Weekly spellings to support Phonics lessons based on the phoneme /ow/ and alternative grapheme spellings. One side has an intro and spellings list, second page to be printed on the back with the Best Best for spelling rules. Designed to be used alongside planning from PhonicsPlay. I stick in the homework diary weekly, so parents have all information to hand.

A set of reading comprehension sheets to go alongside the Lime level books. New vocabulary - write the definition (promoting dictionary skills), answering what, where, why, how questions, writing facts in a list, reviewing the book

Homework / classwork sheet designed to help children find out information about the countries of the Commonwealth. To find out the continent, capital city, population, languages spoken, interesting facts etc. Children can use internet, atlas or other non-fiction book to find out the information.

An assessment tool to be used on all new arrivals to the school, to all initial concerns/low achievers and also across all SEN pupils. The SLCN screen helps to focus on the needs of the individual (if any). To be used in conjunction with the Leicester City Meeting Individual Needs SLCN manual.

General Literacy word work, although made to accompany group guided reading of RWInc book Stop!

RWInc style flashcards for graphemes /au/ and /oe/ including a caption/ditty. oe: potatoes and tomatoes au: Launch the astronaut Double-sided - first side has the grapheme in large text, the opposite side has a picture and caption.

Spellings homework produced. Designed to be a double sided document to stick into homework diaries or spelling books. One side with the spellings list, and the other side with the Best bet for spelling the /oo/ phoneme.

Children to design own twisted version of the Three Little Pigs, thinking of different ways the story could change (character names, house materials, how the were destroyed, any catchphrases used, and how the story end). Can be used as a story plan, or just as a scaffold before writing the story.

Jolly Phonics image, action, song lyrics and some key words for GPC /e/ and /i/.

A Shared Reading book, alongside other worksheets and resources. For use in Literacy lesson, YR Term 3 - Reading Non-fiction - recounts Key words and key sentences for contextual reading, and sequencing. Recount writing sheets differentiated for independent writing, and supported writing. Other topics covered: Reading; Stories.

Pictures of words containing an /sh/ phoneme either at the beginning or the end of the word. Designed to be used to sort into two groups - those words that start with an sh, and those that end with an sh. Children to segment orally, and then scribe the word into phoneme frames.

I have created a display banner to use alongside the Oxford Reading Tree display cards produced by Bev Evans.

A story planning sheet designed for creating a twist on the Three Little Pigs. Encouraging the children to concentrate on characters, setting, story content etc.

A non-fiction book on wolves.\nDesigned to support child initiated learning to go alongside topics on forests, animals and traditional tales (red riding hood, three little pigs)

Differentiated PowerPoint to cater for a mixed Phase 3/4 group. 1. Blending for reading words incl pseudo words. 2. Oral segmentation. 3. Segmentation for spelling. 4. Reading sentences.

I created this resource to use alongside the Scholastic lesson plan 'tea with the big bad wolf'. Two small tables to use when looking at spelling rules. First table when orally segmenting two similar words - does the initial/final/medial phoneme sound the same. Tick or cross as appropriate. Then use the second table to compare when spelling the two similar words. Words used for this activity were feel and fell. Works well when used as a word work or phonics session when doing the Three Little Pigs.

A wordmat designed to mirror the VCOP display board in KS1. Includes VCOP superhero images courtesy of butterbeer and ilovemarmite. Double-sided wordmat - 1 side with VCOP sections, flipside with half-completed pirate similes, and well-known pirate sayings. Useful for writing about pirates or creation of a pirate adventure story.

Differentiated Phonics PowerPoint designed to cater for a mixed group of Phases 3 and 4. 1. Blending for reading words incl pseudo words. 2. Oral segmentation. 3. Segmentation for spelling. 4. Reading sentences.

A PowerPoint to introduce the topic of robots and machines. What are robots, what do they do, what are they made of and design your own robot of the future. Text content thanks to Idaho Public Television Dialogue 4 Kids.

Thanks to Ilovemarmite and butterbeer for their fantastic superhero characters.\nI have made a simple PowerPoint presentation to introduce the VCOP superheroes to Year 1 pupils.