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I aim to design inspiring, educational resources to appeal to students and teachers alike.
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Mardi Gras Presentation
This is a fully editable, 55-slide PowerPoint presentation on Mardi Gras. It makes reference to:
the meaning of Mardi Gras
how and why it has evolved
the different ways countries celebrate Mardi Gras
The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to the Rio Carnival, the New Orleans Carnival, the Nice Carnival, the Belgium Carnival, the Venice Carnival and the Quebec Carnival. There is also a link to Paul Simon’s ‘Take me to the Mardi Gras’ on slide 1 which could be used before the start of the presentation.
Puzzle Pack
This resource contains three differentiated word searches, three differentiated anagram worksheets and a crossword.
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This resource contains an editable, 100-slide PowerPoint lesson on words ending in the suffix -tion. This resource will help pupils to master the spelling of ‘tion’ words. (English programmes of study: Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, ). The PowerPoint contains a variety of activities to help pupils to read and spell these words.
In the first section pupils read -tion words. They include all the words suggested in the new National Curriculum - station, action, etc. Additional words ending in -tion have been added that will be useful for pupils across the curriculum eg punctuation, fraction, addition, education, question, section, digestion and many more.
In the next section the emphasis is on the spelling of the words by ‘chunking’. The PowerPoint visually demonstrates how to do this.
Then pupils are challenged to spell words ending in -tion.
The next activity involves pupils working in pairs or groups to find as many words ending in -tion as they can in a timed exercise.
There is a section for pupils to identify the missing letters from -tion words and also an anagram challenge.
The resource could be used as a whole lesson, for a series of lessons, as a lesson starter or plenary. It is suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of this resource.
Please note that the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself.
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Words Ending in tion - 33 Differentiated Worksheets
Tasks include finding the missing words, constructing sentences, word searches, anagrams spelling practice sheets (could be used for homework) and worksheets to stretch and challenge more able pupils.
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This resource contains an editable, 100-slide PowerPoint lesson on words ending in the suffix -tion. This resource will help pupils to master the spelling of ‘tion’ words. (English programmes of study: Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, ). The PowerPoint contains a variety of activities to help pupils to read and spell these words.
In the first section pupils read -tion words. They include all the words suggested in the new National Curriculum - station, action, etc. Additional words ending in -tion have been added that will be useful for pupils across the curriculum eg punctuation, fraction, addition, education, question, section, digestion and many more.
In the next section the emphasis is on the spelling of the words by ‘chunking’. The PowerPoint visually demonstrates how to do this.
Then pupils are challenged to spell words ending in -tion.
The next activity involves pupils working in pairs or groups to find as many words ending in -tion as they can in a timed exercise.
There is a section for pupils to identify the missing letters from -tion words and also an anagram challenge.
The resource could be used as a whole lesson, for a series of lessons, as a lesson starter or plenary. It is suitable for Key Stage 1 pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of this resource.
Please note that the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself.
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Words Ending in tion - 33 Differentiated Worksheets
Tasks include finding the missing words, constructing sentences, word searches, anagrams spelling practice sheets (could be used for homework) and worksheets to stretch and challenge more able pupils.
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This bundle contains a 50 slide PowerPoint lesson and a 12 page workbook / set of 12 worksheets on personal pronouns - subject pronouns and object pronouns.
PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully editable, 50 slide, PowerPoint lesson on personal pronouns. The PowerPoint explains what the pronouns are, gives examples and asks pupils to identify and use the different types of pronouns in sentences.
Worksheets
This resource contains 6 information sheets and a 12 page workbook / 12 worksheets on personal pronouns. Tasks include identifying subject pronouns and object pronouns in sentences, using personal pronouns in sentences short pieces of writing and replacing nouns with appropriate pronouns in sentences.
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This resource contains a 32-slide PowerPoint Lesson and a 10-page workbook on using dashes in writing.
Dashes - 32 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This fully editable, 32-slide PowerPoint lesson on dashes clearly explains the functions of dashes and how to use them correctly in writing. The PowerPoint provides many opportunities for pupils to identify when, where and how they are used.
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on the difference between hyphens and dashes.
Dashes - 10 Page Workbook
The workbook includes three information sheets with explanations on when to use the dash in writing with examples. There are seven worksheets. Tasks include placing dashes in the correct place in sentences and composing sentences containing the dash. Answers are included.
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Hyphens - 18 Page Workbook
This resource contains an eighteen-page workbook on hyphens. It includes six information pages, ten worksheets and two progress checks. Answers are included in a separate file. It is an ideal home learning/online teaching resource and independent study pack.
Hyphens PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook
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This resource contains a 40-slide PowerPoint Lesson and an 18-page workbook on hyphens and how they are used in writing.
Hyphens PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an 40-slide PowerPoint lesson on hyphens. It clearly explains their functions and how to use them correctly in writing. The PowerPoint provides many opportunities for pupils to identify when, where and how they are used.
The PowerPoint also contains a link to a short video on hyphens.
Hyphens PowerPoint Workbook
This 18-page workbook includes six information pages, ten worksheets and two progress checks. Answers are included in a separate file. It is an ideal home learning/online teaching resource and independent study pack.
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This bundle contains:
a set of 8 differentiated worksheets to practise spelling words containing the silent letters ‘k’ and ‘g’ when followed by ‘n’ - the ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ digraphs.
a set of 4 SATS style spelling tests. For each test there is a pupil test worksheet, a teacher dictation sheet and an answer sheet.
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This resource contains a set of 14 worksheets (includes answers) on determiners and include:
The articles - definite and indefinite
Demonstratives
Possessives
Quantifiers
Numbers
Ordinals
Interrogatives
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Determiners PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains an editable 70 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners. The PowerPoint explains the various types of determiners, gives examples and asks pupils to identify the determiners in sentences
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Determiner PowerPoint Lesson and Worksheets
Determiner Memo Mat
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This is a fully editable, 45 slide PowerPoint lesson on the National Curriculum Year 2 homophones / near homophones list including the following words – there/ their/ they're, here/ hear, see/ sea, bare/ bear, one/ won, sun / son, two / to / too, be/ bee, blue/ blew, night/ knight.
The resource includes an explanation of the meaning of the homophones, examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone. It is appropriate for year 2 pupils and older SEN students.
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1. A fully editable 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on the National Curriculum Year 2 commonly confused homophones / near homophones where / were / we're / wear. The resource explains the meaning of the homophones and examples. A variety of opportunities are provided for pupils to choose the correct homophone.
2. An information sheet that explains the meaning of the homophones and when they are used with examples.
3. Seven worksheets in which pupils have to select/compose/correct sentences using the correct homophones.
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Where Were Wear We’re - Memo Mat
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This resource includes a set of 15 differentiated worksheets on words ending in 'ge' or 'dge'. (The /dʒ/ sound spelt as -ge and -dge at the end of words National curriculum, English programmes of study Year 2. The resource also contains an explanation sheet and answer sheets.
Tasks include:
inserting the correct -ge / -dge word into a sentence
anagrams
-ge / -dge words spelling practise worksheets
using ge / dge words in sentences
word searches
sorting words into ge / dge / categories
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43 Slide PowerPoint Lesson Words Ending in ge / dge
This is a 43 slide PowerPoint lesson explaining when to use 'ge' or 'dge' at the end of words ending in the phoneme /j/. (The /dʒ/ sound spelt as ge and dge at the end of words National curriculum, English programmes of study Year 2).
The PowerPoint focuses on:
Rules for adding -dge and -ge (long and short vowel sounds)
Opportunities to practise spellings
Individual / paired / group timed activity - finding as many -dge and -ge words as possible in 5 minutes)
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These resources are appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN / ESL students who have yet to master the basics in phonics.
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This resource contains four word searches based on the first 100 hundred high-frequency words in phase order. A solution key is included.
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First 100 High Frequency Words Resource Pack
It contains:
Four PowerPoints containing the first 100 high-frequency words in phase order building blocks based theme
10 Spelling Practice Worksheets (differentiated). Ideal for homework
Word mat of the 100 high-frequency words
Four word searches on the first 100 high-frequency words (phase order)
FlashCards of all 100 high-frequency words- ideal for starter sessions and group work
A set of certificates to award to pupils for progress and achievements in mastering the reading and spelling of the first 100 words
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This bundle contains three resources on pronouns - a PowerPoint lesson, a set of 3 worksheets containing SATS style questions on pronouns and a succinct pronoun memo frevision mat.
PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully editable, 50 slide PowerPoint lesson to use for SATS English grammar revision on pronouns and includes:
Personal Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
When to use who or whom
The PowerPoint explains what pronouns are, gives examples and asks pupils to identify the different types of pronouns in sentences in SATS style questions.
SATS Style Questions on Pronouns Worksheets
This resource contains three worksheets that have 24 SATS style questions on pronouns.
Pronouns Memo Mat
This resource contains a succinct pronouns revision mat that includes explanations and examples of :
personal pronouns
relative pronouns
possessive pronouns
demonstrative pronouns
indefinite pronouns
reflexive pronouns
interrogative pronouns
subject and object pronouns
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This resource includes a fully editable, 150-slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 28 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 3 and 4 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list - accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl, berry, bury, fair, fare, grate, great, grown, groan, heel, heal, he'll, knot, not, mail, male, main, mane, meat, meet, medal, meddle, missed, mist, peace, piece, plain, plane, rain, rein, reign, scene, seen, weather, whether, whose, who's.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint explains the meanings of the homophones with examples and provides examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 28 worksheets on the homophones. Pupils are required to choose the correct homophones, write sentences using the homophones and to correct incorrectly used homophones.
This resource is appropriate for year 3 and 4 pupils and older SEN students.
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This resource contains a fully editable 45 slide PowerPoint lesson and a set of 15 worksheets on the National Curriculum Year 2 homophones / near homophones list including the following words – there/ their/ they're, here/ hear, see/ sea, bare/ bear, one/ won, sun / son, two / to / too, be/ bee, blue/ blew, night/ knight.
PowerPoint Lesson
The PowerPoint provides an explanation of the meaning of the homophones with examples and opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 15 worksheets, some differentiated, on Year 2 homophones / near homophones. Tasks include choosing the correct homophones for sentences and composing sentences containing homophones.
These resources are appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN / ESL students who have yet to master the basics in spelling and phonics.
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This resource contains an editable, 50-slide PowerPoint lesson on the commonly confused National Curriculum Year 2 Homophones / Near Homophones where / were / we're / wear.
The resource explains the meaning of the homophones and when they are used with examples. Opportunities are provided for pupils to choose the correct homophone. This resource is appropriate for Year 2 pupils and older SEN students.
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Where Were Wear We’re – Set of 6 Worksheets
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Where Were Wear We’re - Memo Mat
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This resource contains a PowerPoint lesson and worksheets on the /aɪ/ sound spelt –y at the end of words. (English programmes of study: Key Stage 2 National Curriculum).
The resource includes:
an editable 31 slide PowerPoint lesson
11 accompanying differentiated worksheets on words ending in 'y' at the end of a word with a long 'i' sound. For example - dry, cry, fry, why, sly July
Tasks include finding the missing words, constructing sentences, word searches and differentiating between 'y' sound with long 'i' and 'y' at the end of a word with long 'e' or 'ee' sound. There are also worksheets to stretch and challenge more able pupils eg find the meaning of words like clarify, rectify, pacify, deny, defy...
All tasks and worksheets encourage the identification and correct spelling of these words. This resource is also appropriate for older SEN / ESL pupils who have yet to master the basics in phonics.
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This is a fully editable, 150-slide PowerPoint lesson on the National Curriculum Year 3 and 4 homophones / near homophones and confusing words list. The PowerPoint explains the meanings of the homophones with examples and provides opportunities for pupils to decide which is the correct homophone.
This resource is appropriate for year 3 and 4 pupils and older SEN students.
The homophones include:
accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl, berry, bury, fair, fare, grate, great, grown, groan, heel, heal, he'll, knot, not, mail, male, main, mane, meat, meet, medal, meddle, missed, mist, peace, piece, plain, plane, rain, rein, reign, scene, seen, weather, whether, whose, who's
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Year 3 and 4 Homophones: Set of 28 Worksheets
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This resource contains a set of 13 worksheets on identifying and using similes and metaphors. They are available in both PDF format and word to enable editing. Tasks include:
Identifying similes and metaphors in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, Sea Fever by John Masefield, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, A red, red rose by Robert Burns, several bible verses and Shakespeare quotes.
Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing similes and metaphors on themes - foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, candle flame, trees
It also contains an explanation sheet with examples of metaphors and similes and the difference between them.
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Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 39-slide PowerPoint lesson on similes and metaphors. The PowerPoint explains what similes and metaphors are and the difference between them. It also explains why they are used. It provides examples of similes and metaphors from poetry and literature - I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud (William Wordsworth) , The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes), My luv is like a red, red rose ( Robert Burns) and the Bible. Opportunities to are provided for pupils to identify similes and metaphors and The PowerPoint also contains images to stimulate pupils to compose their own similes and metaphors.
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This resource contains three revision/practice worksheets (24 questions) on personal, possessive and relative pronouns.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 50 slide SATS English grammar revision PowerPoint lesson on pronouns and includes:
Personal Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
When to use who or whom
Pronouns - 50 Slide SATS Revision PowerPoint Lesson /a>
Determiners - 70 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully editable, 70 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners.
Determiner Revision Mat
This resource contains a determiner revision mat containing an explanation of, and examples, for all the different types of determiner.
Key Stage 2 SPaG SATS Revision PowerPoint Quiz
This is a quiz-style revision resource on KS2 SATS English - spelling punctuation and grammar. The SATS style questions include questions on grammatical terms, word/classes, combining words, phrases and clauses, punctuation and spelling.
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