Play in pairs - all you need is a dice!
card 1 - nouns and verbs
card 2 - adjectives and verbs
card 3 - adjectives, verbs, conjunctions, -ly openers
card 4 - edit a sentence challenge
card 5 - editable - create your own challenge card
Print to A3 and laminate. Children to use to support discussions/ thinking during lessons, as part of a recap/ starter or plenary. Large section in centre allows for drawing with dry wipe pen and the reminder prompts around the outside display the thinking maps and the way thoughts/ ideas can be recorded.
Simply add your name to the blank box, laminate and use as a cover for a CPD journal. We use our CPD journals to capture key info from training sessions as mind maps so we can easily refer back.
Enlarge, laminate and add to/ near your English working wall/ reading display. Use an arrow/ peg to clip next to the skill you’re focusing on in reading that week so children are always clear on the skill they are working on.
Spelling Challenge Cards Level 1-5
Level 1 = phase 3 CEW and HFW
Level 2 = Phase 4 CEW and HFW
Level 3 = Phase 5a
Level 4 = Phase 5b
Level 5 = Phase 5c
Each challenge card is split into bronze, silver and gold (these aren’t progressive, they just offer milestones) Children take the sheets home and practice the words. When they are confident they can spell them, the parents cut the relevant slip off the bottom and send it in to say they are ready to be tested! Teachers can test all/ a random sample of the words to validate.
Each level has bronze, silver and gold certs. Each time a child gets a cert, we offer 3 raffle tickets (in the bundle) and 2 house points (you can add your own rewards!). We will run a termly raffle to win £20!
Spelling Challenge Cards Level 6-9
Level 6 and Level 7 = Y3/4 statutory words
Level 8 and Level 9 = Y5/6 statutory words
These follow on from the KS1 spelling bundle also in my TES store.
Each challenge card is split into bronze, silver and gold (these aren’t progressive, they just offer milestones) Children take the sheets home and practice the words. When they are confident they can spell them, the parents cut the relevant slip off the bottom and send it in to say they are ready to be tested! Teachers can test all/ a random sample of the words to validate.
Each level has bronze, silver and gold certs. Each time a child gets a cert, we offer 3 raffle tickets (in the bundle) and 2 house points (you can add your own rewards!). We will run a termly raffle to win £20!
sentence stem cards to support book talk/ reading sessions
3 differing levels suitable for KS1, LKS2, UKS2
print, laminate and use over and over again.
Templates for -
Science, Geography, History, RE, PSHCE, Art, DT, Computing, English, Maths.
See example card
Set up your own image/ statement/ calculation/ quote in the centre and create statements to show vrying opinions/ include misconceptions. These promote dicsussion and the unpicking of misconceptions as well as encourage children to strengthen their own understanding through discussion.
Introduce a new word every week to build your class’ vocab.
Year group cards to laminate and add to the door/ a display to showcase the word/s of the week!
CARDS INCLUDED - Reception, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6 and a blank card
Sentence stems to support high quality conversations about writing - both for self assessment and peer assessment.
Print back to back and laminate for a key resource to have to hand in the classroom. These cards go with the other cards in the ‘talk like a …’ set
2 levels of complexity. Set and Set 2
Support mats for Writing to Inform:
Card 1 - instructions
Card 2 - recount
Card 3 - recount without sentence checker
Card 4 - non-chronological report
Card 5 - non-chronological report without sentence checker
All cards come as a PDF and an editable Word document