This resource idea comes from Voice 21 and is a great way to focus on the language that children use in discussion. It can be used for any subject! This resource is great for when you reach the end of a topic / area of learning you’ve been focusing on. This example is from Year 4 Science unit on Electricity. I have made it so you can type into the boxes to replace the words. Do be mindful of placing longer words where the circle is at it’s biggest to make sure the colours stay intact. The children get points for using the vocabulary on the board. But can also lose points by using words like “erm” and “like” etc. You may want to introduce this part after they’ve used the bullseye idea a few times. Other ideas for using this activity include when discussing a whole novel/ a specific chapter, after learning about a writing genre (like poetry) or after learning about Rivers. You are able to see whether the children can use the terms correctly. The children in peers can do their tally for the speaker. I would begin by modelling this activity with the whole class so they understand it before getting them to try in their small groups.

Daily 5 is 5 questions related to the grammar curriculum of Year 3 (of course it can be used with Year 4 or older as revision). Using the English curriculum I have created questions and included ANSWERS! There are 10 days worth here. Focus on: Capital letters/ punctuation Tense (specifically simple past to present perfect) Prefixes Inverted commas Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions A/An. I am happy to make more and for various year groups but wanted to see the interest. There is only 10 days worth (unless you do it once a week instead) so again I wanted to see the interest as to whether I create more parts. I have used Daily 5 (or Daily 10) with many year groups and it just helps to keep revision going so aspects of the grammar curriculum do not get forgotten.