This lesson presentation aims to introduce children to ways of joining ideas other than using conjunctions like ‘and’. In this case, it shows them that ‘The cat sat on the mat and hissed at the dog’, becomes ‘Sitting on the mat, the cat hissed at the dog.’ There is some revision at the beginning of using ‘and’ to join ideas. This includes the misconceptions and errors that can occur throughout the primary key stages, namely using a finger space on its own between two ideas - the cat sat on the mat she hissed at the dog, and comma splicing - the cat sat on the mat, she hissed at the dog. This revision is from the presentation (available here) ‘Full stops KS1 LKS2 Intervention Lessons & Exercises’. It is up to the teacher whether to use the revision section or not. The presentation is aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 but could also be used with Years 5 & 6. It may be used as one lesson or several.

This is a presentation that takes children through the construction of sentences that begin with fronted adverbials starting with prepositions. Each example is related to a clear picture so that children have a visualisation of the concept. The sentence construction is colour-coded to support children with building their own sentences of this type. This presentation is one of three and may be used at the beginning, the middle or the end of the series, or on its own. The others are called ‘Fronted adverbials starting with prepositions 1. - examples’ and ‘Fronted adverbials starting with prepositions 2. - how to write them’. All three presentations are intended for Upper Key Stage 2. These presentations can be bought individually or as part of a bundle of three.

This is a presentation that takes children through the construction of sentences that begin with fronted adverbials starting with prepositions. Each example is related to a clear picture so that children have a visualisation of the concept. The sentence construction is colour-coded to support children with building their own sentences of this type. This presentation is one of three and may be used at the beginning, the middle or the end of the series, or on its own. The others are called ‘Fronted adverbials starting with prepositions 1. - examples’ and ‘Fronted adverbials starting with prepositions 3. - practise writing them’. All three presentations are intended for Upper Key Stage 2. These presentations can be bought individually or as part of a bundle of three.

This is a presentation giving examples of sentences that begin with fronted adverbials starting with prepositions. Each example is related to a clear picture so that children have a visualisation of the concept. The sentence construction is colour-coded to support children with building their own sentences of this type. This presentation is one of three and may be used at the beginning, the middle or the end of the series, or on its own. The others are called ‘Fronted adverbials starting with prepositions 2. - how to write them’ and ‘Fronted adverbials starting with prepositions 3. - practise writing them’. All three presentations are intended for Upper Key Stage 2. These presentations can be bought individually or as part of a bundle of three.

Four sheets for this lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: identify UK and Viking-origin countries on maps Sheet 2 answer questions about a simple map showing English & Viking lands Sheet 3 use picture and topic words provided to write about a battle Sheet 4 use pictures of Viking artefacts to decorate a blank shield Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1 match words with root ‘mummy’ to meaning Sheet 1 write name of animal/bird underneath picture of mummy Sheet 2 select reasons for mummification of animals Sheet 2 label picture of Anubis performing mummification Sheet 3 match labels to pictures of mummification process x6 Sheet 4 find, circle & sort variants of ‘l’ (-le, -al, -el, -ll) in topic words Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson (part of bundle - see my shop) Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1 write topic words, matching words to picture Sheet 2 use information in labelled pictures to select correct option Sheet 2 write an answer to a question about an artefact Sheet 3 read, circle and then write jumbled words to form a sentence (x2) Sheet 4 spelling of topic words using digraph ea Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson (part of bundle - see my shop) Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: select sentences that describe a picture Sheet 2 write a sentence about an artefact Sheet 3 write sentences about a picture using label prompts Sheet 4 write verbs about building pyramids in the past tense Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson (also part of bundle - see my shop) Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheets 1 & 2: picture completion, sentence completion using topic words Sheet 3 sentence selection and sentence writing using topic words Sheet 4 focus on vowel digraph oa in topic words Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Five sheets for this lesson Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: short text and labelled map showing the Nile Sheet 2 sentence completion about land type using map to support Sheet 3 labelled pictures about farming Sheet 4 sentence completion about farming using labelled pictures to support Sheets 2 & 4 pictures of artefacts with simple questions / tick box options Sheet 5 topic words with variants of ee - read and circle Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: match animal names to heads of god/goddess Sheet 2 complete sentences about gods & how they were represented Sheet 3 complete topic words using correct vowel digraph Sheet 3 label picture of a goddess Sheet 4 draw own protective goddess including food offerings Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Suitable for half a term to a term’s work, depending on starting point & understanding of pupils - you may need to track back and repeat at different points. Lessons are in PowerPoint format, with a colour version for teaching and a black & white one for printing. Exercises are picked directly from the PowerPoint and condensed into a separate printable document. Teaches full stops in four stages: 1) Writing lists. 2) Commas & and (coloured red) to separate items in a list. 3) and (coloured green) to add ideas. 4) ‘Green and’ & full stop to join and finish ideas. Children will learn to: to use ‘and’ to join items in a list and to join ideas (sentences) avoid using ‘and’ to list ideas one after the other in their writing understand that finger spaces can be used only to separate words, not ideas to show completion of an idea with a full stop to show next idea with the first letter of the first word capitalised Children are supported by concentrating the resources on the G in SPaG, avoiding any mention of Spelling. Sassoon font and colour coding are used throughout. Information is presented in a low-cognitive load context with familiar scenarios (sweets, toy shop, park, beach, school) and stories (Red Riding Hood etc).

This is an editable story mountain for The Village That Vanished.

This is an editable Word document that provides resources for a debate. It includes sentences stems using different tenses that can be taught and practised before running a debate. It also suggests practical ways of organising a debate with supporting resources.

This PowerPoint presentation examines the themes, vocabulary and key images of The Lost Happy Endings. The text is analysed in terms of its effect on the reader by varying the sentence structure, with emphasis on the use of adverbials. Pupils have the opportunity to answer overarching questions about the author’s approach and intentions, as well as analysing sentence structure in detail. It can be edited to suit your purposes or used as is.

Four sheets for this lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: introduction to Old English Sheet 2 complete topic words using missing sounds Sheet 3 match Old English to modern English words e.g. bird / brid, eye / ege Sheet 4 write sentences about Anglo-Saxon books Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: identify UK and Viking-origin countries on maps Sheet 2 answer questions about a simple map showing English & Viking lands Sheet 3 use picture and topic words provided to write about a battle Sheet 4 use pictures of Viking artefacts to decorate a blank shield Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

Four sheets for this lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: identify shape and orientation of United Kingdom on a satellite image & map; add own location & colour the sea in blue Sheet 2 copy names of kingdoms of the Heptarchy in lower case with capital letter to start Sheet 3 circle place names that have persisted from the time of the Heptarchy to present day on map of English counties Sheet 4 draw the helmet of the king of one of the kingdoms of the Heptarchy Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages