This is a reading comprehension resource. The story is also presented on PowerPoint as an option to display the text. Ideal for end of term assessment. Useful as a task for children to be getting on with as an independent activity. Suitable for Reception (easy vocabulary) and KS1/Lower Grade KS2. The reading comprehension contains: Booklet 1 - 17 questions Booklet 2 - 14 questions Content: - Questions on the text. - Tick box statements - Multiple choice. - Inserting capital letters/full stops activity. - Dictionary work - the meaning of ‘stray’ used in the story - Rewrite in a different tense (verbs are highlighted) - six verbs are used in the short story. - Making Inferences based on the text. - Answering questions that require an explanation. Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done File: pdf (Sassoon font) and Windows word format if you need to edit.

Aimed at Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grade 1. This English Language Arts resource includes:- PowerPoint Presentation on all the lessons - the reading text is on PowerPoint with audio. Optional - click on the icon to listen to the story. Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises. Also includes:- English Language Arts Plan contains 5 lessons focusing on the short story (lesson starter and plenaries). Activities:- - Reading comprehension questions - involves speaking/listening and reading/writing. - Capitalization and punctuation at the end of a sentence - Sentence activity - Sorting jumbled words (word scramble) used in the story - Focus on use of adjectives to write interesting stories - Writing simple sentences - Creative writing activity - Labeling pictures using adjectives - Reading texts and illustrating - Word search - Differentiated worksheets and activities All resources are editable and printable. Addresses: CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RF.1.A CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RF.1.4 and RF.1.4.A CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RL.1.1 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RL.1.2 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RL.1.7 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.W.1.3 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.SL.1.2 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.1.2 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.1.2.B CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.1.1.F File Type: Word and PowerPoint All images royalty free from Microsoft clipart.

This lovely Christmas-themed resource is on matching sets to numbers and combining/adding together to make a total. Aimed at: Foundation/Year 1, SEND, ESL students. It relates to adding groups of objects to make a total 'How many altogether?' and writing the number to represent that group and then introducing the plus and equals sign to complete number sentences - Children still need to count the objects in the set and then work out the total. This product contains: - Teacher Notes/Lesson Guide - This explains the resources and guides you through the lesson by referring to Slides in the Presentation; - PowerPoint Presentation (22 Slides) - includes whole class activities; - PowerPoint Slide on colours - this will be useful to display whilst the children are colouring in the baubles. - 3 sets of differentiated worksheets - adding up sets to 5, 10 and then 15. Learning objectives: Match sets of objects to numbers that represent the number of objects Adding to make a total ‘How many altogether?’. To begin to recognise and use the plus + sign and equals = sign. Outcome: Children now that numbers identify how many objects are in a set. Thank you for looking. Images royalty free sourced from Microsoft clipart. File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF

This product relates to numbers 0 to 10. There are two sets of worksheets which you can laminate as cards for early learners to undertake a range of activities with or without playdough. Content: Set of cards 0 to 10 with number words to trace over. Set of cards 1 to 10 with number words to trace over and dots arranged randomly to represent the numeral. You can set out a range of media for the children: use play dough to model the numbers use playdough to form circles and place over the circles on the card paint the number and/or circles colour in the number and/or circles use drywipe pens to trace inside the number once laminated If you are working on a specific number, you could enlarge the sheet to A3. The resources are in two sizes: whole page US letter size and A4. Thank you for visiting my store:-)

This lovely winter/Christmas theme resource focuses on 1 more and 1 less up to 10 and then up to 20 for more able students. Content PowerPoint Presentation - The slides are numbers 0 to 10 and then from 10 to 0 for counting back. Also on the slides are number tracks/lines and a robin that you can click and drag to demonstrate hopping back and forth for 1 more/1 less. Whole class plenary. Detailed Lesson Plan - includes lesson starter (using before/after vocabulary), Main activity and lesson objectives and plenary. Snowman Flash cards/displays for washing line activity Extra number tracks and robin tag for activity work Santa’s List of Good Children for use with the worksheets Differentiated worksheets Activity 1 - 1 more/1 less up to 5 - Children add or cross out the snowman’s buttons and write the number in the space provided. Practical extension work - using number track and robin to jump to/fro. Activity 2 - 1 more up to 10 and then extends up to 20 - Children choose a name from Santa’s Good Children List to add 1 more to the various lists on the worksheets and then write the answer. Extension - Add 2 names to the list to make 2 more and write the answer in the space provided. Activity 3 - 1 less up to 10 ad then extends up to 20. This time children cross off children on the list so that it is 1 less and write the answer in the space provided. Extension to 2 less - Children cross off 2 children’s name and then write the answer. It’s a fun activity as children can read the names on Santa’s list and choose who they want on their list or they can cross off who they don’t want on their worksheet list. Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy using this resource. File Type: Microsoft Word and PDF versions, PowerPoint

UPDATED NEW COVER IMAGE This is a reading comprehension resource which entails close reading and inference. Ideal for Easter (new beginnings) and reading assessment. Suitable for Keystage 1 and 2. The reading comprehension is in two parts. Booklet 1 contains:- Part 1 - 12 questions Part 2 - 11 questions Booklet 2 contains only Part 1 - You may want to differentiate and give some children Booklet 2. Reading Tasks: - Questions on the text. - Tick box statements - Multiple choice. - Sorting verbs and nouns under the correct headings. - Word work - Circle the word that means the same as 'ushered' in the context of the story. - Making Inferences based on the text. - Explain reasons for their answers - use 'because'. Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done File type: pdf (Sassoon fonts - choice of different 'k's) and Windows word format if you need to edit. Images royalty free from Microsoft Clipart.

This reading comprehension literacy resource includes:- Comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation on all the lessons - the reading text is on Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises. Literacy lessons for a week focussing on the short story. Reading comprehension questions Capital letters and full stops Joining two parts of a sentence Jumbled words Focus on use of adjectives to write interesting stories Writing simple sentences Composition Labelling pictures using descriptive words Reading texts and illustrating Worksheets and activities All the worksheets can be adapted.

Reading comprehension - Short story text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language, word work and grammar. This literacy resource product contains: 30 Slides - PowerPoint Presentation - includes story text with pictures. Smaller Presentations for whole class activity 5 Lesson Plans - includes Learning objectives Differentiated activities and worksheets for each lesson Can also be used in small group settings and one-to-one teaching. There is a Future tense verb table for reference on PowerPoint. There is a table of compound words. Literacy lessons for a week focusing on the text. Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing Sentence activities - differentiated to include capital letter/full stop. Work on conjunctions and finishing off sentences. Word work focus on compound words. Gap filling exercises Cut/paste activities Grammar work on the future - Changing present tense to future tense and vice versa Composition - Writing to complete thinking bubble. Revision Worksheet on sentences which includes using conjunctions. Two Compound Word Word Searches. Resources printable and editable. There are a couple of pdf. worksheets - show examples of complete worksheets.

Phase 2 - 6: Letters and Sounds - English - Appendix 1 - Spellings Preparation: Print, laminate and cut out - use with dry-wipe pen for continuous use. Year 1 high frequency words and tricky words phases 2 to 6 and common exception words in large lettering and dotted words for tracing over. Read the word below, then practise writing the word. Great resource for children to take home to practise reading and writing a selection of words. Help prepare student for a spelling test. Useful resource to give to children who are learning English as a second language. Give them two or three words to learn and practise writing and/or incorporate into lessons. Learning Objective: To read, write and spell common and tricky words. File Type: pdf.

This reading comprehension resource contains two booklets. Story title - A Rainbow. Ideal for end of term assessment. Useful as a task for children to be getting on with as an independent activity. Booklet 1 - 18 questions - The questions are at the end of the text. Booklet 2 - 14 questions - The questions are in sections. Reading comprehension tasks cover: Questions on the text to be answered. Tick box - multiple choice statements Punctuation (capital letters/full stops) Jumbled words from the text List the compound words in the story (there are 6) Questions on who are the characters/how do we know they are speaking. Inference/Reading between the lines to answer a question. Give an explanation to a question Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done File types: Microsoft Word format and pdf. formats.

<strong>UPDATED with colourful text around the operation signs for display.</strong> This pack contains visual displays for the classroom and also a presentation of the numbers from zero through to 100. <strong>Contents: </strong> - Zero flashcards - number and word - A4 sizes display of numbers 1 to 100 - Flashcards - 1 to 120 and words one to twenty - Number cards for children to trace over the dots - 1 to 30 - Operation Sign displays - plus, minus, multiply, division and equal signs - Set of flashcards for teaching step counting in twos - every second card is a different colour - 2, 4, 6, 8 etc. - Set of flashcards for teaching step counting in fives - every fifth card is a different colour- 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 etc. - Set of flashcards for teaching step counting in tens - every tenth card is a different colour - 10, 20 , 30, 40 etc. Thank you for visiting my shop.

This resource relates to colour displays around the classroom or art area. You can increase to A3 for a larger display. <strong>Content:</strong> • ‘Colours’ Poster for display • ‘Colour Mix’ Poster for display • ‘What’s your favourite colour?’ Poster • 11 Posters for display naming the colours: red, blue, white, orange, brown, pink black, grey, purple, yellow and pink • 11 Flashcards naming all the colours • 6 ‘What colour does …… and …. make?’ Posters • 2 Sets of worksheets for each colour (total: 22) There are various methods to get a brown mixture- I’ve chosen red and green in the display. Children can experiment during art lessons or when colouring. Question card displays - What is your favourite colour?, What colour does yellow and red make? <strong>There are also two sets of worksheets for each of the colours.</strong> Worksheet 1: Children draw and label four things for each of the colours. Worksheet 2: Children colour in the blank splash with the correct colour and then draw and label four things relating to that colour. You may be interested in Colour Activities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/colour-activities-tasks-and-sorting-into-colour-groups-cut-paste-it-link-eyfs-reception-yr1-sen-11881979 File Type: Word and pdf. Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

I have uploaded differentiated worksheets relating to matching initial uppercase and lowercase letters to pictures. Students also trace over dotted alphabet letters. Aimed at: Reception/Year 1 Total download: 80 Sheets Content: Alphabet worksheets with three pictures and letters on each page for students to draw lines to match up. (Lower case letters). Alphabet worksheets with three pictures and letters on each page for students to draw lines to match up. (Upper case letters). Alphabet worksheets with three pictures and letters on each page for students to draw lines to match up. (Lower case letters with letters underlined). Alphabet worksheets with three pictures and letters on each page for students to trace over the dotted letters and then write letters and draw lines to match up. (Lower case letters). Alphabet worksheets with three pictures and letters on each page for students to trace over the dotted letters and then write letters and draw lines to match up. (Upper case letters). Students can colour in the pictures. Laminate for write and wipe: Alphabet worksheets with four pictures and letters on each page for students to trace over the dotted letters and then write letters and draw lines to match up. (Lower case letters). Laminate for write and wipe: Alphabet worksheets with four pictures and letters on each page for students to trace over the dotted letters and then write letters and draw lines to match up. (Upper case letters). Visit my store for the freebie that goes with this resource. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-match-and-write-initial-upper-and-lower-case-letters-to-pictures-11691797 Thank you for visting my shop. File Type: PDF

This resource relates to the alphabet. There are two sets of activity sheets to support children’s learning of the alphabet. Aimed at: Reception/Year 1 Each letter activity covers half a page (A5 size) to be cut out. Download: 29 Sheets Activity 1: Children can trace inside the ghost letters with different colours and then trace over the dotted letters. Draw pictures beginning with the letter on the activity sheet, e.g. ‘Gg’ pictures. Activity 2: Children say and sound out the letter, trace inside the ghost letters and over the dotted letters. They should only colour in the pictures beginning with the letter stated. There are 5 pictures for each alphabet and children need to colour in 3 that start with the same letter name/sound. File Type: Pdf Thanks for stopping by my store.

UK Version: <strong><a href=“https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-activities-trace-draw-and-colour-pictures-beginning-letters-of-the-alphabet-11698198”>Trace Draw Colour Pictures Beginning Letters</a></strong> This resource relates to the alphabet. There are two sets of activity sheets to support children’s learning of the alphabet. Aimed at: Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten Each letter activity covers half a page to be cut out. Download: 29 Sheets Activity 1: Students can trace inside the ghost letters with different colors and then trace over the dotted letters. Draw pictures beginning with the letter on the activity sheet, e.g. Gg pictures. Activity 2: Students say and sound out the letter, trace inside the ghost letters and over the dotted letters. They should only color in the pictures beginning with the letter stated. There are 5 pictures for each alphabet and students need to color in 3 pictures that start with the same letter name/sound. File Type: Pdf Thanks for stopping by my store.

This resource relates to adverbs of purpose or reason and is a basic introduction to one word or two word adverbs of purpose. The sentences are simple and uses common adverbs of purpose. Ideal if you want to do a recap of adverbs of purpose. It consists of posters or anchor charts which you can display and/or use to teach with. Content: Teacher Notes 12 Posters or anchor charts 22 Flashcards of adverbs of purpose (single words and phrases) Set of 4 worksheets with answers The worksheet activities comprise of finding and underlining adverbs of purpose; completing sentences with appropriate adverbs; multiple choice question worksheets; writing ‘why’ questions and working with a partner to answer the questions with adverbs of purpose/reason. Hope you find this resource useful. Thank you for visiting my shop:)

These reading comprehension worksheet and activities can be used in the lead up to St Patrick’s Day or for your myths/legends unit. Students can pair up for reading the passages. This product contains two reading passages and a dedicated worksheet on homonyms. Worksheet on homophones: Section A: 7 sentences - students choose and write in the correct word so that the sentence makes sense. Section B: The words that are not used in Section A, students make up 7 sentences of their own. E.g. Section A - Saint Patrick is the patron saint of ___________. (Island/Ireland) Section B - 'Island ’ would be incorrect if used in the above sentence, so in this section students make up a sentence with ‘island’. Text 1: The Evil Black Pig of Monaghan (St Patrick is challenged to get rid of the pig which causes fear and destruction in the village) contains 4 paragraphs Sections A to D. Students can work in pairs to read the story and then answer the 12 questions. Tasks included: Searching for answers in the text, gap filling, multiple choice, adding paragraph headings, word work such as finding a compound word, dictionary work. Text 2: Leprechauns: (Symbol of St Patrick’s Day/Ireland) - Students complete both paragraphs with missing words using the 9 words in the in the word box. Additional work/Early finishers: There are 8 tasks to complete in the second part of Text 2 worksheet which relates to various word and sentence work and putting words into alphabetical order. Answers/Solutions included. Total pages: 11 Thank you for visiting my shop:-) Maths Activities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-maths-block-graph-patterns-sequencing-puzzles-numbers-1-20-match-up-worksheets-12080124

This Advent resource contains a reading comprehension on Worksheet A with 5 questions for the children to answer on Worksheet B. Worksheet C is grammar and word work on the text. A dictionary is optional if some children find the word work challenging. Large Advent word search for vocabulary building and associated task. When all the words are found in the grid, there is a separate worksheet for the children to put the words into alphabetical order. Answers included. Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

This product is on the topic of All About Me. Aimed at: Reception/Year1 and Year 2. Use for ESL/EFL students for speaking about themselves and about other people. <strong>Content:</strong> • Teacher Notes (2 pages) • 42 Question Cards (colour and plain background) – Laminate and cut out • Rules for whole class activities using the question cards • Digit cards 1 – 32 (patterned and plain): Laminate and cut out • Worksheet (1 page) • Blank question and digit cards for your use **The question cards can be used in various ways. ** This is option 2. Arrange students in a semi-circle. Whole class activity – Laminate and cut out the flashcard numbers and randomly hand them out to the students. Print, laminate and cut out the question cards and place a selection in the centre. You select a question card and then to choose a student to answer the question, say ‘I want whoever has number 7 to answer the question.’ The student that has card number 7 answers the question. If you would like other students to answer the same question, then just say e.g. ‘I want whoever has card number, e.g. 23, to answer the same question.’ Depending on timing, you can decide on how many questions to select from the pack. Working in Pairs or small groups Students shuffle some question cards and lay them face down on the table. They take turns to turn over a card and ask each other questions. Worksheet – All About Me This is a single worksheet for students to complete. Activities on the worksheet: Draw a picture of themselves; write their name Age Birth date Write the colour of their hair and colour in the picture Write the colour of their eyes and colour in the eye picture Complete the six boxes. The 42 question cards are also on PowerPoint and editable. Extra blank cards - Askt students to write their own questions for others to answer. You might be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-about-me-pshe-presentations-and-question-name-generator-activity-sheets-question-cards-11354873

CVC words fun activities with picture cards for Reception and Year 1/PreK and K. Learning intention: Blending/segmenting CVC words for reading and writing. This product contains: • Teacher’s Notes and Answer Sheet for carousel activity • 30 CVC Word Search Strips with pictures (6 pages) • 30 CVC Sentence Strips to read and find CVC answer (6 pages) • Find and Write CVC List Worksheets –With headings Table 1 to Table 6 for carousel • 36 Pictures (not labelled) for CVC List Worksheets above (Laminate/cut out) • 36 Pictures labelled for other suggested activities <strong>30 CVC Word Search Strips with pictures (6 pages)</strong> There are 6 worksheets each containing 5 CVC word search strips. The students look at the picture and then search for the word in the strip. When found, they colour or shade in the word. You can cut the strips out and stick into students’ phonics book. <strong>30 CVC Sentence Clue Strips (6 pages)</strong> These worksheets are for the more able that can read and decode words. The students read the sentence which gives a clue to the CVC word to look for in the mini word search strip. The strips contain two CVC words, but only one is correct. For example: This animal barks. He/She then looks for the word in the strip and colour or shade in the word. You have the option of cutting out the strips and selecting those you feel are suitable for your students and sticking them into workbooks or the students can complete the worksheets. <strong>Find and Write Carousel Activity</strong> The students are up and moving in this activity. Once they have completed the task on table 1, they then move on to table 2 with a different selection of pictures with Table 2 Worksheet CVC List and so on to Table 6. Each table contains a set of different pictures which relates to each worksheet with the same pictures. Children work in table groups. When the children change tables, hand out the ‘Find and Write List’ for that table for children to write on. You can set a time limit for working on each table. The students look at the worksheet for, e.g. table 3. They will see six pictures. They find the pictures that match what is on their worksheet and write the CVC word for that picture. <strong>Make sure they write their names on their worksheet before handing them in and going on to the next table activity with new words and pictures.</strong> <strong>Other Suggested Uses</strong> Extra group activity – Select some of the laminated pictures cards and ask the children to write the cvc words for those cards on their whiteboards. Thank you for your interest. File Type: Word and PDF.