bundle provides ready-to-use, rigorously vetted materials for ELA, social studies, and Jewish studies curricula. Guide your students through Judaism’s defining moments and cardinal wisdoms with this comprehensive collection.
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Embark on a journey through Christmas past and present with my ‘Holiday Traditions Explored’ bundle. This educational package combines four insightful resources:
’The History of the Christmas Tree,’ tracing the evolution of Christmas trees from ancient times to the present.
’Christingles Information Text,’ which delves into the rich history and symbolism of Christingles since 1747, exploring their role in community gatherings and their ties to The Children’s Society charity.
’Saint Nicholas Biography,’ offering a detailed look at the life of Saint Nicholas, his contributions to Christmas traditions, and his lasting legacy as the beloved Santa Claus.
’Saint Nicholas Biography,’ Single PAge Version
Ideal for learners looking to understand the deeper meanings behind these festive customs.
Discover the Nativity story with this three-level differentiated pack, perfect for Christmas reading.
Features engaging activities for lower, middle, and advanced readers: vocabulary, cloze, true/false, sequencing, written responses, multiple-choice quizzes, crosswords, and more.
Answer keys included for easy marking. Ideal for festive lessons and mixed-ability classrooms!
This collection features 10 beloved traditional tales specially adapted for differentiated reading instruction:
The Clever Prince
The Swineherd
The Old Woman in the Forest
The Frog Prince
Sleeping Beauty
The Bremen Town Musicians
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Little Mermaid
Kate Crackernuts
Billy Goats Gruff
Pied Piper of Hamelin
Each fairy tale resource includes reading passages leveled at multiple difficulty levels, along with numerous comprehension worksheets. Worksheets feature a variety of question formats including multiple choice, short answer, and written responses, ensuring educators can provide the perfect level for their students.
With 2-5 differentiated reading levels per tale, these resources allow teachers to challenge, support, and engage all learners with these timeless stories. This traditional tales collection is ideal for whole-class, small group, or individual reading comprehension practice.
Phonics Spelling Home Learning Pack.
honics book + phonics worksheets
Includes 100s of pages of worksheets covering the majority of the UK phonics covered during reception, year 1 and year 2 at school.
Designed by a year 1 school teacher and used in many schools around the world
Special bundle price with my best phonics resources.
Limited time offer, available only during Covid19 school closures.
Reading comprehension mega pack of 84 fables, available as a bundle download at great value. This pack includes all the most famous classic fables such as “The Hare and the Tortoise,” “The Fox and the Stork,” and “The Lion and the Mouse.” and many, many more.
Each fable comes with an answer sheet and is easy to print on one A4 page.
Plus, many fables are differentiated at three levels to accommodate different reading comprehension abilities.
Don’t miss out on this comprehensive resource for improving reading comprehension skills.
Animated & illustrated PowerPoint introduction to prefixes and suffixes and how they change the meaning of (base) words.
Most common prefixes and suffixes covered.
Each prefix or suffix is presented with 10+ logical examples in an engaging style. Think-pair-share activities for each prefix or suffix.
Slide Order:
Review of base words quickly covered with an identify the base word activity.
Explanation and examples of common prefixes: ‘re’, ‘un’, ‘mis’, ‘pre’, and ‘dis’.
Each prefix then followed with a think-pair-share activity.
20+ examples of words with the prefix then shown for students to self check against.
Explanation and examples of common suffixes: ‘-ful’, ‘-less’, ‘ly’, ‘er’, ‘est’
Each suffix followed with a think-pair-share activity
20+ Examples of words with the suffix.
Quite a long slide show if all done at once (whole lesson perhaps). Could be used to introduce/review just prefixes or suffixes in one lesson by showing only 1 half of the presentation. Some slides could also be hidden.
Other than a brief explanation and examples for each prefix or suffix, I’ve tried to keep it quite straight forward so that their isn’t too much lecturing or reading required.
Recommend students use mini-whiteboards for the think-pair-shares or list on paper the examples pairs or small groups can come up with.
Been designed with ESL grade 3, 4 and 5 students as the target pupils, so repetitive language used with vocabulary building as a desired outcome.
Use these writing frames to help Key Stage 1 and lower Key Stage 2 students write stories.
8 story idea writing frames with suggested words to help students write interesting stories. Appropriate possible word choices for characters, and setting and a selection of appropriate key phrases, adjectives and verbs which writers could incorporate into their stories. All or just a few of the words can be used. Although it may seem to a teacher or tutor that the plot is predetermined by the word selection children can write a multitude of different stories by selecting fewer or more words, putting words in different orders and by adding their own extra words and information to create a different story each time. (Differentiation by outcome)
Designed to help young writers expand their vocabulary and have fun writing.
ea Alternative Pronunciation of ea.
‘ea’ as in head, feather, bread.
(and ‘ea’ as in sea, dream, meat)
Sorting flashcards with 42 images and words (21 for each pronunciation)
and
FInd, highlight, read and write in two column worksheet.
Fronted Adverbials Word Mat.
“Fronted Adverbials are words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence which are used to describe the action that follows.
A comma is usually used after the adverbial.”
Fronted adverbials listed under time, frequency, location, manner and degree.
Alternative pronunciations for ey.
ey = ai / as in they, grey, obey, prey, survey.
ey = ee / as in key, money, turkey.
To support Phase 5 Week 14 of Letters and Sounds.
Includes:
Image/Word Cards for sorting into each pronunciation.
Memory Reading and Matching image memory game.
ey write and link to matching pronunication of ey worksheet (differentiated)
Read, highlight, and write in matching column groups worksheet
Flashcards, differentiated worksheets, illustrated sentences, spelling grids, sorting activities and crosswords.
Spellings for igh (long i): igh, ie, y, i_e, (Phase 5 Week 24)
igh as in light, tight, eyesight.
ie as in pie, fried, satisfied.
y as in dry, cry, deny
i_e as in bike, time, smile
Sorting flashcards, differentiated worksheets (black and white and colour), illustrated sentences, spelling grids and crosswords.
illustrated flashcards/sorting cards (2 versions - 1 version with picture and word on 1 card for sorting, 1 version with separate pictures and words for reading/matching).
Spelling table with word bank.
Illustrated example sentences from P5 W24 Letters and Sound plan document.
Various worksheets (labeling, reading, cloze sentence, sound buttons etc) in black and white and colour.
Alternative Spellings for /sh/
Alternative Spellings for /oa/
Alternative Spellings for /ee/
Alternative Spellings for /or/
Alternative Spellings for /air/
(Letters and Sounds Phase 5) alternative spellings for ‘air’ sorting cards, illustrated sentence, phoneme spotter story and worksheets.
2 versions of clip-art sorting cards with all example words for all 4 spellings for air (air, ere, ear, are) - 1 version picture with word (sort into spelling groups) & 1 version match picture to word (focus on reading)
11 Illustrated sentences (from letters and sound plan + homophone examples)
3 Worksheet focusing on 1 spelling (i.e. air worksheet, ere worksheet, are worksheet)
1 homophone and homograph choice worksheet.
1 phoneme spotter story
Alternative Spellings for /sh/
Alternative Spellings for /oa/
Alternative Spellings for /igh/
Alternative Spellings for /ee/
Alternative Spellings for /or/
Alternative spellings for (y)oo
Carefully chosen words and matching, clear images following Letters and Sounds Phase 5 Week 26 planning documents.
alternative spelling of ‘(y)oo’ = ‘u_e’ as in : use, muse, duke, value, cube, tune.
alternative spelling of ‘(y)oo’ = ‘ue’ as in : cue, venue, rescue, argue, due, hue.
alternative spelling of ‘(y)oo’ = ‘ew’as in : stew, few, new, nephew, mildew.
2 versions of flashcards to support teaching of y(oo)
1)Flashcards with words and image on one card
2)Flashcards with word on one card and image on another card for matching/games
Spelling tables for end of week’s review (differentiated - 1 for labeling/1 for sound button drawing)
Mixed word list (I usually enlarge photocopy upto A3 and do a reading game - missing one or two words as students listen and try to remember which words were missed)
Alternative Spellings for /sh/
Alternative Spellings for /oa/
Alternative Spellings for /igh/
Alternative Spellings for /ee/
Alternative Spellings for /or/
Alternative Spellings for /air/
Alternative pronunciation of A worksheet and sorting cards. To support teaching during phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.
39 cards with images useful for practicing reading and sorting into groups of different pronunciation. (also uploaded 16 smaller cards (4 cards for each pronunciation) which students could use for a cut and stick in book activity or similar.
Read, sort and write worksheet.
a = ‘a’ (as in cat) a = ‘ai’ (as in alien) a = ‘ar’ (as in class) a = ‘o’ (as in wash)
Pronunciations of ‘ou’ sorting flashcards, read and colour the 4 pronunciations worksheet, and grouping and listing frame.
Alternative pronunciations of ‘ou’
‘ou’ as in ‘oo’ sound (e.g. you, group)
'ou’ as in ‘o’ sound (e.g. could, should)
'ou’ as in ‘oa’ sound (e.g. shoulder, boulder)
Standard pronunciation of ‘ou’
‘ou’ as in ‘ou’ sound (e.g. cloud, proud)
Supports Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.