This lesson includes a fully interactive PowerPoint, lesson plan and activity to begin this Year 2 unit about Information Texts. Week 1 of this unit focuses on the two stories ‘Dogs’ and ‘Matilda’s Cat’ by the award winning author and illustrator, Emily Gravett. Download the complete unit here Lesson 1: To create dogs with opposite characteristics Total Number of Slides: 7 Lesson Plan Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Significant Authors. This week, children will focus on the books Northern Lights and Clockwork or All Wound Up by the award winning author, Philip Pullman. They will enjoy learning about and creating their own fictional daemons, drawing comparisons between the book and film (The Golden Compass), writing summaries and making predictions! SPAG/GPS covered this week: complex sentences, subordinating conjunctions, adverbs of possibility/probability. Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To create my own daemon Lesson 2: To identify nouns and verbs in sentences Lesson 3: To compare the openings of the book and film NB. This lesson requires children to watch the first few minutes of the film, The Golden Compass. Lesson 4: To make predictions about a story NB. Access to the book Clockwork or All Wound Up would be beneficial, however a link has been provided. Lesson 5: To write a summary of Clockwork Total Number of Slides: 28 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This check list can be used to support children as they learn to identify and apply the features of an instruction text. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This FREE lesson is the first in a 3-Week Unit on Information Texts. This download includes a fully interactive PowerPoint and scheme of work. During this lesson, children will sort a selection of musical instruments according to their family classifications before writing about an instrument of their choice. Click here to download the complete unit! Lesson 1: To record information about a musical instrument Total Number of Slides: 7 Lesson Plan Included? Yes Resources Included? N/A #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

A small selection of Horrid Henry books are required for this unit. This bundle includes lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the teaching of Stories in Familiar Settings based on the Year 4 National Curriculum scheme of work. During this first week, children will read and enjoy a selection of Horrid Henry books as they learn/remind themselves about this funny young boy who has a talent for getting into trouble! They will research, identify and describe familiar settings used within these stories as they practise extending sentences with descriptive phrases. SPAG/GPS covered this week: prepositional phrases, noun phrases and prefixes. Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To explore and describe a character Lesson 2: To answer questions about a text Lesson 3: To extend sentences using descriptive phrases Lesson 4: To create descriptive language for familiar settings Lesson 5: To use neat handwriting and accurate punctuation Total Number of Slides: 29 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes

Help your class to understand how and when adverbs of manner should be used within a sentence with this simple worksheet. More able children could be further challenged by asking them to complete the questions independently using the information provided. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

#No additional resources needed This FREE lesson is the first of a 2-Week Unit based around diary recounts. This download includes a fully interactive PowerPoint, lesson scheme of work and resources. During this lesson children will begin reading the story ‘The Diary of a Killer Cat’ by Anne Fine before discussing and exploring the main features of this type of text. Click here to download the complete unit! Lesson 1: To explore the features of a diary entry Total Number of Slides: 12 Lesson Plan Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This simple list of conjunctions can be used to support pupils as they learn to extend sentences using additional clauses to express time, place or cause.

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to introduce children to Information Texts. This week they will learn about fire engines and other big machines. They will read and discuss short extracts of nonfiction texts, write simple sentences using full stops and capital letters, sort a fire fighting equipment word list into alphabetical order and much more! Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To correctly order a sentence Lesson 2: To read and discuss a nonfiction text Lesson 3: To write simple sentences Lesson 4: To write facts about a machine Lesson 5: To sort words into alphabetical order NB. Access to nonfiction books about machines will support this week’s learning. Total Number of Slides: 27 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

No additional resources #StressFreeTeaching This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to The Jungle Book based on the Year 5 National Curriculum scheme of work. Within this unit you will find lessons linked to different extracts which can be sourced using the provided links. Week 1 of 3. Lesson 1: To discuss extracts from Mowgli’s Brothers Lesson 2: To correctly punctuate dialogue Lesson 3: To read and retrieve information from a text Lesson 4: To role-play a scene with a partner Lesson 5: To include punctuated dialogue in a conflict story

These word mats and poster can be used to aid learning within grammar lessons. This handy list can be cut out and stuck into children’s books or laminated and stored within the classroom to be used when needed. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This fronted adverbials word mat and poster can be used to aid learning within different genres of writing. This list can be cut out and stuck into pupil’s books or laminated and stored within the classroom to be used when needed. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This ‘Adverbs of Probability’ word mat has been created to support and develop children’s understanding of these adverbs. This handy list can be cut out and stuck into pupils’ books or laminated and stored within the classroom to be used when needed. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This check list can be used to support children as they learn to identify and apply the features of an explanation text. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

No additional resources needed #stressfreeteaching This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to Aesop’s Fables based on the Year 4 National Curriculum scheme of work. Within this unit you will find lessons linked to different fables which can be sourced from any Aesop’s Fables books for children. Week 1 of 3. Lesson 1: To perform a fable Lesson 2: To orally rehearse a dialogue between two characters Lesson 3: To write a dialogue using the correct punctuation marks Lesson 4: To read and discuss a fable Lesson 5: To write jokes using correctly punctuated dialogue Total Number of Slides: 33

These ‘Awesome Adjectives’ word mats and poster can be used to aid learning within different genres of writing. This handy list can be cut out and stuck into children’s books or laminated and stored within the classroom to be used when needed. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

Have children enjoy learning the first 100 high frequency words with this striking poster and additional word mats! This useful list can be cut out and stuck into student’s books or laminated and stored within the classroom to be used when needed. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Biographies and Autobiographies. This week, children will focus mainly on biographies. They will learn to read and identify the features of a biographical text before applying these when asked to write a biography about another member of the class during lesson 5! SPAG/GPS covered this week: prefixes, suffixes and sentence types (simple, compound and complex). Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To read, compare and identify the features of a biography Lesson 2: To rewrite a biography extract using dialogue Lesson 3: To investigate suffixes Lesson 4: To investigate sentence structure in formal writing Lesson 5: To write a biography Total Number of Slides: 32 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This FREE lesson is the first of a 2-Week Unit on instructions and explanation texts. This download includes a fully interactive PowerPoint, lesson scheme of work and resources. During this lesson children will read, discuss and explore instruction texts as they work in small groups to identify the main features. Click here to download the complete unit! Lesson 1: To discuss and identify the features of instructions Total Number of Slides: 7 Lesson Plan Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme