This is a powerpoint with activities. I would print the powerpoint for the children to refer to and help with answering the questions.
This goes through what life was like for women and children in the Anglo-Saxon times.
includes about women - jobs for the women/royal women/marrying and nuns
includes about children - work for children/ typical day/ clothing/ toys/church
4 activities:
true or false about women
comparing your typical day to an anglo saxon child
Choose a toy and describe it
explain if you would like to be a child in the Anglo-Saxon times
This complete lesson explains what reflection is and how light moves in straight lines.
It looks at how reflective materials are used as safety
children to test which materials reflect the light the best
After the test they are going to answer some comprehension questions on what they have learnt
This is a complete lesson on Hajj
It includes -
Key vocab
what is a pilgrimage?
map of where Saudi Arabia is and then zooms in on where Mecca is.
Recap of the story of why Hajj started - brief (i did a full lesson on this the previous week)
Why Muslims make the Hajj journey
What Muslims wear
Then it goes through each part of the Hajj - Mecca, Masjid al Haram, Arafat, Muzdalifah, Mina, back to Mecca – It explains what happens in each part.
Task - To complete a flow chart of what happens during ajj
African art - textiles
Kente (interwoven strips with geometric patterning)
Explains what Kente is and what each of the colours mean and what it represents.
Link to a you tube video to watch first.
Then there are screen shots of the video and step by step instructions in order to create their own version of kente by weaving strips of coloured paper and then wool with a thick needle. The children have to consider what colours they are going to use and what shapes to add to the piece.
This could possibly be two lessons depending on how quick the children complete the activity.
This powerpoint has key vocabulary that i want the children to learn by the end of the session.
It discusses what law is and why we have laws in this country and this is linked to the school council.
video to watch and then a discussion after
Full lesson on the Vikings and who they were.
Slide 1/2/3 - map of where the Vikings came from, how they came over, map of the route taken and why they came.
slide 4 - farming and fighting
Activity 1 - draw the routes of the Vikings on a map
Activity 2 - complete sentences using key words given
Activity 3 - Write an explanation about why the Vikings would settle in Britain
Activity 4 - Write a letter to a family member back home explaining what Britain is like
This is a whole lesson on the pyramids
Talks about the first known pyramids and who/why it was built.
Includes discussion about the pyramids of giza(who and why they were built including hieghts then compares this to more modern day structures)
The great Sphinx and why treasures were taken down into tombs.
How the pyramids were built and why they stopped building pyamids
5 activities
1.explain why pyramids are built
2.true or false using the text to prove answers.
3.match pharaoh to pyramid
4.putting statements in order for building a pyramid
5.explain why Egyptians were happy to help build the pyramids
All of the info can be found in the powerpoint and i normally print the powerpoint out for the children to refer to.
This lesson explains how trade happened in the Ancient Egyptian times and what they would buy and sell.
Discusses trade agreements with other countries and what would happen if they did not trade.
How they would take trade to different settlements and which way would have been best for them
3 activities -
explain why Egypt was so wealthy
Which way was best to travel - boat or camel explain why
draw a boat and lable all of the different things that might appear on the boat from trading and selling
All of the information to answer the questions in the activity are on the powerpoint
This lesson explains how light travels in straight lines
looks at opaque, translucent and transparent and what each of them means.
children have to complete an activity where they have to test different materials and put them in a table depedending if they are opaque, translucent or transparent
This is a complete lesson - please check out my shop for other lessons on the afterlife and i have a full unit aswell uploaded.
This lesson includes:
key vocab
quick recap of islamic beliefs
What do Muslims believe about life after death - looking at good vs bad and what happens to that person, angels, judgement day
Analysis of a couple of Quran quotes (with answers)
Task - mindmap of the key points about life after death with explanation - includes answers
This is a complete lesson on different types of rocks
This powerpoint includes:
key vocabulary
quick questions to gather what they know already
looking at the three types of natural rock - igneous (intrusive and extrusive) , sedimentary and metamorphic rock
goes into more detail on each rock with a link to a short video for each one
the task at the end is to fill in the missing words to complete the sentences
This is one lesson looking at key paintings that she has created throughout her career.
The powerpoint starts with a key vocab slide followed by some important key facts about her life.
The paintings that the powerpoint concentrates on is
Oriental Poppies (1928)
Ram’s head white hollydock and little hills (1935)
Jimson weed white flower no 1 (1932)
Summer days (1936)
Red Canna (1924)
Black Iris iii (1926)
Each painting has a description of what is in the painting and the colours that she has used to create an effect.
The work at the end is for the art sketch books. They have to stick in the pictures and label what they can see and label the artwork
Here is a lesson all about muscles. I made this for a year 3 class.
The lesson includes:
WALT: know why we need muscles to move
chnildren re taught about how muscles allow movement - look s at the 3 types of muscles found in the body - skeletal, smooth, cardiac. with a description
There are a couple of links t videos within the powerpoint to watch and make notes on.
The powerpoin then moves onto looking at pairs of muscles that work together - particulary the tricep and bicep
The chn then have two sentences with missing words to complete about the bicep and tricep
Chn then have a comprehension to complete
This series of lessons that in the end the children will create a wire loop game- when the circuit connects the game will buzz. try and get your metal rod to the other side without hearing the buzzer.
lesson 1: discussing appliances and what electricity can help them do - movement, light, heat, sound. powerpoint includes - key vocab, designer discussion, for the activity children have to put appliances into the correct sections.
lesson 2 - the first 3 powerpoints follow the same pattern of - key vocab, designer discussion, walt/wilf
this lesson is looking at experimenting and constructing a circuit with a worksheet to complete regarding if the circuit will work or not.
Lesson 3 - designing powerpoint. discusses what will be needed to make their wre loop game and then they have to draw and design their game and label wht they would need as well as drawing the circuit.
lesson 4 and 5 - make an electrical game
lesson 6 - evalute the game. This looks at sharing ideas with a partner and encouraing them to write two good things/ 1 imporvement and passing it to a partner. children to fill in an evauation sheet
This powerpoint goes through the beliefs the Egyptians had about the afterlife.
Then it talks about the journey.
step by step guide to mummification.
then burials.
5 activities:
explain and match what happens at each stage of the mummification process.
missing word sentences.
in their own words - explain what happens in the hall of judgement
explain why the Egyptians thought the heart was more important than the brain
Give differences between how rich and poor were buried
This powerpoint goes through how to keep our teeth healthy.
It recaps the name of each tooth.
It then discusses what happens to our teeth when we eat/drink sugary things.
has an experiment to complete with the children - eggs in sugary drink and water. What happens?
Once completed i would get the children to write up the experiment.
This powerpoint looks at the dessert and the rainforest areas of Africa. It discusses the climate in the area along with what animals you will find there, plants and climate change.
After this powerpoint we had the children writing a paragraph about each place and what the climate etc is like there.
Included with this resource you get:
Two week lesson plan which has success criteria included. Ideas for each day and how it is being taught.
Powerpoint included difficult vocab that they may not have come across (includes example from text/what the word means/ linked words/ picture)
Comprehension questions which are differentiated.
Story plan sheet.
Grammar focus for the week worksheet - a or an
This is the first lesson about Ancient Egypt - It introduces the Egyptians and include a timeline of key events.
It discusses how Egypt used to be split and how these were united.
It explains the difference between the three kingdoms and what happened at them times.
Lastly it talks about how Cleopatra was the final pharoah and who took over after her.
This includes three activities that are linked to the slides, i normally print out the powerpoint for the class then they have all the information needed for the lesson.
Activities include. - true or false
Putting events in order
Writing a short explanation as to why they think Egypt should have united or split.
There are more lesson to follow this so please check out my shop
Division word problems that include the 2,3,4,5 and 10 times tables.
Can be used with the sharing method, number line or short division depending on where the children are in their learning