Updated with a newer version containing new pictures and black and white pictures.(April 2019) 56 colour 56 black and white Print and laminate the whole card or you can cut apart the strips and mix them up. Children look at the picture and say what it is. They then unscramble the word in the centre and write it out correctly using phonemes previously taught. Other suggested use: You can cut apart the strips so that you have 56 onset and rime strips. Select the strip you want children to match up and unscramble the cvc words. Children can match up the pictures that rhyme and then unscramble the words and say the cvc words that rhyme. They can record their work in their literacy workbooks. Objectives: To be able to use phonological knowledge to unscramble CVC words To be able to sort pictures that rhyme and match onset and rime words. Onset and rime word on the strips are: cat peg rat leg fan red pan bed cut nut sun cap run map jug tag bug bag fox sad box mad dot gum hot sum hop mud mop bud dog tub log cub fit cup sit pup lip pod pip rod pin cob win sob pig six dig mix jet hen net ten ham ram File type: PDF Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

This resource relates to St. George’s Day (23 April). In contains: A Presentation (48 Slides) on St. George. The presentation starts with a welcome to the whole school. It then shows a stain glass window of St George and arrows pointing to the cross and the shield with St. George cross. There are questions and answers throughout the presentation to involve the children. It is divided into sections:- Background to St. George’s life Courage Around the World The Legend Celebrations Reflections It ends with a prayer relating to courage. A detailed Teacher’s notes on assembly referring to each slide Follow-up worksheet There are follow-up activities in the presentation that children can find out about using non-fiction books and the ICT, e.g. find out more about countries that celebrate St. George’s Day. A short playscript for assembly - this is optional if you want a group of children to act out the legend. Please see preview pane of some of the slides in the presentation.

Alphabet resource for display and alphabet activities. This resource contains the following:- Teacher’s Notes • Aa to Zz frieze showing pictures beginning with initial letter. Laminate and punch holes and thread through with a string to hang around the classroom or peg onto a washing line across a wall/classroom. Aa – Zz word strips and related pictures • Laminate and cut out • Can be used as an extension activity. Children trace round the initial dotted letter which shows a picture for that letter. Alphabet cards • Alphabet cards should be printed off twice, laminated and cut out. • Children can play alphabet snap • Other games – lay out 4 or 5 letters in alphabetical order ,e.g. k, l, m, n, o, cover them over. Take a letter away without the children seeing and ask what letter is missing. • Matching lower case to upper case letters activity. Practise writing frames using Sassoon dotted font • These are in upper and lower cases. Each one should be laminated. • After focussing on e.g. ‘t’, children can practise writing over the dots and then without the dots as handwriting exercises. Alphabet Mat Practise (trace over dotted letters) Photocopy these and laminate • Children can keep it in their trays for reference; • can practise their handwriting if they finish their work early or for those children who need to practise fine motor skills. Practise writing frames using Sassoon dotted font • These are in upper and lower cases. Each one should be laminated. • After focussing on e.g. ‘t’, children can practise writing over the dots and then without the dots as handwriting exercises. Alphabet Mat • Can be laminated and blu tac to the wall in the writing/reading/book corner. • Can be used to assess a child’s phonic progress. Alphabet Pictures Games/Assessment • The pictures represent the start of a letter e.g. ‘g’ for grasshopper. The pictures are not in alphabetical order so that you have to look for the picture. • Enlarge the A4 size sheet to A3 and the sheet with the alphabet tiles. • Laminate the Alphabet Pictures grid • Laminate the Alphabet sheet then cut out each letter for use with Alphabet Pictures grid. • Children can play in pairs. A timer can be set so that children have a limited time to place the letter on the correct picture. • Players take turns to ask his/her partner to find the picture beginning with, e.g. ‘s’. The player picks out one of the letters and places it over the correct picture sound on the Alphabet Picture Mat. US Version https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12693631 Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This resource is on the topic of Saint George and The Dragon legend. A great introduction to myths and legends. Aimed at: KS1/2 The legend of St. George the dragon-slayer is on PowerPoint. The Presentation includes whole class activities and comprehension questions. Children are encouraged to participate in discussion about the story and check their understanding. The second PowerPoint Presentation explains what mythical stories are and why they were told (6 Slides). The third PowerPoint Presentation is on different dragons for whole class activity and to prepare children for their worksheet activity. The resource also contains:- Flexible detailed lesson plans covering 3 lessons (includes learning objectives and plenaries). Each PowerPoint slide is referred to in the lesson plans. Lesson 1: Children are presented with the legend of St. George and then there are 7 comprehension questions. The Myths Presentation is also referred to set the story in context. Differentiated worksheets - With support - LA children read, cut/paste sentences to match pictures; MA/HA write sentences for each picture using time words. Extension: Complete George’s Day Factsheet (colour in/3 questions). Lesson 2: The lesson focus is adjectives. Children review describing words using the Dragons Presentation. Build a word bank of adjectives; model sentence for describing dragon on Slide 12). Differentiated Activity 1 - LA children label the dragon and then write simple sentences after colouring it in. MA/LA - Draw/colour in their dragon and write sentences describing it. Early finishers: Print off one or two dragon slides for children to describe. Lesson 3: Retelling myth in own words. Quick review of the story. Children draft their story and also use their description of their dragon in the previous lesson to add into the story. There is a worksheet to write up the final draft.

UPDATED with quick Answer Sheet for Partner A/Partner B cloze activity. There is a variety of reading comprehension worksheets and cloze activity to choose from relating to Saint George’s Day. A useful addition to topic work. Aimed at: KS1/Lower KS2 <strong>Differentiated Worksheet activities include:</strong> - Close reading of text and answering questions - Scan for specific answers - Inference There is a worksheet on George Cross and George Medal. Many people think there is a link but the worksheet gives children the opportunity to explain why people would think there is a link as they are medals of bravery. Both medals depict St George slaying a dragon. - Tick box - multiple choice questions - Cloze activities - Drawing/colouring - Dictionary work - Short writing tasks - Sorting jumbled sentences and then add capitals and punctuation with Answer Sheet. - Sorting jumbled words - Cooperative partner work - Partner A and Partner B work together to read and complete the missing words on their worksheets. File Type: Choice of Word format or PDF

This phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘pr’ CCVC words. As with the other consonant blends packs: it is child-centred and child-friendly and Phase 4: Letters and Sounds Phonics. Aimed at: Foundation stage and Keystage 1, SEND and ESL/EFL students. It is an addition to my other resources on initial consonant blends. This pack contains: Flexible Lesson Plan with learning objectives, lesson starter, main activities and plenary - You can choose which parts are relevant to your class. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the plan. Because the lesson plan is flexible you can choose a 15 min phonic input, 30 mins or an hour phonics input. PowerPoint Presentation 1 (29 Slides)- includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words and whole class activities to prepare children for their independent activities. It also explains meanings of words through pictures. PowerPoint Phoneme Presentation (17 Slides)- Optional (Use as reference - some children may still be struggling with segmenting/blending) - I have listed all the CCVC words (13) and the units of sound above the fingers so that children can see and hear the separate phonemes (with pictures) - extension some children may be able to give you other meaning for the words in a sentence. I have illustrated through clipart words such as ‘press’ ‘prep’ ‘prim’, ‘prop’ and ‘prom’. Flashcards and words with and without sound buttons and lines. (Laminate for long use) Set of pictures and words for matching activities (8) - Small group practical activities. (Laminate and cut apart for use) Activity 1 - 2 Sets of cut/paste activities (1 set with handwriting lines, the other set without), (5 activity sheets in each set) Worksheet 1 - Completing initial missing blends and then writing out the words and drawing pictures for each word. Worksheet 2 - Unscrambling the words and writing them opposite each picture, Writing a sentence for each of the 4 words. Worksheet 3 - for the more able students - very short text called ‘The Proof’ to review ‘pr’. Students read the text and answer 4 questions, circle ‘pr’ CCVC words and and write a sentence for each one - (2 different writing lines). You can combine the set of pictures and words with the other resources I have done on consonant blends - creating a set of pictures and words for future use. See newly created activity sheets in preview pane. File Type: Word and PDF Format Hope you enjoy this resource.

This single phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘pl’ CCVC words. As with the other consonant blends packs: it is child-centred child-friendly and a step up from CVC and CCV to Phase 4: Letters and Sounds Phonics. Aimed at: Early Years and keystage 1, SEND and ESL/EFL students. It is an addition to my other resources on initial consonant blends. This pack contains: Flexible Lesson Plan with learning objectives, lesson starter, main activities and plenary - You can choose which parts are relevant to your class. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the plan. PowerPoint Presentation 1 (30 Slides)- includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words and whole class activities to prepare children for their independent activities. PowerPoint Phoneme Presentation - Optional (Use as reference - some children may still be struggling with segmenting/blending) - I have listed all the CCVC words and the units of sound above the fingers so that children can see and hear the separate phonemes (with pictures) - extension some children may be able to give you other meaning for the words in a sentence. I have highlighed that ‘plot’ and ‘plain’ have different meanings. Encourage children to make simple sentences with the words to understand its meaning and distinguish between nouns, verbs or adjectives. Flashcards and words with and without sound buttons and lines. Set of pictures and words for matching activities (7) 4 Differentiated Activity Sheets - for cut/paste work, writing sentences, reading and matching words to pictures, missing word and vowel activity sheets. You can combine the set of pictures and words with the other resources I have done on consonant blends - creating a set of pictures and words for future use. See newly created activity sheets in preview pane. File Type: PowerPoint, MS Word and PDF Format Hope you enjoy this resource and thank you for visiting my shop:-)

This phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘gr’ CCVC words. CCVC Phase 4: Letters and Sounds follows on from CVC and CCV words Aimed at: Reception and keystage 1, SEND and ESL/EFL students. This pack contains: Detailed Lesson Plan with learning objectives, lesson starter, main activities and plenary - You can choose which parts are relevant to your class. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the plan. PowerPoint Presentation 1 - includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words and whole class activities to prepare children for their independent activities. PowerPoint Presentation Phoneme Count - I have listed all the CCVC words and the units of sound above the fingers so that students can see and hear the separate phonemes (also with pictures) - Referred to in the lesson plan. Flashcards of CCVC words with and without sound buttons and lines. Set of pictures and words for matching activities. Blank CCVC Phoneme frame to laminate Differentiated worksheets: Activity 1 - Cut and stick initial blends and letters to make words into workbook or on a separate sheet of paper to record activity and then write the word below. Activity 2- (for students that need support) - Trace over initial blends, sound out the word and draw a picture for each word; Worksheet 1 - Make CCVC words from the table and then choose words to write sentences (excludes vowel digraphs) Worksheet 2 - Extension - Make CCVC words with vowel digraphs and use words in written sentences. You can combine the set of pictures and words with the other resources I have done on consonant blends - creating a set of pictures and words for future use. Ideally laminate the set of flashcards and picture/word cards. File Type Word, PowerPoint and PDF. Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

This single phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘gl’ CCVC words. As with the other consonant blends packs: it is child-centred child-friendly and a step up from CVC and CCV to Phase 4: Letters and Sounds Phonics. Increases children’s vocabulary. Aimed at: Reception and keystage 1, SEND and ESL/EFL students. It is an addition to my other resources on initial consonant blends. This pack contains: Detailed Lesson Plan with learning objectives, lesson starter, main activities and plenary - You can choose which parts are relevant to your class. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the plan. PowerPoint Presentation 1 (31 Slides)- includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words and whole class activities to prepare children for their independent activities. PowerPoint Presentation Phoneme Count ((12 Slides) - Again, as in the others, I have listed all the CCVC words and the units of sound above the fingers so that children can see and hear the separate phonemes (with pictures) - Referred to in the lesson plan. Encourage children to make simple sentences with the words. Some meanings of words are shown through pictures and speech bubbles. Option for children to use the dictionary to look up the word gloat, gloom and glib - meanings are illustrated in PowerPoint Presentation Phoneme Count. Flashcards of CCVC words with and without sound buttons and lines. Set of pictures and words for matching activities. Differentiated Activity Sheets 1, 2, 3 and 3a and 4 - for cut/paste work, writing sentences, reading and matching words to pictures. You can combine the set of pictures and words with the other resources I have done on consonant blends - creating a set of pictures and words for future use. Ideally laminate the set of flashcards and picture/word cards. Hope you enjoy this resource and thank you for visiting my shop:-)

An ideal resource to add to your literacy area/centre. Extra worksheet added - Worksheet 5. Create a visual display of adverbs of manner/create a Word Wall. This resource includes display cards describing what adverbs do and basic spelling rules as a visual reminder for your students. Includes: Extra blank cards for children to add more adverbs. - Adverb title card - 10 x A4 size display cards (you can enlarge on copier) - 69 (colour-coded) adverbs of manner flash cards (print and joined up writing) - you can display some of the common adverbs - includes irregular adverbs - hard, fast and well Extra: 4 sets of Worksheets to practise: Worksheet 1 (2 pages) - (Changing adjectives to adverbs) - (Differentiated) Worksheets 2 (2 pages) - Writing sentences with adverb and verb, e.g. walk/slowly - Sentence: Meg will walk slowly to school. Worksheet 3 - 1 page Adverbs describing adjectives. Worksheet 4 - 1 page Adverbs describing past participles. Worksheet 5 - (Differentiated) - (Harder) Students complete sentences using their own adverb of manner. (Easier) Students can use their own adverbs or use the words in the word box to complete their sentences. Adverb game: You can use the flash cards to play an adverb game. Shuffle, say 6 cards, either you or the children choose a verb. Then choose a child to pick a card and they do the action for that verb depending on what the adverb is, e.g. wave happily. Laminate the displays and flashcards for repeated use. This resource goes well with reading comprehension A Snowman In The Park. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-comprehension-text-adverbs-said-synonyms-direct-speech-presentation-worksheets-keystage-1-11478618 Thanks for your interest and hope this product is useful and you have a fun time playing the adverbs game.

Reading comprehension winter short story text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language, word work and grammar. Aimed at: Keystage 1/2 Lessons 1 to 5 The pack can be used in whole class, group setting and one-to-one teaching. This comprehension literacy resource includes:- Main PowerPoint Presentation - 30 Slides to go with the lessons - the reading text is on Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises. Extra Adverbs Presentation (8 Slides) – Outlining 4 main adverbs and exceptions (Time, Manner, Place, Frequency) – It also highlights that not all adverbs end in –ly e.g. friendly, cowardly). Literacy Plan – includes learning objectives and plenaries – PowerPoint Slides are referred to in the lessons. Literacy lessons for a week focusing on the text:- Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing Cut/paste activities Writing sentences below sequenced pictures to tell the story. Punctuation review - differentiated to include capital letter, full stop, exclamation and question mark tasks Punctuating direct speech and how to use inverted commas – includes whole class activity Grammar work focus on Adverbs of Manner – includes adverbs game Word work focus on writing interesting words for ‘said’ (synonyms) - to increase children’s vocabulary Writing sentences Composition - Writing a story based on A Snowman In The Park- includes drafting sheet/alternative task to copy out a short dialogue remembering to add punctuation to the dialogue and starting a new line for a new speaker. Worksheets and activities - differentiated. Resources editable and printable. File Type: Word, PowerPoint and pdf contained in a zip file. Thank you for visiting my shop!:)

Very useful addition to your phonics resources to reinforce spelling and writing of CVC words and reading simple sentences. Aimed at: EYFS/Year 1 A set of worksheets for children to practise spelling and writing words that have the same rime ending. The children can practise reading sight words and decodable words. This practical resource contains cut and paste worksheets of 29 onset/rime words. **The worksheets are differentiated. There are 29 worksheets in each set. ** Onset and Rime 1 Worksheets - The cut/paste activity is in two parts. The student cuts out, sorts and then sticks each letter in the correct order to spell what the picture is. The second part is to write in the gap to complete the sentence using the rhyming words they have cut out and glued beneath the pictures in the first part of the activity. Includes Answer Sheet for the sentences. All 29 worksheets are in the same format. Onset and Rime 2 Worksheets - The cut/paste only sheet has two rhyming pictures with the letters to cut out and stick below the pictures to spell the word. The student then writes the words on the line under the cut out letters. All 29 worksheets are in the same format. The students can colour in the pictures. The onset and rime words used are:- cat, mat tag, bag pan, van sad, pad jet, net hen, pen peg, leg ted, bed dot, pot pin, bin pig, wig bug, jug run, sun pip, lip cut, nut cap, map say, hay fox, box hop, mop fit, sit gum, sum cub, tub sob, cob pod, cod bud, mud mix, six won, Ron jam, ham log, dog Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

Letters and Sounds: Phase 3 Consonant Digraphs This is a phonics resource on consonant digraphs. It is an ideal addition to my other resources on consonant digraphs. It is aimed at Keystage 1 and more able Foundation children, SEND and ESL students. The strips are differentiated and gives students the opportunity to read, write and practise digraphs using the visual images as prompts. **Consonant digraphs: sh, ch, th, ng, ck, ph and wh. ** The pack contains: Plain strips - Student look at the picture and practise writing the word - There are 4 different words containing the same digraph. E.g. shoes, shell, fish, dish. Trace over dots - again 4 different words for the same digraph Jumbled words strips - unscramble the word by looking at the picture and writing the word. Jumbled words strips (with highlighted digraph) - The highlighted digraph means they stay together so it only remains for the student to unscramble the rest of the letters. 12 Practice worksheets to consolidate their learning on digraphs. Total download: 90 Blend cards, 12 worksheets and Teacher Notes (2 pages) Please see preview pane. Learning aim: To review and revise consonant digraphs Thank you for your interest.

A resource on reading and writing numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words. Aimed at: Keystage 1, SEND and ESL students. There is opportunity for literacy link connected to one of the activities - Making a list which entails writing the numbers in words and figures for each person receiving a gift - please see preview pane. The lesson pack includes:- - Detailed Lesson Plan - includes learning objectives for lesson starter and main activity, oral/mental starter, main activities and plenary. The PowerPoint Slides are referred to in the plan. - PowerPoint Presentation - (31 Slides) include chart showing numerals and numbers in words, whole class activities on writing and reading numbers, matching numerals to words and vice versa. - Flash cards - digits and in words 0 to 20/zero to twenty (print/laminate) - 2 Number/Word Charts for display - You can print onto A3 and laminate. (in different fonts) - 5 Worksheets - Worksheet 1 Completing a missing numbers and words chart (all children to do this sheet). Extra differentiated work: Worksheets 2 - Writing numbers to words and words to numbers. Worksheet 3 - writing numbers to words and words to numbers (easier) Worksheet 4 and 4a - Cut/paste activity matching-up (See preview pane) Worksheet 5 - Literacy link work - Making a list for Fran which includes writing and matching numerals to number words. Hope you find this resource beneficial and interesting. Please leave feedback if you download. Thanks for looking. Royalty free images: Sourced from Microsoft clipart You may be interested in: Numbers and Words 2 from 21 - 100 Presentation Lesson Plan Worksheets Activities Flash cards

Relates to Letters and Sounds: Phase 4 CCVC (consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant) words. The vowel will represent one sound and can be a vowel, digraph or trigraph, e.g. fright - f-r-igh-t. Aimed at: Years 1 and 2 and/or children still finding it challenging to segment and blend, ESL/EFL students and SEN students. Use in English language learning classes - use pictures as a visual prompt to segment and blend words. This pack includes Teacher Notes 4 sets of differentiated initial consonant blend strips - each set contains 21 initial consonant blends. Plain strips - Children look at the picture, read the word and write it out. Trace over dots strip - Children look at picture, trace over dots and then write out the word Trace over dash lines - Children practise tracing over the words Jumbled word strip - Using the picture as a clue, children sound out and write the word correctly. handy for early finishers. suitable for use in small group settings Children can practise reading, segmenting and blending words. Discriminate between initial blends beginning with the same phoneme - clap-crab. As an extension: Write up the word in their workbooks and write a simple sentence with the word using it as a verb, noun or adjective. Optional: Print, laminate and cut out. You have the option of reducing the strips on the photocopier, cut out and stick into children’s workbooks to record phonic work. Thank you for visiting my shop.

This single phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘dr’ CCVC words. As with the other consonant blends packs: it is child-centred child-friendly and a step up from CVC and CCV to Phase 4: Letters and Sounds Phonics. It is an addition to my other resources on initial consonant blends. This smaller pack contains: Lesson Plan with learning objectives, lesson starter, main activities and plenary - You can choose which parts are relevant to your class. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the plan. PowerPoint Presentation 1 - includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words and whole class activities to prepare children for their independent activities. PowerPoint Presentation Phoneme Count - Again, as in the others, I have listed all the CCVC words and the units of sound above the fingers so that children can see and hear the separate phonemes (with pictures). Encourage children to make simple sentences with the words to understand its meaning and distinguish between nouns, verbs or adjectives. Flash cards and words with and without sound buttons and lines. Set of pictures and words for matching activities. Differentiated Activity Sheets 1, 2, 3 - for cut/paste work, writing sentences and reading and matching words to pictures. You can combine the set of pictures and words with the other resources I have done on consonant blends - creating a set of pictures and words for future use. Hope you enjoy using this product and thank you for your interest:-)

This resource is for Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten. Also suitable for ESL/EFL students and students still finding it challenging to discriminate sounds. A lovely addition to your phonics lessons and literacy resource center. Just print onto card paper and laminate - use drywipe pens for activities. The cards are editable so you can change to black and white print out and stick into students’ book as a record of their phonic work. Rimes are:- -at -an -am -ut -un -ug -ox -ot -op -og -it -ip -in -ig -et -en -eg -ed- -ay -ap -ag -um -ud -ub -od -ix -on -ob -ix and -am. 1. cat rat pan fan nut cut bun sun jug bug fox box hot pot hop pop dog log sit fit zip and pip lip pin bin pig dig net vet hen pen peg leg bed red hay say map cap bag tag sad dad gum sum mud bud tub cub won ron pod rod cob sob six mix ham ram There are 58 CVC cards and they have a double use. How to use:- 1. The student looks at the picture and say what it is. 2. When s/he knows what the picture is they attempt to sort out the scrambled word by sounding out initial medial and final letters. 3. S/he then writes the word correctly on the line. Other uses:- There are 58 CVC cards which are made up of 29 pairs of onset and rime words and pictures. - Lay out pairs of cards for the student to match the rhyming pictures and then unscramble the words and write them out correctly. As an extension they could write funny rhyming lines into their ELA books. E.g. A bug is in a jug. Dad is mad. File Type: Word and PDF

These are mixed CVC word cards. The words are jumbled/scrambled. Students can write the correct word or you can get them to type in the correct spelling as I have now included fillable blanks. This is the updated version, but I’ve retained the old version in case you prefer the old version. Also suitable for ESL/EFL students and students still finding it challenging to discriminate sounds. A lovely addition to your phonics lessons or literacy centre. Print onto card paper and laminate - use drywipe pens for activities or students can use the computer to type in the words. -at -an - am -ut -un -ug -ox -ot -op -og -it -ip -in -ig -et -en -eg -ed- ap -ag -um -ud -ub -od -ix -ob -em -ix and -am cat rat pan fan nut cut bun sun jug bug fox box hot pot hop pop dog log sit fit zip lip pin bin pig dig net vet hen pen peg leg bed red map cap bag tag pad dad gum sum mud bud tub cub pod rod cob hob six mix ham ram lab cab gem hem There are 58 CVC cards and they have a double use. How to use:- The student looks at the picture and say what it is. When s/he knows what the picture is they attempt to sort out the jumbled word by sounding out initial medial and final letters. S/he then writes the word correctly on the line. Other use:- There are 58 cvc cards which are made up of 29 pairs of onset and rime words and pictures. Lay out pairs of cards for the student to match the rhyming pictures and then unscramble the words and write on the lines. As an extension they could write funny rhyming lines into their literacy books. E.g. The pin is in the bin. The fan is in the pan. Thank for visiting my shop!:)