This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to carve a pumpkin (with an adult), with differentiated questions. It would be perfect for using in the autumn term around Halloween. Each booklet has a colour and black & white version. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘why,’ ‘which’ and ‘who’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions, true and false questions and some that require more detailed answers. There are four pages of pictures with short written extracts to read and 3-5 questions per page. The higher ability booklet has 18 questions in total. The middle ability has 15 questions and the lower ability has 12 questions. Answers are included. All of the booklets are in the zip file. PDF file format. You might also be interested in: The History of Halloween Comprehension - Year 2 Year 2 SPaG booklets - Halloween theme

This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2. There are three differentiated booklets on Bonfire Night food, which covers hot food, sweet treats and how to make hot chocolate. Each booklet has a title page with useful words followed by four pages of information with questions on each page. There are a range of ‘who,’ ‘when,’ ‘what,’ and ‘why’ questions. There are also multiple choice questions and some that require more detailed answers. The higher ability booklet has 14 questions in total. The middle ability has 13 and the lower ability has 12 questions. There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level. Answers are also included. PDF file format. You might also be interested in: Year 2 Bonfire Night Comprehension Bundle / Guy Fawkes The Gunpowder Plot Comprehension / Bonfire Night / Year 3 and 4 Bonfire Night Comprehensions / Guy Fawkes : Year 1

This resource contains 4 comprehension activities all about Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday. They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. The theme in this pack is ‘Pancakes.’ There are four different pdf comprehensions: Pancake ingredients Pancake recipe What is Shrove Tuesday? How to flip a pancake There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text 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.

A 20 page Easter themed phonics booklet, containing a wide range of activities to help children revise phases 3 - 5. Perfect for children to work on independently during phonics lessons, as a start of day activity, or as a filler for the busy end-of-term period. Alternatively, send home for parents to work on with children as a homework task. Activities range from filling in initial sounds, to sorting real and fake words, to filling in missing words. There is a colour and black & white PDF version of the booklet (both are in a zip file). Just print and staple!

This resource contains 3 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1. They each contain a short piece of text (about 5 sentences) with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 questions, containing ‘what,’ ‘which,’ ‘who’ and ‘where’ questions and some multiple choice questions. The theme in this pack is St George. There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text 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. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.

This resource contains 6 comprehension activities all about the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be predominantly sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. Each comprehension can be used individually or you can print out the front cover to create a booklet. There are six different comprehensions: The Royal Wedding Prince Harry Meghan Markle The Queen How to Throw a Royal Wedding Party The Royal Wedding Day There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text 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. PDF file format. (Please note: due to copyright reasons, no pictures of any of the royal family are included. Please also note that this resource was created prior to the Royal Wedding day.)

A 20 page Football World Cup themed phonics booklet, containing a wide range of activities to help children revise phases 3 - 5. Perfect for children to work on independently during phonics lessons, as a start of day activity, or as a filler for the busy end-of-term period. Alternatively, send home for parents to work on with children as a homework task. Activities range from filling in initial sounds, to sorting real and fake words, to filling in missing words. Each page indicates which phase is included so you will know what your children are covering. Answers are included at the end where applicable. Just print and staple! PDF file format.

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 42 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the alternative ‘c’ sound. It is the ‘c’ sound pronounced ‘s.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to ‘c’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘c’ words Phoneme counting Phoneme spotting in sentences Writing words with ‘c’ sound Writing a sentence with ‘c’ sound (Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a 44 slide Powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit one of the alternative ‘a’ sounds. It covers the ‘a’ sound as in ‘path’ and takes 15-20 minutes. This non-editable PowerPoint is split into different sections: Revision of phase 5 phonemes in a random order Introduction to the ‘a’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound Spotting the odd one out (the picture with a different ‘a’ sound) Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘a’ words Phoneme counting Grapheme spotting in sentences Writing words with the ‘a’ sound Writing a sentence with the ‘a’ sound Revision of tricky words (Click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint.)

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.