A lesson looking at writing a diary entry as Charlie Bucket on the day he finally gets to go to the chocolate factory

An activity where children are times reading a text and completing a short task

Simple tasks to use when practising dictionary skills ranging from spell check to definition and location of words to alphabetical order

A collection of travel guide research sheets that can be used as differentiated sheets. One is completed as an example, the Australia travel guide. This could also be used for children to use to write up the research into a detailed guide. There are example places given which can be changed to fit the country/area you are studying.

Simple text with a variety of questions ranging from skim and scan to inference. Text can be copied onto word so that it can be shared with the class

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for shape poetry. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple success criteria sheet for self assessment showing what needs to be included when asking questions

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for checking and editing their own writing . Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for text interrogation. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for identifying topic related vocab in texts and using a glossary to find the meaning. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for adding characters to stories. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for performing stories, plays or poetry. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A simple self/teacher assessment of success criteria for retrieving and recording in reading. Can be edited to suit different abilities within different year groups

A selection of resources for Winter acrostic poems differentiated for different age groups or abilities. Included are: Simple lesson plan with a success criteria sheet Ideas plan for poem at two levels An example written to show what is expected Sheets for writing up the acrostics for Winter, Snowflake and Christmas

An A4 sheet full of facts about Martin Luther King Junior that can be used for a unit of work or a report/biography writing activity based on figures in history

An informative PowerPoint with basic facts and diary extracts based on Anne Frank's life

A fun activity for year 6 that involves maths and SPAG tasks for them to solve in pairs or small groups. The resource involves clue sheets A-H and an answer sheet for them to fill in.