This outdoor poetry activity gets students writing a simple poem about your outdoor space using their senses. Teaching Structure: Take the students into an outdoor space. Get them to sit quietly and think about what thy can see, hear, smell, touch, and feel. Once they’ve had time to think get them to write a poem by completing the differentiated poem templates. Along with the differentiated sheets, encourage students to use language in their poems appropriate to their ability. Once they’ve written their poems it is nice to share them together as a class. They can also make a great display! Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

For this instructions writing activity students will create a treasure hunt for their partner to follow. They will hide an object (name tag, stone with their initials on, etc.) and create a set of instructions to guide their partner to their object from a designated starting point. Teaching structure: Share different examples of instructions with your students. Get them to spot any key features. You may want to do a lesson on imperative verbs before this session. Explain that they are going to hide an object and create a set of instructions for to get from the designated starting point (that you can decide) to their object. Once they’ve written their instructions they can swap with their partner and see if they can follow them to find the hidden treasure. This activity is perfect for introducing instruction writing, but can also be a great activity to link in with your measuring math topic. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

For this outdoor scavenger hunt students will solve literary clues inspired by beloved children’s stories. As they work together to find hidden objects, they’ll engage their reading comprehension skills and explore the natural world around them, making connections between stories and the environment. Other World Book Day Resources: William Wordsworth Outdoor Poetry Please don’t forget to rate this product and provide feedback to earn credits that you can use toward future purchases on TpT. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great resource to introduce or recap rhyming that can be used in a variety of ways. This pack contains 32 rhyming pairs with visual prompts on each card. **Outdoor Activity – **Rhyming pairs hunt (whole class or small groups). Cut out and laminate the cards. Hide them around your outdoor space. Get the students to go find as many rhyming pairs as they can. To extend this activity you could get them to write a short poem or sentence using the rhyming pairs that they’ve found. **Memory Pairs **(in pairs or small groups). Put the cards face down spread out on the table or floor. Taking it in turns, the students will flip over two cards. If they find a rhyming pair they take the cards and have another go, if not then the cards get turned facedown and the next player tries to find a pair. **Match The Pairs **(individual or pairs). This is a very simple but effective activity where students will simply match the cards with their correct rhyming pair.

Autumn is a wonderful time of year where there are a lot of changes happening. This can be a fantastic opportunity to look at poetry and description. These lessons will get your students looking descriptive language and adjectives to describe the world around them through an acrostic poem. They will look at adjectives and other descriptive techniques to describe autumn before writing their own acrostic poems. Part 1: Get the students to go outside to find the most interesting leaf they can. They will then stick the leaf in the middle of the worksheet and write adjectives / descriptive phrases around the outside to describe the leaf. Part 2: This lesson is all about thinking of adjectives and descriptive phrases to describe Autumn. They must find somewhere outside (ideally around trees) and use their descriptive language techniques to describe the changes happening in autumn. Part 3: It’s now time for the students to write their acrostic poems using the descriptive language they’ve been looking at. This pack contains a few different poem templates for them to use. Love teaching outdoors? Check out our year of outdoor home learning challenges here. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

It’s time for a Christmas themed outdoor scavenger hunt! This simple activity will get your students exploring the outdoors while they find items that start with each letter of the word ‘Christmas’. This activity is perfect as a brain break, extension, or fun Christmas party activity. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales.

This is a great reading comprehension pack about the sacrament of first holy communion as part of your ‘Seven Sacraments’ topic. The text that goes through what first holy communion is, why people choose to get take the sacrament and the importance of receiving the eucharist. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions. This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work. Included: 1 page reading passage 2 x differentiated comprehension questions (2 pages each) Answer key Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a fun scavenger hunt to get your little ones practicing their initial sounds as part of your phonics topic. For this activity they will take the worksheet outside, find the item in the box before circling the correct initial sound. This resource contains sounds from phase 1 – 4. There are two variations of the worksheets. One where the students simply circle the initial sound. The other where they circle the initial sound before attempting to spell the word. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Who doesn’t love a treasure hunt!? This is a great activity for looking at compass bearings and use as well as instruction writing. For this lesson students will hide some treasure before writing instructions to get from the starting point to the treasure using compass bearings. Once the instructions are complete they can swap with a friend and see if they can find each other’s treasure. We hope you find this resource useful and enjoy working outside with your class! Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great activity to get those reluctant writers practicing their handwriting, spelling and counting where students will trace and spell the word before heading off to find the correct number of items in the outdoors.This pack contains two levels of differentiation. **Diff. 1 - **Students will simply trace the word before going off to find the correct number and tick the item off on their list once found. Diff. 2 – Students will trace the word, cover it, spell it, and then go off to find the correct number and tick it off on their list. This resource contains three spelling lists for each differentiated level.------------------------ Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This adjectives word search is a great fun and perfect to get your students recognizing adjectives within a sentence for your parts of speech lessons. It’s great for morning work, filling activities, or just as some fun! This activity is perfect for distance learning. For this word search they must find and highlight one adjective in each of the 9 sentences before finding them in the word search. Check out our Adverb Word Search. Check out our Adverb Word Search. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This verb word search is great fun and perfect to get your students recognizing verbs within a sentence for your parts of speech lessons. It’s great for morning work, filling activities, or just as some fun! This activity is perfect for distance learning. For this word search they must find and highlight one adverb in each of the 9 sentences before finding them in the word search. Check out our Adverb Word Search. Check out our Adjective Word Search. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This noun word search is great fun and perfect to get your students recognizing verbs within a sentence for your parts of speech lessons. It’s great for morning work, filling activities, or just as some fun! This activity is perfect for distance learning. For this word search they must find and highlight the nouns in each of the 9 sentences before finding them in the word search. Check out our Adverb Word Search. Check out our Adjective Word Search. Check out our Verb Word Search Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This adverb word search is great fun and perfect to get your students recognizing adverbs within a sentence for your parts of speech lessons. It’s great for morning work, filling activities, or just as some fun! This activity is perfect for distance learning. For this word search they must find and highlight one adverb in each of the 9 sentences before finding them in the word search. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This pack of outdoor literacy challenge cards contains 20 cards each with a different literacy challenge for a wide range of topic areas for your students to do outside. These cards can be used in a variety of ways, from students choosing their own cards to using them as a scavenger hunt by placing them randomly in your outdoor space. This activity requires minimal preparation and is great as a starter activity or a fun brain break. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This pack of outdoor literacy challenge cards contains 20 cards each with a different literacy challenge for a wide range of topic areas. These cards can be used in a variety of ways, from students choosing their own cards to using them as a scavenger hunt by placing them randomly in your outdoor space. This activity requires minimal preparation and is great as a starter activity or a fun brain break. These cards contain: Adjectives / Description Metaphors Personification Rhyming Similes Spelling Syllables Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This phase 2 phonics word search is a great prep free activity to get students looking at the phase 2 sounds and spellings. It’s perfect for a filler activity, main lesson, or home learning. To complete the word search the students need to look at the picture, spell the word, and find the spelling in the word search. This pack contains 3 word searches each with two levels of differentiation. Diff 1 - The students must complete the spellings using the phase 2 sounds. Diff. 2 - The student must spell the whole word. Check out our Phase 2 - 5 Phonics Handwriting / Spelling Dice Game BUNDLE. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This phase 3 phonics word search is a great prep free activity to get students looking at the phase 3 sounds and spellings. It’s perfect for a filler activity, main lesson, or home learning. To complete the word search the students need to look at the picture, spell the word, and find the spelling in the word search. This pack contains 3 word searches each with two levels of differentiation. Diff 1 - The students must complete the spellings using the phase 3 sounds. **Diff. 2 - **The student must spell the whole word. Check out our Phase 2 - 5 Phonics Handwriting / Spelling Dice Game BUNDLE. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This phase 4 phonics visual word search is a great prep free activity to get students looking at the phase 4 sounds and spellings. It’s perfect for a filler activity, main lesson, or home learning. To complete the word search the students need to look at the picture, spell the word, and find the spelling in the word search. This pack contains 4 word searches each with two levels of differentiation. Diff 1 - The students must complete the spellings using the phase 3 sounds. Diff. 2 - The student must spell the whole word. Check out our Phase 2 - 5 Phonics Handwriting / Spelling Dice Game BUNDLE. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!