Year 3/4 Language play (poetry) planning and resources.
Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1) Alliteration.
Lesson 2) Comprehension.
Lesson 3) Limericks.
Lesson 4) Classifying words.
Lesson 5) Riddles.
- 1 week of plans and resources.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
You can find more KS2 English lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Year 3/4 Fairy stories planning and resources. The unit is aimed at Year 3/4, but is set at a challenging level, so it may be suitable for older children too.
Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1) Comprehension with 4 levels of difficulty.
Lesson 2 & 3) Retelling a story.
Lesson 4) Synonyms.
Lesson 5) Rewriting a story from a different point of view.
- 1 week of plans and resources.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
You can find more KS2 English lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
A set of lesson plans and resources for 4 lessons on writing recounts for Year 2, Year 3 or Year 4, including the following:
- 4 lesson plans on writing recounts
- 2 model examples of recounts
- prompt slides, with images and tips on what to include
- recounts writing frames
- 4 sets of differentiated success criteria for writing recounts
A PDF and an editable version of each file is included.
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In each of the first 3 lessons, the children write one section of the recount each day. In the remaining lesson, they write an entire recount in one lesson.
Please note: the lesson plans follow a similar structure and refer to VCOP. The rest of the resources can be used even if you do not use VCOP - you will just need to adapt the lesson plans.
You can find more English lesson plans and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
3 weeks (12 lessons) of planning and resources for teaching Explanation Texts to Year 2. All of the resources needed for the lesson plans are included.
The content for the lessons is based on the topic of Life Cycles.
A PDF and an editable version of each file is included.
Lesson 1 & 2 - Researching and presenting about different animals’ life cycles
Lesson 3 - Comprehension on the Life Cycle of a Honeybee
Lesson 4 - Using commas in a list
Lesson 5 - Comprehension on the Human Life Cycle
Lesson 6 - Alphabetical order and using a dictionary
Lesson 7 - Paragraphing
Lesson 8 - Writing an explanation text about the Life Cycle of a Chicken
Lesson 9 - Writing an explanation text about the Life Cycle of a Turtle
Lesson 10 - Proofreading and Sentence construction
Lesson 11 - Making notes to use to write an explanation text
Lesson 12 - Writing an explanation text
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Please note:
the planning refers to VCOP. If you do not use VCOP, the planning will need some adjustments, but the resources can be used with any system or strategy for teaching writing.
this unit was updated on 19th September 2022. If you bought it before this date, please download and use the updated files.
You can find more English lesson plans and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Year 3/4 Shape poetry and calligrams planning and resources. The unit is aimed at Year 3/4, but is set at a challenging level, so it may be suitable for older children too.
Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1) Onomatopoeia.
Lesson 2) Comprehension.
Lesson 3) Write a shape poem using fruit.
Lesson 4) Collective nouns.
Lesson 5) Writing a shape poem about nature.
Lesson 6) Using ICT to create a shape poem.
Lesson 7) Comprehension.
Lesson 8) Writing calligrams using ICT.
Lesson 9) Understanding apostrophes in contractions.
Lesson 10) Writing calligrams.
- 2 weeks of plans and resources.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
You can find more KS2 English lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
A bundle of 5 lessons with fairy tale comprehension / guided reading resources for:
- Rapunzel (part 1)
- Rapunzel (part 2)
- Hansel and Gretel (part 1)
- Hansel and Gretel (part 2)
- The Ugly Duckling
For each lesson / story, there is:
- the story (part one of Hansel and Gretel can be seen in the preview)
- 3 sets of comprehension / guided reading questions at varying levels of difficulty
- an answer frame for the least able children
- answers to all of the questions
There is a PDF version and an editable version of each file.
You can find more English lesson plans and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Double consonants worksheets, lesson plans, activities, flash cards and other teaching resources:
- ck
- ff and zz
- ll
- ss
For each consonant digraph there is the following files:
- cards with images and words containing the grapheme
- a 'circle the correct word' worksheet
- a 'join the letter to make the word' worksheet
- an 'unscramble the letters to make the word' worksheet
- a word search
- an activity on drawing a line between matching words and images
You can see what each of these files looks like at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ch-phonics-worksheets-activities-flash-cards-lesson-plans-and-other-teaching-resources-11357094
There is a PDF and an editable Microsoft Office version of each file (you just need to delete the logo watermark from the first page of each editable file)
You can find more Phonics worksheets, activities, flash cards and lesson plans on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
This is a set of 39 phonics worksheets on which children need to match the word to the image by drawing a line between the two. There is one worksheet on each of the following:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ng
- nk
- a-e
- ai
- ay
- ee
- ea (as long e) e.g. sea
- i-e
- igh
- ow (long) e.g. blow
- o-e
- oa
- ew
- ie, oe and ue
- long oo e.g. moon
- short oo e.g. cook
- u-e
- oi and oy
- ou e.g. cloud
- ow (short) e.g. crown
- ar
- ur
- ir
- er (stressed) e.g. serve
- air
- or
- aw
- oar and our
- ore and oor
- are and ear e.g. hare and bear
- ear e.g. spear
- er (unstressed) e.g. dinner
- ea (short) e.g. head
- wh
- y as vowel (long e) e.g. party
- tch
You can find more Phonics lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
A set of 5 information texts with comprehension questions at 3 levels of difficulty for KS2.
The topics are:
1 - Introducing Weather and Climate
2 - Temperate
3 - Deserts
4 - Polar
5 - Tropical
The resources should be used in the order above.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more Geography and English planning and teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
4 lessons on climate and weather for KS2.
The 4 lessons are:
Writing a recount of a holiday
Climate Zones on a map
Animal adaptations to different climates
Countries, continents and climates
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).
You can find more Geography planning and teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
Year 3/4 Authors and Letters planning and resources. The unit is aimed at Year 3/4, but is set at a challenging level, so it may be suitable for older children too.
Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1 & 2) Create a PowerPoint on authors and give it as a presentation.
Lesson 3) Comprehension.
Lesson 4) Punctuation marks.
Lesson 5 & 6) Researching and editing biographies.
Lesson 7) Writing a letter to an author.
Lesson 8) Comprehension.
Lesson 9) Identifying verbs and nouns.
Lesson 10) Writing a book review.
- 2 weeks of plans and resources.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
You can find more KS2 English lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
This is a set of 39 phonics cards. The cards need to be printed and laminated. There is one set of cards on each of the following:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ng
- nk
- a-e
- ai
- ay
- ee
- ea (as long e) e.g. sea
- i-e
- igh
- ow (long) e.g. blow
- o-e
- oa
- ew
- ie, oe and ue
- long oo e.g. moon
- short oo e.g. cook
- u-e
- oi and oy
- ou e.g. cloud
- ow (short) e.g. crown
- ar
- ur
- ir
- er (stressed) e.g. serve
- air
- or
- aw
- oar and our
- ore and oor
- are and ear e.g. hare and bear
- ear e.g. spear
- er (unstressed) e.g. dinner
- ea (short) e.g. head
- wh
- y as vowel (long e) e.g. party
- tch
You can find more Phonics lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
This is a set of 39 phonics slides to use in introducing new graphemes.
(Note: This is a PDF file, not a PowerPoint one)
There are three slides in each set:
- images WITHOUT any words for the children to first guess the sound for the lesson
- images WITH words for children to spot the grapheme (the letters that represent the sound)
- images with words, with the GRAPHEME HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE to show children the grapheme
There are 117 slides (3 for each grapheme) on the following graphemes:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ng
- nk
- a-e
- ai
- ay
- ee
- ea (as long e) e.g. sea
- i-e
- igh
- ow (long) e.g. blow
- o-e
- oa
- ew
- ie, oe and ue
- long oo e.g. moon
- short oo e.g. cook
- u-e
- oi and oy
- ou e.g. cloud
- ow (short) e.g. crown
- ar
- ur
- ir
- er (stressed) e.g. serve
- air
- or
- aw
- oar and our
- ore and oor
- are and ear e.g. hare and bear
- ear e.g. spear
- er (unstressed) e.g. dinner
- ea (short) e.g. head
- wh
- y as vowel (long e) e.g. party
- tch
You can find more Phonics lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
This is a set of 39 phonics worksheets on which children need to select the correct word to go with an image. There is one worksheet on each of the following:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ng
- nk
- a-e
- ai
- ay
- ee
- ea (as long e) e.g. sea
- i-e
- igh
- ow (long) e.g. blow
- o-e
- oa
- ew
- ie, oe and ue
- long oo e.g. moon
- short oo e.g. cook
- u-e
- oi and oy
- ou e.g. cloud
- ow (short) e.g. crown
- ar
- ur
- ir
- er (stressed) e.g. serve
- air
- or
- aw
- oar and our
- ore and oor
- are and ear e.g. hare and bear
- ear e.g. spear
- er (unstressed) e.g. dinner
- ea (short) e.g. head
- wh
- y as vowel (long e) e.g. party
- tch
You can find more Phonics lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
This is a set of 39 phonics worksheets on which children need to join the correct letters to spell words to go with images. There is one worksheet on each of the following:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ng
- nk
- a-e
- ai
- ay
- ee
- ea (as long e) e.g. sea
- i-e
- igh
- ow (long) e.g. blow
- o-e
- oa
- ew
- ie, oe and ue
- long oo e.g. moon
- short oo e.g. cook
- u-e
- oi and oy
- ou e.g. cloud
- ow (short) e.g. crown
- ar
- ur
- ir
- er (stressed) e.g. serve
- air
- or
- aw
- oar and our
- ore and oor
- are and ear e.g. hare and bear
- ear e.g. spear
- er (unstressed) e.g. dinner
- ea (short) e.g. head
- wh
- y as vowel (long e) e.g. party
- tch
You can find more Phonics lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
This is a set of 38 phonics stories to use in introducing new graphemes. There is one worksheet on each of the following:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ng
- nk
- a-e
- ai
- ay
- ee
- ea (as long e) e.g. sea
- i-e
- igh
- ow (long) e.g. blow
- o-e
- oa
- ew
- long oo e.g. moon
- short oo e.g. cook
- u-e
- oi and oy
- ou e.g. cloud
- ow (short) e.g. crown
- ar
- ur
- ir
- er (stressed) e.g. serve
- air
- or
- aw
- oar and our
- ore and oor
- are and ear e.g. hare and bear
- ear e.g. spear
- er (unstressed) e.g. dinner
- ea (short) e.g. head
- wh
- y as vowel (long e) e.g. party
- tch
You can find more Phonics lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
This is a set of 39 phonics worksheets on which children need to unscramble the letters to spell words to go with images. There is one worksheet on each of the following:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ng
- nk
- a-e
- ai
- ay
- ee
- ea (as long e) e.g. sea
- i-e
- igh
- ow (long) e.g. blow
- o-e
- oa
- ew
- ie, oe and ue
- long oo e.g. moon
- short oo e.g. cook
- u-e
- oi and oy
- ou e.g. cloud
- ow (short) e.g. crown
- ar
- ur
- ir
- er (stressed) e.g. serve
- air
- or
- aw
- oar and our
- ore and oor
- are and ear e.g. hare and bear
- ear e.g. spear
- er (unstressed) e.g. dinner
- ea (short) e.g. head
- wh
- y as vowel (long e) e.g. party
- tch
You can find more Phonics lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
Consonant digraphs worksheets, lesson plans, activities, flash cards and other teaching resources:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ng
- nk
For each consonant digraph there is the following files:
- 2 alternative lesson plans
- a one-slide story to introduce the grapheme
- a series of slides to introduce the grapheme by asking children to first listen for it and then to spot it in words
- cards with images and words containing the grapheme
- a 'circle the correct word' worksheet
- a 'join the letter to make the word' worksheet
- an 'unscramble the letters to make the word' worksheet
- a word search
- an activity on drawing a line between matching words and images
You can see what each of these files looks like at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ch-phonics-worksheets-activities-flash-cards-lesson-plans-and-other-teaching-resources-11357094
There is a PDF and an editable Microsoft Office version of each file (you just need to delete the logo watermark from the first page of each editable file)
You can find more Phonics worksheets, activities, flash cards and lesson plans on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
This is a set of 39 phonics word searches. There is one word search on each of the following:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ng
- nk
- a-e
- ai
- ay
- ee
- ea (as long e) e.g. sea
- i-e
- igh
- ow (long) e.g. blow
- o-e
- oa
- ew
- ie, oe and ue
- long oo e.g. moon
- short oo e.g. cook
- u-e
- oi and oy
- ou e.g. cloud
- ow (short) e.g. crown
- ar
- ur
- ir
- er (stressed) e.g. serve
- air
- or
- aw
- oar and our
- ore and oor
- are and ear e.g. hare and bear
- ear e.g. spear
- er (unstressed) e.g. dinner
- ea (short) e.g. head
- wh
- y as vowel (long e) e.g. party
- tch
You can find more Phonics lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
Year 3/4 Instructions planning and resources. The unit is aimed at Year 3/4, but is set at a challenging level, so it may be suitable for older children too.
Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it:
Lesson 1) Ordering instructions.
Lesson 2) Comprehension.
Lesson 3) Creating video tutorials on instructions.
Lesson 4) Identifying writing in the first, second and third person.
Lesson 5) Designing and explaining a game.
Lesson 6) Comprehension.
Lesson 7) Re-writing continuous text in the format of a set of instructions.
Lesson 8) Writing instructions for younger children.
Lesson 9) Classifying nouns as common, proper, collective or abstract.
Lesson 10) Writing a set of instructions on ‘how to brush your teeth’.
Lesson 11) Comprehension.
Lesson 12) Writing a set of instructions on ‘how to play a sport / game’.
Lesson 13) Using a range of connectives correctly.
Lesson 14) Writing a set of instructions on ‘how to get ready for swimming’.
Lesson 15) Writing a set of instructions on ‘how to make a magic potion’.
- 3 weeks of plans and resources.
There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file.
You can find more KS2 English lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.