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.
Contains three classic fiction text extracts accompanied by SATs style questions with answers. The final text in the year 6 reading test is often very challenging and the associated questions require depth of understanding. It can be difficult to find suitable texts and develop suitable questions to practise the skills needed to do well in this section of the SATs reading paper.
This resource can help. It contains three:
Challenging classic fiction texts
Mini-tests containing 10 questions which are similar in style to those commonly found in this section of the test including questions linked to inference, evidence and impressions.
Answer sheets similar to the markschemes used in SATs.
Reading the text and answering the questions for each mini-test will take about twenty minutes - approximately the same amount of time the children will have to complete the last section of the reading test during SATs. This enables this resource to be used for test practice to develop test technique. The answer sheet can then be used to analyse and discuss suitable answers.
The comprehensions are based on the following books:
-Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
-Anne of the Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
-The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
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 pack contains a selection of EAL resources suitable for newly arrived KS1 and KS2 pupils with little or no English. The focus for this pack is to help EAL beginners to learn key vocabulary associated with school. The pack almost 50 worksheets with activities linked to more than 60 words. Activities include:
Handwriting
Drawing
Matching pictures and words
Multiple choice
Simple sentence work
The pack also contains a pupil information sheet, a phonics check sheet, pictures of all the referenced vocabulary (which could be enlarged and made into flashcards) and an assessment sheet to help monitor pupil’s understanding. The pack is designed to be used flexibly. Teachers can select worksheets as needed to support EAL lessons. Alternatively, teachers could combine all the sheets in the pack to create a workbook of materials which would allow newly arrived EAL learners to work fairly independently with some teacher support and guidance.
This pack contains a selection of EAL resources suitable for newly arrived KS1 and KS2 pupils with little or no English. The focus for this pack is to help EAL beginners to learn key vocabulary.The pack approximately 50 worksheets with activities linked to more than 60 words. Activities include:
Handwriting
Drawing
Matching pictures and words
Multiple choice
Simple sentence work
The pack also contains a pupil information sheet, a phonics check sheet, pictures of all the referenced vocabulary (which could be enlarged and made into flashcards) and an assessment sheet to help monitor pupil’s understanding. The pack is designed to be used flexibly. Teachers can select worksheets as needed to support EAL lessons. Alternatively, teachers could combine all the sheets in the pack to create a workbook of materials which would allow newly arrived EAL learners to work fairly independently with some teacher support and guidance.
This pack contains a selection of EAL resources suitable for newly arrived KS1 and KS2 pupils with little or no English. The focus for this pack is to help EAL beginners to learn key vocabulary associated with home. The pack almost 50 worksheets with activities linked to more than 60 words. Activities include:
Handwriting
Drawing
Matching pictures and words
Multiple choice
Simple sentence work
The pack also contains a pupil information sheet, a phonics check sheet, pictures of all the referenced vocabulary (which could be enlarged and made into flashcards) and an assessment sheet to help monitor pupil’s understanding. The pack is designed to be used flexibly. Teachers can select worksheets as needed to support EAL lessons. Alternatively, teachers could combine all the sheets in the pack to create a workbook of materials which would allow newly arrived EAL learners to work fairly independently with some teacher support and guidance.
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.
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.
Contains two complete poetry lessons based on the fun spooky poems: ‘The Hairy Toe’, and ‘In the Dark, Dark Wood’ with PPT presentations and comprehension tasks. Suitable for KS1. Ideal for teachers exploring scary poetry with their pupils. Great for Halloween! Useful for reading sessions, literacy lessons and topic work. Each lesson also includes guidance for two follow-up writing activities. 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.
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
Contains two complete poetry lessons based on the nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll and a selection of Edward Lear’s limericks. Includes PPT presentations and comprehension tasks. Ideal for teachers exploring classic nonsense poetry. Useful for reading sessions or literacy lessons 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:
• Poem(s) with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem (s)
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities.
Also included for each lesson:
• Copy of the poem (s). Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets.
Contains three complete poetry lessons based on haikus, cinquains and limericks. Includes PPT presentations and comprehension tasks. Ideal for teachers exploring short poetry forms. Useful for reading sessions or literacy lessons Each lesson also includes guidance for follow-up writing activities enabling students to create their own poems making this a flexible resource with the potential for extension into three short units of work; alternatively, teachers could create a combined unit on short poetry forms.
The PPT provided for each lesson includes:
• Poem(s) with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem (s)
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up poetry writing activities.
Also included for each lesson:
• Copy of the poem (s). Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets.
This pack contains biographies of nine black and Asian soldiers / army personnel from the Commonwealth who took part in World War 2. It features World War 2 heroes from India, Africa and the Caribbean.
This resource is ideal for studying significant people in World War 2, Black History Month or exploring biography text types. A flexible resource with enough content for several lessons. Suitable for KS2.
The resource includes:
• A 15 slide PPT presentation with biographical information and video links.
• Comprehension worksheets to accompany each biography.
• Follow Up Activity 1 – A discussion exercise requiring students to organise the biographies using a Diamond 9 Ranking system.
• Follow Up Activity 2 – Students create a medal and write a citation for one of the people featured in the pack. A template is provided to aid this activity.
• Differentiated biography writing templates which students can use to create their own biography of one of the featured heroes.
• A PDF containing all the biographies and instructions for the Diamond 9 Ranking activity.
The World War 2 Heroes featured in this resource are:
• Learie Constantine
• Ulric cross
• James Hyde
• Billy Strachan
• Prakash Singh Chib
• Lilian Bader
• Johnny Symthe
• Noor Inayat Khan
• Yeshwant Ghadge
Ks2 resources for three classic poems about landscapes:
The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B.Yeats
My Heart's in the Highlands by Robert Burns
Daffodils by William Wordsworth
Includes PPTs. differentiated worksheets and copies of the poems
Contains ten PPT writing lessons which can be used as group intervention lessons or for the whole class. The lessons are aimed at helping pupils to develop the skills specified in the year 6 writing assessment framework.
The pack contains eight stimulating writing tasks which cover a range of text types enabling pupils to practise ‘writing effectively for a range of purposes and audiences’. Each writing task contains an example text and follows the format: discuss-analyse-write-edit. The tasks are listed below:
Four non-fiction tasks
Write a recount
Write an information text
Write a persuasive letter
Write a review
Four fiction tasks
Write a character description
Write a setting description
Describe atmosphere
Write dialogue
Also included are the following PPTs:
Spelling Tips and Tricks to help students develop the skills needed to learn the spellings on the Years 3 to 6 statutory word list
Improving Handwriting to help students work out how to improve their handwriting through self-assessment
Great for teaching performance poetry! Contains five poetry lessons based on classic poems about animals by Christina Rossetti. This lesson has been designed to meet the following National Curriculum objectives:
• Listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently (Year 1)
• Learning to appreciate rhymes and poems, and to recite some by heart (Year 1)
• Continuing to build up a repertoire of poems learnt by heart, appreciating these and reciting some, with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear (Year 2)
The poems included are:
• ‘Caterpillar’ about the lifecycle of caterpillar
• ‘White Hen Sitting’ about the lifecycle of a chicken
• ‘Hurt No Living Thing’ encouraging kindness to all creatures
• ‘Hopping Frog’ comparing a frog and a toad
• ‘City Mouse and Garden Mouse’ comparing different habitats
The PPT provided for each poem contains:
• The poem with supporting visual images
• Background information about the poet and poem
• Discussion questions
• Guidance on how to perform the poem
• An optional writing activity
Each resource also includes differentiated comprehension worksheets. The discussion questions and comprehension worksheets enable pupils to gain a good understanding of the poem prior to performance. The optional writing activity enables teachers to extend the lesson should they wish to do so.
Five figurative language which combined create a unit of work. This resource is linked to the following English national curriculum reading comprehension objectives:
• Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (Year 3 and 4)
• Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader (Year 5 and 6)
This resource is also useful for helping pupils to understand how to use figurative language in their own writing.
The bundle contains lessons on the following figurative language techniques:
• Similes and metaphors
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Idioms
Each PPT lesson contains:
• Clear explanation
• Examples of the use of the figurative language technique
• Three activities which require pupils to demonstrate their understanding of and use the figurative language technique
• Reflection questions enabling pupils to recap and consolidate their understanding at the end of the lesson
The PPTs are fully editable giving you the flexibility to adjust aspects of the lesson to suit the needs of your pupils if required.
This bundle includes five PPT lessons on the following word classes:
• Nouns
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
Each PPT is based on a different word class and contains explanation, activities and practice exercises for students to complete as well as opportunities for discussion.
A pack of eight PowerPoints linked to the specific national curriculum objectives for year 1 vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Each PowerPoint contains content which could cover one or two lessons. PowerPoints include:
• Explanations of terminology
• Texts containing examples linked to vocabulary, grammar or punctuation objectives.
• Exercises for pupils to complete.
• Opportunities for pupils to discuss and reflect on what they have learnt.
Three packs containing a selection of worksheets to help familiarise new English learners pupils with over 150 key words. Packs include vocabulary linked to school, home and the environment. Over 100 worksheets included!
This EAL / ESL activity bundle is a great for new arrivals with little or no English. These resources are useful for 1:1 or small group work and could be used for intervention sessions. The bundle contains activity packs linked to ten topics:
• At the Farm
• Colours
• Feelings
• Fruit
• Greetings
• In the Jungle
• Pets
• Things we do at School
• Things we use at School
• Vegetables
Each pack contains:
• A PPT book to introduce the vocabulary and practise simple sentence structures
• Flashcards to consolidate learning
• Worksheets to practise reading and writing
• A vocabulary word mat for reference and revision
• Plus a handy guide with guidance on how to use the resources.