Week 4 of my No-Prep, 6-week How To Train Your Dragon English teaching unit. This week’s focus is on 4 different forms of poetry (haiku, acrostic, kenning & shape poems). Chapters 8 - 11 are covered. How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible book to study, and this Chapter 8-11 unit pack helps to engage children in the text right from the start. With exciting, attractive and innovative worksheets designed to hook children in to the action from the get go, you can expect children to gain skills in online research, identifying syllables and poetry writing. Included in this download: 1 week of planning included in page 2 of the PowerPoint for ease 35-page teaching PowerPoint that breaks down all worksheets & learning Key vocabulary break down for Chapter 8, 9, 10 & 11 Video clips suggested to complement planning Integrated QR codes for children’s independence purposes Kenning Poetry worksheet Acrostic Poetry worksheet Shape Poetry worksheet Shape Poetry Challenge worksheet Counting Syllables worksheet (& answers) Haiku Worksheet Evaluation challenges for children to give their opinions on each poetic form 5 x starter activities on the PowerPoint slides Hiccup & Toothless clip art (not for commercial use) 2 fonts to edit your resources with PDF & Word Document versions of every resource Looking for the rest of the unit? X Week 1 X Week 2 X Week 3 X Week 5 X Week 6 Want to get in early on the whole unit? Due to be completed on July 12th 2020 X How To Train Your Dragon - Full Unit I hope this resource saves you time and stress Happy teaching! Miss Austin

Week 2 of 10- An introduction to the numbers 0-20 in Japanese (Kanji & Romaji). This product contains an 17-slide Teaching PowerPoint and worksheet that guides students through learning the first 20 numbers in Japanese (not forgetting 0!). The focus is on speaking and writing, thus, all vocabulary is taught in both Romaji and Kanji for this week! This product contains 7 activities, including: ‘Last week’s learning’ question task Identifying Japanese vocabulary in the English language Speaking activities Matching English-Kanji-Romaji numbers activity (worksheet included!) Coloring by numbers activity (worksheet included!) Prediction task Writing task to improve Kanji memorization (worksheet included!) This download includes: A 17-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT PDF version of the 3 written worksheets Editable Word Document versions of the 3 worksheets 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents QR codes and hyperlinks to aid research A multi-language ‘dictionary’ for new vocabulary Vocabulary Taught: rei, ichi, ni, san, shi/yon, go, roku, nana/shichi, hachi, kyu, juu, juuichi, juuni, juusan, juuyon, juugo, juuroku, juunana, juuhachi, juukyu, nijuu More Beginner’s Japanese Resources: Japanese for Beginners: Week 1: Greetings & Introduction Japanese for Beginners: Colours Workbook

Past tense worksheets & activities based around the simple, progressive and perfect forms (Present & Future Packs available too!) This download includes: Past Tense Forms Worksheet with 6 jam-packed tasks Past Tense Forms Wordsearch Answer sheets for ease of marking and assessment Editable versions of all worksheets to tailor work to your students’ needs 2 fonts for editing the resources This resource is part of a larger teaching bundle, with similar resources for both the past and present tenses, along with work on converting between them. X Teaching Tenses Mega-Pack Separate lessons: X Present Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack X Future Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress. Thank you and happy teaching! Miss Austin

Week 1 of my No-Prep, 6-week How To Train Your Dragon English teaching unit. This week’s focus is on author fact files, research skills, prediction and comprehension. How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible book to study, and this Pre-Read & Chapter 1 unit pack helps to engage children in the text right from the start. With exciting, attractive and innovative worksheets designed to hook children in to the action from the get go, you can expect children to gain skills in text comprehension, independent research and plot prediction! Also, my own Guided Reading Approach “AEE” (answer, explain & evidence) is included in this pack, with a 6 page, child-friendly explanation included! Included in this download: 1 week of planning included in page 3 of the PowerPoint for ease 41-page teaching PowerPoint that breaks down all worksheets & learning Key vocabulary outline for Chapter 1 and the foreword (page 4) Video clips of the author talking about inspiration and planning (2 linked/included) Integrated QR codes for children’s author research purposes (page 7) Lap-book resources Author Research Planning Page worksheet Designing a Writing Room worksheet Questioning the Author worksheet Making Predictions worksheet Plot Recap worksheet Drawing Hiccup worksheet Chapter 1 comprehension, guided reading questions Hiccup clip art (not for commercial use) 3 fonts to edit your resources with PDF & Word Document versions of every resource Looking for the rest of the unit? Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 I hope this resource saves you time and stress Happy teaching! Miss Austin

Writing prompt/stimulus based on finding a mysterious book. Teaching PowerPoint and 4-way differentiated planning sheets included in this 22-Page pack. Assessing writing is a subjective nightmare! With this independent writing assessment stimulus, children can engage in an exciting and mysterious plot centered around a magical book found in the school library. As teachers, we can decide which planning sheet most accurately matches the children’s abilities or targets and the writing they produce can be assessed against national or state standards. With Talk for Writing opportunities throughout the PowerPoint, children can discuss their use of vocabulary, ideas for plot and explore their characters’ emotions in peer work or small groups. This can be delivered to a single class, year group or whole-school cohort, or even as an extra-curricular Creative Writing club task! Included in this download: 18-page teaching PowerPoint 4 different planning sheet options in PDF format 5 fonts for editing purposes Editable versions of PPT and worksheets to suit your classes’ needs! Looking for more writing prompts? Look no further (: X Writing Stimulus | Narrative | House in the Woods X Writing Stimulus | Narrative | Spellbound I hope this resource saves you time and stress! Miss Austin

Writing prompt/stimulus based on retelling the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Teaching PowerPoint and 4-way differentiated planning sheets included in this 29-Page pack. This can be delivered to a single class, year group or whole-school cohort, or even as an extra-curricular Creative Writing club task! Assessing writing is a subjective nightmare! With this independent writing assessment stimulus, children can engage in an exciting writing task centred around retelling the story of Red Riding Hood, with older year groups synthesizing the story by adding their own endings. As teachers, we can decide which planning sheet most accurately matches the children’s abilities or targets, and the writing they produce can be assessed against national or state standards. With Talk for Writing opportunities throughout the PowerPoint, children can discuss their use of vocabulary, ideas for plot and explore their characters’ emotions in peer work or small groups. Included in this download: 25-page teaching PowerPoint 4 different planning sheet options in PDF format 5 fonts for editing purposes Editable versions of PPT and worksheets to suit your classes’ needs! Looking for more writing stimuli? Look no further (: X Writing Stimuli | Narrative | Red Riding Hood Retelling X Writing Stimuli | Narrative | Spellbound I hope this resource saves you time and stress! Miss Austin

Week 1 of 6- A no-prep lesson that opens a course on the use of nature within art. Gets children outside exploring, and it is perfect for teaching in Fall, Summer or Spring with Grades 1-3! This product contains a 13-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guide students through learning the basics of groupings in nature (flora and fauna), and walks them through exploring the outdoors, taking an interest in the world around them and creating a collage using the objects they find, pens and paper. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on talking about the items that they find, exploring patterns in nature, and lateral thinking when creating a collage based on examples on the slides. This lesson is likely to take 1-1.5 hours, involving a nature walk that could be as short or as long as you like! This product contains 4 activities, including: ‘What do we already know?’ questioning activity about natural objects Grouping activity with manipulative images on PPT slides Exploration task involving magnifying glasses Nature collage task involving pens and paper This download includes: A 13-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents Links to websites for extra inspiration, if needed!

Week 4 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores colour theory, mixing paint and the art of impasto painting. Children in grades 1-3 will learn which colors mix together to create others, in addition to monochromatic, analogous and complementary color schemes. A perfect art unit for Autumn, Spring or Summer! This product contains a 19-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through previous weeks’ learning (watercolours, critiquing peers’ work, photography basics) and develops their art foundation knowledge by looking at colour theory. Children will be introduced to new vocabulary such as primary, secondary, evoke, emotion, analogous, monochromatic, complementary and Impasto. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on the ability to use paint and to explore colour, in addition to improving digital literacy skills, using QR codes to access digital quizzes and to conduct research. This lesson is likely to take 2-3 hours, and requires the use of worksheets (included) printed onto card, paintbrushes, pallets, water pots and pencils for writing. iPads to aid digital aspects are suggested but not necessary. This product contains 7 activities, including: ‘What do we remember from last week?’ talk-partner activity An outline of colour theory with new vocabulary underlined for discussion Colour mixing activity with hyperlinks within the teaching PowerPoint QR code-linked digital activity hosted on WordWall© Colour wheel painting worksheet with sentence-filling activity Colour mixing worksheet with penmanship activity Bonus extension task focused on impasto technique This download includes: A 19-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents PDF versions of worksheets to aid printing

Week 5 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores watercolour, the work of Paul Klee and the art of Hirameki- a Japanese doodle art! Children in years 1-3 will learn how to create a watercolor wash, emulate the work of famous artists and conduct research using internet search engines. This product contains a 26-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through previous weeks’ learning (colour theory, critiquing peers’ work, photography basics) and develops their understanding of watercolours by looking at the work of Paul Klee and the Japanese art form of Hirameki. Children will be introduced to new vocabulary such as wash, saturation, research, tone and pattern. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on the ability to use watercolour paints in addition to improving digital literacy skills, using QR codes to conduct research on the chosen artist. This lesson is likely to take 2-3 hours, and requires the use of worksheets (included), paintbrushes, watercolor pallets, water pots and pencils for writing. iPads to aid digital research would be beneficial but are not necessary. This product contains 7 activities, including: ‘What do we remember from last week?’ matching activity An outline of watercolours with new vocabulary A short exploration of the work of Paul Klee Hirameki doodling activity worksheet QR code-linked extension task for researching Hirameki Artist research page (differentiated 2 ways for ability) Learning consolidation task (speech bubble) Bonus extension task focused on using fine liners create leaf line-drawings This download includes: A 26-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents PDF versions of worksheets to aid printing

Week 6 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores mixed media collage, combining all skills taught in this unit to create a final piece. Additionally, children in grades 1-3 will learn how to evaluate their efforts and complete learning journals. This product contains a 11-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through previous weeks’ learning (with linked, bespoke vocabulary-matching game hosted on WordWall©) and develops their understanding of how to create a mixed media collage. Once completed, children have two worksheets to complete- one focuses on encouraging children to journal about their experiences, including what they enjoyed and what they didn’t. The second sees children evaluate what they’ve learnt and their own outcomes. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. This lesson is likely to take 2 hours, and requires the use of worksheets (included), fine-liner pens, sketching pencils and the work produced in previous lessons. This product contains 5 activities, including: Vocabulary and definition matching activity An outline of how to create the final mixed media collage Examples of how to further children’s learning Self-reflection journal worksheet (.docx & .pdf) Evaluation worksheet (.docs & .pdf) This download includes: An 11-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents PDF versions of worksheets to aid printing

Key Stage 2: 4 Entire Weeks of no-prep, distance learning English lessons based on Matilda by Roald Dahl. Emphasis on play scripts, recipe writing and description. Matilda is one of those novels that never gets old, is loved by children and adults alike and provides great opportunity to explore lots of different text types. Perfect for whilst we’re teaching from afar, I put this pack together to ensure this module can still be taught even though we’re not in the classroom! Included in this mega pack: 30+ resources in PDF format to ensure aesthetic layout! PDF version of the text 20-lesson, 4 week long planning sheet with brief lesson plans- all able to be completed from home. Prediction worksheet based on the front cover and blurb Glossary worksheet and definition answers provided Character trait worksheet for Mrs Phelps, Matilda & Mr Wormwood Two write up sheets for different character descriptions Venn Diagram for comparing characters ‘Features of a play script’ help sheet Jack and Jill play script to label Converting prose to play script worksheet Using commas in three different ways worksheet Acrostic Poem worksheet Intonation and expression worksheet Mischief scale worksheet Comparisons between movie and book worksheet Matilda’s next trick hypothesis worksheet Planning sheets for play scripts Asking questions to Miss Trunchbull worksheet Converting adjectives to adverbs worksheet Antonyms starter activity Synthesised chapter planning sheet Sequencing of emotions worksheet Recipe planning and example sheets Various starter tasks and extension challenges Additional Resources that didn’t make it onto the final plan .docx Word Document versions of ALL resources to allow you to edit them 3 fonts to edit your resources with Phew! What a massive pack to put together! All of these will be sold separately as individual lessons in the coming weeks. I hope this saves you time and stress. Miss Austin

This pack includes Multiple lesson ideas with linked resources and brief lesson plans for week of lessons Learning objectives Must, Should, Could success criteria Full introductory lesson plan with assessment ideas Powerpoint presentation with animations to introduce WW2 and evacuation Self-produced worksheet for main activity Starter activity that is differentiated Writing frame for Lower Ability for factfile If you have any questions, or feel it needs anything extra, please contact me and I’ll be happy to oblige, Miss Ritchie (:

Hi there! This pack includes: Learning objective, success criteria, ideas for whole class activities Lesson Plan Lesson Prompt Presentation on forces and introducing gravity to the children If you have any queries, feel free to contact me and I'll get right on them! Miss Ritchie :)

Hi there! Included in this (very large) pack are: 5 individual powerpoint presentations that range from introducing decimals to multiplying them by 10, 100 and 1000 as they progress through the week. 2 in depth lesson plans and lesson prompts for the week- they are to accompany the powerpoint presentations and other resources for that day 8 individual worksheets that engage children and progress learning throughout the week. I used the DECIMALS5 (Friday) worksheets as a Bronze, Silver, Gold award challenge and it worked well. Feel free to do the same. Mental maths opener with preorganised questions to ask in a ‘quick-fire’ like activity. A sorting activity for decimals, lengths etc. 3 Pages of homework for the weekend, with an explanation and place to write an example to help them. It will need tweaking as it mentions my name etc and the top of the sheet. And other documents, such as learning objective sticker sheets etc. {Decimals1= Monday, Decimals2= Tuesday etc.} Please contact me if there are any questions regarding these resources! I’m here to help! Miss Austin 8)

Hi there! Another lesson for you all, This one is a Year 5 lesson on 'ious' eous' 'tious' and 'cious' suffixes in spelling and where they're appropriate. Learning objective: I can identify when to use different ‘ous’ suffixes Included in this pack are check list pages, an 'ear' revision crossword puzzle for a starter, lesson plan, resource pack, two pages of activities and a presentation displaying the rules for 'ous' suffixes. Please feel free to message me with any questions! Happy Teaching Miss Ritchie xxx

Hi there! In this pack you’ll find two presentations, one completed and the other skeletal for you to add your own flair to should you so wish! You’ll also find a TA organising sheet, along with a lesson plan. Let me know if you should require anything additional! Miss Ritchie :)

Hi there! In this pack you'll receive a fully edited, made-to-look-pretty and animated powerpoint that works through story mapping by giving an example etc. You will also receive a lesson plan and two work sheets- including a structured sheet for lower ability.

Hi there! This was originally on this website a few months ago and had over 600 downloads and great reviews! In this pack is an extensive powerpoint concerning past, present and future (and perfect!) tenses :) Enjoy x

Hi there! Included in this pack is a presentation that outlines the LO, success criteria, input, whole class activities and plenary. There is also a detailed Lesson Plan for you to amend to your children's abilities. Hope you enjoy this and find it useful! Please leave a review if you download it! Miss Ritchie x