Tier 2 words are ones which children might encounter in text but are less likely to use in everyday conversation. As these words are often unfamiliar to children, they can sometimes act as a barrier to reading. We have chosen 48 Tier 2 words for this Year 6 pack. The Tier 2 words in this pack (provided as small cards for table sharing, and larger for display) can be used by children to add more adventurous or formal vocabulary to their writing. The worksheets can also be used as a reading comprehension activity.

Use these KS2 reading comprehension worksheets to teach your children about the Abominable Snowman. The text covers sighting and photographs, related geography and famous explorers who claim to have seen evidence of its existence. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills such as inference and retrieval. This pack is also a great prompt for writing scary stories.

Use these KS2 comprehension worksheets to learn about the history of the Mary Celeste. This non-fiction text tells the story of the ship from its first voyage under the name of the ‘Amazon’ through to its ill fated end. A set of comprehension questions are included, which tackle key reading skills such as inference and retrieval. This pack is also a great prompt for writing scary stories.

This challenging KS2 grammar game will help get children thinking about the difference between formal and informal language. A tarsia is a simple jigsaw puzzle which children solve by matching up sides of triangles so that they correspond with each other, to form one giant equilateral triangle. In this case, children need to match formal and informal words and phrases. An ideal stretch and challenge activity for in the classroom, or for homework. Included in the pack are: *Two sheets of tarsia pieces *Informal words and phrases list worksheet, so children can anticipate possible formal versions *Teacher’s answer sheet, showing the formal/informal pairs *Blank tarsia sheets, so children can make their own puzzle for classmates to solve

The factsheets in this teaching resource can be used to suport children as they write their own Arthurian legends in KS2. The kit contains factsheets on: Arthurian characters - descriptions of some of the key characters from Arthurian legends, including King Arthur, Merlin and Morgan le Fay. Magical characters - descriptions of the Questing Beast and other creatures from Arthurian legend. Settings - details on Avalon and Camelot as well as further details on the Round Table. Magical Artefacts - descriptions of six magical artefacts - including King Arthur’s sword, Excalibur. The Code of Chivalry - the rules a knight must follow, which can be used to help generate story ideas. Story ideas - five story prompts can be used to help children create their own Arthurian legend. Story plan - this worksheet can be used by children to plan out their Arthurian legend.

A KS2 non-fiction text on Laika – the first living creature to be sent into space. This can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework. Also included are 12 comprehension questions covering the different reading skills of data retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary.

A New Pet. This KS2 grammar teaching sequence for ellipsis has been designed to help children revisit and remember a key grammatical concept from the National Curriculum programme of study. The session provides a motivating and memorable image to stimulate discussion, before introducing the grammar element. Children have time to practise using this feature, before undertaking a short writing task to apply what they have learnt in the context of creative writing. The resource includes teacher notes and a pupil worksheet.

This pack contains 14 interactive posters illustrating Year 2 spelling concepts. Each poster shows a spelling pattern surrounded by eight images. Each image illustrates a word that includes the same spelling pattern. There are two versions of each poster. Posters with text – the images on these posters are labelled with the word they are illustrating. Posters without text – the images on these posters are not labelled so that children can look at the pictures and try and identify the words they represent and the spelling pattern or patterns common to them all. There are also graphics for you to make your own posters, which can be cut out and arranged in different patterns on the classroom wall. The spelling rules illustrated in these posters are: The ‘j’ sound spelt ‘ge’ and ‘dge’ at the end of words, and sometimes spelt as ‘g’ elsewhere in words before ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘y’ The ‘s’ sound spelt ‘c’ before ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘y’ The ‘n’ sound spelt ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ at the beginning of words *The ‘r’ sound spelt ‘wr’ at the beginning of words The ‘ul’ sound spelt –le at the end of words The ‘ul’ sound spelt –el at the end of words The ‘ul’ sound spelt –al at the end of words Words ending –il The ‘ai’ sound spelt ‘y’ at the end of words Adding –es to nouns and verbs ending in ‘y’ Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in ‘y’ with a consonant before it Adding the endings – ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter

This spelling Bingo game is a fun way to support children in Year 6 to practise and master key spelling patterns. The game can be played as a class or in small groups.

Help Y5 children to better understand how relative clauses work with this hands-on resource. The resource includes many sentence fragments that can be cut up and given to children to reassemble, making both simple sentences and more complex sentences with relative clauses. It’s a great way to teach spelling, punctuation and grammar using a more playful approach. Some of the sentence combinations will be funnier than others!

These KS2 reading comprehension worksheets include lots of information about Neil Armstrong and the Apollo moon missions, telling the story of Apollo 11 and other Apollo missions that came before and after. The resource can be used as part of a guided reading session or as homework. Also included are 12 comprehension questions covering the different reading skills of data retrieval, inference and the use of vocabulary.

These reading challenge sheets provide a quick burst of comprehension practice, ideal for morning work, a short reading session or even sparking an interest in a classic text. Each sheet comprises a brief extract from a classic text with a range of reading challenge questions focusing on the key reading skills of inference, information retrieval and the use of language. Answer sheets are included. The classic texts in this pack, all written by Mark Twain, include : A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court The Prince and the Pauper The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County

These worksheets, covering adding ‘ed’ to verbs, are an excellent way for children in Year 1 to revise and practise spelling this spelling pattern. The worksheets include different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.

Revise Year 6 grammar terms using this fun and challenging tarsia game - perfect for home learning or classroom use! A tarsia is a simple jigsaw puzzle, in which small equilateral triangles fit together to form one, giant triangle. Here, children need to match grammatical terms with model sentences to complete three separate puzzles. Templates are also included to allow children to come up with their own model sentences, and create new grammar puzzles for their classmates.

Use these primary school worksheets to practise and review Year 6 spelling patterns for words from the National Curriculum spelling list. Year 6 spelling words are covered across five challenge sheets, each containing three different types of spelling challenge. The spelling patterns covered are: Add suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer Use prefixes involving the use of a hyphen Distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused

This Pied Piper KS2 reading comprehension pack can be used to test comprehension skills and also as a prompt for writing activities. This story retells the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The text is accompanied by 20 reading comprehension questions, which target key skills such as retrieving information, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary. The text includes models of fronted adverbials, clauses and using using colons and semi-colons to connect clauses. Also included in the pack are three story prompts, encouraging children to create their own texts which continue the tale.

Stuck for fun ways to teach spelling, punctuation and grammar? This Year 2 grammar pack contains a number of games that can be used to teach conjunctions, vocabulary, punctuation or any other SPaG focus of your choice. The pack comes with conjunction cards and a set of thought-provoking images to use around the classroom and with the games.

Teach children how to write amazing fantasy stories with this KS2 text types resource pack. There are sheets to help pupils plan against success criteria, instructions on the ingredients of fantasy tales, two detailed model texts and a story planner to help children structure their stories. The four sections to the resource are: A fantasy text writing prompt mat Inspiring images to help children build a convincing fantasy world A fantasy text writing plan Two example fantasy texts

This non-fiction text about robots is a fascinating look at the history, evolution and possible future of robotics and AI. It is accompanied by comprehension questions that target key skills of retrieving information, making inferences and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary.

The resources in this KS2 suspense writing pack use The Mystery of Flannan Isle as a prompt for writing scary stories. The pack includes: The Ballad of Flannan Isle – the children will learn about the tale through a comprehension poem Discussion cards – the children will have an opportunity to respond to this tale with their classmates, formulating ideas about what had happened Lesson plan – a plan for teaching the creation of the children’s own Flannan Isle mysteries Image bank – the children can see images of Flannan isle and lighthouses so that they can imagine and describe their setting in detail.