UPDATED NEW COVER IMAGE This is a reading comprehension resource which entails close reading and inference. Ideal for Easter (new beginnings) and reading assessment. Suitable for Keystage 1 and 2. The reading comprehension is in two parts. Booklet 1 contains:- Part 1 - 12 questions Part 2 - 11 questions Booklet 2 contains only Part 1 - You may want to differentiate and give some children Booklet 2. Reading Tasks: - Questions on the text. - Tick box statements - Multiple choice. - Sorting verbs and nouns under the correct headings. - Word work - Circle the word that means the same as 'ushered' in the context of the story. - Making Inferences based on the text. - Explain reasons for their answers - use 'because'. Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done File type: pdf (Sassoon fonts - choice of different 'k's) and Windows word format if you need to edit. Images royalty free from Microsoft Clipart.

Reading comprehension passage with questions and exercises. Text is also on PowerPoint Presentation - Option for whole class reading. Suitable for KS1/Lower Grade KS2. Reading comprehensions - There are 14 questions and 11 questions respectively. Use the cover sheet to make a lovely reading comprehension booklet. **Covers: ** Looking for answers in the text Tick box statements Punctuation Correct spellings Rewrite in a difference tense Inference Explain their answers Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done Images royalty free from Microsoft Clipart.

Dictation sentences and longer passages. This resource is in line with the National Curriculum objectives on the value of dictation to children. UPDATED TO INCLUDE PDF DOCS Aimed at: Foundation/Keystage 1/2 and suitable for ESL/EFL students. The resource comprises:- PowerPoint Presentation (1) - contains 10 sentences for dictation. PowerPoint Presentation (2) - contains 20 texts for dictation - passages are longer. Ready-made worksheets (x3) Handwriting sheets Audio recording of all the dictation - on the last slide of each Presentation. Clear and comprehensive Teacher’s Notes on suggested use of this resource. The learning objectives are outlined - in short the children to write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include GPCs and common exception words. This activity gives the student the opportunity to practise their spelling. You can use this resource in focus groups or whole class teaching. The texts are numbered but you do not have to follow the number order. You can pick and choose any text to suit the level of your class or group. As suggested in the teacher’s notes, you print of the text to read aloud or play the audio. After the dictation, the children can correct each other’s work by referring to the text on the PowerPoint Slide, and then copy the corrected piece of writing into their literacy books in their best handwriting. Punctuations dictated are: full stops, commas in a list, question marks and exclamation marks. Speech marks/inverted commas are also used in two of the texts for the higher Keystage students. Sample free dictation resource Thank you for visiting my shop!:)

This resource contains sentences for dictation on PowerPoint. Also well being suitable for Keystage, all the dictated texts can be used in EFL/ESL and ESOL classes. There is also an audio recording of the text. You can play the recording of text 18 or print off the text and read it aloud to the children. After the dictation, outlined in Teacher’s Notes, display the text on PowerPoint for students to self-correct in a different colour pencil. The National Curriculum objectives are outlined in the PowerPoint - in short to write from memory a dictated passage whilst holding the pencil appropriately. It gives students the opportunity to practise their spelling. For more dictation resources: 30 Differentiated Texts for Dictation

This resource contains the next 200 words from the Primary National Strategy - Letters and Sounds: Appendices - 200 high-frequency words in phases. It also includes Year 2 Common Exception Words [from Primary National Curriculum English – Appendix 1 – Spellings]. NOW UPDATED TO SAVE INK USAGE. YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF DOWNLOADING FULL COLOUR OR REDUCED COLOUR BINGO CARDS/WORDS. Use these game activities to complement reading tasks, and learning words for spelling tests. Also great for end of term games. Bingo Snaps Choose some sight words and set a time limit for how many words the pupils can read in a minute. Word search puzzles 2 Sets of worksheets - common exception words with missing letters. The bingo words have been divided into 6 sets. Each card is numbered within that set and colour-coded. Each set of bingo cards has its own set of call out words, e.g. Set 2 Bingo Cards/Set 2 Call out words. Set 6 Bingo cards focuses on Year 2 common exception words. The 5 word searches focuses on Year 2 common exception words. **Other uses ** Choose a word or words to be word(s) of the week. Show how the children can use different techniques to memorize the word(s) – mnemonic, which part of the word can be sounded out, which part of the word is tricky. Set 1 – 15 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 2 – 15 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 3 – 30 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 4 – 30 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 5 – 15 Bingo cards,+ call out cards Set 6 – 20 Bingo cards + call out cards Word Cards 1 – 100 words (also in b/w) Word Cards 2 - 100 words (also in b/w) The Word Cards 1 and 2 can be printed off as many times as you like: Play snaps Can also be used for display Print, laminate and cut out. Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This literacy resource differs from the other 100 sight word resource in that the Lotto game cards only contain Year 1 Common Exception Words whereas the Lotto game cards in the other resource contains 100 sight words. **Now updated with cards that use less colour printer ink. ** You now have a choice of using the original colour coded bingo cards. The original resources remain and I have also inlcuded printer-friendly bingo cards - the background is white and the outlines are in colour. Ready-made bingo cards and call out cards; -3 x 3 Lotto grid; Word searches; and Cards for word snap and lotto. 100 sight words obtained from the Primary National Strategy - Letters and Sounds: Appendices - 100 high-frequency words in phases and Year 1 Common Exception Words from NC 2014 English - Appendix 1: Spelling. Use to complement reading activities, literacy and for learning words for spelling tests and assessment. The Bingo and Lotto cards are numbered. There are two versions of the letter ‘K’ in Sassoon font. Set of word cards/call out cards for word bingo which includes Year 1 common exception words - just print out as many times as you like. Set of common exception words only for the lotto cards. 40x Bingo cards (100 sight words and common exception words). 25x Lotto cards (3 x 3 grid) – Year 1 common exception words only - Spelling Appendix 1. 4x Word searches – Common exception words only. Lotto game - There are a set of 3 x 3 grid lotto cards. The children can play as individuals or in pairs or in small groups. One child picks a word from a bag or box and read it aloud. The children mark the word on their card by using dry-wipe pens or placing a counter over the word. The first one to complete a line horizontally, vertically or diagonally wins the game. 4 Word searches with solutions – to find common exception words. Use the word cards for other activities such as laying out five different word cards and ask the pupil to point to the card that says, e.g. school. Set a time limit on how many sight words the pupils can read in a minute. Multi-purpose use of the grey word cards. You may be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/100-common-sight-words-bingo-snap-lotto-word-searches-word-match-and-more-with-teachers-notes-11278233 Images: Microsoft clipart.

This literacy resource contains ready-made bingo cards and call out cards, 3 x 3 lotto grids, word searches, word cards for matching games and cards for word snap. **UPDATED WITH TO USE LESS PRINTER INK** 100 sight words obtained from the Primary National Strategy - Letters and Sounds: Appendices - 100 high-frequency words in phases. Use to complement reading activities, literacy and for learning words for spelling tests and assessment. Also great for end of term games. All the bingo boards and lotto boards are numbered and colour-coded for ease of use. There are two versions of the letter ‘K’ in Sassoon font. I have made extra cards for replacement. The words cover Phases 2 to 5 and comprises:- Phase 2 words - bingo cards (x17) Phase 3 words - bingo cards (x15) Phase 4 words - bingo cards (x15) Phase 5 words - bingo cards (x15) Phases 2-5 bingo cards (x40) - Use for whole class option, if you wish. A set of 3 x 3 grid lotto cards - (x20) for Phase 2, (10x) of each set for Phases 3 to 5. Set of wrongly spelt word cards for matching with a set of correctly spelt words – Put a few correct/incorrect words in the centre of the table for groups to match the jumbled words to the correctly spelt words, e.g. hte - the, pepole - people. Lotto game - There are a set of 3 x 3 grid lotto cards. The children can play as individuals or in pairs or in small groups. One child picks a word from a bag or box and read it aloud. The children mark the word on their card by colouring over or placing a counter over the word. The first one to complete a line horizontally, vertically or diagonally wins the game. 10 Word searches with solutions. Use the word cards for other activities such as laying out five different word cards and ask the pupil to point to the card that says, e.g. ‘about’. Set a time limit on how many sight words the pupils can read in a minute. Multi-purpose use of the white word cards. You can also use the word cards as displays. Once downloaded, you can print off what you need. You may be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/100-sight-words-including-year-1-common-exception-words-bingo-lotto-snap-word-searches-11281973 Images: Microsoft clipart.

This product is suitable for Kindergarten/Grade 1 & 2. It uses the story as a context to focus on grammar, word work and text level comprehension. PowerPoint Presentation on all the lessons - the reading text is on the Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises. It also includes a lesson plan for 1 to 5 days work relating to:- Reading comprehension and questions - encompassing listening/speaking and reading/writing (includes inferences) Sentence work tasks- differentiated to include capitalization and end punctuation mark. Work on conjunctions and finishing off sentences. Word work focus on compound words. Gap filling exercises in sentences. Cut/paste activities to sequence the story Grammar work on the future tense - Changing present tense to future tense and vice versa Composition - Creative writing to complete thinking bubble. Extension activities Revision Worksheet on sentences which includes using conjunctions. Aligns with: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.1A – Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L1.1.E – Use of verbs to convey past, present, future CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.L.1.1.G – Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or, so, because) CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.L1.2.B – Use end punctuation for sentences CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.1.1 – Participate in collaborative conversations CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.1.2 – Answer key details in a text read aloud CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.RL.1.1 – Ask and answer questions about key details in a text CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.RL1.2 – Retell story Resources printable and editable. There are a couple of pdf. worksheets - show examples of completed worksheets.

Reading comprehension short story text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language, grammar and word work. This literacy resource comprises PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson Plans with learning objectives and worksheets and activities. There is also an extra lesson plan (includes learning objectives) and PowerPoint Presentation on characterisation with differentiated worksheets. Also suitable for teaching in small groups. The Presentations contain whole class activities. Lessons comprise: Reading comprehension - speaking/listening and includes reading/writing Cut/paste activities to sequence story Answer sheet with sequenced pictures. Recount story in own words activity with pictures to encourage writing. Sentence work - jumbled sentences (cut/paste), adding capital letters/full stops - differentiated worksheet activities. Read and write - gap filling exercises. Word work is on proper and common nouns - differentiated worksheets. Work on characterisation - describing and creating a character for Grandad’s new dog. Playscript - comparing playscript structure to story text. Children in groups - write out their playscript based on the story - differentiated activities - There is a separate PowerPoint Presentation. Children that need support can act out the play. All resources editable and printable. Images free from royalty.

Reading comprehension - Short story text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language, word work and grammar. This literacy resource product contains: 30 Slides - PowerPoint Presentation - includes story text with pictures. Smaller Presentations for whole class activity 5 Lesson Plans - includes Learning objectives Differentiated activities and worksheets for each lesson Can also be used in small group settings and one-to-one teaching. There is a Future tense verb table for reference on PowerPoint. There is a table of compound words. Literacy lessons for a week focusing on the text. Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing Sentence activities - differentiated to include capital letter/full stop. Work on conjunctions and finishing off sentences. Word work focus on compound words. Gap filling exercises Cut/paste activities Grammar work on the future - Changing present tense to future tense and vice versa Composition - Writing to complete thinking bubble. Revision Worksheet on sentences which includes using conjunctions. Two Compound Word Word Searches. Resources printable and editable. There are a couple of pdf. worksheets - show examples of complete worksheets.

This resource relates to Easter and contains 5 flexible lesson plans with PowerPoint Presentations for each lesson. The Easter story is finally told in lesson 5 - You can start with any lesson. 1. Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday -Literacy link on Instructions for making pancake and what Shrove Tuesday means for some Christians. Worksheets - Sequence pictures (differentiated) 2. Why Christians celebrate Lent and the meaning of Ash Wednesday (3 worksheets) 3. Why we eat Easter eggs and hot cross buns and their link to Easter. (2 worksheets) 4. 3 Special Days in Holy Week (Palm Sunday/Maundy Thursday/Easter Friday (2 worksheets) 5. The Easter story Part 1 and 2 told via Presentations -whole class activities included and worksheet. The story is told by Granddad Joe and Calvin asks some questions. There is also some narration. Worksheets and activities on all lessons. All editable and printable. Hope you enjoy this resource.

This reading comprehension product contains a short reading text on PowerPoint for whole class reading and comprehension questions. Lesson Plans and differentiated worksheets/tasks. Please see Preview Pane for sample worksheets and slides. Aimed at and suitable for Kindergarten/Grade 1 and ESL/EFL/ELA students. This resource can be used in whole class and group setting and for one-to-one teaching. The Learning objectives and outcomes are in each lesson plan 1-5. **English Language Arts lesson plans for 5 days focusing on the text. ** 22 Slides: PowerPoint Presentation Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing Scrambled sentence activities - differentiated tasks involving capitalization and using end punctuation. Word work focus on the prefix ‘un’ - making new words and gap filling exercises. Grammar work on the simple past - regular and common irregular verbs. Answer sheet for worksheet 1 and self-correction sheet for worksheet 2 (Lesson 4) Writing sentences Composition - Writing a story based on Zack’s Unusual pet Opportunity for computer work/non-fiction work on finding information about animals not usually kept as domestic pets. Worksheets and activities - differentiated. There is a Past Tense Verb Table for information/visual display for printing off in PowerPoint. Displaying regular and irregular past tense verbs. Resources editable and printable. File Type: Word, PowerPoint and PDF Formats contained in a zip file - all files in one folder.

UPDATED: February 5, 2019 with Worksheet 3. This resource is part of Tell the Time (1) which has now been updated with this Lesson 9 resource. You may wish to buy the complete pack, i.e. Lessons 1 to 9. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pack-1-telling-the-time-analogue-digital-12-hr-clock-presentations-lesson-plans-and-worksheets-11030239 This is being sold separately as there have already been sales before the update. This is Lesson 9 only and includes:- 15 Slides - Presentation on how to deal with word problems Lesson Plan 3 Differentiated worksheets on o’clock times, half past and quarter past the hour and later/earlier time problems and now 5 minutes time for the more able. Worksheet 1 - 7 questions Worksheet 2 - (2 pages) - 9 questions Worksheet 3 - (2 pages) - 6 word problems cut/paste activities. Variety of questions to get the children thinking. All worksheets, lesson plan and presentation in one zip for ease of downloading. For personal and single classroom use only.

Short story reading comprehension text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language and grammar. This literacy resource includes:- Comprehensive PowerPoint Presentations - 20 Slides to go with the lessons - the reading text is on Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises. There is a Past tense verb table for visual display. Can be used in whole class and group setting and for one-to-one teaching. Literacy lessons for a week focussing on the text. Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing Jumbled sentence activities - differentiated to include capital letter/full stop. Word work focus on the prefix ‘un’ Gap filling exercises and making new words the prefix in a table exercise Grammar work on the simple past - regular and common irregular verbs. Self-correction sheet for worksheet 2 (Lesson 4) Writing sentences Composition - Writing a story based on Zack’s Unusual pet Opportunity for ICT/non-fiction work on finding information about animals not usually kept as domestic pets. Worksheets and activities - differentiated. Resources editable and printable. Lesson 1 Story box for LA is in pdf. Thank you for visiting my shop!:)

This comprehensive resource contains groups of word families /onset and rime. There are PowerPoint Presentations to teach onset and rime word families which contain: Whole class teaching via the Presentations , e.g. saying the onset and rime and seeing why they rhyme. You can extend the lesson e.g. which two pictures rhyme bud/bed/red which can be played with the picture cards. There is a Teachers’ Guide on suggestions on how to use this resource. The Picture Cards and Word Cards should be laminated and cut out for continued use. Lots of activities for children to do: Matching words to pictures and vice versa with the laminated cut out picture/word cards Cut/paste activities to sort onset/rime word families Sorting into boxes - read words below using phonological knowledge to sort words Write simple captions for the pictures and then color in, eg. rat on a cat, dog on a log using key sight words , a, an, the and on. Worksheet - write initial phoneme to complete word Worksheet - write ending of rime to complete each word Onset/rime covered: -at, -ad, -ag, -an, -et, -en, -eg, -ed, -ot, -og, -in, -ig, -ug, -un, -ip, -ut, -ap, -op, -ay, -it -ox, and additional resources for -um, -ud, -ob, -ub, -ix, -od, -on and -am All resources are printable, editable and can be adapted to suit your class. Learning aim: Recognise and produce rhyming words. File Type: Word and PowerPoint contained in a .zip file You may be interested in the bundle: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-onset-and-rime-activity-bundle-11576490

**September 19, 2018 - UPDATED with two new PowerPoint Presentations on plurals that do not change, e.g. scissors and nouns with no singular, e.g. sheep, together with worksheets and cut and glue sorting activities. ** This resource contains colorful PowerPoint Presentations on the general rules to change singular nouns into plural. Aimed at: Pre-K/Kindergarten, Grade 1, ESL/EFL Teachers’ Guide on how you can teach via the PowerPoint lessons. There are also whole class activities within the presentations. Content of PowerPoint Presentations - Simple rules and guidance:- (15 Slides) -Adding -s to nouns to make regular plurals, e.g. cat/cats (16 Slides) - Nouns that have irregular plurals, e.g child/children (21 Slides) - Nouns ending in consonant + y, e.g. baby/babies (29 Slides) - Nouns ending in ch, sh, s, x and z, e.g. bench/benches, box/boxes (21 Slides) - Nouns ending in f or fe, e.g. wolf/wolves and exceptions to the rule (36 Slides) - Nouns ending in o, e.g. potato/potatoes,igloo/igloos - adding s or es (28 Slides) - Plurals that do not require any changes, e.g. scissors, pants, shorts, tweezers, tights - New (14 Slides) - Nouns that do not change at all, e.g. sheep, salmon, deer - New Includes: Whole class activities. Exceptions to the rules are highlighted within the presentations. There are worksheets based on each presentation. Multiple Choice Activity worksheets (pdf) - choosing the correct spelling of the plural with pictures shown. Writing - Sentences with highlighted singular or plural noun to be changed. Cut and glue sorting activity - Please see Preview Pane - Students look at the pictures and write the plural and then cut out and glue into the correct column on Activitiy Sheets 1a and 1b. Editable and printable. Learning aims: Develop children’s understanding of singular and plural nouns. To know some nouns have irregular plurals and nouns that are in the plural only.

CVC word families onset and rime worksheets and PowerPoint Presentations. You can see sample Presentations and worksheets in the preview pane. All the worksheets have the same format for each onset/rime. Each of the 7 Presentations contains 17 Slides. This comprehensive resource contains groups of word families - onset and rime. <strong>There are PowerPoint Presentations to teach the word families which contain: </strong> Whole class teaching via the Presentations , e.g. saying the onset and rime and seeing why they rhyme. You can extend the lesson e.g. which two pictures rhyme bed/red can be played with the picture cards. There are Teachers’ Guides on suggestions on how to use this resource. The Picture Cards and Word Cards should be laminated and cut out for repeated use. <strong>Activities for students to do:</strong> Matching words to pictures and vice versa with the laminated cut out picture/word cards Cut/paste activities to sort onset/rime word families Sorting into boxes - read words below using phonological knowledge to sort words Write simple captions for the pictures and then colour in, eg. rat on a cat, dog on a log using key sight words , a, an, the ,on and others. Worksheet - write initial phoneme to complete word Worksheet - write ending of rime to complete each word <strong>Onset/rime covered: -at, -ad, -ag, -an, -et, -en, -eg, -ed, -ot, -og, -in, -ig, -ug, -un, -ip, -ut, -ap, -op, -ay, -it, ox, um, -ob, -ub, -od, -ud, -ix, -on and -am. </strong> File Type: Word format and PowerPoint held in a .zip file for convenience. All resources are printable, editable and can be adapted to suit your class. Learning aim: Recognise phoneme/grapheme connection and produce rhyming words.

Aimed at Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grade 1. This English Language Arts resource includes:- PowerPoint Presentation on all the lessons - the reading text is on PowerPoint with audio. Optional - click on the icon to listen to the story. Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises. Also includes:- English Language Arts Plan contains 5 lessons focusing on the short story (lesson starter and plenaries). Activities:- - Reading comprehension questions - involves speaking/listening and reading/writing. - Capitalization and punctuation at the end of a sentence - Sentence activity - Sorting jumbled words (word scramble) used in the story - Focus on use of adjectives to write interesting stories - Writing simple sentences - Creative writing activity - Labeling pictures using adjectives - Reading texts and illustrating - Word search - Differentiated worksheets and activities All resources are editable and printable. Addresses: CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RF.1.A CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RF.1.4 and RF.1.4.A CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RL.1.1 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RL.1.2 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RL.1.7 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.W.1.3 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.SL.1.2 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.1.2 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.1.2.B CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.1.1.F File Type: Word and PowerPoint All images royalty free from Microsoft clipart.

This product contains:- • Days of the week • Months of the Year • Birthday wall display • Seasons display – Plain color background and background scenery Print off (you can enlarge them), laminate and display on walls. You can create a ‘Seasons’ display table and lay out all the things associated with that season, e.g. in the fall (leaves, acorns, Thanksgiving basket). Birthday wall display (editable) – Just type in child’s name in the PowerPoint Slide and print off. Alternatively, you can print off the PDF format and use blu tac or velcro to stick the students name on the birthday display. File Type: Zip folder containing Word and PDF files - just right click on zip file and extract. All pictures used are in the public domain

This product contains information about Sikhism and what the five Ks symbolizes. Sikhism is classed as one of the big six of the world religions. There is a Powerpoint Presentation to support whole class teaching. The topic relates to a sense of belonging. Three worksheets - Worksheet 3 also includes a fact finding activity - children can find out more about religion. This product could be used as a project and create a project display during diwali festival. Keywords: kirpan kesh kachera kanga or Kangha kara The children will learn about what it means to be a Sikh in the community and what it means to wear the same uniform and the rituals of becoming a Sikh. Thank you for visiting my store. You may be interested in the Sikhism booklet for review and/or assessment: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sikhism-and-the-5-ks-non-fiction-reading-comprehension-assessment-revision-11330056