This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Cinnamon’ by Neil Gaiman. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.

Start of Year 4 GPS (SPAG) Baseline Assessment This Year 4 Baseline SPaG (GPS) Assessment (zip) will help teachers assess childrens’s knowledge of the Year 3 Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation objectives at the start of the year. It includes a tracker spreadsheet which can be used to analyse results and inform planning. This pack includes: Baseline SPaG (GPS) Assessments for Year 4. Tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge. Answers included.

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets’ by Jeanne Willis. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.

The Smartest Giant in Town Whole Class Reading Comprehension The Smartest Giant in Town Comprehension includes differentiated questions and activities to be used in a Whole Class Reading session on the book by Julia Donaldson. The story is about a scruffy giant who wants to be look smart. He buys new clothes but on his journey home he meets different animals who need his help (and his clothes). It is a lovely story with Personal, Social and Health Education themes throughout. We recommend using this story for Year 1. This pack includes: The Smartest Giant in Town Comprehension teacher questions and answers relevant to the book, differentiated challenge activities and challenge activity answers.

This whole class guided reading pack is for Year 5 and Year 6 based on Who Let the Gods Out? chapter seven by Maz Evans. The pack includes a teacher guide for the chapter, differentiated comprehension questions and follow-up work to practise further reading and GPS skills.

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 9 from ‘Varjak Paw’ by S. F. Said. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 1 from ‘The Last Wild’ by Piers Torday. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

Year 3 GPS Subordinating Conjunctions Lesson This Year 3 Subordinating Conjunctions lesson covers the prior learning of basic subordinating conjunctions before moving onto the main skill of subordinating conjunctions. The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks. This pack includes: Main Activity Worksheet Homework Extension PowerPoint Lesson Slides Application and Reasoning Varied Fluency Prior Learning Answers

Year 6 GPS Using Subjunctive Form Lesson This lesson is a follow-on from the subjunctive form lesson. Main Activity Worksheet Homework Extension PowerPoint Lesson Slides Application and Reasoning Varied Fluency Prior Learning Answers

Year 4 GPS Using Determiners Lesson This Using Determiners lesson covers the prior learning of The, a or an? before moving onto the main skill of using determiners. The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks. This pack includes: Main Activity Worksheet Homework Extension PowerPoint Lesson Slides Application and Reasoning Varied Fluency Prior Learning Answers

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 7 from ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 2 from ‘Varjak Paw’ by S. F. Said. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.

This Classroom Secrets Autumn Year 3 GPS Assessment Resource Pack has been created to match our GPS Scheme of Work. It is designed to assess pupil knowledge of all the blocks and small steps covered so far in the Autumn term. The assessment is similar to a SATs test, with 22 questions linked to all of the small steps in Autumn. The pack includes: The Year 3 assessment with 22 questions The mark scheme with content domain coverage, small step coverage and suggested levels A teacher assessment spreadsheet for gap analysis and suggested levels (Emerging, Developing, Expected and Greater Depth)

Year 2 Funny Bones Whole Class Guided Reading Comprehension This whole class guided reading pack for Funny Bones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is differentiated for Year 2 and linked to the new National Curriculum objectives. It includes comprehension questions and a challenge activity linked to the book.

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 6 from ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

This Classroom Secrets Autumn Year 4 GPS Assessment Resource Pack has been created to match our GPS Scheme of Work. It is designed to assess pupil knowledge of all the blocks and small steps covered so far in the Autumn term. The assessment is similar to a SATs test, with 21 questions linked to all of the small steps in Autumn. The pack includes: The Year 4 assessment with 21 questions The mark scheme with content domain coverage, small step coverage and suggested levels A teacher assessment spreadsheet for gap analysis and suggested levels (Emerging, Developing, Expected and Greater Depth)

This whole class guided reading pack for Kaspar - Prince of Cats Chapter One (free extract available online) is differentiated for Year 5 and Year 6, linked to the new National Curriculum objectives. It includes comprehension questions and a challenge activity linked to chapter 1.

This Classroom Secrets Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 5 from ‘Varjak Paw’ by S. F. Said. The questions are organised into content domains to allow a focus on one or more specific skills.

This free Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation scheme of work has been created to support your teaching of the English National Curriculum. We have grouped the Year 2 objectives into blocks for you to teach throughout the academic year, with each block including guidance on what should be taught. The blocks are broken down into smaller steps to enable your pupils to deepen their understanding of grammar, spelling and punctuation. This resource is Autumn Block 4 for Year 2.

This free Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation scheme of work has been created to support your teaching of the English National Curriculum. We have grouped the Year 2 objectives into blocks for you to teach throughout the academic year, with each block including guidance on what should be taught. The blocks are broken down into smaller steps to enable your pupils to deepen their understanding of grammar, spelling and punctuation. This resource is Autumn Block 4 for Year 2.