A word mat designed to support writing about the growth cycle of a bean. Sectioned in to Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation. Also contains the VCOP superheroes (thanks to Butterbeer and ilovemarmite) and on the reverse has images and labels for different common beans and a diagram of the growing cycle.

Designed to be printed 2 to a page. Children can write on to spell, laminate and write with dry-wipe or use grapheme cards/written on bottle tops/stones etc to segment the words: boat, coat, goat, road, foal, goal, soap, coach. Works well as a follow-up to my /oa/ powerpoint or Green goat phonics book powerpoint.

A simple sorting table with 'ick&' and &';ock' objects to sort.

Labels for drinking and non-drinking water. I used as part of my lesson-plan on water saving. See SSEHV wasting water lesson plan

PowerPoint version of my previous SMART notebook file. A short introduction to describing pumpkins, both on the outside and inside. Activity inspired by A-Z Teacher Stuff (lessons atoz) to make a non fiction pumpkin book. Children to write words, phrases or sentences to describe the outside and inside of the pumpkin. Can cut orange wool and seeds to stick on the inside of the book to illustrate. Also some words on pumpkins as display title Suitable for topics on autumn and Halloween

Worksheets to help read and heard the 'ig' rime. Pictures to help. Sheets differentiated.

A b/w image of a bottle with a b/w treasure map inside. Role-play, literacy writing inspiration... I am planning to roll and tie up with string so children can discover!

A few pictures and vowel digraphs to assist with spelling of key words when writing the story/recount of the story.

A new version of my 2013 safety rules in PowerPoint and pdf format

2 pages designed to be folded into a bottom opening card. Plant pot image on the front, where the riddle is written, and a line for 'I am a ...' and a box for a picture of the minibeast (that could also be labelled as an extension task!)

Images of Harold, Kiki and Derek, along with their names. A simple vowel digraph prompt with pictures to assist children in spelling key words.

Graphemes and pictures related to items seen at Thornton Reservoir in Leicestershire. Grapheme prompts to assist children in the use of digraphs and trigraphs when writing. Also an editable Word version, easily adaptable for your own local country parks and reservoirs.

A writing frame to create an information poster on the growth cycle of a bean.

A pdf set (so can easily be resized as necessary) containing: 1. A display title 2. Differentiated cloud-shaped writing frames 3. Cloud-shaped captions

A set of statements to be cut up for children to read and sort into fact and fiction. A second set has been provided with the tricky words written in red for ease of newer readers. Also, a simple Fact or Fiction table to be enlarged to A3 for the statements to be put/stuck onto.

Non-fiction book on (pet) rabbits. Designed either to be viewed on the interactive whiteboard or printed and made into a book for shared reading sessions. Could be used as a topic introduction or independent reading.

A writing frame/book for researching and writing about a country. Includes space for illustrations/sticking in pictures and space to write basic information on the country (currency, continent, capital city, language spoken)

PowerPoint made as an intro to talking about all the different roles a mum has (cook, cleaner, nurse, taxi driver...)

To be used alongside a practical sound hunt, listening to sounds in the environment. Using sound vocabulary, such as quiet and loud, other words can easily be substituted. A short song/rhyme has been included at the end, to recap that sounds are heard by the ears, one of the 5 senses.

Game board (to be enlarged to A3) and animal picture and word cards. To be cut and laminated. Children can match the picture/word card to the board in alphabet order. Note that 'X&' is fox (the x is underlined to help) Hope this resource is useful; please rate it if so xx