A set of 20 adjective loop/follow me cards.
Each card features a picture and a list of three adjectives. Children must listen carefully to the three adjectives and see if they match the picture on their card. These cards can be started on any card.
Children enjoy playing this game and it teaches them to think about adjectives.
Aimed at Key Stage 1 children.
Sentence Writing Intervention
A sentence writing booster/intervention that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who are struggling with sentence writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks worth of activities and introduces children to 35 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw. Each week covers reading the focus high frequency words, writing the focus words, cutting and sticking words to make a sentence and then writing a dictated sentence.
I have used this activity to encourage children to write sentences with capital letters and full stops and to hold and repeat the sentence in their head.
The intervention helps children to gain confidence when they are writing sentences.
Using Adjectives Intervention
A sentence writing booster/intervention with a focus on using adjectives in sentences. The sheets can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who need support to improve their writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks, introduces children to new adjectives and also introduces children to 31 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw.
Each week covers -
reading the focus high frequency words
practising to write the focus words
introducing the children to new adjectives for children to discuss the meaning of
writing sentences including adjectives
filling in missing key words and adjectives in sentences
There are 7 activity sheets for the children to complete each week.
I have used this activity to encourage children to use adjectives in their written work.
The intervention helps children to gain confidence when they are writing sentences.
Using Conjunctions Writing Intervention/Booster
A sentence writing booster/intervention that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who need support to improve their writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks and introduces children to 34 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw. Each week covers reading the focus high frequency words, writing the focus words, using words to finish a sentence, joining sentences and then writing a sentence including a conjunction. There are 7 or 8 activity sheets for the children to complete each week.
I have used this activity to encourage children to improve their sentences using conjunctions.
The intervention helps children to gain confidence when they are writing sentences.
Using Adjectives Writing Intervention/Booster
A sentence writing booster/intervention with a focus on using adjectives in sentences. The sheets can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who need support to improve their writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks, introduces children to new adjectives and also introduces children to 31 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw.
Each week covers -
reading the focus high frequency words
practising to write the focus words
introducing the children to new adjectives for children to discuss the meaning of
writing sentences including adjectives
filling in missing key words and adjectives in sentences
There are 7 activity sheets for the children to complete each week.
I have used this activity to encourage children to use adjectives in their written work.
The intervention helps children to gain confidence when they are writing sentences.
**Sentence Writing Intervention
A sentence writing booster/intervention that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who are struggling with sentence writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks worth of activities and introduces children to 35 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw. Each week covers reading the focus high frequency words, writing the focus words, cutting and sticking words to make a sentence and then writing a dictated sentence.
I have used this activity to encourage children to write sentences with capital letters and full stops and to hold and repeat the sentence in their head.
Using Adjectives Intervention
A sentence writing booster/intervention with a focus on using adjectives in sentences. The sheets can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who need support to improve their writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks, introduces children to new adjectives and also introduces children to 31 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw.
Each week covers -
reading the focus high frequency words
practising to write the focus words
introducing the children to new adjectives for children to discuss the meaning of
writing sentences including adjectives
filling in missing key words and adjectives in sentences
There are 7 activity sheets for the children to complete each week.
I have used this activity to encourage children to use adjectives in their written work.
Using Conjunctions Writing Intervention
A sentence writing booster/intervention that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who need support to improve their writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks and introduces children to 34 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw. Each week covers reading the focus high frequency words, writing the focus words, using words to finish a sentence, joining sentences and then writing a sentence including a conjunction. There are 7 or 8 activity sheets for the children to complete each week.
I have used this activity to encourage children to improve their sentences using conjunctions.
These interventions help children to gain confidence when they are writing sentences.
A set of ten pictures and 40 adjective cards.
Children select a picture and then pick an adjective card. If children can use the adjective in a sentence about the picture then they keep the card. The aim of the game is to collect three cards to win.
This game introduces children to a range of adjectives and encourages children to use these adjectives in sentences.
Aimed at Key Stage 1 children.
Five adjective games aimed at Key Stage 1 children.
Adjective Loop/Follow Me Cards
A set of 20 adjective loop/follow me cards.
Each card features a picture and a list of three adjectives. Children must listen carefully to the three adjectives and see if they match the picture on their card. These cards can be started on any card.
Children enjoy playing this game and it teaches them to think about adjectives.
Using Adjectives Game
A set of 4 game boards focusing on using adjectives.
Each game board features a picture scene and numbered squares. Some squares contain an instruction for children to follow eg say 2 adjectives to describe the sky or find something in the picture that is unusual.
Children enjoy playing the game and using adjectives. The game encourages children to use a range of adjectives and introduces children to new adjectives.
These game boards can be printed on A3 paper and laminated to be used more than once.
Adjectives Bingo
A set of 9 different bingo boards containing pictures of toys and a set of adjective clues.
Children must listen to the adjective clues and check if they have a picture that matches the adjective clues.
Fill in the Adjective Game
A game focusing on adjectives.
The game includes five pictures with sets of sentences to match each picture. Each sentence has a space for an adjective eg The ________ moon is shining in the sky. Children have to think of an adjective to go in the space. If children think of an adjective that nobody else thinks of then they win a point. The aim of the game is to collect three points to win.
Children enjoy playing the game and sharing their adjectives.
Match the Adjective Game
A set of ten pictures and 40 adjective cards.
Children select a picture and then pick an adjective card. If children can use the adjective in a sentence about the picture then they keep the card. The aim of the game is to collect three cards to win.
This game introduces children to a range of
adjectives and encourages children to use these adjectives in sentences.
A set of 26 alphabet loop/follow me cards.
Each card features a picture and a who has something beginning with __ question. Children must listen carefully to the who has question and see if they have a picture that matches the letter. These cards help children to think about letter names and sounds and to recognise capital letters. These cards can be started on any card.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
English Exit Tickets
A set of 50 English exit tickets based on the Year 1 English curriculum.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These English exit tickets can be used to assess children’s knowledge of the Year 1 curriculum. Each ticket contains a English problem for the children to answer. The English problems include spelling key words, identifying when to use question marks, full stops and exclamation marks, adding un- plus other key skills.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could solve the same problem or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the English knowledge of specific children.
Phonics Exit Tickets
A set of 39 phonics exit tickets.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These phonics exit tickets can be used to assess phonics knowledge. Each ticket contains a grapheme and words that the children could use with the grapheme missing. Children can therefore say one of the words from their card or can work out the words and then see if they can think of their own word.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could answer the same question or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the phonics knowledge of specific children.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children
English Exit Tickets
A set of 50 English exit tickets based on the Year 1 curriculum.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These English exit tickets can be used to assess children’s knowledge of the Year 1 curriculum. Each ticket contains a English problem for the children to answer. The English problems include spelling key words, identifying when to use question marks, full stops and exclamation marks, adding un- plus other key skills.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could solve the same problem or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the English knowledge of specific children.
Maths Exit Tickets
A set of 50 Maths exit tickets based on the Year 1 curriculum.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These Maths exit tickets can be used to assess Maths knowledge about number. Each ticket contains a Maths problem for the children to solve. The Maths problems include missing numbers in number sentences, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, place value, one more and one less.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could solve the same problem or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the Maths knowledge of specific children.
Phonics Exit Tickets
A set of 39 phonics exit tickets.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These phonics exit tickets can be used to assess phonics knowledge. Each ticket contains a grapheme and words that the children could use with the grapheme missing. Children can therefore say one of the words from their card or can work out the words and then see if they can think of their own word.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could answer the same question or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the phonics knowledge of specific children.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children
English Exit Tickets
A set of 50 English exit tickets based on the Year 1 curriculum.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These English exit tickets can be used to assess children’s knowledge of the Year 1 curriculum. Each ticket contains a English problem for the children to answer. The English problems include spelling key words, identifying when to use question marks, full stops and exclamation marks, adding un- plus other key skills.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could solve the same problem or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the English knowledge of specific children.
Maths Exit Tickets
A set of 50 Maths exit tickets based on the Year 1 curriculum.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These Maths exit tickets can be used to assess Maths knowledge about number. Each ticket contains a Maths problem for the children to solve. The Maths problems include missing numbers in number sentences, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, place value, one more and one less.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could solve the same problem or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the Maths knowledge of specific children.
Aimed at Key Stage 1 children
A set of 50 English exit tickets.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These English exit tickets can be used to assess children’s knowledge of the Year 1 curriculum. Each ticket contains a English problem for the children to answer. The English problems include spelling key words, identifying when to use question marks, full stops and exclamation marks, adding un- plus other key skills.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could solve the same problem or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the English knowledge of specific children.
Aimed at Key Stage 1 children
A set of 15 reading cards for Year 1 children. Each card contains two questions or activities for the children to complete linked to their reading book.
These cards can be printed and laminated for use during guided reading or free reading sessions.
Aimed at Year 1
A set of 16 reading cards for Year 2 children. Each card contains two or more questions or activities for the children to complete linked to their reading book.
These cards can be printed and laminated for use during guided reading or free reading sessions.
Aimed at Year 2
A set of 10 reading worksheets to complement the Year 1 reading curriculum. Each worksheet contains a series of questions or activities for the children to complete. The sheets focus on different areas of the curriculum for example story sequencing, the title of the book, settings and characters.
These sheets can be used as part of a Guided Reading session and encourage children to focus on different parts of their book.
Aimed at Year 1
Year 1 Reading Cards
A set of 15 reading cards for Year 1 children. Each card contains two questions or activities for the children to complete linked to their reading book.
These cards can be printed and laminated for use during guided reading or free reading sessions.
Aimed at Year 1
Year 2 Reading Cards
A set of 16 reading cards for Year 2 children. Each card contains two or more questions or activities for the children to complete linked to their reading book.
These cards can be printed and laminated for use during guided reading or free reading sessions.
Aimed at Year 2
Year 1 Reading Cards
A set of 15 reading cards for Year 1 children. Each card contains two questions or activities for the children to complete linked to their reading book.
These cards can be printed and laminated for use during guided reading or free reading sessions.
Year 1 Reading Sheets
A set of 10 reading worksheets to complement the Year 1 reading curriculum. Each worksheet contains a series of questions or activities for the children to complete. The sheets focus on different areas of the curriculum for example story sequencing, the title of the book, settings and characters.
These sheets can be used as part of a Guided Reading session and encourage children to
focus on different parts of their book.
Aimed at Year 1
A set of 14 reading worksheets to complement the Year 2 reading curriculum. Each worksheet contains a series of questions or activities for the children to complete. The sheets focus on different areas of the curriculum for example story sequencing, adjectives and word meanings, questions.
These sheets can be used as part of a Guided Reading session and encourage children to focus on different parts of their book.
Aimed at Year 2
Year 2 Reading Cards
A set of 16 reading cards for Year 2 children. Each card contains two or more questions or activities for the children to complete linked to their reading book.
These cards can be printed and laminated for use during guided reading or free reading sessions.
Year 2 Reading Sheets
A set of 14 reading worksheets to complement the Year 2 reading curriculum. Each worksheet contains a series of questions or activities for the children to complete. The sheets focus on different areas of the curriculum for example story sequencing, adjectives and word meanings, questions.
These sheets can be used as part of a Guided Reading session and encourage children to
focus on different parts of their book.
Aimed at Year 2
Year 1 Reading Worksheets
A set of 10 reading worksheets to complement the Year 1 reading curriculum. Each worksheet contains a series of questions or activities for the children to complete. The sheets focus on different areas of the curriculum for example story sequencing, the title of the book, settings and characters.
These sheets can be used as part of a Guided Reading session and encourage children to focus on different parts of their book.
Aimed at Year 1
Year 2 Reading Worksheets
A set of 14 reading worksheets to complement the Year 2 reading curriculum. Each worksheet contains a series of questions or activities for the children to complete. The sheets focus on different areas of the curriculum for example story sequencing, adjectives and word meanings, questions.
These sheets can be used as part of a Guided Reading session and encourage children to
focus on different parts of their book.
Aimed at Year 2
English Working Wall Posters
A set of 27 English Working Wall posters aimed at KS1 children.
The posters in this resource are -
upper and lower case letters
adjectives
sentence writing
days of the week
full stops
question marks
exclamation marks
punctuation marks
rhyming string
conjunctions 1
conjunctions 2
compound words
plurals 1
plurals 2
add -s or -es
add un
time words
when to use capital letters
adding -ing to verbs 1
adding -ing to verbs 2
adding -ed to verbs 1
adding -ed to verbs 2
adding -est 1
adding -est 2
adding -er 1
adding -er 2
adverbs
These posters can be displayed in the classroom and changed regularly to support children’s learning.
Aimed at Key Stage 1
English Worksheets
A set of 30 English Worksheets covering different areas of the Year 1 English curriculum. These worksheets are suitable for practising and revising the different areas of the curriculum.
The worksheets cover –
capital letters
lower case letters
alphabet work
adjectives
punctuation
common exception words
sentence writing
rhyming words
conjunctions
compound words
plurals
adding un
adding -er, -est, -ing and -ed.
The sheets include useful hints and explanations to support the children in completing the sheets.
The English worksheets would be suitable for a home learning activity and require no additional teaching resources. They could also be used in Year 2 to practise the English skills that children learnt in Year 1 or throughout Year 1 to practise skills. They are bright and colourful and have an alien theme to capture children’s interest and imagination.
The sheets are aimed at Year 1 children or as revision for Year 2 children.