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.
This presentation pack comprises 5 PowerPoint Presentations.
Aim: To develop children’s knowledge of the alphabet (upper/lower case letters) and sound and letter correspondences.
Just choose a presentation and play.
The 5 presentations all include animation. (Shortcut for Slide View press f5 tab) .
Each presentation can be used as lesson starters, standalone lessons or as a plenary.
Teacher Notes also included.
General description:
Children recite the alphabet as they appear in alphabetical order:
with letters, pictures and words
capitals letters only
lower case letters only
a mix of lower and upper case letters (children name the letters as they appear)
interactive alphabet pictures and words (a-z) with each picture linked to Slide 28 that contains a table of words linking back to each picture on the slides. You can click on the links to go back and forth to pictures and words.
See Preview Panes.
Other Alphabet resources: Learning the Alphabet lesson
Learning the Alphabet includes lesson plan and worksheets
File Type: PowerPoint Presentation
This bundle contains worksheets, task cards and PowerPoint presentations relating to one-step and two-step addition and subtraction word problems.
This growing bundle contains:
One-step word problems - Students write a number sentence to solve each problem.
Two-step Word problems - Students write two equations to solve each word problem.
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This comprehensive phonics resource covers all the activities students will need to reinforce reading and writing skills, segmenting and blending CVC words.
A great addition to your phonics lessons.
Ideal for students to practise sounding out and blending letters
Reinforces segmenting and blending for reading and writing CVC words
Ideal as an ‘early finishers’ resource
Use to assess phonics progress
Content:
Cut and paste activities
Jumbled words
Writing and matching activities
Mini CVC Word search strips
CVC Carousel activity - Finding CVC pictures and writing the words on a pre-prepared worksheet.
Writing simple sentences to pictures worksheet
Sorting CVC words
Creating CVC/word families using puzzles
Spelling CVC words with picture clues
Complete cloze activity with matching rhyme word
Complete words with beginning and ending sound
CVC Word Searches (34 words with Solutions) 2 word searches per page
CVC Word Families Phonics worksheets - 3 tasks per worksheet
CVC Word Families Worksheets - Find odd-one- out picture
CVC Word Families Read Write Phonics Worksheets
CVC Read Write Sentences Missing Rhyme Words Blend to Read 2
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This English Language Arts product contains story and questions and grammar:-
ELA Lesson Plans
PowerPoint Presentation on all 5 lessons.
The lessons focus on the short reading text.
Whole class teaching activities:
reading comprehension - listening and speaking;
story sequencing activity;
work on speech marks in sentences;
speech bubbles;
work on contraction of common words using the apostrophe - e.g. we’ll;
Add speech marks (inverted commas) in text;
Writing composition - finishing the story (creative writing)
All resources can be adapted.
File Type: Word and PowerPoint Presentation.
This phonic resource comprises a PowerPoint Presentation on:
Consonant digraphs - ch, sh, th,ng
Vowel digraphs/trigraphs:
- ai, ee, igh, oa;
-oo (long/short), ar, or;
- ur, ow, oi, er
- ear, air, ure
- Combinations of digraphs- e.g. chair, torch, coach
- Answers in pdf. Reading Sentences
- Wordsearches with answers
- There is a reading text on PowerPoint for whole class reading activity.
- True or false questions on PowerPoint relating to the text.
- Drawing pictures to go with simple sentences.
- Reading text and choosing the correct word to insert in the sentence.
- Missing graphemes and jumbled words activities.
- Reading captions and sentences.
- Blank handwriting sheet - img031.pdf
All resources can be adapted.
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Onset and Rime - 21 sets
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Making Plurals
https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/spellings-writing-singular-nouns-into-plural-nouns-and-vice-versa-presentations-and-worksheets-11177496
This resource contains a display of Roman numbers and words.
Use as a lesson starter for recalling Roman numbers.
Print and laminate flashcards for repeated use.
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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.
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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.
This reading comprehension literacy resource includes:-
Comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation on all the lessons - the reading text is on Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises.
Literacy lessons for a week focussing on the short story.
Reading comprehension questions
Capital letters and full stops
Joining two parts of a sentence
Jumbled words
Focus on use of adjectives to write interesting stories
Writing simple sentences
Composition
Labelling pictures using descriptive words
Reading texts and illustrating
Worksheets and activities
All the worksheets can be adapted.
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.
This bundle contains resources on the topic of minibeasts with an added bonus product:
Counting and Adding with PowerPoint presentations
Missing Numbers 0 -5 and 1 - 10 activities
I Have…Who Has? Loop card games
Dominoes cards
Word Searches
Crosswords
Spin and write minibeast activity
Minibeasts Bingo
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You may be interested in the Counting/Adding Minibeasts and Subtraction Bundle. Please click link for preview.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/counting-addition-and-subtraction-bundle-minibeasts-and-wild-animals-themes-12286469
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This comprehensive resource pack is on the theme of minibeasts, bugs and insects to help children count, add and to begin to write number sentences (calculation).
**It takes the learner from the early stages of counting through to writing and calculating number sentences. **
It introduces the + and = symbols.
78 Slides of Presentation on all the lessons - Includes whole class activities and plenaries. The some slides have animation where the children can count along with the numbers as they ‘float in’ above the minibeasts.
Also includes:
5 Lesson Plans:
All contain learning objectives and outcomes, starter activities and plenaries.
Lesson 1: Counting and cut/paste activity on counting.
Lesson 2: Adding groups of minibeasts to obtain a given total
Lesson 3: Introducing the plus and equals symbol – to add groups - children progress to writing number sentences.
Lesson 4: Children begin to calculate – number sentences using + and = symbols.
Lesson 5: Children work out numbers - Worksheets and extension worksheets.
Worksheet/activities on all the lessons.
Laminate digit cards and the minibeasts cards for practical activities.
The learning objectives are in the lesson plans.
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/counting-and-progression-to-subtraction-work-lesson-plans-1-5-presentations-activities-eyfs-ks1-11308712
All resources are printable/editable.
Updated to include US Size worksheets
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This bundle contains 6 sets of resources to organize your classroom.
It also includes ready-made flashcards for whole class teaching.
It comprises:
Cardinal numbers
Ordinal numbers
Colors
2D/3D Shapes displays
Subject displays/Labels for objects around the classroom
Editable classroom ‘Helpers Today’ poster
And much much more!
This bundle contains resources relating to ordinal numbers in figures and words.
Content:
Whole page ordinal numbers displays
Small cards
Spelling rules
Whole class activities
Cards to laminate and play match up and snap games
Cut and paste activities
Differentiated worksheets
Teacher Notes
Please see individual resource for detailed description.
UK Version Ordinal Numbers Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ordinal-numbers-bundle-classroom-displays-worksheets-activities-12282591
These resources are also in the Room Visual Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/classroom-visual-resource-bundle-11347143
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This ready-made resource relates to ordinal numbers both in words and figures.
Just print, laminate and cut out some of the resources to start teaching. Included are spelling rules for ordinal numbers, ordinal number charts, ordinal digit cards in figures and words.
2 March 2022 - Updated to include editable text in the posters saved as PPTX.
**Content: **
2 sets of A4 Size ordinal number cards in words and figures from 1 to 31 with shaded dots showing the position it in a range of dots. E.g. the ordinal number 18th is shown with the dot shaded in the 18th position. Great for demonstration and practical activities
Set of 10 information cards which also include whole class activities, spelling rules and explaining the meaning of ordinal numbers.
2 sets of digit cards (6 to a page) to laminate and cut out (for long use) – the ordinals numbers range from 1 to 102 (black outline and green outline).
A set of cards for ordinal number matching activity in figures and words up to 100. You can laminate the cards and cut out to set up a matching up of figures an words game with for ordinals up to 5 or 10 and for more able up to 20. Students can play snap - either matching two ordinal numbers the same or matching figures and words.
Teacher Notes with suggested activities. (2 pages)
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For UK Version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/classroom-visuals-displays-ordinal-numbers-words-flashcards-ordering-11341746
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This single phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘dr’ CCVC words.
As with the other consonant blends packs:
it is child-centred
child-friendly and
a step up from CVC and CCV to Phase 4: Letters and Sounds Phonics.
It is an addition to my other resources on initial consonant blends.
This smaller pack contains:
Lesson Plan with learning objectives, lesson starter, main activities and plenary - You can choose which parts are relevant to your class. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the plan.
PowerPoint Presentation 1 - includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words and whole class activities to prepare children for their independent activities.
PowerPoint Presentation Phoneme Count - Again, as in the others, I have listed all the CCVC words and the units of sound above the fingers so that children can see and hear the separate phonemes (with pictures).
Encourage children to make simple sentences with the words to understand its meaning and distinguish between nouns, verbs or adjectives.
Flash cards and words with and without sound buttons and lines.
Set of pictures and words for matching activities.
Differentiated Activity Sheets 1, 2, 3 - for cut/paste work, writing sentences and reading and matching words to pictures.
You can combine the set of pictures and words with the other resources I have done on consonant blends - creating a set of pictures and words for future use.
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This resource relates to addition and missing numbers from 1 to 10 using minibeasts, bugs and insects. Children count in order from 1 to 10 and then looking at a range of numbers decide which number(s) is missing. As the children get used to seeing missing numbers, they then add the missing numbers together. This resource includes worksheets and PowerPoint Presentations.
UPDATED with ‘I Spy’ Find and Count fun activity.
Aimed at: Reception/Year 1 (US: Pre-K/K)
This resource contains two lesson starters on PowerPoint.
The numbers are from 1 to 10 on each grid.
Learning objectives: Count in order; recognise missing numerals, add two sets of numbers together - extension to adding three single digits for more able children.
Presentation 1 (45 Slides) - Each grid has a missing number and children write down the missing number. This extends to two missing numbers then three.
Presentation 2 (30 Slides) - Each grid has two missing numbers. The children write down the missing numbers and then add the missing numbers together.
Extension to three missing numbers for more able.
The total of the numbers range up to 20.
There are also 4 activity sheets. These are extension options. They can be used to supplement other teaching of number work and addition.
Also included Find and Count activities in colour and black and white - all versions are different.
Includes US paper size.
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This resource is on the theme of minibeasts. The teachers notes explain how each set of loop cards are used and how they are different. It is similar to other loop cards or follow me games but counting minibeasts and revising addition and subtraction.
A fun way to practise reading numbers and counting and reviewing addition and subtraction through listening and speaking. Student learn to read ‘I have’ and ‘Who has?’ to start the game.
The cards can be used in small group sessions or whole class sessions.
**Preparation: Laminate, print off and cut round coloured borders onto card paper. **
This resource has now been updated to include 7 sets of loop cards.
The borders are different colours so that the sets are not mixed up.
Teachers Notes (3 pages)
Total Download: 66 pages (2 large cards on each page)
Includes US spelling - ladybird/ladybug
Please see preview pane.
Learning objective: Counting and reinforce number recognition.
To review addition and substraction
You may be interested in the free minibeast subtraction loop card:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/minibeast-loop-cards-i-have-who-has-subtraction-cards-12296014
This resources relates to numbers 0 to 5 and missing numbers. There is basic addition to 5 for the early years children and for more able up to 9
UPDATED to include worksheets in PDF Format.
Aimed at: Early Years/Reception/Year 1
This resource contains two lesson starters on PowerPoint.
The numbers are from 0 to 5 on the grid.
Learning objectives: Recognise numerals to 5 and count in order; to begin to add two sets of numbers together.
Presentation 1 (24 Slides) - Each grid has a missing number and children write down the missing number. This extends to two missing numbers.
Presentation 2 (20 Slides) - Each grid has two missing numbers. The children write down the missing numbers and then add the missing numbers together.
The total of the numbers range from 1 to 9.
3 activity worksheets - finding missing number, cut/paste activity and adding numbers together to no more than 9.
Activity worksheets in b/w
Counting activity - Find and Count Minibeasts and colour and b/w
There are extra worksheets for early finishers. They can be used to supplement other teaching of number work and addition.
Also includes US paper size.
Relates to Letters and Sounds: Phase 4 CCVC (consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant) words. The vowel will represent one sound and can be a vowel, digraph or trigraph, e.g. fright - f-r-igh-t.
Aimed at: Years 1 and 2 and/or children still finding it challenging to segment and blend, ESL/EFL students and SEN students.
Use in English language learning classes - use pictures as a visual prompt to segment and blend words.
This pack includes
Teacher Notes
4 sets of differentiated initial consonant blend strips - each set contains 21 initial consonant blends.
Plain strips - Children look at the picture, read the word and write it out.
Trace over dots strip - Children look at picture, trace over dots and then write out the word
Trace over dash lines - Children practise tracing over the words
Jumbled word strip - Using the picture as a clue, children sound out and write the word correctly.
handy for early finishers.
suitable for use in small group settings
Children can practise reading, segmenting and blending words.
Discriminate between initial blends beginning with the same phoneme - clap-crab.
As an extension: Write up the word in their workbooks and write a simple sentence with the word using it as a verb, noun or adjective.
Optional: Print, laminate and cut out.
You have the option of reducing the strips on the photocopier, cut out and stick into children’s workbooks to record phonic work.
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