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.
These are spring phonics worksheets relating to final consonant blends or clusters. They are ideal for reviewing work on final blends and for reading simple sentences with common final blends. There are multiple-choice worksheets whereby students select the correct blend to complete each word. There is a fun activity for students to crack various codes – cryptograms - using spring-themed pictures to represent letters to fill in gaps in sentences and match words to pictures.
Content:
Worksheets A to F with Answer Sheet
Worksheets 1 to 3: Crack the Codes in sentences
Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match with Answer Sheets
x2 Recording Sheets to record students’ progress
Worksheets A to F with Answer Sheet and b/w versions
A multiple-choice activity: Students will see three sets of final consonant blends on flowerheads. They should look at the picture and then write the correct missing blends to complete each word.
Read Sentences and Crack the Code Worksheets 1 to 3
Read Sentences and Crack the Codes. In this activity, students will see a spring-themed key – each picture represents a letter of the alphabet. They should read the sentences and fill in the gaps by solving the cryptogram.
Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match
In this activity students work out the word using the spring-themed picture code and then draw a line from the word to the correct picture. (with Answer Sheets)
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You have the option of using b/w worksheets.
Option: UK A4 Worksheets or US Size Worksheets
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This is part of the Spring Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12991386
If you are looking for extra reading material then this product contains three reading passages with pumpkins being the central topic of the passages with comprehension questions. Included in the passages are some types of pumpkins, Thanksgiving and the custom of carving pumpkins at Halloween. Pictures are included within the passages for students to refer to. It would be ideal for students to partner up and read together and then answer the questions.
To create interest you could bring in two or more varieties of pumpkins and ask students when they are most likely to see lots of pumpkins.
Content:
Worksheet 1: Pumpkins Galore!
Worksheet 2: Pumpkins Galore! Thanksgiving
Worksheet 3: Pumpkins Galore! Halloween
Specimen answers are included and all the worksheets have duplicate b/w copies.
Please see preview pane.
UK and US spellings.
You may be interested in harder reading passages on the same topic:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12758386
This growing bundle relates to pumpkin-themed products There are worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, I Spy 2D shapes, reading comprehensions and more.
Growing Content:
Pumpkins Emotions Feelings Worksheets
Pumpkins Emotions Patterns/Patterning Worksheets.
2D Shapes Pumpkins Worksheets Wordsearches Autumn Fall
‘I Spy’ Search and Find 2D Shapes Pumpkins
Pumpkins Reading Comprehension Worksheets Activities
Pumpkins Reading Comprehension Passages 2
Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Worksheets Presentations
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These are Summer phonics worksheets relating to final consonant blends or clusters. They are ideal for reviewing work on final blends and for reading simple sentences with common final blends. There are multiple-choice worksheets whereby students select the correct blend to complete each word. There is a fun activity for students to crack various codes (cryptograms) using summer-themed pictures to represent letters to fill in gaps in sentences and match words to pictures.
Content:
Worksheets A to G with Answer Sheet
Worksheets 1 to 3: Crack the Codes in sentences
Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match with Answer Sheets
x2 Recording Sheets to record students’ progress
Worksheets A to G with Answer Sheet and b/w versions
A multiple-choice activity: Students will see three sets of final consonant blends on ice cream cones. They should look at the picture and then write the correct missing blends to complete each word.
Read and Crack the Code Worksheets 1 to 3
Read Sentences and Crack the Codes. In this activity, students will see a summer-themed key – each picture represents a letter of the alphabet. They should read the sentences and fill in the gaps by cracking the code.
Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match
In this activity students work out the word using the summer-themed picture code and then draw a line from the word to the correct picture. (Answer Sheets)
Please see preview panes.
You have the option of using b/w worksheets.
Options: Worksheets sizes A4 and US Letter Size (8.5 x 11)
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This bundle will contain various worksheets, activities, PowerPoint products relating to summer. As and when I make resources, I will add them to this bundle.
The price of this bundle will go up each time a new resource(s) is added.
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If you purchase bundles early, any resources added after purchasing the bundle, can just be downloaded at no extra cost.
Content so far:
Beginning Mixed Consonant Blends
Summer Sun Emotions
Mixed CVC Word Work
Final Mixed Consonant Blends
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A separate Summer Maths Bundle will be created soon.
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These are St Patrick’s Day phonics worksheets relating to beginning consonant blends. These worksheets are ideal for reviewing work on blends and for writing simple sentences using beginning blends.
Content:
Consonant blend worksheets
Writing simple sentences
Fun colour by Code Activity – great for early finishers
Consonant blends worksheets:
There are 7 consonant blends worksheets containing 9 blends pictures on each sheet with incomplete words. Students select the correct missing blends from the grid using the picture clues.
The blends are:
bl-, br-, cl-, cr-, dr-, fl-, fr-, gl-, gr-, pl-, pr-, sc-, sk-, sl-, sm-, sn-, sp-, st-, sw-, tr-, and tw-.
Writing activity: Worksheets 1 to 3
Students write simple sentences using each of the beginning blends shown in the grid with pictures. They should check their work making sure they start their sentence with a capital/uppercase letter and finish with a full stop.
Colour by Code - Beginning blend words and pictures with Solution:
The blends in this activity are colour-coded. The consonant blends are: fl, gl, cr, dr, st and tw.
There are two versions of this activity. One image displays words and pictures, and the second image displays only words beginning with the consonant blends. Students should read what colour to colour in the blend on each section of the picture. Once completed, they should see a shamrock in the centre.
Optional paper sizes: A4 and US Letter Size
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Related Product: Final Consonant Endings Worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12999350
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These are St Patrick’s Day phonics worksheets relating to final consonant blends or clusters. The worksheets are ideal for reviewing work on ending blends. Student read simple sentences and edit words that do not have the correct consonant blends. There are also differentiated word puzzles for early finishers.
Content:
Final Consonant Blend Worksheets A - H
Final Consonant Blends: Spelling Corrections Worksheets A-D
Word puzzles to solve hidden word (differentiated)
Final Consonant Blend Cards
Final Consonant blends worksheets A - H:
There nine pictures on each page. The pictures end with consonant blends:
ct, ft, pt, lb, ld, lf, lk, lm, lp, lt, mp, nd, ng, nk, nt, sk, sp, st, xt, rd,rf, rk rl, rm, rn, rp, and rt.
Below each picture is an incomplete word which students should complete by selecting the correct final blends or clusters from the box.
Final Consonant Blends: Spelling Corrections Worksheets A-D
The sentences contain incorrect spellings of the final blends. Students read the simple sentences and correct the spelling by rewriting the word in the box above the word.
Optional: Laminate and cut apart the final consonant blends for practical activities with the worksheets A to D. If students need help in solving the correct final blends on the worksheets, you can display 2 or 3 cards and ask which one would be the correct ending for the word. See example preview.
Word Puzzles: three differentiated word puzzles.
• Easier puzzle: The beginning letter of each word is shown in the word puzzle grid. Students use the picture clues and words to fill in the boxes across the page to reveal the hidden word written downwards.
• Students unscramble the words in the box and then with the help of the pictures, write the words across the page to solve the word puzzle and find the hidden word which is written downwards.
• Students solve the puzzle by unscrambling the words and writing them across the page to reveal the hidden St Patrick’s word which is written downwards
You can print off A4 or US size worksheets.
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Related St Patrick’s Day product: Beginning Consonant Blends
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12822206
This super bundle combines different topics relating to St Patrick’s Day. Other resources will be included as I create more resources relating to St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
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St Patrick’s Literacy Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12067949
St Patrick’s Maths/Numeracy Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-maths-numeracy-bundle-12650186
This bundle relates to St Patrick’s Day celebrations. It includes myths and legends, phonics, reading comprehension presentations.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation Assembly/Lesson
PowerPoint Presentation on myths/ legends
Worsheets - 2x reading passages and accompanying tasks - vocabulary work, finding information, giving reasons for answers.
Lesson Plans on myths and legends
Reading Comprehension passage for early readers with questions and literacy tasks.
Beginning consonant blends worksheets
Ideal resource to use in the lead up to St Patrick’s Day and after St Patrick’s Day on myths and legends.
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You may be interested in some St Patrick’s Day maths activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-maths-block-graph-patterns-sequencing-puzzles-numbers-1-20-match-up-worksheets-12080124
This resource relates to spring CVC word work. There are three different activities for students to review letter sounds and to decode and read CVC words and practise reading sight words in sentences.
Content:
Worksheets: Short A to E: Spring Word and Picture Match
Worksheets A to E: Read Simple Sentences and Writing
Worksheets 1 - 3: Missing Letters in CVC Words
Spring Word and Picture Match (with Answers)
In this activity, students draw lines to match up the CVC pictures on the flowerpots to the words on the flowerheads.
Read Simple Sentences and Writing
Each worksheet contains sight words which the students should read and then read the simple sentences filling in the CVC words in the sound boxes that matches the pictures. Lastly, rewrite the CVC word. Please see preview pane.
Sight words: my, I, look, the, a, you, can, see, is, it, run, down, not, and, go, yellow, want, have, she, to, pretty.
Missing Letters in CVC Words (with Answers)
There are nine pictures on each sheet. Students use their phonic knowledge to complete the CVC words which have missing beginning, middle and final sounds.
There are b/w worksheets for the above.
Optional worksheet sizes A4 and US Size
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This resource material is for countries using the euro currency: euros and euro cents.
Aimed at KS1/Kindergarten/Grade 1 and ESL/EFL students.
Updated on 17 May, 2022 to include different ways the euros/cents are written. There are now three versions which you can choose to download.
The presentation is a step-by-step approach to teaching euros/cents.
<strong>This pack contains:</strong>
A comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation (46 Slides) - divided into convenient sections.
Identifying and describing coins and their value
Adding up cents and adding prices of items
Looking at combination of coins and comparing/matching coins of equivalent value, e.g. five 1 cents is worth the same as a 5 cent coin.
Giving change - working out how much change you would get from 5c, 10c, and 20c.
The Presentation also includes whole class activities and different strategies students can use to work out money problems.
There is a separate Presentation on general introduction and a list of countries that use euros as their currency.
4 Flexible Lesson Plans - contains objectives, plenaries and main lesson. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the lesson plans.
** Worksheets **
<strong>Lesson 1</strong> - Matching each coin to its value - There are two sets of activities.
(1) Write the value opposite the coin and practise writing the euro signs.
(2) Cut and paste each coin to the correct value shown.
<strong>Lesson 2</strong> - Let’s Go Shopping (1) - adding two items together
Let’s Go Shopping (2) - adding three items together
Optional cut and paste Match up Money Bags activity - Students add the prices of the pictures together to get the total and then match the bag of 1 cent coins to the correct sum.
<strong>Lesson 3</strong> - 4 Worksheets called Euro Money Bags 1, 2, 3, and 4. Students draw combination of coins to match the price tag.
<strong>Lesson 4</strong> - 2 Giving change worksheets - Price tag is shown and then the coin. Students work out what change they would receive if they spent the money shown on the price tag and paid with, e.g. a 10 cent coin.
Sample worksheets and Slides are shown in preview pane.
File Type: PowerPoint , Word and PDF format. The three versions are in a zip file folder which you can extract.
You may be interested in the pack 2:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/money-euros-and-cents-presentation-lesson-plans-worksheets-activities-2-11633171
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**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.
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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.
This bundle relates to the topic on The Good Samaritan in religious studies. I have bundled all three products.
Content:
Ready-made Assembly Presentation (27 Slides)
Lesson Presentation (23 Slides) together with
Flexible 1 hour Lesson Plan with learning objectives and success criteria - Starter activities, main lesson and plenary.
A total of 10 worksheet activities including cut and paste to consolidate children’s learning.
Option of two short animation videos on the topic from BBC Teach and Miracle of Mercy links.
Lots of opportunities for listening and speaking, writing and literacy skills. Children also learn how to be a good citizen by learning what it is to be a good neighbour.
File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF.
Please look at the preview panes for worksheets.
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.
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.
This products relates to the hour, i.e o’clock times and half past the hour times.
Children read and write times on analogue clock and on digital clocks.
Content
O’ clock times worksheets (to the hour) (x3): Children read the times and draw hands on the clocks to represent the times shown.
Half past times worksheets (x3): Children read the times and careful draw hands on the clocks to represent the times shown.
Multiple choice tick boxes Worksheets relating to the hour and half past times (x3)
There are six clocks on each worksheet and below each clock are three times with tick boxes. Children tick the box that shows the time correctly.
Challenge: Worksheets for children who want more of a challenge.
What the time will be Worksheets (x3) – (Includes Answer Key)
These worksheets show the time the witch is cooking her brew (Time Now) and depending on what time the witch says that lunch will be ready, children work out the time it will be ready and write it on the digital clock. (Prior learning: children will know how to write times digitally or are learning to).
Work out when lunch was ready Worksheets (x3) – (Includes Answer Key)
These worksheets show the time the witch is cooking her brew (Time Now) and depending on what time the witch says that lunch was ready, children work out the time lunch was eaten and write it on the digital clock. (Prior learning: children will know how to write times digitally or are learning to).
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This comprehensive phonics resource focuses on initial consonant blends bl and br CCVC words. In stages, it clearly explains and demonstrates CCVC to pupils.
Aimed at: Foundation Stage/Keystage1 and SEN pupils;
Pupils who find blends challenging
Ideal resource for ESL pupils and one-to-one and small group teaching.
Teaching format in both presentations are similar - includes whole class activities - practise writing CCVC words, segment/blend words, listening activities, sorting out jumbled words activity.
It incorporates letters/sounds, consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs learnt in Phase 3 in order to make CCVC words.
It contains:-
Teacher’s Notes (x2)
Presentations to recall letters and sounds
Presentation showing picture of hand to count phonemes for CCVC activities
Teaching Presentation for initial blend bl (54 Slides)
Teaching Presentation for initial blend br (54 Slides)
2 Detailed Lessons Plans (learning objectives, main activities, plenaries) -
All the slides are referred to in the lesson plans.
Phoneme Frame for whole class and group activities - laminate for repeated use
2 sets of Flash cards of words (1 set shows sound buttons and lines)- laminate
Pictures cards and related words - laminate and cut out
Differentiated worksheets for pupils that need support and more able pupils.
Cut and paste activity sheets
Learning is reinforced by cut/paste activities.
There are cloze activities - pupils choose a suitable word to complete sentences.
Additional Practical activities - Match words to pictures for just bl- blends
Match words to pictures for just br- blends
For revision- Lay out a mixture of bl/br pictures and words for children to match up.
Learning Objectives:
To develop children’s knowledge of initial consonant blends.
To segment and blend CCVC words for reading and writing.
Related phonics:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-revision-of-digraphs-sh-ch-th-ng-ck-ph-wh-presentation-lesson-plan-activities-11382757
Euros and cents money worksheets and activities.
This money bundle includes:
PowerPoint Presentations
Flexible detailed lesson plans in Packs 1 and 2
Lots of worksheets and activities
resources to laminate for practical activities
Subjects on:
Identifying coins and learning their value
Combining amounts to make a particular value
Find different combination of coins
Solve simple problems in a practical context - addition and subtraction - learning to give change
ANSWERS are provided for quick marking of students’ work.
This growing math bundle relates to Halloween themed resources.
Content:
Telling time to the hour and half hour and elapsed time
Counting, match up and making 5, 10, 15 and 20 worksheets
Addition and subtraction secret codes to 10 and 20 worksheets
2D Shapes Jack-O’-Lanterns Worksheets
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Resources will be added to this bundle. You can save money if you purchase early as any new products added after your purchase, can downloaded without any extra cost.
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This growing bundle relates to Halloween resources such as maths, literacy and games. So far it contains:
Halloween Secret Codes - Addition and Subtraction
Halloween Counting and making 5, 10, 15 and 20
Telling Time To the Hour and Half Hour
2D Shapes Jack-o’-lanterns worksheets
Bingo games
Halloween games such as word searches, playing cards
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If you only want Halloween related math resources, then there is a growing separate bundle for that. Please check descriptions.
In the long term, this is a money-saving bundle. If you buy early then any new products added can be downloaded at no extra cost.
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Halloween Bundle UK Version:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12759938