Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Past, Present & Future Tense - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using the correct tenses (past, present & future tenses) and knowing how to use them to improve their writings. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 18 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a past, present & future tense worksheet Learning Objectives: To use past, present and future tenses.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Determiners - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as adding the appropriate determiners in their writings. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 22 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify and use determiners. Learning Objective: LO: To identify and use determiners.

Reading Resource - Blank - True or False, Prove it! - KS1/KS2 This reading resource is in an editable word document. This is a blank resource which means teachers can create a statement based on the text they provide. These statements can be true or false. The purpose is to get children to ‘prove it’ by using the text to retrieve and record key information and then identifying whether the the statement is true or false. The activity can be extended by asking the pupils to write down two true and one false statement themselves. They then exchange these with other group members and repeat the above process.

Guided Reading - True or False, Prove it! - KS2 - Yoko Ono - Japan - Non- Fiction This reading activity is in an editable word document. A PowerPoint Presentation is also included for structure purposes (An optional hot seat plenary slide is also included at the end). The PPT also includes the parts of the article. The pack Includes three documents, a poster, a short article about Yoko Ono and a True or False, Prove it! activity. These statements are based on the article provided. These statements can be true or false. The purpose is to get children to ‘prove it’ by using the text to retrieve and record key information and then identifying whether the the statement is true or false.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Imperative Verbs - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using imperative verbs to add depth to children’s writing. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 13 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify and write sentences with imperative verbs. Learning Objective: • To identify and use imperative verbs.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Expanded Noun Phrases - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using expanded noun phrases (Determiner Adjective, Adjective Noun and Prepositional Phrase) to improve their writings. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 16 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete an Expanded Noun Phrases worksheet Learning Objectives: To use expanded noun phrases to add more detail.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Main & Subordinate Clauses - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as understanding what a main & subordinate clauses are and how use them to improve their writings. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 10 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a Main & Subordinate Clauses worksheet. Learning Objective: To understand the difference between the main and subordinate clause.

Guided Reading Resource - True or False, Prove it! - Takumi Minamino (KS2, Japan) This reading activity is in an editable word document. Includes two documents, a short article about Takumi Minamino and a True or False, Prove it! activity. These statements are based on the article provided. These statements can be true or false. The purpose is to get children to ‘prove it’ by using the text to retrieve and record key information and then identifying whether the the statement is true or false.

Reading Resource - Definitions - KS1/KS2 This reading resource is fully editable and in the word document format. This activity encourages children to write their own definitions for each one. First predict the meaning, find the definition, write a definition in your own words and then write sentence example (could be from the text). By creating their very own dictionary, children can expand their vocabulary thus writing. This can be completed after reading a text or book.

Reading Resource - Top 5 - KS1/KS2 This reading resource is fully editable and in the word document format. This activity encourages children to recap the 5 most important parts of this text. This can be completed after reading a text or book. This reading activity can be used as partner, group, and individual work. The Top 5 template can be printed in A4 and A3 formats.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Dashes & Hyphens - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using dashes and hyphens to add clarity and avoid ambiguity in children’s writing. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 16 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify, write and correct sentences with dashes and hyphens. Learning Objective: To use dashes and hyphens.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Paragraphs - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as writing in paragraph to add clarity and avoid ambiguity in children’s writing. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 17 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify paragraphs and why they are important. To improve children’s writing. Learning Objective: LO: To use paragraphs to improve writings.

Reading Resource - Senses Star - KS1/KS2 This reading resource is fully editable and in the word document format. This activity encourages children to use their senses (eyes-sight, nose-smell, ears- sound, hands-touch, mouth- taste and heart to represent personality) map out a character’s emotions and actions - whether this is a character from a book, film or their own creation on an outline of a body. This reading resource comes in a horizontal and vertical form. It also comes with a key words document to help with sense specific words. The activity can be extended by asking the pupils to write down their own descriptive words (adjectives) related to the character of study. Children can use a dictionary to explore more vocabulary. This reading activity can be used as partner, group, and individual work. The Senses Star template can be printed in A4 and A3 formats.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Adverbs, Fronted Adverbials & Adverbial Phrases - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using fronted adverbials and adverbials phrases. These skills add depth to children’s writing. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 19 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to write sentences with adverbs, fronted adverbials and/or adverbial phrases. Learning Objective: • To use adverbs, fronted adverbials and adverbial phrases to modify sentences.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Synonyms & Antonyms - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using synonyms and antonyms to improve their writings. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 13 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a Synonyms & Antonyms worksheet Learning Objectives: To use synonyms of common words to improve writings To identify antonyms

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Parenthesis - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as understanding what parenthesis is and how use it to improve their writings. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 12 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a parenthesis worksheet. Learning Objective: To understand the function of parenthesis, dashes and pairs of commas

Reading Resource - 3:2:1 - KS1/KS2 This reading resource is fully editable and in the word document format. This activity encourages children to complete a worksheet on any chosen text or book in the form of 3:2:1 (3 things I am sure about, 2 things I am not so sure about and 1 question I would like to ask) This reading activity can be used as partner, group, and individual work. The 3:2:1 template can be printed in A4 and A3 formats.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Contractive Apostrophes - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using contractive apostrophes to add clarity to children’s writing. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 13 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify, write and correct sentences with contractive apostrophes. Learning Objective: To identify and use contractive apostrophe

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Full Stops, Question & Exclamation marks - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks s to add clarity and avoid ambiguity in children’s writing. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 26 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. There is also a interactive quiz within the teaching slides. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify, write and correct sentences with full stops, question marks or exclamation marks. Learning Objective: To use full stops, question and exclamation marks in writings.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Colons & Semicolons - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using colons and semicolons to add clarity and avoid ambiguity in children’s writing. This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 20 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify, write and correct sentences with colons and semicolons. Learning Objective: To understand and use colons and semicolons in sentences.