9 Storyboard Template Sheets: Storyboard 1: Landscape - 4 picture areas and 4 writing areas. Storyboard 2: Landscape - 8 picture areas and 8 writing areas. Storyboard 3: Landscape - 3 main picture areas (Beginning, Middle & End). Storyboard 4: Landscape - 6 picture areas and 6 writing areas. Storyboard 5: Portrait - 4 large picture areas and 4 small writing areas. Storyboard 6: Portrait - 4 small picture areas and 4 large writing areas. Storyboard 7: Portrait - 6 small picture areas and 6 small writing areas. Storyboard 8: Portrait - 12 small picture areas and 12 small writing areas. Storyboard 9: Portrait - 4 picture areas and 4 writing areas.

Conjunctions Worksheet. 4 activities: Can you spot the conjunctions in the sentences? Copy the sentences and underline the conjunctions. Use conjunctions to make sentences more interesting. Find 5 conjunctions in your reading book. Give sentences different meaning by combining them using different conjunctions. Fully editable.

Comparatives and Superlatives - Slide Show. 7 Slides: Slide 3: What are Comparative adjectives? Slide 4: Comparatives example. Slide 5: What are Superlative adjectives? Slide 6: Superlatives example. Slide 7: Examples of Comparative and Superlative adjectives. Fully editable.

A very useful PowerPoint to introduce, explain and show examples of contractions. Over 80 slides. Fully editable.

4 ATTACHMENTS: A pre-cursive handwriting presentation for students and practice sheets. A pre-cursive handwriitng mat. A cursive handwriting presentation for teachers/parents. A reference sheet describing the ‘Tripod Grip’.

Make your own VCOP Pyramid with this resource. Simply cut out the 4 triangles and paste together. These can then be used as a desk-top reminder/reference point for the children. There are 5 “bands” on each of the 4 pyramids and the lower down the pyramid you go, the more sophisticated the writing becomes. Fully editable.

3 types of handwriting paper. Just print off and use.

Overview: A 25-slide PowerPoint with 5 integrated activities. 7 animal poems to share in the PowerPoint. Fully editable, animated, clear and fun. Ideal for Year 2 and above. 2 poetry writing frames PLUS an animal poems booklet included. . Contents of PowerPoint: Questions about poetry. A poem that teaches you something. A poem that uses lots of great verbs. Poems that use lots of description. Poems that use similes. A poem that uses rhyming couplets. Performance poetry! Final Challenge!

Assembly: Work Together, Learn Together. 15 - 20 minutes long. Song, discussion opportunities, short story script and prayer included. Preparation: Ask groups of children to demonstrate (through role play) how they work together, e.g. in the classroom (helping with tasks); at lunchtime (good manners) and on the playground (playing fairly). These role plays will be shown during the assembly. You will also need 2 broom handles (or metre sticks) for the story. Fully editable.

A simple INFERENCING activity. Students must identify words or phrases in a text, guess the meaning of the word/phrase then find and draw the meaning. PDF and Word document attached (so fully editable).

Can your student’s find the punctuation and spelling errors in the attached Fantastic Mr. Fox passages. 2 differentiated activities - 1 easy and 1 hard. Fully editable. Answers provided

A comprehensive Year 2 Literacy programme of study for the entire year, 8 pages. 30 units of work. Excellent coverage of Fiction, Non-Fiction & Poetry genres. All writing and reading objectives included. Fully editable.

Helpful for students to refer to throughout the year. Great for intervention too.

A 14-slide PowerPoint to refer to when introducing and teaching pre-cursive handwriting. Contents: Slide 3: Holding your pencil correctly. Slide 4: The 5 pre-cursive stages. Slide 5: The 5 pre-cursive stages (to stick in books). Slide 6: Bookmarks showing the pre-cursive letters. Slide 8: Stage 1 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 9: Stage 2 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 10: Stage 3 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 11: Stage 4 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 12: Stage 5 Pre-Cursive Letters. Also attached are 5 worksheets for your student’s to practise the pre-cursive letters. Fully editable.

5 activity sheets attached - fully editable. Activity: Students must write a summary (and draw a picture) for each chapter. Chapter 1: The Coming of the Iron Man. Chapter 2: The Return of the Iron Man. Chapter 3: What’s to be Done with the Iron Man? Chapter 4: The Space-Being and the Iron Man. Chapter 5: The Iron Man’s Challenge.

3 bookmark templates. Fully editable. Ideal for 5 - 11 years. Bookmark 1: A simple bookmark to print off. On the bookmark it says: Don’t you just hate it when your teacher says, “I want more details!” How can there be more details? Or when the teacher says, “Be more descriptive!” What can you do to put more description and details into your work? Be a Camera! Not just any camera, mind you, but a magic camera that lets you zoom in and out of settings, seeing and capturing not only the scenes, but the smells, tastes, sounds, and things you can feel (textures) in your story. Bookmark 2: Another simple bookmark to print off. Bookmark 3: Design your own bookmark. I always laminate the bookmarks so that they last the entire year. Fully editable.

Summary of resource: A simple way to introduce your class to non-chronological reports. 24 easy-to-teach slides. Planning templates and examples provided. . Contents of PowerPoint: . What are non-chronological reports? How to start and plan your report Layout and Features Examples to look at …

A 3-page booklet to help children learn and practice the rules for adding er and est. Simple to follow and fully editable. Ideal for 7+

A simple poster to display in your classroom or refer to when doing handwriting.

2 attachments: Iron Man storyboard. Iron Man booklet.