Here’s a differentiated resource (that I used for homework) about fronted adverbials; spotting them in context and using independently.

This is a comprehension task regarding the Vikings. For each question they complete accurately, they get to save 1 of the Viking horde from the group at the bottom of the page.

A differentiated, Egyptian themed resource where children have to place apostrophes into the correct places, state whether it is singular or plural and define the key terms.

This is a set of resources that I use for my year 3 and 4 group. They are Egyptian themed so that they can link in with humanities topic. Shape poems are a great introduction to writing in a poetic structure for children, and the shapes offered in this pack are: canopic jars, a sarcophagus and a pyramid. I modelled the pyramid shape to the class so that my lower ability group had more input tailored to them. LO: To write a topical shape poem

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Guided Reading Packet – Comprehension, inference, summary, questioning, author’s intention, and prediction. This download includes a massive Guided Reading mega-booklet with a term’s worth of independent activities suitable for Key Stage 2 children. Children will make predictions for the text based on a front cover and blurb, ask questions to improve knowledge of character, summarise to write their own blurb, compare to other texts… I could go on!! Everything you need to deliver the objectives above is included. This download includes: 12-page PDF document of the guided reading packet (inc. title & quote answer page) 12-page editable .docx Word document version of the guided reading booklet I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress. Thank you and happy teaching! Miss Austin

A pack of resources that includes two comprehension activities based around Erik The Viking book by Terry Jones. There’re also some grammar activities.

Planning and write-up sheet for a setting description focussing on scents, sights and sounds. This work is based on The Uncommoners: The Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer Bell.

Here is a quick and easy isolated gramma rlesson on commonly-misspelled words. There’s a task on of/off, our/are and a challenge, matching activity for to/too. It’s differentiated in regards of expectation too! Enjoy!

Hello, fellow teachers! Here’s a pack of resources for teaching past and present tenses using simple and progressive forms. There is a differentiated resource for converting between them, including challenges and extensions. There is also a powerpoint presentation for inputting the lesson!

Hello Fellow Teachers, Here is an apocalypse adventure-themed, home learning project that will be used whilst the children are off school- it’s perfect for distance learning due to the tasks being able to be completed independently. This resource spreads across 6 tasks (could be set weekly or daily) which last for an hour-long each. The tasks included follow these learning objectives: LO: To write dystopian narrative LO: To write anon-chronological research report LO: To write a fictional recount LO: To write an instruction text LO: To use non-verbal communication to portray character emotion LO: To write in 3rd person, past tense This task would work great for high-ability KS2 (Key Stage 2) or Key Stage 3 (KS3) children. I upload my tasks as both an editable .docx / Word document, and as a PDF in case the alignment doesn’t work on your computers. If you’re looking for other home-learning projects, here are links to the other resources I’ve put together for my KS2 children. LKS2 Space themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/space-lks2-home-learning-project-12282480 UKS2 Space themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/space-6-week-english-project-for-ks2-12269809 Detective themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/detectives-7-week-english-project-12270301 Romans & Celts themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romans-and-celts-home-learning-project-12278939

Hello fellow teachers! Here’s a resource for years 3-4 and years 5-6 ( KS2 ) for independent guided reading activities. There’s a selection of activities to choose from and they are in the the following categories: short writing task long writing task text detective task (discrete grammar/punctuation) creative task Enjoy!

Hello Fellow Teachers, Here is a large pack for an entire unit of diary writing lessons. It’s a week long, and all of the planning, resources, evaluations, examples, success criteria and word banks are provided! Even included two fonts for you so that you can edit the .doc format files at your leisure! Hopefully all of the above should help to turn the focus back to teaching as opposed to all of the other stuff we have to do! If you’re looking for home-learning projects, here are links to the resources I’ve put together for whilst the children are distance learning and off school. LKS2 Space themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/space-lks2-home-learning-project-12282480 UKS2 Space themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/space-6-week-english-project-for-ks2-12269809 Apocalypse themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/apocalypse-6-week-english-project-12270297 Detective themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/detectives-7-week-english-project-12270301 Romans & Celts themed: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romans-and-celts-home-learning-project-12278939

Hi Teachers! Here is a diary planning resource. It comes as part of a larger set, which you can find at this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-diary-writing-entire-unit-12301089

Romeo & Juliet Introductory Guided Reading Packet – Predictions, vocabulary choice, Shakespeare quotes and prepositional phrases. This download includes a Guided Reading packet with 4 independent activities suitable for children aged 7-11. Children will make predictions for the text based on a front cover and blurb, analyse Shakespearean quotes and relate them to modern sentiments, analyse the effect vocabulary choice has on emotion of the reader and find prepositional phrases in the text. Everything you need to deliver the objectives above is included. This download includes: 6-page PDF document of the guided reading packet (inc. title & quote answer page) 6-page editable .docx Word document version of the guided reading booklet Space for teacher marking/comments/assessment at the bottom of each page Learning Objectives clearly stated on each page with clear progression Word banks and sentence starter suggestions for prediction task Two fonts to edit resources with I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress. Thank you and happy teaching! Miss Austin

Home Learning, project-based activities, perfect for distance learning or homework. This is a ‘design your own country’-themed, distance learning project that will be used whilst the children are off school. This resource spreads across 4 tasks (these could be set weekly or daily) which last for an hour each. The activities see children coming across a new, previously-undiscovered country- they’ll need to: - Write a fact file about biome, climate, fauna and flora found in the country Create a new currency for the inhabitants Develop a new written language and decipher messages in code Write the laws for their citizens to follow! This download includes: PDF version of the 4-task home learning project Word Document version of the home learning project for editing 2 fonts for editing .docx Word documents England: This task would work great for KS2 (Key Stage 2) and it fits in with the Year 3 national curriculum expectation My Distance Learning Projects Perfect for whilst we’re away from school or for homework, these independent projects can help to develop your children’s writing and creativity in a variety of areas. X Distance Learning Project: Apocalypse Theme X Distance Learning Project: Detective Theme X Distance Learning Project: Space Theme X Distance Learning Project: Island Explorer Theme I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress! Thank you, and happy teaching! Miss Austin

Used when writing descriptions or a sequel to the novel How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, this resource allows children to be creative when writing at length. PDF & Word document versions provided for layout and editing purposes. How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible book to study, and this 2-pack of resources allows children the space to write their own sequel, present their work neatly and even design their own front and back cover. This resource could be used as a write-up sheet for character descriptions, as a book layout for writing a sequel or prequel to the story or for writing an in-depth book review. Other How to Train Your Dragon resources: X How To Train Your Dragon: Entire 6-week English Unit Pack X How To Train Your Dragon: English Unit Week 1 X How To Train Your Dragon: English Unit Week 2 X How To Train Your Dragon: English Unit Week 3 X How To Train Your Dragon: English Unit Week 4 X How To Train Your Dragon: English Unit Week 5 X How To Train Your Dragon: English Unit Week 6 X How To Train Your Dragon: Book Review

COVID-19 has flummoxed us all, and it is vital that we ensure none of the children in our care get left behind in any facet of English language learning. This Recovery Curriculum document outlines key, end-of-year expectations for Year 4 in line with the National Curriculum strands for English. In this document, Year 3 expectations are included in the left-hand column and act as prerequisites to tick off before a child moves on to the Year 4 expectation. This acts as a net to catch any gaps that may have manifested due to the time off in lockdown during the academic year of 2019-2020. How do I use this product? I will be sticking these into the back of the children’s books and ticking them off when completed. They could also be assigned to a child digitally to save on paper and needless touching of joint resources. Alternatively, these could be used holistically for an entire class, or for emerging, expected & exceeding groups. In this download: PDF version of the A4 table National Curriculum strands are referenced for each expectation .docx Word Document version of the A4 table to edit to address particular needs or school-wide focuses 1 font to edit Word document with Looking for the rest of Key Stage 2 English recovery expectations? Year 3 Year 5 Year 6 Entire KS2 Recovery Curriculum Expectations

COVID-19 has flummoxed us all, and it is vital that we ensure none of the children in our care get left behind in any facet of English language learning. This Recovery Curriculum document outlines key, end-of-year expectations for Year 3 in line with the National Curriculum strands for English. In this document, Year 2 expectations are included in the left-hand column and act as prerequisites to tick off before a child moves on to the Year 3 expectation. This acts as a net to catch any gaps that may have manifested due to the time off in lockdown during the academic year of 2019-2020. How do I use this product? I will be sticking these into the back of the children’s books and ticking them off when completed. They could also be assigned to a child digitally to save on paper and needless touching of joint resources. Alternatively, these could be used holistically for an entire class, or for emerging, expected & exceeding groups. In this download: PDF version of the A4 table National Curriculum strands are referenced for each expectation .docx Word Document version of the A4 table to edit to address particular needs or school-wide focuses 1 font to edit Word document with Looking for the rest of Key Stage 2 English recovery expectations? Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Entire KS2 Recovery Curriculum Expectations

COVID-19 has flummoxed us all, and it is vital that we ensure none of the children in our care get left behind in any facet of English language learning. This Recovery Curriculum document outlines key, end-of-year expectations for Year 6 in line with the National Curriculum strands for English. In this document, Year 5 expectations are included in the left-hand column and act as prerequisites to tick off before a child moves on to the Year 6 expectation. This acts as a net to catch any gaps that may have manifested due to the time off in lockdown during the academic year of 2019-2020. How do I use this product? I will be sticking these into the back of the children’s books and ticking them off when completed. They could also be assigned to a child digitally to save on paper and needless touching of joint resources. Alternatively, these could be used holistically for an entire class, or for emerging, expected & exceeding groups. In this download: PDF version of the A4 table National Curriculum strands are referenced for each expectation .docx Word Document version of the A4 table to edit to address particular needs or school-wide focuses 1 font to edit Word document with Looking for the rest of Key Stage 2 English recovery expectations? Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Entire KS2 Recovery Curriculum Expectations