Independent reading activities. Over 120 pages of guided reading activities to save you time and stress! Suitable for children aged 5-6 years old. Year 1 UK. These updated reading activities are designed for children to be able to complete independently, as part of a guided reading carousel or even as homework. I have put together over 120 pages of activities that children can do independently whilst still improving their reading skills and their understanding of books and stories. There is a variety of activities starting with very simple phonics activities for lower abilities. The activities get more advanced for use throughout the school year. Some of the activities are also linked to the year 1 curriculum eg the lifecycle of a sunflower, seasons and keeping healthy. All aspects of the year 1 reading National Curriculum covered.Also perfect for lower ability children in year 2 and up. Included in this product: reading journal book cover year 1 national curriculum statements for assessment guided reading timetable 35 reading comprehensions initial sounds cut and stick b or d cut and stick m or n cut and stick c or k cut and stick missing letters draw the word x 3 2 syllable words draw the caption x 3 mixed up sentences x 6 draw the book cover x 2 draw the characters x 2 draw your favourite part x 2 draw the ending x 2 write the tricky words x 2 find the digraph x 2 write the noun x 2 design a new front cover find the nouns/weather words/plant words reading questions all about the book book review x 2 read and colour x 3 read and draw x 3 describe the setting x 2 draw and describe the character x 2 draw the character x 4 draw the setting x 4 where is cat? inference questions x 4 sunflower life cycle make a foldable book label a snail make a wanted poster decode words x 4 word endings x 2 missing words syllables x 2 sequence story x 2 contractions what happens next?

100 independent reading activities suitable for 6-7 year olds. Save yourself time and stress with this with these no prep reading printables - enough to last you the whole year. These reading activities are designed for children to be able to complete independently, as part of a guided reading carousel, as an independent activity whilst the class teacher is reading with a group or even as homework. This product includes 100 pages of activities that children can do independently whilst still improving their reading skills and their understanding of books and stories. There is a variety of activities including word work, spellings, grammar, cut and paste, word searches, as well as 42 reading comprehensions. Plenty of variety to keep children engaged, as well as covering plenty of different skills. Simply print and go, no prep required. Print the whole product at the beginning of the year and you will always have reading activities to hand. Some of the activities are also linked to the year 2 curriculum eg the lifecycle of a frog, materials, plants, recycling, historical figures. Perfest to use them alongside your topic work. Many aspects of the year 2 reading National Curriculum covered. Also perfect for lower ability children in year 3 and up. Also includes a reading journal cover and a tick list of National Curriculum reading standards for assessment. This will help you keep on track with assessing children’s reading skills. Product Includes: 42 Reading Comprehensions plus My Reading Journal front cover National Curriculum Reading Standards Tick List for Year 2 Find the plant words Find the materials words Prefix Re Suffix -less and -est Build compound words Alphabetical order x 2 Describe dog and cupcake Add Adjectives le at the end of a word - cut and paste activity el at the end of a word - cut and paste dge making the j sound - cut and paste dge making the j sound - drawing activity r spelt wr - drawing j/g - cut and paste c making the s sound - cut and paste al at the end of a word - word search ge at the end of a word - word search n sound spelt with gn/kn - dice game n spelt with gn/kn - cut and paste I can read ing words - cut and paste contractions x 2 recycle materials - cut and paste materials 2-4 syllables sort - cut and paste word sort 2-4 syllables - cut and paste Ordering how to make a pizza - cut and paste Ordering how to make breakfast - cut and paste Little Red Riding Hood ordering sentences - cut and paste Draw fairy tale characters Goldilocks ordering pictures - cut and paste Jack And The Beanstalk ordering pictures - cut and paste 3 Little Pigs ordering pictures - cut and paste Draw a front cover Design a front cover Draw the best part of a story Draw and label characters Review your favourite book All about the book Book review Read and draw x 2 I can make inferences x 3 Make a healthy me poster Make a camping poster Word of the day Write a book quiz Draw the characters Contents page

Blank writing frames suitable for Early Writers. Large selection of writing templates and writing frames suitable for children aged 4-6 years old. Just print out and you’re ready to write! Product includes: Story writing - My story plan - 2 versions 5 sentence story Story map My story setting My character Writing frames Book Reviews 2 x fiction 1 x non fiction Lined and unlined frames - I Phone Notepads x 2 Clipboard Santa Face Postcards Butterfly Apple Snail Easter Egg Pirate Scroll x 2 My Potion x 2 Activities My diary entry My healthy lunchbox Science Investigation Animal fact sheet Country fact sheet Blank fact sheet Recount Instructions x 2 My Summer Holidays My Christmas Holidays Letter to Santa Letter My Weekend News x 2 Recipe Sheet All About Me My Birthday My New School Year My Year Review

Grammar activities for year 1. No prep required - the perfect teacher time saver. All you need to teach year 1 grammar. Simply print out and ready to go - 23 activities, each differentiated 2 ways. Based on the National Curriculum requirements for year 1 grammar. Activities include: noun hunt noun sort - people, place or thing x 2 noun sort - common/proper verbs noun or verb sort question mark or exclamation mark capital letters capital letters and full stops plurals add -s/-es x 3 count the syllables x 2 alphabetical order join words using and adding -un adding -ed adding -ing adding -er/-est months of the year days of the week [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/guided-reading-activities-year-1-12146968]

Autumn themed reading comprehensions for KS1 This product contains 10 autumn themed reading comprehensions to use as part of your autumn topic. Titles - Autumn Trees Apples Harvest Pumpkins Animals Conkers Acorns Squirrels Hedgehogs Simple texts for children to read and answer 4 retrieval questions.

Amazon Rainforest themed informational text writing activities. Are you teaching your students how to write an informational text, non fiction text or non chronological report? Then this fun and engaging activity could be just what you are looking for. Suitable for lower KS2 How to use this product: This product is designed to help children learn how to write an informational text, non fiction text or non chronological text. It includes a set of activities for them to complete before writing their own text. Activity 1: Identify title, subtitles, diagram and caption. Students read the text. Students can write a suitable title to match the text. They can then write suitable subtitles, draw a suitable diagram and write a caption to go with the diagram. Activity 2: Identify title, subtitles, diagram, caption, conclusion and key facts/words. Students read the text and highlight the above features. Activity 3: Identify title, subtitles, diagrams, captions, concluding section. Students cut out the parts of an information text and stick them back together in the correct order. Also included: Cut out and laminate the key features of an information text bookmark. Students can keep these and refer to them when needed. Key features checklist. Give each student a checklist for them to refer to and ensure they have included the key features. They can tick them off as they include them.

Fun, early morning alphabet activities, ideal for teaching children the letters of the alphabet. These alphabet activities can be set up for children to complete as they come into the classroom in the morning. Alternatively they could be used during a phonics session, in a writing area or as an adult led session. They could even be used as homework/home learning activities or catch up. Each letter of the alphabet has a quick activity for children to complete, for example, draw a leaf for the ladybird’s lunch. Each sheet is black and white for children to colour. 52 sheets. Each letter of the alphabet has an initial sounds sort. Colour or circle the objects that have a certain initial sound. Also included is a colourful alphabet mat.

Arctic and Antarctic Animals Reading Comprehensions Suitable for year 1, maybe year 2 . 4 differentiated sheets for each animal. 4 different animals - polar bears, penguins, arctic fox, seals Each sheet had assessment statements from National Curriculum.

William Shakespeare. Learn all about the life of William Shakespeare. This product includes a power point, scavenger hunt, timeline activity, make a leaflet, blank biography planning sheet plus word search and bookmarks for early finishers. Are you learning about William Shakespeare? Then this could be the perfect accompaniment to your studies. Find out about the man behind some of the world’s most famous plays. There is a power point for you to share with your students - no research needed from you. They can then enjoy a fun scavenger hunt, helping them to learn about the life of William Shakespeare. Students must then use their answer sheets to complete the timeline activity and make their own leaflet. There is also a blank biography planning sheet for students to complete for their biography writing. Early finishers can make a bookmark and complete a word search. PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS ABOUT THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE RATHER THAN HIS WORKS. Suitable for KS2 You might also like: Albert Einstein Leonardo Da Vinci Included in this product: 15 slide teaching power point Scavenger hunt with differentiated questions sheets Make a leaflet Timeline activity - differentiated 3 ways Blank biography planning sheet Word search Make a bookmark How to use instructions

17 slide power point teaching children about who the real St George was plus how and why we celebrate St George’s Day Differentiated reading comprehensions and questions. 2 x differentiated on the real Saint George 2 x differentiated on the Legend of George and the Dragon. A fact sheet explaining how St George’s Day is celebrated. Make a mini book about St George Design your own St George’s shield Blank fact sheet / research sheet for students to complete Make a shield book. Wordsearch Make a bookmark for early finishers These activities would be ideal for a morning or afternoon learning about St George.

Nice easy activity for first day back after the Easter hols! Full and half lined Easter themed writing frame.

Get ready for Summer!!! Four free writing templates with Summer borders

Help your students collate facts and plan paragraphs when writing a biography. Can be used when researching or when planning writing (or both!) Suitable for KS2

Christmas Alphabet Flash Cards Lower case and upper case. A-Z Christmas themed.

Valentine’s Day reading comprehensions. 3 x comprehensions differentiated. Suitable for year 1 year 2

Phonics Lotto Game ee/ea/ey/y Help your children learn the different ways of making the ee sound in words. Game consists of 4 picture boards and 36 word cards. Each child has a board and children take it in turns to pick a card. Read the word on the card. If they have the corresponding picture on their board they place the card on top. The first player to cover all of their pictures is the winner. Print, laminate and cut out.