This Literacy lesson is part of my much bigger bundle (only £5!) based on the beautiful book ‘Asha and the Spirit Bird’.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/asha-and-the-spirit-bird-literacy-and-geography-ks2-mountains-and-rivers-12754284
Great literacy lesson to use when teaching the Himalayas.
Resource includes an information text about the Himalayas. Power Point includes SPAG, success criteria and challenges.
PowerPoint included.
X30 sets of success criteria.
x30 sets of information text extract
x 30 Writing checklists
If you like my resources, visit my shop and see my KS2 units of work:
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
172 Maths feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general maths comments
-maths question stickers
-vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 maths topics: shape and space, statistics, measurement, calculations, number an place value.
-error stickers
100 English feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general English comments
-vocabulary stickers covering English genres.
-punctuation stickers
-language feature stickers
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PRINTABLE NOT A PHYSICAL PRODUCT
A huge bundle filled with writing, reading and cross-curricular activities based on the first six chapters of these three beautiful books:
Letters from the Lighthouse (WW2 theme)
Rooftoppers (Narrative and letter writing)
Darwin’s Dragons (Darwin and HMS Beagle expedition theme)
Copies of the books are required.
Each unit is filled with SPAG , vocabulary and inspirational activities.
Power Points included
x30 success criteria included
x30 checklists included
x30 extract analysis included.
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These printable space vocabulary bookmarks and ready to print and laminate-children can slot them inside their science or English books.
These bookmarks will go alongside my space poetry lessons:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12755227
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
Lovely poetry unit with a Power Point presentation exploring the problems facing our oceans and rainforests.
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x2 small poems included with extract analysis.
PowerPoint with ocean and rainforest research
x30 poems PDF copies
x30 Success criteria PDF
If you like my resources, visit my shop and see my KS2 units of work:
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
These three beautiful poetry lessons all have a space theme.
X3 space poems included with extract analysis.
Focus on poetry figurative devices.
3 poems studied:
‘Harvest Moon’ by Ted Hughes,
‘The Light of the Stars’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Haiku by Tracy Drain ( Nasa Engineer)
x15 PDF NASA photographs included of stars, the moon and Jupiter.
x30 PDF success criteria for each poem.
x30 PDF checklists included.
PDF copies of the 3 poems
Set of space vocabulary bookmarks
If you like my resources, visit my shop and see my KS2 units of work:
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
100 English feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general English comments
-vocabulary stickers covering English genres.
-punctuation stickers
-language feature stickers
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This lesson is part of my much bigger rainforest bundle based around the beautiful book ‘Journey to the River Sea’:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/journey-to-the-river-sea-rainforests-literacy-and-geography-ks2-unit-12762826
If you like my resource, leave a positive review and email me - I’ll send you a free resource of your choice worth the same amount: eclipseeducation9@gmail.com
Lovely lesson with a detailed PowerPoint and example leaflet for the Amazon Rainforest and Amazon River.
-writing task to write a leaflet (non-chronological report)
-Power Point included
White background copies of leaflets included for easier printing.
-x30 leaflets included ready to analyse
-x30 success criteria
-x 30 writing checklists
-x30 research charts
If you like my resources, visit my shop and see my KS2 units of work:
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These schemes of work are all based on beautiful KS2 books and save teachers hours of work!
Digital Feedback Marking Stickers: English, Maths, History and Geography!
172 Maths feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general maths comments
-maths question stickers
-vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 maths topics: shape and space, statistics, measurement, calculations, number an place value.
-error stickers
100 English feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general English comments
-vocabulary stickers covering English genres.
-punctuation stickers
-language feature stickers
88 geography feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general geography comments
-geography question stickers
-geography vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 geography topics.
Feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
87 history feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
-general history comments
-history question stickers
-history vocabulary stickers covering all KS2 history topics.
Feedback marking stickers ready to print, cut and stick! Cutting down hours of marking.
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Extremely fun and engaging unit of work and printable classroom display based on this fantastic book! Great unit to use when teaching evolution, Darwin and the HMS Beagle expedition.
Resource includes an information text about Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage, a biography of Charles Darwin and a narrative description inspired by the book. Power Point includes an extract analysis for each text type.
A six week unit of work based on chapters 1-6 of the book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ with comprehension tasks, writing tasks, science objectives, cross curricular links and plenty of challenges included throughout.
PowerPoint** for chapters 1-6 with 63 slides.
X30 sets of success criteria for each writing task included.
x30 sets of extract analysis for each genre ready to print.
x 30 Writing checklists for each writing genre included.
Science focus including substantive knowledge and vocabulary for evolution topic.
Extensive Vocabulary and comprehension linked to the domains for all 6 chapters
Comprehension and critical thinking challenges
Comprehension answers included
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; plenty of SPAG opportunities ; writing activities, editing and publishing
Planning overview.
Suitable for KS2
Extremely fun and engaging unit of work and printable EVOLUTION classroom display!
Great unit to use when teaching evolution, Darwin and the HMS Beagle expedition.
Resource includes an information text about Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage, a biography of Charles Darwin and a narrative description inspired by the book. Power Point includes an extract analysis for each text type.
A six week unit of work based on chapters 1-6 of the book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ with comprehension tasks, writing tasks, science objectives, cross curricular links and plenty of challenges included throughout.
PowerPoint** for chapters 1-6 with 63 slides.
X30 sets of success criteria for each writing task included.
x30 sets of extract analysis for each genre ready to print.
x 30 Writing checklists for each writing genre included.
Science focus including substantive knowledge and vocabulary for evolution topic.
Extensive Vocabulary and comprehension linked to the domains for all 6 chapters
Comprehension and critical thinking challenges
Comprehension answers included
Writing tasks with a clear structure: ideas to inspire; text analysis; plenty of SPAG opportunities ; writing activities, editing and publishing
Planning overview.
Suitable for KS2
x30 Printable persuasive writing checklists and vocabulary prompt cards. Free Persuasive writing classroom poster.
Simply print and trim. These prompt cards can also be laminated and slotted inside children’s books.
Also see my English units of work with high-quality writing ideas. Units are all based around popular KS2 (grades 4 and 5) fiction books and are cross-curricular.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Eclipse-Education
This display goes with a much larger 6 week scheme of work around the stunning book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ and other explorer resources. Links below.
Lovely classroom display for Darwin’s Dragons beautiful KS2 book.
This PDF has lettering and images that can be adapted to create any display of your choice-picture is just one example! A set of evolution and Galapagos vocabulary bookmarks also included which can be used on the display of printed and laminated for the children in your class.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/darwin-s-dragons-darwin-and-hms-beagle-ks2-literacy-unit-with-history-and-science-links-12747660
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/galapagos-and-evolution-vocabulary-bookmarks-12747674
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/explorers-ks2-bundle-shackleton-s-and-darwin-12747688
These Split Digraph Flashcards are designed to help children learn and master the essential skill of reading split digraph words! These flashcards feature clear and colorful images that correspond to each split digraph sound, making it easy for children to associate the sound with the visual representation.
What you get:
PDF set of flashcards
png images of flashcards
Year 6 SATs Writing-narrative and non-chronological reports. An information text ( non chronological report) about the Scottish Isles and a narrative description based on chapter 23 of The Secret Garden- perfect for Year 6 and easily adapted to students in Key Stage 2!
What you get (all PDFs)
*Non-chronological report about the Scottish Isles
+2 narrative descriptions of a Secret Garden
*Writing checklists
*Success Criteria
*Report writing bookmarks
*Report writing classroom poster
*narrative prompt bookmarks
*Narrative writing classroom poster
*x 2 Powerpoint slides
Focuses on writing an information text about the Scottish Isles. Students will learn about the geography, history, and culture of these fascinating islands, while also developing their writing skills.
The lesson plan includes lots of SPAG activities, which help students to improve their spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills. In addition, there are success criteria and writing checklists included to guide students in their writing process and ensure they meet the necessary requirements for a successful SATs writing task.
The Scottish Isles report lesson is perfect for teachers looking to combine geography and writing in a meaningful way. The Scottish Isles are a unique and interesting topic, and students will love learning about the different islands and their individual characteristics.
All materials are provided in PDF format, making it easy for teachers to print and distribute as needed.
Reading and writing unit based on the first 5 chapters of this enchanting book aimed at KS2 students.
This comprehensive package includes 2 PowerPoint presentations and a range of engaging worksheets for the first 5 chapters.
** If you are happy with my resource, please write a positive review and email me-I will send you a free resource of your choice for the same value: eclipseeducation9@gmail.com**
The comprehension sheets are thoughtfully designed to help students develop their reading skills, with questions that encourage retrieval, explanation, prediction, vocabulary building, and inference.
Writing Tasks:
Narrative description of the ‘Gateway’
Newspaper report based on the discovery of the ‘Gateway’.
There is a narrative writing task and extract to analyse with your class.
There is a newspaper report task linked to analyse with your class
Plenty of SPAG opportunities.
The worksheets are perfect for whole class teaching or guided reading sessions, and are suitable for a range of abilities.
What you get:
x2 PowerPoint presentations
Vocabulary flashcards
x2 writing extracts for analysis
Take a look at my other English resources, all base don stunning fiction books for KS2:
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This lesson is designed to help upper KS2 students write an engaging information report about the Northern Lights. It includes scientific vocabulary flashcards, a model information text to analyse, SPAG activities, success criteria, and a writing checklist. These resources aim to improve students’ scientific vocabulary and writing skills, providing a step-by-step guide to ensure their writing meets the success criteria and includes all the necessary components of an information report.
What you get:
Power POint Presentation
set of PDF vocabulary flashcards
Report writing checklist
success criteria
PDF Northern Lights report exemplar extract
A reading comprehension resource for lower KS2 students, designed to enhance their understanding and engagement with Philip Pullman’s thrilling novel, ‘Clockwork’. This comprehensive package includes two PowerPoint presentations and a range of engaging worksheets covering the prologue and part one of the book.
The comprehension sheets are thoughtfully designed to help students develop their reading skills, with questions that encourage retrieval, explanation, prediction, vocabulary building, and inference. In addition, I have included critical thinking questions to challenge and inspire young minds.
The comprehension worksheets are perfect for whole class teaching or guided reading sessions, and are suitable for a range of abilities.
Writing task:
Instructional writing-make a clock with a mechanism.
Take a look at my other English resources, all base don stunning fiction books for KS2:
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Year 5 and 6 English CHALLENGING 5 a day task to prepare children for end of year SATs assessments - a comprehensive six-week program designed to boost your students’ English skills!
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With a focus on spellings, grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension, these mini tasks are perfect for daily use as an early morning activity, after lunch, or as part of the main English lesson.
Each day, your students will be presented with a series of mini tasks, covering all the year 5 and 6 statutory spellings, along with a range of grammar and vocabulary exercises to improve their language skills.
The comprehension tasks are designed to cover a range of domains, including vocabulary, retrieval, summarising, predicting, and inference. This means that your students will not only improve their language skills, but also their ability to understand and analyse text. Children should be encouraged to work through as many questions as possible and perhaps work in partners to try to work out the trickier comprehension questions. Dictionaries will need to be at hand!
Whether you’re looking to supplement your current English curriculum, or simply want to provide your students with a fun and engaging way to improve their language skills, the Year 5 and 6 English 5 a day tasks are the perfect solution.
A reading comprehension and writing activity package for chapter 1 of “Wolves of Willoughby Chase”. This package includes everything you need to help your students improve their reading comprehension and writing skills in a fun and engaging way.
The comprehension sheets included in this package are specifically designed to help students understand the key events and ideas presented in chapter 1 of “Wolves of Willoughby Chase”. The questions cover a variety of skills, including inference, prediction, and analysis.
The SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar) component of this package is equally comprehensive. It focuses on sentence structure, writing complex sentences, using powerful verbs and adjectives, and a range of figurative devices (similes, metaphors and personification). These skills are essential for developing strong writing skills and will help your students to become more confident and articulate writers.
Enjoy!
If you like this pack, please see my longer writing units:
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