A guided reading activity from my 5x Endurance Themed Reading Comprehension Worksheet set, aimed at 11-14 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop the pupil’s inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice. The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success. This activity focuses on 64 year old Diana Nyad’s 110 mile swim between Cuba & Florida.

A guided reading activity, aimed at 10-13 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice. The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success.

A guided reading activity from my 5x Shark Themed Reading Comprehension Worksheet set, aimed at 11-14 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop the pupil’s inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice. The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. It also comes with integrated vocabulary support to help strech a pupil’s word knowledge. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success. If you enjoy it, please consider purchasing the whole set.

A teacher led gap fill exercise to get pupils to think about the process of reading. Designed for use in a secondary reading intervention. This resource takes some key ideas from “Closing the Reading Gap” and makes them accessible to pupils.

A set of reading bookmarks featuring the RAP, RIDA, 5s & SQR reading methods. This set of bookmarks should be used with pupils to help them strategically pick the method of reading best suited to the text in front of them.

Entry/Revision task for Coasts modules centred around types of Hard Engineering. Pupils read the information sheet, construct the dice, and then test each other on their newfound knowledge by rolling the dice. A quick to assemble interactive starter bound to get your pupils talking about Hard Engineering methods. An ideal way of supporting the development of the key subject vocabulary and knowledge pupils need to succeed. This resource was originally designed to be used with Year 8 classes and lower ability GCSE pupils but there is no reason why more able pupils cannot get value from this kind of an activity.

A fun engaging way to get your pupils practicing their High Frequency Words for reading in Reception. This pack includes: All 45 High Frequency Words each on a unique card Instructions on how to play Pairs Instructions on how to play Go Fish! Basic phonics colour coding for vowel sounds A set of cards without colour as well! This activity set works best printed on card stock to give the cards some durability although they could be laminated to make a long lasting resource for your classroom.

Upper and lower case letter set which looks fantastic as the heading for classroom displays. The set includes full upper and lower case lettering in PDF and Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) format. This set is perfect for Geographers looking to make a Deserts display. SVG files are contained with .Zip folders. Tip! All of my letter sets use the same font and sizing so mix and match any sets you have purchased to create interesting displays. Help If you find the PDF letters are the incorrect size for your display, please use the SVG files. These can be imported into a Word Doc or Powerpoint Presentation and be resized without losing quality.

Upper and lower case letter set which looks fantastic as the heading for classroom displays. The set includes full upper and lower case lettering in PDF and Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) format. This set is perfect for Geographers looking to make an Arctic / Antarctic / Frozen Worlds display. SVG files are contained with .Zip folders. Tip! All of my letter sets use the same font and sizing so mix and match any sets you have purchased to create interesting displays. Help If you find the PDF letters are the incorrect size for your display, please use the SVG files. These can be imported into a Word Doc or Powerpoint Presentation and be resized without losing quality.

Upper and lower case letter set which looks fantastic as the heading for classroom displays. The set includes full upper and lower case lettering in PDF and Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) format. This set is perfect for Geographers looking to make a Deserts display. SVG files are contained with .Zip folders. Tip! All of my letter sets use the same font and sizing so mix and match any sets you have purchased to create interesting displays. Help If you find the PDF letters are the incorrect size for your display, please use the SVG files. These can be imported into a Word Doc or Powerpoint Presentation and be resized without losing quality.

An interactive powerpoint presentation giving pupils the information they need in chronological order along with potential links to other parts of the course. An excellent resource to integrate with Google Classroom that allows pupils to rapidly access information and plan responses.

5 guided reading activities, aimed at 10-13 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice. The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. The worksheets also come with targeted additional vocabulary support resources. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success. In this pack you will find worksheets on: Arctic Exploration Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic Sea Life in the Arctic The 2007 Russian Flag Planting The Mighty Polar Bear All resources are presented in a ready to print PDF format and should require no additional planning.

5 guided reading activities, aimed at 11-14 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice. The activity comes with assessment questions and answers. There is also a reading rate calculation sheet included with age relative comparison values to help you assess a pupil’s ability. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success. In this pack you will find worksheets on: The Great Big Swim Enduring Endurance Climbing El Capitan Flying for 64 Days without Landing Rowing the Atlantic

5 guided reading activities, aimed at 10-13 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice. The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. Several of the worksheets also come with some additional vocabulary support resources. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success. In this pack you will find worksheets on: Ed White’s Space Walk The Hubble Telescope The James Webb Space Telescope One Small Step The Perseverance Rover

5 guided reading activities, aimed at 10-13 years olds, which seeks to assess and develop their inference and deduction skills. To be used with individual pupils or small groups with a member of staff or parent guiding practice. The activity comes with assessment questions and answers, with marks per question included. The worksheets also come with targeted additional vocabulary support resources. This is helpful for pupils preparing for reading tests but also for lower reading aged pupils to develop and hone the necessary skills for success. In this pack you will find worksheets on: Shark Introduction Shark Myths A world without sharks How to survive a shark attack Why do we fear sharks All resources are presented in a ready to print PDF format and should require no additional planning.

Documentary topic: Oceans 25 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary The Blue Planet, Episode Two, The Deep. This documentary introduces the concept of the deep oceans and how life can be sustained in those dark deserts. The worksheet has 25 questions that cover the full documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers (including time stamps). There is also a worksheet to follow up the documentary that gets pupils to use a range of skills (explaining, drawing & creative writing). This worksheet is designed to sit alongside a coasts/ocean unit of learning, but equally makes an excellent cover activity. Topics include: Changes in the Deep Ocean Adaptations to the Deep Ocean Features of the Deep Ocean Downloaded materials include all sheets PDF formats.

Documentary topic: Oceans 25 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary The Blue Planet, Episode One, Introduction. This documentary introduces the idea of life being sustained in the oceans by nutrient cycling. The worksheet has 25 questions that cover the full documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers (including time stamps). There is also a worksheet to follow up the documentary that gets pupils using both atlases and inference skills. This worksheet is designed to sit alongside a coasts/ocean unit of learning, but equally makes an excellent cover activity. Topics include: Nutrient Cycling Ocean Currents Wave Formation Ocean location activity Downloaded materials include all sheets PDF formats.