4 levels of worksheets, sentences using expanded form, match to contracted form and substitute it.

4 levels, starting at Building Skills, Confident 1 and Confident 2 then Challenge. Word so you can adapt them. I get the children to choose the problems they want to solve, cut out the problem and stick into their book, then solve it underneath. This way there is clear evidence in their books of problem solving.

Two levels, calculating the perimeter of regular shapes (1) and using the perimeter to work out missing sides of rectangles (2).

PPT is the introduction to a lesson on exchanging money - Wizard money for Muggle money. Using division in introduction to work out exchange rate, then multiplication and addition to change money.

After exploring light beams from torches, the children can apply their understanding to draw the light beams in a straight line from the torches in the boxes.

Travel guide to a city in China, used as a model text for children's independent writing about &'things to see and do in Beijing&';.

<p>An A4 writing mat to help your children add ‘Show Not Tell’ details to describe feelings/reactions and bring their story writing to life. Feelings include: Fear, Anger, Worried, Nervous, Hot, Cold, Tired, Frustrated, Mischievous, Disgust, Shocked, Sad, Happy, Excited, Shy, Embarrassed and Proud. Comprehensive and supportive list of suggested ways to show these emotions in characters’ behaviour.<br /> In word format so you may edit it to suit your own needs.</p>

<p>Sophisticated language and punctuation, for year 6 and above. This text is designed as an example text for pupils to read and identify features, language and punctuation.</p>

Three levels of questions, working through to challenging, levelled questions (taken from Optional SAT papers) for assessment.

Fun if you're running a Harry Potter Day or if you're reading the books with the children and just want to immerse the children further.

<p>This resources includes a 2-page short story to go with Harris Burdick’s ‘Mr Linden’s Library’ picture and the phrase descriptor: ‘He had warned her about the book. It was too late…’ . The story is designed to meet writing objectives for Year 6, including semi-colons for lists and semi-colons to separate main clauses, dashes for parenthesis and ‘dialogue to move a story forward’ . The story has lots of use for inference and prediction; children could write an epilogue showing what happened to the main character.<br /> The boxed-up plan is a good prompt for children to plan their own chilling mystery story, where the main character disappears and is never seen again.</p>

Designed so the problems can be cut and stuck into books with calculation and answer underneath the problem (good for evidence of problem solving!)

Designed for Year 5/6 SAT preparation. Children identify the main and subordinate clauses in 10 sentences, then in 7 with fronted subordinate clauses, they complete the with a main. In the third task, children have a subordinate clause for the end of a sentence, and they have to create a main clause to open the sentence. Finally, an extension challenge.

Bible story of Zacchaeus used to show Jesus' teachings' on forgiveness. Used in a Catholic school. Includes lyrics to a song (first verse I found elsewhere, all other verses written by me), sung to the tune of &'If You&';re Happy and You Know It' .

<p>This is a personality quiz to find out your Patronus animal. Could be used as part of a Harry Potter day as a bit of fun. 31 possible animals - all lovely, nothing horrid! The additional file is one you can use to print their answer. I used this as a ‘transition day’ task for new class too. They drew their animal on a shield and wrote a little about themselves to explain why this animal was linked to them.</p>

Give children maps and ask them to find villages/towns and determine from their name which group of people settled the place and what the name means. This leads to discussions about why some places were settled or how they began as settlements.

Aimed at Year 6 ES/GD, though with support, may be used with a Year 5 class.<br /> The questions have been designed to feature different reading skills, as explained by the 'thinking hats'. From lowest order reading skills to highest:<br /> Red - feelings<br /> White - facts<br /> Blue - analysis &amp; inference<br /> Black/Yellow - evaluation/justifying opinion<br /> Green - creative<br /> The questions are just for the first chapter of Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver, which I can highly recommend as a superbly written, exciting and engaging text for Year 5/6 pupils, especially boys.

<p>Example text titled: Should we lengthen the school day? This goes with some resources from teachit primary which cover the same topic for balanced argument. My example text is in Word, so you may edit it, but I have tried to ensure there is plenty for your Year 6 class to get to grips with including: phrases to introduce arguments; adverbs to emphasise; use of facts to back up points; paragraphing structure so that each paragraph has a topic which is argued from both sides; opinion offered in the concluding paragraph; dashes for parenthesis; use of colons and semi-colons; use of commas for clauses; use of modal verbs to express conditionals.<br /> I have included two planning sheets, one which follows the pattern of the example text, and one which organises the arguments more simply, with one paragraph for, and one against. I have also included the assessment sheets. One was designed to be linked to Target Tracker and the Year 6 ARE statements.</p>

<p>An example letter for children to read and discuss, then to use as inspiration for their own writing. The task is to introduce themselves to their new Year 7 form tutor. Envisaged to be used after SATs :) High level language and punctuation, using a mixture of formality and informality appropriate to the task.<br /> Editable format.</p>

<p>The evacuee story begins at the station and ends at destination arrival, so room to be continued if you want. I’ve included a boxed-up plan so children can plan a story with the same events/stages. This quality 2-page short story has been written for Year 6 KS2 writing, so includes semi-colons for a list, semi-colons for independent clauses, links between paragraphs, brackets, fronted adverbials and high-level descriptive vocabulary. I have included a word mat for WW2 writing and a bonus recount, The Day War Broke Out, which is based on the opening scenes of John Boorman’s Hope and Glory (well worth using!). I have also added a grammar resource to help your children build subordinate clauses into their evacuee writing. Stories and word mat in pdf format, but the other resources in Word so you can edit them to suit.</p>

<p>This was my version of a story to go with the picture in the Harris Burdick Mysteries ‘The House on Maple Street’, which had to include the phrase: ‘It was a perfect lift-off’. This story was a response to the story written by two American 14-year-olds found here: <a href="https://rhinospike.com/audio_requests/silverteacher/20183/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://rhinospike.com/audio_requests/silverteacher/20183/</a></p> <p>We read their version first. We discussed and critiqued it etc, how could they improve it.<br /> Then I shared mine. It’s by no means perfect! And your class may prefer the kids’ version. However, my story is more sophisticated in development, effects, cohesion, language and punctuation. There’s therefore lots for the children to compare and discuss to focus their own planning and writing. I have left this in Word so you can edit it further if you wish, but please credit me.</p> <p>In addition, I have included our story plan, which the children used having selected a Harris Burdick picture/caption to write a story on. The idea is the children first think of all the questions the picture raises. They pick three questions they will answer in their story, and one they will not. So for instance, in my story, I have explained how the house took off and who flew it, but not where it went to (or indeed what happened to the pilot).</p>