A collection of twenty images that your children can use as the starting point for a range of stories (and other kinds of writing) about the Victorians. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

A collection of printable labels that give the meaning of a range of vocabulary linked to newspaper reports (with an accompanying image). Use them on a classroom display board or as part of a group discussion activity. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

This huge list of questions can be used to review your children’s comprehension skills. Refer to it during your whole class teaching or use it during guided reading sessions with your pupils. It would also be shared with parents to help them to explore comprehension with their children. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

This HUGE resource can be used as a simple reading resource or for games of ‘Noughts and Crosses / OXO / Tic-Tac-Toe’ (where children mark the words with an X or an O but have to read them first!). Eighty-two pages are included with a variety of words from Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5 phonics. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

FOURTEEN pages of labels with words, images and definitions that are all linked to reading. These could be used in your reading corner, as part of your guided reading activities or during your English / Literacy lessons. This resource includes the following terms: * Adventure, * Author, * Biography, * Character, * Dictionary, * Editor, * Genre, * Illustrator, * Mystery, * Novel, * Plot, * Tense, * Thriller. … and much more! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

This resource includes 100 lines that can be used as the starting point for your children’s writing. Let them choose their preferred first line… or pick one at random and plan / write what happens next! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

Help your children to review their explanation writing with our handy checklists. Two different versions are included for use with children of different ages and ability levels. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

Challenge your children to decide which object / item on each page is the ‘odd one out’ and give reasons / justifications for their decision. Do others agree with them? Why (not)? This is a great activity to develop your children’s thinking and reasoning skills. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

A collection of twelve high quality images with related text that can be used as a writing prompt in your classroom. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

Use this collection of story endings as prompts for your children’s story planning and writing activities! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

A printable collection of posters that you can use to help your children improve their vocabulary. Share this resource on your interactive whiteboard and use it as a whole class teaching tool… or add it to a classroom display board! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

A collection of high quality images that your children can use as persuasive writing prompts. How would they persuade people to buy the items shown? Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!

Teach your children about the features of persuasive writing with our printable guide. Includes information about: * Different types of persuasive writing, * Organisation and layout, * Points and Elaboration, * Present Tense, * Conjunctions, * Emotive Language, * Fact and Opinion, * Challenging the Reader, * Rhetorical Questions, * Advertising. Share this PDF with your children on an interactive whiteboard or print it for use as part of shared reading activities… or add it to your classroom display boards! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!