An excellent way to help your students improve their sentences. The PowerPoint and display materials also give examples. Fully editable.

5 useful adverbs resources (fully editable): Resource 1: Posters showing how to add adverbs AND adverbial phrases. Resource 2: A simple adverbs worksheet. Resource 5: A handout showing lists of adverbs.

Can your student’s make sentences using the word lists provided? Easily adaptable and ideal for younger learners. 2 pages (6 topics in total). Fully editable.

Fully editable questions to ASK when listening to readers. 5 pages in total. Resource 1: ‘General’ questions to ask when listening to readers. Resource 2: ‘Specific’ question cards to use when listening to readers. The question cards are divided into the following 13 sections: SETTING STYLE POINTS OF VIEW NON-FICTION ILLUSTRATIONS GLOSSARY INDEX SUBJECT AND THEME POETRY CHARACTER GENERAL NON-FICTION BASIC QUESTIONS PLOT - NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

Attached is a 30-slide PowerPoint with embedded activities and a comprehension activity based on Theseus and the Minotaur. Fully editable. A great way to introduce your student’s to Myths and Legends. These resources will help your student’s to write their own Myth or Legend. . Contents of PowerPoint: Slide 3: What is Myth and Legend? Slides 4 - 5: Theseus and The Minotaur and Odysseus and Polyphemus texts. Slides 6 – 10: Examples of mythical creatures. Slide 11: The Minotaur character profile sheet. Slide 12: 6 mythical creatures/monsters to cut out and use for a character profile. Slide 13: A blank creature/monster character profile template. Slides 14 – 20: Examples of Heroes and Heroines. Slide 21: How to incorporate a Hero or Heroine into a story. Slide 22: Theseus character profile sheet. Slide 23: 6 mythical heroes /heroines to cut out and use for a character profile. Slide 24: A blank hero/heroine character profile template. Slides 25 – 29: Writing templates to plan and write a Myth or Legend.

Questions to ask when listening to readers. A useful prompt sheet when listening to readers. Useful tool to give to parents at the beginning of the year to aid comprehension and discussion- based activities during reading. Fully editable.

Reception to Year 6 - Success Criteria for 97 AREAS OF WRITING. 97 writing ladders (showing success criteria) for each writing genre. 52 pages in total - fully editable. . Reception: Patterned Stories (orally at point of writing) Action Chants (orally at point of writing) Traditional Tales (orally at point of writing) Instructions (orally at point of writing) Stories with a pattern (orally at point of writing) Signs (orally at point of writing) . Year 1: Information Book Instructions Traditional Story Simple dictionaries Story with a pattern Stories of fantasy worlds . Year 2: Stories with Familiar Settings Instruction Writing Explanation Texts Information Texts Alphabetically Ordered Texts Stories with Familiar Settings 2 . Year 3: Stories with Familiar Settings Shape Poem Non-Chronological Reports Traditional Stories Myths Instructions . Year 4 : Character Sketches Persuasive Text Persuasive advertisement, flyer or poster Classic and Modern Poetry Narrative Writing using paragraphs Poetry on a Common Theme . Year 5 : Non-chronological reports Instructions Narrative Structure Map Reading Journal Story Opening Modern and Classic Poems . Year 6 : Journalistic Writing Long-Established Poets Autobiography and Diaries Biographical Writing Classic Fiction – Chapter Summary Writing Dialogue

4 ATTACHMENTS: A pre-cursive handwriting presentation for students and practice sheets. A pre-cursive handwriitng mat. A cursive handwriting presentation for teachers/parents. A reference sheet describing the ‘Tripod Grip’.

A 14-slide presentation showing how to use VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation) in your classroom to enhance learning. Fully editable.

Make your own VCOP Pyramid with this resource. Simply cut out the 4 triangles and paste together. These can then be used as a desk-top reminder/reference point for the children. There are 5 “bands” on each of the 4 pyramids and the lower down the pyramid you go, the more sophisticated the writing becomes. Fully editable.

3 types of handwriting paper. Just print off and use.

2 writing mats for younger learners to refer to when writing stories. Just print out and use. Bright and colourful. Fully editable.

Assessing Reading. Pupil Self-Assessment - Tracking progress sheet. Pupils can self assess their own reading attainment using the following progress indicators: I can do this very well. I can do this quite well. Not bad, not fantastic. I need to practise a bit more. I need to practise this a lot more. Fully editable.

Reading Analysis Assessment Form A thorough reading analysis form. To be completed for each student. Fully editable.

A great PowerPoint to use with Early Years. 34 slides. Activity: Make lots of CVC words with interactive sounds! Fully editable.

BIG WRITE: Christmas Eve. Ideal for 5+ Planning sheet and writing template attached. Fully editable.

Focus: WORD KNOWLEDGE and DICTIONARY SKILLS. Learning Intention: To predict and clarify. Activity: Student’s must find a word they are unfamiliar with, predict what it means then clarify using a dictionary. Great activity for exploring and deepening vocabulary knowledge. Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability). Fully editable.

Students can summarise a text by identifying the key features. 1 worksheet. Fully editable. Ideal for 5 to 9 years.

An activity to help younger learners ‘summarise’ a short story or section of a non-fiction text. 1 worksheet Fully editable.

A pre-reading Guided Reading Activity. Genre: Fiction. Appropriate for upper KS1 or KS2.