I combine my time between writing ( children's author ) and teaching. In my shop you will find a range of worksheets that I have successfully used in the classroom with Key Stage 2 pupils. My passions are writing and history and you will find plenty of resources for these subjects in my shop.
I combine my time between writing ( children's author ) and teaching. In my shop you will find a range of worksheets that I have successfully used in the classroom with Key Stage 2 pupils. My passions are writing and history and you will find plenty of resources for these subjects in my shop.
A unit of work (37 lessons - up to 50 hours of lessons ) for Year 5-6 pupils. Ideal for schools studying the Vikings/Anglo Saxons under the new curriculum.
A unit of literacy that uses this incredible re-telling of the classic story to support the Year 5-6 literacy curriculum. There is a strong emphasis on SPAG with opportunities for extended writing and speaking and listening integrated into the Unit.
APP comprehension questions have also been supplied to assist in developing level 4-6 readers.
Resources have been provided to support the detailed planning sheet.
A great table for teaching Year 5-7 pupils about synonyms and antonyms.
The pupils read the examples provided before they match the synonyms and antonyms to the given word.
For example: small - diminutive (synonym) - large (antonym).
An excellent resource for expanding vocabulary too!
If you are learning about Roman Britain and covering persuasive writing, then these resources could be ideal.
There are 2 letters, differentiated three ways, written between Caractacus and Queen Cartimandua. Not only are they good examples of persuasive letters, but they are historically accurate in detail.
They can be used in several ways: they can be annotated for features and devices, placed in order of quality or used as a model to assist writing.
This Guided Reading prompt is great to use when listening to a group reading.
All the questions have been given an AF number enabling teachers to assess the progress of their readers.
Teachers do not need to worry about asking questions on the spot, with this useful teaching aide.
Ideal for reading levels 3-4.
A brilliant resource to help improve reading levels.
The booklet contains 22 questions which cover the range of Assessment Foci. The questions also imitate the style and format used in QCA and SAT tests.
An answer booklet is provided to enable pupils to mark their own work.
Ideal for Guided Reading and Whole class activities. Also great as a revision aid and for individual tutoring.
Ideal for pupils at or aspiring to be Level 5 readers.
A simple worksheet to support the teaching of verbs in Year 5 and Year 6.
Pupils have to complete the table from the given word. For example, to 'eat' is the infinitive form supplied, the pupils have to add in simple past (ate) and past participle ( eaten).
This worksheet simplifies an area of grammar that the pupils (and some teachers) struggle with.
Pupils watch/listen to a range of TV and radio adverts. After each one, they fill in the persuasive devices that they have identified. Pupils can then rate the persuasiveness of each advert.
Ideal for Years 4-6.
I have written this book (author and primary school teacher)to accompany the teaching of the Stone Age, and more specifically, the Bronze Age, for children aged 7+. The first 2 chapters, in PDF format, are accompanied by a range of comprehension questions that are ideal for children in Years 3 - 4.
The comprehension questions have been written in a 'test booklet' style and stretch across the range of AF question types. The majority of the questions are retrieval questions but there are also some inference and deduction questions for the more able pupils. Multiple choice questions also feature.
The comprehension booklet can be used in several ways:
* Whole class teaching, using the PDF on the IWB - annotating the text
* Paired work - working through the questions together
* Guided Reading with a small group of children - teaching comprehension skills
An answer booklet is also provided!
Enjoy!
An interactive powerpoint to teach the pupils about turning nouns, which end in the letter f, into plurals.
The powerpoint begins by explaining the rule before the pupils are given a series of singular nouns to make plural.
Ideal for Years 3-5
This Guided Reading prompt is great to use when listening to a group reading.
All the questions have been given an AF number enabling teachers to assess the progress of their readers.
Teachers do not need to worry about asking questions on the spot, with this useful teaching aide.
Ideal for reading levels 3-4.
Do your pupils often confuse instructions and explanations? So do mine!
These resources will help the children understand the difference between the two genres.
The children can work on the worksheet in pairs, cutting out the text and deciding whether the writing is from an explanation or instruction text.
Ideal for Year 5-6.
Pupils need to add in connective/connective phrase into the text - 'Was Henry VIII' a good king?
Text can also be used as an exemplar of Discursive writing.
Ideal for Year 6+
A brilliant resource to help improve reading levels.
The booklet contains questions which cover the range of Assessment Foci. The questions also imitate the style and format used in QCA and SAT tests.
Ideal for Guided Reading and Whole class activities. Also great as a revision aid and for individual tutoring.
Ideal for pupils at Level 4-5
This resource is a teaching and learning pack, to be used in its entirety for a Book Week, based around the best-selling children’s book Agent Two Face. The pack, written by the author who is an English and History specialist, includes a whole week of activities based around the book, as well as a comprehension pack, which has questions in the style of SATS. Answers are also included. The resources are ideal for Year 5 to Year 8. An ideal resource for 2018, to commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1.
A set of comprehension questions, written by the author himself, ideal for Years 5-6. The questions imitate the style and standard of SATS/QCA’s papers, and will serve as ideal preparation for children taking their Year 6 SATs papers. A set of answers is also provided. The Book, Agent Two Face, is a best-selling novel, aimed at ages 10+, charting the dramatic adventures of a German Teenager, through the Years 1914-1918. The story follows Bertie’s adventures from Berlin in 1914, to war-torn London, to the Western Front, and back to London. An ideal book to study to commemorate the centenary of the end of the ‘Great War’.
A selection of fun puzzles aimed at Year 4+ that accompany the popular Viking Book ‘BEOWUFF’.
Puzzles include: a maze, cryptograms, a criss cross and word search. Ideal for children studying or with an interest in the Vikings.
A selection of fun and challenging puzzles, including a cross word, word search, and maze, to accompany the ever popular book ‘BOUDIACT’. Ideal for Upper Key Stage 2 and children studying Roman Britain.
Ideal for Years 3-4, a selection of fun puzzles, including cross words, word searches and cryptograms, inspired by the popular book ‘Son of Spartapuss’ . A perfect accompaniment for Roman studies in Key Stage 2.
A template for the fictional newspaper, Roman Runes.
Use this template to inspire the children to produce Roman themed newspaper reports. Teachers can also use it to model on the whiteboard.
Ideal for children studying the Romans.
This is a story planning sheet for a ‘Mountain’ themed adventure story which I have used on my author visits to Primary Schools. It has proved very popular with teachers and pupils alike.
Rather than spend time trying to think of story elements such as characters’ names, settings and plots etc…your pupils can just choose from a set of options. The children, by linking together different elements, can create a quick plot and can be writing their stories in minutes.
This resource is especially helpful for reluctant writers, SEN children and those that just lack ideas!