This is a complete lesson (PowerPoint Presentation) teaching how to use inverted commas/ speech marks/ quotation marks.
Inverted commas/ speech marks are used to punctuate direct speech. They go around the words which are actually spoken.
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes a full lessonβs worth of activities and teaching points for teaching children how to use inverted commas/ speech marks. The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity (AFL)
β Teaching input - what are inverted commas and how do we use them?
β Consolidation activities - Speaking and listening, reading and writing activities
β Guided/ whole class activities
β Differentiated independent activities (3 levels)
β Apply learning - Writing Task
β Reasoning activities
β Plenary activity (AOL)
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
A full lesson presentation (PowerPoint) teaching how to use the following vocabulary associated with finding places on a map: street, town, city, county, country, continent, global, local, national, international, equator, prime meridian, longitude, latitude, postcode
The lesson also introduces the concept of using coordinates to locate countries on a world map using the lines of longitude and latitude.
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity (Vocab Volley) involving choosing the correct definition for the given vocabulary - all answer slides included.
β Activity identifying the terms for various parts of an address + answer slide
β Information slides + consolidation activities for learning the following vocabulary: global, continents, countries, international, national.
β Differentiated versions of some activities and questions.
β Information slides explaining lines of latitude, longitude, the equator and the prime meridian.
β Information slides explaing how to use coordinates to locate countries on a world map plus example and consolidation activity.
β Plenary - corners - AOL for parts of an address plus global, international, national and local vocabulary.
This lesson is designed specifically for Cambridge Stage 6, unit 1 teaching content but can be suitable for any English lesson about world and map vocabulary.
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
A full lesson teaching the names of different feelings and emotions, including: happy, nervous, angry, scared, excited, interested, worried, confused & proud.
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity - AFL
β Teaching input slides learning to name and identify different feelings: happy, nervous, angry, scared, excited, interested, worried, confused, proud, miserable
β Speaking and listening activity
β Consolidation activities:
- Reading activity & discussion points
- Writing activity - apply the learning
β Plenary activity
This lesson is designed specifically for Cambridge Stage 6, unit 1 teaching content but can be suitable for any English lesson about feelings and emotions.
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
A full lesson presentation teaching what fronted adverbials are and how to use them in your writing.
Fronted adverbials come at the front of sentences and describe the verb. They tell us where, when, how or why the verb happened.
The lesson presentation (PowerPoint) includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity
β Teaching input information slides
β Quick Review/ Mini Plenary activity
β Consolidation activities
β Differentiated independent task (three levels)
β Extension activity
β Includes reading and writing tasks - opportunities to apply the learning
β All answer slides
β Plenary activity
LO: TO IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND AND USE FRONTED ADVERBIALS IN MY OWN WRITING.
Success Criteria:
I understand that fronted adverbials come at the start sentences and give additional information about the verb.
I can identify fronted adverbials in sentences and distinguish between where, when, how and why fronted adverbials.
I can use where, when, how and why fronted adverbials in my own sentences to give additional information.
I can punctuate my fronted adverbials with a comma.
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
A full lesson presentation (PowerPoint) teaching the difference between synonyms and antonyms and how to use them in your writing.
Synonyms = words with a similar or the same meaning
Antonym = words with opposite meanings
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes a full lessonβs worth of activities. The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity - your AFL
β Teaching input - exploring what synonyms and antonyms are, the differences between them and examples of each being used in sentences.
β Differentiated speaking & listening activities - group/ paired activity (3 ways of differentiation)
β Differentiated independent tasks (3 ways of differentiation)
β Reasoning task - applying learning
β Plenary - Creative application
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
This is a full lesson teaching the difference between subject and object pronouns.
Subject pronouns often come before the verb in a sentence and tell us who or what did the verb (he, she, it, you, I, they, we etc.)
Object pronouns often come after the verb in a sentence and tell us who or what the verb was done to. (him, her, it, you, me, them, us etc.)
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes a full lessonβs worth of activities. The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
The presentation includes:
Learning objective
Three success criteria
Starter activity
Teaching input
Whole class consolidation activities
Extension and reasoning tasks
All answer slides
Hint and support slides
Plenary activity
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
A full lesson teaching how to use βyetβ to talk and ask about time in the past.
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Quizlet game starter activity learning new unit vocabulary
β Present perfect tense review activity plus answer slide
β Input slides teaching how to use βyetβ in statements plus example sentences, reasoning questions and explanations
β 1 multiple-choice review questions
β 1 reasoning consolidation activity plus answer slide
β Sentence builder consolidation activity for βyetβ as a statement plus answer slides
β Input slide teaching how to use βyetβ in questions plus example sentences
β Sentence builder consolidation activity for asking questions including βyetβ
β Plenary - fill in the blank - AOL for yet, & AFL for βeverβ
This lesson is designed specifically for Cambridge Stage 6, unit 1 teaching content but can be suitable for any English lesson about using βyetβ to refer to time in the past.
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
A full lesson presentation teaching what the past simple tense is, why we use it and how to write in the past simple tense.
The past simple tense is used to talk about things that have already happened. It is used especially for describing things that we know when happened. All sentences must have a verb. Verbs tell us the tense of a sentence. We distinguish between regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs are verbs which follow a rule to change to past simple (we add the suffix -ed to these words). Irregular verbs do not follow a rule to change to their past tense form.
This lesson includes:
β Complete PowerPoint presentation for the full lesson
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity
β Teaching input & information slides
β Consolidation activities
β Differentiated independent activities
β Differentiated questioning
β Speaking, listening, reading and writing tasks
β Extension & application tasks
β Plenary activity
The lesson covers:
Identifying the verbs in sentences
Distinguishing between regular and irregular verbs
Changing regular verbs to their past simple tense form
Common irregular verbs in the past simple tense form
Forms of the verb βto beβ (brief introduction)
How to write in the past simple tense
When to use the past simple tense/ why we use it
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
A full lesson teaching the difference between when to use βaβ and when to use βanβ.
We use βanβ in front of words (nouns and adjectives) which begin with a vowel letter (a, e, i, o and u). We use βaβ in front of words which begin with a consonant letter.
The presentation consists of 27 slides and multiple activities helping children develop a solid and secure understanding of the differences between using βaβ and βanβ. The lesson includes:
β Learning objective
β Three success criteria
β Starter activity - AFL - fill in the blanks
β Teaching input slides - Explaining when to use βaβ and when to use βanβ
β Recap/ Mini Plenary activity
β Consolidation activities
β Extension activity
β Differentiated independent task
β Writing task - application for learning
β All answer slides
β Plenary activity
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Do your children still struggle to know where to place full stops? Do they understand the differences between the various components of sentences: subjects, verbs, objects, prepositional phrases, adverbs and adverbial phrases, co-ordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions? Can they distinguish between complex, compound and simple sentences? Or between different types of nouns (pronouns, proper nouns, common nouns) and different types of verbs (modal verbs, being verbs, infinitives, continuous verbs etc.)?
All this is covered in this ultimate sentence construction grammar lesson. Help your children begin to really understand what makes a sentence and not just a phrase. Help them understand where to place full-stops and how to use these different sentence components to make their writing more descriptive and interesting.
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which contains all the information slides and consolidation activities you need to teach children how to contruct powerful, descriptive and grammatically correct sentences!
The presentation includes:
β Learning objective
β Success criteria
β Starter activity - AFL (Where should the full stops go?)
β Information and explanation slides
β Shared/ whole class consolidation activities for each learning point
β Independent, differentiated activities (3 difficulty levels)
β Activities reviewing relevant prior learning
β Answer slides
β Plenary activity
What does this lesson cover exactly?
A starter activity allowing teachers to assess childrenβs current understanding of where to place full stops.
The subject of a sentence is the one that does the verb. The subject usually (but not always) comes in front of the verb and almost all sentences have a subject (except for commands where the subject may be implied as βyouβ). The subject will be some form of noun (pronoun, proper noun, common noun etc.)
Differentiated consolidation activity - identify the subject in these sentences
All clauses must have a verb (otherwise they are just a βphraseβ). Verbs may be action/ doing words or βbeingβ verbs (is, are, am, was, were, will be etc.) Verbs tell us the tense of a clause. If a sentence has just one clause, it is a simple sentence but clauses can be joined together to make compound and complex sentences using conjunctions.
There are two main types of conjunction: subordinating conjunctions which join a subordinating clause to a main clause to add extra information about the main clause and coordinating conjunctions which join two main clauses together. There are only seven coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, ye
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Do you teach Cambridge Stage 5? If so, this resource is perfect for reviewing all the key concepts in unit 1 - Talking About People. This is a PowerPoint lesson presentation complete with all the activities required to teach or review the following points from Cambridge ESL Stage 5, Unit 1 (Talking About People).
The lesson covers the following:
Feeling and personality characteristics
Present simple tense and the subject- verb agreement rule
Adjective - preposition pairs
Have, has, is and are grammar rules
Do, does, doesnβt and donβt grammar rules
Interview writing task
Rhyming words
Structural features of poems
The lesson contains all answer slides as well as learning objective and success criteria.
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoints for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
These lessons are also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. They combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Homophones Group A, Part 1: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry
Homophones Group A, Part 2: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury
It is advisable to teach homophones separate from each other to avoid confusion (e.g. teach βmainβ on a different day to βmaneβ). This bundle contains two full lesson teaching the spellings of the homophones in group A; each lesson focuses on one half of all the pairs of homophones in group A.
Lesson 1 covers: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry.
Lesson 2 covers: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury
The lessons include an explanation of what βhomophonesβ are, explain the meanings of all the words and include a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and meaning of these words (anagrams, word searches, crosswords, fill in the blanks, spelling pyramids, acrostic poems and many more). They also include spelling strategies mats for extra ideas and methods for learning spellings.
A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings.
The spelling lessons include the following:
β Spelling assessment
β Learning objectives
β Success criteria
β Starter activities
β Review of prior learning
β Teaching inputs and information slides
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word meanings
β All answer slides
β Spelling strategies mats
β Extension task - writing application activities
β Plenary activities
This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones in a fun, engaging and impactful way.
Homophones Group B, Part 1: break, great, hear, knot, main, meddle, mist, rain, scene, peace
Homophones Group B, Part 2: brake, grate, here, not, mane, medal, missed, reign, seen, piece
It is advisable to teach homophones separate from each other to avoid confusion (e.g. teach βmainβ on a different day to βmaneβ). This bundle contains two full lesson teaching the spellings of the homophones in group B; each lesson focuses on one half of all the pairs of homophones in group B.
Lesson 1 covers: break, great, hear, knot, main, meddle, mist, rain, scene, peace
Lesson 2 covers: brake, grate, here, not, mane, medal, missed, reign, seen, piece
The lessons include an explanation of what βhomophonesβ are, explain the meanings of all the words and include a multitude of activities for learning both the spelling and meaning of these words (anagrams, word searches, crosswords, fill in the blanks, spelling pyramids, acrostic poems and many more). They also include spelling strategies mats for extra ideas and methods for learning spellings.
A homophone is a word with the same pronunciation as another word but which has a different meaning and usually, a different spelling. It is advisable to teach homophones independently from each other so as to avoid confusion between the word spellings and meanings.
The spelling lessons include the following:
β Spelling assessment
β Learning objectives
β Success criteria
β Starter activities
β Review of prior learning
β Teaching inputs and information slides
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word spellings
β Multiple consolidation activities for learning the word meanings
β All answer slides
β Spelling strategies mats
β Extension task - writing application activities
β Plenary activities
This includes everything you need to teach children the spelling of these homophones in a fun, engaging and impactful way.
Never plan another phonics lesson! Here are all the resources you need to teach children to recognise these common digraphs, created by an EYFS specialist and UK trained teacher.
Whether youβre an experienced teacher whose realised that your free time is too valuable to spend hours planning everything from scratch, or your a parent with no idea on how to even start teaching your child to read and write, our phase 2 phonics lessons have everything you need. These lessons can be incorporated into the order you teach the phase 2 individual letters and sounds or can be taught at the end. These are the first digraphs children usually learn, due to their high frequency in English. You can then follow these with the phase 3 phonics lessons which teach children about many more digraphs and trigraphs.
Phase 2 of Phonics is when the letters and sounds they represent are introduced, and children learn how to form the letters. It is also where the skills of blending and segmenting are taught. We blend sounds in order to read words and we segment words into their sounds in order to write them down. All of this is covered in these resources and you will find you have everything you need to execute effective, engaging and inspiring lessons.
For those of you who have never taught phonics before, many slides contains directions, hints and tips in the notes section. These explain what each slide is for and often include additional ideas for their execution.
As a teacher, tutor, early-years specialist and head of English at an international school, I have personally used these lessons teach classes of children how to read and write, tweaking and perfecting them annually. They contain:
Reviews of prior learning
Learning objectives and success criteria
Phase 2 phonics sound mats
Video and game links
Activities introducing the letters and the sounds they make
Letter identification activities and texts (poems)
Activities for identifying the initial, middle and final sound in CVC (consonant- vowel- consonant) words
Letter formation activities and video links
Activities for blending sounds to read CVC words
Activities for segmenting words into their sounds to write CVC words down
These resources teach children the sounds and letters based on the order of their frequency of use in English:
Lesson 1 - S
Lesson 2 - A
Lesson 3 - T
Lesson 4 - P
Lesson 5 - I
Lesson 6 - N
Lesson 7 - M
Lesson 8 - D
Lesson 9 - G
Lesson 10 - O
Lesson 11 - C
Lesson 12 - K
Lesson 13 - CK
Lesson 14 - E
Lesson 15 - U
Lesson 16 - R
Lesson 17 - H
Lesson 18 - B
Lesson 19 - F
Lesson 20 - FF
Lesson 21 - L
Lesson 22 - LL
Lesson 23 - SS
Segmenting and blending activities begin from lesson 3 onwards. Lessons should be taught in the above order as they follow on from each other, building on prior learning and they also include a recap of previous learning at the start of each lesson.
These lessons will get children reading and writing words. You can then follow these lessons with the Phase 3 lessons (also available in bundles) which will get children reading and writing sentences.
Please check the notes sections on each slide for extra details, directions, hints, tips and ideas.
Environmentally friendly!
No printing is required for any activity in any lesson. Children can work on white-boards or in notebooks. The lessons can also be easily used to teach children online, especially with interactive apps such as Pear Deck, Seesaw, Nearpod etc.
All the resources you could ever need to teach the full set of the phonics phase 3 consonants; this bundle includes all the videos, games, activities and resources needed to teach children how to read and write the phase 3 phonics consonant sounds. It consists of six one-hour long lessons and each PowerPoint includes:
β Learning objective and success criteria
β Phonics phase 3 sound mat
β Review of previously learned sounds
β Videos introducing the sound
β Games practising identifying, segmenting and blending each sound
β Reading activities
β Writing activities
In phase 3 of phonics, children meet some of the less common letters and the sounds they make.
These lessons follow on from the phase 2 phonics lessons and phase 3 digraph and trigraph lessons.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 3.
You can download the βaiβ digraph for free from the Firefly Learner TES shopβs featured resources. We also have a bundle for all the phase 3 digraphs and tragraphs. This bundle includes the following sounds from phonics phase 3:
j
v
w
x
y
z
Do you teach Cambridge Stage 6? If so, this resource will save you bags of time as it includes all the lessons and activities you need to teach the concepts of unit 1 (My World) in an impactful and engaging way.
Lesson 1 - To describe feelings and emotions
Lesson 2 - To use the present perfect tense
Lesson 3 - How to use βyetβ
Lesson 4 - How to use βeverβ and βneverβ
Lesson 5 - To locate countries on a map, using the correct vocabulary
Each lesson is complete with a PowerPoint presentation containing:
β Learning objective
β Success criteria
β Starter activity
β Review of prior learning
β Grammar activities
β Speaking games and discussion tasks
β Information slides/ teaching input
β Reading tasks
β Writing tasks
β Mini plenaries and recaps
β Extension and application tasks
β Independent, paired and group activities
β Vocab focus
β Plenary task
β All answer slides
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the βnotesβ section of the PowerPoints for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
These lessons are also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. They combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
All the resources you could ever need to teach the full set of the phonics phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs; this bundle includes all the videos, games, activities and resources needed to teach children how to read and write the phase 3 phonics digraphs and trigraphs. It consists of twenty one-hour long lessons and each PowerPoint includes:
β Learning objective and success criteria
β Phonics phase 3 sound mat
β Review of previously learned sounds
β Videos introducing the sound
β Games practising identifying, segmenting and blending each sound
β Reading activities
β Writing activities
In phase 3 of phonics, children learn that multiple letters (digraphs and trigraphs) can make one sound.
These lessons follow on from the phase 2 phonics lessons where the most commonly used letters and sounds are learned and children practise segmenting and blending mostly CVC (consonant - vowel - consonant) words.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 3.
You can download the βaiβ digraph for free from the Firefly Learner TES shopβs featured resources. This bundle includes the following sounds from phonics phase 3:
air
ar
ch
ear
ee
er
igh
ng
oa
oi
oo (long)
oo (short)
or
ow
qu
sh
th
ur
ure
zz
Never plan another phonics lesson! Here are all the resources you need to teach children how to read and write, created by an EYFS specialist and UK trained qualified teacher.
Whether youβre an experienced teacher whose realised that your free time is too valuable to spend hours planning everything from scratch, or youβre a parent with no idea on how to even start teaching your child how to read and write, this bundle contains everything you need.
Phase 2 of Phonics is when the letters and sounds they represent are introduced, and children learn how to form the letters. It is also where the skills of blending and segmenting are taught. We blend sounds in order to read words and we segment words into their sounds in order to write them down. All of this is covered in these resources and you will find you have everything you need to execute effective, engaging and inspiring lessons.
For those of you who have never taught phonics before, many slides contains directions, hints and tips in the notes section. These explain what each slide is for and often include additional ideas for their execution.
As a teacher, tutor, early-years specialist and head of English at an international school, I have personally used these lessons teach classes of children how to read and write, tweaking and perfecting them annually. They contain:
Reviews of prior learning
Learning objectives and success criteria
Phase 2 phonics sound mats
Video and game links
Activities introducing the letters and the sounds they make
Letter identification activities and texts (poems)
Activities for identifying the initial, middle and final sound in CVC (consonant- vowel- consonant) words
Letter formation activities and video links
Activities for blending sounds to read CVC words
Activities for segmenting words into their sounds to write CVC words down
These resources teach children the sounds and letters based on the order of their frequency of use in English:
Lesson 1 - S
Lesson 2 - A
Lesson 3 - T
Lesson 4 - P
Lesson 5 - I
Lesson 6 - N
Lesson 7 - M
Lesson 8 - D
Lesson 9 - G
Lesson 10 - O
Lesson 11 - C
Lesson 12 - K
Lesson 13 - E
Lesson 14 - U
Lesson 15 - R
Lesson 16 - H
Lesson 17 - B
Lesson 18 - F
Lesson 19 - L
Segmenting and blending activities begin from lesson 3 onwards. Lessons should be taught in the above order as they follow on from each other, building on prior learning and they also include a recap of previous learning at the start of each lesson.
These lessons will get children reading and writing words. You can then follow these lessons with the Phase 3 lessons (also available in bundles) which will get children reading and writing sentences.
Please check the notes sections on each slide for extra details, directions, hints, tips and ideas.
Environmentally friendly!
No printing is required for any activity in any lesson. Children can work on white-boards or in notebooks. The lessons can also be easily used to teach children online, especially with interactive apps such as Pear Deck, Seesaw, Nearpod etc.