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Synonyms and Antonyms - Full Grammar Lesson
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 lesson’s worth of activities. The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity - your AFL
√ Teaching input - exploring what synonyms and antonyms are, the differences between them and examples of each being used in sentences.
√ Differentiated speaking & listening activities - group/ paired activity (3 ways of differentiation)
√ Differentiated independent tasks (3 ways of differentiation)
√ Reasoning task - applying learning
√ Plenary - Creative application
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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.
Was and Were - Past tense forms of the verb 'to be' - Full Grammar Lesson & Activities!
This is a full lesson teaching the difference between when to use ‘was’ and when to use ‘were’.
‘Was’ is used with singular nouns and pronouns.
‘Were’ is used with plural nouns and pronouns + you.
Both ‘was’ and ‘were’ are used when speaking and writing in the past tense.
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes a full lesson’s worth of activities. The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity considering different tenses
√ Teaching input - difference between use of ‘was’ and ‘were’
√ Whole class consolidation activities - fill in the blanks, reasoning questions, complete the table etc.
√ Extension input - ‘You’
√ Differentiated independent activities - mistake spotter, fill in the blanks, create your own sentences, swap the verbs etc.
√ All answer slides includes
√ Extension task - differentiated 3 ways
√ Information slide for learners needing additional support
√ Plenary activity - Sentence maker activity
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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.
Is, are and am - present tense forms of the verb 'to be' - Complete lesson & Activities
This is a full lesson teaching the difference between when to use ‘is’, when to use ‘are’ and when to use ‘am’.
‘Am’ is used only with I and when writing in the present tense.
‘Is’ is used with singular nouns and pronouns.
‘Are’ is used with plural nouns and pronouns.
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes a full lesson’s worth of activities. The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity introducing forms of the verb ‘to be’
√ Teaching input - difference between use of ‘is’ and ‘are’
√ Consolidation activity - fill in the blanks
√ Extension Input - exceptions (you and I)
√ Differentiated independent activity - mistake spotter
√ Extension Input - Introduce ‘was’ and ‘were’ (whole class activity)
√ Consolidation - fill in the table
√ Plenary - Sentence maker activity
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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.
Subject and Object Pronouns - Full Grammar Lesson & Activities
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 lesson’s 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 ‘notes’ 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.
'Ever' and 'Never' - Full Lesson with Activities
A full lesson presentation (PowerPoint) teaching what ‘ever’ and ‘never’ mean, how to use them when speaking and writing and the differences between them.
The presentation includes:
Learning objective
Three success criteria
Starter activity reviewing ‘yet’ plus answer slide
Present perfect tense review activity plus answer slide
Input slides teaching how to use ‘ever’ in statements plus example sentences, reasoning questions and explanations
Two consolidation activities (multiple choice question and reasoning question plus answer & explanation slides
Extension activity - Introducing ‘never’ plus consolidation activity & answer slide
Sentence builder consolidation activity for ‘never’ and ‘ever’
Input slide teaching how to use ‘ever’ in questions plus example sentences
Sentence builder consolidation activity for asking questions including ‘ever’
Plenary - fill in the blank - AOL for yet, ever and never
This lesson is designed specifically for Cambridge Stage 6, unit 1 teaching content but can be suitable for any English lesson about ‘ever’ and ‘never’.
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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.
Past Simple Tense - Complete Grammar Lesson with Activities (No Printing Required)
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:
√ Complete PowerPoint presentation for the full lesson
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity
√ Teaching input & information slides
√ Consolidation activities
√ Differentiated independent activities
√ Differentiated questioning
√ Speaking, listening, reading and writing tasks
√ Extension & application tasks
√ 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 ‘to be’ (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 ‘notes’ 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.
Cambridge Stage 6 - ESL - Unit 8 - Entertainment - Full Lesson + Activities
A full lesson complete with activities and teaching the key concepts from Cambridge stage 6 - ESL - Unit 8 - Entertainment.
Success Criteria:
•I can name and identify different activities done for entertainment.
•I can use past participle adjectives to describe feelings and qualities.
•I can describe the negatives of on-screen entertainment.
•I can describe the history of films.
•I can use the past simple passive to talk about events
•I can create a timeline.
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Success criteria
√ Starter activity designed to engage
√ Two vocabulary - definition match activities
√ Past participle adjectives grammar activity
√ Speaking games and discussion tasks about on and off-screen time
√ Information slides - how to identify the meaning of unfamiliar words
√ Reading task - Too Much Screen Time?
√ Fact discussion - addiction to screens
√ Time line task looking at history of film
√ Past simple passive - what is it + how and why do we use it?
√ Past simple passive grammar consolidation activities (differentiated)
√ Extension tasks and writing tasks
√ Independent research activity - the history of an invention
√ Vocab anagrams activity - alternative words for ‘said’
√ Plenary task
√ All answer slides
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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 and An - Grammar Lesson + Activities (Full PowerPoint - No Printing Required)
A full lesson teaching the difference between when to use ‘a’ and when to use ‘an’.
We use ‘an’ in front of words (nouns and adjectives) which begin with a vowel letter (a, e, i, o and u). We use ‘a’ 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 ‘a’ and ‘an’. The lesson includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity - AFL - fill in the blanks
√ Teaching input slides - Explaining when to use ‘a’ and when to use ‘an’
√ Recap/ Mini Plenary activity
√ Consolidation activities
√ Extension activity
√ Differentiated independent task
√ Writing task - application for learning
√ All answer slides
√ Plenary activity
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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.
Phonics Phase 3 Complete Lesson + Activities - 'air' trigraph
This is a complete lesson (PPT) teaching children how to identify, read and write the ‘air’ trigraph of phase 3 phonics. This lesson introduces the ‘air’ trigraph and the sound that it makes. It is designed to be the SECOND lesson in a series of phase 3 lessons that build on prior learning from phase 2.
In phase 3 of phonics, children learn that multiple letters (digraphs and trigraphs) can make one sound. They also meet some of the less common letters and the sounds they make. They continue to practise segmenting and blending CVC (consonant - vowel - consonant) words, CCVC and CVCC words as well as some longer, phonetically-decodable words.
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.
These lessons are designed to teach children how to read and write by practising the skills of identifying, segmenting and blending. Each lesson includes all the information, games, videos and activities needed teach each phase 3 sound.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 3.
It is recommended that you teach these lessons in the following order as the lessons build on prior learning:
ai
air
ar
ch
ear
ee
er
igh
j
ng
oa
oi
oo (long)
oo (short)
or
ow
qu
sh
th
ur
ure
v
w
x
y
zz
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective and success criteria
√ Phase 3 phonics sound mat
√ Review slides for previously learned sounds
√ Games, videos and activities introducing the sound
√ Segmenting and blending reading activities
√ Segmenting and blending writing activities
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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 very few adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Past Perfect Tense - Full Lesson Presentation & Activities!
A full lesson presentation (PowerPoint) teaching how to use the past perfect tense.
The past perfect tense is made from the word ‘had’ plus the past participle of the verb. It is used to:
Set the scene and explain what happened before a story or event took place,
Describe the earlier of two events that happened in the past (in such cases, it is usually joined to a clause in past simple using a conjunction)
This lesson presentation on the past perfect tense includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity
√ Review of prior learning (examining the other tenses and why we use them)
√ Teaching input/ information slides (explaining how to identify and construct sentences in past perfect tense)
√ Multiple consolidation activities (fill in the blanks, spot the mistakes, change the sentences to past perfect tense etc.)
√ Independent activities and application tasks
√ Differentiated support sheets for those who need them
√ Extension of learning - looking at why we use the past perfect tense
√ Writing/ Homework challenge - past perfect tense writing task
√ Plenary activity - AOL
The lesson covers the following:
Review of past simple, past continuous, present simple and present continuous tenses and why we use them
The difference between present perfect and past perfect tense
Regular and irregular verbs in their past participle form
Base tense, past simple and past participle verb forms
How to construct sentences in past perfect tense
Why we use the past perfect tense (to set the scene before decribing a story or event and to describe the earlier of two events that happened in the past)
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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.
Phonics Phase 2 Complete Lesson + Activities - letter B b
This is the eighteenth lesson in this complete phonics course teaching children how to read and write! Focusing on the letter b, this lesson introduces the letter, the sound it makes and how to identify the initial, middle and end sound and letter of words. It is the eighteenth lesson of phase 2 phonics and includes all the information and activities you need to introduce this letter and the sound it makes.
In phase 2 of phonics, children meet the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that they make. They learn how to identify the initial, middle and end sound in CVC (consonant - vowel- consonant) words in preparation for learning how to segment and blend. From lesson 3, they start to decode words into the sounds they know in order to start reading as well as encode sounds into letters in order to begin writing. As they progrss through phase 2 of phonics, they will start writing simple sentences composed of phonetically decodable and high-frequency words.
These lessons are designed to teach children how to read and write by practising the skills of identifying, segmenting and blending. Each lesson includes all the information, games, videos and activities needed teach each phase 2 sound.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 2.
It is recommended that you teach these lessons in the following order as the lessons build on prior learning:
s
a
t
p
i
n
m
d
g
o
c
k
ck
e
u
r
h
b
f
ff
l
ll
ss
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective and success criteria
√ Phase 2 phonics sound mat
√ Review of prior learning
√ Games, videos and activities introducing the sound
√ Activities for identifying initial sounds and letters
√ Activities for identifying middle sounds and letters
√ Activities for identifying final sounds and letters
√ Letter formation practice
√ Decoding activities (preparation for reading)
√ Encoding activities (preparation for writing)
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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 very few adaptations. It combines very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Phonics Phase 2 Complete Lesson + Activities - letter M m
This is the seventh lesson in this complete phonics course teaching children how to read and write! Focusing on the letter m, this lesson introduces the letter, the sound it makes and how to identify the initial, middle and end sound and letter of words. It is the seventh lesson of phase 2 phonics and includes all the information and activities you need to introduce this letter and the sound it makes.
In phase 2 of phonics, children meet the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that they make. They learn how to identify the initial, middle and end sound in CVC (consonant - vowel- consonant) words in preparation for learning how to segment and blend. From lesson 3, they start to decode words into the sounds they know in order to start reading as well as encode sounds into letters in order to begin writing. As they progrss through phase 2 of phonics, they will start writing simple sentences composed of phonetically decodable and high-frequency words.
These lessons are designed to teach children how to read and write by practising the skills of identifying, segmenting and blending. Each lesson includes all the information, games, videos and activities needed teach each phase 2 sound.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 2.
It is recommended that you teach these lessons in the following order as the lessons build on prior learning:
s
a
t
p
i
n
m
d
g
o
c
k
ck
e
u
r
h
b
f
ff
l
ll
ss
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective and success criteria
√ Phase 2 phonics sound mat
√ Review of prior learning
√ Games, videos and activities introducing the sound
√ Activities for identifying initial sounds and letters
√ Activities for identifying middle sounds and letters
√ Activities for identifying final sounds and letters
√ Letter formation practice
√ Decoding activities (preparation for reading)
√ Encoding activities (preparation for writing)
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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 very few adaptations. It combines very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Phonics Phase 2 Complete Lesson + Activities - letter I i
This is the fifth lesson in this complete phonics course teaching children how to read and write! Focusing on the letter i, this lesson introduces the letter, the sound it makes and how to identify the initial, middle and end sound and letter of words. It is the fifth lesson of phase 2 phonics and includes all the information and activities you need to introduce this letter and the sound it makes.
In phase 2 of phonics, children meet the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that they make. They learn how to identify the initial, middle and end sound in CVC (consonant - vowel- consonant) words in preparation for learning how to segment and blend. From lesson 3, they start to decode words into the sounds they know in order to start reading as well as encode sounds into letters in order to begin writing. As they progrss through phase 2 of phonics, they will start writing simple sentences composed of phonetically decodable and high-frequency words.
These lessons are designed to teach children how to read and write by practising the skills of identifying, segmenting and blending. Each lesson includes all the information, games, videos and activities needed teach each phase 2 sound.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 2.
It is recommended that you teach these lessons in the following order as the lessons build on prior learning:
s
a
t
p
i
n
m
d
g
o
c
k
ck
e
u
r
h
b
f
ff
l
ll
ss
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective and success criteria
√ Phase 2 phonics sound mat
√ Review of prior learning
√ Games, videos and activities introducing the sound
√ Activities for identifying initial sounds and letters
√ Activities for identifying middle sounds and letters
√ Activities for identifying final sounds and letters
√ Letter formation practice
√ Decoding activities (preparation for reading)
√ Encoding activities (preparation for writing)
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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 very few adaptations. It combines very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Lesson 1 - The First 5 of the 100 High Frequency Words/ Tricky Words/ Sight Words - Complete Lesson
Group A: the, and, a, to, said
This is a complete lesson with all the activities required to teach the first five of the 100 high frequency words (AKA tricky words or sight words) taught in EYFS. This lesson focuses on the first five words: the, and, a, to, said
It also includes a complete high frequency word mat with all 100 words!
The lesson includes:
√ Learning Objective
√ Success Criteria
√ Complete 100 high frequency word list
√ Word recognition activities
√ Reading activities
√ Writing activities
√ Sentence construction and application activities
√ All answer slides
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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 very few adaptations. It combines very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Bundle
Complete Phase 2 Phonics Course (Lessons & Activities) - All the resources you could ever need to start teaching children how to read and write!
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 you’re an experienced teacher whose realised that your free time is too valuable to spend hours planning everything from scratch, or you’re 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.
Bundle
Phonics Phase 3 Digraphs and Trigraphs Lessons & Activities - Complete Bundle Worth £60.00
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:
√ Learning objective and success criteria
√ Phonics phase 3 sound mat
√ Review of previously learned sounds
√ Videos introducing the sound
√ Games practising identifying, segmenting and blending each sound
√ Reading activities
√ 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 ‘ai’ digraph for free from the Firefly Learner TES shop’s 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
Collection of Brain Teasers, Rebus Puzzles & Riddles + Answer Slides (Ages 6 - 12 years)
Here is a PowerPoint presentation filled with interesting and engaging brainteasers, maths challenges, riddles and rebus puzzles suitable for children ages 6 - 12 years. Answer slides are also included.
Puzzles are great exercise for your brain! They help children build up their creative problem solving and critical thinking skills. In addition, if children are encouraged to explain how they got their answer, they can help them develop their reasoning skills also.
I love to have one of these puzzles on the board whilst children come into the classroom as a way of engaging them straight away. I then reveal the answer at the end of the lesson. Alternatively, I might finish the day with a puzzle on the board and then reveal the answer the next morning.
The presentation includes:
√ Riddles
√ Sequencing challenges
√ Optical illusions
√ Rebus puzzles
√ Maths challenges
√ Vocabulary association challenges
√ Brain teasers
√ All answer slides
Key Features:
Includes a range of difficulty levels
Suitable for ages 6 - 12 years
30 activities
Answer slides includes
If you enjoy the resource, please leave me a review! Thanks!
Phonics Phase 3 Complete Lesson + Activities - ai digraph - FREE
This is a complete lesson teaching children how to identify, read and write the ‘ai’ digraph of phase 3 phonics. This lesson introduces the ‘ai’ digraph and the sound that it makes (a long vowel /ay/sound as in train). It is designed to be the FIRST lesson in a series of phase 3 lessons that build on prior learning from phase 2.
In phase 3 of phonics, children learn that multiple letters (digraphs and trigraphs) can make one sound. They also meet some of the less common letters and the sounds they make. They continue to practise segmenting and blending CVC (consonant - vowel - consonant) words, CCVC and CVCC words as well as some longer, phonetically-decodable words.
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.
These lessons are designed to teach children how to read and write by practising the skills of identifying, segmenting and blending. Each lesson includes all the information, games, videos and activities needed teach each phase 3 sound.
PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTION ON EACH SLIDE FOR EXTRA TIPS AND IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHONICS PHASE 3.
It is recommended that you teach these lessons in the following order as the lessons build on prior learning:
ai
air
ar
ch
ear
ee
er
igh
j
ng
oa
oi
oo (long)
oo (short)
or
ow
qu
sh
th
ur
ure
v
w
x
y
zz
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective and success criteria
√ Phase 3 phonics sound mat
√ Review slides for phase 2 phonics
√ Games, videos and activities introducing the sound
√ Segmenting and blending reading activities
√ Segmenting and blending writing activities
PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ 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 very few adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.
Locating Countries on a World Map - (Cambridge Stage 6, Unit 1 - Lesson 5)
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:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity (Vocab Volley) involving choosing the correct definition for the given vocabulary - all answer slides included.
√ Activity identifying the terms for various parts of an address + answer slide
√ Information slides + consolidation activities for learning the following vocabulary: global, continents, countries, international, national.
√ Differentiated versions of some activities and questions.
√ Information slides explaining lines of latitude, longitude, the equator and the prime meridian.
√ Information slides explaing how to use coordinates to locate countries on a world map plus example and consolidation activity.
√ 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 ‘notes’ 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.
Feelings and Emotions - Full Lesson PowerPoint & Activities (Cambridge Stage 6, Unit 1 - Lesson 1)
A full lesson teaching the names of different feelings and emotions, including: happy, nervous, angry, scared, excited, interested, worried, confused & proud.
The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity - AFL
√ Teaching input slides learning to name and identify different feelings: happy, nervous, angry, scared, excited, interested, worried, confused, proud, miserable
√ Speaking and listening activity
√ Consolidation activities:
- Reading activity & discussion points
- Writing activity - apply the learning
√ 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 ‘notes’ 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.