Mainly KS2 resources for English, Maths, Science and some topic also. Most of my resources include a lesson plan, presentation, activities and differentiated tasks. Please leave a review on any of my resources in which you purchase so I can use your feedback positively.
I have taught the majority of these lessons and they have worked well. All lessons coincide with the National Curriculum 2014 and have been approved by my subject leaders. Hope they are useful :)
Mainly KS2 resources for English, Maths, Science and some topic also. Most of my resources include a lesson plan, presentation, activities and differentiated tasks. Please leave a review on any of my resources in which you purchase so I can use your feedback positively.
I have taught the majority of these lessons and they have worked well. All lessons coincide with the National Curriculum 2014 and have been approved by my subject leaders. Hope they are useful :)
Needing some inspiration for my reading corner, I created this display in order to show case the children’s reading books.
The idea behind it is that the book templates will be printed out for children to fill in whenever they complete a book. They can draw the front cover and fill in the blurb on the back and the teacher can laminate the books and hang them from a string underneath the heading.
It’s a super cute idea to show off all the books that you’re class have read and let’s face it, it looks really colorful in your reading area.
Included:
*The display name: “Books we’ve Read”
*Book templates to print out.
(See cover photo for a clearer idea).
An editable powerpoint presentation for a workshop to give to parents in supporting their children’s reading at home.
It’s 20 pages long and covers:
*How to support your child in comprehension
*Activities to engage with while reading
*How long to spend reading with your child
*Links to websites for further help
It can be used from 5 y/o to 12 y/o children.
A Viking word bank giving some basic words and definitions needed for this topic. I laminate them and give them to the children at the beginning of the topic to refer to.
Included is a PDF and a powerpoint if you need to edit.
Each week, I like to give my children a new comprehension to 1) check their understanding and 2) immerse them to different text types. While studying poetry, I discovered that many children found it difficult to decode the meaning behind poetry.
This resource contains:
*A poem.
*Questions to check understanding.
*An answer sheet.
The poem chosen is one of my favorites as it’s about bullying so it can tie into other lessons/discussions that arise in the classroom. It’s written by an Irish author, so there are 2 or 3 phrases included that children may not understand. This is a fantastic opportunity for them to use their reading skills to read back over the sentence and try to work out what the word means.
A really enjoyable poem and it can also be sent home as a homework activity.
Overall, children will gain an understanding of the meaning behind the poem and they will be encouraged to form opinions on a poem, which is something a little bit different. I hope you enjoy this resource as much as we did!
FREEBIE!
This freebie contains a book review for both fiction and non-fiction texts. It’s a sample from my recent resource:
[https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-super-book-of-guided-reading-activities-11926213]
Check it out for 25 pages of superhero themed activities.
6 challenge cards for children to solve upon finishing a comprehension task early or if looking to encourage them to think deeper.
We have been trying to use the A.P.E (answer, prove, explain) technique for inference questions, which encourages children to PROVE their answers by looking at clues in the text/pictures.
These challenge cards remind children to prove their answers.
A ONE page worksheet on inverse operations for KS2!
I use this one sheet for each ability group within my Year 4 class. I differentiate through support rather than work. Yes the lower ability children may need more initial support and resources, but they are flying in confidence and in Maths ability. This sheet allows children to move on to a harder challenge every 3 questions, thus challenging each ability group at all times.
Before children start their activity, they need to critically think about a statement written on the paper (work backwards and change the sign). I allow them to talk in mixed ability pairs about this statement and PROVE that it is correct/incorrect before they start their activity. By doing this, children learn to justify their own answers in Mathematics, thus having an overall better understanding for the Mathematical concepts.
I have adopted this strategy for all topics and it’s proving very effective in children’s understanding. GIve it a try and be sure to let me know how it worked in your classroom.
There was a lot of interest on my Instagram (rebecca.the.irish.teacher) of a sample cover letter for teaching abroad, so I decided to make one.
A cover letter is the school’s first impression of you as a person, professional and potential employee.
Even though you may be applying for lots of jobs, ensure you make your Cover letter stands out from the crowd. Read their mission and vision, read their objectives as a school and mention these things in your cover letter and how you are going prosper and flourish in their school.
For this sample cover letter, I have clicked on to a job offer on TESjobs and read their ethos, mission and vision statements. I quote from them and make my cover letter look very individual to their school in hope to make it ‘stand out’.
There is no set length required for a cover letter but you need to refer to their ethos and mission statements if you want to make them believe you would like a job at their school.
This product includes:
A detailed cover letter that’s specific to a school’s ethos, while providing information of you as a teacher.
Prior to a ‘big write’, I ask the children to stick these into their books as a check list to ensure they include all of the necessary features of our chosen genre. You can add extra things on there too, such as a whole class target or focus you’ve been working on that week (e.g. similes or openers).
I use it as a slight assessment tool for myself to see how my children are progressing in writing. They complete a big write at the end of our genre which is usually every 2-3 weeks. It’s a simple tool to show progression in writing as well as make use of self and peer assessment.
Just edit this document to suit the needs of your class/genre in writing.
I’d love to hear how you got on using them :)
DIFFERENTIATED DIVISION FOR 4 GROUPS
When teaching division this week, I struggled to find a resource in which I needed. In Mathematics, I like a resource to be differentiated, while allowing the children to move up to a higher set themselves, if they find the work too easy.
This resource allows children to make great progress in one lesson as they can be challenged constantly, rather than completing page after page of the same type of calculation.
My class have not yet moved onto long division, so it is differentiated by:
Bronze: No remainders or carry ons.
Silver: Harder division calculations with some remainders.
Gold: All with remainders and involving all times tables.
Upon finishing the gold section, there is an additional section called platinum. This section allows a further challenge for children in completing ‘missing calculation’ division questions, ‘reasoning and explanation’ questions and ‘spot the mistakes’ questions (answers included). It’s based off Maths Mastery ideas.
These files have been saved as a PDF and include answers.
Products like this: Multiplication: Differentiated Activities
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My most recent class assembly was based on Theseus and the Minotaur (with a twist).
We had covered this story during our topic of myths https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/myths-understanding-the-features-11943412 and the children LOVED it. I wrote this play script based on the myth however we added a little twist. The minotaur is known to be a FEARSOME, UGLY creature, but in our story he turns out to be nice once people get to know him. Moral: Don’t judge a book by its cover.
The play script is editable to ensure that there is enough lines for the children in your class. I have 25 and there is 25 parts. However, it is an easy script to edit and adapt.
To tie it all together, we sang ‘Eye of the Tiger’ in the middle of the performance which went down a treat with the parents and the school.
Masks NOT included
This resource contains the script ONLY and in total the play lasted about 15 minutes.
I hope you enjoy it as much as we did and please let me know how you and your class got on.
These spellings are based off the statutory spellings of the English National Curriculum 2014. Children in years 3&4 are expected to spell these words by the end of Year 4, and in my classroom, we try to learn and familiarise ourselves with them as much as possible.
With this resource, I print, laminate and cut up these words and have them in a basket or box in the classroom. As a starter to guided reading or any English lesson really, I take out the basket and give each table 5 words to focus on. They discuss the words and the spelling patterns, along with the meaning. This way the words are familiar to them.
To increase children’s use of these words, any time they use one of them in their writing, they are encouraged to underline it to show they can spell it. Thus, the spelling of my year 4s has greatly improved, thank god!
This resource comes with 109 words in both yellow and black and white.
Please leave a review and let me know your thoughts.
Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram for more ideas :)
My Division and Multiplication differentiated resource has been bundled together at a reduced price!
DIFFERENTIATED DIVISION FOR 4 GROUPS
When teaching division this week, I struggled to find a resource in which I needed. In Mathematics, I like a resource to be differentiated, while allowing the children to move up to a higher set themselves, if they find the work too easy.
This resource allows children to make great progress in one lesson as they can be challenged constantly, rather than completing page after page of the same type of calculation.
My class have not yet moved onto long division, so it is differentiated by:
Bronze: No remainders or carry ons.
Silver: Harder division calculations with some remainders.
Gold: All with remainders and involving all times tables.
Upon finishing the gold section, there is an additional section called platinum. This section allows a further challenge for children in completing ‘missing calculation’ division questions, ‘reasoning and explanation’ questions and ‘spot the mistakes’ questions (answers included). It’s based off Maths Mastery ideas.
These files have been saved as a PDF and include answers.
DIFFERENTIATED MULTIPLICATION FOR 4 GROUPS*
When teaching multiplication this week, I struggled to find a resource in which I needed. In Mathematics, I like a resource to be differentiated, while allowing the children to move up to a higher set themselves, if they find the work too easy.
This resource allows children to make great progress in one lesson as they can be challenged constantly, rather than completing page after page of the same type of calculation.
My class have not yet moved onto 2 digit multiplication, so it is differentiated by:
Bronze: TO x O (focusing mainly on the 2, 3, 4 and 5 times tables)
Silver: HTO x O (using a range including the 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables)
Gold: THHTO x O (using a range including the 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables)
Upon finishing the gold section, there is an additional section called platinum. This section allows a further challenge for children in completing missing calculation multiplication questions (answers included).
I have provided the success criteria at the top of the page, as I like to remind children constantly what they need to remember to do.
These files have been saved as a PDF and a word document.
Teach your students Times Tables with these Times Tables Games! Did you know that research says students learn more through interactive, fun learning? Use these games during starters for Maths lessons, flexible grouping, games, interventions, early finisher tasks or any other time during your day.
Let’s connect:
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Email: rebeccatheirishteacher@gmail.com
St. Patrick’s Day Activities (Reading and Writing) - Let’s celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these fun no-prep activities in your class for March. These activties are based around a persuasive text, encouraging you to visit the country of Ireland.
This Product Includes:
Page 1- How to use this product.
Page 2- Clumping Activity (learning how to group similar information into the same paragraphs). Children will cut up and un-jumble the statements about Ireland, justifying why they have grouped certain statements together.
Page 3- Persuasive Passage about ‘Ideal Ireland’.
Page 4- Questions based on the passage ‘Ideal Ireland’ (retrieval and inference).
Page 5- Plan your own text on YOUR home country/home town (for those who are also from Ireland).
Page 6- Draw a labelled diagram of your home country/home town to persuade the reader to come visit- even MORE!
Page 7- Terms of use and credits.
Description
Use this St. Patrick’s Day mini unit to supplement any St. Patrick’s Day activities you may have! It’s not directly linked to St. Patrick’s Day itself, however it’s based on the lovely country where St. Patrick’s Day was born- Ireland!
How to teach this lesson:
You can use this fully designed mini-unit as long as you need, because it includes all of the resources you need to teach it! You could also use it alongside your ‘Persuasive Writing’ unit too! It’s up to you :)
Let’s connect:
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St. Patrick’s Day: Teach your students about St. Patrick’s Day with this fun mini-unit designed to keep them engaged and excited through learning some basic phrase ‘As Gaeilge’ (in Irish).
This Product Includes:
Page 1- How to use this product.
Page 2-5- 12 different Irish greetings, including the English translation and pronunciation (in orange).
Page 6- St Patrick’s Day Comic Strip (using Irish greetings).
Page 7-9 Task Cards: Translate these Irish greetings into English.
Page 10- Terms of Use and Credits.
Description
Use this St. Patrick’s Day mini unit to supplement any St. Patrick’s Day activities you may have!!! Talk, chat, converse IN IRISH! The pronunciations are included, so children will be able to use these greetings in class, at home and in the playground all the way through March to show their Irish pride!
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The following resources are included in this product:**
Printables, worksheets, task cards, comic strip, vocabulary cards.
Time to move away from the guided reading carousel and onto whole class guided reading! This lesson plan is FREE to show you step-by-step how you can carry out a whole class guided reading lesson in your class too.
Outline:
10 mins teacher/student/chorus read
5 mins quick fire questions (to check understanding)
5 mins modeling the task
15 minutes task and feedback
This way your whole class are being guided in their reading daily, as opposed to once a week in a teacher led group.
It’s a free resource, so give it a try, let me know your thoughts, and check back later to see more resources like this!
Good luck!
*This is a follow on lesson from Whole Class Guided Reading: Vocabulary (see my store for more details)
My Literacy planning/resources are my biggest sellers! I hope to be of some help to someone with regards to planning Literacy.
I have a passion for planning and resourcing Literacy lessons and I try my best to make lessons as interesting and relevant to children's lives as possible. I do this by creating colourful, interactive notebook presentations, engaging activites and differentiated work.
I have taught all of these lessons (as has my Year 5 team) and they have been successful in improving children's writing and interest in writing.
I have included:
*Explanation Text
*Formal Argument
*Instructions
*Persuasive Letter Writing
*Persuasive Writing
*Playscripts
*Suspense and Mystery.
Each folder includes a detailed weekly plan, differentiated resources and a colorful, detailed notebook file.
Please leave a review if you enjoyed my resources/plans and check out my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Morrisr9
As shown on my Instagram (Rebecca.the.irish.teacher), here is my interactive Maths display!
As seen in the picture, it contains:
Maths Display Heading
Maths Vocabulary for Addition and Subtraction (not photographed)
Headings for ‘Make it’ ‘Layout’ and ‘Solve it’ to encourage children to represent the calculations in different ways.
Signs to promote reasoning skills: ‘What’s the same’, ‘What’s different’
‘Can you order these numbers?’ sign.
Clothes to hang on a string with space to write a new number each week.
The idea is to involve the children in the maths display to keep their skills fresh, vocabulary strong and reasoning skills constant.
If there’s any vocabulary you would like added, please let me know and I can add them in.
Lastly, this product is in Black and White. I printed them on colored paper!
Want to create your own banners for your classroom?
Or decorate the back of you desk, like I’ve done?
This product allows you to create your own headings for any display as I have included all 26 letters of the alphabet in upper and lower case letters.
This resource has been made on black and white, however, I printed the letters (in the above picture) on colored paper to make them POP!
Please leave a review to let me know your thoughts.
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