Differentiated activity sheet for students to describe the setting. Lined area for writing and boxes for drawing or text. Editable instruction box at the bottom. Literacy, Guided Reading, Setting, AF6, AF2, Describing a setting, location, story

Students read their reading book and then tally/count up the number of times they see punctuation (. , "" ABC). Very good for Guided Reading and editable if you want to add other punctuation : ; () ?!

Minecraft - you may have heard of it, it's "a thing". This set of Minecraft phonics flashcards has letters a-z each with a corresponding Minecraft term. Images and words which will excite your students while still helping them learn the phonetic sounds and formation of all 26 letters. a - apple, b - bricks, c - cake, d - door, e - enchantment table, f - furnace g - glow stone, h - hopper, i - iron bars, j - jack o'Lantern, k - kitten, l - lever m - minecart, n - nether portal, o - obsidian, p - piston, q - quartz stairs r - redstone torch, s - sign, t - tripwire, u - update, v- vines, w - water, x - xbox, y - yellow wool, z - zombie pigman!

Minecraft - if you can't beat them, join them. A short video with letters a-z and a phonetic Minecraft word to help children learn them. Images and words which will excite your students while still helping them learn the phonetic sounds and formation of all 26 letters. a - apple, b - bricks, c - cake, d - door, e - enchantment table, f - furnace g - glow stone, h - hopper, i - iron bars, j - jack o'Lantern, k - kitten, l - lever m - minecart, n - nether portal, o - obsidian, p - piston, q - quartz stairs r - redstone torch, s - sign, t - tripwire, u - update, v- vines, w - water, x - xbox, y - yellow wool, z - zombie pigman!

Slides have (1-10) Beans or Eggs on one side the children are asked to count them then predict how many Plants or Chicks will appear. They are then asked to decide if this is more or less. Slides get progressively harder mostly under 10 but some stretch the children to count to 20 near the end. Beans - 12 slides - Each slide reveals the seeds which did not grow after children count. Eggs - 13 slides This activity was designed for a Reception class who were learning about life cycles, growing beans and hatching chicks, in the spring term. (Easily adaptable to simplify or extend as needed for your students)

Minecraft - you may have heard of it, it's "a thing". Minecraft phonics. Letters a-z and a corresponding Minecraft term to accompany them. Images and words which will excite your students while still helping them learn the phonetic sounds and formation of all 26 letters. a - apple, b - bricks, c - cake, d - door, e - enchantment table, f - furnace g - glow stone, h - hopper, i - iron bars, j - jack o'Lantern, k - kitten, l - lever m - minecart, n - nether portal, o - obsidian, p - piston, q - quartz stairs r - redstone torch, s - sign, t - tripwire, u - update, v- vines, w - water, x - xbox, y - yellow wool, z - zombie pigman! Fully editable for you to adapt and fit to your students!

Each slide has a letter/grapheme hidden behind four panels which dissolve when they are clicked on. Can be displayed on IWB for group activity or Desktop/Laptop for more independent learning The graphemes are in UK phonics phase order. Phase 2 - s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g,o,c,k, ck,e,u,r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss Phase 3 - j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh ,th , ng, ai ee, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, er, igh, ear, air, ure Phase 4 - st, nd, mp, nt, nk, ft, sk, lt, lp, lf, lk, pt, xt, tr, dr, gr, cr, br, fr, bl, fl, gl, pl, cl Phase 5 - ay, ou, ie, ea, oy, ir, ue, aw, ew, oe, au, ey, wh, ph, a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e Slides can be easily rearranged to extend challenge and reuse resource as a game/team quiz/ starter or independent activity. Children begin to predict while only seeing 1/4 of the grapheme thus truly embedding their grapheme recognition and speed recall. Great fun way to learn with young readers.

5 x sheets to help learn simple CVC spelling patterns 1 x Smart Notebook with the CVC words on to display on an IWB Each sheet looking at a particular vowel in CVC words. Children asked to complete the three words and then think of (draw and write) their own word with the vowel in the middle. A - cat, tap, pan E - net, ten, hen I - dig, pin, bin O - dog, mop, pot U - hut, duck, sun

These quick write starter pages help students practice their writing skills by overcoming the first hurdle of What do I write about? 118 Amazing Science Fiction settings to choose from. Beautiful images to stretch the imagination Simple “sense” icons to help prompt full descriptions “If you visited this place, what would you feel, see, hear, smell, think?” Who would you meet? What would happen? Lesson structure and guidance information also provided Question prompts and planning ideas included With an abundance of choice available students can select their favourite images. Used regularly, these inspiring pages can help young writers get started, building better descriptions and longer more detailed sentences. Once these ideas are flowing students can be encouraged to go on to imagine answers to more open questions like - Why is this place like it is? Who made it? What is it’s purpose? Who does it belong to? Why are “you” here too? Another good approach is to spend time as a class or in small groups sharing ideas, thinking of powerful vocabulary, phrases and even mapping out a mini story plan, before asking the students to start writing independently. Responding to your student’s ideas and scaffolding them in a group is a great way to help build confidence and foster a culture where all ideas are valuable. These fantastically detailed images will help stimulate everyones imagination, setting the stage for more elaborate creative writing.

50 pages - 10 differentiated project ideas - plus blank sheets for your own projects. These differentiated project planning sheets, offer 2, 3 and 4 scene boxes plus many topic ideas and all the ScratchJr blocks to plan with. Prepared on A4 sheets to give students a organised space to plan their own Scratch Jr projects on paper before building them with the device. Planning and explaining the code, before building, is a great process for developing fluency and confidence with Scratch Jr, and programming in general. Equally, once students have built something they are proud of, recording the process to teach peers is a great review of their learning. This reflective process can really open up quality discussions and opportunities for children to explain their thinking and record their learning. ScratchJr serves as a beginner’s coding language, empowering children between the ages of 5 and 7 to craft their own captivating stories and animations. By simply connecting graphical programming blocks, kids can bring characters to life, making them move, speak, dance, and interact. With the paint editor, children can customize characters, incorporating their unique voices, sounds, and even personal photos. The programming blocks serve as the magic wand, enabling children to animate their characters and unleash their imagination. ScratchJr is available free from the Apple and Android stores,plus on desktops using the GitHub site. Great starter projects can be found by searching for ScrathJr’s own site too, to help students learn what the blocks can do.

Minecraft - you may have heard of it, it's "a thing". Here is the first set of Minecraft phonics. Letters a-z and a corresponding minecraft term to accompany them. Images and words which will excite your students while still helping them learn the phonetic sounds and formation of all 26 letters. a - apple, b - bricks, c - cake, d - door, e - enchantment table, f - furnace g - glow stone, h - hopper, i - iron bars, j - jack o'Lantern, k - kitten, l - lever m - minecart, n - nether portal, o - obsidian, p - piston, q - quartz stairs r - redstone torch, s - sign, t - tripwire, u - update, v- vines, w - water, x - xbox, y - yellow wool, z - zombie pigman! Fully editable for you to adapt and fit to your students!

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This quick write images and writing prompt sheets help students practice their writing skills by answering the first question of “What should I write about?”. These fantastically detailed images will help stimulate everyones imagination, setting the stage for more elaborate creative writing. 150 Fantasy settings to choose from Beautiful images to stretch the imagination Simple sense icons to help develop better descriptions Lesson structure and guidance information Question prompts and planning ideas included With so many image prompts to choose from, students will find many options that they like. Having this choice is a great way to offer ownership and ensure the writing produced is meaningful to each young writer. Spend time as a class or in small groups sharing ideas, thinking of powerful vocabulary, writing down phrases and even mapping out a mini story plan, before then starting to write independently. Verbally building up ideas and powerful vocabulary as a group really helps everyone get started. “Imagine you walked into this place, what would you feel, see, hear, smell, touch?” Once these ideas are flowing students can go on to independently imagine answers to more open questions like - Who lives here? Why is this place like it is? Who made it? What will happen here?