I cut out these questions and put them in a foam dice. We threw the dice and took turns asking and answering the questions. We do slot drilio every day for 10-15 minutes.

Sorting 2 digit and 3 digit numbers to 50 and 100 - differentiated. Split up teen numbers. Left as a template, as I wrote my own numbers to differentiate. Addition and subtraction worksheet/challenge for maths area - independent task. Differentiated addition and subtraction worded problems. Money - make a spider diagram of all the ways you can make 15p and 50p. My year 1s used numicon shapes. MAT started using multiplication, such as 5 lots of 10p make 50p (5x10=50).

Recognising capital letters - highlight the letters that they recognise. Easy indicator of what letters to work on. Reading zero to twenty. Tick when children are able to read these key words. I do these assessments at the end of each full term. I then make groups of children to focus on similar sounds/numbers. There is also a differentiated follow up maths worksheet for children to practise reading the numbers zero to twenty.

Year 1 - Theme of Superheroes. Read the story Supertato. DT project - design and make a Supertato. We used the TASC wheel to structure the project. Letter from the Evil Pea - I left ‘bad messages’ from the Evil Pea around the school. Whoever read these messages turned bad. My TAs were mixing up all of the toys, and sitting on the tables. The children were in shock at first! Then, someone decided to make posters that had good messages on them to turn everyone back good. We focused on what ‘good’ and ‘bad’ meant.

As part of our topic on toys, we planned our explanation writing about how a toy car works. We used the skeleton to help us with our ideas first. We also focused on adjectives to describe old and new.

Year 1 Science - Hearing/Ears This was a part of our science topic ‘The Senses’. We completed these 3 differentiated worksheets/anticipation grids to activate prior knowledge. Half way through our topic, we completed the ‘expanding statements’ as children had a better understanding of hearing. We then completed the beaker experiement. Children predicted what the beakers would sound like when struck when they were full and empty. We had been learning about low and high pitch.

Year 1 Science Topic - Light 3 Differentiated Worksheets - Lower, Middle and Higher Worksheet, plus a word mat. Children needed to discuss sources of light during the introduction. Then, we sorted the pictures of sources of light into two hoops, whether they were natural or man-made. We then completed the worksheets.

I use these worksheets during my guided reading sessions with Year 1. We make predictions about the front cover, then half way through, and then just before the end. We then reflect on what we predicted. The skimming task is differentiated. The focus is on phase 2 and 3 tricky words. My children highlighted the words in different highlighter pen as it was clearer for them to count the words at the end. Guided Reading Literacy KS1 Year 1

Reception Report Writing We looked at the features of report writing. Then we read a report about chickens/chicks, including the life cycle of a chicken, as we had chicks in Nursery. Our topic was 'mini beasts', we we wrote a report about butterflies. We had caterpillars/butterflies in class. The children had observed the full life cycle of a butterfly. Differentiated worksheets x2

Sorting Loud and Quiet Instruments - Reception Differentiated worksheets lower ability - cut and stick pictures of instruments under the correct heading middle ability - my children wrote over yellow pen top ability - copy from a word mat/attempt to spell words independently

My Reception class enjoyed the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. We came up with our own story, and changed the words to 'We're Going on a Bug Hunt'. For our class assembly, we learnt Pie Corbett actions to retell the story. We also sang the Ugly Bug Ball song. It took us about 20-25 minutes. The parents and children loved it!

Easter Card Message - When my Reception decorate Easter cards, I always use this template on the inside of the card so they have a form to follow. To ____ Happy Easter! Pasg Hapus! Love ____

You will need to get 4 pots. Put 1 pasta shell in one, 2 in another, 3 in another and 4 in the last one. Label them a, b, c, d. The children will need to shake the pot and predict how many pasta shells there are in each pot. They will then open the pot to see how many shells are in the pot, to compare their prediction with the result. Reception Early Years Experiment Music Predictions x3 differentiated worksheets

Reception Second Language Welsh Oral activity Ask peers the questions, and tick or cross if they answer with ydw or nag ydw. Includes 3 differentiated worksheets.

Features of a Cat - Paws, Claws and Whiskers Early Years Topic/Literacy

Paws, Claws and Whiskers Cat care equipment topic literacy

My Special Place and Church - Religious Education Early Years RE Discuss why a church is a special place for Christians. Discuss our special place and why we like to go there. Compare and contrast. Write a sentence about your special place, and draw it. Write a sentence about why Christian's go to church, and draw a picture of a church.

Reception Phonics Early Years Literacy Sort CVC words into a table, -at, -og and -et

Sort Real and Nonsense CVC Words Reception Literacy Phonics

Make observations Differentiated worksheet - lower group - cut and stick pictures - middle group - draw pictures - higher group - draw and explain pictures Science Foundation Phase Melting ice