Series of short activities looking at the spelling rules for adding -ous and some exceptions to the rules

Progression notebook and activities to support.

A notebook explaining what a subordinate clauses are with a follow up activity highlighting subordinate clauses and writing some of their own. A LA group stayed on the carpet with me to do some as a whole group.

3 simple but useful additions to any lesson/revision of prepositions. A passage to highlight the prepositions in, some pictures to add the words in the sentences and a word bank of prepositional phrases.

A lesson notebook with a card matching activity and a worksheet.

Notebook of progression. Activities focusing on the spelling of comparative and superlative adjectives with the appropriate suffixes.

Designed for Year 3 children to encourage synonym use and powerful adjectives in descriptive writing. Based on a farm topic and story book 'Emma's Lamb'.

A progression notebook looking at the different spelling rules for adding ing. A document full of example words for children to select and practice add ing correctly.

6 week reading comprehension unit based on Philip Pullman’s Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp. Aimed at year 3 reading skills. Supporting notebook with colour coded slides to fit with each session.

Notebook with spelling rules and progression of skills. Ed word cards for practicing adding the suffix. Triplets game - put them in groups then discuss which is the accurate spelling.

Cut and match antonym words for group task or individual work.

A simple introduction to causal conjunctions and their purpose, aimed at a year 3 class. The supporting notebook explains what they are/do and gives some examples. It also has an explanation text about mummification to highlight the causal conjunctions and input them later in the lesson to show progression. Worksheets are also provided (differentiated 3 ways) for children to demonstrate their understanding of causal conjunctions through some sentence work.

Notebook exploring the conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Worksheets applying coordinating conjunctions based on Emma's Lamb farm story.

Investigating words that are linked through a root word and the addition of suffixes and prefixes. A series of activities to be delivered over a few days in short 10-15 minute sessions (Teach, Practice, Apply - coloured backgrounds on the notebook). There is also a word bank of prefixes and suffixes pupils should know by the end of year 4

Clearly structured cards that explain spelling rules including suffixes, prefixes, exceptions and curriculum spellings. Covers a large range of spelling rules such as ed, ing, er/est, y as I, ou as an u, ly, able or ible. Though a comprehensive set, more will come over the year as we cover more rules. They are great to chop up and laminate and have on the tables for children to check and correct their spellings against.

Based on Philip Pullman's Aladdin version, a series of 6 lessons looking at different extracts (in chronological order) and answering a series of comprehension questions focusing on clarification, inference, author's choice and providing evidence with answers. The lessons follow a structure (outlined in the document) that encourages more discussion around answers rather than just giving children a text and them answering questions independently. There is a document with suggested answers though you may be surprised some of the things the children come up with for 'what do you think' questions. Supporting notebook with coloured slides separating the different sessions. Hope this is of use to you!

Quick activities over a few 10-15 minute quick-fire sessions looking at diminutives of certain farm animals. Critical spelling skills for writing!

An explanation text explaning the process of making a mummy to support Ancient Egypt topic. Included are various activities relating to the one text: cloze procedure, identifying key features, putting it in the right area, a text with no causal conjunctions. Some sheets are differentiated mild and medium.

A presentation to support a short 15 minute 'spell time'. Teaching how to spell the words and recognising misspellings.

Notebook covering spelling rules and also touching on comparing it to 'ation' and 'sion' Document of words for the speed write - these are spread out on a table and students are given 5 minutes to pick up and copy the word out but applying the suffix accurately.