A Big Write/creative writing, linked to the Romans (Year 4 topic), although you don’t really need to have done too much on the topic.
The unit of work includes:
Notebook - The first few slides are SPAG, covering powerful verbs. The rest are planning your poem using your 5 senses.
WAGOLL - A Roman poem using the 5 senses
Success Criteria - Differentiated 3 ways and gets progressively harder.
Planning for the poem
LA/EAL writing frame.
A unit of work, aimed at year 4 to and plan and write a Big Write.
The children really loved writing this, some very creative pieces were written.
Could be taught over 3 or more days.
By the end of the week, the children will make up a ‘tall tale’ to apologise for something.
You will be buying:
A Smart Notebook - First 8 slides are SPAG - figurative language
A WAGOLL which ticks off the SC.
2 differentiated planning sheets (one for LA/EAL)
Success criteria - progressive and differentiated 3 ways.
A collection of word mats to help up-level writing.
A full set of lessons, used for Big Write (Can be used for Literacy).
I have taught these over three days, this can be extended if necessary. At the end the children write a story with a dilemma.
The set includes:
A notebook - the first 14 slides are a SPAG lesson.
A WAGOLL
A differentiated success criteria
A planning sheet
A planning sheet for the LAs or EAL.
A unit on Digital phototgraphy - The children really enjoyed it! If you have the resources then you can spend longer taking photos - zooming in and using filters on the equipment BEFORE uploading the image.
Each lesson has starters and LI/SC
Students learn to create Memes, digitally alter images using Paint and also Word.
There is an assessment lesson for AFL
This was taught to Year 4, however can be easily tweaked to other KS2 year groups!
I really struggled to get something on the Internet that I could just pick up and use to teach Excel in Primary School!
So this is a well differentiated, comprehensive set of lessons (With LO/Success Criterias and starters) for potentially a whole term where the children learn
Lesson 1 - Intro to Formulas in Excel
Lesson 2 and 3 - How to use Formulae (I got the worksheet from TES). Children make a calculator 'app’
Lesson 4 - Recording your shopping in a spreadsheet
Lesson 5-6 - Party Plan with a budget
Lesson 7 - Present data using Excel
Also a bonus set of lessons where chn research Enviornmental issues and record this information using a research document and THEN present it in any way they want!
Using inverse to solve problems. This is a lesson where children are “Thinking of a number” and they have to find the answer using inverse )all 4 operations. Is targeted to year 3 however can be adapted to year 4.
Presentation includes starter as well.
A planning lesson followed by an extended writing lesson. Children are learning this in History so an excellent cross curricular opportunity. Resources include notebook, plan and a WAGOLL (What a good one looks like). Edit plan to reflect children ideas and provide support
A planning and writing set of lessons aimed at year 3 (could be easily tweaked for KS2) for extended/Big Write. Chn plan a diary entry in the day of a Stone Age child. Includes notebook, WAGOLL (What a good one looks like) writing frames for planning. On the day I edited the plan depending on their ideas for further scaffold.
Differentiated lesson plan for Subordinate clauses for year 3
Worksheet is from Twnkle:= )THANKS
Children like the game which is based on the book we are reading (Oliver and the Seawigs)
Resources (Writing Checklists for diary entry and persuasive writing) for Jemmy Button. Aimed at Year 3
Also includes some images to help with children as visual aids. This goes with the weeks 1-4 planning for Jemmy Button which I uploaded separately...
Weeks 3&4 English Plan (starter & tasks) for the book: Jemmy Button. Based on Power of Reading (CLPE).I have planned for late year 3, however, can easily be tweaked for other years..
Includes a Flipchart with all the LOs and the success criteria. Also contains tasks, starters and some interesting drama (role play, freeze frames, hot seating etc)
For resources, see the free resource named Jemmy Button Resources.
Week 2 English Plan (starter & tasks) for the book: Jemmy Button. Based on Power of Reading (CLPE).
I have planned for late year 3, however, can easily be tweaked for other years..
Includes a Flipchart with all the LOs and the success criteria. Also contains tasks, starters and some interesting drama (role play, freeze frames, hot seating etc)
For resources, see the free resource named Jemmy Button Resources.
Week 1 English Plan (starter & tasks) for the book: Jemmy Button. Based on Power of Reading (CLPE).I have planned for late year 3, however, can easily be tweaked for other years..
Includes a Flipchart with all the LOs and the success criteria. Also contains tasks, starters and some interesting drama (role play, freeze frames, hot seating etc)
For resources, see the free resource named Jemmy Button Resources.
Aimed at year 3 these flipcharts include starters, tasks and plenaries for the book Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond. Includes LO and Success Criteria as well! Three weeks worth! Children were very engaged and loved the lessons.
Flipchart for week 2 of reading the book Pebble in my pocket by Meredith Hooper. Adapted for year 3. Lots of drama and writing opportunities.
Lessons adapted from Power of Reading.
UPDATED - Has been updated with a PowerPoint presentation…
Based on the text Pebble in my pocket: A History of our Earth by Meredith Hooper. This presentation and the resources are a good start if you are reading this book in English.
Note: Credit to the power of reading plan which I have adapted and changed to suit my year 3 class.
UPDATE - I have added a PowerPoint for those that do not have Activ Inspire.
I am sorry for any inconvenience caused…
Cross Curricular Links
Science - Rocks and Soils
Geography - Earth and Volcanoes
History - Stone Age
Also dinosaurs, timelines,
Maths flipcharts with LO and success criteria for Maths New curriculum.
Add and subtracting and word problems.
Place Value (Reading, writing numbers, multiples of 10 and 100)
Flipcharts and correponding worksheets for the unit for year 3 Rocks and Soils.
These are from all over the internet and is a mixture of both my work and other (So thanks others...)
Making chocolate rocks went down really well - The children loved it!
Important words for verbal reasoning.
Used for 11+ Grammar test. Downloaded from a website and made more user friendly.
I photocopied onto A3 and laminated for multiple uses.