I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
This resource relates to Easter and contains 5 flexible lesson plans with PowerPoint Presentations for each lesson.
The Easter story is finally told in lesson 5 - You can start with any lesson.
1. Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday -Literacy link on Instructions for making pancake and what Shrove Tuesday means for some Christians.
Worksheets - Sequence pictures (differentiated)
2. Why Christians celebrate Lent and the meaning of Ash Wednesday (3 worksheets)
3. Why we eat Easter eggs and hot cross buns and their link to Easter. (2 worksheets)
4. 3 Special Days in Holy Week (Palm Sunday/Maundy Thursday/Easter Friday (2 worksheets)
5. The Easter story Part 1 and 2 told via Presentations -whole class activities included and worksheet. The story is told by Granddad Joe and Calvin asks some questions. There is also some narration.
Worksheets and activities on all lessons.
All editable and printable.
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There is a Powerpoint Presentation to support whole class teaching on sikhism/sikh religion.
The topic relates to a sense of belonging.
1 Lesson plan.
Three worksheets - Worksheet 3 also includes a fact finding activity.
Keywords:
kirpan
kesh
kachera
kangha
kara
The worksheets can be adapted for own use.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sikhism-and-the-5-ks-non-fiction-reading-comprehension-assessment-revision-11330056
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The tutorial notes on the birth of Jesus and why Joseph had to go to Bethlehem can be speaking/listening. It also explains the anger of King Herod, the joy of the shepherds and the Wisemen.
The summary notes can be adapted for comprehension worksheets.
Short introductory PowerPoint presentation
I have uploaded 3 sets worksheets for children to work in pairs to complete cloze activities - that way strong readers can help the weaker readers.
Simple activity - Children draw presents for Jesus and label and complete a mini word search.
Sort jumbled sentences - Answer key included
Learning Aim: To understand why we celebrate Christmas.
You may be interested in the full story on PowerPoint (34 Slides) and in PDF Format and additional worksheets.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-story-nativity-birth-of-jesus-presentation-worksheets-12224259
This product relates to the topic on The Good Samaritan.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/2
Curriculum links: Religious education, literacy and PSHE.
Additional worksheets to support children’s literacy skills.
They cover:
Differentiated reading comprehension worksheets. One of the reading comprehension worksheet is in cursive font.
Sorting jumbled sentences so they make sense and adding a full stop
Cloze activity - read text and fill in the missing words using the words from the word bank
Work on homophones - 1. Children write the correct word in the box. 2. Write sentences using the highlighted words.
Includes Answer Sheets.
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This is a reading comprehension activity. The reading covers three pages with a word count (including title) of 648 words. The topic relates to Epiphany, i.e. what it means and some of the countries that celebrate this Christian festival. There are 17 questions and tasks for students to do and they include finding evidence in the text, spelling, grammar and word work.
Students read the first two pages and then as additional work they can go straight onto reading page three with additional activities.
To begin the lesson, find out what students know about Epiphany and how it relates to the Christmas story before handing out the reading comprehension.
You can use this resource for guided reading.
Students can work in pairs or individually to answer the questions and tasks.
Content:
Teacher’s Copy of the reading comprehension
Student’s copy with the first task of correcting the first paragraph which contains 16 errors.
Reading comprehension with 17 questions and activities
Specimen answer sheet
Word Search with Solution
In addition to writing full sentences, the work covers:
Spellings
Homophones
Synonyms
Punctuation
Putting list of countries into alphabetical order
Making words singular or plural
This is optional if you would like the students to watch a video on the meaning of Epiphany - I have suggested three websites which you can look at to go with the reading comprehension.
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This Advent resource contains a reading comprehension on Worksheet A with 5 questions for the children to answer on Worksheet B.
Worksheet C is grammar and word work on the text. A dictionary is optional if some children find the word work challenging.
Large Advent word search for vocabulary building and associated task. When all the words are found in the grid, there is a separate worksheet for the children to put the words into alphabetical order.
Answers included.
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Christmas activities and worksheets to help younger children learn about the birth of Jesus: Read, write, colour, sequence story, match up and word searches.
Content:
• Read, Trace, Colour Worksheets (x10) – Children read and trace over the sentence and then colour in.
Optional: You can make a booklet for each child by stapling the edges.
• Follow the Path Activity (x2) – Children use a crayon at the start of the pathway. They can use different colours to make a rainbow path.
• Christmas Story Reading on PowerPoint – You can read the story aloud on PowerPoint and then get children to summarise the story. The children can then carry out the various differentiated activities.
• Match animals to animal words puzzle
• Worksheet – Children draw on the gift boxes three presents they would give to Jesus
After reading the Christmas story, children can complete the following sequencing activities. Either you or the children can cut out the sequencing wheel and cover template.
• Story Wheel Sequencing – Children cut out the pictures and glue them in order in each of the segments to tell the Christmas story. When completed and coloured in, they can recount the story to someone else.
• Alternatively, children can cut out the pictures and place each picture over the numbered boxes in order to sequence the pictures using the worksheet provided.
• Words Searches (x2) with Solution
US Version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-story-activities-worksheets-and-word-searches-us-version-12224631
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You may be interested in the Christmas story presentation.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-story-nativity-birth-of-jesus-presentation-worksheets-12224259
Christmas worksheets and cut and paste activities to help children learn about the birth of Jesus.
US spelling.
Content:
• Read, Trace, Color Worksheets (x10) – Children read and trace over the sentence and then color in.
Optional: You can make a booklet for each child by stapling the edges.
• Follow the Path Activity (x2) – Children use a crayon at the start of a pathway. They can use different colors to make a rainbow path.
• Christmas Story Reading on PowerPoint – You can read the story aloud first and then ask children to summarize the story. You can then give out the various differentiated activities for children to do.
• Worksheet – Children draw on the gift boxes three presents they would give to Jesus
After reading the Christmas story, children can complete the following sequencing activities. Either you or the children can cut out the sequencing wheel and cover.
• Story Wheel Sequencing – Children cut out the pictures and glue them in order in each of the segments to tell the Christmas story. When completed and colored in, they can recount the story to someone else.
• Alternatively, children can cut out the pictures and place each picture over the numbered boxes in order to sequence the pictures using the worksheet provided.
• Word Searches (x2) with Solution
UK Version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-story-activities-worksheets-and-word-searches-12224625
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You may be interested in the Christmas story presentation.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-story-nativity-birth-of-jesus-presentation-worksheets-12224259
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 themed pack relates to harvest festival.
The pack is divided into Four sections.
The topic contains:-
Teachers’ Notes
PowerPoint Presentations
Four lesson plans - Why we celebrate, the harvesting of crops culminating in the harvest festival service and the meaning of the hymn We Plough the Fields And Scatter the good seeds on the land.
Worksheets and activities for children to do.
In lesson 3- making a harvest festival card - the children plan/draft how they want their cards to look on plain white paper and then should be a given sugar paper or cardboard to make their card for display or to take home.
Alternatively - There is an empty ‘My Harvest Basket’ activity worksheet which children can draw in or cut out/paste pictures of fruit and vegetables.
Lesson 4 - The harvest hymn is optional - linked to music and I have included a Youtube link for the music accompaniment.
Overall Objective: To understand why many Christians and some non-Christians celebrate harvest festival in autumn.
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<strong>This resource is about the lost son parable relating to forgiveness. It is for whole school assembly.</strong>
It contains:
PowerPoint Presentation
Teacher’s Guide on how to conduct the assembly
Playscript of the Parable
Posters for display
Cross-curricular to Religious Studies and Citizenship.
The theme is ‘forgiveness’ based on The Parable of the Lost Son.
Learning Objective: To understand what forgiveness means.
Children are asked why we should say ‘sorry’ and understand the meaning of forgiveness and understanding.
The children are asked about their own experience of getting hurt and wanting that person to say sorry and what it feels like if they don’t apologize.
They are taken through the story and asked questions along the way.
I’ve written a playscript based on the story. You may wish to have a group of children act out the story instead of reading it on the slides. There are questions on the slides for children to think about.
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.
These are worksheets and information cards relate to Advent and Christmas.
Content:
• Gap filling activity (2 pages) with Answer Sheets
• Differentiated cut and paste activity
• Information cards to go with cut and paste activity
• Colouring sheet for students to colour in the candles with the correct colours
Gap filling activity (2 pages) with Answer Sheets
Students read the very short texts - 2 on each worksheet and use the words from the word box to complete the sentences.
Differentiated cut and paste activity with Answer Sheet
Students cut out the description for each candle and glue next to the correct candle.
One page of cut and paste sheet has a picture of the candles.
Also included are a set of 5 information cards which you can laminate and place on students’ table to help them complete the cut and paste activity.
Colouring Sheet
This sheet contains Advent candles which you can give to students to colour in using the information cards to colour the Advent candles correctly. The information cards borders are in colour and b/w.
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This product contains word searches, crosswords, jigsaw puzzles and colouring sheet for students to do if they have finished their work early or you wish to consolidate vocabulary relating to the church.
Content:
Teacher Notes on the activities
1x Word Search with Solution (lowercase letters)
1x Word Search with Solution (uppercase letters)
1x Word Search 2 with objects as clues (Solution included)
2 Differentiated Crosswords (with Solution)
2x Differentiated Scrambled Words Word Search (with Solution)
1x Colouring Sheet – Two stained glass windows
3x Differentiated Stained Glass Window Jigsaw Activity with Solution
Stained Glass Window Jigsaw Puzzle
This is a 9-piece jigsaw puzzle activity in which students cut out the pieces and arrange them on the worksheet before sticking down.
It is also differentiated - there is a sheet with two puzzle pieces stuck down for students to complete the rest of the puzzle with the remaining 7 pieces.
Please see my example sheet.
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Suitable for US
This product relates to the Legend of St. David and myths.
Content:
18 Slide PowerPoint Presentation
Lesson Plan
3 Sets of Worksheets
The presentation describes myths and legends and that sometimes myths and legends overlaps. Children learn about some of the mythical stories that are passed down from one generation to the next, e.g. why the leek and the dragon are symbols of Wales and the miracles St David carried out, e.g. making the blind see, why David is standing on a hill with a dove on his shoulder, the legend of the boy who tried to steal pigeons, the legend of the corpse candle.
Listening and speaking during the presentation.
The flexible lesson plan guides you through the presentation or you can just play the presentation which children interact with.
Differentiated gap-filling worksheets:
Worksheet 1 - Children use the words in the box to fill in the gaps.
Worksheets A and B: - Children work in twos and collaborate to complete their worksheet as each child has information the other children needs.
There is a teacher’s copy for the worksheets A and B.
Early finishers - During the presentation the children are given the opportunity to retell one or two of the legends they like best which they oral retell to the class.
When they come to do the worksheets, they recount one of the stories either using a worksheet with story boxes or write a short narrative and draw a picture
This product contains four reading comprehension passages with questions and activities about the nativity story. This resource can complement your work about Christmas or use it as a review/additional work to consolidate students’ knowledge about the birth of Jesus.
Content:
A. The Christmas story is told simply and can be used in guided reading.
• Reading passage with pictures subdivided under three headings with reading comprehension questions.
Paragraph 1: The Angel Visits Mary – 3 questions.
Paragraph 2: Jesus is Born – 3 questions.
Paragraph 3: The Shepherds and the Wise Men – 3 questions.
B. The Christmas Story is divided in parts (more able readers).
• Reading Comprehension Part 1: 6 questions.
• Reading Comprehension Part 2: 5 questions and cloze activity.
• Reading Comprehension Part 3: 4 questions and a tick box question.
Answer Sheets Included.
Suggested Use
You could retell the Christmas story and then elicit from the students what they can remember. Highlight the key words in the reading comprehension papers then handout the work.
Students could in pairs and read through the passages and then answer the questions.
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UPDATED with PDF worksheets and specimen answer sheet for cut/paste sequence.
This resource pack consists of:
2 PowerPoint Presentations - includes whole class activities.
5 Lesson Plans - includes learning objectives/outcomes
Differentiated activity worksheets
Presentation 1 and Lesson Plan 1 - on the topic of making promises and relate to children’s experiences of making and breaking promises and that ‘bad secrets’ are disguised as promises.
Presentation 2 - Tells the story of Noah and God’s covenant/promise to the world with colourful pictures - includes whole class activities.
Each lesson plan refers to the numbered slides and what activities children undertake to achieve the learning objectives.
Lesson 1 - What are promises/making and breaking promises - 2 differentiated worksheets - Link to SEAL - Promising not to misbehave, to share classroom equipment etc.
Lesson 2 - Noah is chosen - 2 differentiated worksheet activities that include describing Noah’s character from the text/labelling.
Lesson 3 - Building the ark/people laughing at Noah - Cut/paste activity cutting out animals to stick onto the ark then colour in.
Lesson 4 - The Flood and after - Cut/paste sequencing activity to show how it was safe for Noah to leave the ark with Answer Sheet.
Lesson 5 - Recount of the story - Sort the paragraphs in order on PowerPoint then differentiated writing activities at tables/colour in rainbow.
Link Lesson 5 to Art - make a rainbow poster and children write what they promise to do on strips of paper.
Resources are editable to suit the different abilities of your pupils.
File type: PowerPoint, MSWord and PDF.
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This resource is a 1 hour lesson on The Good Samaritan parable.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/Lower KS2.
Content:
- PowerPoint Presentation (23 Slides) - Contains the parable and whole class activities and Plenary. Children and listen and interact with the story - listening and speaking.
Recap comprehension questions at the end of the parable in preparation for children to do independent work.
- Lesson Plan (3 pages) with Learning Objectives and success criteria. The PowerPoint Slides are referred to in the lesson plan. There is a starter activity, main lesson and a plenary session.
- Differentiated Worksheets
Worksheet 1 and Worksheet 1a, 1b and 1c - these are cut and paste activities. The length of the paragraphs are different on each sheet. Children read the four strips of paragraphs that relate to the pictures. They cut out the paragraphs and glue under the correct pictures.
Worksheet 2 - Sentence work (Early finishers) - There are 4 sentences. Each one is jumbled up. Children work out each sentence and punctuate with a full stop. ANSWERS PROVIDED.
Worksheet 3 - Cut and paste sequencing picture activity (aimed at children that need some support) - Sort the three pictures in the correct sequence and then say or write what the pictures are. MODAL ANSWERS PROVIDED.
- Optional exit question slip - Children write a sentence or two on what they have learnt in the lesson.
File Type: PowerPoint Presentation, Word, PDF.
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You may also be interested in:
Good Samaritan Assembly
The Parable of the Lost Son - Forgiveness
Additional Worksheets - Reading Comprehension, Gap Filling, Common Homophones
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.
The product relates to a 10 to 15 mins assembly on The Good Samaritan.
Aimed at Foundation/Keystage 1/2.
<strong>Content:</strong>
27 Slides - PowerPoint Presentation - Telling of the parable and what it means to be a neighbour, Reflection - relate to children’s experiences of helping and being considerate and kind to everybody.
There is an optional end of assembly prayer on Slide 27.
Teacher’s Assembly Guide (2 pages) - This guides you through the assembly with extra notes. The slides are referred to.
2 Optional worksheets for post-assembly work. More able writers recount the parable and the second worksheet contains pictures to help recount the parable.
Please see the preview pane.
File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF.
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You may be interested in a 1 hour structured lesson on the Good Samaritan:
Presentation, Lesson Plan, Differentiated Worksheet and Cut and Paste Activities
The Parable of the Lost Son - Forgiveness