Year 4 Guided Reading Worksheets - Can be used with any reading scheme
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.
FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree Yellow Thinking hat Worksheets Make Your Day Brighter!
Jack and the FlumFlum tree is full of positive messages (Yellow hat thinking) for children. It shows how you can use simple household items such as some balloons to scare away sharks and fix a boat with chewing gum. The children will love to find the advantages and clever ideas in this set of worksheets.
I would love some comments from people who have tried this in their classroom.
I have developed an idea. Did you know that during your registration period every day, you could be actively making your whole class happier? This could be done in the morning, the afternoon or even better at the end of each day before they go home.
All they do is complete this 21 page daily journal on things which make them happy. I have used it and I can say it does make a big difference to how you approach life.
FREE The Gruffalo Black Thinking Hat Worksheet Questions Make Problem Hunting Fun!
The Gruffalo has lots of different problems for the children to discover, discuss and describe. These three worksheets focus on finding the different problems. Black Hat Thinking is important as it is essential for risk management and improving ideas.
I would love to have comments from anyone who has used these resources in their classroom.
FREE Black Hat Reading Questions For Room On The Broom Makes Problem Solving Fun!
Room On The Broom is a wonderfully funny book. I have focused on all the problems I could see in this book to try and get the children to explore the book more deeply and to discover them.
This is a part of a set of worksheets and so it is also worth exploring the other worksheets I have also made on this book.
I would really love some feedback as to how you found this material and what you would like to see more of.
FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree White Thinking Hat Worksheets Make Fact Finding Fun!
White Thinking Hats Worksheets for Jack and the Flum Flum tree. These focus on the characters and the journey Jack needs to take. These are a good set of worksheets for building up the details needed for explaining fact and information questions.
I would love people to make comments about this work after using it in their classroom.
FREE - The Gruffalo's Child White Hat Thinking Worksheets - Make Fact Finding Fun In The Classroom!
The Gruffalo's Child is the popular sequel to The Gruffalo. I have written 3 White Hat Thinking worksheets for this material. It will let your pupils explore the different characters in the story and also help them find different pieces of information. This is part of a series of worksheets.
I enjoy reading teacher's comments about my work.
FREE Gruffalo's Child - 3 Yellow Thinking Hat Worksheets Make Positive Thinking In Class Fun!
The Gruffalo's child is a very imaginative sequel to The Gruffalo. Children often ask what happened next. Where did he go and what did he do?
This set of worksheets focuses on what was positive in the story. What did children like about mouse&'s trick? What did they like about the characters and the story in general? I enjoy getting feedback from visitor.
FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree worksheets - Black Thinking hat - Let's Find Problems!
Jack and the FlumFlum Tree is perfect for the Black Thinking hats reading strategy. The Thinking Hats strategy is a great way for a student to explore the same book in 6 different ways. Black hat thinking encourages finding the negatives and the problems - in this case sending a boy to find the FlumFlum tree on his own, with just a bag of household items to help him.
I would appreciate comments from anyone who has tried this out in their classroom.
I have been getting such nice comments for making FREE posters for teachers that I decided I would try a more festive approach this time. Here are 10 motivating slogans for you to choose from.
Here is the link to the other 15 posters - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/15-free-christmas-posters-to-brighten-up-any-classroom-share-them-with-everyone-11177314. Please download and enjoy!
Please click the little heart to say you like it or leave a nice comment!
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Celebrate Learning This Holiday Season with the Christmas Big Grammar Book Intermediate Book 1!
Welcome to the Christmas Big Grammar Book Intermediate Book 1, your essential resource for enriching English language instruction at the intermediate level (CEFR B2)! This comprehensive grammar workbook is filled with 101 engaging worksheets that cover vital grammatical concepts such as question forms, state verbs, phrasal verbs, and conditionals—all infused with a delightful festive spirit!
Key Features:
Interactive Learning: The standout attraction of this book is the Christmas Quiz PowerPoint! This interactive quiz is perfect for assessing students’ knowledge of English grammar in a fun and engaging way during the holiday season. It fosters active participation and encourages collaboration among students, making it an ideal tool for both in-person and virtual classrooms.
Diverse Content: Covering essential grammar topics including tenses, articles, and reported speech, this workbook helps students build a solid foundation in English grammar while celebrating the joy of Christmas.
Photocopiable Worksheets: With 101 photocopiable worksheets, educators can easily distribute materials for practice, homework, or assessments, catering to various learning styles and ensuring every student can thrive.
Comprehensive Answers: Each worksheet is accompanied by detailed answers and notes for educators, streamlining lesson planning and providing clarity for student assessments.
The Christmas Big Grammar Book Intermediate Book 1 is not just a resource; it’s a festive celebration of language learning! Whether you’re looking to enhance your holiday lessons or seeking creative ways to engage your students, this book is the perfect addition to your teaching toolkit. Elevate your English lessons this holiday season with fun, interactive quizzes and comprehensive grammar practice that your students will love. Make this Christmas a memorable learning experience!
Unleash Your Potential with the “English Big Activity Book”!
Calling all Active English Learners . . . !
Welcome to the English Big Activity Book, designed specifically to engage learners from about Level 1 (Intermediate) upwards in dynamic and interactive English lessons. This extensive new collection offers a varied and interesting set of resources for practicing a wide range of English language skills, including grammar, reading, vocabulary building, and developing research skills.
The book is thoughtfully organized into subject areas, making it easy to navigate and find specific resources. Additionally, a comprehensive answer section is included, which provides notes on how to effectively use the material.
We have incorporated two special sections towards the back of the book. The first section features a collection of classroom games that have been tried and tested, ensuring they truly work in engaging learners. While some may be familiar, others are entirely original. It’s important to note that our goal in publishing descriptions of these games and activities is not to claim ownership of their invention, but to share effective ideas that receive positive responses from learners across various levels.
The second special section serves as a valuable reference, listing rhyming words and using the vowels and diphthongs from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). These pages offer essential support for learners as they identify spelling patterns and connect words with the sounds of English.
No matter how you choose to use this book, we hope it brings you joy in learning English and helps you develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for this fabulous language—despite its occasional frustrations and challenges!
Hope you really enjoy this book!
Are your students studying Ancient Greece? Do you need photos of Greek artifacts and Greek ancient ruins? This pack of 30 photos and drawings will help students to discover more about Ancient Greece and Ancient Greek lives. It will inspire them to think more deeply and ask more questions during discussions on the Greeks.
It comes complete with a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide to help you get the most out of your teaching and this purchase.
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 Ancient Greece.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Grecian objects and artifacts. The students can then discuss how they think each one was used.
I have designed a Thinking Hat Detention Reflection Worksheet. What makes it special? It makes the student think about their actions from 6 different angles. It looks as the positives, the negatives, the facts, the feelings, the future and where their actions might have been correct (thinking creatively).
Then there is an interesting thought web to complete on the back of it. It is just a nice way to reflect on the actions without getting angry or being punished with more work etc...
Engaging Learning: The Benefits of a Weekly Spelling Practice and Test Set for Year 1 Using Minecraft
Investing in a set of weekly Spelling practice and Spelling tests designed specifically for Year 1 students offers educators an exciting way to incorporate Minecraft into their classroom learning. This innovative resource not only enhances students’ spelling skills but also taps into their enthusiasm for a game that has captured the imaginations of millions. Here’s why teachers should consider integrating this Minecraft-themed Spelling resource into their curriculum and how it can be effectively utilized.
Interactive Learning Experience: By combining spelling practice with the engaging world of Minecraft, students are more likely to be motivated and enthusiastic about learning. The use of a game-based approach makes spelling exercises fun and relatable, fostering a positive attitude toward literacy.
Single Computer and Projector-Friendly: The resource is designed for easy implementation in classrooms with limited technology. Teachers can use a single computer and a projector to share the Minecraft content with the entire class, ensuring that all students can participate in the learning experience together.
Catering to Diverse Learning Styles: The Minecraft theme appeals to visual and kinesthetic learners, allowing them to connect spelling concepts with immersive visuals and hands-on activities. This multi-sensory approach promotes deeper understanding and retention of spelling words.
Weekly Structure for Consistency: The structured weekly Spelling practice and test format provides consistency for both teachers and students. This routine helps reinforce learning, making it easier for students to track their progress and stay engaged in their spelling development.
Encouraging Collaboration: The Minecraft-themed activities can be used to foster collaboration among students. Group activities can be designed around spelling words, allowing students to work together, share ideas, and learn from each other in a supportive environment.
Creative Integration of Technology: By integrating Minecraft into spelling lessons, teachers are embracing modern educational practices that incorporate technology into the curriculum. This not only enhances student engagement but also prepares them for a world where digital literacy is essential.
In summary, the weekly Spelling practice and Spelling test set for Year 1 students is an innovative resource that effectively combines literacy with the popular game Minecraft (created by Mojang AB, with no endorsement or affiliation). By providing an interactive, engaging, and structured approach to spelling, this resource not only enhances students’ literacy skills but also fosters a love of learning, making it a valuable addition to every teacher’s toolkit.
Gruffalo's Child is the sequel to The Gruffalo. The book is a wonderful book to use with the Thinking Hats Reading Strategy. I have prepared three fun worksheets focusing on the Feelings and Emotions of the characters in the story.
I would love to hear from people who liked this work.
This book brings together some of the very best worksheets for teachers and students of English.
Whether you are a teacher or a student we hope that you will find something here to inspire you and make English language learning fun and relevant. The worksheets can be photocopied freely and are primarily intended for use with Entry Level students, although they will also provide useful practise for learners at all levels.
These worksheets have been written by an experienced English language teacher and used in English classes with learners from a wide variety of countries. At the back of the book is a short collection of fun classroom games that have been similarly tried and tested. Some may be familiar while others are original. In publishing descriptions of these games we are not in any way claiming credit for inventing them or owning them - our aim has been to collect together games that work and get a great response from students.
Talk a Lot - Spoken English Course - Public Domain Book
A Great New Way to Learn Spoken English
Elementary Handbook
• General Information about Talk a Lot Courses
• How to Use Talk a Lot Resources
• Focus on Connected Speech
• Focus on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
• 100% Photocopiable
This handbook shows you how to use Talk a Lot materials to learn or teach spoken English,
as well as providing background information and practice worksheets on related topics, such
as connected speech, sentence and word stress, and the International Phonetic Alphabet
(IPA).
The Talk a Lot course objectives are very simple:
• Every student talking in English
• Every student listening to and understanding English
• Every student thinking in English, and
• Every student taking part in class
Talk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar,
vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, by
working in pairs, groups and one to one with the teacher.
The main benefits of Talk a Lot are:
• Students have to think in English during lessons in a controlled and focused way
• Students learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstract
and unrelated grammar lessons
• Students learn how to construct eight different common verb forms, using positive,
negative and question forms, as well as embedded grammar appropriate to their
level. The verb forms studied are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple,
Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Modal Verbs, Future Forms, and First Conditional
• Students learn many essential vocabulary words by heart, including word stress and
the sounds of English
• Students learn how to become more fluent when speaking in English, by joining
together words in a sentence using the techniques of connected speech
• Students enjoy following a simple and effective method that produces results quickly.
This handbook is not intended to be an exhaustive academic work. The aim was to write a
brief, helpful guide and pack of resources that would provide a way into practise and
language work in the classroom, rather than a dry, analytical manual. For example, I have
deliberately avoided confusing jargon when writing about connected speech. Phrases like
“bilabial plosive” and “palato-alveolar approximate” – though fun to say – can be studied later,
or at the student’s leisure.
Are your students studying about toys? 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 toys 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.
I sell these two together at a reduced rate - Buy these and save some money.
ESL Worksheets Book 1:
60 Entry Level worksheets for English lessons with answers
This book brings together some of the very best worksheets for teachers and students of English. These worksheets have been written by an experienced English language teacher and used in English classes with learners from a wide variety of countries. At the back of the book is a short collection of fun classroom games that have been similarly tried and tested. Some may be familiar while others are original. In publishing descriptions of these games we are not in any way claiming credit for inventing them or owning them - our aim has been to collect together games that work and get a great response from students.
Book 2: The second ESL resource book (Intermediate Resources)
While the first book was aimed primarily at Entry Level students, this one is aimed at higher level students, either Intermediate Level or Level 1 (ESOL
Core Curriculum), depending on how you choose to label them. There are also a few worksheets for practising more basic skills, such as the two Writing Skills worksheets. However, most of the material reflects the higher level, and will provide a wealth of stimulating lessons for students who are starting to become more independent in their learning.
With this in mind we have included a brand new section - Test Your Research Skills. Here you will find quizzes on a range of topics that require students to go and do some research, using a library facility, encyclopaedia (whether in CD Rom or old fashioned book form!), or even the internet...