Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
A PPT based lesson designed to help pupils recognise four different types of nouns: common, proper, concrete and abstract. The 16 slide PPT contains explanation, activities and practice exercises for pupils to complete as well as opportunities for discussion.
This pack contains 8 posters which illustrate and explain the vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objectives for year 5 as specified in the English National Curriculum Appendix 2. Useful for classroom display and reference throughout the teaching year.
This pack contains 14 posters which illustrate and explain the vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objectives for year 2 as specified in the English National Curriculum Appendix 2. Useful for classroom display and reference throughout the teaching year.
This pack contains 13 colourful posters which illustrate and explain the vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objectives for year 6 as specified in the English National Curriculum Appendix 2. Useful for classroom display and reference throughout the teaching year.
This pack contains 7 colourful posters which illustrate and explain the vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objectives for year 1 as specified in the English National Curriculum Appendix 2. Useful for classroom display and reference throughout the teaching year.
A complete poetry lesson for KS2 based on the poem ‘Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll. Includes PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Ideal for exploring classic and nonsense poetry. Great for vocabulary work and encouraging students to decipher word meanings through context. Also includes guidance for three follow-up activities. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work.
The 16 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up poetry perfomance and writing activities
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated worksheets. Worksheet A contains straightforward literal questions and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains questions linked to the poet’s use of language and a task requiring students to summarise part of the poem.
This pack contains 9 posters which illustrate and explain the vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objectives for year 4 as specified in the English National Curriculum Appendix 2. Useful for classroom display and reference throughout the teaching year.
This pack contains 13 posters which illustrate and explain the vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objectives for year 3 as specified in the English National Curriculum Appendix 2. Great for classroom display and reference throughout the teaching year.
Contains two complete lessons based on the civil rights activists Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. Includes PPT presentations and follow up activities. Ideal for Black History Month, studying civil rights, equality, discrimination or important historical figures.
The PPT provided for each lesson includes:
• Biographical information
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
A selection of printables to support follow-up activities is also included.
A complete PPT lesson resource to help students learn about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Ideal for Black History Month, studying civil rights, equality, discrimination, significant women or important historical figures. The PPT presentation contains details of Rosa Parks’ life and achievements with a range of questions to encourage discussion and deeper thinking. This resource includes two follow up activities:
• Follow Up Activity 1 – An art activity in which pupils need to draw and colour people of different races sitting wherever they like on a bus to highlight why we are grateful to Rosa Parks. This activity is supported by the inclusion of two differentiated bus outlines for teachers to supply to students if needed.
• Follow Up Activity 2 – An activity requiring students to write a recount of the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This activity is supported by pictures on the PPT to help students remember the events and activities in order. These pictures are also supplied on a worksheet should teachers wish to enable students to create a storyboard on paper by combining pictures of the events with writing.
A complete PPT lesson resource about Martin Luther King Jr and why we remember him. Ideal for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month or studying equality and civil rights or significant individuals.The PPT presentation contains details of Martin Luther King Jr’s life and achievements with a range of questions to encourage discussion and deeper thinking. This resource includes two follow up art activities:
• Follow Up Activity 1 - Create a patterned design for a peace dove or a heart to illustrate Martin Luther King Jr. ’s emphasis on peace and love. This activity is supported by the inclusion of outlines of a dove and a heart to aid students with presenting their work if needed.
• Follow Up Activity 2 - Create artwork which symbolises racial unity using different coloured linked hands. Instructions and example pictures are provided on the PPT to help support this activity.
Suitable for years 2 to 6
Two PPT Lessons linked to the Christmas story of the Three Wise Men also know as the Magi or Three Kings and Epiphany. Each lesson contains a PPT, worksheets and activities.
One lesson is based around a classic Christmas poem which tells the story of the journey of the Three Kings. This resource includes a PPT containing the poem with visual images, background information and follow-up art and writing activities, plus comprehension tasks.
The other lesson includes a PPT lesson about Epiphany with details of how and why we celebrate it with worksheets to support two fun arts and crafts activities.
The follow - up activities create a flexible resource with the potential for extension into a longer unit of work.
This PPT lesson presentation explains what Epiphany is and how it is celebrated in different countries including details about Three Kings Day. The resource includes ideas for two follow up activities: design a Epiphany cake or design a crown. Outlines for the cake and crown are provided for children to draw and colour their designs; alternatively, teachers may wish to develop the activities further. This could be done by providing students with a selection of collage materials or paints, or asking students to not just design but also to make crowns using card. Suitable for KS2. Could also be used for upper KS1.
Contains two complete poetry lessons based on the fun Christmas poems ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ and ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’. Includes PPT presentations and comprehension tasks. Ideal for teachers exploring Christmas traditions with their pupils. Useful for reading sessions, literacy lessons or festive topic work. Each lesson also includes guidance for follow-up activities making this a flexible resource with the potential for extension into two short units of work.
The PPT provided for each lesson includes:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
Also included for each lesson:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets.
The nativity story of the Three Kings / Three Wise Men told through a classic poem. Ideal for exploring the Christmas story, Epiphany and Three Kings Day. The resource contains a complete lesson with PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. It also contains guidance for two follow-up activities with links to literacy and art. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2.
The 22 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated reading comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks requiring pupils to provide evidence and express opinion.
This fun Christmas poetry lesson based on the poem / song ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ includes a PPT presentation of the song and comprehension tasks. It also includes guidance for four follow-up activities with links to literacy, art, music and maths:
Activity 1: Sing the poem
Activity 2: Illustrate the twelve days of Christmas
Activity 3: Create a Christmas gift list
Activity 4: Use maths skills to do sums calculating the number of gifts
This flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work. Suitable for KS2.
The 32 slide PPT contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poem
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
The resource also includes:
• A copy of the poem. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains a straightforward literal task and an activity requiring pupils to visualise aspects of the poem. Worksheet B is more challenging and contains tasks linked to exploring the poet’s use of language and expressing opinion.
This pack provides full coverage of the spelling objectives for year 3 and 4 as detailed in Appendix 1 of the English National Curriculum: The pack is fully editable and includes:
• Suggested spelling half-termly teaching sequences for years 3 and 4
• Word Lists containing sets of the statutory and example spellings. These can be given to pupils or enlarged to create posters
• Look Cover Write Check sheets containing statutory and example spellings
• PPTs containing example words accompanied by rules, guidance and word lists
• Dictation sentences containing a mix of statutory and example spellings
• A PPT containing a range of teacher led spelling tasks to help pupils practise their spellings
• A PPT containing a range of spelling tasks to help pupils learn their set spellings independently
This pack provides coverage of around half of the spelling objectives for year 3 and 4 as detailed in Appendix 1 of the English National Curriculum: The pack is fully editable and includes:
• A suggested year 4 spelling half-termly teaching sequence
• Word Lists containing sets of the statutory and example spellings. These can be given to pupils or enlarged to create posters
• Look Cover Write Check sheets containing statutory and example spellings
• A PPT containing example words accompanied by rules, guidance and word lists
• Dictation sentences containing a mix of statutory and example spellings
• A PPT containing a range of teacher led spelling tasks to help pupils practise their spellings
• A PPT containing a range of spelling tasks to help pupils learn their set spellings independently
For a resource offering complete coverage of all of the year 3 and 4 spelling objectives please see details of the year 3 and 4 bundle.
This pack provides coverage of around half of the spelling objectives for year 3 and 4 as detailed in Appendix 1 of the English National Curriculum: The pack is fully editable and includes:
• A suggested year 3 spelling half-termly teaching sequence
• Word Lists containing sets of the statutory and example spellings. These can be given to pupils or enlarged to create posters
• Look Cover Write Check sheets containing statutory and example spellings
• A PPT containing example words accompanied by rules, guidance and word lists
• Dictation sentences containing a mix of statutory and example spellings
• A PPT containing a range of teacher led spelling tasks to help pupils practise their spellings
• A PPT containing a range of spelling tasks to help pupils learn their set spellings independently
For a resource offering complete coverage of all of the year 3 and 4 spelling objectives please see details of the year 3 and 4 bundle.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 4 punctuation objective requiring pupils to understand ‘apostrophes to mark plural possession’. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.