A complete English lesson covering how and when to use full stops.
The lesson explains what a sentence is and when we need to use full stops. It focuses on the use of full stops only and not capital letters as I have found that children can struggle with learning both at the same time. During the main input children have to identify sentences and add full stops in the correct place. The lesson includes three differentiated worksheets and a short plenary.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could be used as a recap for Year 2 children.
For my free full stop worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/full-stops-differentiated-worksheets-12141894
For my capital letters and full stop lessons bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/capital-letters-and-full-stops-bundle-12188770
Set of three differentiated Maths worksheets for introducing money. The worksheets focus on coins only.
Worksheet 1 - Ch to match different amounts of money with the correct coin up to the value of 20p.
Ch to order coins up to 20p from lowest value to highest value.
Worksheet 2 - Ch to match different mixed coin amounts of money with the correct coin up to the value of 20p.
Ch to order coins up to £1.00 from lowest value to highest value.
Worksheet 3 - Ch to match different amounts of money with the correct coin up to the value of £1.00.
Ch to order coins up to £2.00 from lowest value to highest value.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For the complete lesson on introducing money please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introducing-money-and-coins-lesson-12141334
A complete Maths lesson for introducing money and coins. The lesson covers the different coins and their value using pennies. There is an activity for swapping coins for a single coin to demonstrate that different coins can be used to make up different amounts and shows children that we need to add the amounts together and not simply count the coins.
The lesson includes three differentiated money worksheets and a short plenary.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For my money bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/money-bundle-12239233
For my money activity cards see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/money-activity-cards-12239212
Set of three differentiated Maths worksheets for doubling. Children can use the pictures to support them in solving the doubles problems.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could be used as a recap or booster session for Year 2 children.
For the complete lesson PowerPoint please see -
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/doubling-lesson-12140178
A complete Maths lesson focusing on doubling.
The lesson demonstrates what doubling is and covers all doubles to 10 + 10. Children can practise writing the doubles number sentences on whiteboards and then check that they have written them correctly when they are revealed on the IWB. The lesson includes three differentiated doubling worksheets and a short doubling plenary.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could be used as a recap or booster session for Year 2 children.
For my Finding Half lesson see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/finding-half-of-an-amount-money-complete-lesson-12131580
For my Finding Half and Doubling Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/finding-half-and-doubling-lessons-12245533
A presentation aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children about being a superhero and spreading happiness and smiles.
The presentation explains that we all have a superpower and that superpower is making people smile. The presentation asks children to think about how they can make people smile and provides some ideas for how we can spread happiness. The presentation could be used as an assembly or during a PSHE discussion or lesson.
The children will enjoy believing that they are a superhero and using their superpowers throughout the day.
For the Happiness PowerPoint and Happiness Worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/happiness-powerpoint-and-worksheets-12350928
For my Assembly Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/four-ks1-assemblies-12255290
For my Assembly Bundle with worksheets see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks1-assemblies-and-worksheets-12351330
A sample slide from my Read a Picture - Developing Inference PowerPoint.
The full PowerPoint includes nine pictures with guided reading questions and example sentence openers to develop inference in children. Each slide on the full PowerPoint includes a picture for children to look at and talk about followed by questions that appear one at a time for children to think about. Each question is followed by an example sentence opener to encourage children to answer in full sentences.
My class have thoroughly enjoyed being reading detectives and, through practise, will now provide reasons and explanations for their answers. The PowerPoint can be used as a whole class activity or with small groups during guided reading sessions.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For the full set of 9 please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-a-picture-developing-inference-12129299
Set of three differentiated Maths worksheets for finding half of an amount and half of money.
Worksheet 1 - find half of an amount up to 8 and money up to 10p.
Worksheet 2 - find half of an amount up to 12 and money up to 10p.
Worksheet 3 - find half of an amount and then draw representations for finding half problems and find half of money up to 20p.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For my complete lesson please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/finding-half-of-an-amount-lesson-12131580
A complete Maths lesson for finding half of an amount.
The lesson covers finding half of numbers and half of different values of money. The lesson demonstrates how to find half and includes three differentiated worksheets and a short plenary.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For my Doubling Lesson please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/doubling-complete-lesson-12140178
For my Finding Half and Doubling Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/finding-half-and-doubling-lessons-12245533
A sentence writing intervention booster 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.
For my writing interventions bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/writing-interventions-bundle-12417031
For my Maths intervention please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-intervention-12165424
For my Maths and Writing Intervention Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-and-writing-intervention-12178045
A set of nine pictures with guided questions and example sentence openers.
The pictures and questions support children to develop inference skills. Each slide on the PowerPoint includes a picture for children to look at and talk about followed by questions that appear one at a time for children to think about. Each question is followed by an example sentence opener to encourage children to answer in full sentences.
My class have thoroughly enjoyed being reading detectives and through practise will now provide reasons and explanations for their answers. The PowerPoint can be used as a whole class activity or with small groups during guided reading sessions.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children although could also be used to support Year 2 children.
For an example slide please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-a-picture-developing-inference-example-12132390
For my Visualisation Guided Reading Activity please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/guided-reading-visualisation-activity-sheets-12294624
For my Inference and Visualisation Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/inference-skills-and-visualisation-12294669
A number bond word problem activity for making 10.
This Maths activity can support children to learn and practise number bonds to make 10. The activity shows children all of the different number bonds for making ten. Each number bond has a word problem eg I have ten dogs, 5 of them are playing in the garden. How many dogs are in the kennel? Children can solve these problems using objects and pictorial representations and record their number sentence on whiteboards. This activity could be used as a whole class activity or in small groups.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children although could be used as a recap or as part of an intervention for Year 2 children.
For my Making 5 version see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-
bonds-number-5-12149331
For my Making 20 version see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-20-12171225
For my Making 5, 10 and 20 Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-5-10-and-20-12171233
An example from my PowerPoint activity to support children to learn to spell Year 1 Common Exception Words, CEW, and to practise using these words in sentences.
The children are shown the letters that they need to write one of the key words and then use the letters to see if they can write the word on their whiteboard using only the letters shown. They are then shown how to spell the word correctly. The following slide gives an example of the word being used in a sentence with an accompanying picture eg I am happy __ . Children to then practise spelling the word again before the correct spelling of the word is revealed in the sentence. The word list is divided into 9 weeks with 5 spellings to learn each week.
This download covers the week 1 spellings only.
For the full set of CEW please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-cew-spelling-practise-12116557
Two phonics activities focusing on vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Phonics Activity
A phonics activity for practising and revising vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Children are shown the focus sound and then real words and alien words with the focus sound missing. Children can practise writing real and alien words on their whiteboards using the focus sounds. The activity could be used during phonics lessons, as an intervention for any children requiring extra support or in the lead up to the phonics screening.
A good activity to support children to recognise sounds plus spell and read words.
Phonics Workbook
A phonics activity workbook covering vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Each sound has three workbook pages - one to practise writing real words, one to identify alien words and one to complete a sentence using the focus sound in a word. There is a space on the sentence writing page for children to draw a picture to match the sentence and to show their understanding of the sentence.
This activity workbook could be completed as part of a group, independently or could be sent home as home learning/homework.
I have also used this workbook as Early Morning Work for children to practise their phonics. The workbook supports children to become more confident with each focus sound and as the activities are repeated for each new sound the children can become more independent when completing the workbook.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
A phonics activity for practising and revising digraphs and trigraphs.
Children are shown the focus sound and then real words and alien words with the focus sound missing. Children can practise writing real and alien words on their whiteboards using the focus sounds. The activity could be used during phonics lessons, as an intervention for any children requiring extra support or in the lead up to the phonics screening.
A good activity to support children to recognise sounds plus spell and read words using digraphs and trigraphs.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could also be used with Year 2 children who need some extra support with Phonics.
For my Split Digraph only version see
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-split-digraph-revision-12149340
For my Initial Sounds activity please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-initial-sounds-12165477
For my Phonics Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-screening-revision-and-practise-12125275
A phonics activity workbook covering vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Each new sound has three workbook pages - one to practise writing real words, one to identify alien words and one to complete a sentence using the focus sound in a word. There is a space on the sentence writing page for children to draw a picture to match the sentence therefore showing their understanding of the sentence.
This activity workbook could be completed as part of a group, independently or could be sent home as home learning/homework.
I have also used this workbook as Early Morning Work for children to practise their phonics. The workbook supports children to become more confident with each focus sound and as the activities are repeated for each new sound the children can become more independent when completing the workbook.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 although could be used as a booster or intervention activity for Year 2 children.
For my Split Digraph only version see
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-revision-split-digraph-workbook-12149339
For my Phonics Activity Powerpoint see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-activity-12125266
For my Phonics Digraphs and Trigraphs bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-screening-revision-and-practise-12125275
A list of Year 1 CEW, common exception words, for children to colour to create their own spelling wall once they can confidently spell each word.
The sheet could be stuck in English books as a record for what children can spell or could be sent home for parents to see how well their children are learning the Year 1 CEW spellings.
For my Powerpoint to support children to learn the Year 1 Common Exception Words please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-cew-spelling-practise-booster-12116557
For my Common Exception Word Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12211390
A set of spelling lists covering all of the Year 1 common exception words.
Each spelling list contains 5 words for the class to learn per week with nine weeks worth of spellings in total.
Please see my activity for supporting children to spell CEW at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-cew-spelling-practise-12116557
For my Common Exception Words Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12211390
A music activity to help children to learn to play the different notes on an ocarina.
Each slide shows a different note and explains how to play that note. The notes have all been given names beginning with the note letter to help children to remember them. The final slide shows children how to play the first line of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star using the Ladybird Ocarina notes.
There is also an Ocarina Notes Poster showing all of the notes alongside their name and their note. Children can use the poster to practise the different notes in order.
Children of all ages and abilities can learn to play the ocarina and have great fun making music.
Activity aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children although could be used by Lower Key Stage 2 children too.
For the whole song please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ocarina-twinkle-twinkle-little-star-12210764
For my Ocarina Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ocarina-bundle-12210780
A set of 14 number bond tests to test for quick recall of number bonds to 5, 10 and 20. The tests are colour coded, each test has ten questions to complete and there are two tests for each colour of the rainbow. Each child also has a blank rainbow to colour, they can colour each band once they are secure on that set of number bonds eg red number bonds are making 5 therefore once children are secure at making 5 they would colour the red band of the rainbow. The aim is for children to colour the whole rainbow.
These tests cover number bonds for making numbers to 5, making numbers to 10 and making numbers to 20. The tests can be used with a timer to check how secure children are with number bond recall. Children enjoy working their way through the colours of the rainbow and if not secure can repeat tests again and try to beat their previous score.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
For Multiplication Tests see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/multiplication-tests-12347493
For my Number Bonds and Multiplication Tests Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bond-tests-and-multiplication-tests-12347503