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.
This comprehensive resource relates to 2D shapes and repeating patterns.
Learning Objectives:
- To recognise and name 2D shapes (including squares, triangles and circles)
Success criteria:-
- I can make a repeating pattern
- I can say which shape comes next in a repeating pattern
- I can use shape and colour to repeat patterns (challenge)
Aimed at: EYFS/KS1 and SEN students
Student explore and use their imagination to make 2d shape repeat patterns. They are also challenged to use colours.
Resource content:-
• PowerPoint Presentation (23 Slides) - Includes whole class activities
• 2D Shape Pattern 1 – cut/paste activity
• 2D Shape Pattern 2 – cut/paste activity
• Colour Shape Patterns 1 – cut/paste activity
• Colour Shape Patterns 2 (extension)
• Colour Shape Patterns 3 (extension)
• Large Shape Tiles 1 (plain & colour)
• Medium Shape Tiles 2 (plain & colour)
• Small Shape Tiles 3 (plain & colour
• Repeating Shape Patterns worksheet
(to be used with shape tiles)
• Shape Pattern Mat worksheet (to be used with shape tiles)
• Repeat shape pattern T-shirt activity sheet
• My Shape Pattern T-shirt Design
Two lessons for children to explore repeating 2D shape patterns. The lesson can spread over three sessions to include art and ICT tasks.
The activities are differentiated to include all abilities.
Lesson 1: Students are introduced to 2D shapes patterns only (no colour).
Lesson 2: Students build upon what what they learnt in lesson 1 and include colour/2d shape repeating patterns.
Depending on the age group, you can combine the two lessons into one.
- Teacher Notes/Lesson Plans - all slides are referred to in the lesson plans with extra information on extension activities and plenaries.
File Type: PowerPoint, PDF, zip file in which the files are in Word format.
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This science resource covers half a term’s work.
<strong>Aimed at: Keystage 1 </strong>
<strong>Seven flexible detailed lesson plans with worksheets and activities. </strong>
The only preparation is gathering the resources for the practical experiments.
All the PowerPoint Presentations support whole class and group teaching. You can even print off a relevant slide and use as a worksheet.
Lesson 1: To know different materials have different properties.
Lesson 2: Identifying commons materials - observational drawing and labelling properties.
Lesson 3: To know a range of materials used in a variety of ways.
Lesson 4: Different objects can be made from the same material.
Lesson 5: Testing which material is waterproof for a raincoat.
Lesson 6: Predicting and testing which material is magnetic.
Lesson 7: Predicting and testing which metal is magnetic and why.
43 Flash cards to use as teaching aid and for word wall - editable in word and also pdf format with blank cards
Two word searches with solutions.
File Type: PowerPoint and Word Format
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This product relates to the topic on The Good Samaritan.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/2
Curriculum links: Religious education, literacy and PSHE.
Additional worksheets to support children’s literacy skills.
They cover:
Differentiated reading comprehension worksheets. One of the reading comprehension worksheet is in cursive font.
Sorting jumbled sentences so they make sense and adding a full stop
Cloze activity - read text and fill in the missing words using the words from the word bank
Work on homophones - 1. Children write the correct word in the box. 2. Write sentences using the highlighted words.
Includes Answer Sheets.
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This is a set of money worksheets relating to working out change from a $5 and a $10 dollar note and answering money word problems. You can use these worksheets as an extension to your lesson, as worksheets for early finishers or for group work.
Content:
Teacher Notes
Worksheets A to C: Students work out change back from $5
Students deduct the price of the item bought from $5.
Worksheets A to C: Students work out change back from $10
Students deduct the price of the item bought from $10.
Worksheet on doubling money and associated word problems
In Part 1 there is a table to complete, i.e. doubling the price of each item.
In Part 2, questions (a) to (e), students answer the questions which relate to the activity in Part 1.
Worksheet on halving money and associated word problems
In Part 1 there is a table to complete, i.e. halving the price of each item.
In Part 2, questions (a) to (e), students answer the questions which relate to the activity in Part 1.
All the worksheets come with an Answer Sheet and there are black and white duplicates of colour images.
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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 is a set of money worksheets relating to working out change from £5 and £10 notes and answering money word problems. You can use these worksheets as an extension to your lesson, as worksheets for early finishers or for group work.
Content:
Teacher Notes
Worksheets A to C: Students work out change back from £5
Students deduct the price of the item bought from £5.
Worksheets A to C: Students work out change back from £10
Students deduct the price of the item bought from £10.
Worksheet on doubling money and associated word problems
In Part 1 there is a table to complete, i.e. doubling the price of each item.
In Part 2, questions (a) to (e), students answer the questions which relate to the activity in Part 1.
Worksheet on halving money and associated word problems
In Part 1 there is a table to complete, i.e. halving the price of each item.
In Part 2, questions (a) to (e), students answer the questions which relate to the activity in Part 1.
All worksheets come with Answer Sheets and there are black and white duplicates of colour images.
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This resource contains lesson starters in PowerPoint - number bonds to 10, 20 and multiples of 10 to 100 and there is now ten more and ten less spinner.
**UPDATED with a Spinner.
Pick a Shape - Number bonds to 10 (2 Slides - 9 equations on each slides)
Pick a Letter - Number bonds to 20 (2 Slides - Letters A to X)
Pick a Number - Number bonds to 100 in multiples of 10 (2 Slides - Numbers 1 to 24)
Ten More and Ten Less Spinner
Useful for a 10-15 mins warm up before the main lesson.
It include includes the free resource number bonds to 10 which you can download for free - see below.
Ideal if you want to do a quick recall or refresher on number bonds.
There is ten more/ten less spinner. The wheel spins and you can stop it at any addition or minor sum.
You choose a specific slide or play all four slides in the warm-up or use as main lesson.
For shortcut to Slide Show - press f5 key on your keyboard.
The equations will automatically be covered up once you press ‘esc’ key.
You can go back and forth on the hyperlink arrows.
When a shape, letter or number is click on it will reveal an incomplete equation with a missing number covered up.
Next, click on the covered up missing number to reveal the answer.
You can try out the ‘Pick a shape’ Slide Presentation for free:
Lesson Starter - Number bonds to 10
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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.
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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.
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This is a set of money worksheets relating to working out change from €5 and €10 notes and answering money word problems. You can use these worksheets as an extension to your lesson, as worksheets for early finishers or for group work.
Updated May 17, 2022
I have now included two versions of the original worksheets which you can still download. Worksheets versions 2 and 3 show the different ways euros and cents are written.
Content:
Teacher Notes
Worksheets A to C: Students work out change back from €5/5€
Students deduct the price of the item bought from €5/€5.
Worksheets A to C: Students work out change back from €10/10€
Students deduct the price of the item bought from €10/10€.
Worksheet on doubling money and associated word problems
In Part 1 there is a table to complete, i.e. doubling the price of each item.
In Part 2, questions (a) to (e), students answer the questions which relate to the activity in Part 1.
Worksheet on halving money and associated word problems
In Part 1 there is a table to complete, i.e. halving the price of each item.
In Part 2, questions (a) to (e), students answer the questions which relate to the activity in Part 1.
All worksheets come with Answer Sheets and there are black and white duplicates of colour images.
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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).
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-match-and-write-initial-upper-and-lower-case-letters-to-pictures-11691797
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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
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This is a reading comprehension activity. The reading covers three pages with a word count (including title) of 648 words. The topic relates to Epiphany, i.e. what it means and some of the countries that celebrate this Christian festival. There are 17 questions and tasks for students to do and they include finding evidence in the text, spelling, grammar and word work.
Students read the first two pages and then as additional work they can go straight onto reading page three with additional activities.
To begin the lesson, find out what students know about Epiphany and how it relates to the Christmas story before handing out the reading comprehension.
You can use this resource for guided reading.
Students can work in pairs or individually to answer the questions and tasks.
Content:
Teacher’s Copy of the reading comprehension
Student’s copy with the first task of correcting the first paragraph which contains 16 errors.
Reading comprehension with 17 questions and activities
Specimen answer sheet
Word Search with Solution
In addition to writing full sentences, the work covers:
Spellings
Homophones
Synonyms
Punctuation
Putting list of countries into alphabetical order
Making words singular or plural
This is optional if you would like the students to watch a video on the meaning of Epiphany - I have suggested three websites which you can look at to go with the reading comprehension.
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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.
This resource is for Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten.
Also suitable for ESL/EFL students and students still finding it challenging to discriminate sounds.
A lovely addition to your phonics lessons and literacy resource center.
Just print onto card paper and laminate - use drywipe pens for activities.
The cards are editable so you can change to black and white print out and stick into students’ book as a record of their phonic work.
Rimes are:-
-at -an -am -ut -un -ug -ox -ot -op -og -it -ip -in -ig -et -en -eg -ed- -ay -ap -ag -um
-ud -ub -od -ix -on -ob -ix and -am.
1. cat
rat
pan
fan
nut
cut
bun
sun
jug
bug
fox
box
hot
pot
hop
pop
dog
log
sit
fit
zip and pip
lip
pin
bin
pig
dig
net
vet
hen
pen
peg
leg
bed
red
hay
say
map
cap
bag
tag
sad
dad
gum
sum
mud
bud
tub
cub
won
ron
pod
rod
cob
sob
six
mix
ham
ram
There are 58 CVC cards and they have a double use.
How to use:-
1. The student looks at the picture and say what it is.
2. When s/he knows what the picture is they attempt to sort out the scrambled word by sounding out initial medial and final letters.
3. S/he then writes the word correctly on the line.
Other uses:-
There are 58 CVC cards which are made up of 29 pairs of onset and rime words and pictures.
- Lay out pairs of cards for the student to match the rhyming pictures and then unscramble the words and write them out correctly.
As an extension they could write funny rhyming lines into their ELA books.
E.g. A bug is in a jug. Dad is mad.
File Type: Word and PDF
This product relates to apple-themed emotions/feelings. There are exercises on when a person experiences two emotions at the same time, e.g. happy and excited about a new baby sister. The worksheets in this product includes gap-filling exercises and answering questions, reading sentences and depending on its context match with two emotions and completing sentences.
Content:
Apple Emotions Gap Filling Exercises (2 pages)
Double Emotions/Feelings Matching Activity Worksheet with and without pictures
Emotions: Writing Sentences using picture word box
Black and white worksheets
Answer Sheets
These are extra social skill worksheets on feelings and can be used in small groups or as a whole class activity. You can pair up good and weaker readers to complete the worksheets/activities.
Total download: 17 pages which incl. colour and b/w worksheets, answer sheets and Teacher Notes.
This product is part of the Apples Bundle
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This is a reading comprehension covers plants and photosynthesis and parts of a leaf. It is a three-page reading text which incorporates information on leaf rubbings which students could carry out and then label parts of the rubbings.
Content
Reading comprehension (3 pages) Questions with Answer Key
Leaf rubbing activity
Word work: Students highlight words that are used in the text and put them alphabetical order;
Words within a word: list as many words as possible from the word ‘Photosynthesis’.
Editable text and A4 and US size worksheets.
Please see preview pane of what to expect in this product.
You can use this product as an additional worksheet to:
Introduction to Photosynthesis Presentation.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12593024
Learning Objective: To learn why it is traditional to eat Anzac biscuits on ANZAC Day.
<strong>Content:</strong>
• PowerPoint Presentation (7 Slides)
• Reading Comprehension divided into 4 sections A to D.
<strong>PowerPoint Presentation - 7 Slides</strong>
Slides 1 to 6: Explains the difference between hardtack and ANZAC Biscuits which are traditionally baked on 25 April.
Slide 5: Students are asked to identify the difference between the two recipes for hardtack and ANZAC biscuits.
Slides 7: The presentation ends with a review and questions on the topic.
<strong>Reading Comprehension</strong>
The reading comprehension is divided into four sections from A to D.
In each section there are four questions to answer.
The reading comprehension sections include:
• Close reading
• Multiple choice questions
• Punctuation
• Providing their own opinion
• Using their imagination
• Examining differences
• Spellings
Answer Sheet provided.
Triangular page borders by SillyOMusic
File Type: Powerpoint, Word and PDF format
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