Mainly KS2 resources for English, Maths, Science and some topic also. Most of my resources include a lesson plan, presentation, activities and differentiated tasks. Please leave a review on any of my resources in which you purchase so I can use your feedback positively.
I have taught the majority of these lessons and they have worked well. All lessons coincide with the National Curriculum 2014 and have been approved by my subject leaders. Hope they are useful :)
Mainly KS2 resources for English, Maths, Science and some topic also. Most of my resources include a lesson plan, presentation, activities and differentiated tasks. Please leave a review on any of my resources in which you purchase so I can use your feedback positively.
I have taught the majority of these lessons and they have worked well. All lessons coincide with the National Curriculum 2014 and have been approved by my subject leaders. Hope they are useful :)
As last week was Book Week, I planned a week’s worth of lessons based around the book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. Each day, we read a chapter of the story and then engage in lessons based on what we’ve read. As you can see from the cover image, this involves lots of chocolate!!
The children absolutely adored these lessons and were so engaged in the process of melting chocolate. They needed to see which chocolate would be the best to build the Indian Prince’s palace out of by melting different types of chocolate. HINT: flakes don’t melt!
Honestly, a really fun week and trust me, you’ll enjoy it too. Please check out my Instagram for more of my activities for Book Week: Rebecca.the.irish.teacher
Four simple worksheets with extensions based on:
Apostrophes
Speech Marks
Inverted Commas
Pronouns
Children are reminded what the term means and then given progressive tasks to increase their understanding.
My most recent class assembly was based on Theseus and the Minotaur (with a twist).
We had covered this story during our topic of myths https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/myths-understanding-the-features-11943412 and the children LOVED it. I wrote this play script based on the myth however we added a little twist. The minotaur is known to be a FEARSOME, UGLY creature, but in our story he turns out to be nice once people get to know him. Moral: Don’t judge a book by its cover.
The play script is editable to ensure that there is enough lines for the children in your class. I have 25 and there is 25 parts. However, it is an easy script to edit and adapt.
To tie it all together, we sang ‘Eye of the Tiger’ in the middle of the performance which went down a treat with the parents and the school.
Masks NOT included
This resource contains the script ONLY and in total the play lasted about 15 minutes.
I hope you enjoy it as much as we did and please let me know how you and your class got on.
Perfect for the run-up to and during the Fifa World Cup, this pack includes worksheets and fun activities and a teacher’s guide to assist you during your lessons.
Included in this pack:
Pass it like Portugal: a fun task that involves children recording the points on an axis. They won’t even realise they’re doing a Math activity as it’s to record the football passes of the Portuguese team.
Pass it like___: This can be used in small groups or as an early finisher task. Following on from the above activity, the children can plot the points of a team of their choice and give the activity to a peer to solve.
Dream Team: young students need to form opinions on what makes a good player and be able to discuss their opinions. Creating a class discussion on the players in the World Cup and then allow children to create their ultimate dream team from different players in the World Cup.
Dream Jersey – the children can comment on and discuss the jerseys in the World Cup. Talk about their likes/dislikes on the patters, colours, shapes etc and then create their own dream jersey for their dream team. This would make a lovely display also.
Fact File – using the internet, allow the children to research 4 players of their choice and to create a fact file on them. This could be done as a homework task also.
Teacher Guides & Answer Sheets
Each activity comes with a teacher guide to suggest ways to complete each task. There is an answer sheet as well for the Maths activity for self-assessment or peer assessmenent.
Other resources you may be interested in:
World Cup 2022 Colouring Pages
World Cup 2022 Activity Pack
Grab them all as part of a bundle
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St. Patrick’s Day: Teach your students about St. Patrick’s Day with this fun mini-unit designed to keep them engaged and excited through learning some basic phrase ‘As Gaeilge’ (in Irish).
This Product Includes:
Page 1- How to use this product.
Page 2-5- 12 different Irish greetings, including the English translation and pronunciation (in orange).
Page 6- St Patrick’s Day Comic Strip (using Irish greetings).
Page 7-9 Task Cards: Translate these Irish greetings into English.
Page 10- Terms of Use and Credits.
Description
Use this St. Patrick’s Day mini unit to supplement any St. Patrick’s Day activities you may have!!! Talk, chat, converse IN IRISH! The pronunciations are included, so children will be able to use these greetings in class, at home and in the playground all the way through March to show their Irish pride!
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The following resources are included in this product:**
Printables, worksheets, task cards, comic strip, vocabulary cards.
Coming from a football crazy class, I decided to base my classroom decor on soccer this year! With the World Cup just past, the children are still hyped up from the events.
This resource contains a variety of soccer themed classroom décor. Everything in this resource is editable so that you can personalise it to your tastes/needs.
Includes:
Behavioral clip-chart
MVP award
Class jobs
Name tags
Drawer Labels
Just edit, print, laminate and stick it up!
A mathematical activity to engage children with converting units of measure (Christmas Theme).
I have included a map of the world with different parts labelled for children to measure the distances between.
Children must measure the distance between 2 different parts of the world. Then because 1cm=35 minutes, they must then calculate how long it would take to get to said part.
For example:
How long will it take Santa to get from house A to house B?
Using your ruler, measure the distance from A to B.
If it’s 7.6 cm- round to the nearest whole number which is 8cm.
1cm = 35 minutes so 35 x 8 = 280 minutes =4 hours 40 minutes
Fill in the table below of your findings. This example has been done for you.
Children must then fill in a table with their findings.
Included also is two different design opportunities. Children can design their own Christmas jumper and Christmas cookies.
*LESSON PLAN ONLY**
I have chosen to only upload the lesson plan here as sometimes, people may want to use their own resources. I will upload them at in a different resource in my shop.
This lesson plan clear, detailed and differentiated extremely well. My differentiation groups are labelled bronze, silver and gold, which are referred to daily on the planning. The objectives covered on this plan are:
*What are multiples and factors?
*What are prime numbers and prime factors?
*What are prime and composite numbers?
*How do I solve problems involving multiplication?
*How do I solve problems involving division?
I have taught these lessons myself, and the children achieved the lesson objectives at their own level of ability.
Need a set of printable money to use in your Maths lessons? Teaching your class about Great British Pounds? Look no further than these colourful notes and coins.These printable money sheets work well for teaching students about the value of money as well as learning how to pay for items using notes and coins!
Included:
*Four pages of coloured printable notes (£50, £20, £10, and £5 in similar colours to GBP).
*Eight pages of coloured printable coins (£2, £1, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p, 1p in similar colours to GBP)
Uses:
Can be used for children in lessons to visually try and “buy” items and receive change.
*Can be used for children to stick into their books when adding and subtracting money calculations.
*Brings a ‘real-life’ feel to learning about money and helps children ultimately in real life contexts.
*Good to teaching EAL/visual learners also.
Please remember to leave a review and tell me how you used this product in your classroom.
12 DAYS WORTH OF MATHS STARTERS- DIFFERENTIATED.
I created this powerpoint to keep their maths skills quick. Each day, regardless of the maths topic, we will engage with one of these maths starters prior to the lesson. I found that children were not retaining the maths we had done throughout the year, so this was a quick, easy way to keep our skills fresh and quick.
They’re differentiated into three groups and we call it the chilli challenge!!
1 Chilli- Low Ability
2 Chilli- Middle Ability
3 Chilli- High Ability
If these are a hit, I will continue to make and upload these. Please let me know if they were helpful.
A broad selection of morning challenges to keep your children busy when they come in in the morning.
Included are:
VCOP morning challenges
Maths morning challenges
Improving sentences
Vocabulary
Enough to keep them busy for months.
St. Patrick’s Day Activities (Reading and Writing) - Let’s celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these fun no-prep activities in your class for March. These activties are based around a persuasive text, encouraging you to visit the country of Ireland.
This Product Includes:
Page 1- How to use this product.
Page 2- Clumping Activity (learning how to group similar information into the same paragraphs). Children will cut up and un-jumble the statements about Ireland, justifying why they have grouped certain statements together.
Page 3- Persuasive Passage about ‘Ideal Ireland’.
Page 4- Questions based on the passage ‘Ideal Ireland’ (retrieval and inference).
Page 5- Plan your own text on YOUR home country/home town (for those who are also from Ireland).
Page 6- Draw a labelled diagram of your home country/home town to persuade the reader to come visit- even MORE!
Page 7- Terms of use and credits.
Description
Use this St. Patrick’s Day mini unit to supplement any St. Patrick’s Day activities you may have! It’s not directly linked to St. Patrick’s Day itself, however it’s based on the lovely country where St. Patrick’s Day was born- Ireland!
How to teach this lesson:
You can use this fully designed mini-unit as long as you need, because it includes all of the resources you need to teach it! You could also use it alongside your ‘Persuasive Writing’ unit too! It’s up to you :)
Let’s connect:
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I wrote a short piece about a Middle Eastern boy joining a British School and decided to make it into a Year 6 SATS sample paper.
The questions are structured exactly like the SATS exams and children can use them as revision in the weeks/months coming up to the SATS exams.
I have uploaded it as a PDF and also a word document. Also, I’ve separated the reading material and the questions in two different documents if required.
Can be used with year 5s also to get them into the SATS style of questioning.
Let me know your thoughts on this resource.
IT’S GETTING CLOSER!!!
As the FIFA World Cup 2018 approaches, I get more motivated to engage with activities focused on the World Cup. This activity allows children to:
*Design their very own FANTASY World Cup Jersey
*Create their own FANTASY football team (players of their choice)
*Investigate the coordinates in which Ronaldo passes the ball to his teammates.
I used this with my class of 8/9 year olds and they were so excited, they didn’t even notice that there was a small bit of Maths involved.
Please leave a review and let me know how your class got on with this brand new resource :)
My Division and Multiplication differentiated resource has been bundled together at a reduced price!
DIFFERENTIATED DIVISION FOR 4 GROUPS
When teaching division this week, I struggled to find a resource in which I needed. In Mathematics, I like a resource to be differentiated, while allowing the children to move up to a higher set themselves, if they find the work too easy.
This resource allows children to make great progress in one lesson as they can be challenged constantly, rather than completing page after page of the same type of calculation.
My class have not yet moved onto long division, so it is differentiated by:
Bronze: No remainders or carry ons.
Silver: Harder division calculations with some remainders.
Gold: All with remainders and involving all times tables.
Upon finishing the gold section, there is an additional section called platinum. This section allows a further challenge for children in completing ‘missing calculation’ division questions, ‘reasoning and explanation’ questions and ‘spot the mistakes’ questions (answers included). It’s based off Maths Mastery ideas.
These files have been saved as a PDF and include answers.
DIFFERENTIATED MULTIPLICATION FOR 4 GROUPS*
When teaching multiplication this week, I struggled to find a resource in which I needed. In Mathematics, I like a resource to be differentiated, while allowing the children to move up to a higher set themselves, if they find the work too easy.
This resource allows children to make great progress in one lesson as they can be challenged constantly, rather than completing page after page of the same type of calculation.
My class have not yet moved onto 2 digit multiplication, so it is differentiated by:
Bronze: TO x O (focusing mainly on the 2, 3, 4 and 5 times tables)
Silver: HTO x O (using a range including the 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables)
Gold: THHTO x O (using a range including the 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables)
Upon finishing the gold section, there is an additional section called platinum. This section allows a further challenge for children in completing missing calculation multiplication questions (answers included).
I have provided the success criteria at the top of the page, as I like to remind children constantly what they need to remember to do.
These files have been saved as a PDF and a word document.
A weekly plan on non-chronological reports for year 1.
This plan is detailed and differentiated. Children are encouraged to use a signpost sentence to inform the reader what they will read. They will make notes by using a mind map and create an interesting, factual report.
It's a follow on from another non-chronological plan I have in my shop: see the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-chronological-reports-year-1-11510333
Differentiated hands-on building activities whilst identifying 3D shapes.
A week's worth of clear, differentiated planning with explicit learning outcomes for different abilities.
Lots of practical activities to encourage children to use the correct mathematical vocabulary.
Making Connections is a very valuable skill to teach in Guided Reading. Children learn to connect what they read to themselves, another text and the wider world, helping them to understand the text on a deeper level.
Most of us tell the children that a good reader “makes connections”, but for the most part, only a handful of the children actually know what this means.
This resource will explicitly teach your children how to make connections with what their reading to themselves, another text and the wider world. This resource can be used with ANY text. It teaches the SKILL of making connections and that can be applied to fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
What’s included
A detailed daily PowerPoint to structure the lessons and encourage children to engage in child talk/cooperative learning.
Making Connections support cards- to provide children with the sentence stems in order to be successful when structuring a connection.
Summarising Tweet template- to ensure children have understood the text read on a basic level before engaging in making connections. Children are challenged to include the main events, main characters etc in 280 characters.
Making Connection activity Sheets.
I hope this resource is useful for you. Please leave some feedback and let me know how these lessons went. I’d love to hear from you.
In my class, I got really fed up of using the carousel for teaching guided reading. I felt only 1-2 groups benefited from it, while the others were in engaging in monotonous activities.
The idea behind this is to engage in whole class reading/discussion about a picture or text and answer only 3 questions in the CAR format:
C- Choice of the Author
A- Always Infer
R- Retrieval
Included in this pack is:
6 different activities to use CAR technique
How to use page
Display of CAR to remind children what the different letters stand for.
This is a weeks worth of planning on place value. It includes alot of mathematical questioning to tap into the children's understanding and allows them to understand the concept in depth.
The planning includes links to interactive games online to be used to encourage all types of learners. It also teachers children to look at the 1000 before and 1000 after, aswell as looking at the value of each digit. Children will also be taught how to write a number in words and vice versa.
This resource includes a weeks lesson plan and a presentation.
