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Designed with a deep understanding of the classroom dynamics and curriculum requirements, my resources inspire engagement, promote critical thinking, and foster academic growth. Join me on this transformative learning adventure and discover a treasure trove of resources that will empower both teachers and students to thrive in their educational journey.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG)
Possessive Apostrophes - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6.
Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using possessive apostrophes to add clarity to children’s writing.
This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 12 PowerPoint slides for this lesson.
The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify, write and correct sentences with possessive apostrophes.
Learning Objective:
To understand singular and plural possessive apostrophes.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG)
Pronouns - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6.
Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as using different types of pronouns (personal, possessive, reflexive and relative)
This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 16 PowerPoint slides for this lesson.
The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify and use pronouns.
Learning Objective:
LO: To identify and use pronouns.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG)
Passive & Active Voices - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6.
Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as understanding the differences between the passive and active voices and when to use them to improve their writings.
This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 17 PowerPoint slides for this lesson.
The task for this lesson is to complete a passive and an active voice worksheet
Learning Objective:
To understand the difference between a passive and an active voice.
Success Steps - Writing Checklists - Year 2 - KS1
This resource enables teachers to mark children’s writing with regards to their level (working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth) and expectation for their age group.
There is a self-assessment and teacher assessment checklist.
This resource includes 3 writing checklists: working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth.
The resources are ready to print.
Writing - Poetry - Repetition & Patterns - Lesson 3- Part 2 (KS1/KS2)
This lesson recaps the use of repetition in poetry. Also included are a few examples of poems using repetition.
This lesson is in PowerPoint format and can be taught as it is or changed to suit individual classes. Detailed PowerPoint Lesson with 11 slides.
This lesson comes with suggested activity or task that is also attached. The task for this lesson is to start writing their own poem using their previously created mind maps.
Learning objectives
• To write a poem with repetition.
Writing - Season Poetry - Spring - Class Poem - Lesson 1 - KS1/KS2
With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own.
The season focus for this lesson is spring. Many detailed pictures are attached of
spring as a season, spring weather, spring rain spring bulbs, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses, and snowdrops, wildflowers, gardening, nest building, and baby animals.
Also discussed in the lesson,
What is Spring?
What reminds you of Spring?
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to recite the class poem to perform. The discussions throughout the lesson are also part of the task for lesson 1. There are 19 slides teaching slides and pictures.
Learning Objective:
To learn a spring-based poem.
Writing - Autumn Season Poetry Bundle - (KS1/Lower KS2)
With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a set of lessons based on poetry with tasks attached. As reinforced in the National Curriculum, children should experience of high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems. Be able to learn and appreciate rhymes and poems, and to recite some by heart. Children should be given the opportunities to prepare and perform poems understanding through intonation, tone and volume so that the meaning is clear to an audience. The focus for these collection of poem lessons is the seasons of the year: Winter.
Each Lesson Pack Contains:
A Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides).
The 6 lessons are broken down into the following:
Winter - Class Poem
Winter - Senses Star
Winter - Descriptive Poem
Winter - Acrostic Poem
Winter - Similes & Alliteration
Winter Festivities Poem
Learning Objectives;
To learn a winter-based poem.
To create a senses star using imagery and audio.
To write a descriptive winter poem.
To write an acrostic winter poem.
To write a winter poem with similes and alliteration.
To write a poem about the winter holidays.
ESOL - Entry 1.2 - English - At Home - Lesson 3 - My Room
English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) refers to learning English as a new resident in an English-speaking country. ESOL classes can include areas such as survival English, functional language, specific speaking and listening skills, and sociocultural information. The purpose is to support learners whose first language is not English, helping them gain the communication skills needed to progress in the workplace, education and beyond.
The focus for this lesson is learning how to describe different items in a bedroom such as dresser, dressing table, bedside table, desk and chair, bed, ensuite, wardrobe, shelves and window. To answer few questions related to different items/furniture found in a bedroom.
What furniture do you have in your room?
If you could, what would you change in your room?
Is your room big or small?
Are you tidy or untidy?
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and a task to label different items/furniture. There are 16 slides in total.
Learning Objective:
To learn how to describe different items in a bedroom
Guided Reading- Romans on the Rampage! - Chapter 10 - Lesson 21 - KS2
This is lesson 21 is based on Pages 109 - 112 of Chapter 10. I recommend to follow the powerpoint first which has a game of Skim and Scan that encourages children to quickly search for a particular word on a particular page. The second part of the lesson is a match the definition game, children can use their white boards to match the definition.
This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to answer 4 reading questions based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong, pages Pages 109 - 112 of Chapter 10. Also included is a marking sheet. There are 12 powerpoint slides.
Learning Objective:
To read a text and answer comprehension and inference questions
Guided Reading- Romans on the Rampage! - Chapter 12 - Lesson 25 - KS2
This is lesson 25 is based on Pages 131 - 136 of Chapter 12. I recommend to follow the powerpoint first which has a game of Skim and Scan that encourages children to quickly search for a particular word on a particular page. The second part of the lesson is a match the definition game, children can use their white boards to match the definition.
This lesson should last about 20-30 minutes as part of the series of guided reading lessons. Try aiming for at least 3 Guided reading lessons weekly to continue developing important reading skills like comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Guided reading is like a stepping stone to reading on your own, making children better readers step by step. Guided reading lays a strong foundation for learning across various subjects, contributing to the children’s confidence, development in comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to answer 5 reading questions based on the Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong, pages Pages 131 - 136 of Chapter 12. Also included is a marking sheet. There are 13 powerpoint slides.
Learning Objective:
To read a text and answer comprehension and inference questions
Writing - Season Poetry - Spring - Easter - Lesson 6 - KS1/KS2
With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own.
The season focus for this lesson is spring. Many detailed pictures are attached of
spring as a season and its association with the Christian festival Easter. Many slides and pictures of Hot Cross Buns, Baby animals, Easter eggs and the Easter Story Video.
Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to start writing a poem about Easter. There are 15 slides.
Learning Objective:
To learn an Easter poem and begin to write their own.
Writing - Knights and Castles - Introduction to Castles - What is a Castle? - Lesson 1 - KS1
With the National Curriculum in mind, I’ve meticulously designed an engaging history lesson centred around the captivating topic of castles, tailored specifically for Key Stage 1 students. This lesson aims to ignite children’s curiosity about the past while providing them with a chronologically secure understanding of the significance of castles in history. Through interactive activities and immersive storytelling, students will embark on a journey back in time to explore the mighty fortresses of knights and kings. By the end of the lesson, they will not only have learned about the purpose and features of castles but also developed essential historical skills that will empower them to become confident historians. Get ready to delve into the enchanting world of castles and unlock the secrets of the past in this exciting and educational lesson!
This lesson will introduce children to castles and their purpose, the people who lived in castles and the different castles present in the UK. Such as Dover Castle, Alnwick Castle and Windsor Castle. This lesson also has a few slides on facts about castles that children will need to use to write down in their fact file. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and task to create a fact file about castles (focusing on the question, What is a Castle?) There are two variations of the task, one to write sentences independently and the other is to order fact sentences about the castles. I have also included a word mat. There are 16 slides in total.
Learning Objective:
LO: To create a fact file
Writing - Knights and Castles – Parts of a Castle - Lesson 2 - KS1
With the National Curriculum in mind, I’ve meticulously designed an engaging history lesson focused on exploring the different parts of a castle, specially tailored for Key Stage 1 students. This lesson aims to spark children’s curiosity about the past while providing them with a chronologically secure understanding of the various components that make up a castle. Through interactive activities and captivating storytelling, students will journey back in time to discover the mighty towers, sturdy walls, and fascinating features of these medieval fortresses. By the end of the lesson, they will not only have learned about the different parts of a castle but also developed essential historical skills that will empower them to better understand and appreciate the significance of castles in history. Get ready to embark on an exciting adventure through the enchanting world of castles in this educational and immersive lesson!
This lesson will introduce the different parts of a castle such as the bailey, tower, battlements, arrow loops, portcullis, moat and the drawbridge. Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and task to create a fact file about castles (focusing on the Parts of the castle) There are two variations of the task, one to write sentences independently and the other is to order sentences about the different parts of a castle. I have also included a word mat. There are 15 slides in total.
Learning Objective:
LO: To learn about the parts of a castle.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG)
Full Stops, Question & Exclamation marks - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6.
Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
s to add clarity and avoid ambiguity in children’s writing.
This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). There are 26 PowerPoint slides for this lesson. There is also a interactive quiz within the teaching slides.
The task for this lesson is to complete a worksheet that requires the children to identify, write and correct sentences with full stops, question marks or exclamation marks.
Learning Objective:
To use full stops, question and exclamation marks in writings.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG)
Homophones - KS2. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6.
Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills such as identifying homophones and choosing the correct word to improve their writings.
This lesson comes with a fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, and Engaging Premium Quality Slides). An interactive quiz is also included. There are 23 PowerPoint slides for this lesson.
Also included a range of homophones, to/too/two, for/four and you’re/your.
The task for this lesson is to complete a Homophones worksheet
Learning Objectives:
To identify homophones
To differentiate words with the same sounds.
With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a set of high-quality Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) lessons with tasks attached. Since the 2014 national curriculum, when the SPaG test was introduced and updated to became more challenging. Now, children are taught and officially tested on these specific skills in spelling, punctuation and grammar in year 2 and 6. Children are expected to learn and develop essential English skills that improves their speech and writing quality overall. Hence, it is important children learn these skills
Each Lesson Pack Contains:
A Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides).
The 20 lessons are broken down into the following:
Adverbs, Fronted Adverbials & Adverbial Phrases
Imperative Verbs
Possessive Apostrophes
Contractive Apostrophes
Dashes & Hyphens
Colons & Semicolons
Full Stops, Question & Exclamation marks
Formal & Informal English
Paragraphs
Prepositions & Prepositional Phrases
Determiners
Pronouns
Relative Clauses
Synonyms & Antonyms
Homophones (their/they/re/there and where/we’re/wear)
Homophones (to/too/two, for/four and you’re/your)
Expanded Noun Phrases
Modal Verbs
Past, Present & Future Tense
Time Conjunctions
Learning Objectives;
To use adverbs, fronted adverbials and adverbial phrases to modify sentences.
To identify and use imperative verbs.
To understand singular and plural possessive apostrophes.
To identify and use contractive apostrophe.
To use dashes and hyphens.
To understand and use colons and semicolons in sentences.
To use full stops, question and exclamation marks in writings.
To understand the importance of formal English.
To identify the difference between formal and informal English.
To use paragraphs to improve writings.
To know and identify prepositions.
To use prepositions to write complete sentences.
To identify and use determiners.
To identify and use pronouns.
To identify relative pronouns.
To create relative clauses.
To use synonyms of common words to improve writings
To identify antonyms
To identify homophones
To differentiate words with the same sounds.
To use expanded noun phrases to add more detail.
To use modal verbs phrases in writing
To use past, present and future tenses.
To identify and use time conjunctions.
Success Steps - Writing Checklists - Year 1 & Year 2 - KS1
These resources enable teachers to mark children’s writing with regards to their level (working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth) and expectation for their age group.
Both resources includes 3 writing checklists: working towards, working at expected and working at greater depth for each year group.
The resources are ready to print.
The Year 2 Checklists also contains a self-assessment box.
The resources are ready to print.
Guided Reading Resource - True or False, Prove it! - Takumi Minamino (KS2, Japan)
This reading activity is in an editable word document. Includes two documents, a short article about Takumi Minamino and a True or False, Prove it! activity. These statements are based on the article provided. These statements can be true or false. The purpose is to get children to ‘prove it’ by using the text to retrieve and record key information and then identifying whether the the statement is true or false.
Reading Resource - Definitions - KS1/KS2
This reading resource is fully editable and in the word document format. This activity encourages children to write their own definitions for each one. First predict the meaning, find the definition, write a definition in your own words and then write sentence example (could be from the text). By creating their very own dictionary, children can expand their vocabulary thus writing. This can be completed after reading a text or book.
