2 Resources to support a personal study on a US state, supporting the NEW Geography KS2 Curriculum. 1. An example Travel Guide Text based on the USA State of Montana. Aimed at higher end of expected level. 2. A planning format for students to plan each paragraph of own chosen US State (North America/South America) Students can research chosen state during lessons or for homework using planning frame. Meets many of the NEW English reading and writing KPIs - parenthesis, managing clause structures and manipulating for effect.

2 comprehensions based on the popular book: The day the crayons quit by Oliver Jeffers. The questions cover all strands of the NEW and of KS1 reading national curriculum. Can be used for assessment purposes/evidence of attaining reading skills/performance indicators.

4x guided reading comprehension sheets for Sophie's Snail by Dick King- Smith Questions modelled around new standards 2016 (KPI's) Lower Key Stage 2.

A powerpoint that features 3 poems to inspire high level Poetry (theme: Coast) Links to Geography- coastal study. Key questions given to analyse a poem. Provides reading phase: opportunity to look in depth how poets: -Manipulate grammatical structures for deliberate effect -Use precise noun and verb choices to create atmosphere -Use High Level punctuation at the KS2 Greater Depth Standard for deliberate effect (Hyphens, dashes, commas to separate clauses and semi colon.) Children can use the language choices to create own poetry.

4x guided reading Comprehensions for Private Peaceful novel by Michael Morpurgo Questions modelled around NEW Reading KPI's for Upper Key Stage 2

5x Reading comprehensions based on Project X Alien Adventures series by Oxford Reading Tree books Purple Level Comprehensions cover the Purple band books: The sands of Akwa Holoboard havoc Ant's Pact The screams of the raptiss The secret whirlpool

5x Reading comprehensions based on Project X Alien Adventures series by Oxford Reading Tree books at White Level. White Level book comprehensions include: Attack of teh Giant Meeb Fear Forest Save the world Spaceship graveyard The cave of life

A Reading activity based on the popular picture book: A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson 3 key questions aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Questions cover retrieval, inference and personal response/empathy. Quality Questioning task covering 3 key reading skills based on new curriculum for English.

A Reading activity based on the BIG CAT book: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Reading book A language inference task aimed at expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One/ Lower Key Stage Two Quality task covering key inference and language skills based on new curriculum for English.

Year 6 Spelling booklet containing all key spelling rules covered in the SATs. Pupil recording booklet to revise and practise spellings containing common rules. 49 pages in total. In the SATs, children will be tested on spelling rules for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6. In 2016, only 2/20 of the words used in the SATs spelling test were on the English appendix. As a Year 6 teacher for over 15 years, this lead me to make my own recording booklet for pupils to revise in class and at home. It is important to remember that the format of the spelling test means children must write these words correctly into a sentence. They do not normally fall at the start of the sentence so they do not need a capital letter.

A Reading activity based on theOxford Reading tree Gold Level Book: Hamid does his best Inference task aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Quality task covering key reading skills based on new curriculum for English. Tracking a characters feelings throughout the text using inference and providing evidence.