I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. I have extended the number of resources. Please visit my I See Sam TES Resources website at http://www.ISeeSam.Online for more. Book 39: The Seed New Words hand, hill, seed, weed - Decodable Plot Summary Mit has a seed which he and Will want to plant. First they weed. Then they plant the seed. Sun shines on the seed and rain falls on it. The seed grows into a little tree. Mit and Will try to guess what kind of tree it will be. After many days, nuts appear on the branches. Mit and Will are proud of their tree and share the nuts with their friends. Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least five times in the book in which it first appears and five more times in the next ten books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.

I love to revise grammar. I don't like needing to constantly refer between the answers and the questions to get the most out of each lesson. I decided the simplest thing was to simply combine the question paper and the marking schemes into a single document. The idea is simple - you ask a question - the children then show their answers and then you check the answers as a class against the official marking scheme answers. This helps to keep revision fun and the lessons snappy. Let me know what you think of them!

These worksheets are designed to be used time and again with different books. These are designed to be used in guided reading sessions. Many of the worksheets are designed in such a way that a student can complete them independently. However, to get the maximum out of this book, I would highly recommend these worksheets are used to consolidate the learning taking place in the classroom. Another use of this set of worksheets is additional homework sheets. I have used these sheets very effectively as a way of checking to see if students have read their book and do fully understand what they have read. I hope you enjoy this book and that your students are inspired to take a more active, more motivated role in their own learning.

Are you teaching about different forms of transport? Are you focusing on water based activities? Are you looking for high quality visual images to support your teaching? I have collected together 30 different photos and images of boats you can share with your class or make into an impressive display. Complete with 31 different teaching activities to try with your class. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different boats being shown in each of photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about boats. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of boats. The students can then discuss what they think each boat is used for. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are your students studying about flowers or plants? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! In addition to the writing tasks, I have included another 31 different teaching ideas you can try with flashcards to help boost learning. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different flowers and plants being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

These worksheets are designed to be used time and again with different books. These are designed to be used in guided reading sessions. Many of the worksheets are designed in such a way that a student can complete them independently. However, to get the maximum out of this book, I would highly recommend these worksheets are used to consolidate the learning taking place in the classroom. Another use of this set of worksheets is additional homework sheets. I have used these sheets very effectively as a way of checking to see if students have read their book and do fully understand what they have read. I hope you enjoy this book and that your students are inspired to take a more active, more motivated role in their own learning.

Are you teaching your class about different materials? Are you focusing for a lesson on wood? I have collected together photos of 30 different wooden objects for your students to discuss and sort into different groups. I have included a 31 Teaching Activity guide to help you get the most out of this great teaching resource. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different uses of wood being shown in each of photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about the uses of wood. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into the different uses of wood. The students can then discuss why people uses woood for each of the objects. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

I have developed a nice creative writing prompt for students. It helps them bring each of the pictures to life. What can they see, hear, touch, taste and smell in each of the pictures. These writing prompts are a great way of improving their writing skills and making sure their writing becomes richer in detail and more organised in structure. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different mythical beasts being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are your students studying about the seaside or beach? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different seaside locations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are your students studying about space, planets or the moon? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different space locations and space craft being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are your students studying about Literacy Day or Book week? I have created both a set of photos for display and a fun set of visual writing prompts. These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about International Literacy Day. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of Literacy. The students can then discuss how they sorted them. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

When I am revising the SPAG (KS2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests), I want to have all the questions and all the answers in one place. This means I can ask the class a question and then after they have shown me their responses on their mini-whiteboards, I can immediately show them the answers and the acceptable alternatives. As I could not find this anywhere, I thought it would be easier to simply make it myself. So here it is! This particular set of resources comes from the 2014 test. I have also done this for the 2015 test and the 2016 tests. This resource could be used in school or it could be used at home. It could be used with a whole class or in pairs, one asks the question, the other answers the question and then they swap roles. It contains both Levels 3 to 5 and a second presentation for level 6. All children should try all the tests to either consolidate their learning or to extend their learning.

Welcome to the 'Let’s Talk in ESL!' pack. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. ***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction ************** This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture. There are lots of different ways you could use this pack. You could laminate them into two cards and get each student to talk about what they had seen in their picture.

Welcome to the 'Let’s Write in ESL!' pack. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning ESL. The students could write about a topic in ESL before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed. It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture. These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus. ***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************

Are you teaching about beach holidays in the past? Are you looking for some interesting beach photos from the past from all over the world? This pack of 30 has pictures from different eras and places. It would be an interesting task to work out in what order they were taken. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different places being shown in each of photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about beach holidays in the past. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different beach holidays in the past. The students can then discuss how they think what is happening in each one. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are you studying the Victorians with your class? Are you looking for transport pictures? I have collected together 37 different pictures of Victorian transport. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. These images were published in Victorian story books and magazines and so are as true to life as possible and would have matched a Victorian child's own experiences. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Transport In The Victorian Era. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different forms of transport In the Victorian era. The students can then discuss how they think each one was used. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are you introducing your students to the toys of the past? I have collected together 30 images of toys which were popular around 200 years ago. The students can see which ones we still play with today, and how toys have changed over time. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about toys from the past. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different sorts of toys. The students can then discuss how they decided on each you would be used. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing.

Are your students studying about the desert and the plants growing in the desert? This pack of 30 desert photos would encourage students to think more deeply about living in this habitat. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Desert Landscapes And Plants. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of desert landscapes and plants. The students can then discuss what it would be like to live in each environment. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are you teaching about life under the sea? Are you looking for great photos to create a display? I have collected togeter 37 different photos of life under the sea which you can share with your class. Comes complete with a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide to help you get more out of your lessons, and this purchase in particular. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different animals being shown in each of photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Underwater Life. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different different types of underwater life. The students can then discuss the needs of each type of organism. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are you looking at buildings? Are you interesting in really tall buildings and towers? I have collected together 30 photos of tall buildings and structures for you to discuss with your class. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different towers being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about towers around the world. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of towers. The students can then discuss why they think each one was built. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.