13 activity sheets for non-fiction lessons Approach to Non Fiction document

Contains Talk Like a… Reader Writer Mathematician Musician Good Citizen Theologist Artist Scientist Designer Geographer Historian The sentence stems on the cards support discussions and writing! There are 2-3 different levels depending on subject to allow for progression. We had these cards professionally printed at a local printers, double sided with a matt laminate to avoid any reflection of light and I would highly recommend this! If you need to keep costs lower, I would suggest buying some matt laminating pouches. The cards we use across the curriculum. Their use should be modelled and encouraged by staff. Encouarge children to challenge themselves to use a variation of stems to avoid repeating the same starters.

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

3 cards card 1 - KS1 card 2 - LKS2 card 3 - UKS2 laminate and use as a resource to support book talk/ comprehension. These cards go with my other ‘talk like a …’ cards all available in my TES store

3 sets of increasing complexity. Each set is a double sided A4 card. These go along with the other talk like… cards on my TES store to support and promote oracy in the classroom. Designed to be printed back to back and laminated, we use these cards one between 2 as a resource in class.

Info poster - for display 6 x posters: Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhi NOT editable. PDF docs.

Set 1 cards and set 2 cards set 1 - aimed at KS1 set 2 - aimed at KS2 Print back to back and laminate and use to support discussion in music to lift the quality of talk in class.

we are… geographers historians artists designers theologists good citizens scientists

Display materials used as seen on my instagram page In the photo the black BE SMART letters are wooden tiles and are obviously not included here.

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

Can be used on conjunction with Oracy training resources

This is an oracy staff meeting. The slides are in PowerPoint and are fully editable. I have added some notes on slides which may need further explanation. Included: powerpoint 47 slides fully editable oracy progression map fully editable discussion roles poster NOT editable discussion rules poster NOT editable

Sentence stems to scaffold conversations in PSHCE/ PSHE 2 levels, these cards are NOT editable Simply print, laminate and have as a useful tool in the classroom to lift the quality of oracy

Sentence stems to scaffold talk in RE. Ideal for lesson starters, plenaries or discussion tasks throughout the lesson. 2 levels of cards. These ARE NOT editable.

Card to support discussions in art. 2 levels. These cards ARE NOT editable. Print, laminate and use over and over!

Sentence stems to support high quality discussions as children plan and carry out investigative work. 2 levels. These cards are NOT editable. Print, laminate and use over and over again.

These cards are ideal to support children as they go through the explore, design, make and evaluate cycle of DT. These cards are NOT editable. 2 levels of support - cards numbered 1 and 2

These cards are ideal to support children as they learn through talk, allowing for high quality discussions. These cards are NOT editable. Simply print, laminate and then you can add you topic specific vocabulary on the empty boxes provided - allowing them to be used in any unit of work. 2 levels of support - cards numbered 1 and 2

These cards are ideal to support children as they learn through talk, allowing for high quality discussions. These cards are NOT editable. Simply print, laminate and then you can add you topic specific vocabulary on the empty boxes provided - allowing them to be used in any unit of work. 2 levels of support - cards numbered

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.