This resource contains five old testament bible story comprehensions. They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. There are three differentiated levels. There is a colour and black & white version of each level. Each level contains five short pieces of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures in the lower and middle levels to help children work out what they say. Each passage is followed by 5 simple questions. There are five different stories: The story of creation Adam and Eve Noah’s Ark Jonah and the Whale Joseph These are all in PDF file format. There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text from the middle ability so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. This is not editable. Please click the ‘Read Only’ button in the centre of the screen to open it. Answers are also included. All of the documents are in the zip file. No further preparation needed.

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 39 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘i’ sound. It covers the alternative ‘i’ sound as in ‘find’ and takes 15-20 minutes. The PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘i’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘i’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘i’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘i’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘i’ sound (The PowerPoint is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open it.) Read less

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 39 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘s’ sound. It covers the alternative 's’ sound as in ‘sugar’ and takes 15-20 minutes. The PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘s’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘s’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘s’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘s’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘s’ sound (The PowerPoint is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open it.) I’ve used this PowerPoint with classes for phonics lessons. I’ve included a page of instructions to accompany it.

This interactive PowerPoint quiz is perfect for using in the 2020 Australian CBCA Book Week. It contains 25 questions on The Glimme by Emily Rodda. The Glimme is in the CBCA 2020 short list for ages 7-12. You can use this as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click the ‘read only’ button to open. Example questions include: What is in the glass roofed room in Edge House? Painted panels, Plants or Dragons Why is he renamed Penn? His mum was called Penny, He likes to write or He likes to draw How long does Teller have to complete his mission? 1 year, 1 month or 1 week What special gift does Lone Annie have? She can heal people, She can visit the past or She can see the future (There are no illustrations from the book included because these are copyrighted.) The quiz is in the zip file. You might be interested in our longer 78 question quiz: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-glimme-by-emily-rodda-78-questions-12364302 You might also be interested in our two quizzes on The Secrets of Magnolia Moon by Edwina Wyatt: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-secrets-of-magnolia-moon-67-questions-12413025 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-secrets-of-magnolia-moon-25-questions-12413298

This resource contains 5 comprehension activities all about the weather. They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. There are three differentiated levels. There is a colour and black & white version of each level. Each level contains five short pieces of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures in the lower and middle levels to help children work out what they say. Each passage is followed by 5 simple questions. There are five different topics: What is the weather? Let it snow… Breezes, gusts and gales Rain, rain go away Heatwave! PDF file format. There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text from the middle ability so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. This is not editable. Please click the ‘Read Only’ button in the centre of the screen to open it. Answers are also included. All of the documents are in the zip file. No further preparation needed.

This interactive PowerPoint quiz is perfect for using in the 2020 Australian CBCA Book Week. It contains 78 questions on The Glimme by Emily Rodda. The Glimme is in the CBCA 2020 short list for ages 7-12. You can use this as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. There are several questions for each of the 20 chapters. You can use the links to jump to different chapters or back to the main menu. All questions are multiple choice. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click the ‘read only’ button to open. Example questions include: What is in the glass roofed room in Edge House? Painted panels, Plants or Dragons Why is he renamed Penn? His mum was called Penny, He likes to write or He likes to draw How long will Teller have to complete his mission? 1 year, 1 month or 1 week What special gift does Lone Annie have? She can heal people, She can visit the past or She can see the future The quiz is in the zip file. (There are no illustrations from the book included because these are copyrighted.) We also have a shorter 25 question quiz on this book: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-glimme-by-emily-rodda-25-questions-12364642 You might also be interested in our two quizzes on The Secrets of Magnolia Moon by Edwina Wyatt https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-secrets-of-magnolia-moon-67-questions-12413025 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-secrets-of-magnolia-moon-25-questions-12413298

This animated PowerPoint quiz is perfect for using in the 2020 Australian CBCA Book Week. It contains 67 questions on The Secrets of Magnolia Moon by Edwina Wyatt. The Secrets of Magnolia Moon is in the CBCA 2020 short list for ages 7-12. You can use this as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. There are several questions for each of the 10 chapters. You can use the links to jump to different chapters or back to the main menu. All questions are multiple choice. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click the ‘read only’ button to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations. The quiz is in a zip file. Example questions include: Where is Imogen May moving to? Barrow, Thistledown or Crocus Town What is Mama Moon’s job? She teaches oboe, She teaches piano or She teaches painting Which flowers remind Magnolia and Mama Moon of Daddy Moon? Buttercups, Snowdrops or Daisies What pets does Grandma Moon have? A blackbird, cats and a pig, A canary, cats and a goose or A blackbird, dogs and a pig (There are no illustrations from the book included because these are copyrighted.) You might also be interested in our shorter 25 question quiz: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-secrets-of-magnolia-moon-25-questions-12413298 You might also be interested in our two quizzes on The Glimme by Emily Rodda: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-glimme-by-emily-rodda-78-questions-12364302 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-glimme-by-emily-rodda-25-questions-12364642

This interactive PowerPoint quiz is perfect for using in the 2020 Australian CBCA Book Week. It contains 25 questions on The Secrets of Magnolia Moon by Edwina Wyatt. The Secrets of Magnolia Moon is in the CBCA 2020 short list for ages 7-12. You can use this as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click the ‘read only’ button to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations. The quiz is in the zip file. Example questions include: What is Mama Moon’s job? She teaches oboe, She teaches piano or She teaches painting Which flowers remind Magnolia and Mama Moon of Daddy Moon? Buttercups, Snowdrops or Daisies (There are no illustrations from the book included because these are copyrighted.) You might be interested in our longer 67 question quiz: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-secrets-of-magnolia-moon-67-questions-12413025 You might also be interested in our two quizzes on The Glimme by Emily Rodda: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-glimme-by-emily-rodda-78-questions-12364302 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quiz-for-cbca-book-week-2020-the-glimme-by-emily-rodda-25-questions-12364642

This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for lower key stage 2 (ages 7-9). There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to cook a Christmas dinner - Turkey with stuffing balls. It is perfect for using in the weeks before Christmas. The higher ability booklet has two pages of information for the children to read before they complete 3 pages of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘which,’ ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. There are also true or false, multiple choice questions and some that require more detailed answers. There are 15 questions in total. The middle and lower ability booklets have the information split into four separate pages with questions on each page. The middle and lower ability each have 14 questions in total. There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level. Answers are also included. PDF file format. You might be interested in: Year 3 and 4 comprehension - Mince Pie Recipe Christmas pudding recipe comprehension - Year 3 and 4

An interactive PowerPoint quiz to use in the run-up to Christmas. It contains 80 Christmas-themed questions suitable for KS1. Use as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice and fit into 8 different categories: The First Christmas, Dates and Times, Christmas Food, Winter, Entertainment, Christmas Songs, Customs and Traditions and Santa is Coming . After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer flashes, while the wrong answers fly off the page. The PowerPoint is in the zip file. It is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations. Example questions include: Why did Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem? For Christmas, For the census or For a holiday When do you start opening an Advent calendar? 1st January, 1st December or 5th November True or False? Mince tarts have meat in them. Which of these mammals hibernates in the winter in Britain? Foxes, Badgers or Hedgehogs True or false? Olaf is a snowman. Complete this sentence from a famous children’s poem: ‘Twas the … before Christmas.’ Which of these is one of Santa’s reindeer? Blitzen, Blitzer or Blizzard Let me know whether you find it useful!