This is a reading comprehension resource. The story is also presented on PowerPoint as an option to display the text. Ideal for end of term assessment. Useful as a task for children to be getting on with as an independent activity. Suitable for Reception (easy vocabulary) and KS1/Lower Grade KS2. The reading comprehension contains: Booklet 1 - 17 questions Booklet 2 - 14 questions Content: - Questions on the text. - Tick box statements - Multiple choice. - Inserting capital letters/full stops activity. - Dictionary work - the meaning of ‘stray’ used in the story - Rewrite in a different tense (verbs are highlighted) - six verbs are used in the short story. - Making Inferences based on the text. - Answering questions that require an explanation. Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done File: pdf (Sassoon font) and Windows word format if you need to edit.

This reading comprehension resource contains two booklets. Story title - A Rainbow. Ideal for end of term assessment. Useful as a task for children to be getting on with as an independent activity. Booklet 1 - 18 questions - The questions are at the end of the text. Booklet 2 - 14 questions - The questions are in sections. Reading comprehension tasks cover: Questions on the text to be answered. Tick box - multiple choice statements Punctuation (capital letters/full stops) Jumbled words from the text List the compound words in the story (there are 6) Questions on who are the characters/how do we know they are speaking. Inference/Reading between the lines to answer a question. Give an explanation to a question Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done File types: Microsoft Word format and pdf. formats.

UPDATED NEW COVER IMAGE This is a reading comprehension resource which entails close reading and inference. Ideal for Easter (new beginnings) and reading assessment. Suitable for Keystage 1 and 2. The reading comprehension is in two parts. Booklet 1 contains:- Part 1 - 12 questions Part 2 - 11 questions Booklet 2 contains only Part 1 - You may want to differentiate and give some children Booklet 2. Reading Tasks: - Questions on the text. - Tick box statements - Multiple choice. - Sorting verbs and nouns under the correct headings. - Word work - Circle the word that means the same as 'ushered' in the context of the story. - Making Inferences based on the text. - Explain reasons for their answers - use 'because'. Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done File type: pdf (Sassoon fonts - choice of different 'k's) and Windows word format if you need to edit. Images royalty free from Microsoft Clipart.

Reading comprehension passage with questions and exercises. Text is also on PowerPoint Presentation - Option for whole class reading. Suitable for KS1/Lower Grade KS2. Reading comprehensions - There are 14 questions and 11 questions respectively. Use the cover sheet to make a lovely reading comprehension booklet. **Covers: ** Looking for answers in the text Tick box statements Punctuation Correct spellings Rewrite in a difference tense Inference Explain their answers Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done Images royalty free from Microsoft Clipart.

Dictation sentences and longer passages. This resource is in line with the National Curriculum objectives on the value of dictation to children. UPDATED TO INCLUDE PDF DOCS Aimed at: Foundation/Keystage 1/2 and suitable for ESL/EFL students. The resource comprises:- PowerPoint Presentation (1) - contains 10 sentences for dictation. PowerPoint Presentation (2) - contains 20 texts for dictation - passages are longer. Ready-made worksheets (x3) Handwriting sheets Audio recording of all the dictation - on the last slide of each Presentation. Clear and comprehensive Teacher’s Notes on suggested use of this resource. The learning objectives are outlined - in short the children to write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include GPCs and common exception words. This activity gives the student the opportunity to practise their spelling. You can use this resource in focus groups or whole class teaching. The texts are numbered but you do not have to follow the number order. You can pick and choose any text to suit the level of your class or group. As suggested in the teacher’s notes, you print of the text to read aloud or play the audio. After the dictation, the children can correct each other’s work by referring to the text on the PowerPoint Slide, and then copy the corrected piece of writing into their literacy books in their best handwriting. Punctuations dictated are: full stops, commas in a list, question marks and exclamation marks. Speech marks/inverted commas are also used in two of the texts for the higher Keystage students. Sample free dictation resource Thank you for visiting my shop!:)

This resource contains sentences for dictation on PowerPoint. Also well being suitable for Keystage, all the dictated texts can be used in EFL/ESL and ESOL classes. There is also an audio recording of the text. You can play the recording of text 18 or print off the text and read it aloud to the children. After the dictation, outlined in Teacher’s Notes, display the text on PowerPoint for students to self-correct in a different colour pencil. The National Curriculum objectives are outlined in the PowerPoint - in short to write from memory a dictated passage whilst holding the pencil appropriately. It gives students the opportunity to practise their spelling. For more dictation resources: 30 Differentiated Texts for Dictation

This resource contains the next 200 words from the Primary National Strategy - Letters and Sounds: Appendices - 200 high-frequency words in phases. It also includes Year 2 Common Exception Words [from Primary National Curriculum English – Appendix 1 – Spellings]. NOW UPDATED TO SAVE INK USAGE. YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF DOWNLOADING FULL COLOUR OR REDUCED COLOUR BINGO CARDS/WORDS. Use these game activities to complement reading tasks, and learning words for spelling tests. Also great for end of term games. Bingo Snaps Choose some sight words and set a time limit for how many words the pupils can read in a minute. Word search puzzles 2 Sets of worksheets - common exception words with missing letters. The bingo words have been divided into 6 sets. Each card is numbered within that set and colour-coded. Each set of bingo cards has its own set of call out words, e.g. Set 2 Bingo Cards/Set 2 Call out words. Set 6 Bingo cards focuses on Year 2 common exception words. The 5 word searches focuses on Year 2 common exception words. **Other uses ** Choose a word or words to be word(s) of the week. Show how the children can use different techniques to memorize the word(s) – mnemonic, which part of the word can be sounded out, which part of the word is tricky. Set 1 – 15 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 2 – 15 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 3 – 30 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 4 – 30 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 5 – 15 Bingo cards,+ call out cards Set 6 – 20 Bingo cards + call out cards Word Cards 1 – 100 words (also in b/w) Word Cards 2 - 100 words (also in b/w) The Word Cards 1 and 2 can be printed off as many times as you like: Play snaps Can also be used for display Print, laminate and cut out. Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This literacy resource differs from the other 100 sight word resource in that the Lotto game cards only contain Year 1 Common Exception Words whereas the Lotto game cards in the other resource contains 100 sight words. **Now updated with cards that use less colour printer ink. ** You now have a choice of using the original colour coded bingo cards. The original resources remain and I have also inlcuded printer-friendly bingo cards - the background is white and the outlines are in colour. Ready-made bingo cards and call out cards; -3 x 3 Lotto grid; Word searches; and Cards for word snap and lotto. 100 sight words obtained from the Primary National Strategy - Letters and Sounds: Appendices - 100 high-frequency words in phases and Year 1 Common Exception Words from NC 2014 English - Appendix 1: Spelling. Use to complement reading activities, literacy and for learning words for spelling tests and assessment. The Bingo and Lotto cards are numbered. There are two versions of the letter ‘K’ in Sassoon font. Set of word cards/call out cards for word bingo which includes Year 1 common exception words - just print out as many times as you like. Set of common exception words only for the lotto cards. 40x Bingo cards (100 sight words and common exception words). 25x Lotto cards (3 x 3 grid) – Year 1 common exception words only - Spelling Appendix 1. 4x Word searches – Common exception words only. Lotto game - There are a set of 3 x 3 grid lotto cards. The children can play as individuals or in pairs or in small groups. One child picks a word from a bag or box and read it aloud. The children mark the word on their card by using dry-wipe pens or placing a counter over the word. The first one to complete a line horizontally, vertically or diagonally wins the game. 4 Word searches with solutions – to find common exception words. Use the word cards for other activities such as laying out five different word cards and ask the pupil to point to the card that says, e.g. school. Set a time limit on how many sight words the pupils can read in a minute. Multi-purpose use of the grey word cards. You may be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/100-common-sight-words-bingo-snap-lotto-word-searches-word-match-and-more-with-teachers-notes-11278233 Images: Microsoft clipart.

This literacy resource contains ready-made bingo cards and call out cards, 3 x 3 lotto grids, word searches, word cards for matching games and cards for word snap. **UPDATED WITH TO USE LESS PRINTER INK** 100 sight words obtained from the Primary National Strategy - Letters and Sounds: Appendices - 100 high-frequency words in phases. Use to complement reading activities, literacy and for learning words for spelling tests and assessment. Also great for end of term games. All the bingo boards and lotto boards are numbered and colour-coded for ease of use. There are two versions of the letter ‘K’ in Sassoon font. I have made extra cards for replacement. The words cover Phases 2 to 5 and comprises:- Phase 2 words - bingo cards (x17) Phase 3 words - bingo cards (x15) Phase 4 words - bingo cards (x15) Phase 5 words - bingo cards (x15) Phases 2-5 bingo cards (x40) - Use for whole class option, if you wish. A set of 3 x 3 grid lotto cards - (x20) for Phase 2, (10x) of each set for Phases 3 to 5. Set of wrongly spelt word cards for matching with a set of correctly spelt words – Put a few correct/incorrect words in the centre of the table for groups to match the jumbled words to the correctly spelt words, e.g. hte - the, pepole - people. Lotto game - There are a set of 3 x 3 grid lotto cards. The children can play as individuals or in pairs or in small groups. One child picks a word from a bag or box and read it aloud. The children mark the word on their card by colouring over or placing a counter over the word. The first one to complete a line horizontally, vertically or diagonally wins the game. 10 Word searches with solutions. Use the word cards for other activities such as laying out five different word cards and ask the pupil to point to the card that says, e.g. ‘about’. Set a time limit on how many sight words the pupils can read in a minute. Multi-purpose use of the white word cards. You can also use the word cards as displays. Once downloaded, you can print off what you need. You may be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/100-sight-words-including-year-1-common-exception-words-bingo-lotto-snap-word-searches-11281973 Images: Microsoft clipart.

Reading comprehension short story text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language, grammar and word work. This literacy resource comprises PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson Plans with learning objectives and worksheets and activities. There is also an extra lesson plan (includes learning objectives) and PowerPoint Presentation on characterisation with differentiated worksheets. Also suitable for teaching in small groups. The Presentations contain whole class activities. Lessons comprise: Reading comprehension - speaking/listening and includes reading/writing Cut/paste activities to sequence story Answer sheet with sequenced pictures. Recount story in own words activity with pictures to encourage writing. Sentence work - jumbled sentences (cut/paste), adding capital letters/full stops - differentiated worksheet activities. Read and write - gap filling exercises. Word work is on proper and common nouns - differentiated worksheets. Work on characterisation - describing and creating a character for Grandad’s new dog. Playscript - comparing playscript structure to story text. Children in groups - write out their playscript based on the story - differentiated activities - There is a separate PowerPoint Presentation. Children that need support can act out the play. All resources editable and printable. Images free from royalty.

Reading comprehension - Short story text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language, word work and grammar. This literacy resource product contains: 30 Slides - PowerPoint Presentation - includes story text with pictures. Smaller Presentations for whole class activity 5 Lesson Plans - includes Learning objectives Differentiated activities and worksheets for each lesson Can also be used in small group settings and one-to-one teaching. There is a Future tense verb table for reference on PowerPoint. There is a table of compound words. Literacy lessons for a week focusing on the text. Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing Sentence activities - differentiated to include capital letter/full stop. Work on conjunctions and finishing off sentences. Word work focus on compound words. Gap filling exercises Cut/paste activities Grammar work on the future - Changing present tense to future tense and vice versa Composition - Writing to complete thinking bubble. Revision Worksheet on sentences which includes using conjunctions. Two Compound Word Word Searches. Resources printable and editable. There are a couple of pdf. worksheets - show examples of complete worksheets.

This reading comprehension product contains a short reading text on PowerPoint for whole class reading and comprehension questions. Lesson Plans and differentiated worksheets/tasks. Please see Preview Pane for sample worksheets and slides. Aimed at and suitable for Kindergarten/Grade 1 and ESL/EFL/ELA students. This resource can be used in whole class and group setting and for one-to-one teaching. The Learning objectives and outcomes are in each lesson plan 1-5. **English Language Arts lesson plans for 5 days focusing on the text. ** 22 Slides: PowerPoint Presentation Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing Scrambled sentence activities - differentiated tasks involving capitalization and using end punctuation. Word work focus on the prefix ‘un’ - making new words and gap filling exercises. Grammar work on the simple past - regular and common irregular verbs. Answer sheet for worksheet 1 and self-correction sheet for worksheet 2 (Lesson 4) Writing sentences Composition - Writing a story based on Zack’s Unusual pet Opportunity for computer work/non-fiction work on finding information about animals not usually kept as domestic pets. Worksheets and activities - differentiated. There is a Past Tense Verb Table for information/visual display for printing off in PowerPoint. Displaying regular and irregular past tense verbs. Resources editable and printable. File Type: Word, PowerPoint and PDF Formats contained in a zip file - all files in one folder.

This comprehensive resource contains groups of word families /onset and rime. There are PowerPoint Presentations to teach onset and rime word families which contain: Whole class teaching via the Presentations , e.g. saying the onset and rime and seeing why they rhyme. You can extend the lesson e.g. which two pictures rhyme bud/bed/red which can be played with the picture cards. There is a Teachers’ Guide on suggestions on how to use this resource. The Picture Cards and Word Cards should be laminated and cut out for continued use. Lots of activities for children to do: Matching words to pictures and vice versa with the laminated cut out picture/word cards Cut/paste activities to sort onset/rime word families Sorting into boxes - read words below using phonological knowledge to sort words Write simple captions for the pictures and then color in, eg. rat on a cat, dog on a log using key sight words , a, an, the and on. Worksheet - write initial phoneme to complete word Worksheet - write ending of rime to complete each word Onset/rime covered: -at, -ad, -ag, -an, -et, -en, -eg, -ed, -ot, -og, -in, -ig, -ug, -un, -ip, -ut, -ap, -op, -ay, -it -ox, and additional resources for -um, -ud, -ob, -ub, -ix, -od, -on and -am All resources are printable, editable and can be adapted to suit your class. Learning aim: Recognise and produce rhyming words. File Type: Word and PowerPoint contained in a .zip file You may be interested in the bundle: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-onset-and-rime-activity-bundle-11576490

This resource contains colourful PowerPoint Presentations on the general rules to change singular nouns into plural and vice versa. PowerPoint Presentations on plurals that do not change, e.g. scissors and nouns with no singular, e.g. sheep, together with worksheets and cut and glue sorting activities. Aimed at: Reception, KS1/Lower KS2 (for revision), ESL/EFL students Teachers’ Guide on how you can teach via the PowerPoint lessons. There are whole class activities within each presentation. Content of PowerPoint Presentations - Simple rules and guidance: (15 Slides) -Adding -s to nouns to make regular plurals, e.g. cat/cats (16 Slides) - Nouns that have irregular plurals, e.g child/children (21 Slides) - Nouns ending in consonant + y, e.g. baby/babies (29 Slides) - Nouns ending in ch, sh, s, x and z, e.g. bench/benches, box/boxes (21 Slides) - Nouns ending in f or fe, e.g. wolf/wolves and exceptions to the rule (36 Slides) - Nouns ending in o, e.g. potato/potatoes, igloo/igloos - adding s or es (28 Slides) - Plural nouns that do not require any changes, e.g. scissors, tweezers, trousers, glasses - New (14 Slides) - Nouns that do not change at all, e.g. sheep, deer, salmon, fish (there are exceptions) - New Includes: Whole class activities. Exceptions to the rules are highlighted within the presentations. There are 30 + differentiated worksheets based on each presentation. Multiple Choice Activity worksheets (pdf) on choosing the correct spelling of the plural with pictures shown. Writing - Sentences with highlighted singular or plural noun to be changed. Cut and glue sorting activity - Please see Preview Pane - Students look at the pictures and write the plural and then cut out and glue into the correct column on Activitiy Sheets 1a and 1b. Learning aims: Develop children’s understanding of singular and plural nouns. To know some nouns have irregular plurals and some plurals have no singular form, e.g. scissors. File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF

CVC word families onset and rime worksheets and PowerPoint Presentations. You can see sample Presentations and worksheets in the preview pane. All the worksheets have the same format for each onset/rime. Each of the 7 Presentations contains 17 Slides. This comprehensive resource contains groups of word families - onset and rime. <strong>There are PowerPoint Presentations to teach the word families which contain: </strong> Whole class teaching via the Presentations , e.g. saying the onset and rime and seeing why they rhyme. You can extend the lesson e.g. which two pictures rhyme bed/red can be played with the picture cards. There are Teachers’ Guides on suggestions on how to use this resource. The Picture Cards and Word Cards should be laminated and cut out for repeated use. <strong>Activities for students to do:</strong> Matching words to pictures and vice versa with the laminated cut out picture/word cards Cut/paste activities to sort onset/rime word families Sorting into boxes - read words below using phonological knowledge to sort words Write simple captions for the pictures and then colour in, eg. rat on a cat, dog on a log using key sight words , a, an, the ,on and others. Worksheet - write initial phoneme to complete word Worksheet - write ending of rime to complete each word <strong>Onset/rime covered: -at, -ad, -ag, -an, -et, -en, -eg, -ed, -ot, -og, -in, -ig, -ug, -un, -ip, -ut, -ap, -op, -ay, -it, ox, um, -ob, -ub, -od, -ud, -ix, -on and -am. </strong> File Type: Word format and PowerPoint held in a .zip file for convenience. All resources are printable, editable and can be adapted to suit your class. Learning aim: Recognise phoneme/grapheme connection and produce rhyming words.

Aimed at Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grade 1. This English Language Arts resource includes:- PowerPoint Presentation on all the lessons - the reading text is on PowerPoint with audio. Optional - click on the icon to listen to the story. Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises. Also includes:- English Language Arts Plan contains 5 lessons focusing on the short story (lesson starter and plenaries). Activities:- - Reading comprehension questions - involves speaking/listening and reading/writing. - Capitalization and punctuation at the end of a sentence - Sentence activity - Sorting jumbled words (word scramble) used in the story - Focus on use of adjectives to write interesting stories - Writing simple sentences - Creative writing activity - Labeling pictures using adjectives - Reading texts and illustrating - Word search - Differentiated worksheets and activities All resources are editable and printable. Addresses: CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RF.1.A CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RF.1.4 and RF.1.4.A CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RL.1.1 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RL.1.2 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RL.1.7 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.W.1.3 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.SL.1.2 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.1.2 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.1.2.B CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.1.1.F File Type: Word and PowerPoint All images royalty free from Microsoft clipart.

NOW UPDATED WITH WORKSHEETS - May 2019 The resources are for visual display around the classroom and can also be used as flashcards to teach days and month sequencing. Days of the week display title Days - Monday to Sunday display Months of the Year title Months of the Year display - January to December The four seasons display title The seasons Spring, Summer, Autumn/Fall, Winter Editable Birthday Wall display The birthday wall display is also on a PowerPoint Slide so you can type in your student’s name and print off. Alternatively, you can print off the PDF format and use blu tac or velcro and stick the student’s name on the birthday display. Create a seasons table - for example, in autumn lay out leaves, acorns and a harvest basket. In addition, there are worksheets to go with the displays. Days of the week – 4 worksheets Students cut and glue the days in the correct order. Jumbled days for students to unscramble and then write the days in the correct order. Students then answer the questions on the second part of the worksheet, e.g. What days do we call the weekend? Students read simple sentences that contain days of the week and then cut out and glue the strips in the correct order. Students write own simple sentences about what activity they do after school each day. To differentiate the activity, I have prepared a sheet with just pictures and activities on them which some students can choose and cut out to stick onto their worksheets and use the words to create a simple sentence. Months of the year - 5 worksheets Students cut and glue the months in the correct order. Months of the year poem – You can read aloud the poem to the students and ask them questions on it. It is also on PowerPoint. You could ask them if the months are in the correct order. Which months have 31 days? Which month has 28 days? Work at the table: Students can work together to read the poem and answer the 5 questions. On this worksheet, students trace over months and then list them in the correct order. In the last column they write the number of days in each month. Sorting months worksheet – Students write the months under the correct seasons. The last task is to write the month their birthday is in. Differentiated worksheet – students sort the months by cutting and gluing the months into the correct seasons on the wheel. There are two questions to answer. Thank you for your interest:-)

This literacy resource includes:- PowerPoint Presentation on all the 5 lessons. The lessons focus on the short reading text. - Whole class teaching activities; - reading comprehension - listening and speaking; - story sequencing activity; - work on speech marks in sentences; - speech bubbles; - work on contraction of common words using the apostrophe - e.g. we'll; - Add speech marks in text; - Writing composition - finishing the story. All resources can be adapted. You may be interested in other reading comprehension packs: Reading Comprehension Packs All images are royalty free accessed from Microsoft clipart.

This phonic resource comprises a PowerPoint Presentation on: Consonant digraphs - ch, sh, th,ng Vowel digraphs/trigraphs: ai, ee, igh, oa; oo (long/short), ar, or; ur, ow, oi, er ear, air, ure combinations of digraphs- eg chair,torch, coach Answers in pdf. Reading Sentences Word Searches There is a reading text on PowerPoint for whole class reading activity. True or false questions on PowerPoint relating to the text. Drawing pictures to go with simple sentences. Reading text and choosing the correct word to insert in the sentence. Missing graphemes and jumbled words activities. Reading captions and sentences. Blank handwriting sheet All resources can be adapted. You can visit my shop - you may be interested in: Goes well with: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-split-digraphs-presentations-lesson-plans-activity-sheets-practical-lessons-11348539 and https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-onset-and-rime-activity-bundle-11576490