20 weeks of literacy slides! 20 slides with 100 activities - five per slide. Use as bellringers, exit tickets, brain breaks or for whole school home room tasks. The slides feature a combination of turn and talk, close reading, proofreading, sentence development, mime, quick writing and vocabulary tasks.
You could use one slide once a week for a set of activities together, or complete one of the five tasks on the slide each day of the week. Could also be used to support ESL.
This product includes…
UK and US versions of the above
Fully editable Google Slides versions of the above
Answer key for all proofreading tasks
Crack some codes this St David’s Day on March 1st with a multiple-choice research project about Welsh traditions, landscape and language, with added challenge!
St David’s Day is celebrated in Wales in the same way that St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Ireland.
First, students use the key to decode the messages. The messages revealed are tasks and questions, which students then respond to as part of their research. For added difficulty, there are three levels of differentiation, all in booklet format.
Includes a total of 25 pages of codes and activities, not including booklet covers.
Crack some codes and start a discussion about mental health and wellbeing with my set of four differentiated activity booklets, with added challenge! The 9 tasks are perfect for tutor time or PSHE activities.
First, students use the key to decode the messages. The messages revealed are wellbeing-themed tasks and questions, which students then respond to - NO INTERNET REQUIRED! For added difficulty, there are four levels of differentiation, all in booklet format.
Includes a total of 84 pages of codes and activities, not including booklet covers or answer keys.
28 printable activity bookmarks for frontloading and exploring new unit or topic vocabulary. A perfect addition to any study unit!
The differentiated bookmark faces range from simple responses to critical and evaluative responses. The formats are inspired by models and theories such as Bloom, Frayer and Stahl/Nagy.
The bookmarks are formatted so two styles can be printed back to back - mix and match the differentiated versions for double sided bookmarks!
Learn about the Icelandic Jólabókaflóð (Yule Book Flood) tradition with this printable puzzle and activity booklet! This is the perfect bookish gift for your students this winter or Christmas. PLUS: Scavenger Hunt Codebreaker activity!
Includes…
Choice of covers (Jólabókaflóð or Bookflood)
Introduction page explaining the tradition
Wordsearch of Jólabókaflóð vocabulary
Crossword about the history of the tradition
Word Match to learn some Icelandic words and phrases
Labyrinth (just for fun)
Codebreaker - crack the coded message and answer the question
Fireplace mindful coloring page
Book cover mindful coloring page
PLUS
Codebreaker task as separate activity - hide the letter code cards around school for extra scavenger hunt challenge instead of providing students with the sheet of letter codes!
Gamify proofreading and editing work with these 60 pages of printable Bingo grids! Task students with finding these errors in their own work, or during peer assessment. Give prizes for the most errors found and corrected - make mistake discovery a positive activity!
Aimed at secondary school students, this pack includes…
40 different printable grids of common spelling, punctuation and grammar errors
20 sheets of the above as half-page printables
Blank PPT versions to create your own with editable text boxes
Log sheet for students to write quotes as proof of errors found and corrected
That’s 64 pages and slides - enough for every student in the class, and for every student to get a different card each time you play proofreading bingo!
Challenge your students to study with a wider range of revision and test prep methods with these 40 printable bingo grids, complete with definitions of over 20 revision activities and styles!
This revision bingo set is designed to encourage students to step out of their comfort zones. Many rely on simply reading notes, or one repetitive method of revising which does not always help the content to stand out in their minds.
This pack includes the following printables:
40 different bingo grid pages to be crossed off when the revision method or activity has been completed
two pages of definitions of each revision method
These sheets can be printed as:
class sets so that all students receive a different grid for revision or test prep in the run up to a quiz, test or exam.
individual packs for students to use for different topics within a subject
individual packs for students to use for different subjects before exam season
These activities for KS3 and KS4 are great seasonal bellringers, brain breaks, starters or exit tickets. Learn about lots of different traditions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer keys included.
This bundle of activities for use alongside study of the novel Holes currently includes 10 tasks.
I am teaching this novel to my students at the time of writing, and will add resources to the bundle as I create, use, and improve them with my classes. Buy this novel companion bundle now, and benefit when I add new resources!
Save over 50% with all of my Literacy resources in one pack.
Check the list of resources out for the individual materials. Resources are suitable for KS2, 3 and 4, used for the target groups or to differentiate as needed.
Engage your classes with this growing bundle of themed codebreaking activities, all with added challenge and difficulty levels!
Features activities for:
New Year
Valentine’s Day
St David’s Day
St Patrick’s Day
Women’s History Month
Easter
April Fool’s Day
Earth Day
Mental Health and Wellbeing
First, students use the keys to decode the messages. The messages revealed are tasks and questions, which students then respond to in the spaces given.
Additional tasks ask students to:
write more questions and tasks using the given code, then decode and respond to each others messages
create new codes of their own and use it to share messages
differentiated extension slips require students to name code systems, with reasoning
Includes activity pages, extension pages, and answer keys.
This 20-product Creative Writing bundle for KS2, KS3 and KS4 differentiated includes resources for teaching and practising structure, figurative language, creative devices, punctuation and grammar development… and more!
Resources are provided with spelling and document sizes appropriate for US and UK classrooms, and many include Google Apps versions.
Here are all of my resources that are specifically created for using alongside any fiction text. Adapt the tasks to your needs, or mix and match for your classes.
Great for KS3 and KS4!