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The Firework Maker's Daughter VIPERS Guided Reading Question Tasks - 28 lessons
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The Firework Maker's Daughter VIPERS Guided Reading Question Tasks - 28 lessons

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Here are 28 Guided Reading lessons. Each lesson comes with a set of questions based on the reading VIPERS. Questions are to be stuck in books for children to answer. This was originally made for a Year 4 class so could easily be adapted up to Year 5 or down to Year 3. Most lessons have two sets of differentiated questions. Tasks in this unit include: Diary writing sequencing the story book review Answering questions Drawing
IRON MAN UNIT OF WORK - CPLE - Power of Reading Inspired
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IRON MAN UNIT OF WORK - CPLE - Power of Reading Inspired

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Created with Year 3 and 4 in mind. This unit comes with a Powerpoint for each lesson and attached resources. I have provided SEN/EAL word banks within this unit if work too. Many of the lessons have simplified and differentiated worksheets and tasks for significant SEN and EAL pupils. There are 13 lessons provided but this can be extended to 19 lessons if you follow my notes below. Week 1: Lesson 1: Illustrate the opening of Iron Man. Lesson 2: Use conjunctions Lesson 3: Use similes Lesson 4: Write from Hogarth’s point of view (when he first sees Iron Man) Lesson 5: Write a diary entry from Hogarth’s point of view Week 2: (structured writing cycle) Lesson 6: Plan a diary entry (More structure for the next diary entry which is about when Hogarth traps Iron Man in a deep hole) Lesson 7: Write a diary entry I then used the rest of this week to finish writing, edit writing and publish writing which took this to a whole week) Week 3: Lesson 8: Collect impressive adjectives to describe the scrapyard Lesson 9: Create a piece of art inspired by the scrapyard ‘Extra SPAG lesson expanded noun phrases’ taught here. Week 4: Lesson 10: Identify and use similes and metaphors Lesson 11:Plan a suspenseful horror poem (WAGOLL provided) Lesson 12: Write a suspenseful horror poem I then used the rest of week 4 to finish writing, edit and improve, and publish.
Self portraits: Cubism and Wool Painting Inspired
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Self portraits: Cubism and Wool Painting Inspired

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Lesson 1: Analysis and looking at the work of Alice Bailly and Pablo Picasso. Info about the artists with key questions to answer based on their work. Comparison task. (For KS1, this can be done whole class and stuck into books. KS2 independent work) Lesson 2: Children explore cubism skills by understanding what cubism is and drawing a selection of random objects through a cubist lens. Lesson 3: Children explore wool painting and have an opportunity to explore different patterns and styles of wool painting. Lesson 4: Children create their own cubism self-portraits. They add a section of wool painting to the art.
2 week Romans Romulus and Remus English plan
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2 week Romans Romulus and Remus English plan

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The following plan will go through these lessons: I can understand what a myth is and identify their themes and features. I can compare and contrast different versions of a Roman Myth I can use drama to empathise with characters in a story I can explain when to use possessive apostrophes in character descriptions I can understand the general structure of a myth. I can plan the characters and setting for my own myth. I can use adverbials to open my myth. I can use conjunctions in my myth. Lots of fun to introduce the topic of Romans. Made for year 4 but can easily be adapted. Includes smart notes, differentiated resources and activities.
Nothing To See Here Hotel by Steven Butler - Guided Reading - LKS2 - VIPERS
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Nothing To See Here Hotel by Steven Butler - Guided Reading - LKS2 - VIPERS

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Here are 24 lessons based on the book The Nothing To See Here Hotel by Steven Butler. Each lesson up to lesson 15 comes with a Powerpoint and a task. Each task if based off of the reading VIPERS. There are 24 tasks planned to be completed in books and 15 of these tasks come with Powerpoints attached. This was taught to Year 4 but can easily be taken and slightly adapted to Year 3 and 5. Each Powerpoint follows the structure: Talk Task (discussion question based on the book) Vocabulary (introducing new words they may come across in today’s reading) Focus (main reading part with a focus question) Deepen (children asked to explain something) Independent Activity (questions in Guided Reading books based on the VIPERS) Exit Pass (summarising quick question) #guidedreading #stevenbutler #KS2reading #LKS2 #VIPERS #year4 #year3 #year5 #guidedreadingunit #nothingtoseeherehotel #thenothingtoseeherehotel #brighton
The Railway Children Guided Reading Unit Activities
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The Railway Children Guided Reading Unit Activities

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Here are 8 lessons which goes from page 1 up to page 53 of the book. -Read the book to the children/Children read the chapters stated. Children complete the activity for the lesson. Answers included for easy marking. Made and completed for Year 4. Easily Adaptable.
Geography European Country Study: Sweden - Unit of work 8 lessons
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Geography European Country Study: Sweden - Unit of work 8 lessons

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8 Lessons based on Sweden, all with activities. Most of these lessons comes with PowerPoints to accompany. There are some lessons where a PowerPoint is necessarily needed so there are teacher comments on the activity sheet on what to do - some require using atlases or Google Maps. The lesson learning objectives are as follows: Design my own Swedish Darla Horse (art based - can be turned into a sequence of lessons easily and an art final product) Compare England and Sweden on a map of the world. Compare Swedish to English houses Locate key landmarks on a map of Sweden Identify Human or Physical Geographical features of Sweden Why do 90% of Sweden live in the south? Answer questions about Sweden Compete in a quiz about Sweden. 2 of the resources are taken and adapted from Twinkl but the rest are my own created for my Year 4 class when we did a Geography unit on Sweden.
Demon Dentist Guided Reading Tasks
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Demon Dentist Guided Reading Tasks

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Created for Year 4 but easily adaptable. Included are the worksheets/questions for the whole book. 2 per page - easy to print and trim. All objectives based on the reading VIPERS
NCETM - Year 4 - Unit 4 - 3, 6 and 9 times table - UNIT OF WORK
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NCETM - Year 4 - Unit 4 - 3, 6 and 9 times table - UNIT OF WORK

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You will be downloading a Powerpoint for a series of lessons that cover the following objectives, stated by the NCETM for Year 4: 1 Pupils represent counting in threes as the three times table 2 Pupils explain the relationship between adjacent multiples of three 3 Pupils use knowledge of the three times table to solve problems 4 Pupils represent counting in sixes as the six times table 5 Pupils explain the relationship between adjacent multiples of six 6 Pupils use knowledge of the six times table to solve problems 7 Pupils use known facts from the five times table to solve problems involving the six times table 8 Pupils explain the relationship between multiples of three and multiples of six 9 Pupils use knowledge of the relationships between the three and six times tables to solve problems 10 Pupils represent counting in nines as the nine times table 11 Pupils explain the relationship between adjacent multiples of nine (1) 12 Pupils explain the relationship between adjacent multiples of nine (2) 13 Pupils use known facts from the ten times table to solve problems involving the nine times table 14 Pupils explain the relationship between multiples of three and multiples of nine 15 Pupils explain the relationship between pairs of three and nine times table facts that have the same product (1) 16 Pupils explain the relationship between pairs of three and nine times table facts that have the same product (2) 17 Pupils use the divisibility rules for divisors of three 18 Pupils use the divisibility rules for divisors of six (1) 19 Pupils use the divisibility rules for divisors of six (2) The learning objectives of the lessons included in the unit of work are: 1: Identify the multiplier and multiplicand 2: Count in and multiply by 3 3: Count in and multiply by 6 4: find the relationship between 3 and 6 times tables 5: count in and multiply by 9 6: Find links between the 3, 6 and 9 times table 7: Find links between the 3, 6 and 9 times table 8: Identify numbers divisible by 3, 6 and 9 times table. 9: Multiply 3 digit numbers together. Each lesson follows the structure and has a slide for each step: Revisit Address misconceptions Vocabulary Focus Guided practice Talk task Deepen Independent Practice Next Step Lessons come with accompanying worksheets that are structured into Fluency, Problem-solving and Reasoning tasks. Lessons are also accompanied by next steps which can be stuck into books. The planning is heavily inspired by the NCETM but I have broken the lessons down into my own PowerPoints to ensure the steps taught are very small so all can access. This unit takes on a mastery approach to teaching maths and has been highly effective in my own classroom. Included within the powerpoints are visual representations, small tasks for a ping-pong approach, stem sentences, high-level mathematical vocabulary, now/next/last visuals for SEN learners. #ncetm #unit4 #year4 #mathsmastery =stemsentences #timestables
RE Unit - Christianity Easter - Salvation
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RE Unit - Christianity Easter - Salvation

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This unit of work is based on the planning of ‘Understanding Christianity’.It is the unit called: Salvation - Why do Christians call the day Jesus died as Good Friday? This unit of work is all about Easter. The lessons include a range of activities such as: Listening to stories Writing a diary entry as Mary Magdalene Creating a poster Easter hunt Art work
NCETM inspired Y4 Maths Unit - Fractions
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NCETM inspired Y4 Maths Unit - Fractions

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This unit of work is based off of the NCETM lesson spines and is aimed at Year 4. Some tasks have been taken from White Rose to meet the learning objectives from the NCETM. There are two parts to this planning unit. PART 1: REVIEW OF FRACTIONS Lesson 1: Identify the whole and the parts Lesson 2: Identify equal and unequal parts Lesson 3: Construct the whole from one part PART 2: FRACTIONS Lesson 1: Write mixed numbers Lesson 2: Add and subtract mixed numbers from a part-whole model Lesson 3: Add and subtract mixed numbers Lesson 4: Label fractions on a number line Lesson 5: Identify how many fractional parts make a whole Lesson 6: Compare and order fractions on a number line Lesson 7: Compare and order fractions Lesson 8: Compare and order fractions with the same numerator Lesson 9: Add fractions with the same denominator Lesson 10: Subtract fractions with the same denominator Lesson 11: Add and subtract fractions Lesson 12: Identify equivalent fractions Lesson 13: Identify equivalent fractions Some of these lessons are intended to be purely practical, working with whiteboards and physical resources/manipulatives. This is stated on the first page of each lesson on the PowerPoint. Lessons that are designed to be in books have tasks that are easily written into books by childen or come with a ‘Fluency, Problem-solving, Reasoning’ sheet to show clear progression. These lessons are provided with a ‘next step’ to move children on even further in their learning. Each PowerPoint follows the structure of: Revisit, Address Misconceptions, Vocabulary, Focus, Guided Practice, Talk Task, Deepen, Independent Practise, Next Steps. #ncetm #year4 #fractions #year4fractions #ks2 #ks2fractions #maths #mathsmastery #diagnosticquestions #stemsentences #mastery #progression #numerator #denominator #mixednumbers
KS2 Guided Reading Unit -  Malamander Thomas Taylor
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KS2 Guided Reading Unit - Malamander Thomas Taylor

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Lessons are based on the VIPERS reading skills. Attached in this unit if work are 28 questioning tasks that take you through the text. There are Powerpoints made for the first 15 tasks. The Powerpoints follow the structure of: Revisit Talk Task Vocabulary Focus Deepen Independent Activity Exit Pass Each lesson was made to be taught to a Year 5 class based on the book Malamander by Thomas Taylor. However, this can be used in both Year 4 and Year 6. #malamander #wholeclass #guidedreading #wholeclassguidedreading #thomastaylor #eerieonsea #year5 #year4 #year6
Year 2 Place Value Unit of Work - 18 lessons - Maths Mastery NCETM Inspired
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Year 2 Place Value Unit of Work - 18 lessons - Maths Mastery NCETM Inspired

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I am a maths specialist who consistently achieves excellent and rapid progress rates for my pupils. Here is the first unit of work of place value for Year 2. 18 full lessons with PowerPoints and lesson worksheets. Lesson 1: Understand place value to 20 (not in books) Lesson 2: Know 10 ones = 1 ten Lesson 3: Represent multiples of ten (not in books) Lesson 4: Represent multiples of ten Lesson 5: Represent multiples of ten on a number line Lesson 6: Represent multiples of ten using their names Lesson 7: Compare numbers up to 100 (not in books) Lesson 8: Compare numbers up to 100 Lesson 9: Identify addend and total (not in books) Lesson 10: Use tens in a calculation Lesson 11: Add and subtract tens up to 100 Lesson 12: Represent tens and ones on a number line Lesson 13: Solve problems +and – 10 (not in books) Lesson 14: Partition numbers up to 100 (not in books) Lesson 15: Partition numbers up to 100 Lesson 16: Measure up to 100cm (not in books) Lesson 17: Measure up to 100cm Lesson 18: Count in 2s Each lesson follows the structure and has a slide for each step: Revisit (previous knowledge recap) Address misconceptions Vocabulary (key vocab that will be used in the lesson) Focus (teacher teaches) Guided practice (children do a short practical activity independently) Talk task (discussion task) Deepen (reasoning) Independent Practice (children complete a task or worksheet) Next Step (3 differentiated next steps available to stick into books) Lessons come with accompanying worksheets that are structured into Fluency, Problem-solving and Reasoning tasks. Lessons are also accompanied by next steps which can be stuck into books. This means lessons show clear progression. The planning is heavily inspired by the NCETM but I have broken the lessons down into my own PowerPoints to ensure the steps taught are very small so all can access. This unit takes on a mastery approach to teaching maths and has been highly effective in my own classroom. Key tasks, some slides and questions have been taken from a variety of sources including NCETM, White Rose, Diagnostic questions, Twinkl etc. Included within the powerpoints are visual representations, small tasks for a ping-pong approach, stem sentences, high-level mathematical vocabulary, now/next/last visuals for SEN learners. #year2 #mathsmastery #ncetm #placevalue #ks1maths #diagnosticquestions #whiterose #reasoning #problemsolving #fluency #unitofwork #readytoteach
How To Be A Lion by Ed Vere - Unit of Work - Year 1,2,3,4 - CPLE POWER OF READING INSPIRED
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How To Be A Lion by Ed Vere - Unit of Work - Year 1,2,3,4 - CPLE POWER OF READING INSPIRED

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This unit of work involves 10 lessons that are creative and go into depth in inferring from the text. This is a creative unit if work which requires less writing and more hands-on, illustrative work. It mostly follows the plan from the CPLE Power of Reading planning for this book. It is a good unit of work to do when returning to school from a holiday break. PHYSICAL BOOK NOT NEEDED. A virtual copy of the book is inserted in the Powerpoint Lesson 1 - Respond to illustrations Lesson 2 - Understand how illustrations and text create mood Lesson 3 - Explore and illustrate a character Lesson 4 - Write a poem about a lion Lesson 5 - Illustrate a page in the book Lesson 6 - Explore events and characters’ thoughts Lesson 7 - Reflect on how characters are feeling Lesson 8 - Write a diary as a character Lesson 9 - Analyse impactful words Lesson 10 - Communicate a mesage All lessons are saved into one PowerPoint for efficient downloading. Each lesson is clearly stated in the Powerpoint. The book can be accessed online via Youtube. #howtobealion #edvere #cple #powerofreading #ks1 #ks2 #year1 #year2 #year3 #year4 #writing #english #unit
Spy Mission Job Application writing lesson  KS2
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Spy Mission Job Application writing lesson KS2

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used as a stimulus for writing a job application Spy Kids stimulus Smart notes goes through a process of thinking about what the children’s skills are, what experience in secret agent work they have done before (imaginative thinking) and shows appropriate letter structure.
Maths Unit - Numbers to 10,000 - place value
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Maths Unit - Numbers to 10,000 - place value

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This unit if work is inspired by the NCETM unit of work for Year 4 - Unit 2 - Numbers to 10,000 Most resources and slides are made by myself but some high quality activities have been clipped from NCETM and White Rose. The objectives covered per lesson are as follows: Know what 1000 is made up of (representations up to 1000) Use knowledge of 1000 to explain and measure conversions Add multiples of 10 Add multiples of 100 Use knowledge of 1000 to add and subtract Compare numbers to 10,000 Identify and estimate numbers on a number line Round to the nearest 1000 Round to the nearest 100 Apply rounding to problems Add and subtract four digits Know how many 25’s and 50’s make 1000 This unit of work cross-teaches many topics in maths and includes a lot of capacity and measure problems. Each lesson follows the lesson slide structure of: Revisit Address misconception Vocabulary Focus Talk Task Guided Practice Deepen Next steps (if it aimed to be a lesson that goes into books, which most are)
KS2 Addition and subtraction revisit unit - year 3/4
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KS2 Addition and subtraction revisit unit - year 3/4

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Learning objectives: Identify place value Use column addition with regrouping Use column addition with regrouping Use column addition with regrouping twice Decide on mental or written strategies Solve addition problems Identify minuend and subtrahend Use column subtraction Use column subtraction Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with one exchange Use column subtraction with two exchanges This is the unit of work is the unit I taught my class at the beginning of the year of Year 4 to recap and re-teach addition and subtraction and deepen further into exchanging. Each lesson follows the lesson structure of: Revisit slide Address misconception Vocabulary (needed for the lesson ie. addend plus added is equal to the difference) Focus Guided Practice Talk Task Deepen Independent Practice The independent practice slide has first/next/last’ sections to encourage children’s independence.
RE UNIT: JUDIASM Leaders and Teachers. Emmanuel Project inspired planning.
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RE UNIT: JUDIASM Leaders and Teachers. Emmanuel Project inspired planning.

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This unit of work is inspired by and based off of the planning from the Emmanuel Project which is attached in these downloads. There are 6 lessons in this unit of work. There is a range of activites such as: arts and crafts, writing, labeling, and a treasure hunt. This unit of work has been taught for two years and has been successful each time. Although this is based off of a KS1 planning unit this has also successfully been taught to lower key stage 2. #judaism #jewish #RE #religion #simchattorah #torah #moses #KS1 #KS2 #emmanuelproject