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We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
This resource is a booklet that can be used by children to revisit or revise the phonics phase 5 ‘wh’ sound. There are 10 pages of activities for children to complete. It could be used as a start-of-day activity, filler, phonics lesson or homework activity.
Simply print and staple or use pages as individual worksheets.
A fun, visually appealing way to reinforce a phoneme.
PDF file format.
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension booklet aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (7-9 yrs). The theme for the booklet is Thanksgiving in the USA and is perfect to use with children outside America to teach about the American version of harvest.
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher booklet has two pages of information for the children to read before they complete 2 pages of 'what, ‘when,’ ‘who’ and ‘why’ questions, true or false questions and multiple choice questions. This is a similar layout to KS2 SATs. There are 14 questions in total.
The middle and lower ability booklets have the information split into separate pages with questions on each page. There are 14 questions in the middle ability booklet and 13 questions in the lower ability.
There are colour and black & white versions of the booklets and answers are included.
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Thanksgiving reading comprehension Year 2
Thanksgiving PowerPoint Presentation
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is all about harvest around the world and covers Thanksgiving in America, rice festivals in Asia, the fruit festival in Thailand and the harvest moon festival.
It includes 3 differentiated levels. Each level has a title page with useful words followed by four pages of information with questions on each page. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘when’ and ‘who’ questions. There are also true or false, multiple choice questions and some that require more detailed answers. Each level has 13 questions in total.
There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level. Answers are also included.
PDF file format.
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Harvest around the world Comprehension / Year 3 and 4
Harvest Around the World Presentation
This resource is a booklet that can be used by children to revisit or revise the phonics phase 5 ‘aw’ sound. There are 10 pages of activities for children to complete. It could be used as a start-of-day activity, filler, phonics lesson or homework activity.
Simply print and staple or use pages as individual worksheets.
A fun, visually appealing way to reinforce a phoneme.
PDF file format.
This resource contains 4 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions.
The theme in this pack is ‘Christmas in Spain.’ There are four different comprehensions:
Nativity Scenes
Christmas Eve
Epiphany
Christmas in Catalonia
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. The booklet tells the final part of the Christmas story, when the three Wise Men visit Jesus. It could be used on its own, or with the three other parts of the story, available on my shop.
There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘how’ and ‘who’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
A collection of comprehension booklets for year 2 retelling the Christmas story. Each booklet tells a different part of the story and comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions. They are also laid out in the same way as a SATs booklet to provide the children with greater experience.
The story is split into the following sections:
Angel Gabriel visits Mary
The birth of Jesus
The shepherds visit baby Jesus
The Wise Men visit baby Jesus
An interactive PowerPoint advent calendar to use throughout the month of December. Just click on the date and you will be taken to a phase 5 phonics activity! Activities range from finding rhyming words to singing phase 5 phonemes. All phase 5 sounds and tricky words are revised in a wide variety of scenarios, perfect for your whole class to enjoy.
A great start to the Christmas season.
A collection of non-fiction comprehension activities for year 2 about pancake day. Each booklet comes in 3 differentiated levels. They are all based on the reading SATs paper, containing a similar style of questions. They are also laid out in the same way as a SATs booklet to provide the children with greater experience.
The following comprehensions are included:
How to make a pancake
What is Shrove Tuesday?
Mardi Gras
This pack contains six comprehension activities based around the theme of transport. Perfect for a mixed year 1-2 class.
3 of the comprehensions are aimed at year 1. Each comprehension has a short piece of text and five simple questions. There is also an accompanying PowerPoint for each to help you introduce the texts to your year 1s.
3 of the comprehensions are aimed at year 2. Each comprehension is based on the year 2 SATs reading paper and is differentiated 3 ways.
The following topics are included:
Aeroplanes
Trains
Cars
PDF file format and editable Microsoft Word format included in the price.
This resource is a set of non-fiction comprehension booklets for year 2 all about Mardi Gras, the history of Mardi Gras and the celebrations in New Orleans . There are 3 differentiated levels.
The booklets are based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and answers are included. There are a range of ‘what’ and ‘where’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures with short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
PDF file format.
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels.
There are a range of ‘how,’ ‘what,’ ‘when’ and ‘who’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
This comprehension is all about what activities children can do in the winter. It covers building snowmen, making bonfires and celebrating different festivals.
This resource is an** interactive lesson** and accompanying** activities** focused on the phase 5 phoneme** ‘aw.’**
The lesson is aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a PowerPoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound. It takes 15-20 minutes.
This PowerPoint is split into different sections:
Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
Introduction to ‘aw’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘aw’ sound)
Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘aw’ words
Phoneme counting
Phoneme spotting in sentences
Writing words with ‘aw’ sound
Writing a sentence with ‘aw’ sound
Revision of HFW
The activities booklet includes 10 pages of independent work for children to complete either as a starter, homework activity, filler or as an additional section for a longer phonics lesson. The activities can be printed out as individual sheets or in booklet form. They include sound spotter stories, anagrams and sorting words among others.
Perfect to ensure your class know this sound inside out!
(Also available as an individual lesson or activity booklet.)
This resource contains 6 comprehension activities all about the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2.
They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be predominantly sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say.
The text is followed by 5 simple questions. Each comprehension can be used individually or you can print out the front cover to create a booklet.
There are six different comprehensions:
The Royal Wedding
Prince Harry
Meghan Markle
The Queen
How to Throw a Royal Wedding Party
The Royal Wedding Day
There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them.
PDF file format.
(Please note: due to copyright reasons, no pictures of any of the royal family are included. Please also note that this resource was created prior to the Royal Wedding day.)
This is a set of comprehensions about Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne. It covers 70 years of British history and the history of the Queen’s reign. There is a section on each decade. The comprehensions are aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (ages 7-9).
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher ability booklet has three pages of text for the children to read before they complete a range of questions that are aimed at extending more able readers. (18 questions)
The middle and lower ability booklets have the text split into five separate pages with questions on each page. The middle ability has 16 questions and the lower ability contains 15 questions.
There are colour and black & white versions of each booklet. Answers are also included. All of the documents are in the zip file.
Perfect for a topic on Queen Elizabeth II or the history of modern Britain.
(These comprehensions were updated on 9th September 2022 following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.)
PDF file format.
You might also be interested in our Year 2 comprehensions:
Year 2 Queen Elizabeth II British History over 70 years comprehension
This is a bundle of comprehensions for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. They are aimed at Year 2.
The bundle contains two sets of booklets. There is one set of comprehensions about the celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee which cover what a Platinum Jubilee is, how the Queen and others are celebrating, ways that children can get involved and green projects.
The second set of comprehensions cover 70 years of British history and the history of the Queen’s reign. There is a section on each decade.
There are three differentiated booklets for each topic. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘who, ’ ‘which’ and ‘when’ questions and some multiple choice tick questions. Each activity contains a title page with useful words followed by four pages with short written extracts to read and 3-4 questions per page.
The higher ability booklets have 14 questions and the middle and lower ability booklets each have 12 questions. Answers are also included.
All of the PDF booklets are in the zip files. There is a colour and black & white version for each level.
Perfect for using around the Platinum Jubilee celebrations or for a topic on Queen Elizabeth II or the history of Britain.
You might also be interested in our Year 3/4 comprehension bundle for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/queen-s-platinum-jubilee-comprehension-bundle-year-3-4-12676022
This is a set of comprehensions about the celebrations for King Charles III’s Coronation. They are aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 (ages 7-9). The comprehensions cover what a coronation is, a short history of Charles’s life, how Charles and others are celebrating, ways that children can get involved and the King’s charitable projects.
There are three differentiated booklets. The higher ability booklet has three pages of text for the children to read before they complete a range of questions that are aimed at extending more able readers. (18 questions)
The middle and lower ability booklets have the text split into five separate pages with questions on each page. The middle ability has 14 questions and the lower ability contains 12 questions.
There are colour and black & white versions of each booklet. Answers are also included. All of the documents are in the zip file.
Perfect for using around the Coronation celebrations or for a topic on King Charles III. I’m looking forward to using these with my Year 3 class!
PDF file format.
You might also be interested in our year 2 comprehensions on the Coronation:
King Charles III’s Coronation Comprehensions Year 2
This is a set of comprehensions about the celebrations for King Charles III’s Coronation. They are aimed at Year 2 (ages 6-7). The comprehensions cover what a coronation is, a short history of Charles’s life, how Charles and others are celebrating, ways that children can get involved and the King’s charitable projects.
There are three differentiated booklets. The booklets are split into five separate pages with questions on each page. The higher ability booklet has 15 questions, the middle ability has 13 questions and the lower ability contains 12 questions.
There are colour and black & white versions of each booklet. Answers are also included. All of the documents are in the zip file.
Perfect for using around the Coronation celebrations or for a topic on King Charles III.
PDF file format.
No further preparation needed.
You might also be interested in our Year 3 and 4 comprehensions on the Coronation:
King Charles III’s Coronation Comprehensions Year 3/4
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2 on Rosa Parks. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels with answers. Rosa Parks is listed as a significant individual in the Key Stage 1 History curriculum.
Please note no photos of Rosa are included, owing to copyright restrictions.
There are a range of ‘what’ and ‘when’ and ‘where’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
This pack contains six comprehension activities based around the theme of European countries. Perfect for a mixed year 1/2 class.
3 of the comprehensions are aimed at year 1. Each comprehension has a short piece of text and five simple questions. There is also an accompanying PowerPoint for each to help you introduce the texts to your year 1s.
3 of the comprehensions are aimed at year 2. Each comprehension is based on the year 2 SATs reading paper and is differentiated 3 ways.
The following topics are included:
France
Germany
Spain
PDF file format and editable Microsoft Word format included in the price.
