I have been a teacher for 20 years and have made a lot of resources that have worked in my classroom. You can find them on Tes . I have also made some Boomcards which you can preview on the linktree link below.
I have been a teacher for 20 years and have made a lot of resources that have worked in my classroom. You can find them on Tes . I have also made some Boomcards which you can preview on the linktree link below.
This Burns Night word search is a great way to explore the different traditions and ideas associated with Burns Night.
Use each word as a theme to explore with your class. You can talk about poetry, bagpipes and even haggis!
The Burns Night word search will create an interest in the topic and inspire your teaching. Plus, the colourful illustrations bring the topic to life so children can engage more with event.
Team the activity up with my Burns Night Presentation
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/robert-burns-and-burns-night-lesson-assembly-presentation-12049874
12 Days of Christmas Word Search - Perfect Holiday Learning Fun! Get your students into the festive spirit with this engaging Christmas-themed word search! Perfect for December classroom activities and holiday lesson plans.
** Features:**
22 festive vocabulary words
Based on the classic “12 Days of Christmas” song
Clear 14x14 grid format
Includes answer key
PDF format for easy printing
** Educational Benefits**:
Reinforces holiday vocabulary
Supports memory of the traditional song
Improves word recognition skills
Develops visual scanning abilities
Great for seasonal reading practice
Perfect For:
Morning work
Early finishers
Holiday party activities
Homework during December
Indoor break activity
Use as:
Holiday warm-up exercise
Brain break between lessons
Take-home fun for winter break
Class party activity
Make your holiday teaching merry and bright!
Looking for a spooky, fun activity to engage your EYFS or KS1 children this Halloween? This Halloween Word Search (printable) is the perfect choice! With two differentiated versions, this activity caters to different skill levels, ensuring that every child in your class can enjoy the challenge.
Children will love finding hidden words like potion, cauldron, and witch, all while boosting their spelling and vocabulary skills. The best part? They’ll be having so much fun, they won’t even realize they’re learning!
Perfect for rainy days and wet play, this frightfully fun Halloween word search is a great way to keep kids entertained and learning indoors.
Colour the BR Sounds! Unlock the joy of learning phonics with this vibrant and engaging “Colour the BR Sounds” resource! This set of 2 PDF worksheets is perfect for young learners, offering a fun and creative way to master the “BR” sound.
Features
►Coloring Fun: Kids can color in pictures and words that include the “BR” sound, making learning a blast!
►Engaging Activities: Keep children entertained while they enhance their phonics skills.
►Educational and Entertaining: Combining creativity with learning ensures kids stay interested and retain what they learn.
Benefits:
★Builds Phonetic Awareness: Helps children recognize and pronounce the “BR” sound.
★Enhances Vocabulary: Introduces new words in a fun context.
★Encourages Creativity: Allows kids to express themselves artistically.
Perfect For:
♥Teachers looking for effective classroom activities.
♥Parents seeking educational resources for home learning.
♥Tutors who want to make phonics fun and interactive.
Let’s make learning a colorful adventure! Download “Colour the BR Sounds” today and watch your child’s phonetic skills blossom!
Colour the BL Sounds! Unlock the joy of learning phonics with this vibrant and engaging “Colour the BL Sounds” resource! This set of 2 PDF worksheets is perfect for young learners, offering a fun and creative way to master the “BL” sound.
Features
►Coloring Fun: Kids can color in pictures and words that include the “BL” sound, making learning a blast!
►Engaging Activities: Keep children entertained while they enhance their phonics skills.
►Educational and Entertaining: Combining creativity with learning ensures kids stay interested and retain what they learn.
Benefits:
★Builds Phonetic Awareness: Helps children recognize and pronounce the “BL” sound.
★Enhances Vocabulary: Introduces new words in a fun context.
★Encourages Creativity: Allows kids to express themselves artistically.
Perfect For:
♥Teachers looking for effective classroom activities.
♥Parents seeking educational resources for home learning.
♥Tutors who want to make phonics fun and interactive.
Let’s make learning a colorful adventure! Download “Colour the BL Sounds” today and watch your child’s phonetic skills blossom!
This expertly designed worksheet is perfect for learners of Functional Skills English at Level 1 and 2, as well as GCSE students. This mock reading test is an invaluable resource to develop and assess key reading skills, focusing on skimming and scanning techniques to identify crucial details in two engaging texts.
What’s Inside?
►Two Insightful Texts: Dive into articles about financial stress and mindful spending, relevant and relatable topics that capture students’ interest.
Skimming and Scanning Practice: Sharpen your ability to quickly locate key details and understand the main ideas.
►Language Techniques Analysis: Improve your comprehension by identifying and understanding various language techniques used in the texts.
►Versatile Use: Ideal for classroom activities, homework, or exam preparation for Functional Skills English qualifications and GCSE.
►Model Answers included
Benefits of This Resource:
★Develop Critical Reading Skills: Master skimming and scanning techniques, essential for efficient and effective reading.
★Enhance Comprehension: Gain a deeper understanding of language use and its impact on conveying messages.
★Boost Exam Confidence: Prepare thoroughly for Functional Skills English and GCSE exams with practical, real-world texts.
Why Choose Our Worksheet?
►Engaging Content: Texts on financial stress and mindful spending provide relevant and thought-provoking material.
►Tailored for Success: Specifically designed to meet the needs of Level 1 and 2 Functional Skills learners and GCSE students.
►Practical Skills: Focus on real-world applications of reading strategies and language analysis.
Ready to Take Your Reading Skills to the Next Level?
Download our Functional Skills English Mock Reading Test Worksheet today and give your students the tools they need to excel!
Get Started and Boost Your Reading Skills Now!
Are you looking for an effective way to check your pupils’ understanding of commonly confused words? Use these ‘Commonly Confused Words Activity Sheets’ to ensure your students grasp the nuances of homonyms in context. These engaging activity sheets focus on the correct use of “there,” “their,” and “they’re,” as well as “were,” “where,” “we’re,” and “wear.”
Ideal for recap and review sessions, these resources will help reinforce your students’ knowledge and improve their writing accuracy. Perfect for classroom activities, homework, or additional practice.
Enhance your teaching toolkit and support your pupils’ learning journey today!
★Engage your little leprechauns with our Saint Patrick’s Day Word Scramble activity!
★Get into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day with this fun and educational resource. Children will have a blast unscrambling the letters to reveal words associated with this festive holiday. From shamrocks to leprechauns, this activity is perfect for reinforcing vocabulary while celebrating the luck of the Irish!
Ideal for classroom activities or at-home learning, this resource promises to add a dash of fun to your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Download now and let the wordplay begin!❤❤
Includes 2 worksheets with answers
Enjoy some spooky fun with your class using this Halloween Anagrams Worksheet. Complete with a Halloween themed border, this worksheet is a lovely activity to use around Halloween! Children can celebrate all things spooky with the challenge of unscrambling words such as ‘vampire’, ‘spider’, and ‘werewolf’.
Ideal for Primary school learners P4 to P7, the worksheet comes complete with an answer sheet and has fifteen Halloween themed words to unscramble. Learners could work in pairs to solve the anagrams, or work alone as a focused task. This activity is fantastic for developing literacy and problem-solving skills at the same time!
Anagram activities such as this Halloween Anagrams Worksheet challenge your child spelling and problem-solving skills. By unscrambling familiar spooky words your child will be able to practise a range of spelling patterns and reinforce prior learning.
★Make learning fun with these engaging Primary Level Irregular Past Tense Verb Activities! Transform your language lessons with this dynamic resource designed to reinforce irregular past tense verbs. Unlike traditional textbooks, these activities are crafted to be exciting and interactive, making learning a joy for your students!★
Key Features:
➤2 Irregular Past Tense Verb Worksheets
➤No-prep, hassle-free resource
➤Specifically created for Primary 3, adaptable for high-level Primary 2 and ➤beneficial as a review tool for Primary 4
➤Ideal for ESOL students seeking additional support
➤ Perfect for Various Classroom Scenarios:
How To Use
•Whole group activities to engage the entire class
•Small group interventions for targeted learning
•Enrichment for early finishers
•Independent work to foster self-learning
•Homework assignments to reinforce skills at home
•Interventions to support individual student needs
•Morning work to kickstart the day
•Assessment to evaluate student understanding
❤ Why You’ll Love It:
Say goodbye to dull and monotonous lessons! These irregular past tense verb worksheets infuse an element of enjoyment into language learning, ensuring that your students grasp the concept with enthusiasm. Whether you’re a teacher or a parent, these activities provide a vibrant and effective way to reinforce essential language skills.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to enhance your teaching toolkit with these versatile and enjoyable resources! ❤❤
★Silent Letters Phonics Reading Comprehension Passages: Enhance Fluency with Engaging Content! Unlock the door to phonics mastery with this Silent Letters Phonics Reading Comprehension Passages, meticulously designed to captivate young learners while reinforcing the understanding of silent letters. Tailored for Primary Key Stage 1 learners in years 2-3, these passages offer an immersive and enjoyable way to tackle the nuances of silent letters, promoting increased fluency and comprehension.
Key Features:
► Focused Silent Letters Exploration: Immerse your students in a journey through carefully crafted passages that emphasize words with silent letters. Each passage serves as a linguistic adventure, providing an opportunity to identify and comprehend these elusive letters.
► Simple and Sweet Composition: Our passages strike a perfect balance, ensuring simplicity and sweetness. By incorporating appropriate sight words and vocabulary, we create an environment conducive to building fluency and confidence in young readers. The engaging narratives make learning a joyous experience.
► Comprehensive Comprehension Check: Following each passage, students encounter a set of thought-provoking text-based questions. These questions are strategically designed to assess comprehension, enabling teachers to gauge the effectiveness of the lesson and students to consolidate their understanding.
► No-Prep Printables for Versatile Use: Busy educators, rejoice! These no-prep printables are ready to go, making them ideal for various settings such as group work, literacy centers, homework assignments, or quick assessments. Effortlessly integrate them into your lesson plans for a seamless and effective learning experience.
► Suitable for Primary Key Stage 1 Learners: Tailored to the specific needs of Primary Key Stage 1 learners in years 2-3, these passages align with curriculum objectives and foster the development of essential reading skills in a targeted and age-appropriate manner.
** Why Choose Silent Letters Phonics Reading Comprehension Passages?**
With our meticulously crafted resources, you’re not just teaching silent letters; you’re fostering a love for reading. Elevate your phonics lessons, empower your students, and watch as their fluency and comprehension soar! Perfect for educators seeking engaging, effective, and easy-to-implement tools for language development. Grab your Silent Letters Phonics Reading Comprehension Passages today and embark on a journey of literacy success!❤❤❤❤
★Boost Phonics Skills with This “CK Ending” Workbook! ★
Help your Primary 1-3 students master words ending in “ck” with this engaging and versatile workbook. Perfect for small group interventions, literacy centers, independent practice, or even homework, this resource makes learning fun and effective.
What’s Inside:
►Activities focused on words ending with “ck” to reinforce key spelling and phonics skills
►Black-and-white illustrations for kids to color, adding a creative touch to their learning
►Clear, easy-to-follow exercises designed specifically for young learners
Whether you’re looking for structured group activities or easy, independent practice, this workbook is the perfect tool to strengthen phonics skills and spelling confidence.
Silent Letters Phonics Reading Comprehension Passages are perfect to focus on the words with silent letters whilst increasing fluency. The passage is followed up by a set of text-based questions to check for comprehension. The passages are kept simple and sweet ,using appropriate sight words and vocabulary to help build fluency
This no-prep printables could be assigned to your students for group work, literacy center, homework, or even as a quick assessment of the silent letter h.
Suitable for Primary Key Stage 1 Learners, years 2-3.
Match the preposition to the image. Suitable for ages 5 to 7.
On this resource, you will find two sheets available that have common prepositions listed on one side and illustrations on the other. After students match the prepositions with the illustrations, ask them to give their work to the person sitting next to them and check each other’s work. This will help them gain a better understanding of the subject, and it will also make them feel more independent. This activity is perfect for the classroom as well as for homework.
Students can colour in the pictures when finished
There, they’re and their Worksheet with answers. Suitable for Key Stage 2 English and Functional Skills Level 1 and Level 2
A worksheet to enable learners to practice spelling common homophones correctly in the right contexts. The homophones used are there, they’re and their.
Answers included
Why use this Handwriting Alphabet Worksheet?
This essential Handwriting Alphabet sheet contains letter formation outlines for the Upper case variations of every letter of the English alphabet.
Simple and adaptable to a wide range of English handwriting exercises, it is a great way of enforcing key letter shapes with your pupils that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. The Handwriting Alphabet worksheet is easy to print and use instantly, and is also helpful for ESL/EFL students who are learning English.
Regardless of the learning scenario, these alphabet handwriting worksheets are sure to become a staple of your English lesson plans. This is a fantastic addition to any handwriting lesson.
How can I use this resource at home or in the classroom?
This handwriting alphabet sheet is a great activity on its own, but is also a great gateway into other literacy actvties. Children could use the letter shapes to form familiar words, and more advanced pupils could create independent stories from the letters used in practice.
What is the importance of handwriting in education?
Handwriting isn’t just about neat writing! This activity is a perfect introduction to fine motor skills.
HALLOWEEN SNAPSHOTS: My Spooky School Story! Hey Kids! Ready to create your own Halloween memory book? In this fun writing frame you can:
Draw and write about all the yummy treats you enjoyed
Sketch your awesome costume and tell us what you wore
Add pictures, stickers, or doodles to make it YOUR story!
Perfect for:
Show and Tell activities
Creative writing practice
Art and writing combined
Making Halloween memories
Sharing with family and friends
Teachers Love It Because:
Encourages creative expression
Combines art with writing skills
Makes learning fun and seasonal
Great for morning work or after-party activities
Kids Love It Because:
Lots of space to draw
Can write AND illustrate
Share Halloween adventures
Keep memories of their spooky fun!
Let your imagination run wild with your very own Halloween story!
Assess your students’ comprehension skills with this engaging Rosa Parks Reading Comprehension Activity! Suitable for whole class, small group, or individual use, this resource is written at a Primary 4 reading level and includes four multiple choice and two short answer questions. Answers included.
It provides a deeper understanding of Rosa Parks’ life and her significant impact on the civil rights movement. Spark meaningful discussions and enhance learning outcomes with this comprehensive resource!
Dive into the Easter spirit with our Egg-citing Word Scramble activity! Perfect for young learners, this engaging resource challenges kids to unscramble letters and discover Easter-themed words.
Reinforce vocabulary while having fun during classroom activities or at-home learning. With two worksheets and answers included, it’s easy to incorporate this educational game into your Easter celebrations.
Download now and watch as your little chicks unravel the puzzle of Easter words! Let the egg hunt of wordplay commence!