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KS2 Sentence Activity Bundle
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KS2 Sentence Activity Bundle

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Level up card - explains the 5 steps you can go through to take a simple, boring sentence to a fantastic one! Level up template - simply add your own photo/ picture/ image: either using the link to the canva template or the word template Create cards - Y3/ Y4/ Y5/ Y6 card - supports children to create different types of sentences based on one image. Editable template in canva and word doc
Handrwiting assessment templates
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Handrwiting assessment templates

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assessment grids: baseline print analysis join analysis KS1 task and ‘writing journey’ records KS2 task and autumn, spring summer recording sheets Designed be done sept as a baseline, mid year for progress review and end of year. Analysis grids updated at each assessment point and used to inform teaching.
Handwriting poster set
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Handwriting poster set

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PDF version and link to editable template letter formation guide upper and lowercase forming numbers handwriting position ready to write chant letter types - ascenders, primary letters, descenders letter families x 4
Exploratory Talk Mat - 2 levels
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Exploratory Talk Mat - 2 levels

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Print and laminate, back to back meaning you have a slightly less complex card and a more challenging one. The cards offer sentence stems to support exploratory discussions - whole class and small group/ paired - across the curriculum.
Handwriting bundle
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Handwriting bundle

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Includes: KS1 and KS2 handwriting baseline assessment set - KS1 sentence to copy, KS2 poem to copy, KS1 ‘handwriting journey’ recording sheet, KS2 'handwriting journey ’ recording sheets - Autumn, Spring, Summer. Basline overview sheet, print analysis sheet, joining analysis sheet Display pack - forming numbers, forming letters, handwriting seating position, letter sets
Writing to INFORM bundle of supports
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Writing to INFORM bundle of supports

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Support mats for Writing to Inform: Card 1 - instructions Card 2 - recount Card 3 - recount without sentence checker Card 4 - non-chronological report Card 5 - non-chronological report without sentence checker All cards come as a PDF and an editable Word document
Spelling Ladder templates
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Spelling Ladder templates

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4 different templates Spelling ladders Teachers/ children add key words they are mis-spelling onto their ladder. This could be a focus on HFW or MFW. The children use this as a mini support/ checklist until they can spell the word correctly and then tick it off/ cross it out. Once the ladder is complete, start a new one! Just print and cut in half.
Explore the Text templates
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Explore the Text templates

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A scaffold to support children looking at model texts and unpicking their key elements e.g. purpose, vocab/ phrases, writer techniques e.g. rhetorical questions, short sentences, personification, modal verbs, etc. This helps children build up an understanding of the intended impact of the text and how the writer creates this. From here children understand the ‘steps to success’ or ‘writer’s toolkit’ or whatever you may call it!
Oracy 'Talk like a ...' Cards 11 subject bundle
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Oracy 'Talk like a ...' Cards 11 subject bundle

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Contains Talk Like a… Reader Writer Mathematician Musician Good Citizen Theologist Artist Scientist Designer Geographer Historian The sentence stems on the cards support discussions and writing! There are 2-3 different levels depending on subject to allow for progression. We had these cards professionally printed at a local printers, double sided with a matt laminate to avoid any reflection of light and I would highly recommend this! If you need to keep costs lower, I would suggest buying some matt laminating pouches. The cards we use across the curriculum. Their use should be modelled and encouraged by staff. Encouarge children to challenge themselves to use a variation of stems to avoid repeating the same starters.