I have written my own newspaper article about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius/destruction of Pompeii. I will be cutting it up for sequencing as well as using it as a model for pupils to write their own articles.

Information Text Planning for a Year 2 class based around Dinosaurs. <br /> <br /> Includes Talk-For-Writing activities inspired by Pie Corbett

Following reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, my Year 4 class are writing 'Augustus and the Great Glass Pipe&'. I am using this extract to identify how Roald Dahl creates tension in this section of the story.

<p>5 weeks (25 lessons) of whole class reading planning and resources based on ‘Street Child’ by Berlie Doherty.</p> <p>Each lesson includes:<br /> Key vocabulary highlighted<br /> Pages of the book to read<br /> 3-4 retrieval questions<br /> 3-4 questions based on another reading content domain (prediction, summary, relate, inference, word definition, word choice, comparison)</p>

This is my plan for a topic based around Natural Disasters but also looking at global warming. I have called it 'Extreme Earth&'. I have included the medium term planning as well as some display materials which might help you get going

A whole half term's worth of Maths planning for a Year 2 class working on the NEW National Curriculum with some resources to accompany certain lessons as well! <br /> <br /> Enjoy!

I've written a short poem about The Olympics to demonstrate an alternate rhyming pattern. This could be used as an example for pupils or pupils could be challenged to write the next verse. Hope it helps

<p>6 weeks (31 lessons) of planning and resources for whole class comprehension lessons aimed at a Year 5 class. Text used is ‘Brightstorm’ by Vashti Hardy</p> <p>Each lesson includes:</p> <p>Key vocabulary to discuss prior to reading<br /> Selected text to read to/with pupils<br /> Retrieval questions to practice vital comprehension skills<br /> Questions focused around one of the content domains (inference, word meaning, word choice, prediction, summarise, compare and relate questions)</p>

<p>Planning, detailed Smart Notebook presentation for each lesson and 10 resources to support lessons. Planning includes grammar starters for each day, differentiation as well as plenary ideas. All resources are editable in order for you to tailor then lessons to your class’ individual needs.</p> <p>A 3-week unit of work writing non-chronological reports (information texts) about dragons as part of a ‘Fantastic Beasts and where to find them’ topic.</p> <p>National Curriculum Year 3-4 targets covered include:</p> <ul> <li>Use the first 2-3 letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary.</li> <li>Plan their writing by discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar.</li> <li>Plan their writing by discussing and recording ideas.</li> <li>Draft and write by organising paragraphs around a theme</li> <li>Draft and write non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices [for example, headings and sub-headings]</li> <li>evaluate and edit by:<br /> assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting<br /> improvements<br /> proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences</li> <li>extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although</li> <li>learning the grammar for years 3 and 4 in English Appendix 2</li> </ul>

<p>Planning, resources and accompanying Smartboard presentation for 6-weeks (31 lessons) of Whole Class Reading/comprehension lessons following ‘Who Let The Gods Out’ by Maz Evans.</p> <p>The planning covers the first 234 pages of the text which gave us a 30-minute reading lesson every day for a whole half term. We read the rest of the book as a class novel.</p> <p>Each lesson has:<br /> Key/unknown vocabulary to discuss<br /> Pages to read<br /> Retrieval questions<br /> Focused questions for a selected content domain for the KS2 national curriculum.</p>

<p>6 weeks (28 lessons) of planning and resources for whole class comprehension lessons aimed at a Year 5 class. Text used is ‘The Bad Beginning’. Book 1 from A Series Of Unfortunate Events.</p> <p>Each lesson includes:</p> <ul> <li>Key vocabulary to discuss prior to reading</li> <li>Selected text to read to/with pupils</li> <li>Retrieval questions to practice vital comprehension skills</li> <li>Questions focused around one of the content domains (inference, word meaning, word choice, prediction, summarise, compare and relate questions)</li> </ul>

THREE weeks of Year 2 English planning geared towards the new National Curriculum. The quality text used is Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers by Jan Fearnley. <br /> <br /> + 3 weeks of planning included<br /> + All lessons resourced using Active Inspire software (just download FOR FREE from https://support.prometheanworld.com/download/activinspire.html)<br /> + Differentiated resources provided where needed<br /> + Each lesson has a SPaG starter taken from 2016 SATs tests!<br /> <br /> Enjoy!

<p>Planning and countless resources to support a Year 2 unit of writing using ‘Fire Cat’ by Pippa Goodheart to write diaries about The Great Fire Of London. Planning and resources are largely labeled but as I have done this unit twice some resources may be duplicated or slightly incorrectly named so apologies if this is the case!</p>

2 weeks of English lessons planned and resourced for you! The unit of work includes 'Pie Corbett' style Talk For Writing. The original script (written to the Year 2 NC) and text map used are included!<br /> <br /> + 2 weeks of lesson plans included!<br /> + All lessons resourced using ActiveInspire software just download software FOR FREE from https://support.prometheanworld.com/download/activinspire.html<br /> + Differentiated resources/word banks supplied where appropriate<br /> <br /> Enjoy!

A week of Poetry planning for Year 2 in line with the New National Curriculum objectives. All of the poems included are based around mini beasts so have strong links to Spring and Summer Science. <br /> <br /> Enjoy!

Topic planning for Vikings topic with a Literacy link for every lesson to focus on reading/writing skills.

Weekly Maths planning for the 2015 new national curriculum. <br /> <br /> This planning has been done using new objectives and targets coupled with the needs of my class. <br /> <br /> I hope you find it helpful!

<p>A series of whole class guided reading sessions aimed at Year 2/3 pupils using Malorie Blackman’s ‘Grandpa Bert And The Ghost Snatchers’.</p> <p>Each lesson includes:<br /> Key vocabulary practice and discussion<br /> Reading a section of the text<br /> Comprehension questions based on the content domains of the National Curriculum. The questions are all in the style of KS1 SATS reading paper questions.</p>

2 weeks of lesson plans based around The BFG. <br /> <br /> Was extremely successful in improving Year 2's creative writing.

<p>Whole Class Reading planning and resources based on Drew Daywalt’s ‘The Day The Crayons Quit’.</p> <p>This series of 12 lessons is aimed at Year 2 pupils, although may be appropriate for Year 3. Every lesson has retrieval skills tasks as well as a focus on either inference or questions based around vocab/definitions. Worked perfectly for our first few weeks of Whole Class Reading sessions in Year 2 as we moved away from phonics.</p>

<p>This matches up well with the Year 2 writing exemplifcations focusing on objectives to meet the expected standard at the end of Key Stage 1.</p> <p>Two weeks planning, presentations and resources aimed at Year 2 pupils. This unit of work uses ‘The Story Machine’ by Tom McLaughlan as inspiration for writing a story in week one and explanations in week two.</p>