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 is a reading comprehension short story text mainly focusing on adverbs and adverbials used in the context of a story. There are comprehension questions on the text which includes identifying and sorting adverbial phrases and adverbs, describing fronted adverbials. It also includes:
Searching for answers (Text-based evidence)
Inference and interpreting
Vocabulary work re: synonyms for verbs
Sentence work re: amending a long sentence.
Redraft story text - students use their own adverbs and adverbial phrases to modify the story thus creating their own version.
This product is being sold separately:
You may only be interested in this reading comprehension which is also contained in my other product on Adverbials which is part of the Adverbs Bundle.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/adverbial-phrases-and-fronted-adverbials-12209678
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In this All About Me resource the questions are set in hexagonal tiles for students to complete. There are 3 types of activities.
Content:
Teacher Notes
Worksheet 1 - 6 tiles with questions and children draw a picture of themselves in the middle. (UK and US spelling).
Worksheet 2(Easier) (x4) - These worksheets consist of 3 questions on each page with red borders and children answer the questions inside hexagons with blue borders. The last tile always requires children to draw a picture of: themselves, a toy, what they are good at, an animal they would like to be.
Worksheet 3 - Children trace over the sentences and finish them off in their own words. Lastly, they draw a picture in each of the three hexagons.
Worksheet 4 - Children trace over a set of different sentences and finish off in their own words. Lastly, they draw a picture in each of the three hexagons.
Please see preview pane.
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Make your classroom bright and cheery with these colorful displays as a reference for children.
UPDATED with whole page portrait 2D and 3D displays.
This resource contains 2D and 3D shape posters with labels for each shape:-
square and cube
triangle cuboid and rectangular prism
circle and sphere
rectangle and cylinder
pentagon and cone
hexagon and pyramid
octagon and triangular prism
oblong/oval
trapezium
A distinction is made between regular 2D shapes (all sides and angles equal) and non-regular shapes.
Also contains separate word labels for each shape.
Just print onto card stock (if you wish) and laminate.
File type: Word format - Option to change the colors and pdf
The zip file contains all the resources as I could not upload them individually.
Calendar for back to school you can display in early years/KS1 classrooms.
This resource pack contains a blank weather, date and year display poster to be completed each day using the changeable days, date, month, weather card displays.
The words in shadow show where the laminated day, date, month and year should go.
There is space for the weather conditions on the same blank display.
The preview window shows how the display will appear when you complete the blank display poster.
You can also change the weather button background if you don’t want plain white - click on, e.g. the ‘hot’ weather button, go to Drawing Tools then Shape Fill to choose your colour.
Print off displays onto card paper - enlarge to A3 if wish for a larger display.
I printed off onto coloured card paper.
This pack includes:
Teacher Notes
Title Displays
Days of the week
Months of the year
Ordinal dates from 1st to 31st.
Cardinal dates from 1 to 31
Years 2024 to 2028
Weather words and pictures
Seasons dial - laminate and cut round. Cut out the dial and insert with split pin in the centre - see preview window front page.
Laminate all the resources. Use Blu tac , double-sided sticky tape or velcro for the changeable words to be displayed on blank display board.
I have uploaded resources both in Word format (editable) and pdf. versions.
Updated January 2024 to include editable text sections in PowerPoint
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This bundle contains 6 sets of resources to organise your classroom and extra worksheet activities to reinforce topic areas.
It also includes ready-made flashcards - for whole-class teaching.
This bundle was updated on April 5th - If you have already bought this bundle, please re-download to access the new products on ordinal numbers:)
It comprises:
Cardinal numbers
Ordinal numbers
Colours
2D/3D Shapes displays
Subject displays/Labels for objects around the classroom
Editable Birthday Display
And much much more. Please see individual description on products in this bundle.
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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.
UPDATED COVER IMAGE
Short story text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language.
This literacy resource pack includes 5 lessons:-
Powerpoint Presentation on all the lessons - the reading text is on PowerPoint and Word format for activities and whole class teaching.
Literacy lessons for a week focussing on the short story:-
- reading comprehension and questions;
- sentence work - capital letters/full stops;
- jumbled sentences and words activities
- Punctuating a short text exercise, and identifying speech marks;
- Work on words with silent letters;
- Role play using playscript adapted from the story;
- Creativing writing - finishing the story.
All the worksheets can be adapted to suit your lessons.
All images used are royalty free
This reading comprehension literacy resource includes:-
Comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation on all the lessons - the reading text is on Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises.
Literacy lessons for a week focussing on the short story.
Reading comprehension questions
Capital letters and full stops
Joining two parts of a sentence
Jumbled words
Focus on use of adjectives to write interesting stories
Writing simple sentences
Composition
Labelling pictures using descriptive words
Reading texts and illustrating
Worksheets and activities
All the worksheets can be adapted.
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.
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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.
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 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.
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 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.
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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.
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.
This resource relates to colour displays around the classroom or art area.
You can increase to A3 for a larger display.
<strong>Content:</strong>
• ‘Colours’ Poster for display
• ‘Colour Mix’ Poster for display
• ‘What’s your favourite colour?’ Poster
• 11 Posters for display naming the colours: red, blue, white, orange, brown, pink black, grey, purple, yellow and pink
• 11 Flashcards naming all the colours
• 6 ‘What colour does …… and …. make?’ Posters
• 2 Sets of worksheets for each colour (total: 22)
There are various methods to get a brown mixture- I’ve chosen red and green in the display. Children can experiment during art lessons or when colouring.
Question card displays - What is your favourite colour?, What colour does yellow and red make?
<strong>There are also two sets of worksheets for each of the colours.</strong>
Worksheet 1: Children draw and label four things for each of the colours.
Worksheet 2: Children colour in the blank splash with the correct colour and then draw and label four things relating to that colour.
You may be interested in Colour Activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/colour-activities-tasks-and-sorting-into-colour-groups-cut-paste-it-link-eyfs-reception-yr1-sen-11881979
File Type: Word and pdf.
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I have uploaded two sets of upper case/capital letters A to Z to be printed onto card paper and laminate.
A lovely addition to your Alphabet/Phonic station.
Aimed at EYFS/Year 1, EFL/ESL students
Children practise moulding dough on top of the letters with dough/ plasticine.
Children practise writing inside the letters with different colour drywipe pens.
Print out as many times as you like - children can draw pictures beginning with the name of the letters.
Opportunity to use as a teaching resource showing children how to form capital letters.
Hope this is useful.
For forming lower case letters, please see:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-lower-case-letters-formation-and-recognition-11705504
Labelling the 4 countries of the UK - Flag of St George, St Andrew, St Patrick & the Welsh Dragon - The Union Jack Flag to colour in.
Differentiated Worksheets - Unscramble the four cities and correctly match them to the countries.
There is basic information on the UK and the development of the UK flag together with worksheets. Please adapt to suit lessons.
The cut/paste activity has been taken from Curriculum Bank (Scholastics) - Geography KS1 Text.
I have not included Southern Ireland as part of the UK. The location of Southern Ireland is shown so that educators and children can see where Northern Ireland is located.
New editable worksheets added and Presentation
This resource contains two free worksheets in PDF editable form fields for students to complete sentences with CVC words by either typing in their answers or printing off worksheets and completing by hand.
When the sheets are completed, students ‘Save As’ with their name if they have typed in their answers.
Worksheet 1: 10 Sentences
Complete sentences with the correct rhyming word. The word to rhyme is highlighted.
Worksheet 2: 10 Sentences
Complete sentences with a suitable word from a choice of three words shown.
Teacher Notes and Answers sheets provided.
Total Download: 5 sheets
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You may be interested in more CVC resources, take a look at the resources contained in this bundle:)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-onset-and-rime-activity-bundle-11576490
Related to:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cvc-read-write-sentences-missing-words-worksheets-blend-to-read-12362738