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THE TWITS teaching pack- worksheets, activities, display materials, quiz- Roald Dahl
A great resource pack for the story 'The Twits'
Included in the pack:
A colourful display banner
A book information poster
Flash cards of the characters in the story
Question cards about the story- great to add to your display
A quiz about the books with lots of questions and decorated answer sheets
A wordsearch with words relating to The Twits
A decorated book review worksheet for The Twits
Large coloured pictures the characters in The Twits
An Acrostic poem
Various character worksheets
Multiple question worksheets to use throughout the reading of the book
Write an alternative ending to the story
Write letters to Mr and Mrs Twit
A senses worksheet to write about what they can see, smell etc in the Twits' house
Write diary entries from some of the characters throughout the book
Newspaper report worksheet to write about the missing Twits
Various event worksheets to use throughout the story such as about The Shrinks, the four sticky little boys, The Muggle-Wump Monkeys etc
Sequencing worksheets
Plus more!
Fidgety Fish story resource pack- under the sea, seaside, sea life
The pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Fidgety Fish’ by Ruth Galloway but could also be used as part of a sea life/ under the sea topic.
The pack includes:
· Display banner
· Colourful posters- of Fidgety Fish and the other sea creatures in the story
· Story word cards- each card has an underwater scene
· Underwater photos
· Fact cards- colourful fact cards about sea creatures
· Display border
· Colour jellyfish- a set of posters with jellyfish of different colours and the colour name
· Title poster
· Picture flashcards
· Story questions
· Colour face masks
· Colour puppets
Sequencing pictures
· An A4 word card with pictures
· Speech bubbles worksheets
· Alliterative labels
· Worksheet- draw and write what could happen if you swam into the big fish!
· Alphabet line
· ‘f’ worksheet
· Writing sheets
· My favourite part of the story worksheet
· A number line up to 30
· Counting cards up to 10
· Jellyfish missing numbers
· Number bonds- Number bonds posters with number bonds to 10 and 20 on big fish
· Magnetic fishing game
· Colour by numbers worksheets
· Number worksheets
· Sea creature jigsaws
· Make a jellyfish
· Playdough mats
· Stick puppets
· Face masks- colour and decorate
· Tracing pictures
· Colouring pictures
· Picture matching pairs
· Colour bingo
· Underwater scene game- spin the spinner and collect the sea creatures to complete your sea scene
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
The Jolly Christmas Postman story resource pack
The pack includes:
Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures
Colour characters- Colour pictures of the characters in the story- great for displays
Stick puppets- Smaller characters to make into puppets for retelling the story
Characters- Black and white characters to use for art work
Rhyme cards- Nursery rhyme cards of the different rhymes mentioned or pictured in the book- great to make into a rhyme book for your classroom
Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas decorated envelopes
Character name posters- A4 posters of each character in the story with the characters’ name
Story words- Decorated word cards with words linked to the story
Lettering- Large display lettering of ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ decorated with holly leaves
Bingo game- A colour bingo game with the characters in the story
Sleigh game- Collect the matching parcels for your Santa sleigh
Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of the characters in the story
Maths worksheet- Cut out and order the numbered letters- a version with numbers 1-5 and a version with numbers 1-10
Display border- Various colourful borders to print out to edge your displays- some of these could also be used for other Christmas displays
Story sack tag- A decorated tag to add to your story sack
Design worksheet- Design some postage stamps for the different characters in the story
Christmas cards- Various Christmas cards to colour and make
Christmas lists- Various decorated sheets for the children to write their lists to Santa
A4 word mat- A word mat with pictures and words relating to the story
Matching worksheet- Match the character name to the correct picture- 2 versions
Word searches- Two different word searches with words and pictures from the story
Speech bubble worksheets- Three worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles
Game outlines- Three different outlines for the children to design their own Christmas board game
Jigsaw outline- An outline of a jigsaw for the children to draw their own picture and cut out the pieces
Word wall- A Christmas word wall with the first 100 High Frequency Words on bricks and a Humpty Dumpty to sit on the wall
Gingerbread Boy game- Match the Gingerbread Boy pairs
Story worksheet- Draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.
THE SNOWY DAY story resource pack- winter, snow
The Snowy Day
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Snowy Day' by Ezra Jack Keats which is a lovely story to share in winter.
The pack includes:
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story such as drawing and writing about their favourite part, writing about the character, writing about different parts in the story, drawing and writing what happens next, question worksheets, sequencing sentences about the story
Writing worksheet- write about what Peter does in the snow and what the children do in the snow
Snow and winter worksheets- a collection of worksheets to make lists of things the children do in the snow, write a story about the snow, design a snowman, sort summer and winter activities and clothes
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Story worksheets to write about the different parts of the story
Story map worksheets- draw the missing activities that Peter does on the snowy day or draw all of the activities in sequence
A craft activity to cut and make Peter and write on the the sheet
Write about what Peter does in the snow and what the children do- a great way to link themselves to the story
What happens next worksheets- a collection of worksheets for children to look at the picture and then draw and write what happens next in the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Where the Wild Things are story resource pack
The pack includes:
DISPLAY BANNER- Large display title 'Where the wild things are' with pictures from the story
DISPLAY BORDER- A display border with pictures of different leaves- this can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
DISPLAY PICTURES- Drawings of the characters in the book and some 'Wild things' and also Max's boat and crown and lots of different plants and trees so you can create a great scene (these are not printed from the book but have been hand drawn by myself)- these are in black and white and colour and in two different sizes
MATCHING PAIRS GAME CARDS- Colour cards with different pictures from the story- these can be used for matching pairs games, snap games or any other games you want to make up
COLOURING PICTURES- Some colouring sheets showing different scenes and characters (again these are using the characters I have drawn myself and are not exact scenes as shown in the book)
WORD CARDS- Words from the story - these are great for including in a display or for use in a writing area
WORD CARD- An A4 decorated word card-great for writing about the story or for display in the writing area
QUESTION CARDS FOR DISPLAY- Questions about the story 'Where the Wild Things are' on decorated cards
BOOK POSTER- An A4 poster with the title, author and illustrator information on
VARIOUS WORKSHEETS- Worksheets relating to the story
MAX'S CROWN TO MAKE- A crown to cut out and make
STICK PUPPET- A stick puppet of Max to make and a worksheet with prompts to help children design their own 'Wild thing' stick puppet
GAME- A 'Wild thing' game- roll the dice and draw different parts of your 'wild thing' to create different wild thing characters
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.
Roald Dahl activity pack- assembly -Roald Dahl Day, book and author activities and display materials
Great for Roald Dahl day on 13th September 2016 with a Powerpoint which will be great for an assembly to start your day!
The pack includes:
· Display banners- two long colourful display banners with ‘Roald Dahl’ and ‘Roald Dahl Day’
· Display border- a display border to print as many times as you need with pictures of different Roald Dahl characters
· Powerpoint- a Powerpoint about Roald Dahl - great for Roald Dahl Day for an assembly
· Worksheets about Roald Dahl- find out facts about his life and work, true and false statements etc
· Book worksheets about different stories by Roald Dahl- questions about a favourite book, , alternative endings, book reviews, Roald Dahl books I have read etc
· Facts about Roald Dahl- posters and worksheets
· Colouring pictures of some different Roald Dahl characters
· Large books posters with pictures and title
· Bookmarks to colour with images of Roald Dahl characters
· Story worksheets to write your own story ideas, retell a story in pictures etc
· Character worksheets- compare characters in different Roald Dahl stories, create a character, describe characters, match the character to the story etc
· Bingo game- a colourful Roald Dahl themed bingo game
· Wordsearch- a wordsearch to find titles of books
· Book flashcards of all of the different books written by Roald Dahl
· Posters for Roald Dahl Day and borders for children to use when creating their own posters
· Writing pages with colour and black and white borders with different Roald Dahl characters
Mrs Honey's Hat story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and hat pictures to print out and use on a display
Picture flashcards- cards with the different hat pictures and words
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
Day flash cards- colourful days of the week cards
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on different coloured hats
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Label the hat- write the labels for the different things on Mrs Honey’s hat
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what Mrs Honey is saying
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Describe the hat- write some sentences to describe Mrs Honey’s hat
Worksheets- worksheets to match words to pictures and write the initial sounds
NUMERACY
Number line- a number line to 50 on colourful hat pieces
Counting worksheets- count the number of objects
Order the days of the week- cut and stick the day cards in order
Size ordering- cut and order the hats by size
Counting cards- count the hats from1-10
Estimation cards- estimate and then count the number of objects on each card
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story
ACTIVITIES
Face mask- colour and decorate the face masks of Mrs Honey
Make a hat- make a before and after hat by cutting and sticking the different hat pieces
Design a hat-design your own special hat for yourself
Hat outline- a large outline of a blank hat- great for collage work
STORY TELLING
Face mask- a coloured face mask of Mrs Honey to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Story sack tag- a tag to add to your story telling sack
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
Matching cards- cards with the day of the week, the people/animal who took something, the things they took and the things they left on the hat
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Hansel and Gretel story resource pack- story sack, fairy tales
Hansel and Gretel
The pack includes:
Large characters and story prop pictures from the story of Hansel and Gretel- these would be great on a display or are good when laminated and velcro added to the back for the children to use on a flannel board
Small characters and story prop pictures- these are great for table top play and also great when laminated and stored with the story book or included in a story sack
Story word cards- these are great to add to a display about Hansel and Gretel or to include in a writing area
A coloured A4 story word card- very useful for the children to use when writing about the story
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props from Hansel and Gretel for the children to colour or collage
Black and white face masks of the characters in the Hansel and Gretel story
A board game based on the story of Hansel and Gretel
Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack
Various worksheets about the story of Hansel and Gretel
Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in the Hansel and Gretel story
A number line to 50 on biscuit pictures
A matching pairs game to match the biscuit pictures
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever story resource pack- Halloween, Autumn
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a lovely story to share in Autumn or for Halloween.
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a colourful themed border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on pumpkins relating to the story
Character posters- colourful posters of the two main characters Clayton and Desmond
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Pumpkin alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on pumpkins with lower and upper case letters
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Word search- a word search with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story such as drawing and writing about their favourite part, writing about the characters, writing about different parts in the story, drawing and writing what happens next, question worksheets, sequencing sentences about the story and sorting statements about the two characters Clayton and Desmond
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the pumpkins plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Size ordering worksheets- order the pumpkins by size- in colour and also black and white
Counting worksheets- count the numbers of pumpkins
Rhyming pairs- match the rhyming pumpkins
Dominoes- a number dominoes game to make and play
Tracing sheets- trace over the dotted lines on the pictures
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Halloween Pumpkin design- design your own pumpkin for Halloween
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks of Clayton and Desmond
Play dough mats- make the correct number of pumpkins and the different faces on the Halloween pumpkins
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Pumpkin Soup- Book study unit PLUS Math and Science activities
This is one my favorite books for Autumn/Fall. The pack accompanies the book ‘Pumpkin Soup’ by Helen Cooper but many of the differentiated activities can also be used as general Fall or Halloween activities.
Literacy/ Book activities:
Sequencing cards in color and blackline to help teach your students sequencing and story retelling. These can be used in a pocket chart or can be put in a center.
Graphic organizers for summarizing the story, settings and problems and solutions and beginning, middle and end.
Various worksheets for recipe writing and writing instructions.
A comprehension worksheet.
Various writing activities such as an eight page writing book to write a sentence for each sequential story picture, opinion writing about their favorite part of the story, retelling the story writing worksheet, cut and paste sequence sheets and what happens next drawing and writing worksheets
Literacy Centers:
Alphabetical order and Syllable sort
Science activities:
Parts of a Pumpkin posters in color and blackline and accompanying differentiated worksheets.
Pumpkin describing worksheet.
Pumpkin life cycle posters in color and accompanying differentiated worksheets.
Pumpkins have, are, need worksheet.
Math activities:
Pumpkin sums worksheets.
Math center- match the numbered pumpkin to the ten frame plus accompanying worksheets.
Thanks for looking and enjoy!
Fruit and Vegetable shop role play- Greengrocers
This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a Greengrocers or can be used as part of a topic on Fruit and Vegetables or Healthy Eating
The pack includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured and black and white fruit and veg pictures,
A large (4 times A4) poster to put together of different fruit with their names and another poster showing different vegetables and their names,
A5 sized cards showing the fruit and veg and space to add a price label to use in your shop-the price labels are from 1p to 50p allowing you to make your own prices for the items and to alter them according to the ability of your children,
Topic cards with the name and pictures of the different fruit and vegetables
4 different Greengrocer hats to make to use in the role play
A large title 'Greengrocers' to cut out with each letter decorated with fruit and veg pictures (also included in the pack is a similar large title of 'Fruit and Vegetables' which is great for use on a large display board)
Plus lots more!
Bakery role play pack + Five Currant Buns number rhyme pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunites to set up a role play area of a Bakery.
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again.
The pack includes:
· A long colourful banner for the Bakery
· Posters for the bakery to add names to which show who the bakers are that day
· A number line to 20 on various bakery products
· A decorated open and closed sign for your bakery
· Opening times posters- one with times already added and one to add your own opening times
· Posters including ‘queue here’ and ‘Beware hot oven’
· Flashcards of different products for sale in the bakery with words and pictures
· Small word and picture signs to add to the products for sale
· Large colour pictures of different products for sale
· Large black and white images- great for art work
· Large lettering ‘Bakery’ decorated with images of bakery goods
· A colourful Gingerbread man alphabet line
· A number line to 100 on colourful cupcakes
· Bread posters showing different breads for sale etc
· Birthday cake posters showing different choices
· Equipment and ingredients posters
· Price cards with space to add the price or write your own price according to the ability and age of the children
· Special offer posters
· Wedding cake posters
· Colour photo posters with images of bakery displays and goods in a bakery
· Hats to make- 3 different colourful designs and a black hat to design your own
· A ‘Remember to wash your hands’ poster
· Name badges- colourful badges to write the staff names on
Opportunities for writing and mark making:
· A birthday cake order form
· Ingredients order form
· A colour and black and white customer order form with all of the bakery goods
· Decorated shopping lists
· Wedding cake order forms
· Decorated phone messages and note paper
· Blank special offer posters for you to write the offers for that day
· Decorated receipts to write
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area in your setting which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes.
Funnybones story sack resources
A great resource pack for you to print out for the story 'Funnybones' - great for use with the Funnybones story and also when teaching the topic 'Ourselves' or 'Halloween'.
The resources include:
Display banner- Large display title 'Funnybones' with a bone patterned border
Display border- A display border of bones- this can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Character pictures- posters of the different characters in the story
Make a moving Funnybones skeleton- A moving skeleton of the big skeleton in the Funnybones story to make- the pieces need to be fixed together using split pins
Make a moving skeleton- A moving skeleton to make with the bones in our bodies- this is more suited to older children and is best printed and made in A3 size
Body part label flash cards- Labels of the different bones in the body
Large display skeleton- A large (nearly 4x A4 size) picture of the skeleton- ones with labels of the bones and one without
Word cards- Story words related to the story of 'Funnybones' - each card has drawings of characters from the story
Story telling face masks- Face masks to make of the characters- these are great for retelling the story and also making up different stories
Bone number line- A number line to 50 with the numbers on bones
Song and rhyme posters- Songs and rhymes related to bones and skeletons
Writing paper- An A4 sized page border- great for quickly displaying the childrens work or pictures or using for writing activities
Story question cards- Question cards with questions related to the story of 'Funnybones'
A game to make and play- A game to build your own Funnybones skeleton the first
Writing mat- An A4 word mat- great for writing about the story or for display in the writing area
Sneezy the Snowman activity pack
Sneezy the Snowman is a class favourite book for the Winter.
The activities in this unit include:
Sequencing cards in colour to help teach the children sequencing and story retelling. These can be used in a pocket chart or can be put in a center.
Graphic organizers for character traits, summarizing the story and writing about the story parts.
Writing activities including writing about favourite parts of the story, writing three sentences about Sneezy, Write a list of things to keep Sneezy away from etc
A story sequence sheet to cut and paste pictures.
Cause and effect- fill in the missing boxes on one sheet and draw the effects on the other sheet.
A comprehension worksheet.
If I were a snowman sheet- a fun worksheet for children to design a snowman, name him and think of some things the snowman might like to do and eat.
Instructional writing- write four steps to building a snowman plus a worksheet where children could draw four stages of building a snowman.
Label Sneezy- two worksheets one with the words provided and one without.
Sneezy adjectives worksheet.
What made Sneezy melt? Draw the different things that made Sneezy melt in the story.
Craftivity with writing activity.
CVC snowmen activity -phonics- winter, snow
A set of 30 snowmen to make to spell CVC words.
There are 6 snowmen for each middle sound.
Great for phonics activities during winter and in the run up to Christmas.
CVC resource pack- games, worksheets etc- Letters and Sounds, phonics, spelling
A great pack with lots of files for literacy for you to print off and use
This pack would be great to use with the Letters and Sounds phonics scheme or with other phonics schemes to use in your teaching and for the children to use independently and in groups.
Included in the pack are:
Flash cards in colour and black and white with the picture and word and just with words or just pictures,
Flash cards with space to write the word underneath (when laminated these can be used with dry-wipe pens),
Flash cards with the letters than can be hidden so children can say what the initial, medial or end sound is,
Bingo games with the different medial sounds and a mixture of medial sounds,
Large vowel and alphabet cards for the children to hold to make CVC words,
Loop game card sets,
Word wheels,
Matching pairs game,
dominoes,
Board games to make and play,
Spelling worksheets,
Reading worksheets
Plus lots more!
Early Years Literacy pack- phonics, alphabet, Letters and Sounds
Bumper Literacy resource on CD for the Early Years
A great pack on a handy disk to print out and use in any Early Years setting
The pack includes:
A colourful alphabet tracing card with letters to trace and the initial sound pictures around the edge
An initial sound alphabet bingo game to make and play
The first 100 High Frequency words from the Letters and Sounds scheme on colourful bricks
The next 200 High Frequency words from the Letters and Sounds scheme on colourful bricks
CVC cards with pictures and spaces for the letters so children can choose the correct letter cards to spell the words
Flash cards with missing letters for children to identify the missing sound- CVC, CCVC and CVCC cards
Alphabet fans with a letter of the alphabet on each piece- choose letters the children are learning to make up your own fans to use in your teaching
All of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on bees, a set on colourful butterflies and a set on transport pictures
Phoneme flash cards each with the phoneme and a picture
A4 desk cards with the letters of the alphabet and corresponding initial sound pictures
A4 desk card with all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme and the corresponding pictures
Alphabet lines on colourful parrots, a set on boats, a set on flowers and a set on frogs
Alphabet tracing cards- each card has the upper and lower case letters and an intial sound picture in colour
Mother's Day- activities, Assembly, display
The pack includes:
Mother's Day
All of these resources include version for 'Mum', 'Mam', 'Mummy' and 'Mom'
Two colourful display banner- great to use on a display of the children's work- these are for 'Mother's Day' and 'Mothering Sunday'
A Powerpoint about Mother's Day
A selection of Mother's Day cards to colour in
Coloured Mother's day cards- great to add to a display
A selection of cards to cut out and assemble
A4 writing borders- these can be used to quickly display work, forthe children to write about their Mums or to use for poetry etc
Large display lettering
A selection of gift tags to colour in and use on your gifts
Various certificates for 'Best Mum', 'Number one Mum' etc
Rosettes to make for your Mum
Bookmarks to colour and design to make as a gift for Mum
Make a book about Mum- this contains several pages for the children to draw and write about their Mum- great to either send home with the children to fill in together or use at a Mother's Day coffee morning for the children and their Mums to fill in together
Colouring posters
Write a letter to Mum- decorated letter writing paper
Draw your Mum and decorate the frame
'My Mum' poster- a poster for the children to draw and write things about their Mums- these make a great display
Three recipes to make and give as gifts on Mother's Day
Gift boxes- Various gift boxes to colour to use for your Mother's Day gift
'A note to my Mum'- write a note to your Mum on this decorated paper
Acrostic poem- Write a poem about your Mum
CVC snowmen activity- phonics, spelling, winter, snow
A set of 30 snowmen to make to spell CVC words.
There are 6 snowmen for each middle sound.
Great for phonics activities during winter and the snowy weather.
Garage role play pack- car wash, petrol station
The pack includes:
Banners and A4 sized posters (with pictures) for a garage, a car wash and a petrol station
Signs and pictures for each of the role play areas of different things which could be found in them such as petrol pump, spanner and sponge and bucket
Large A4 size pictures of the different items as above
General signs for each of the areas such as price signs, signs for where to take your car for an MOT, a no-smoking sign, signs to tell the customers where to pay etc
Lots of different forms and notes to encourage writing in the role play areas
Opening times with pictures for each of the areas and an OPEN/CLOSED sign for each area
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes