<p>This guide took me literal <strong>days</strong> to create.</p> <p>This guide contains definitions for hopefully all, if not most, SPAG terminology from Year 1 to Year 6.</p> <p>It features simple, but accurate, definitions; modelling of the terminology’s use; and also states the year group in which the terminology is introduced (in accordance to the National Curriculum).</p> <p>The guide was created to ensure the consistency of definitions being taught within a Junior School. All staff received a copy and use it as a reference guide when required. I recommend this is <em>not</em> given to parents as it is a reasonably overwhelming document!</p> <p>The guide is <strong>editable</strong> as I do not consider myself a SPAG expert. It was created using the Government’s ‘definitions’ within the National Curriculum, reference to SATs SPAG paper questions, the internet and my sister’s understanding of grammar from her English Language degree. Soooo, if it isn’t perfect I won’t be surprised!</p> <p><em>Definitions Included:</em><br /> **Parts of a Sentence **</p> <p>Subject <br /> Object<br /> Phrase<br /> Clause (Main)<br /> Sentence (Simple, Compound, Complex)<br /> Statement<br /> Exclamation <br /> Question<br /> Command<br /> Parenthesis</p> <p>**Word Types &amp; Classes **</p> <p>Noun (Singular, Plural, Common, Proper, Collective, Abstract) <br /> Noun Phrase<br /> Pronoun (Singular, Plural, Possessive, Relative) <br /> Determiner (Article)<br /> Adjective<br /> Verb (Auxiliary, Modal, Imperative)<br /> Subjunctive Verbs<br /> Adverb <br /> Adverbial Phrases<br /> Preposition<br /> Prepositional Phrase<br /> Conjunction (Co-ordinating, Subordinating) <br /> Subordinate Clause<br /> Relative Clause<br /> Simile<br /> Metaphor</p> <p>**Tenses &amp; Voices **</p> <p>Simple Tense <br /> Progressive Tense (Progressive Verbs)<br /> Perfect Tense (Perfect Verbs)<br /> Present Perfect Progressive Tense<br /> Active Voice<br /> Passive Voice</p> <p>**Punctuation **</p> <p>Capital Letter <br /> Full Stop<br /> Comma<br /> Apostrophe (Contraction, Possession)<br /> Exclamation Mark<br /> Question Mark <br /> Inverted Commas (Speech Punctuation)<br /> Ellipsis<br /> Brackets<br /> Dash <br /> Hyphen<br /> Bullet Points<br /> Colon<br /> Semi-colon</p> <p>**Spelling **</p> <p>Root Word <br /> Prefix<br /> Suffix<br /> Compound Word<br /> Word Families<br /> Antonym<br /> Synonym<br /> Homophone<br /> Homonym<br /> Idiom</p>

This outdoor treasure hunt was originally designed for a class camp and was used to encourage teamwork. Pupils collect the items listed and the winning team was the team that collected all the items first. However, with another group we set a time limit in which the pupils had to collect as many as they could and the winning team was the team with the most items collected. NO RESOURCES OTHER THAN THIS WORKSHEET REQUIRED.

<p>This year we launched Whole Class Guided Reading in Year 6 and I spent a lot of time replanning and creating resources! There are tweaks I’d like to make next year to these lessons, but if you’re like me and starting to think ahead (so that you don’t have to spend your whole summer planning), you may find this a useful starting point.</p> <p>Our Guided Reading lessons are discrete, they often preteach what we will be looking at in English, happen every day and are typically 30 minutes long. However, you’ll quickly notice that some lessons could last a lot longer! I learnt a lot in the first few weeks planning Whole Class Reading.</p> <p>**The resources feature Mrs P’s RIC starters. Her blog and resources have been a great help this year and I highly recommend you check her out if you haven’t already. **</p> <p>Here you can find the first 3 weeks (Term 1) of my planning in both flipcharts and powerpoints:<br /> Week 1 = Hercules - Zero to Hero (thank you Mr Booth)<br /> Week 2 = Wolf Brother<br /> Week 3 = The Wolves of Currumpaw<br /> We begin the year by studying North America - hence starting with Wolf Brother and Currumpaw.</p> <p>I plan on sharing more over the summer, but it takes time to copy and paste flipcharts into powerpoint.</p>

<p>This STEM lesson has been used with ages 7-11. The children are asked to create a launcher to catapult dinosaurs (small plastic toys) out of their town. They are given a few resources such as a plastic cup, lolly sticks and eleastic bands and have to use their imagination to create something that can eliminate the dinosaurs. It requires creativity, teamwork and a lot of problem solving. The lesson can take anywhere from 1h15 to 2h30 depending on the amount of time given to testing and redesigning.</p>

<p>These lessons use the poems: O Autumn, Autumn! by Effie Lee Newsome and Autumn by Alexander Posey. Both poems are in the public domain.</p> <p>The lessons were planned as Whole Class Guided Reading lessons. They were planned for Years 3/4 but due to the difficult nature of archaic poetry the lessons would suit Years 5/6 as well. Each lesson is approximately 30 to 45 minutes long and there are 3 lessons for each poem.</p> <p>For both series of lessons the children stuck a copy of the poem into their books so they could annotate the poem as we discussed it throughout the week.</p> <p>There may be errors, but I’m only human and this is a free resource!</p>