Play dominoes with a twist! Each number of dots has been replaced by a rhyme sound. Children must play by the usual dominoes rules but match rhyming words instead of dots. Includes the sounds air, ite, ell, ing, at, oh and in. This resource is also available as part of the complete Poetry Pack at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-pack-11817993?theme=1

Use your detective skills to find the syllables and complete this match game in record time. Syllable Search contains 9 words with 3-6 syllables and matching syllable number cards. This resource is also available as part of the complete Poetry Pack at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-pack-11817993?theme=1

Get your children thinking about poetry terminology with this definitions game. Distribute the 25 cards amongst the class or group. Each card has a question (E.g. Who has another word for verse?) and an answer (E.g. I have stanza). The questions and answers follow each other around the room as pupils work out where their card fits into the sequence. Definitions: acrostic, alliteration, assonance, ballad, couplet, free verse, haiku, half-rhyme, internal rhyme, kenning, limerick, metaphor, narrative poem, onomatopoeia, personification, rap, repetition, riddle, rhyme, rhyme pattern, shape poem, simile, sonnet, syllable, stanza The cards are given in order so the teacher can keep a full copy as the answer sheet while pupils receive the cut up cards randomly. This resource is also available as part of the complete Poetry Pack at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-pack-11817993?theme=1

This poetry success criteria contains: -Performance poetry -Analysing poems -Free verse -Planning and redrafting poetry -Comprehending poetry -Haiku -Narrative poem It is provided in an editable Word document so you can adapt it as required. This resource is also available as part of the complete Poetry Pack at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-pack-11817993?theme=1

Ensure your children are confident with all the key aspects of grammar for Year 6 with these progress checks. The pack includes six checks, each with 20 questions. That’s one for each half term. The questions cover the range of grammar required in the UK National Curriculum for Year 6. The pack also includes a handy class tracker, which breaks down the children’s results into each area of grammar so you can view their progress at a glance. Answers are included. This resource is also available as part of the Year 3-6 Grammar Progress Checks pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-6-grammar-progress-checks-11818724 *Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.

Ensure your children are confident with all the key aspects of grammar for Year 4 with these progress checks. The pack includes six checks, each with 20 questions. That’s one for each half term. The questions cover the range of grammar required in the UK National Curriculum for Year 4. The pack also includes a handy class tracker, which breaks down the children’s results into each area of grammar so you can view their progress at a glance. Answers are included. This resource is also available as part of the Year 3-6 Grammar Progress Checks pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-6-grammar-progress-checks-11818724 *Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.

Ensure your children are confident with all the key aspects of grammar for Year 3 with these progress checks. The pack includes six checks, each with 20 questions. That’s one for each half term. The questions cover the range of grammar required in the UK National Curriculum for Year 3. The pack also includes a handy class tracker, which breaks down the children’s results into each area of grammar so you can view their progress at a glance. Answers are included. This resource is also available as part of the Year 3-6 Grammar Progress Checks pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-6-grammar-progress-checks-11818724 *Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.

Ensure your children are confident with all the key aspects of grammar for Year 5 with these progress checks. The pack includes six checks, each with 20 questions. That’s one for each half term. The questions cover the range of grammar required in the UK National Curriculum for Year 5. The pack also includes a handy class tracker, which breaks down the children’s results into each area of grammar so you can view their progress at a glance. Answers are included. This resource is also available as part of the Year 3-6 Grammar Progress Checks pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-6-grammar-progress-checks-11818724 *Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.

Ensure your children are confident with all the key aspects of grammar for Years 3-6 with these progress checks. The pack includes six checks for each year group; that’s one per half term. Every check contains 20 questions. The questions cover the range of grammar required in the UK National Curriculum for Years 3-6. The pack also includes handy class trackers, which break down the children’s results into each area of grammar so you can view their progress at a glance. Answers are included. The progress checks are also available to purchase by individual year group. *Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.

Liven up old displays with these parts of speech posters covering common and proper nouns, abstract and collective nouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, interjections and conjunctions.

Make your way to the top of the board without treading on any of those treacherous snakes. Land on a spell square for the chance to get ahead by proving your spelling knowledge. The game includes word sets for Years 1 to 6 based on the National Spelling Appendix with 40-54 words per year group.

Parts of speech word searches for: Spring Summer Autumn/Fall (separate versions) Winter Easter Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas Each theme contains two word searches. Word search 1 (easier) asks the children to find nouns. Word search 2 (harder) asks them to find nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, and to categorise them correctly. Each word search comes with an answer key showing the correct words and their locations in the grid. This is a fun way for children to revise their parts of speech.

Send your pupils on a book journey using this author themed tube map and booklet of activities. Download and print. Suitable for Year 6+.

Short starter questions to get your class thinking about nouns. This PowerPoint has a built in timer.

Synonym Happy Families encourages children to up-level the words they use in their writing by thinking of better alternatives. This game, which focuses on emotions, includes an easier version and the standard game that has been designed to increase pupils’ vocabulary. The aim of the game is to collect sets of emotion families. For example, the Happy family. In order to do so pupils must firstly identify the family and then collect the relevant cards from their opponents. Answer cards are included so the children can check their own sets during the game.

Keep your eyes on the cards with this fast paced synonyms themed game of snap. Includes easy and standard versions.

A great resource for encouraging children to use a range of thinking skills. These cards can be used with or without real hats and can be applied to any text. They are particularly useful for KS2.

Match the prefix and root word cards. Includes an accompanying prefixes poster. Suitable for KS2.

Challenge pupils to create a sentence containing the adverb on their card. Includes an accompanying adverbs poster.

Master the dictionary, collect the most books and race to victory in this 2-6 player board game. Dictionary Conqueror has been designed to students the practice needed to be competent dictionary users. In this game, they are challenged to locate words, give dictionary definitions and use the words correctly in sentences. Special race cards give students the chance to be the first to find a word, earning them extra points. Words have been chosen to expand their vocabularies as well as improving their dictionary skills. For an added level of difficulty, Dictionary Conqueror can be played against the clock. Level 1 – Players are given two words and they must say which would come first in the dictionary (frog/egg, hat/hello) Level 2 – Players find simple words in the dictionary (apple, happy, bird) Level 3 – Players find more difficult words in the dictionary (carpet, tulip, sword) Level 4 – Players find tricky words in the dictionary and put them into sentences to expand their vocabularies (haggard, proprietor, cower) Contains 44 pages.