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Bugbook – Non-Fiction Writing Activity & Living Things
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Bugbook – Non-Fiction Writing Activity & Living Things

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Imagine if insects had a social media platform… well now they do! Your class will think like an insect and create a ‘bugbook’ page for their chosen insect. This is a great cross-curricular activity that will firstly get students looking at the features, habitats, and characteristics of insects in their outdoor space as well as practicing their non-fiction writing and research skills. It’s great when looking at description writing and non-fiction texts. You can also use this as a base to talk about internet safety using the question prompts provided. PSHE, science, and literacy all in one! Teaching Structure: Explain to your students that insects are getting social and love the new bugbook social media site. It’s their job to observe and research a chosen insect and make a bugbook profile for it. Share the example with them as a starting point to showcase the kind of things they may include. Get students to head outside, choose an insect they’d like to create a profile for and spend some time observing it, filling in as much of the research sheet as possible. They can then compete the sheet using the internet to research. Once the research sheet is complete they can create the insect’s profile using the templates provided. **Internet Safety: **Once they’ve completed their profiles, you can use the 10 internet safety question prompts to have a discussion with your class about the importance of being safe online. This could be done in small groups where each station is a different point outdoors. 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!
Spring Poetry Scrapbook
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Spring Poetry Scrapbook

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This poetry scrapbook is the perfect way to get your class exploring the outdoors while letting their creative juices flow in the form of poetry. They each get their own personal scrapbook where they are required to think about what language they can use to describe specific things before putting their thoughts into a poem. This scrapbook gives the children the opportunity to write acrostic, quatrain, and couplet poems along with another, which they can choose. I have used this pack with great success in spring and summer where we would spend Friday afternoons going out to write poetry, however I am excited to have a go at it in winter too! It is very therapeutic for both the children and the teacher. Contents: - Scrapbook cover - Blank scrapbook cover (where they can draw their own) - ‘Beautiful Birds’ language ideas - ‘Beautiful Birds’ acrostic poem sheet - ‘Magical Mini-Beasts’ language ideas - ‘Magical Mini-Beats’ quatrain poem sheet (aabb rhyming pattern) - ‘Vibrant Views’ language ideas - ‘Vibrant Views’ quatrain poem sheet (abab rhyming pattern) - ‘Wonderful Weather’ language ideas - ‘Wonderful Weather’ couplet poem sheet - Free poem sheet (the children choose the form and subject for their poem) -----------------------------------
Figurative Language PowerPoint and Quiz
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Figurative Language PowerPoint and Quiz

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A 53 slide interactive PowerPoint and quiz on figurative language that looks at similes, metaphors, personification, and alliteration. Perfect for a lesson introduction or recap. TOP TIP: Make the quiz interactive by getting the children to write their answers on whiteboards. Contents - Slides 1 - 4: Introduction - Slides 5 - 10: Similes - Slides 11 - 15: Metaphors - Slides 16 - 19: Alliteration - Slides 20 - 23: Personification - Slides 24 - 52: Quiz - Slide 53: Conclusion ------------------------ If you like this resources, please give us a good rating! Thank you! Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
Adjective Acting Game
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Adjective Acting Game

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This fun and entertaining activity (for both the teacher and children!) is played like charades. It is an exciting and a practical way for children to learn to recognise and use adjectives to improve their writing. There are 24 simile cards with each card containing ideas as to how they could act out the adjective. This game can be played in groups, pairs or as a whole class. Content - 1 x Instruction Sheet - 24 x Adjective Cards - 2 x Differentiated Record Sheets My children absolutely love this game and are always asking to play it! Best of all, they now use adjectives effectively in their writing! ----------------------------------- Have fun!
Famous Soccer Players Reading Passage and Questions Bundle
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Famous Soccer Players Reading Passage and Questions Bundle

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Your kids will love reading about popular football players with our fun reading comprehensions! These are basic texts that go through who they are, how they have become such a huge football star, and key points in their career. 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 For Each Player: 1 page reading passage 2 x differentiated comprehension questions (1 page each) Answer key Soccer Players Included: Lionel Messi Harry Kane Christiano Ronaldo Neymar 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!
The Seed Bomb Company: LITERACY - MATH - SCIENCE
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The Seed Bomb Company: LITERACY - MATH - SCIENCE

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This is a fantastic topic or project with links to living things, maths, art, and business. Your class will create their very own business selling seed bombs where they’ll need to create their business before making, advertising, and selling their seed bombs. It’s great if you can also find some space for them to test and use the seed bombs themselves. This project is fantastic for developing team skills as well as making their learning relevant and meaningful. **Teaching Structure: ** Read through the instruction sheet explaining that they are going to make a business selling seed bombs. Encourage them to think about the importance of local flowers and the benefits they have on the local wildlife. Put the students into teams of 4 or 5 and get them to mind map their business ideas (name, who they’ll sell to, how they’ll advertise them etc.). The following activities and worksheets can be taught in an order which suites you and your class best. Below we have split them into subject areas which best relate to the activities. **Art / Design: ** Design a logo Packaging design **Science: ** Which Flowers: Research which native flowers would be good to include (you can collect or order seeds online). Make the seed bombs by following the instructions. Optional: Design their own seed bombs by changing or adding to the ingredients used. They can then re-write the instructions on how to make their own seed bombs. You could go a step further and get them to create a TV advert for their seed bombs. **Literacy: ** Seed bomb instructions: Highlight the key features of the instructions. My Seed Bomb instructions: Re-write the seed bomb instructions with their own unique ideas. Advertisement: Students will create a poster for their seed bombs. **Math: ** Cost and profits / sale prices: For these activity sheets students will work out how much it costs to produce the seed bombs, decide how much they will sell them for, and figure out their profits. Sales Report: Students will keep a record of their sales, recording their profits on 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!
The Rain Project: Cross-Curricular Activities
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The Rain Project: Cross-Curricular Activities

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Rain is great fun and no reason to stop outdoor learning. This pack contains cross curricular resources and activities that you can do in the rain. So put those waterproofs on and enjoy the rain! This resource includes science, literacy, and math activities for ages 7 - 10. Activities included: Rain Description: Children will go outside and use adjectives, similes and metaphors to describe what they can see, hear, feel and touch. Rain poetry: Children will use their descriptions to write a poem about the rain. It’s great if they can do this outside using a whiteboard or scrap paper before writing it up in neat inside. Rain Gauge Investigation: For this investigation children will design and build their own rain gauge to record the amount of rainfall over a decided period of time. It’s good to give children the chance to experiment with their ideas, however you may need to give them some guidance. We find this investigation works best when done in teams of 3 or 4. You can use these teams to provide differentiation and support by using mixed ability groups. Once they’ve collected their rainfall data they can then answer some questions based on their results as well as input their results into a line graph. Puddle Size: This activity is all about measuring using diameters, radius, and perimeter. Children will find 5 puddles to measure, recording their results onto a line graph before answering some questions on their results. Vibrant Rain: This activity is all about the colors of nature. Children will find different colored natural items, crush them with stones, and use the colors to create some rain art. It’s best to print this activity sheet on card so that it does not get too soggy when using the damp natural resources to paint with.
Spring Poetry Scrapbook, Help Cards, and PowerPoint Bundle
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Spring Poetry Scrapbook, Help Cards, and PowerPoint Bundle

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This poetry bundle is a refreshing way to teach poetry through the outdoors. It is designed to get your children into the outdoors exploring poetry through their senses while encouraging a rich use of language. It contains the following products: Spring Poetry Scrapbook This poetry scrapbook is the perfect way to get your class exploring the outdoors while letting their creative juices flow in the form of poetry. They each get their own personal scrapbook where they are required to think about what language they can use to describe specific things before putting their thoughts into a poem. This scrapbook gives the children the opportunity to write acrostic, quatrain, and couplet poems along with another, which they can choose. I have used this pack with great success in spring and summer where we would spend Friday afternoons going out to write poetry, however I am excited to have a go at it in winter too! It is very therapeutic for both the children and the teacher. Contents: - Scrapbook cover - Blank scrapbook cover (where they can draw their own) - ‘Beautiful Birds’ language ideas - ‘Beautiful Birds’ acrostic poem sheet - ‘Magical Mini-Beasts’ language ideas - ‘Magical Mini-Beats’ quatrain poem sheet (aabb rhyming pattern) - ‘Vibrant Views’ language ideas - ‘Vibrant Views’ quatrain poem sheet (abab rhyming pattern) - ‘Wonderful Weather’ language ideas - ‘Wonderful Weather’ couplet poem sheet - Free poem sheet (the children choose the form and subject for their poem) ----------------------------------- Poetry Introduction PowerPoint A fun interactive PowerPoint designed to give your class an introduction into the wonderful world of poetry. This PowerPoint will teach your children the technical vocabulary, creative language used, and different poetry forms. Contents: - Slides 1 - 4: What is poetry - Slides 5 – 7: Vocabulary - Slides 8 – 26: Simile, personification, or metaphor game - Slides 27 – 36: Poetry forms - Slide 37 – Scrapbook follow up ------------------------ Poetry Help Cards Six poetry scheme help cards that explain what the scheme is and then gives an example. They are great to have available to your children for them to use when writing poems or as a way to differentiate. Poetry rhyming schemes: - Acrostic - Couplet - Quatrain (aaaa) - Quatrain (aabb) - Quatrain (abab) - Quatrain (abca) ------------------------
Phase 2 - 4 Phonics Word Searches - Spell and Find
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Phase 2 - 4 Phonics Word Searches - Spell and Find

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This phase 2 - 4 phonics visual word search bundle is a great prep free activity to get students looking at the 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 10 word searches each with two levels of differentiation for phase 2 - 4. Diff 1 - The students must complete the spellings using the phases 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 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!
Phonics Phases 2 to 5 Spelling Cards Bundle | Phonics Sounds Activity
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Phonics Phases 2 to 5 Spelling Cards Bundle | Phonics Sounds Activity

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Looking for a fun and active way to reinforce phonics learning across multiple phases? This bundle includes word cards for spelling activities for Phases 2, 3, 4, and 5 phonics! . Students will search for word cards and complete spelling sheets, making phonics practice interactive and exciting. Perfect for outdoor learning or classroom use, this bundle is ideal for helping students solidify their understanding of key phonics sounds in a hands-on, dynamic way. . Suitable for small groups or whole-class activities! . Each phonics phase set contains: . 6 Spelling Lists Spelling Sheet 60 Word Cards You will also love our ‘Match The Sound’ phase 2 - 5 phonics game. . 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.
Match The Sound: Phonics Phases 2 - 5 Bundle
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Match The Sound: Phonics Phases 2 - 5 Bundle

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Introduce a refreshing twist to your sessions with our ‘Match The Sound’ phonics bundle for phases 2 - 5 It provides students with ample practice in decoding words and identifying sounds within them. During the activity, students venture outdoors to hunt for word cards, bringing them back to place on the appropriate sound map. This bundle contains Phonics Phase 2 - 5 sounds. 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!
Adverb Worksheets, Activities, and Game Bundle
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Adverb Worksheets, Activities, and Game Bundle

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Adverbs: Complete Bundle (Worksheets / Activities, PowerPoint Game, Adverbs Acting) - Everything you need to introduce or recap adverbs in a fun an entertaining way that your children will love! Teaching adverbs is easy with this one stop bundle of worksheets, activities, games and PowerPoint. Products Included: ----------------------------------- Adverbs: PowerPoint Game - This PowerPoint game is a fantastic and fun way to introduce or recap adverbs for your class. It consists of two interactive and entertaining games where the children will discover what an adverb is and why they are important, learning to recognise them within sentences. Contents: - Slide 1 – 4: Introduction to the game / adverbs - Slide 5 – 40: Game 1 – Deciding whether the given words are an adverb or not - Slide 41 – 54: Game 2 – Finding adverbs within the sentence ----------------------------------- Adverbs: Worksheets / Activities - These differentiated worksheets / activities will help your children practise recognising and using adverbs in a fun and practical way. They will learn that adverbs give the reader more detail by modifying the verb. This is a great resource for the review and introduction of adverbs. Enjoy! Contents: - 1 x Adverb Search: Finding adverbs within the sentence (highlighting) - 2 x Sort It: Sorting adverbs from adjectives and their types (cut and stick) - 1 x Fix The Sentence: Inserting adverbs into sentences (cut and stick) - 2 x Space Trip: Inserting adverbs into sentences (written) - 4 x Use That Adverbs: Writing sentences using adverbs (written) - 1 x Board Game: Saying sentences containing adverbs - Answer Key ----------------------------------- Adverbs: Adverb Acting:This game is played like charades. It is a great fun and a practical way for children to learn that adverbs modify verbs. There are 30 adverb cards (mostly of manner ending in 'ly') with each card containing ideas as to how they could act out the adverb. This game can be played in groups, pairs or as a whole class. Contents: - 4 x Box Decorations - 30 x Adverb Cards - 2 x Differentiated Record Sheets My children absolutely love this game and are always asking to play it!
Contractions Worksheets and Activities
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Contractions Worksheets and Activities

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Contractions Bundle (Worksheets, Pair Cards, Activities, Display Posters): Our contraction pack is everything you could need to teach contractions all in one place. From differentiated worksheets to practical activities and displays, we have it all in this 54-page pack. We hope you enjoy teaching this unit as much as we did! For the individual resources please visit our store. Contents: 55 pages in total 1 x differentiated cut and stick activity 2 x differentiated worksheets 1 x board game 1 x set of pairs cards + activity ideas 6 x sets of contraction dominoes train Display resources
Outdoor Writing Big Bundle
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Outdoor Writing Big Bundle

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It’s time to get outside while teaching English! This outdoor literacy bundle covers instruction writing, persuasive writing, diary / recount, and poetry through fun, engaging, and practical activities. It is the perfect pack to help teach a large chunk of your English curriculum in the great outdoors.
Classroom Management One Stop Bundle
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Classroom Management One Stop Bundle

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This is your one stop bundle for everything you need for effective classroom management! This huge bundle is perfect if you are starting a new school or want to revamp your classroom management containing resources to allow your classroom to run smoothly! It fits in nicely with cooperative learning and growth mind-set. We have implemented all of these is my classroom and it has made such a big difference! This pack consists of the following resources: Group Roles Badges and Job Plates Group roles badges and plates that allow you to easily structure cooperative learning / group work so that each child has a specific responsibility that is crucial to their success. This pack includes role plates for the tables as well as badges that they can wear around their neck while taking part in the group work both with descriptions of what the role duties are. The five roles are: - Agent Manager - Agent Time Manager - Agent Volume - Agent Materials Manager - Agent Encourager When children have a specific role that they are responsible for they seem to be much more focused and more involved in their learning. I normally change the roles each time they do group work so that every child experiences each role. Contents: - 5 x job plates with descriptions - 5 x double sided job badges with descriptions ------------------------ Classroom Management: Self Help Poster and Bookmark This resource is used to help children to become more independent learners. Do you wish your children would think for themselves and know what to do when they don’t know what to do, well this is the resource for you! We decided we needed to try help our children become more independent, so we gave each of them a bookmark which goes through a checklist as to what they should do if they get stuck as well as putting the poster up in the classroom. It has saved us hours of our time! Contents: - 1 x Poster - 1 x bookmark ------------------------ Classroom Management: Table Jobs / Duties This is a great resource for classroom management, and the children love it too! The pack contains 6 table job / duty plates so that each child on the table has a specific responsibility which will not only aid their learning, but help the classroom run smoothly. Each plate contains instructions on the back to help the children understand what the responsibility involves. Contents: 1 x Head Captain 1 x Vice Captain 1 x Captain Focus 1 x Captain Volume 1 x Captain Tidy 1 x Captain Collector 1 x Table Job Record Sheet We noticed a big different in the children’s behaviour and work quality after introducing these responsibilities. We hope you find them as helpful as we do! ------------------------ Classroom Management: Reward Vouchers These classroom management reward vouchers are a perfect addition to any behaviour system. They are a low cost resource that the children love! Simply print and laminate the vouchers and give them to your children who are working hard or showing good behaviour for them to redeem at an appropriate time. There are 22 vouchers levelled from 1 – 3, 3 being the best rewards and should be used as a rarity. You can either let your children choose which reward voucher they want (from the correct level) or have a lucky dip system in place. I have noticed a huge difference in my class since introducing these vouchers. They have worked magic for me! Contents: Level 1: - Pillow Time: Sit on a pillow for half a day - Chair Half Day: Sit on the special chair for half a day - Pick A Pen: Choose one of the special pens to write with all day - Story Picker: Choose a story for the teacher to read to the class - Wear A Hat: Wear your favourite hat to school for a day - Any Job You Want: Choose a class job to do for the day Level 2: - Extra Recess: You get 2 minutes extra recess - Board Artist: Use the whiteboard as your canvas, get creative! - Sit By A Friend: Sit by a friend for 1 lesson - Game Master: Pick a game for the class to play at the end of the day - Extra Tech: 5 minutes extra computer or tech time - Toy From Home: Bring in a toy from home to play with during recess - Pillow Time: Sit on a pillow for a day - Chair Day: Sit on the special chair for a day - Desk Upgrade: Use the teacher’s desk for a lesson - Reading Break: Take 5 minutes, have a relax, and read a book Level 3: - Extra Recess: You get 5 minutes extra recess - Call Home: Your teacher will phone your parents to tell them that you’re a super star - Sit By A Friend: Sit by a friend for 1 day - Extra Tech: 10 minutes extra computer or tech time - Mystery Box: Take a lucky dip from the box - Table Treat: Your whole table gets 2 minutes extra recess I hope your class enjoy this as much as mine have! ------------------------ Classroom Management: Effort Thermometer This is a great classroom management resource / display which was created to help children think about how much effort they are putting into their learning. They must move their name-tag on the thermometer according to how much effort they are putting in. It fits in well with Growth Mindset. It can be used in a few ways. Self Reflection: At the end of or during a lesson the children place their name-tag onto the effortometer depending on how much effort they think they are putting in. Teachers Assessment: During the lesson the teacher can move names around depending on how they are working. I sometimes give a reward token (see our store) if a child reaches the top of the scale. This has made a huge difference in my class as children are starting to become aware of what they are capable of. I hope it does the same for you! ------------------------ Interactive Literacy Display & Help Cards: Improving Writing These display resources and help cards will help your children become more independent with improving their writing. Not only will this allow your children to take more independence over their learning and writing, it will also save you a ton of time as they use this display to improve, and continue improving! This pack consists of display resources and help cards for the following areas: - Adjectives - Adverbs - Connectives - Punctuation - Sentence Openers - Writing Checklist This display has worked wonders in my classroom, and I hope it does in yours too! -----------------------------------
Outdoor Science Investigations / Activities Growing Bundle - Years 1 - 3
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Outdoor Science Investigations / Activities Growing Bundle - Years 1 - 3

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This HUGE bundle is packed full of outdoor science goodies from fun investigations to practical activities. It covers a huge range of topics for years 1 - 3. Topics covered: Animal Adaptations Animal Classification Earth & Moon Electricity Floating and Sinking Habitats Magnetism Materials and their Properties Mini-Beasts Plants Skeletons Sound STEM Investigations We hope you find this pack useful and enjoy working outside with your class! Please don’t forget to rate this bundle 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!