A series of differentiated sentence building activities focused on word class. These include articles, adjectives, verbs, nouns, subjects, adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions. The aim of the activity is to encourage children to see patterns in word classes and how they are organised within a sentence. This can be completed as self directed learning, in pairs, as an* assessment* or a homework. For my lower ability students I often print example sentences jumbled up and ask the children to sort the words into the correct classes using the table. For my* higher ability* I have let them take a sentence from a book, create table and then ask them to continue the pattern creating their own sentences. It is a great way to let the children play with words. They have even came in handy when creating plans for stories. Enjoy!

This is a simple page where the pupil is asked to sort and record a range of words which can later be used in their own writing. I love this activity as it has a range of uses: can be sent as a homework to teach the child how to use it independently with their own writing or reading, it can encourage children to take ownership over their work or to read a teachers comments more purposefully. I often hightlight an opener in a pupil’s work and they feel proud enough to record it in their word bank for later use. Most importantly, generally I use this as an assessment task throughout the term helping me to see if a child has misunderstood a term or has a repetitive spelling problem with a pattern. Enjoy!

Lesson plan and worksheets to help you teach rhyming couplets. The lesson is introductory and lasts 60 minutes. There are 3 differentiated activities and an example poem for the class to read and discuss together. I used this for an observation and received an outstanding. Unfortunately I used an overhead projector and wrote onto a blank screen with a smartboard pen so no slides are included, but I have highlighted where you could add you own if you wanted to. Enjoy!

3 differentiated worksheets focused solely on adding ‘es’ to create plurals. This is could be completed as a self directed task or a homework. The main aim is to help children understand the spelling patterns which require ‘es’ rather than another plural spelling. Enjoy

Includes a document with 3 double sided a4 sheets which I laminated and worksheet which I use as a resource for KS1 and KS2 children struggling to add detail to their writing. These include images and suggestions for the ‘who, what, how, where, why’ parts of a sentence. There are blank spaces at the bottom of each table where a child or TA could write any extra ideas they have. They then take these ideas and use them on the activity sheet. This first column of this sheet is to be stuck in their book and the others to be cut to create flaps. Under each you ask the child to write a sentence, adding/stretching it each time. For example under ‘Who?’ The child may write ‘The small granny,’ then under then next flap ‘What?’ the child may write 'The small granny stretched her hand etc. until a detail sentence is formed. The third sheet which I laminated was a self-assessment to check they had included each in their sentence and as they others can also be used permanently in your literacy display. I found this great to send home with spellings as they also force the child to practice their phonics and handwriting. My kids also loved writing some silly sentences with them. Enjoy!

Powerpoint introducing some mythological creatures and brief revision on thesaurus. The main point of the lesson is to create a short non-fiction texts about one mythological creature. It includes a powerpoint and 2 worksheets. My children had a lot of fun with this and followed up with two more lessons collating their non-fiction pages into a book for the younger classes. It also made a great display and linked to the book we were about to begin reading and led to more detailed creative writing later. Enjoy!

Very simple writing stimulus for the Roal Dahl story of BFG. I have used this for my writing moderation from year 2 to 6. It can also be a very simple homework for the kids.

Includes step-by-step instructions both written and drawn as to how to create a cartoon lion. There is both a word and Powerpoint version of instruction, and a separate word document set up as worksheets including answer pages. There are 4 main ways to teach word classes with this resource: An oral task with kids to help them understand the use of bossy verbs with them unaware of what the are meant to be drawing. A set of instructions in which they must find bossy verbs. A set of instructions in which they must find bossy verbs and adjectives. A set of instructions in which they must find bossy verbs, adjectives and nouns. I’ve used activities like this regularly to improve my classes listening, confidence in art skills and get used to positional language. I have used it for cross-curriculuum learning in RE when teaching Daniel and the Lion’s Den as well as science when studying animals. Hope it saves you time :)

A list of phonics games which can be played as class starters or main group lessons. Really helped me fill time during my PGCE/NQT.

Simple board game consisting of ks1 tricky words. I’ve used this in so many different ways; you can divide kids up into colours and in turns ask them read all of the words in that colour. you can play as a normal board game with dice you can play with HA children not just reading the word but putting it into a sentence you can make it a guided reading or literacy lesson by asking the children to write a sentence using the word they land on I have even used this as an assessment lesson in year 2 when I first got to know my class, it allowed me to find out where they were but also have fun with them. Enjoy

Simple and fun games divided by the sounds in each phase. I gave these to my TA’s to use in small groups. We began by simply saying the sounds, laterwe added in saying a word with the sound, the writing the sound/word and eventually with HA children would work in pairs to draw a picture of a word with the sound and their partner would segment the word. I even used them as ‘fun’ assessment at the beginning of a term. Enjoy!

Fun board game for learning new vocabulary and recognising words which have a silent ‘h’. Lesson plan included to give you ideas and explain how to play. I would recomend printing the game on a3 and laminating, this got me my first ‘outstanding’ in lesson and kids really love learning the new words! Enjoy!

Differentiated writing task on what role you want to have when you grow up. I've used this as a homework, literacy and IPC task. A great into for a new class or for an intro into a topic about different jobs.

Display this powerpoint at the end of a lesson. It shows symbols used for self assessment and a range of sentence starters for pupils to record in their books for both self and peer assessment. The sentence starters are general and should be applicable to all subjects. Saves a lot of time rather than recording red pen questions for individual children.

Short differentiated checklist of the punctuation needed to be learnt at the end of year 1. Assesses the pupils formation, understanding of the punctuation use and ability to put it into a sentence. LA children may need to be supported, but the rest of the class can complete this independently. Also a great task to complete at the start of year 2 to check how much the children have retained from year 1.

14 images and song titles. Cut and laminate each them put them into a box or bag, shake it up and allow the children to choose one to sing at the end of the day. I've done this activity with every year group upto y2 and they loved the independence of choosing the song. Also great for EAL kids to develop language skills with the rest of the class.

Three levels of worksheets to identify and create your own sentence types. Each page includes the definition of each sentence type which is great for beginners or revision, but this could be edited to become a cloze procedure. I’ve used this to introduce the topic in class and then to send home for parents in HW. Many of my parents said they found the definitions really helpful and put them up at home as they hadn’t been taught how to identify them before.

This is a time capsule project adaptable to all ages! I’ve deliberately created the project to suit at home/in school teaching and to be FUN for the kids. It is a positive way to teach and move on from time in quarantine. It includes; a powerpoint lesson on what time capsules are and looks through some famous examples. a powerpoint with step by step instructions on how to create your own time capsule (for parents/kids at home or teachers in class). a series of Quarantine sheets for young ks1 kids or ks2+ (Teachers may choose to only use the letter to a future generation template for older kids). I am very excited to use this and suggest adding in a nice art lesson where kids can create pictures of how they spent lockdown or a symbol of this time (e.g. a rainbow). Hope this helps your kids and you adapt to a new way of teaching.

Hilarious and fun script all about Robin Hood and Nottingham. Written for KS2 and beyond. Great to use as a class play or assembly based on a literacy topic. Enjoy!

Simple y2 targets, I send these home with parents at the start of the year and also circle two from each column during parent's evenings for parents to work on at home. I stick a copy of each at the from of my children's books at the start of the year so they know my expectations for them by the end. In order to track their targets we highlight each box as s the achieve it, you can also stick a star on it and date it each time you are aware the target has been achieved. This has made my life so much easier!