Fronted Adverbials Word Mat. “Fronted Adverbials are words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence which are used to describe the action that follows. A comma is usually used after the adverbial.” Fronted adverbials listed under time, frequency, location, manner and degree.

Alternative pronunciations for ey. ey = ai / as in they, grey, obey, prey, survey. ey = ee / as in key, money, turkey. To support Phase 5 Week 14 of Letters and Sounds. Includes: Image/Word Cards for sorting into each pronunciation. Memory Reading and Matching image memory game. ey write and link to matching pronunication of ey worksheet (differentiated​) Read, highlight, and write in matching column groups worksheet

Time Connectives / Sequencing Words Poster. Beginning/Middle/End of writing.

Pronunciations of ‘ou’ sorting flashcards, read and colour the 4 pronunciations worksheet, and grouping and listing frame. Alternative pronunciations of ‘ou’ ‘ou’ as in ‘oo’ sound (e.g. you, group) 'ou’ as in ‘o’ sound (e.g. could, should) 'ou’ as in ‘oa’ sound (e.g. shoulder, boulder) Standard pronunciation of ‘ou’ ‘ou’ as in ‘ou’ sound (e.g. cloud, proud) Supports Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.

Pronunciations of ‘Y’ sorting flashcards, and matching read, sort and write worksheet ** and** Poster Alternative pronunciations of ‘Y’ ‘y’ as in ‘ee’ sound (e.g. baby, twenty) [10 images/words] y’ as in ‘ie’ sound (e.g. cry, July) [10 images/words] y’ as in ‘i’ sound (e.g. gym, crystal) [10 images/words] Standard pronunciation of ‘y’ ‘y’ as in ‘y’ sound (e.g. yam, yolk) [10 images/words] Poster, Flashcards, Worksheet Supports Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.

Pronunciations of ‘ch’ sorting flashcards, cut, sort & stick images/words, and read, sort and write worksheet. Alternative pronunciations of ‘ch’ ‘ch’ as in ‘c’ sound (e.g. Christmas, echo) [14 images/words] ‘ch’ as in ‘sh’ sound (e.g. chef, machine) [6 images/words] Standard pronunciation of ‘ch’ ‘ch’ as in ‘ch’ sound (chick, chess) [6 images/words] Useful for phonics flashcard games. Supports Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds. Free resource. Please check out my useful 242 page phonics workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-comprehension-skills-book-11872855

Food word glossary with 77 carefully selected academic vocabulary words for the IPC unit ‘What’s on the Menu’ (could be used with any food unit of study in any curriculum) Each word has a definition and a clear picture. 9 A4 pages. Also included are 54 word wall cards with word and image to use as flashcards or word wall cards. Both resources designed to support EAL learners grasp essential vocabulary.

ea Alternative Pronunciation of ea. ‘ea’ as in head, feather, bread. (and ‘ea’ as in sea, dream, meat) Sorting flashcards with 42 images and words (21 for each pronunciation) and FInd, highlight, read and write in two column worksheet.

Two free split digraph a-e worksheets. Find the 12 split digraph a-e words amongst other words and write below. Write a-e and read with the aid of sound buttons. Taken from my huge Phonics Comprehension Skills Book https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-comprehension-skills-book-11872855 Also see my massive split digraph flashcard set https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/split-digraph-flashcards-12311559

Alternative pronunciation of ow sorting cards. ow = oa (as in arrow) ow = ou (as in brown) 24 images (12 for each pronunciation)

Alternative pronunciation of A worksheet and sorting cards. To support teaching during phase 5 of Letters and Sounds. 39 cards with images useful for practicing reading and sorting into groups of different pronunciation. (also uploaded 16 smaller cards (4 cards for each pronunciation) which students could use for a cut and stick in book activity or similar. Read, sort and write worksheet. a = ‘a’ (as in cat) a = ‘ai’ (as in alien) a = ‘ar’ (as in class) a = ‘o’ (as in wash)

2 resources to support teaching of stage 5 week 8 of Letters and Sound alternative u pronunciation. U as in human, unicorn, tuna U as in butter, under, sun. 24 Word cards with images to be sorted into the matching u sound groups and a read and write in the correct column worksheet.

3 double-side, engaging, and effective writing worksheets which students really enjoy. An interesting but simple three word sentence with a noun and verb is provided; children then rewrite them to make them much more interesting by adding adjectives to the noun, adverbs to the verb and additional information. My students really love doing these and always come up with delightful, fascinating, improved sentences which help them with longer pieces of written work and their understanding of the power of adjectives and adverbs to make writing come alive. PDF version (Sasson font) and editable Word version (Comic Sans) uploaded.

Compensation Strategy for Mental Subtraction. By visually illustrating the mental subtraction strategy of compensation by using moving base ten blocks and a bin my students where able to better understand how answers are adjusted by adding back or subtracting more and therefore compensating for the rounding which made the question easier. PowerPoint includes 5 examples with base ten blocks and 5 matching slides with matching sums but just the thought process and 2 additional examples without base ten blocks to help learners move from a pictorial representation to an abstract one. Download includes a double sided worksheet based around the PowerPoint teaching.

242 Phonics worksheets! Phonics worksheets which can be used with any phonics scheme Covers all phonics blends, digraphs, trigraphs and diphthongs. For each phonics sound, blend, digraph, etc. there are 5 or 6 phonics pages: Add the blend or digraph to the word and connect to the matching picture Clear clip-art (black and white - perfect for colouring) phonics labeling page using 9 carefully chosen example phonics words/clip-art followed by a fun read and draw page Write the blend or digraph and read the words with the aid of sound buttons and lines under each grapheme. Find, highlight and write the words containing each specific blend (or digraph, trigraph etc.) then a cloze page of decodable sentences which have been carefully sequenced to progressively incorporate words that are consistent with the letters and corresponding phonemes that have been taught to the new reader/speller in previous pages of the book (plus sight words) Could be made into a 242 page phonics workbook, or individual pages can be printed off and photocopied. (I have uploaded two versions of the book - the original 168 page standard version, and a 242 extended version) Perfect for beginner readers and spellers. Also great for EAL students to help build vocabulary alongside reading and spelling skills. Made by an experienced phonics teacher, and used in classrooms weekly. Phonics cooperative partner activity Phase 3 Set 1 Worksheets Phase 3 Set 2 Worksheets Phase 3 Set 3 Worksheets Spelling Mats Phase 3 and Phase 5

Use these writing frames to help Key Stage 1 and lower Key Stage 2 students write stories. 8 story idea writing frames with suggested words to help students write interesting stories. Appropriate possible word choices for characters, and setting and a selection of appropriate key phrases, adjectives and verbs which writers could incorporate into their stories. All or just a few of the words can be used. Although it may seem to a teacher or tutor that the plot is predetermined by the word selection children can write a multitude of different stories by selecting fewer or more words, putting words in different orders and by adding their own extra words and information to create a different story each time. (Differentiation by outcome) Designed to help young writers expand their vocabulary and have fun writing.

8 Mental Strategies for Multiplication These thoughtfully made PowerPoints are carefully designed to help students grasp commonly taught multiplication strategies ( and tricks) for x0, x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x8, and x9 times tables. Ideal for years 3 and 4, but also helpful for year 5 and 6. To multiply by 2 = double the number To multiply by 3 = double the number and add a set To multiply by 4 = double, then double again. To multiply by 5 = multiply by 10 then halve To multiply by 8 = double-double-double To multiply by 9 = use your fingers/ the digits of answer added = 9 To multiply by 0 = the answer is always 0 To multiply by 1 = the answer is always that same number. All the PowerPoints include examples to 12 and extensions to large multiplications to show that the strategy really comes in useful for doing tricky mental multiplication. Please see video for a taster. All slide animations are activated when you click the mouse, giving teacher and student thinking and explaining time. Video is sped up to get through the examples. Includes some supporting, differentiated worksheets