KS2 Year 6 World War 2 Guided Reading Activities
Three texts linked to WW2 with comprehension questions. I have also included the sheet I used to encourage the children to make up their own questions, considering what type of question they’re asking.
Anne Frank Background
Blitz Report
The Lion and the Unicorn(scanned book with questions on most pages)
I used these in whole class reading sessions where children took it in turns to read the text to the class before we discussed the questions. They were then given time to record their own answers.
KS2 SAT Buster Reading CGP ‘walkthroughs’
PowerPoints to accompany the CGP Reading workbook for the following texts
Non-Fiction: Dare to Dance; 1950’s Drive In; Inside the World of Jam
Fiction: Underground City; The Old Photograph; A Visit to Baba Yaga
Poetry: Lost Dog; The Gentlemen in Grey; Kite Flight
I used these to support my less able and on track children to prepare for their reading SATs. These power point breaks down the texts into paragraphs, challenges them to develop their vocabulary and dictionary skills and goes through each question one at a time, highlighting where the answer is taken from.
Best used in a whole class setting where every child has their own SAT buster book to write their answers in. Each of these PowerPoints was used for a guided reading session of 30 minutes and took two or three days to complete.
12 weeks worth of graduated HFW spellings and handwriting patterns. Each document has four pages for differentiated homework. \n\nI used these for a year 2/3 class who covered P6 - L4.\n\nI have used a font that I paid for at home, you may need to change it to your school font.
Only appropriate to use if your school uses the Rising Stars comprehension books for year 6.
I have scanned in each of the texts and questions to guide the children through the comprehension. Each text has a thesaurus challenge which supports children’s vocabulary aquisition.
All PowerPoints have the answers on the last slide so the work can be marked.
I anticipate each Powerpoint will take approximately half an hour to run through.
Overview of the spellings for this term for each group.
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able).
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
love
glove
some
done
come
money
month
cover
dozen
wonder
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
expression
discussion
confession
permission
transmission
admission
expansion
extension
comprehension
tension
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
abseil
caffeine
canoeist
ceiling
conceived
deceive
feisty
foreign
neighbour
perceive
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) and word searches. Also included - PowerPoint with spellings from the previous week so that children can check their own spelling tests.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words) gem
angel
star
present
tree
bells
Christmas
candle
ribbon
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
snowflake
Christmas
December
wreath
reindeer
sleigh
snowman
stocking
holly
gingerbread
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
miraculous
twinkling
mistletoe
ornament
Christmas
calm
generous
joyous
wreath
caroller
Free due to addition of ‘free’ Twinkl wordsearches.
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able).
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
key
donkey
monkey
chimney
valley
alley
jokey
kidney
trolley
hockey
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
musician
electrician
politician
magician
mathematician
beautician
dietician (Dietician is a variant spelling of dietitian. The t spelling is used about three times as much as the c spelling.)
optician
clinician
technician
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
ought
bought
thought
nought
brought
fought
rough
tough
enough
thoughtless
A spread sheet with four tabs - the first 100 HFWs, the next 200 HFWs, new statutory spelling list for years 3&4 and new statutory spelling list for years 5&6. Formatted to have 30 names sideways across the top so you can tick off the spellings given/learned/used etc. Only made it for my own use really but figured I may as well share - save someone 10 minutes!
This contains an A4 page with 3 or 4 questions for every chapter of 'The Secret Mountain&' By Enid Blyton, except for the last four chapters that have blank pages for the children to use their own ideas and prove they have developed an understanding of different ways of showing you&';ve read a text! \n\nThe book I used is a dual edition 'Secrets: The Secret Mountain & The Secret of Kilimooin&'. If you use a different version of the book you may need to change the page numbers in the headings.\n\nGood for more able younger readers.\nAll the questions are linked to AFs.
Start by planning the problem effectively and then you’re more likely to have a great story.
Ten clips to show just the main problem of the movies they’re from. To support children’s story writing planning - help them to unpick what a problem can be and how to identify what will help them solve it.
The little mermaid 2) Frozen 3) Finding Nemo 4) Tangled 5) Monsters Inc. 6) Aladdin 7) Toy Story 8) Beauty and the Beast 9) Storks 10) Paddington.
I do not own the copyright for any of these clips, merely the combination and key questions between.
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
television
treasure
usual
vision
version
unusual
casual
measure
closure
pleasure
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
league
tongue
synagogue
antique
unique
mosque
plaque
vague
fatigue
dialogue
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
advice
advise
device
devise
licence
license
practice
practise
prophecy
prophesy
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
one
won
to
too
two
be
bee
blue
blew
sun
son
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
fair
fare
grate
great
groan
grown
here
hear
heel
heal
he’ll
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
available
average
awkward
bargain
bruise
category
cemetery
committee
communicate
community
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
want
wander
watch
waft
waffle
quantity
squash
quality
wallet
qualify
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
school
chorus
chemist
Christmas
character
anchor
chaos
echo
ache
monarch
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
though
although
dough
through
thorough
borough
plough
wrought
toughened
afterthought
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
word
work
worm
world
war
warm
ward
warden
wart
towards
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
chef
chalet
machine
brochure
champagne
chauffeur
moustache
parachute
cache
chaperone
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
doubt
conscience
island
lamb
solemn
thistle
descend
listen
foreign
stomach
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
enjoy
enjoyment
sad
sadness
care
careful
play
playful
hope
hopeless
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
science
scene
scissors
muscle
disciple
fascinate
descend
ascend
crescent
scenery
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
eligible
illegible
eliminate
illuminate
farther
father
guessed
guest
heard
herd
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
clothes
busy
people
water
again
half
money
Mr.
Mrs.
parents
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
enough
exercise
experience
experiment
extreme
famous
favourite
February
forward
fruit
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
prejudice
privilege
profession
programme
pronunciation
queue
recognise
recommend
relevant
restaurant
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
sure
sugar
eye
could
should
would
who
whole
any
many
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
consider
continue
decide
describe
different
difficult
disappear
early
earth
eight
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
muscle
necessary
neighbour
nuisance
occupy
occur
opportunity
parliament
persuade
physical
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
great
break
steak
pretty
beautiful
after
fast
last
past
father
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
accident
actual
actually
address
answer
appear
arrive
believe
bicycle
breath
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
existence
explanation
familiar
foreign
forty
frequently
government
guarantee
harass
hindrance
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
only
both
old
cold
gold
hold
told
every
everybody
even
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
missed
mist
peace
piece
plain
plane
rain
rein
scene
seen
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
determined
develop
dictionary
disastrous
embarrass
environment
equip
especially
exaggerate
excellent
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
door
floor
poor
because
find
kind
mind
child
children
wild
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
knot
not
male
mail
main
mane
meat
meet
medal
meddle
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
competition
conscience
conscious
controversy
convenience
correspond
criticise
curiosity
definite
desperate