A 2 week unit based on the book The Night Pirates including reading lessons, sequencing, rewriting a familiar story, creating a new character and writing a new version of the story.
Editable powerpoints and worksheets included.
Beegu by Alexis Deacon
5 lessons based on Beegu by Alexis Deacon
Written for Year 2 but would also work for Year 1, Year 3.
Day 1- features of a diary
Day 2- planning with model
Day 3- writing a diary entry with model
Day 4- editing with model
Day 5- write final version
Included 50+ page powerpoint
Two diary entry models
Suffix of the week- ly pdf
Word document for plan
A block of 12 reading and writing lessons inspired by the book Wild by Emily Hughes with slides and worksheets to accompany.
Display and examples of work from Year One class included.
7 lessons worth of non-fiction teaching and activities set for a Year Two class but could easily be adapted for any KS1 and LKS2.
Activities look at descriptions using expanded noun phrases, features of non-chronological reports, planning and finally writing a report.
Adaptable powerpoint and resources included.
With thanks to Slidesgo for their colourful template.
An English unit based on the story ‘Pip & Egg’. Good unit for transition days/ end of year.
Unit includes reading lessons, sequencing, rewriting the story and discussions at the end of the unit looking back at the previous school year.
Editable powerpoint and worksheets included.
The Secret Sky Garden - added pdf version of ppt as customer had issues downloading the ppt. I am happy to email a copy of the ppt if needed after purchase.
Lesson 1- Can I respond to an illustration leading to persuasive writing based on issues raised?
(Campaign Poster)
Lesson 2- Can I use my retrieval and inference skills when discussing a new character?
(First Impressions)
Lesson 3- Can I draw on what I already know and predict what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far?
(Illustration Page)
Lesson 4- Can I participate in discussion about what is read to me, taking turns and listening to what others say?
Can I explain clearly my understanding of what is read to me?
(Reading Comprehension)
Lesson 5- Can I use adjectives and verbs to describe someone?
(Character Description Planning)
Lesson 6- Can I write a character description?
(Character Description Write Up)
Lesson 7- Can I identify the main parts in a story?
(Story Mountain/River)
Lesson 8- Can I write the beginning part of a story?
(Using own ideas to add more detail)
Lesson 9- Can I write the middle part of a story?
(Using own ideas to add more detail)
Lesson 10- Can I write the end part of a story?
(Using own ideas to add more detail)
Editable powerpoint and worksheets included
A week’s worth of teaching and activities set for a Year One class but could easily be adapted for any KS1 and LKS2.
Adaptable powerpoint and worksheets included for the week
With thanks to Slidesgo for their colourful template.
2 weeks English unit based on the book ‘Lights on Cotton Rock’ by David Litchfield.
Over 40 slides and additional resources.
Written with Year One in mind but can be adapted for other years.
Created for the first week in year 1.
1 week unit to recap simple sentences.
Lesson 1- lower case and upper case letters
Lesson 2- labelling
Lesson 3- finger spaces
Lesson 4- sentences
Lesson 5- big write- assessed piece
PDF of ppt
Print outs for lessons
A 2 week English unit with reading and writing activities based on the story The Night Box by Louise Greig.
Planned with Year One in mind but could be easily adapted to use with Year Two.
Examples of display and work included.
Teaching slides and resources/worksheets.
A PowerPoint I created for a grammar lesson on question marks for Year 1 but could easily be edited for other year groups.
With thanks to slidesgo for their amazing PowerPoint template.
PPT to use with A New Home For A Pirate.
4 days
Day 1 - Reading activity
Day 2 - Favourite Character
Day 3 - Identifying beginning, middle and end of a story
Day 4 - Retell story
Day 5 - Book review
Week’s worth of phonic activities.
Day one- Recapping phase 3 ai sound
Day two- Introducing ay sound
Day three- Using ‘best bet’ to identify correct spelling
Day four- Using ‘best bet’ to write correct spelling
Day five- Funday Friday game.
10 days worth of reading and writing lessons inspired and created using
Christopher Pumpkin by Paul Linnet and Sue Hendra
Teaching slides and resources/worksheets included.
Created with Year 1/KS1 in mind.
A week’s worth of non-fiction teaching and activities set for a Year One class but could easily be adapted for any KS1 and LKS2.
With thanks to Slidesgo for their colourful template.
Week of phonics activities and teaching input.
Day 1- recap ee
Day 2 - ea, ey, y
Day 3 - using best bet
Day 4 - tricky word and writing words
Day 5 - Funday Friday
Powerpoint of phase 3 sounds for a recap week.
Mixture of sounds and pictures to write words and sentences throughout the week.
Template for slidesgo.com
A word mat with phase 3-5 sounds on using their best bet rules. I struggled to find something that incorportated everything my year one’s needed. I have used this for the past 3 years and find it really helps children to choose the correct grapheme.