This product relates to color activities. Ideal to use in group settings - each table has a dedicated activity and the children can move round once they have had a go or completed an activity. <strong>Content:</strong> Teachers Notes on activities -Whole page color words surrounded by bubbles -Whole page color words for children to trace over the dashes Color word cards - upper case letters Color word cards - lower case letters Selection of color pictures with labels Black and white pictures for children to color in Clipart buttons in a variety of colors Colors : red, brown, blue, orange, black, green, gray, yellow, white, purple and pink. <strong>• Activity 1</strong> – You can direct the children to use any color equipment to fill in the color words and the bubbles – paint, crayons, felt tips, pencils. <strong>• Activity 2</strong> – Children join up the dashes to complete the letters and then color in the word. They can draw things that are usually that color. <strong>• Activity 3</strong> – Use IT Paint Palette on computer to create a colorful picture or simply a rainbow. Extension: Ask the more able to type/write the colors they have used by copying the word cards. </strong>• Activity 4 – Color sort.</strong> Children sort the buttons by color and glue them in the correct circles. <strong>• Activity 5: Hands-on activity:</strong> Alternatively, put out a selection of real buttons for children sort into color groups onto the circles and they can say how they have grouped the buttons. <strong>• Activity 6: Word cards (upper/lower case letters):</strong> Lay out blank sugar paper or ordinary paper for children to glue on the color card word, either upper or lower case, and then colour inside the letters. <strong>Prep:</strong> Cut out a selection of different color pictures for the children and get them to decide which color pictures they should stick around the name of the card color. See preview slide. <strong>UK Version</strong> https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/colour-activities-paint-colour-words-trace-over-colour-sort-cut-paste-it-link-11881979?theme=1 You may be intersted in Class Visuals relating to colors: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/room-visuals-colors-for-display-what-colors-are-when-mixed-flashcards-colors-activity-worksheets-11341707 Thank you for visiting my store:-)

This resource contains a set of 26 lower case letters with 2D shapes. Alphabet playdough mats for each letter with a picture beginning with the letter sound. If you are teaching or have taught letters and 2D shapes, here are some extra resources for your pupils to colour in and/or cut out and stick into their workbooks or on a separate sheet of paper. The letters are on whole pages in two sizes - A4 and 8.5 x 11". Suggested Uses: Children colour in the shapes and the background and then they can draw things beginning with that letter. Children colour in the shapes only and then cut around the letter and stick into their workbook. You could cut out the letter and stick into their workbooks or on a separate sheet of paper with handwriting guidelines for children to practise writing the letter and then colour in. Extension: After colouring in the letter, children can list the shapes they see and the more able can put them into abc order. Laminate the alphabet mats for children to use playdough to model the letters. 2D Shapes: square, circle, triangle, oval, rectangle, diamond, star, heart, crescent, pentagon and trapezium or trapezoid. Hope you find this resource useful. You may be interested in the free sample which only has lower and upper case letters A B & C. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-letters-and-shapes-worksheets-cut-and-paste-12150086 Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

This resource contains a set of 26 uppercase letters containing 2D shapes. Alphabet mats for each letter with pictures beginning with the letter sound. If you are teaching or have taught uppercase letters and 2D shapes, here are some extra resources for your pupils to colour in and/or cut out and stick into their workbooks or on a separate sheet of paper. The letters are on whole pages in two sizes - A4 and 8.5 x 11". Suggested Uses: Children colour in the shapes and the background and then they can draw things beginning with that letter. Children colour in the shapes only and then cut around the letter and stick into their workbook. You could cut out the letter and stick into their workbooks or on a separate sheet of paper with handwriting guidelines for children to practise writing the letter and then colour in. Extension: after colouring in the letter, children can list the shapes they see and the more able can put them into ABC order. Laminate the upper case alphabet mats for children to use playdough to model the letters. 2D Shapes: square, circle, triangle, oval, rectangle, diamond, star, heart, crescent, pentagon and trapezium or trapezoid. Hope you find this resource useful. You may be interested in the free sample. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-letters-and-shapes-worksheets-cut-and-paste-12150086 Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

This product contains worksheets relating to pairs of matching onset and rime CVC words. A lovely addition to your phonics lesson to support phonic work. It consists of 2 sets of 54 worksheets together with picture and word cards in color and black and white. Teacher’s Notes included for suggested activities. Students look at the picture and say what it is. Then they color in the letters that make that word. When they have colored in the letter, the children rearrange them to spell the word and write it on the handwriting guide line. If some students get stuck, I have included word cards with the same pictures which you can put in the middle of the table for the students to find that matching picture that is also on the worksheet. With the help of the card, students can color in the correct letters on the worksheet. Please see Preview pane. CVC words used cat, rat, bag, tag, van, man, sad, pad, nun, sun, hut, cut, net, jet, hen, pen, leg, peg, pin, tin, hot, pot, dog, log, bed, red, bug, jug, zip, rip and lip, cap, map, mop, hop, fox, box, sit, hit, pig, wig, six, mix, sob, cob, ham, yam, pod, rod, tub, cub, mud, bud, sum and gum. File Type: PDF Please see UK version https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cvc-onset-rime-worksheets-read-colour-write-teacher-notes-keystage-1-11685278 Thank you for stopping by my store:)

With Halloween coming up, I have created some resources relating to Halloween. Content: Teacher Notes 4 Word Searches 20 Pictures and Words Cards 36 Playing cards for snap or matching pictures game How many Words in a Word Game on PowerPoint Words within a Word Worksheet Print off and laminate the cards and pictures as many times as required: Use for Snap! matching picture game and matching words to pictures, children can even try sorting the words into alphabetical order. There are four word searches to complete in lower and upper letters. Vocabulary building game: Play the PowerPoint slide to demonstrate to children how they can put together different letters from the word “Halloween” to make different words. There is also a worksheet for this activity. E.g. Children can make the words - hello, we, now etc. Early finishers can try making different words from ‘pumpkin’ on their whiteboards. You can organize different games station in your classroom - each table has a different games activity for students to enjoy. Thank you for visiting my shop:-) Please see UK version https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-games-word-searches-playing-cards-picture-word-match-ups-words-within-word-12007226

With Halloween coming up, I have created some resources relating to Halloween. Content: Teacher Notes 4 Word Searches 20 Pictures and Words Cards 36 Playing cards for snap or matching pictures game How many Words in a Word Game on PowerPoint Words within a Word Worksheet Print off and laminate the cards and pictures as many times as required: Use for Snap! matching picture game and matching words to pictures, children can even try sorting the words into alphabetical order. There are four word searches to complete in lower and upper letters. Vocabulary building game: Play the PowerPoint slide to demonstrate to children how they can put together different letters from the word “Halloween” to make different words. There is also a worksheet for this activity. E.g. Children can make the words - hello, we, now etc. Early finishers can try making different words from ‘pumpkin’ on their whiteboards. You can organise different games station in your classroom, i.e each table has a different games activity for children to enjoy. Thank you for visiting my shop:-) Please see US version - Halloween words (candy corn, candy apple and candies) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-games-word-searches-playing-cards-picture-word-match-ups-words-within-a-word-us-12007241

This resource relates to Earth Day emotions but can be used all year round. These are fun activities to increase vocabulary and to practice matching skills, scaffolded gap filling and recognizing patterns (AB, AABB and ABC). Content: Teacher Notes Earth face emotions (3 pages) with writing guide lines Earth face emotions (3 pages) without writing guide lines Matching images - Draw lines to match the same Earth face emotions Earth face worksheets (cut and paste) – Patterns (AB, AA BB, ABC) Write the Room activity Black and white worksheets Answer Sheets For the write the room activity, laminate and cut out the cards A to H and place around the classroom. The recording sheets include sentences A to H with missing gaps for students to write the correct emotion as on the cards. Hope you enjoy this resource. Thank you for visiting my shop!:)

These worksheets relate to mixed consonant digraphs. It also includes reading comprehension and extension work on medial consonant digraphs. Content: Worksheets A to H: 6 simple sentences on each page. Reading comprehension and questions with associated activities Extra work on digraphs - complete a medial digraph worksheet Worksheets A to H: Students read the simple sentences and then circle the correct digraph for each sentence and write it in the blank space to complete the word. Reading comprehension activities: Sections A, B and C First students should read the text which contains missing digraphs (You will have a Teacher’s Copy). Once they have inserted the missing digraphs, they reread the text and answer 9 questions. Section C: This is extension work/worksheet for early finishers The worksheet contains missing medial consonant digraphs with pictures. Students should fill in the missing digraphs. Optional activity on reading comprehension for differentiation: In small groups or one-to-one teaching, students could read the text only and fill in the missing digraphs as a group and then discuss the questions. Thank you for visiting my shop!:)

This product relates to alphabet activities for Pre-K/K, SEN and EFL/ESL students. Content Teacher’s notes 2 Sets of Aa-Zz puzzle pieces – Cut/paste Aa-Zz -Matching letters of the alphabet to pictures Aa-Zz - Tracing over letters and matching to pictures Cut and Paste to match Puzzle pieces Place a selection of Aa – Zz puzzle sheets on tables for children to cut out and match upper and lower case letters and stick into workbook or on a separate sheet of paper. They can trace inside the letters with different color pencils or crayons (rainbow tracing). For the uppercase part of the puzzle ask students to write words beginning with capital letters such as their name if it begins with that letter, a city, day or month, a place of interest etc and draw pictures. For the lowercase part of the puzzle, ask students to write and draw things beginning with that letter that does not always begin with a capital letter. Please see sample preview in preview pane. Matching letters to pictures and color activity ‘Aa is for’ to ‘Zz is for’ activity – tell children they need to color in the picture that begins with that letter and not to color in the other pictures. Tracing over letters and matching to pictures This alphabet activity is similar to the above except that the children trace over the dots. Learning Objectives: To begin to learn about alphabetic order and matching upper to lower case letters. To identify initial sounds in words and match to pictures. Thank you for visiting my store:-) For British version https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-activities-match-capital-lower-case-letters-puzzles-trace-over-dots-cut-paste-eyfs-ks1-11864137

This resource relates to spring CVC word work. There are three different activities for students to review letter sounds and to decode and read CVC words and practise reading sight words in sentences. Content: Worksheets: Short A to E: Spring Word and Picture Match Worksheets A to E: Read Simple Sentences and Writing Worksheets 1 - 3: Missing Letters in CVC Words Spring Word and Picture Match (with Answers) In this activity, students draw lines to match up the CVC pictures on the flowerpots to the words on the flowerheads. Read Simple Sentences and Writing Each worksheet contains sight words which the students should read and then read the simple sentences filling in the CVC words in the sound boxes that matches the pictures. Lastly, rewrite the CVC word. Please see preview pane. Sight words: my, I, look, the, a, you, can, see, is, it, run, down, not, and, go, yellow, want, have, she, to, pretty. Missing Letters in CVC Words (with Answers) There are nine pictures on each sheet. Students use their phonic knowledge to complete the CVC words which have missing beginning, middle and final sounds. There are b/w worksheets for the above. Optional worksheet sizes A4 and US Size Thank you for visiting my shop.

Minibeasts, bugs, insects bingo game. Your students can also play Snap! and matching pair cards. Increase vocabulary of minibeasts. Great value Minibeasts resource which contains: Teacher’s Notes 35 bingo cards labelled Card 1 to Card 35 30 different minibeasts call out cards 36 picture cards for a game of snap 36 picture cards with name labels which can also be used for snap The pictures are photos of common invertebrates. Preparation: Print onto card paper and laminate the bingo cards. Laminate both sets of picture cards and cut out. Play bingo as a whole class or children play in smaller groups. Play ‘Snap!’ Matching card game - - Lay out, say, 10 sets of matching cards face down on the table - players take turns to turn over two cards. If two cards match, he or she keeps the cards. If the two cards do not match the cards are placed put back again. The player with the most matching cards is the winner. Other uses: Create a minibeasts word wall - reprint the call-out cards and picture cards for a wall display. Opportunities for children to sort minibeasts into categories, i.e. insects, arachnids, myriapods, crustaceans, coelenterates, echinoderms, molluscs and annelids. Aim of the game(s) is to reinforce identification of minibeasts while having fun. List of Minibeasts - ant aphid bee beetle butterfly caterpillar centipede cockroach crab cricket dragonfly earwig firefly fly grasshopper ladybird leech millipede mite mosquito moth octopus praying mantis silverfish slug snail spider wasp weevil woodlouse worm Extra invertebrates on the picture cards: jellyfish, starfish, sea urchin, coral and lobster. File Type: PDF and Word format bingo cards Hope your students have lots of fun playing and learning the names of minibeasts.

This resource contains 15 worksheets in black and white with colour versions - total: 30 worksheets. It is an odd one out three-letter decodable CVC word family activity worksheets. You will see two sets of three CVC word family pictures on each page. Two of the pictures are in the same word family except for one. The learner should say the name of each picture – sounding and blending each word and then put a cross under one picture which is not part of the CVC word family, i.e. the odd one out. These worksheets can be used for: • extension work • revision of word families • checking whether your student can segment and blend CVC words • early finishers who can work independently to complete the worksheets The word family endings are: -ab, -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -at, -ax, -ed, -eg, -en, -et, -id, -ig, -in, -ip, -it, -ix, -ob, -od, -og, -op, -ot, -ox, -ub, -ud, -ug, -um, -un and -ut Your students can also complete the worksheets on a computer as I’ve also uploaded PDF fillable form worksheets. Thank you for visiting my shop! :) These worksheets are also contained in the CVC Words Bundle. Please see link below. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11576490

**This phonics resource focuses on the digraphs ph and wh. ** Aimed at: Foundation/Keystage 1, SEN students, EAL and ESL students. Content Lesson Focus: Digraph 'Ph’ PowerPoint Presentation (includes whole class activities) - click/drag mouse to match pictures/words; unscramble jumbled words; Listening tasks - (click on speaker icon) - See a preview of one of the slides. Lesson Plan (include learning objectives and plenary) - slides are referred to in the plan Differentiated worksheet activities - cut/paste activities, trace over dots. Differentiated Extension worksheets Flashcard and pictures (extended practical activities) Set of flashcards showing highlighted digraph **Lesson Focus: Digraph ‘Wh’ ** PowerPoint Presentation (includes whole class activities) - click/drag mouse to match pictures/words; Audio -there are listening tasks in the presentation - see example Slide 3 in preview pane Lesson Plan (including learning objectives and plenary)- slides are referred to in the plan Differentiated worksheet activities - Cut/paste activities, trace over dots. Differentiated Extension worksheets Flashcard and pictures (extended practical matching activities) Set of flashcards showing highlighted digraph Revision on both ph and wh digraphs: PowerPoint Presentation (includes whole class activities and audio/ listening tasks) Lesson Plan (lesson objectives and plenary) Cut and paste sorting activity - ph or wh Differentiated extension worksheets Word Search and Solution on digraph ph Word Search and Solution on digraph wh The additional resource to go with this pack are A4 size flashcards with pictures/words in print and cursive writing: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/digraph-flashcards-wh-ph-sh-ch-th-ng-and-ck-11367425

This product relates to learning the alphabet names and sounds and upper and lower cases letters. Learning objectives are to develop children’s knowledge of upper and lower letters of the alphabet and begin to learn alphabetical order. Contents: Flexible detailed Lesson Plan includes lesson starter, main lesson and whole class activities and plenary. PowerPoint Presentation on the alphabet (letters float in as you click through the slides) Upper and lower case alphabet flash cards to be laminated and cut apart Editable flash cards Washing line alphabet activity Missing letters gap-filling alphabet strips (upper and lower case letters) Blank alphabet strips Upper and lower case letters to be cut out for extra activities Children are introduced to capital/upper and lower case letters, recite the alphabet, to know that the capital A and the lower case a have the same sound. Washing line activity - questions marks are placed where there should be either a capital letter or a lower case letter. Children are given a selection of laminated letters and have to decide whether the letter they are holding should go where the question mark is. Reinforcement of what the children have learnt: There is a selection of alphabet gap-filling strips from easy to challenging. Cut out the gap-filling alphabet strips and stick into workbooks; and/or Laminate for continuous use There are 26 upper and lower letters for the children to cut out each time you focus on a letter. The children draw or stick pictures around the letter that begin with the same letter sound. Whole lesson contained in a zip file - just right click and open and you will see the folder. Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

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.

This product relates to final consonant blends activities and contains: • 160 Flashcards (2 Sets) • Set of Consonant Endings Blend Cards • Set of Beginning Words Card and a Set of Endings Blends • Recording Worksheet • 3 Worksheets Ending/final consonant blends: ct lf ft ld lk lp lt pt mp nd nk nt sk sp st A. 160 Flash cards (Whole page size) Print off and laminate the flashcards you need for your lesson. You can display flashcards around the classroom as visual reference for the children. B. Set of Consonant Endings Blend Cards Small endings blend cards for small group activities. Students can practise saying the graphemes and clap each letter. You could ask what letters the students could put before the consonant blends to make a word. Some students might remember the flashcards you showed earlier in the lesson. For example, you can put ‘a’ before ‘ct’ to make the word ‘act’. You can select easier cards such as ‘e’ and ‘nd’ ‘end’ or ‘o’ and ‘ld’ for old, ‘e’ and ‘lk’ for ‘elk’ or ‘lf’ for ‘elf’. Practise writing the graphemes on handwriting paper. C. Set of Beginning Words Card for activity and a set of Endings Blends for activity These are the words on the flashcards that have been separated for this activity. Ideally laminate these cards and then cut apart. This is a word making activity and you can choose either cursive or non-cursive cards. Whatever level your students are at, you can select the beginning words and endings blends cards and put a selection on the tables. Students practise making words with the selected cards. After practising, they can list the words they have made on the Recording Worksheet. D. 3 Ready-made making words Worksheets There are three ready-made worksheets which replicates the above activity. The images of the two sets of cards are in separate boxes. Students choose one of the starting words in the box and the consonant ending blends in the other box in order to make a word. Students write the word out. The last activity is to choose one word and write a sentence with it. E. Playing a matching game You may have to print out some beginning and endings blends more than once to make different words, e.g. be st be nd se nd. You decide on how many words you want the students to make. Lay out a selection of beginning and ending words in to two piles face down. 1st player chooses a beginning word and an ending word, if they match to make a word he/she keeps them. If not, the player replace them back in the same position. 2nd player does the same. Winner has the most words. Thank you for visiting my store:-)

I have uploaded a set of time-saving worksheets relating to upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. Aimed at: Reception/KS1 Total worksheets: 40 Description of resources: • Set 1 Worksheets – Select the correct initial letters for pictures; • Set 2 Worksheets – Select 6 correct initial letters out of the 8 from the rectangle to write below the pictures ; • Set 3 Worksheets – Select correct initial capital letter from circle to complete each word; • Set 4 Worksheets – Each box contains two pictures beginning with the same initial letters. Students write the initial alphabet letter for the pictures. • Set 5 Worksheets – Fill in the missing letter to complete the word then rewrite the whole word in capital letters. • Set 6 Worksheets – The pictures in each box start with different initial alphabet letters. Students write the initial letters below each picture in their best handwriting to practise mid-zone letters, ascender and descender letters. E.g. if the two pictures are a jug and a table, the student writes the ‘j’ (descender) and ‘t’ (ascender) on the handwriting lines. I have included some completed examples of worksheets. The mixture of pictures used for set 6 worksheets are: apple, ant, ball, banana, cat, car, dog, door, egg, elephant, fish, fork, girl, goat, hat, hook, igloo, iguana, jigsaw, jug, kangaroo, key, leg, leaf, moon, mouse, pumpkin, pirate, queen, quiet, ring, robot, sock, sun, teapot, table, umbrella, under, volcano, vase, window, watch, xylophone, x-ray, zebra, zip Please see preview pane. File Type: PDF Thank you for stopping by my store. You may be interested in Learning the Alphabet resource: Learning the Alphabet

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!:)

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 is a lesson/assembly presentation resource on St Valentine's Day, February 14. Learning Aims: To learn who was Saint Valentine and his connection to St Valentine’s Day. Aimed at: Reception/KS1 Content: - Teacher Notes on The Story of St Valentine referring to Slide numbers - Teacher Notes on Assembly Presentation - 22 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - Worksheet 1 – Writing - Love is … - Worksheet 2 – Jumbled Words and Sentences Activity - with Answer Sheet - 2 Word Searches – Upper and lower case letters - with Solutions This resource can be used as a 1 hour lesson and I have uploaded Teacher Notes/Guide which contains starter activity, main lesson and plenary. Slides are referred to in the Teacher Notes/Guide. I have also included Teacher Notes/Guide on Assembly with options to delete slides for a 10 to 15 mins assembly. The Presentation begins with a starter activity - the Lead up to St Valentines - stores displaying Valentine related items. It then leads into the story of St Valentine, his run-in with Claudius II, curing the jailers blind daughter and symbols relating to the celebration. Reflection - Children learn that Valentine's Day isn't just about romance but has other meanings, e.g. Love is patience, kindness etc. Consolidation Worksheet 1 - children write in a few sentences what love is... An example is given Worksheet 2 - Jumbled sentences and words - children rearrange each sentence and add a full stop. The second part is to sort out jumbled words using the pictures as clues. 2 Word Searches containing related vocabulary - in upper and lower case letters. Please look at examples of the slides in the preview pane. File Type: PowerPoint Presentation, Word and PDF formats. Thank you for visiting my shop:-) All images are free for commercial reuse.