Mainly KS2 resources for English, Maths, Science and some topic also. Most of my resources include a lesson plan, presentation, activities and differentiated tasks. Please leave a review on any of my resources in which you purchase so I can use your feedback positively.
I have taught the majority of these lessons and they have worked well. All lessons coincide with the National Curriculum 2014 and have been approved by my subject leaders. Hope they are useful :)
Mainly KS2 resources for English, Maths, Science and some topic also. Most of my resources include a lesson plan, presentation, activities and differentiated tasks. Please leave a review on any of my resources in which you purchase so I can use your feedback positively.
I have taught the majority of these lessons and they have worked well. All lessons coincide with the National Curriculum 2014 and have been approved by my subject leaders. Hope they are useful :)
A selection of resources to help your children understand fractions. These resources are saved as word documents so they are easy to edit to suit the needs of your class.
This Simple Fractions NO PREP packet is full of FUN, ENGAGING activities for students to learn. All you need to do is print and go.
Here is what is included in this Simple Fraction Packet:
*Fraction Helpcard- The helpcard is a self-contained one page card which explains the terms numerator, denominator and can be shrunk, laminated and kept inside children’s book.
*Fractions Page- Students see examples of 1, 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 of a fraction. After looking at a shaded fraction, students are asked to identify the shaded part and the part that is not shaded.
*Color the Fraction- Students are required to color 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 of a each fraction. This pages uses different shapes to help students recognize fractions within divided objects.
*Roll and Color a Fraction- This interactive game allows one or two students to roll a die, and color a fraction in that column. This pages uses circles.
*Roll and Color a Fraction II - This page also has students playing a game in rolling two di and coloring twelfths.
*Roll and Color the Fraction III- Children are playing a game, alternating in in rolling 2 di and 1, then coloring either sixths or twelfths.
**Read and Color the Fraction- This Read and Color the Fraction page will help students practice reading the fraction word and coloring the correct parts of a rectangle.
Split and Color a Fraction -Students are given a simple shape, asked to divide the shape into a specific number of equal parts and color part of the shape a specific color.
*I Understand Parts of a Group- Color the correct parts of each lunch item.
*Ten Frame Fractions- Students look at the written fraction and color the ten frame to match.
**A detailed study of Chapter 1 and 2 by Roald Dahl. This is geared towards KS2, particulary Year 3/4.
Included:
prediction activity
vocabulary
comprehension questions
character analysis
This is a trial to see if people are interested in this resource. If there is interest, I will complete the resource for the whole book.
Please leave a review and let me know your thoughts.
As last week was Book Week, I planned a week’s worth of lessons based around the book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. Each day, we read a chapter of the story and then engage in lessons based on what we’ve read. As you can see from the cover image, this involves lots of chocolate!!
The children absolutely adored these lessons and were so engaged in the process of melting chocolate. They needed to see which chocolate would be the best to build the Indian Prince’s palace out of by melting different types of chocolate. HINT: flakes don’t melt!
Honestly, a really fun week and trust me, you’ll enjoy it too. Please check out my Instagram for more of my activities for Book Week: Rebecca.the.irish.teacher
An editable book cover hunt. Children will follow the clues on the reverse side of each book cover and hunt around the school for some hidden treasure. They must write down the names of the book covers that they come across too and aim to read at least one of them that week. Just something a bit different during Book Week to engage them with different books. For more information of activities that we did during Book Week, check out my Instagram: Rebecca.the.irish.teacher.
This is a rewards and sanction chart in which I made with my class. It is coloured green, orange and red to indicate a child's behaviour.
Each child will design their own peg at the beginning of the school year and attach it to the green section, which reads, 'I have earned all of my Golden Time'. If a child misbehaves, or doesn't follow the rules, they will then go and move their own peg to the orange section, which is labelled 'warning.
If a child further disobeys the rules, they then must move their peg to the red section accordingly (i.e. 5 minutes lost, then 10 etc).
The picture attached is the chart in my classroom at the moment (to show as an example), however I have upgraded and improved it to attach on TES.
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This resource was put together as a test for my year 4 class at the end of the year to check their knowledge of SPAG. I have attached the SPAG curriculum to ensure that I have included lots of different areas of this subject.
Children are tested on:
* their knowledge of punctuation (commas, question marks, speech marks and apostrophes plural and possessive).
* their knowledge of SPAG terminology (main/subordinate clause, frontal adverbial, determiner, adverb, suffix, preposition, contractions).
This test gave me a great insight into the progress they’ve made, but also which areas that they are still not so sure on.
Please leave a review and check out some of my other resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Morrisr9
This resource is made with a Harry Potter theme. Children are introduced to the term pronouns through a short Harry Potter clip where they can hear how badly pronouns are needed in spoken language as well as written. I have made differentiated work resources for the children to use for low ability, middle ability and high abililty- all still based on the Harry Potter Theme.
Children are encouraged to work in groups throughout this lesson to try and practice using pronouns on whiteboards, before their activity. Using a Harry Potter theme worked well in my class as it fun, colourful and different from their normal SPAG lessons, which can sometimes be boring.
I have included a powerpoint, worsheets and a detailed plan with this package.
Bonfire Night explained through a colourful, visual powerpoint.
I have used a wide range of pictures to teach children about Bonfire Night. As I have a huge portion of EAL learners in my class, I have included simple, clear pictures that make the content easy to understand.
The story is told in an interesting way, through use of speech bubbles and cartoon pictures.
Easily adaptable for a younger class also.
As an activity, I asked children to create a comic strip based on what they learned about Bonfire Night.
For EAL or low ability learners, I have included differentiated resources and images to assist them.
This resource includes:
*A colourful, interactive powerpoint.
*Differentiated acitivities
Please leave a review on your thoughts. Thanks
A weekly plan on non-chronological reports for year 1.
This plan is detailed and differentiated. Children are encouraged to use a signpost sentence to inform the reader what they will read. They will make notes by using a mind map and create an interesting, factual report.
It's a follow on from another non-chronological plan I have in my shop: see the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-chronological-reports-year-1-11510333
Differentiated hands-on building activities whilst identifying 3D shapes.
A week's worth of clear, differentiated planning with explicit learning outcomes for different abilities.
Lots of practical activities to encourage children to use the correct mathematical vocabulary.
This resource includes a detailed plan for a week on subtraction. The plan is differentiated and explicitly lays out what each group will do for their activity each day.
Objectives covered are:
Using column method accurately
Using the inverse to check my answers
Solving word problems involving subtraction
I have also included levelled SATs questions as an extension to extend or assess children's application of subtraction.
These lessons were taught by myself and my year 4 team, who found the outcomes to understanding subtraction were successful.
I have attached a maths skill check also, which I have started to use for the first lesson each week to check children's understanding of a variety of mathematical concepts.
Key words and descriptions for display/visual learners.
They were used during my lesson for teaching children the terms:
*dissolving
*soluble
*solvent
*solution
See https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/materials-year-5-solutions-solute-and-solvent-11752364 for the complete lesson :)
Four simple worksheets with extensions based on:
Apostrophes
Speech Marks
Inverted Commas
Pronouns
Children are reminded what the term means and then given progressive tasks to increase their understanding.
I created these bookmarks to laminate and have in my children’s English books as they struggle to spell these words.
By seeing them spelt correctly so often, they got better at spelling them themselves.
Easy to edit also.
COMPREHENSION BASED ON THE SONG ‘This is me’ FROM THE MOVIE THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.
SOme inference questions based off this song because:
It’s something different
We all love the song!
The children loved listening to the lyrics and try to understand/deduct what the meaning was behind the lyrics.
Word Document and PDF included of Verse 1 and Verse 2.
A simple display I used when studying the book ‘Journey to Jo’Burg’. We used this book to create pieces of writing with issues and dilemmas. (Planning is available in my shop also).
Children loved the colorful characters which confirmed their understanding of what a dilemma was, while learning about the country of South Africa at the same time.
*I know the sign in my cover picture (Jo’Berg) is spelled wrong, however I have fixed it in the resource itself.
A comprehension based on the story of ‘Who killed King Tut’. (a report)
Children are encouraged to use their inference skills and comment on why the author has used a certain structure to help the reader.
Children will use a range of reading skills and strategies when answering this comprehension.
This resource is PERFECT if you want to teach your class how to write a report by using the correct features.
This product bundles together both of my products on reports but you can purchase them both at a discounted price HERE.
Please check out these resources for a more in-depth description.Comprehension
[Writing our own report]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-chronological-report-writing-our-own-11985678)
Understanding the features
Can’t get this song out of your head? Well neither can we!
Dig deeply into the lyrics for comprehension and close reading practice with these high-interest, current songs to allow children to use their deduction and inference skills. This comprehension is based on the song ‘Mamma Mia’ from the Mamma Mia movie and Abba of course because:
We all love the song Mamma Mia.
It’s something a little bit different to analyse a song.
The children discussed the lyrics in detail, trying to decide what they meant. It allowed them to appreciate the lyrics in songs and not just to sing them.
There is a mix of questions involved in these comprehensions, asking children to:
*locate information from the text
*rate the effectiveness of certain words and EXPLAIN the reason for the answer
*form an opinion on the lyrics. Do they like/dislike the lyrics? Why?
Overall, children will gain an understanding of the meaning behind the lyrics and they will be encouraged to form opinions on a song, which is something a little bit different. I hope you enjoy this resource as much as we did!
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