I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
Relates to Letters and Sounds: Phase 4 CCVC (consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant) words. The vowel will represent one sound and can be a vowel, digraph or trigraph, e.g. fright - f-r-igh-t.
Aimed at: Years 1 and 2 and/or children still finding it challenging to segment and blend, ESL/EFL students and SEN students.
Use in English language learning classes - use pictures as a visual prompt to segment and blend words.
This pack includes
Teacher Notes
4 sets of differentiated initial consonant blend strips - each set contains 21 initial consonant blends.
Plain strips - Children look at the picture, read the word and write it out.
Trace over dots strip - Children look at picture, trace over dots and then write out the word
Trace over dash lines - Children practise tracing over the words
Jumbled word strip - Using the picture as a clue, children sound out and write the word correctly.
handy for early finishers.
suitable for use in small group settings
Children can practise reading, segmenting and blending words.
Discriminate between initial blends beginning with the same phoneme - clap-crab.
As an extension: Write up the word in their workbooks and write a simple sentence with the word using it as a verb, noun or adjective.
Optional: Print, laminate and cut out.
You have the option of reducing the strips on the photocopier, cut out and stick into children’s workbooks to record phonic work.
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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.
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File Type: Microsoft Word and PDF versions, PowerPoint
This resource pack is relates to addition and subtraction one-step word problems.
**Learning objectives: To solve addition and subtraction word problems. **
Aimed at: Keystage 1/Lower Keystage 2
It includes a 5 Slide PowerPoint on hints on how to tackle word problems. I would read a problem card out on the PowerPoint first and elicit from the children how they would go about solving the problem.
**The pack also includes: **
There are 3 sets of differentiated addition word problems worksheets -
Worksheet 1 - addition up to 10 - (12 questions)
Worksheet 2 - addition up to 15 - (12 questions)
Worksheet 3 - addition up to 20 - (12 questions)
There are 3 sets of differentiated subtraction word problems worksheets -
Worksheet 1 - subtraction up to 10 - (12 questions)
Worksheet 2 - subtraction up to 15 - (12 questions)
Worksheet 3 - subtraction up to 20 - (12 questions)
Additional Task Cards:
Besides the conventional worksheets, there are addition and subtraction task cards.
They contain simple word problem sentences for children who are finding reading challenging. But the cards are suitable for all abilities as the cards require students to write a number sentence below the word problem.
18 addition word problem task cards (with answers)
18 subtraction word problem task cards (with answers)
You can laminate the task cards and/or stick into children’s math books.
Files are contained in a folder.
You may be interested in Two-Step Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12732639
This bundle contains four products relating to progression to multiplication and division and related word problems. As the subjects are interconnected you have 3 ready-made lessons that include detailed presentations, lesson plans and original worksheets.
Also included are two free resources relating to multiplication.
For detailed description and preview, please see individual products.
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A dragon-themed resource relating to place value: tens and ones.
Content:
- Worksheet 1 (3 pages) - Students group the dragons in tens and then add on the ones to make the number which they write in the blank box.
- Worksheet 2 (10 pages) -This is a cut and paste activity where by the students partition the number at the top into tens and ones by cutting out dragons and sticking the correct number of dragons in the labelled circles (tens/ones).
- Worksheet 3 (10 pages) - This is a cut and paste activity as above but the activity goes one step further whereby the students write the number in a place value frame or grid.
- Worksheet 4 (5 pages)(extension) - This is for the more able and the students are ready for the next step. The numbers are higher. The students write the number that is at the side of the place value grid into the grid.
You may be interested in:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-tens-and-ones-units-presentations-lesson-plan-practical-activities-11529117
Images are royalty free from Pixabay free images.
Hope you enjoy this dragon-themed resource which goes well with resources relating to legends and myths and special days such as St George’s , St Patrick’s and St David’s Day.
This St. Patrick's Day product can be linked to myths, legends and beliefs.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/Lower KS2.
This resource contains worksheets and activities to reinforce tens and ones concept and there is also additional work on partitioning 2-digit numbers using the abacus.
Content:
- (4 pages) - Worksheet - Drawing a line to match the ten and ones place value grid to the number on the leprechaun's hat and then completing the missing statement below the hat:
e.g 13 is _____ tens and ____ ones.
- ( 4 pages) - Worksheet (higher numbers) - Drawing a line to match the ten and ones place value grid to the number on the clover leaf or shamrock and then completing the missing statement below the leaf:
e.g 23 is _____ tens and ____ ones.
- 6 pages - Pot of Gold cut and paste activity - Either the abacus or the post of gold is missing in the three column table. Students have to figure out the number on the place value grid and then either cut out and stick the correct pot of gold or abacus that matches the place value grid.
- 12 pages - Abacus activity - The leprechaun says a number in the speech bubble and the student then draws the correct amount of beads on the abacus to match the number.
File Type: PDF
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Royalty free images from Microsoft clipart and free images form Pixabay.com.
UPDATED: Includes Clipart (png file) Base 10 blocks - you can adjust the size. This resource is on place value: hundreds tens and units/ones.
It contains lots of practice on place value and partitioning- hands on practice and visual worksheets
Aimed at: KS1/2
I have included all the resources you will need but you may wish to use concrete resources such as the tens rods, unit blocks and hundred blocks to complement this resource.
**Content: **
• Digit cards 0 to 9 inclusive
• Place value grid – 100s, 10s, 1s
• Hundreds block in different colours, tens towers and units block (laminate and cut out) for various activities
• Title cards – hundreds, tens, units/ones
• 4 sets of worksheets that include cut/paste activity
Activity 1 (7 differentiated pages) – (cut and paste)
The student(s) works out what the number is in the place value grid and then select and cut out the correct answer and stick it onto the blank square. (Option of 3 answers)
Activity 2 (4 differentiated pages)
The student(s) deciphers the place value grid and then writes what the number is in the blank space.
Worksheet (4 differentiated pages)
The student(s) draws lines to match the number to the corresponding partitioned numbers.
Worksheet (3 differentiated pages)
This activity is in a grid or table format.
The student(s) writes the partitioned numbers in standard form and then write the number in words:
300 + 40 + 2 342 three hundred and forty-two.
Suggested activity with digit cards and hundreds block, tens and ones/units resource (laminate and cut out).
Students can work in pairs or in a group.
Print out the 3 sets of digit cards 0-9. Shuffle each set and place the sets side by side so that the student can take a card from each pile to make a 3-digit number.
When the numbers are selected, s/he then asks another student to select the hundreds, tens, units blocks to partition that number and/or the student can write the value of each number on the place value grid.
All the above activities are in the Teacher’s Notes with pictures of the resources.
File Type: MS Word, PDF and PNG Clipart.
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This product relates to multiplication and division one-step word problems with Answer Keys.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/Lower Keystage 2
**Content: **
15 Slides - PowerPoint Presentation on how to tackle word problems. In addition to drawing arrays, other strategies are touched upon - examples of how to use the number line, pictures and times table facts to solve multiplication and division problems for the more able children.
Differentiated worksheets:
Division Problems (1) - 15 questions (3 questions on each page)
Division Problems (2) - 15 questions (3 questions on each page)
Multiplication Problems (1) - 15 questions (3 questions on each page)
Multiplication Problems (2) - 15 questions (3 questions on each page)
Multiplication word problem task cards numbered 1 to 18 - work out answers/write number sentence.
Division word problem task cards numbered 1 to 18 - work out answers/write number sentence
Laminate the task cards and cut out for repeated use.
Alternatively, you can select and cut out the task cards to stick into workbooks for children to work on the problems.
File Type: PowerPoint Presentation, Word and PDF Format
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This Easter-themed resource relates to counting from 0 to 10. Updated with hot cross buns tens frames counting worksheets.
**Content: **
Teacher Note/Guide
A PowerPoint lesson (75 slides) which contains the following whole class activities:-
Counting from 0 to 10 and back to zero
Whole class activity on ‘How many hot cross buns do you see?’ - Slides show pictures of different numbers of hot cross buns which the children count. The answer is revealed after each slide.
Missing numbers above the hot cross buns
Easter egg counting activity where the children add 1 more to the number of eggs displayed. Question: ‘How many Easter eggs if you add 1 more?’
Extension: Count and add 2 more eggs worksheet
Easter bunny number frieze for display -can be used as flashcards
Easter egg number track
Trace over number activity 0 to 10 - practise writing numbers and colour in activity
Cut and paste activity - each strip has trace over dotted numbers 1 to 10. You cut out the strip and glue into children’s workbook or onto a sheet of paper. Students trace over the dotted number, e.g. 3 and then cut out 3 bunnies and glue onto the strip and colour in. There is a separate cut out Easter bunny sheet.
Cut and paste activity - Easter Egg Build a Tower task - Children build towers of eggs above each number on the number track (1 to 10 number track).
Additional worksheets:
Worksheet 1 (3 pages): Students count the currants on each hot cross bun and write the number of currants counted in the blank space provided.
Worksheet 2 (1 page) Count and Add 1 More: Students count the number of hot cross buns and then draw 1 more and write the total in the column.
Worksheet 3 (1 page) - Count and Add 2 More: Students count the number of Easter eggs and then draw 2 more eggs and write the total number of eggs in the column.
Two homework worksheets:-
(a) Count/Match - children count the Easter eggs and draw a line to the correct number.
(b) Count/Colour - children count the Easter eggs and colour the correct number according to the number stated.
File Type: PowerPoint Presentation; Microsoft Word and PDF.
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UPDATED with quick Answer Sheet for Partner A/Partner B cloze activity.
There is a variety of reading comprehension worksheets and cloze activity to choose from relating to Saint George’s Day.
A useful addition to topic work.
Aimed at: KS1/Lower KS2
<strong>Differentiated Worksheet activities include:</strong>
- Close reading of text and answering questions
- Scan for specific answers
- Inference
There is a worksheet on George Cross and George Medal. Many people think there is a link but the worksheet gives children the opportunity to explain why people would think there is a link as they are medals of bravery. Both medals depict St George slaying a dragon.
- Tick box - multiple choice questions
- Cloze activities
- Drawing/colouring
- Dictionary work
- Short writing tasks
- Sorting jumbled sentences and then add capitals and punctuation with Answer Sheet.
- Sorting jumbled words
- Cooperative partner work - Partner A and Partner B work together to read and complete the missing words on their worksheets.
File Type: Choice of Word format or PDF
Two packs of word problems resources relating to addition and subtraction and multiplication and division one-step word problems.
Each resource includes:
PowerPoint Presentation
Worksheets and numbered task cards(withAnswer Keys)
Please see individual products for more detailed descriptions.
This product is in PowerPoint and PDF format.
It has a multipurpose use and comes in plain white and 7 other colours.
Optional: Print off on card paper and laminate.
The cards are designed with handwriting lines, single writing line and blank white background.
Suggest uses:
It can be used as name tags
Practising letters and numbers
Use to group tables by using the colour border of the cards. Very handy if you have a cover teacher and he/she does not know where certain students sit. You can tell the cover teacher what colour cards to use.
You can print off the PDF format and write in your text; or
Use PowerPoint to type in your text into the blank space - Use Insert Text Box.
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This bundle contains all the Initial/beginning consonant blends relating to CCVC words.
Content:
Presentations for each consonant blends
Lesson Plans
Listening activities (Please see individual descriptions)
Differentiated Worksheets
Sorting/Matching Activities
Word Searches with solutions
CCVC blend strips for various activities - you can print and laminate the sets with colour pictures. laminate.
Please see individual descriptions and preview pane for each consonant blend product.
Initial consonants are:
bl and br
cl and cr
dr
fl and fr
gl and gr
pl and pr
sc
sk
sl
sm
sn
sp
st
sw
tr
tw
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This Advent bundle contains:
Flexible lesson plan with starter activities, main lesson and recap session/plenary. The presentation slides are referred to in the plan.
30 Slide PowerPoint Presentation on activities surrounding Advent and the Advent candles
Differentiated worksheets that include gap-filling, reading comprehension, grammar and word work
Cut and paste activities
Word search with solution
Please see individual description of each resource.
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UPDATED WITH LESSON ON ADVERBIALS.
This bundle contains 6 products relating to the six different types of adverbs as listed below:
Adverbs of Manner
Adverbs of Time
Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of Place
Adverbs of Degree
Adverbs of Purpose/Reason
Adverbial Phrases and Fronted Adverbials
A great product to support your teaching of the different types of adverbs and adverbial phrases that act as adverbs.
You can adapt each product to the level of your class.
Teacher’s notes are included for each product.
Optional: You may just want to use the flashcards for speaking and listening activities and get students to construct their sentences orally using adverbs.
Each product contains display posters to remind students of the general rules. You may not need to display all of them.
There are also vocabulary cards which you can use as flashcards for teaching and then display on your word wall.
Differentiated Worksheets
There are sets of worksheets in each product for students to practise using the different kinds of adverbs and how to use adverbial phrases.
Reading comprehension and associated tasks on adverbials and fronted adverbials.
retrieving answers
inference and interpreting
vocabulary work
creative writing to include adverbials
Please see individual descriptions.
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This resource tells the story of the birth of Jesus - the Christmas story. There is a PowerPoint presentation (34 Slides) and worksheets.
The presentation is also saved as a PDF document. If you wish, you can print off individual slides for small group reading and discussion using the question cards.
There are optional worksheets to go with the presentation.
It can be used in a lesson or in an assembly.
If you just want to read aloud the story, then it is suitable for all grades.
Suggestion: Use the vocabulary cards to help students retell the story.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation
PDF format of the presentation
Question Cards 1 and 2
Vocabulary cards with pictures
Differentiated sequencing activities with Answer Keys: Easy sheet with 6 sentence strips and for the more able children 10 sentence strips to order.
Differentiated worksheets to recount the Christmas story.
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You may be interested in the free resource with worksheets, please see click on link below.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-story-birth-of-jesus-and-why-he-is-important-6383987
Here are some additional worksheets on numbers and number words.
A lovely addition to Numbers/Number Words 1 and 2.
Number word to number match up Worksheets (x5) - Children draw a line from a number word to match up to its numeral. Each worksheet gets harder.
Counting worksheets (x4) - Each ten frames shows different number of dots which the children count and write in words in the space provided.
Double Ten Frames Read and Draw worksheets (x3)- Teen numbers up to 20. Children read the number words and then draw the same number of dots.
One more/one less worksheets (x5) - Children read the numbers in words and then write in words one less and one more on either side of the number word. In addition, two of the worksheets have a missing letters activity. Children insert the missing letters in the number words.
Doubles worksheets (x3); and
Writng doubles number sentences worksheets (x5) - Each box contains robots which the children count. They write the number in figures and in words. Then they double the number and write in figures and words. The worksheets are differentiated in that some children may be able to write doubles number sentences. Please see preview pane example worksheet.
File Type: Word format and PDF.
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This is a reading comprehension with questions and activities relating to 6 year old Ruby Bridges who was the first African American to go to an all-white school in New Orleans. Her brave action paved the way for integration in schools. Topic can be used in Black history and Women’s history months.
It can be used in guided reading.
The story can be read aloud to the class.
Content:
Story of Ruby Bridges with colour and b/w pictures. The paragraphs are set out clearly with common sight words.
Two question sheets with Answers. One sheet has 4 questions with handwriting guide lines. The other sheet has 5 questions which includes a short writing activity.
Word work includes finding sight words and circling them; find words that rhyme; counting syllables; and ticking adjectives to describe Ruby.
Cloze/Missing word activity - There are six sentences with missing words. Children reread story and insert the missing words. There is a word bank to help them.
Cut/paste activity - Matching simple sentences to 4 pictures - ideal for reception children.
Includes Answer Key.
Learning Objectives: To learn about Ruby Bridges and how brave she was going to a school that did not want her because she was different.
You may be interested in Ruby Bridges Reading Comprehension and writing for older students:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-comprehension-and-writing-ruby-bridges-black-history-12257654
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Includes UK and US spelling:)
This product is divided into reading and writing. It contains a reading comprehension and questions, gap filling activities and an optional project-based activity which entails drafting and writing about Ruby Bridges.
Ideal as a standalone lesson.
Teacher notes included.
Content:
Reading comprehension passage (1 page)
Comprehension Questions 1 (6 questions) - with Answer sheet
Comprehension Questions 2 (6 questions) - with Answer sheet
Section A: Making list activity - students list good/bad things they liked about the Ruby Bridges story; Section B: Students write questions they would like to ask if they met Ruby
Cloze Activity/Filling in missing words using the word banks
Drafting and writing:
Cards 1 to 9: With questions and information for students to research and write notes. The cards are in colour and b/w - laminate and cut out.
Blank writing sheet for drafting
Blank writing sheet for final draft
Example notes and writing to show students.
UK and US Spelling included (1 page)
Option of two paper sizes: A4 and US letter size:)
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You may be interested in another Ruby Bridges reading comprehension for younger children:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-comprehension-passage-questions-worksheets-ruby-bridges-black-history-month-12256410
This resource contains more worksheets, cut and paste activities, coloring and an ordinal number puzzle to put together. Great for homework, independent and group work to reinforce ordinal number concept.
Content:
Trace over ordinal numbers and words (2 pages)
Worksheet – Writing ordinal numbers in words up to 10
Worksheet – Reading instructions to color correct beads
Worksheet - Cloze activity with pictures in a string of beads
Worksheet (Cut/paste) Cloze activity with pictures in beads
Worksheet – (Cut/paste) Ordinal Numbers Activity (1)
Worksheet – Ordinal Numbers In Words Activity (2)
Puzzle – Cut/paste puzzle strip ordinal numbers up to 5
Teacher Notes on activities
Answer sheets included.
**Newly Added: **
Ordinal Number Puzzle Strips up to 10
3 differentiated worksheets - Students complete sentences with ordinal numbers by looking at the stairs which has an item on the first, second, third, fourth and fifth steps. E.g. I can see a _________ on the ________ step.
All the sentences are the same structure only the items they see is different in order to complete the gaps.
The resources are differentiated. If a learner has difficulty writing then he/she can cut/paste and glue.
LO: To be able to read and write ordinal numbers
To know ordinal numbers tell us a position and/or order in a list
Take a look at the preview pane.
UK Version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ordinal-numbers-worksheets-and-activities-2-12282531
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