I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
A total of 6 sets of reading comprehension packs containing comprehension questions, differentiated worksheets, beginning to write a playscript, grammar and word level work using the short story texts.
- All stories are presented on PowerPoint for whole class shared reading and activities
- Grammar focus - e.g. verb agreement, present, past and future tenses
- Sentence work - e.g. ull stops, capital letters, inverted commas, question marks, exclamation marks
- Word level work - e.g. compound words, adjectives, adverbs.
- Creative writing - featured texts encourages children to write their own ending to a story or create their own.
Have a look at the individual packs for more information.
Use each one throughout the year as your class progress.
Also included a sample of one my free resources on dictation with audio and teacher's notes.
Simpson and his donkey with factsheets and worksheets. This is a PowerPoint presentation on one of the most well-known ANZAC, John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey.
It is a resource linked to ANZAC Day and bravery.
Content:
• Teacher’s Notes/Guide
• PowerPoint Presentation (20 Slides)
• 1 Worksheet
• 5 Factsheets
• 5 Reading Comprehension Worksheets relating to the Factsheets
• 1 Word Search
Worksheet 1 – Students write and draw 4 facts about Simpson. The less able students can write one sentence in each square.
The last part of the worksheet asks students to think about a question they would ask Simpson.
5 Reading Comprehension Factsheets
The story is divided into five sections. The texts are contained in text boxes to make it easier to read and extract information.
Background: Simpson, The Early Days, Simpson becomes an ANZAC, Simpson’s Bravery and Simpson’s Death: The Memory Lives On.
The comprehension sheets can be given out in any order. A teacher/assistant can work with a particular group that requires support.
The worksheets cover sentence work, word work, spelling errors and jumbled words, true/false questions, short description writing and gap filling.
Word Search for early finishers relating to the same topic.
The resources can be edited to tailor them to the needs of your ability groups.
File Type: PowerPoint, MS Word and PDF formats
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This resource relates to ANZAC Day on 25 April.
Clear and straightforward - Ideal for assemblies or as a standalone lesson.
Each slides takes you through what ANZAC day is and what it means, symbols are explained (rosemary, laurel and the poppy), why do we need ceremonies and what a typical ANZAC day ceremony involves, the dawn service and why people march.
During the presentation students are asked questions that relate to their personal experiences of celebrations and why the Anzac spirit legacy is still important today.
Content:
• Teacher’s Notes/Guide - Slides are referred to in the notes.
• PowerPoint Presentation Lesson/Assembly (42 Slides) - You can edit the presentation to suit the time limit of your assembly/lesson.
• 4 Worksheets
Optional Worksheets
The four worksheets consolidate the meaning of the day.
Worksheet 1 – Read the text and answer the questions.
Worksheet 2 – Write sentences about what each symbol means and then draw a symbol that means something to them.
Worksheet 3 – Students write a sentence or two for each of the ANZAC Day activities that take place – wreath-laying the red poppy, the Last Post, one minute’s silence and the Reveille.
Worksheet 4 – Students complete 5 tasks on the poem For the Fallen: gap filling and four short questions.
Please see preview of worksheets.
File Type: PowerPoint Presentation, MS Word and PDF formats
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This comprehensive resource relates to 2D shapes and repeating patterns.
Learning Objectives:
- To recognise and name 2D shapes (including squares, triangles and circles)
Success criteria:-
- I can make a repeating pattern
- I can say which shape comes next in a repeating pattern
- I can use shape and colour to repeat patterns (challenge)
Aimed at: EYFS/KS1 and SEN students
Student explore and use their imagination to make 2d shape repeat patterns. They are also challenged to use colours.
Resource content:-
• PowerPoint Presentation (23 Slides) - Includes whole class activities
• 2D Shape Pattern 1 – cut/paste activity
• 2D Shape Pattern 2 – cut/paste activity
• Colour Shape Patterns 1 – cut/paste activity
• Colour Shape Patterns 2 (extension)
• Colour Shape Patterns 3 (extension)
• Large Shape Tiles 1 (plain & colour)
• Medium Shape Tiles 2 (plain & colour)
• Small Shape Tiles 3 (plain & colour
• Repeating Shape Patterns worksheet
(to be used with shape tiles)
• Shape Pattern Mat worksheet (to be used with shape tiles)
• Repeat shape pattern T-shirt activity sheet
• My Shape Pattern T-shirt Design
Two lessons for children to explore repeating 2D shape patterns. The lesson can spread over three sessions to include art and ICT tasks.
The activities are differentiated to include all abilities.
Lesson 1: Students are introduced to 2D shapes patterns only (no colour).
Lesson 2: Students build upon what what they learnt in lesson 1 and include colour/2d shape repeating patterns.
Depending on the age group, you can combine the two lessons into one.
- Teacher Notes/Lesson Plans - all slides are referred to in the lesson plans with extra information on extension activities and plenaries.
File Type: PowerPoint, PDF, zip file in which the files are in Word format.
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This bundle contains 3 comprehensive resources relating to St. George.
It includes:-
- Assembly Presentation and follow-up activities
- The Legend of St. George - Lesson Plans/worksheets and Presentation
- Set of worksheet activities
This resource relates to St. George’s Day (23 April).
In contains:
A Presentation (48 Slides) on St. George.
The presentation starts with a welcome to the whole school.
It then shows a stain glass window of St George and arrows pointing to the cross and the shield with St. George cross.
There are questions and answers throughout the presentation to involve the children.
It is divided into sections:-
Background to St. George’s life
Courage
Around the World
The Legend
Celebrations
Reflections
It ends with a prayer relating to courage.
A detailed Teacher’s notes on assembly referring to each slide
Follow-up worksheet
There are follow-up activities in the presentation that children can find out about using non-fiction books and the ICT, e.g. find out more about countries that celebrate St. George’s Day.
A short playscript for assembly - this is optional if you want a group of children to act out the legend.
Please see preview pane of some of the slides in the presentation.
This resource is on the topic of Saint George and The Dragon legend.
A great introduction to myths and legends.
Aimed at: KS1/2
The legend of St. George the dragon-slayer is on PowerPoint.
The Presentation includes whole class activities and comprehension questions.
Children are encouraged to participate in discussion about the story and check their understanding.
The second PowerPoint Presentation explains what mythical stories are and why they were told (6 Slides).
The third PowerPoint Presentation is on different dragons for whole class activity and to prepare children for their worksheet activity.
The resource also contains:-
Flexible detailed lesson plans covering 3 lessons (includes learning objectives and plenaries). Each PowerPoint slide is referred to in the lesson plans.
Lesson 1: Children are presented with the legend of St. George and then there are 7 comprehension questions. The Myths Presentation is also referred to set the story in context.
Differentiated worksheets - With support - LA children read, cut/paste sentences to match pictures;
MA/HA write sentences for each picture using time words.
Extension: Complete George’s Day Factsheet (colour in/3 questions).
Lesson 2: The lesson focus is adjectives. Children review describing words using the Dragons Presentation. Build a word bank of adjectives; model sentence for describing dragon on Slide 12).
Differentiated Activity 1 - LA children label the dragon and then write simple sentences after colouring it in.
MA/LA - Draw/colour in their dragon and write sentences describing it.
Early finishers: Print off one or two dragon slides for children to describe.
Lesson 3: Retelling myth in own words. Quick review of the story.
Children draft their story and also use their description of their dragon in the previous lesson to add into the story.
There is a worksheet to write up the final draft.
UPDATED with quick Answer Sheet for Partner A/Partner B cloze activity.
There is a variety of reading comprehension worksheets and cloze activity to choose from relating to Saint George’s Day.
A useful addition to topic work.
Aimed at: KS1/Lower KS2
<strong>Differentiated Worksheet activities include:</strong>
- Close reading of text and answering questions
- Scan for specific answers
- Inference
There is a worksheet on George Cross and George Medal. Many people think there is a link but the worksheet gives children the opportunity to explain why people would think there is a link as they are medals of bravery. Both medals depict St George slaying a dragon.
- Tick box - multiple choice questions
- Cloze activities
- Drawing/colouring
- Dictionary work
- Short writing tasks
- Sorting jumbled sentences and then add capitals and punctuation with Answer Sheet.
- Sorting jumbled words
- Cooperative partner work - Partner A and Partner B work together to read and complete the missing words on their worksheets.
File Type: Choice of Word format or PDF
This St. Patrick's Day product can be linked to myths, legends and beliefs.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/Lower KS2.
This resource contains worksheets and activities to reinforce tens and ones concept and there is also additional work on partitioning 2-digit numbers using the abacus.
Content:
- (4 pages) - Worksheet - Drawing a line to match the ten and ones place value grid to the number on the leprechaun's hat and then completing the missing statement below the hat:
e.g 13 is _____ tens and ____ ones.
- ( 4 pages) - Worksheet (higher numbers) - Drawing a line to match the ten and ones place value grid to the number on the clover leaf or shamrock and then completing the missing statement below the leaf:
e.g 23 is _____ tens and ____ ones.
- 6 pages - Pot of Gold cut and paste activity - Either the abacus or the post of gold is missing in the three column table. Students have to figure out the number on the place value grid and then either cut out and stick the correct pot of gold or abacus that matches the place value grid.
- 12 pages - Abacus activity - The leprechaun says a number in the speech bubble and the student then draws the correct amount of beads on the abacus to match the number.
File Type: PDF
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A dragon-themed resource relating to place value: tens and ones.
Content:
- Worksheet 1 (3 pages) - Students group the dragons in tens and then add on the ones to make the number which they write in the blank box.
- Worksheet 2 (10 pages) -This is a cut and paste activity where by the students partition the number at the top into tens and ones by cutting out dragons and sticking the correct number of dragons in the labelled circles (tens/ones).
- Worksheet 3 (10 pages) - This is a cut and paste activity as above but the activity goes one step further whereby the students write the number in a place value frame or grid.
- Worksheet 4 (5 pages)(extension) - This is for the more able and the students are ready for the next step. The numbers are higher. The students write the number that is at the side of the place value grid into the grid.
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-tens-and-ones-units-presentations-lesson-plan-practical-activities-11529117
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Hope you enjoy this dragon-themed resource which goes well with resources relating to legends and myths and special days such as St George’s , St Patrick’s and St David’s Day.
This product relates to counting activities, missing numbers (writing in words and figures) and finding more or fewer.
Aimed at: Pre-K/K
As you play slides 3 to 4 the children count aloud the numbers. Slide 3 is from 1 to 10 and Slide 4 from 11 to 20.
You have the option of using Slides 5 to 26 for more counting from 0 to 20.
It is a 70 slide PowerPoint presentation which includes the following whole class activities:
• General counting 0 to 20.
• Counting leprechaun pictures
• Working out ‘How many more…?’
• Working out ‘How many fewer…?’
• Counting pots of gold and then saying which has more gold coins
• Differentiated missing numbers grids 1 to 10, 1 to 15, 1 to 30.
<strong>Independent Follow-up Work</strong>
There are 4 activity tasks for the students to undertake.
Activity Sheet 1 (x22)– Students read the number in the circle and then cut out that number of gold coins. They then tick which pot has more coins.
Count and color activity (x3)– More counting practice – there are too many counters in each grid. The students read the digit in the green box and then color in the required number of coins to match the digit.
Missing Numbers and Words (x2) – numbers 1 to 10 grid, 1 to 15 grid and for the more able 1 to 30 grid with missing numbers to fill in.
Students write in the missing numbers in the grid. When they have done this, they then write the numbers that are missing in words.
Worksheets (x3) on How many more…? - Students work out the answers to the tasks.
Worksheets (x3) on How many fewer…? – Students work out the answers to the tasks and then there is a challenge which is to write a subtraction sentence. There is an example of this on Slide 58.
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This product relates to UK sterling money pounds and pence. Its aim is to encourage students to use different skills to find solutions to a two-step problem.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/Lower Keystage 2.
Ideal for revising adding up coins and to finding how much more money to pay for an item.
The worksheets start off with small denominations and then it increases to 50p and £1.
There are 60 differentiated worksheets.
Worksheet 1 - up to 10p (11 pages)
Worksheet 2 - up to 20p (11 pages)
Worksheet 3 - up to 30p (12 pages)
Worksheet 4 - up to 50p (12 pages)
Worksheet 5 - up to £1.00 (14 pages)
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The worksheet is divided into 3 columns.
The first column contains the price of the item.
The second column shows the coins the customer uses to pay for the item but unfortunately it is not enough.
The problem is in two parts: -
Add up the total amount of the coins and write it in the blank box.
Find out how much the customer is short by, i.e. how much more he/she has to pay and then fill in the box.
The space above the box in the third column is for the student to show their workings out.
Skills required: addition, subtraction, counting on/back.
Provide hundred charts, number lines, coins, small objects for the students.
File Type: Word and PDF.
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This product contains 5 sets of cut and paste activities relating to adding up UK coins and sorting the correct amount of money to pay for an item. You will see that two people bought an item for the same amount of money but paid with different coins.
There are 14 worksheets in each set with colour and b/w images.
This product has been updated.
The new updated worksheets includes black and white images.
Useful resource to assess and review student’s knowledge of coins and value and using exact change to pay for items.
Description
Items up to 10p (14 pages) plus b/w worksheets
Items 11p to 20p (14 pages) plus b/w worksheets
Items 21p to 50p (14 pages) plus b/w worksheets
Items 51p to £1.00 (14 pages) plus b/w worksheets
Items £1.01 to £2.00 (14 pages) plus b/w worksheets NEW ADDITION
Each item costs the same but it has been paid for by two people using different coins that add up the same amount as the item.
Students look at how much each item costs, cut out the coins, sort, total the amount and decide which coins to stick below each picture.
File Type: pdf.
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Easter theme pack on counting and estimation.
Updated to include bonus worksheets Easter egg counting and matching number words.
This pack contains:
- A flexible detailed lesson plan (includes learning objectives, lesson starter, main activity and plenary) - The Presentation slides are referred to in the lesson plan.
The plenary is a listening activity whereby the children (eyes closed) listen to the number of drops of a small object, pennies, marble, multi-link cubes or even those tiny chocolate Easter eggs in a container and the children tell you how many drops they heard. You then check by counting out aloud with the children how many objects were dropped in the container.
- Starter Presentation starts the lesson off with a counting song - '1, 2, Buckle My Shoe.'
- Main Presentation (32 Slides) on counting to include whole class activities, questions and feedback from children and get children up to the board to click and drag mouse on pictures to rearrange the pictures so that it is easier to count)
- Differentiated worksheets:
Activity Sheet 1 and 1a/1b (8 pages) - cut/paste activities - Read the number on the basket and then cut out the same number of Easter eggs. Choice of colouring in Easter eggs or cutting out picture of Easter eggs.
- Final task on the worksheet is to count all the eggs in the baskets and write the answer.
Activity Sheet 2 (5 pages)- Multiple choice activity - children count the hot cross buns and then choose which box to tick to match the number of hot cross buns.
Extra worksheets on PowerPoint (7 Slides) optional print off - The children count the number of eggs in each basket and write the number.
Editable worksheets and PowerPoint presentation. Includes two paper sizes A4 and US Letter Size.
File Type: Word and pdf. and PowerPoint. There are 24 items in the zip folder which you should extract.
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Reading comprehension winter short story text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language, word work and grammar.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/2
Lessons 1 to 5
The pack can be used in whole class, group setting and one-to-one teaching.
This comprehension literacy resource includes:-
Main PowerPoint Presentation - 30 Slides to go with the lessons - the reading text is on Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises.
Extra Adverbs Presentation (8 Slides) – Outlining 4 main adverbs and exceptions (Time, Manner, Place, Frequency) – It also highlights that not all adverbs end in –ly e.g. friendly, cowardly).
Literacy Plan – includes learning objectives and plenaries – PowerPoint Slides are referred to in the lessons.
Literacy lessons for a week focusing on the text:-
Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing
Cut/paste activities
Writing sentences below sequenced pictures to tell the story.
Punctuation review - differentiated to include capital letter, full stop, exclamation and question mark tasks
Punctuating direct speech and how to use inverted commas – includes whole class activity
Grammar work focus on Adverbs of Manner – includes adverbs game
Word work focus on writing interesting words for ‘said’ (synonyms) - to increase children’s vocabulary
Writing sentences
Composition - Writing a story based on A Snowman In The Park- includes drafting sheet/alternative task to copy out a short dialogue remembering to add punctuation to the dialogue and starting a new line for a new speaker.
Worksheets and activities - differentiated.
Resources editable and printable.
File Type: Word, PowerPoint and pdf contained in a zip file.
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This Christmas-themed resource relates to counting, reading and writing numbers in figures and words and simple tallying work to 5 and then 10 and extension work to complete a simple block graph (5 columns).
Consolidate and assess children’s learning in previous weeks - counting and reading and writing numbers in words and figures.
You could laminate the activity worksheets that are in colour - Counting presents under the Christmas trees and How many baubles on the reindeer? - for repeated use with dry-wipe pens.
Content:
Worksheet - counting baubles on the reindeer numbers up to 5 (in colour) (3 pages)
Worksheet - counting baubles on the reindeer numbers up to 5 (in black and white) (3 pages)
Counting presents under the Christmas tree numbers up to ten (9 pages)
Cut and Paste activity (14 pages)- Students read the number word and then cut out the same number of presents to glue under the tree. There is a separate sheet with presents to cut out and glue onto Activity Sheets 1 to 14. Numbers go up to 20.
Please Help Santa worksheets (7 pages) - Matching numbers to number word activity - students draw a line from each house number to match the number word on Santa’s sack so that he can deliver the presents to the correct house- numbers up to 20
Beginning to tally to 5 and then 10 (Answers included)
• Worksheet 1: Students count the different baubles up to 5 and do tally marks.
• Worksheet 2: Students count the Christmas pictures and tally up to 10.
• Worksheet 3: Students answers questions about the tally chart
• Worksheet 4 - Extension: Complete a block graph based on the data on Worksheet 2.
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This lovely winter/Christmas theme resource focuses on 1 more and 1 less up to 10 and then up to 20 for more able students.
Content
PowerPoint Presentation - The slides are numbers 0 to 10 and then from 10 to 0 for counting back. Also on the slides are number tracks/lines and a robin that you can click and drag to demonstrate hopping back and forth for 1 more/1 less. Whole class plenary.
Detailed Lesson Plan - includes lesson starter (using before/after vocabulary), Main activity and lesson objectives and plenary.
Snowman Flash cards/displays for washing line activity
Extra number tracks and robin tag for activity work
Santa’s List of Good Children for use with the worksheets
Differentiated worksheets
Activity 1 - 1 more/1 less up to 5 - Children add or cross out the snowman’s buttons and write the number in the space provided.
Practical extension work - using number track and robin to jump to/fro.
Activity 2 - 1 more up to 10 and then extends up to 20 - Children choose a name from Santa’s Good Children List to add 1 more to the various lists on the worksheets and then write the answer.
Extension - Add 2 names to the list to make 2 more and write the answer in the space provided.
Activity 3 - 1 less up to 10 ad then extends up to 20. This time children cross off children on the list so that it is 1 less and write the answer in the space provided.
Extension to 2 less - Children cross off 2 children’s name and then write the answer.
It’s a fun activity as children can read the names on Santa’s list and choose who they want on their list or they can cross off who they don’t want on their worksheet list.
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File Type: Microsoft Word and PDF versions, PowerPoint
This Christmas themed worksheets resource relates to money using the 1p, 5p, 10p, 20p coins and for the more able students 50p, £1 and £2 coins.
ANSWERS provided
New £1 coin
Includes worksheet on receiving change from £2.00
Can use as assessment and revision.
Aimed: Keystage 1/Lower Keystage 2, SEND and ESL Students learning about English coins.
File Type: Word and pdf.
Set in the context of a Christmas Fayre -Children work out how much change they would receive if they were to buy the items on the Christmas stall.
Please note it is a two-step process whereby children use their observational skill to look for the price of each item and then work out the change from each coin.
They look at the prices of the Christmas items and then work out the change. They can use any method -e.g. number lines, hundred square, counting from/back - check to ensure they are using money symbols.
Christmas Fayre 1 - spend up to 10p (2 pages)
Christmas Fayre 2 - spend up to 20p (2 pages)
Christmas Fayre 3 - spend up to 50p (2 pages)
Christmas Fayre 4 - spend up to £1.00 (2 pages)
Christmas Fayre 5 - spend up to £2.00 (2 pages)
Differentiated worksheets - Writing the total of each item in the shaded box.
Adding up coins 1
Adding up coins 2
Adding up coins 3
Adding up coins 4
I am mindful of the use of ink - the worksheets are in word format so you can change the colour fill of the Christmas stall.
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This lovely Christmas-themed resource is on matching sets to numbers and combining/adding together to make a total.
Aimed at: Foundation/Year 1, SEND, ESL students.
It relates to adding groups of objects to make a total 'How many altogether?' and writing the number to represent that group and then introducing the plus and equals sign to complete number sentences - Children still need to count the objects in the set and then work out the total.
This product contains:
- Teacher Notes/Lesson Guide - This explains the resources and guides you through the lesson by referring to Slides in the Presentation;
- PowerPoint Presentation (22 Slides) - includes whole class activities;
- PowerPoint Slide on colours - this will be useful to display whilst the children are colouring in the baubles.
- 3 sets of differentiated worksheets - adding up sets to 5, 10 and then 15.
Learning objectives:
Match sets of objects to numbers that represent the number of objects
Adding to make a total ‘How many altogether?’.
To begin to recognise and use the plus + sign and equals = sign.
Outcome: Children now that numbers identify how many objects are in a set.
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File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF
This product is covers 3D shapes that children might see in the shops during the Christmas period. Resource includes matching shapes and cut and paste activities.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation - displays 3D shapes and a chart detailing their properties and pictures of 3D objects.
There is a very short text on Len who is excited when he sees all the shapes he’s been learning about. There is a whole class activity on matching shapes and objects.
Lesson Plan - (Learning objectives set out in the plan) - Lesson starter on quick review of 2D shapes and then the main activity on 3D shapes, referring to PowerPoint Slides, and a plenary.
3 worksheets - Activity 1 - cut/paste to decorate a Christmas tree with 3D objects, Activities 2 and 3 - Matching objects to 3D shapes with Answer Sheet.
File type: PowerPoint, Word and pdf on Activity 1.
I hope you enjoy using this resource.
All the images are royalty free from Microsoft clipart.