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Early Years and Key Stage 1 teacher who believes that education should be fun and a happy time for everyone.
English language arts
Story Planning Worksheets
A set of English worksheets to be used for planning a story. The children plan their character, the setting, the time of the story and then what happens in the story using a story plan.
These worksheets could be used in Early Years to introduce children to story planning and for children to use to orally retell a story or in Key Stage 1 for children to plan their own story to write.
For my activity Powerpoint for planning a story please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/planning-a-story-12172616
For my Story Planning and Writing Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/story-planning-and-writing-bundle-12173585
Planning a Story
An English activity to help children to plan a story in a step by step manner.
This activity breaks down story planning into small chunks and enables children to plan each stage of the story. The activity encourages lots of talk and children enjoy sharing their ideas about the story. The activity encourages children to think about and describe their character, the setting and the time of their story. Children then plan the problem, what happens first, then and next and then the solution and the ending. The activity gives children different ideas and demonstrates to children that not all stories need to be the same as we all have different ideas and suggestions. I often take several days to work through this activity and to build story plans with the children and find that rereading our story plans regularly helps children when they reach the writing stage.
This activity could be used in Early Years to introduce story planning and oral retelling of a story to the children or in Key Stage 1 to support children with story planning and story writing.
For my Story Planning and Story Writing Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/story-planning-and-writing-bundle-12173585
Capital Letters Activity
An English activity focusing on capital letters, when to use them and what they look like.
The PowerPoint shows the children all capital letters and the children then practise writing the capital letters. Children then write the capital letter to match the lower case letter. The Capital Letter Monster then eats some of the capital letters from the alphabet and children have to identify which letters have been eaten and write the capital letters on their whiteboards. Children are then shown sentences with missing capital letters and have to fill in the missing letters. The children will enjoy the fun element of having a monster eating the capital letters and I have used this in class when children have forgotten capital letters in their written work.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children although could be used as part of an
intervention for Year 2 children.
Phonics Initial Sounds Activity
A phonics activity for practising and revising initial sounds.
Children say the initial sound and then read words including the initial sound. Children must then identify the alien word.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 to boost their phonics knowledge.
For my digraphs and trigraphs or special friends bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-screening-revision-and-practise-12125275
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Split Digraph Bundle
Split Digraph Revision
A phonics activity for practising and revising split digraphs only. Children can practise writing real and alien words on their whiteboards using focus sounds. The activity could be used during phonics lesson, as an intervention for any children requiring extra support or in the lead up to the phonics screening.
Split Digraph Workbook
A phonics revision activity focusing on split digraphs only. Each split digraph has three workbook pages - one to practise writing real words, one to identify alien words and one to complete a sentence using the focus sound in a word. There is a space on the sentence writing page for children to draw a picture to match their sentence. This activity workbook could be completed as part of a group, independently or could be sent home as home learning/homework.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
Phonics Activity Split Digraph
A phonics activity for practising and revising split digraphs only.
Children can practise writing real and alien words on their whiteboards using focus sounds. The activity could be used during phonics lesson, as an intervention for any children requiring extra support or in the lead up to the phonics screening.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For my Powerpoint covering initial sounds please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-initial-sounds-12165477
For my Powerpoint covering special friends sounds please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-revision-12125266
Phonics Activity Split Digraph Workbook
A phonics activity focusing on split digraphs only.
Each split digraph has three workbook pages - one to practise writing real words, one to identify alien words and one to complete a sentence using the focus sound in a word. There is a space on the sentence writing page for children to draw a picture to match their sentence. This activity workbook could be completed as part of a group, independently or could be sent home as home learning/homework.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For my Powerpoint covering initial sounds please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-initial-sounds-12165477
For my Powerpoint covering vowel digraphs and trigraphs or special friends sounds please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-revision-workbook-12125262
Full stops - Differentiated Worksheets
Set of three differentiated English worksheets focusing on the use of full stops only.
Worksheet 1 - Children copy and add a full stop to one sentence at a time.
Worksheet 2 - Children have to read two sentences at a time and identify where full stops need to be. Children to then rewrite the sentences.
Worksheet 3 - As worksheet 2 and children then add their own sentences with full stops in correct places.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For my complete lesson on full stops please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-when-to-use-full-stops-12141886
Full Stops Complete Lesson
A complete English lesson covering how and when to use full stops.
The lesson explains what a sentence is and when we need to use full stops. It focuses on the use of full stops only and not capital letters as I have found that children can struggle with learning both at the same time. During the main input children have to identify sentences and add full stops in the correct place. The lesson includes three differentiated worksheets and a short plenary.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could be used as a recap for Year 2 children.
For my free full stop worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/full-stops-differentiated-worksheets-12141894
For my capital letters and full stop lessons bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/capital-letters-and-full-stops-bundle-12188770
Read a Picture - Developing Inference Example
A sample slide from my Read a Picture - Developing Inference PowerPoint.
The full PowerPoint includes nine pictures with guided reading questions and example sentence openers to develop inference in children. Each slide on the full PowerPoint includes a picture for children to look at and talk about followed by questions that appear one at a time for children to think about. Each question is followed by an example sentence opener to encourage children to answer in full sentences.
My class have thoroughly enjoyed being reading detectives and, through practise, will now provide reasons and explanations for their answers. The PowerPoint can be used as a whole class activity or with small groups during guided reading sessions.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For the full set of 9 please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-a-picture-developing-inference-12129299
Sentence Writing Intervention Booster
A sentence writing intervention booster that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who are struggling with sentence writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks worth of activities and introduces children to 35 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw. Each week covers reading the focus high frequency words, writing the focus words, cutting and sticking words to make a sentence and then writing a dictated sentence.
I have used this activity to encourage children to write sentences with capital letters and full stops and to hold and repeat the sentence in their head.
The intervention helps children to gain confidence when they are writing sentences.
For my writing interventions bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/writing-interventions-bundle-12417031
For my Maths intervention please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-intervention-12165424
For my Maths and Writing Intervention Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-and-writing-intervention-12178045
Developing Inference Skills
A set of nine pictures with guided questions and example sentence openers.
The pictures and questions support children to develop inference skills. Each slide on the PowerPoint includes a picture for children to look at and talk about followed by questions that appear one at a time for children to think about. Each question is followed by an example sentence opener to encourage children to answer in full sentences.
My class have thoroughly enjoyed being reading detectives and through practise will now provide reasons and explanations for their answers. The PowerPoint can be used as a whole class activity or with small groups during guided reading sessions.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children although could also be used to support Year 2 children.
For an example slide please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-a-picture-developing-inference-example-12132390
For my Visualisation Guided Reading Activity please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/guided-reading-visualisation-activity-sheets-12294624
For my Inference and Visualisation Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/inference-skills-and-visualisation-12294669
Year 1 Spellings Practise Week 1 Only
An example from my PowerPoint activity to support children to learn to spell Year 1 Common Exception Words, CEW, and to practise using these words in sentences.
The children are shown the letters that they need to write one of the key words and then use the letters to see if they can write the word on their whiteboard using only the letters shown. They are then shown how to spell the word correctly. The following slide gives an example of the word being used in a sentence with an accompanying picture eg I am happy __ . Children to then practise spelling the word again before the correct spelling of the word is revealed in the sentence. The word list is divided into 9 weeks with 5 spellings to learn each week.
This download covers the week 1 spellings only.
For the full set of CEW please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-cew-spelling-practise-12116557
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Phonics Bundle
Two phonics activities focusing on vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Phonics Activity
A phonics activity for practising and revising vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Children are shown the focus sound and then real words and alien words with the focus sound missing. Children can practise writing real and alien words on their whiteboards using the focus sounds. The activity could be used during phonics lessons, as an intervention for any children requiring extra support or in the lead up to the phonics screening.
A good activity to support children to recognise sounds plus spell and read words.
Phonics Workbook
A phonics activity workbook covering vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Each sound has three workbook pages - one to practise writing real words, one to identify alien words and one to complete a sentence using the focus sound in a word. There is a space on the sentence writing page for children to draw a picture to match the sentence and to show their understanding of the sentence.
This activity workbook could be completed as part of a group, independently or could be sent home as home learning/homework.
I have also used this workbook as Early Morning Work for children to practise their phonics. The workbook supports children to become more confident with each focus sound and as the activities are repeated for each new sound the children can become more independent when
completing the workbook.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
Phonics Activity Digraphs and Trigraphs
A phonics activity for practising and revising digraphs and trigraphs.
Children are shown the focus sound and then real words and alien words with the focus sound missing. Children can practise writing real and alien words on their whiteboards using the focus sounds. The activity could be used during phonics lessons, as an intervention for any children requiring extra support or in the lead up to the phonics screening.
A good activity to support children to recognise sounds plus spell and read words using digraphs and trigraphs.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could also be used with Year 2 children who need some extra support with Phonics.
For my Split Digraph only version see
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-split-digraph-revision-12149340
For my Initial Sounds activity please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-initial-sounds-12165477
For my Phonics Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-screening-revision-and-practise-12125275
Phonics Digraphs and Trigraphs Workbook
A phonics activity workbook covering vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Each new sound has three workbook pages - one to practise writing real words, one to identify alien words and one to complete a sentence using the focus sound in a word. There is a space on the sentence writing page for children to draw a picture to match the sentence therefore showing their understanding of the sentence.
This activity workbook could be completed as part of a group, independently or could be sent home as home learning/homework.
I have also used this workbook as Early Morning Work for children to practise their phonics. The workbook supports children to become more confident with each focus sound and as the activities are repeated for each new sound the children can become more independent when completing the workbook.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 although could be used as a booster or intervention activity for Year 2 children.
For my Split Digraph only version see
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-revision-split-digraph-workbook-12149339
For my Phonics Activity Powerpoint see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-activity-12125266
For my Phonics Digraphs and Trigraphs bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-screening-revision-and-practise-12125275
Year 1 Common Exception Words Spelling Wall
A list of Year 1 CEW, common exception words, for children to colour to create their own spelling wall once they can confidently spell each word.
The sheet could be stuck in English books as a record for what children can spell or could be sent home for parents to see how well their children are learning the Year 1 CEW spellings.
For my Powerpoint to support children to learn the Year 1 Common Exception Words please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-cew-spelling-practise-booster-12116557
For my Common Exception Word Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12211390
Year 1 Spelling Lists
A set of spelling lists covering all of the Year 1 common exception words.
Each spelling list contains 5 words for the class to learn per week with nine weeks worth of spellings in total.
Please see my activity for supporting children to spell CEW at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-cew-spelling-practise-12116557
For my Common Exception Words Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12211390