This is a great resource to teach a year 2 three week guided reading unit. It starts with the book A squash and a squeeze by Julia Donaldson and then moves onto learning a classic poem about an old woman who swallowed a fly i week 3. The planning has looking (retrieval), clue (inference) and thinking(evaluative) style questions. Its a fun and engaging text to use for year 2 and can also be used for fluent readers in year 1. The planning has excellent ideas for the independent group work so that children can apply grammar skills, sequence text, make predictions, learn the poem from memory and even create their own simple poem. A must to promote reading for pleasure in your classes.

This is a fantastic way to include a dinosaur topic in your English unit. The resource contains an exemplar text (Instructions) with visuals aimed at the Exceeding in EYFS or Working at in year 1. The children are introduced to the story first - Harry and the bucket full of dinosaurs. It then leads on to learning instructional exemplar text (imitate) about 'How to take care of a pet dino.' This is supported by a text map to sequence and internalise language. The grammar features included are time connectives and prepositional language. The exemplar text is differentiated for SEN or EAL learners who may have little English, or limited writing ability. The unit lends itself well to imitation, innovation and invention. The children may go onto writing instructions for 'How to care for yourself ' or 'How to get ready in the morning.' They may write instructiins about caring for a class pet. There are lots of opportunities to do cross curricular and independent writing opportunities from this book e.g. my first day shopping. Excellent text for relluctant boy writers. ENJOY.

**Lesson 6 Collage using inspiration from Matisse This is the sixth lesson of a 7 week unit of work It is suitable for years 3 and year 4 and could be used in isolation too. The following is included; Lesson Plan 6 Powerpoints and resources Examples of work and tasks included. Key vocabulary for the lesson Differentiation Youtube links with relevant examples. Study of diverse artists and designers has been included to add diversity to the curriculum. Overview of the collage unit in the shop is as follows if you want to purchase the complete unit for a cheaper price. Week 1 Explore collage techniques Week 2 Use inspiration from Canaletto to create a collage Week 3 Famous Architect Zaha Hadid (newspaper strip collage and BAME link) Week 4 Tessellation and Escher (collage with no gaps) Week 5 Mosaic - (collage with gaps) Week 6 Matisse and (scissors cutout collage) Week 7 Finale composition The theme of the unit was based around buildings and grand designs - but the skills of each lesson can be applied to any focus e.g plants, animals, seaside, world war, landscape, etc The unit can be extended or condensed as you wish. Follow on instagram for more ideas and ways to save your teacher Sundays. @thisisrehanafazil

The Tunnel by Anthony Browne is a fantastic resource written for guided reading sessions that use a carousel format. Planning included teacher questioning as well as comprehension for children to access independently. Excellent text to use because Week 1 Guided questions and activities are also available in the shop. The following unit includes the following:- Teacher looking, clue, thinking questioning planning Work on high order vocabulary like alternatives for verb ‘said’ Alliteration and commas in a list Response activities to promote deeper understanding of characters Used to teach children high order questioning during guided reading session. There are opportunities to develop and explore characters thoughts, feelings, emotions and motivations through dialogue and speech. Vocabulary is enhanced through extending vocabulary through description and alliteration. Please leave a comment and I hope you find it useful as either a guided reading session or for use in a literacy lesson. Suitable for the year 2 curriculum.

Stone Age Boy Year 3 or year 4 English Unit This is a suitable text for teaching English that links with the topic Stone Age in lower KS2 Includes; Planning for a whole unit. Power Points included to support planning SEND differentiated tasks for all lessons Marking Ladder for year 3 linked to national curriculum Exemplar Genre focus - is an Information text Opportunities for narrative are included through journey. Hook Task included Editing ideas and how to develop tier 2 language proficiency This resource will save you weeks of planning and prep. It is one of the most popular resources available. Visit instagram to see videos of working walls that were used in the classroom. Suitable for remote learning and can be linked to science with work on rocks and soils. All the best in 2021. Keep Safe.

This book is linked to the Stone Age Topic. It is called Stone Girl Bone Girl The focus is a narrative writing. It includes 6 weeks planning with marking ladder and exemplar text to support learning. The unit of work is suitable for year 3 and year 4 and includes the following; Hook lesson, Cold Write, Imitation Stage, Innovation Stage Invention of narrative with a biography, Hot Task

This resource has a re-written narrative of Fox written in the past tense. In it, there are specific grammar features to be targeted and taught to meet year 2 TAF. Homophones Compound words complex sentences- using subordination compound sentences - using coordination apostrophe for possession There are separate powerpoints or word documents in the zip.folder with suggested activities for each skill to be taught and practiced. All have sentences and grammar activities related tothe story Fox. This grammar resource can be used in isolation or if you are studying the book Fox by Margaret Wild (See other resources and planning in the shop linked to the book). This resources is excellent to embed grammar in context and teach children the skills, and meanings of grammar features. Suitable for the new English curriculum for Year 2. The expectations in here are high and the outcomes and progress made are too. Enjoy and please leave a comment. Thank you for choosing this resource.

Design and Technology Lower KS2 Shell Structures Front Cover. Suitable for the National Curriculum - lower KS2. It follows from structures unit that pupils should have learned in KS1 e.g. creating photo frames, constructing small structure of houses or playground frames. The Shell Structure DT unit includes development of knowledge and skills from the programmes of study for DT in Key Stage 2. A complete unit of work with lesson planning, Powerpoints and resources is available in the shop. Visuals and photos are included for clear instructions. Design inspirations for shell structures e.g natural and manufactured as well as suitable designers and engineers. Opportunities to plan and make a shell structure e.g using 3d nets of varying design as well as CAD. Pupils will construct a food or sandwich box or a trinket box and evaluate ongoing basis to see if the design is fit for purpose. Pupils will understand technical skills and explore cutting, joining and strengthening skills. Please find the complete planning and lessons in the shop. https://www.tes.com/uploader/v2/12715590 Thank you for choosing this resource.

A set of different instructions for imitation, innovation and invention stages. There are examples of exemplar text with the grammar features to suit the new English Curriculum and meet the required standards for Working At Greater Depth. This unit is suited for Year 2 children. You will find visuals, Powerpoint and excel editable documents created at a high standard to meet all the needs of different learners. There are written instructions for making a jam sandwich, bread and cupcakes with supporting visuals that can be easily modified. There is opportunity for children to apply learnt skills to cross curricular writing e.g write instructions to complete a circuit. The instructions are relevant and purposeful to DT and science links with healthy eating, materials/electricity, designing and general cooking skills. The writing can be used for moderation of grammar skills in cross-curricular work.

Year 2 Guided Reading Comprehension- Information Text All About Foxes. A detailed text all about foxes allows children to read at length for greater depth. Children who are working at the expected have the text broken down into smaller chunks for easier accessibility. This resource can be used in isolation as well as supporting material for the Fox unit by Margaret Wild- if its being taught in English. The guided reading questioning included looking, inference, evaluative, and overall text questions. It is suitable for the New English curriculum and will suit teaching over 2 to 3 weeks or as extensive revision purposes leading up to SATs in year 2. It is recommended that greater depth children move onto reading Fantastic Mr Fox after this unit is completed. An additional Bats comprehension has been included for your use if you are teaching nocturnal animals. Thank you for choosing this resource and I hope you find it valuable.

This is a word document all about general garden snails. It includes many subheadings including why are snails pests? Life cycles? How does it eat? Why are they in danger? Pond Snails. What is the largest African Snail? This information text is suitable for research purposes in science to answer questions that have been generated by the children. It can also support writing own information about an other animals such as owls because children apply the skills of features they have learnt.

Greater Depth Maths - Year 2 TAF objective- Determine remainders using known facts. This is a greater depth standard, however, the objective has been differentiated so that all the class can access it at their level using visual and scaffolds. HA use known facts to solve remainders MA use multiplication facts of 2x table and division facts LA and SEN use numicon to solve how many 2 numicon can fit into a shape. The children master the objective by demonstrating reasoning and using known facts. 2x 7 = 14 and 2 x 8 = 16 (this is too high because I don’t have 16 socks). So the closest number of pairs is 7. 15 divided by 2 = 7 remainder 1 Suitable for the new maths curriculum. A necessary objective to meet the standards for greater depth and useful to consolidate multiplication and division for working at children. I hope you find it useful. Thank you for choosing this resource

Stone Age Boy Year 3 - English Tier 2 vocabulary for working walls to build pupils rich language acquisition. Exemplar text to teach from the book and non-fiction writing. Visuals to support tiered vocabulary rehearsal and aid memory. Games to rehearse language and memorize such as match the word to the meaning. Supports pedagogy of closing the vocabulary gap research. This model can be used and applied for all English units as the resource is easily edited and adaptable. Aimed at the new national curriculum for lower Key Stage 2 (year 3/4). Supporting planning available in the shop for a complete unit of work to match Stone Age Boy Text.

Ice Palace - Free Verse poem Front Cover Suitable for Year 3 and Year 4 Linked to the National Curriculum Writing for different purposes including poetry. Building a stamina for writing. Children will find this a fun activity describing Starjik Pupils first think of verbs for each character and then build on it e.g. for Starjik - maker, slayer, striker, snatcher, Fear instiller Grief striker Bat slayer monsterous rager tear Similarly they create a poem for Ivan by thinking of verbs first defender, defeater, grabber, risk-taker, saviour, brother Monster slayer ice cruncher wolf out-runner Pupils can write other free verse poems using figurative language including similes and metaphors for the character of the old lady

Writing a riddle in year 2 is fun. This resource teaches children how to write riddles about snails and whales. It is linked to the story The snail and the whale by Julia Donaldson. This resource is fun and flexible to use. The supporting materials can easily be adapted to write a riddle about any creature. Linked to the Information Text Unit All About Whales- also available in the shop. HAPS children are challenged with high expectations by using coordinating conjunction ‘but’ when writing a clue - e.g I have a foot but I don’t have any legs. I’m a good swimmer but I’m not a fish. Suitable for boys and interesting to get quality writing. Linked to the new English TAF 2018

Design and Technology Lower KS2 This unit of work was written for a year 3 class but can be used for year 4 too. It follows from structures unit that pupils should have learnt in KS1 e.g creating photo frames or houses for three little pigs etc. The unit includes development of knowledge and skills from the programmes of study for DT in Key Stage 2. A complete unit of work with lesson planning, Powerpoints and resources. Visuals and photos included for clear instructions Design inspirations for shell structures e.g natural and manufactured as well as suitable designers and engineers. Opportunities to plan and make a shell structure e.g using 3d nets of varying design as well as CAD. Pupils will construct a sandwich box or a trinket box and evaluate on an ongoing basis to see if the design is fit for purpose. Pupils will develop understanding of technical skills and explore cutting, joining and strengthening techniques. Thank you for choosing this and I can assure you - it will save you many hours of planning.

Display Bunting in capital case and lower case available in the tes shop as individual lesson titles or as a pack. Black backing and white lettering displayed on bunting that can be photocopied onto card or laminated for longer lasting. Reads as follow; English Maths Science RE Topic To help reduce distraction for pupils, it is important to have simplicity in displays. Research suggests pupils that are over stimulated can under perform compared to their peers with focused, minimal and succinct information on display. This resource can be purchased as part of a set with all the lettering as displayed in the front cover. See the tes shop for Bunting Pack. Please follow the author for more updates on instagram. @thisisrehanafazil

Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak English writing unit. Use this fantastic resource suitable for year 2. Closely linked with the national curriculum year 2 TAFs for the expected level and beyond. Pupils will be able to write creatively using inspiration from the book such as narrative, diary writing and instructions. The main genre focus is instructional writing in a creative way. The resource includes an exemplar instructional text called how to trap a wild thing. Pupils can use this as a guide to write their own instructions such as how to tame a dragon, or how to become a kind of the wild things. Daily lesson plans and differentiated resources are included in the unit that is over 5 weeks. Reading is also embedded in the unit to develop comprehension of the exemplar text. Pupils are encouraged to internalize the text by using a text map. Sen provision is also available to support pupils with learning.

An excellent, fun and imaginative play linked to the Great Fire of London. It is an end of year Play/Production or Assembly. This play script an be used as a finale to the history topic great fire of London taught in year 2. It is mainly about the historical event although there are other parts with gingerbread men (getting baked in the bakery and 3 little pigs) to give it a modern and contemporary twist (which links to traditional stories with a twist in year 2). The script includes a subtle twist and incorporates characters from fairy tales because traditional stories is also taught in year 2. However, it can be easily adapted if need be to make parts shorter or longer depending on the cohort. It was originally used to cater for a 4 form entry. There are at least 40 speaking parts and other parts for singers and dancers to allow for 120 parts. Again if you are a small school, then all the children can participate in the dances or singing as opposed to small groups. The play is designed so that it can be used in isolation even if you haven’t taught GFOL this year. The resource includes a play script, lyrics for home, links to songs, You tube links with songs, dancing list, costume list, stage directions. All you need to finish of the year after SATs. Enjoy.

Closing the vocabulary gap to impact reading and writing in primary schools Cover. Do you want an outstanding resource for you and your staff that includes suggestions for: Pedagogy and national data National Curriculum changes that demonstrate need for teaching of vocabulary Reading for meaning Reading and understanding high order vocabulary? This resource is a valuable guide and 21 pages of relevant ideas to teach high order vocabulary. You will find interactive and stimulating ways to develop and enhance vocabulary through games that teach other grammar features such as:- picture word association, creative and inspirational visuals, pictures that lend themselves to inference, root words and morphology, idioms and riddles, homophones and homonyms, antonyms and synonyms verbs, nouns and past tense All the games showcased provide excellent opportunities for children to build an intensive repertoire of language and therefore be able to read and comprehend successfully. It is suitable as Inset for subject leaders or for classroom use. Excellent to develop subject specific CPD and train staff in this new area of development. Written by SLE in English. Please visit the website for the full 21 page resource that will impact on your whole school reading ability and also enhance writing.