I'm a teacher at an International School in Asia and I really enjoy making all types of well-designed resources for my class. I hope that you may also find them useful and that your children will enjoy them too!
I'm a teacher at an International School in Asia and I really enjoy making all types of well-designed resources for my class. I hope that you may also find them useful and that your children will enjoy them too!
This is a giant A3 sized crossword puzzle that I use to review our Ancient Rome unit at the end of term.
I usually let children work in pairs if they want to. Also, initially I won’t let them consult any resources or ask questions, just to see how far they get first.
There are more than 20 questions in total! Here are some of them to give you an idea of the level required.
A common person or person not of the patrician class.
The main unit of the Roman army. It generally had around 5400 soldiers and was divided up into groups of men called cohorts and centuries.
A group of prestigious men who advised the consuls.
A large oval shaped stadium used for chariot races.
A manmade channel used for delivering water to Roman towns.
This puzzle is would be suitable for upper KS2 and KS3.
This is a short story about Jonny’s dinner. Words are missing throughout the text and it’s the children’s job to fill in the blanks making sure it’s the correct part of speech (as stated in brackets) and also that it makes sense.
The first page of the document contains form fields so children can easily click and fill in the blanks. The second page is for printing off for children to fill in. Because of this, the worksheet is suitable for children to complete either online or offline. *Please note: The form functions don’t work in Google Docs, so it’s best to share the lined version instead. *
Mad libs are a great way for children to personalise stories whilst learning about parts of speech and proper grammatical structure! I hope you enjoy the often crazy versions your children come up with!
1 sheet of blank A4 paper!
Here are just some of the benefits you can expect from this awesome download…
The white background makes it easy to add text and pictures
Can be both landscape and portrait orientation.
Print as is to save money on ink.
Print as many copies as you want. (Dependent on amount of physical paper available).
Easy to resize in Microsoft Word. Why not try it in A3!? (Requires a physical slice of A3 paper).
Perfect for making snowflake decorations and making white backgrounds on your classroom wall.
These are just a few of the advantages. There are many more! For this reason, we believe this is a very reasonably priced product.
Half of each sale will be donated to Action for Children Charity.
Coming soon… blank A4 paper with lines! Watch this space.
This is a short story about a girl called Sarah who finally sends a love letter to the boy she has secretly admired for along time. Words are missing throughout the text and it’s the children’s job to fill in the blanks making sure it’s the correct part of speech (as stated in brackets) and also that it makes sense.
There are two copies of the worksheet. The first contains form fields so children can easily click and fill in the blanks in a program such as Microsoft Word. The second version contains lined blanks for children to write on after printing.
Mad libs are a great way for children to personalise stories whilst learning about parts of speech and proper grammatical structure. I hope you enjoy the often crazy versions your children come up with! This particular story is interesting as it could go either way for Sarah at the end. Was it worth the risk!?
Note: This resource is fully editable so you can change any part of it as you please.
A fill in the blank exercise for a text about, ‘When I’m Older’. Children enjoy making their own hopes and predictions about what their life will be like in 20 years time.
An example text is included to give the children an idea of how to complete their own. It also includes lots of adjectives and children should be encouraged to add some to their own text to make it more interesting.
The document includes 2 copies of the worksheet. The first contains form fields so children can easaily click on the boxes and fill in the blanks. The second is meant to be printed so children can write their answers on the lines provided.
My children really enjoyed this activity and it is very insightful to read and share with the rest of the class.
Fun crossword all about the planets in our solar system. Here are some examples of the clues…
Has an extensive ring system.
Known as the Red Planet
Furthest planet away from the sun
The 7th Planet away from the sun
The star that our planets orbit
The crossword is a large size so works well for small groups of 2-4 children. The answers are included on the second page.
The children really enjoy doing this and can get quite competitive trying to complete it before other groups. I hope you enjoy it to. Please leave a review if you have a moment. Thank you.
This worksheet is made up of 2 parts. The first involves filling in the missing information for the table about the 8 planets in our solar system. Children will need to research and find the information using books and/or the internet. Please see the preview for further information about the groups of information required.
The second part is a true or false activity with statements that directly relate to the information in the table.
This is quite an extensive activity and children will need plenty of time to collate their research and fill it in correctly. It works well as a small group activity (2-3 children). All the answers are included on the second page.
I hope you enjoy this resource! If you have a moment, please leave a review. Thank you.
5 colourful worksheets, puzzles and activities all about space, the planets and the solar system. Please see individual downloads and previews for further details.
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This worksheet involves putting the pictures from Flat Stanley - The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery in the correct order.
It is meant to be used as an online activity using Google Slides or equivalent. Children can then easily move around the picture slides to put them in the correct order.
Of course, it could be printed off and then children could manually move the pictures into order.
On Google Slides, if you use Grid View, you can see most of the slides on one page which makes for ordering them easier than using the side bar.
A four slide presentation containing a variety of pictures and symbols to map out the story of Pie Corbett’s Storm Unicorn.
After familiarising themselves with the text, children should be able to re-read the story using only the story map. It makes for an interesting challenge.
The Challenge
This Code Breaker Challenge is made up of 4 challenge sheets, each containing three sets of questions about multiplication and division. The content is based on the Whiterose topic - Multiplication and Division for Year 3 (Spring Block 1). There is also a final challenge sheet for obtaining the master lock key.
The Setup
Ideally, the Code Breaker Challenge requires a box which can be locked with four three digit combination locks and one (master) padlock.
How to Use
Fill the box with treasure, for example some sweets and then setup the combinations on each of the locks and lock the box with them and the master lock.
Split the class up into four teams and provide each team with one of the challenge sheets.
Start a timer of approximately 30 minutes (depending on the ability and age of your class).
Each team works together to solve the challenge and tell the teacher the three digit code. If they get it correct, they may open their lock. If not, then they will need to check their answers.
Once all four combination locks have been opened, or even after the first team has finished, provide the master lock challenge. If they complete it correctly and within the time, they can then have the master lock key to open the treasure box.
Great Fun!
The children absolutely love the Code Breaker Challenge and we repeat it at the end of every major maths unit. They really need to work together and check their work carefully if they are to succeed in opening the box and retrieving the treasure within.
The documents is fully editable so you can use it as a template to create your own challenges if you like. You can also use it for other subjects as well, but it definitely lends itself to maths the most.
I hope you and your children enjoy it as much as mine do!
This challenge is one of many. Please take a look at my shop for other units. Thank you.
This worksheet provides a blank part-whole model for children to fill in with numbers of their choosing. They then have to complete the addition and subtraction fact family below based on the numbers they chose.
There are two worksheets on one sheet of A4 for saving paper. You can also use the second one for them to repeat it with larger numbers or write your own in for them to complete. You can also add further complexity by only writing in the whole and one of the parts, so they have to calculate the other part first.
The document is fully editable so you can change it suit your children’s needs.
This worksheet contains six addition grids of increasing difficulty. The first has low single digit numbers whereas the final has higher double digit numbers, no larger than 20.
Each A4 page contains two challenge grids so you can save on paper whilst still having enough space for those children who write large than others.
Depending on your children’s ability, you can set the timer anywhere from a minute to five if necessary. It’s good way to assess their ability to perform arithmetic quickly and also makes for good homework practice.
My children generally really enjoy the challenge!
This A3 worksheet contains several different activities about the digestive system.
The activities are as follows:
Unscramble the parts of the system.
Label a diagram of the system.
Find words related to the system in a word search.
Fill in blanks for a short paragraph about the system.
Draw a diagram of walls of the small intestine look like.
Match the parts of the system with their function.
Bonus: Write about how the structure of the small intestine helps digestion.
Because of its size, this activity sheet lends itself nicely to pair work. Children really enjoy the variety of activities available.
The document is fully editable so you can make adjustments to suit your needs. I’ve also included a colourful version as well as a B&W version in the document.
This worksheet has a diagram showing four common electrical symbols and their pictures - battery/cell, lamp, cables/wires and a switch. The children have to draw an electrical circuit for a light with a switch. The second part of the worksheet is a fill in the blanks activity in which children use the words from the box to complete the paragraph about the circuit.
This worksheet serves as a good introduction or reinforcement for children who are just starting to learn about electrical circuits and the symbols used to draw them.
This quiz contains eight questions (with answers) which are all word problems involving length and distance. The calculations are mostly addition and subtraction with some basic multiplication towards the end. There are a range of metric units use, mostly km.
For each question a one-minute timer is provided which will start when clicked. You could use it as the actual timer for children to do the working or you could have it as a final minute timer which is what I usually do. Play it by ear.
After each question when the answer is revealed, we go through the working on the board and create bar models to help explain where necessary.
The quiz is fully editable so you can easily change the content. I like to use the names of children from my class to make it more personalised. I also spent time creating a colourful and well-designed template too so you can reuse this quiz format for other topics and subjects also.
Large activity and puzzle sheets for 6 different body systems - digestive, respiratory, circulatory, skeletal and the male and female reproductive systems.
Please see individual previews for further details. If you like the pack and have a moment, please kindly leave a review. Thank you.
On this A3 worksheet, children create a key and colour in the countries on the map of South America. Except for the map, this document is fully editable.
Instructions: a) Write down the names of the 12 countries found in S. America in the key below. b) Assign a different colour for each country and then colour in the corresponding location on the map of S. America. c) Draw on some of the key natural landmarks, for example, the Amazon River, the Andes etc.
You could also have the children label the capital cities for each country and/or the oceans.
This is a profile / short biography of a Vietnamese woman named Ms Mihn Dao. I use it early on in my biographies unit to both ask questions about and then draw up facts into sentences using a range of time prepositions and connectives.
It serves as a good basis for the children to plan their own autobiography and then their own fictional biography.
This worksheet could be printed out, but was designed to be completed by children online in Google Docs. It’s made up of 10 questions, a bonus and an extension task.
The first five questions involve the children shading in the given shape (using the background colour changer in Google Docs) as well as naming the fraction either as a word or in its number form.
The second five questions involve naming the fractions based on a given shaded area of the shape.
The bonus is a slightly trickier question based on the second half of questions and the extension involves children creating their own table shape, shading the cells and typing up the fraction name.
It’s great for use in Google Classroom where every child gets their own copy. You can then easily check their individual progress live and then check their results.