30 spelling lists for year 4. Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 4 curriculum. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 3 is merged with year 4, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups. Each spelling has space for children to find out what the word means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling. Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside spelling lessons/other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach. Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings. These have also been used for recap work in years 5/6. Children may need to recap the spelling work from year 3.

42 Mark test and answer sheet. Ideal for year 4 in the Autumn term. Could also be used for year 3. Tests children's knowledge on: Using 'a' or 'an' Past/present/future tense verbs Identifying adjectives Identifying verbs Pronouns Paragraph punctuation Punctuating speech Possessive 's' Plural 's' Time conjunctions.

Two SPaG tests for year 4 in the autumn term. Test one: 42 Mark test and answer sheet. Tests children's knowledge on: Using 'a' or 'an' Past/present/future tense verbs Identifying adjectives Identifying verbs Pronouns Paragraph punctuation Punctuating speech Possessive 's' Plural 's' Time conjunctions. Test two: 30 mark SPaG test. Tests children's knowledge on: Adverbs Common nouns Fronted Adverbials Nouns Adjectives Expanded/contracted word forms Expanded noun phrases Use of there/their/they're.

Ideal for Y5 to fit with the SPaG 2014 curriculum. Could also be used for recapping with Y6. This lesson has also successfully introduced Y4 to relative clauses during the summer term. Introduces what a relative clause is. Introduces a relative pronoun. On screen activity in identifying relative clauses, relative pronouns and noun phrases. Very easy to follow - step by step. Two differentiated follow up tasks are included for children to work on identifying relative clauses (and relative pronouns where appropriate). This lesson has led to children using relative clauses successfully in their writing.

30 mark SPaG test. Ideal for year 4 in the Autumn term. Could also be used for year 3. Tests children's knowledge on: Adverbs Common nouns Fronted Adverbials Nouns Adjectives Expanded/contracted word forms Expanded noun phrases Use of there/their/they're.

27 mark SPaG test. Ideal for year 4 in the spring term. Answer paper and mark scheme. Tests children's knowledge on: Possessive pronouns Use of Standard English Paragraphs Past tense verbs Conjunctions Fronted adverbials Homophones Inverted commas Subordinate clauses Brackets

Two SPaG tests for year 4. Ideal for the summer term. Both include an answer paper. Test 1 includes: Direct speech Indirect speech Proper nouns Pronouns Articles Subordinate clauses Homophones Co-ordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Present tense verbs. Test 2 includes: Writing and punctuating fronted adverbials Correct use of being/been Converting indirect/reported speech into direct speech Some year 4 spellings verbs Choosing appropriate co-ordinating conjunctions Correcting tense Correct use of were/where/we're Determiners Using subordinating conjuncitons and writing a subordinate clause.

5 Lesson PowerPoints and resources for activities for teaching or re-covering fronted adverbials. End of unit test on fronted adverbials - answer paper and mark scheme. Ancient Greece theme to all lessons/ resources so really good for supporting writing if you are doing a topic on Ancient Greece. The lessons could also add to children's exploration of Ancient Greek, including of: Gods, heroes, mythical beasts, temples and battles. Lessons explore what a fronted adverbial is and encourage children to consider where in the sentence it goes; what the verb is that it describes; whether it describes when, where or how; and what punctuation is required. Each lesson has a relevant task with it (task for lesson 4 is included within the lesson PowerPoint) Some critical thinking is required from children as they have to reason why their fronted adverbial was appropriate. There are opportunities for peer assessment. Lessons continue to re-cap children's knowledge, whilst also building on it. Very visual with use of images. Learning objectives include: We are learning to... identify a fronted adverbial; re-order sentences to create a fronted adverbial; create fronted adverbials; write fronted adverbials.

Two differentiated reading texts on Roman houses, both with comprehension questions (between 15 and 20). I wrote these for my Y4 class. Most of the class did the MA text and I edited the text/questions to a lower level for a group of children with some difficulties in reading. They could also be used in Y3 or Y5. The children were very interested in the texts and as they had to think carefully and answer the retrieval questions, they learnt a lot about Roman houses, which was brilliant for our topic work.

35 mark SPaG test. Ideal for year 4 in the Spring term. Tests children's knowledge on: Correct use of to/too/two Adverbs Pronouns Some Y4 curriculum spellings Punctuating fronted adverbials Creating expanded noun phrases Determiners Conjunctions

Two Y4 SpaG tests, which are ideal for the summer term. Each has an answer paper and mark scheme. Test one assesses children on: Correct use of to/too/two Adverbs Pronouns Some Y4 curriculum spellings Punctuating fronted adverbials Creating expanded noun phrases Determiners Conjunctions Test 2 assesses children on: Possessive pronouns Use of Standard English Paragraphs Past tense verbs Conjunctions Fronted adverbials Homophones Inverted commas Subordinate clauses Brackets

4 SPaG tests for use across Y4. Each test has an answer paper and mark scheme. Autumn Term 1 tests children's knowledge on: Using 'a' or 'an' Past/present/future tense verbs Identifying adjectives Identifying verbs Pronouns Paragraph punctuation Punctuating speech Possessive 's' Plural 's' Time conjunctions. Autumn Term 2 tests children's knowledge on: Adverbs Common nouns Fronted Adverbials Nouns Adjectives Expanded/contracted word forms Expanded noun phrases Use of there/their/they're. Spring Term 1 tests children on: Correct use of to/too/two Adverbs Pronouns Some Y4 curriculum spellings Punctuating fronted adverbials Creating expanded noun phrases Determiners Conjunctions Spring term 2 tests children on: Possessive pronouns Use of Standard English Paragraphs Past tense verbs Conjunctions Fronted adverbials Homophones Inverted commas Subordinate clauses Brackets

24 mark SPaG test for year 4 in summer term 1. Answer paper and mark scheme included. The test covers: Direct speech Indirect speech Proper nouns Pronouns Articles Subordinate clauses Homophones Co-ordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Present tense verbs.

Three easy to follow lesson PowerPoints to build on children’s learning about how to create an expanded noun phrase. Each PowerPoint also has examples for children to practise. Follow up activities for lessons 1 and 2 (lesson 3 is just on the PowerPoint) - each with 2/3 differentiated levels of work sheet. Focus is on building children’s knowledge to create expanded noun phrases e.g. determiner + adjective (s) + noun + preposition phrase. PowerPoints and work sheets are very visual, with supporting pictures. Included is a preposition phrase mat to support children in writing the preposition phrase. You may also want to work with your class on creating a word bank of adjectives.

30 spelling lists for year 3. Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 3 curriculum. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 3 is merged with year 4, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups. Each spelling has space for children to find out what it means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling. Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach. Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings. These have also been used for recap work in years 4/5. Children may need to recap the spelling work from year 2.

22 spelling lists for year 5 (enough to cover the whole year, with room for recapping lower key stage 2, or progressing onto year 6 spellings) Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 5 curriculum, or common exception words. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 5 is merged with that of year 6, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups. Each spelling has space for children to find out what the word means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling. Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside spelling lessons/other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach. Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings. These have also been used for recap work in year 6. Children may need to recap the spelling work from years 3/4 (also available).

14 spelling lists for year 6 (enough to cover the whole year, with room for recapping spellings from years 3/4/5 as necessary, in time for sitting those all important SATs) Well organised. Each spelling list covers a specific rule from the year 6 curriculum, or common exception words. Note, as the spelling curriculum for year 6 is merged with that of year 5, I have separated the spellings into two separate year groups. The bulk of the spellings are in the year 5 spelling lists, to allow ample time for recapping in time for year 6 SATs. Each spelling has space for children to find out what the word means and then use the word in a sentence, so as they learn more about the word than just the spelling. Easy to use in class and can be used easily alongside spelling lessons/other resources for learning spellings. Also useful to help you identify spelling rules to teach. Sheets can be sent home to help children with learning their spellings. Children may need to recap the spelling work from KS1, or years 3/4/5 (also available).