This poetry reading comprehension supports students in distinguishing their own point of view from the author (or in this case, the poet). There are six poems in which the poet expresses their point of view on a particular topic. the accompanying six task cards then ask students to consider how their own point of view compares.
NO PREPARATION REQUIRED
The poems and task cards require no preparation and can be printed or completed digitally (on slides). The tasks are open-ended, meaning there is no right or wrong answer. There is therefore no need for an answer key.
A RANGE OF POEMS
The six poems cover a variety of contentious topics such as:
-Not wanting a pet
-Only having a small number of friends
-Digital books are a bad idea
-We must stop throwing away so much waste
-Being bored indicates a lack of imagination
The poems are written in such a way to encourage students to decide whether they agree or disagree.
ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
The six task cards are completed in a number of different ways. There are questions to answer, tables to complete and longer, open-ended tasks.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
Six poems
Six task cards
Twelve slides total
These hockey worksheets are differentiated three ways. Answers are included for each worksheet.
Included:
General hockey fact sheet
Fact sheet on hockey positions
Bronze, silver and gold worksheets
Bronze, silver and gold answers
Ideal for non-participants . No additional resources needed as all theory required is given in the fact sheets.
Determine the Theme of a Poem
This download is a determine the theme of a poem set of two poems with accompanying task cards. The two poems each have four task cards with accompanying answer cards related to determining the themes.
Included in this resource:
2 poems
8 task cards
6 answer cards (2 activities do not need answer cards)
Y6 SATS Reading Poetry Practice
This download is a Year 6 SATS poetry sample questions resource. There are two sample poems, each with 10 questions. The SATS style questions range from 1-3 marks, and I have provided answer sheets for each text.
Included in this resource is an editable version and non-editable PDF.
The types of questions covered in this resource include:
Retrieval
Inference
Author’s intent
Vocabulary (which word is closest in meaning…?)
Find and copy
3 mark questions (use evidence to support answers)*
Included:
2 poems (editable)
20 editable questions (10 for each poem)
Answers for all questions
Last Supper Workbook
This download is a Last Supper workbook. This attractive and colourful workbook consists of 16 pages (including answer pages where relevant). There is a selection of fun and varied activities for your students to complete focusing on the different events of the Last Supper. The events covered include eating the Last Supper, praying in the Garden of Gethsemane and Judas’s betrayal. The activities require students to reflect on the feelings and motivations of the people involved.
Palm Sunday Workbook
This download is a Palm Sunday Workbook. This attractive and colourful workbook consists of 16 pages (including answer pages where relevant). There is a selection of fun and varied activities for your students to complete focusing on the different events of Palm Sunday. The events covered include the disciples fetching the donkey, Jesus riding into Jerusalem and Jesus visiting the temple. The activities require students to reflect on the feelings and motivations of the people involved.
SATS Reading Year 6 3 Mark Question Lesson
This download is a 3 mark question Year 6 SATS practice PowerPoint. It has been designed to be used by Year 6 teachers to help prepare for the reading SATS test by giving the pupils the opportunity to practise answering three mark questions.
There are three sample texts in this 28-slide resource. For each text, there is a walk-through, step-by-step guide to answering a three mark question. There is then a new question for pupils to try independently. The answer is then given for the teacher to reveal so that pupils can check against this.
Covered in this resource is:
*Finding two completely separate points
*Finding the supporting evidence
*Structuring your answer
*Explaining your answer
Y6 SATs SPAG Revision Quiz
This download is a Year 6 SPaG SATs revision SPaGbot Quiz. Help your Year 6 class revise for their SPaG SATs paper with a fun, interactive quiz!
On the menu page, pupils can choose to answer a SPaGbot question (SPaG revision focused), a Funbot question (a fun, pop-culture or sports question) or a lucky dip question (mix of SPaG and fun questions).
There are:
15 SPaGbot questions
15 Funbot questions
10 lucky dip questons
Resilience Workbook
This resource is a resilience workbook. The five resilience monsters will teach your students about things that can get in the way of resilience. Varied and engaging, the tasks are designed to appeal to Key Stage 2 and 3 students. This attractive workbook is suitable for a whole class project or for individual students to complete.
Activities include:
True or false
Identifying the resilience barriers in a short story
Reflecting on the feeling of achieving a goal
Identifying the skills they have that will help them to achieve a goal
Included in this resource is an editable version of the workbook (created on PowerPoint) and a PDF of the same booklet for printing purposes.
Are you looking for Christmas worksheets for reading for your class? This set of Christmas reading comprehension questions focuses on the Christmas story, with a Christmas reading passage and 12 task cards, plus KS2 reading challenge cards. The story, Starbright’s Important Mission, tells the Christmas story through the eyes of the star. There are then 12 task cards requiring the children to reflect on their understanding of the story.
The task cards focus on skills such as:
Be an emotion detective: describe the emotion of the characters at specific points of the story
Draw ‘mood journeys’ for three of the main characters
Find the evidence to support key information
Longer answers, requiring students to quote accurately from the text
There are answers provided for each of the reading comprehension task cards. The answers are detailed and thorough, with sample answers where necessary.
After the main task cards, there is also an example card, so that the children know what the ‘mood journeys’ should look like. There are also three challenge cards, to extend pupils’ learning if needed.
The passages and activities could be printed out and given to students as a pack. This would make it perfect for a Christmas supply teacher lesson.
There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to your class.
24 Hour Clock Story and Task Cards
This resource is a 24 hour clock story with task cards (answers included). Engage your pupils in the topic of the 24 hour clock with the fun story of Dingalong the doorbell. Included in the story are many times given using the 24 hour clock. Following the story, give your students the task cards (with ‘extra for experts’ included).
The task cards focus on:
Time comprehension + answers
Converting from 24 hour clock to 12 hour clock + answers
Applying knowledge of time to write own paragraph for the story (no answers given for this as it is an open task for pupils to complete)
NQT Questions for a Smooth Start
For primary NQTs or NQT mentors
These NQT questions for a smooth start are general and then subject-specific questions that will guide you to find out all you need to know about your new school. This is a list of questions that I wish I had asked when I first started as a primary NQT.
After working as a primary NQT mentor for many years, I have gained an insight into what information NQTs need and want to know. I’ve compiled these questions aimed at helping NQTs start as they mean to go on.
Included:
Microsoft Word document with over three pages of questions under the headings: general, maths, English, science, PE, DT/art, geography/history/RE, MFL, PSHCE and music.
Year 3 End of Year Quiz
This download is a Year 3 End of Year Quiz. Why not combine learning and fun in your end of year quiz? This quiz is based on the Year 3 English and maths curriculum. It is interactive and includes 12 questions and answers. By clicking on the answer, part of a celebrity photo is revealed. The first team to guess the celebrity gets 10 extra points! This quiz is a fun way to end Year 3 and consolidate knowledge.
Maths Leader End of Year Report Ofsted Framework 2019
This download is an Maths Leader End of Year Report based on the Ofsted Framework Sept 2019. It is all you need to help you write a thorough and relevant maths leader end of year report. The template is divided into headings, each based on the leadership and management section of the framework.
Under each heading there are:
Key questions to help give you ideas of what to add to the report
Key statements which can be edited to make them relevant to your setting/results etc
The document is three pages long (Calibri 11 font)
English Leader End of Year Report Ofsted Framework 2019
This download is an English Leader End of Year Report based on the Ofsted Framework Sept 2019. It is all you need to help you write a thorough and relevant English leader end of year report. The template is divided into headings, each based on the leadership and management section of the framework.
Under each heading there are:
Key questions to help give you ideas of what to add to the report
Key statements which can be edited to make them relevant to your setting/results etc
The document is three pages long (Calibri 11 font)
Famous Scientists Quiz
This download is a famous scientists quiz. It’s the perfect end of year quiz or can be used as part of a unit on famous scientists. There are five fun areas for your students to explore in this famous scientists quiz. This science quiz is interactive: there are buttons to take the students to the different areas. Answers and student answer sheet are both provided.
Areas included:
Newton’s Tree: Students identify scientists from an image of them
Inventors’ House: Students say which scientist invented the featured items
Association Beach: Which scientists are associated with the featured items?
Hall of Fame: Students identify fictional scientists from images
The Laboratory: Students identify which scientists have been using the laboratory from the items left behind
The science quiz is the perfect way to introduce students to some scientists they may not have previously known (although I have included well-known scientists too). I imagine this quiz leading on to a research activity, with students finding out more about those they didn’t know about before the quiz.
End of Year Celebrity Quiz
This download is an end of year celebrity quiz. Have fun with your students at the end of the year with this interactive and original celebrity quiz!
The quiz is based around a fairground with different attractions, each featuring celebrity faces (with features hidden). Students must guess the identity of the celebrities. Some are easier to identify than others! There are buttons to easily move between fairground attractions.
Included:
1 x quiz PowerPoint
1 x answers
1 x student answer sheet
Image attributions included at the end of the PowerPoint
Abstract Nouns Lesson Bundle
The perfect bundle for teaching your students about abstract nouns! First, use the fun, informative and clear lesson presentation to give pupils an in-depth understanding of abstract nouns. Next, test their knowledge in the interactive quiz!
Includes:
1 x lesson presentation
1 x interactive 20 question quiz
Fronted Adverbials Lesson Presentation
This download is a fronted adverbials lesson presentation. It is designed to be clear, fun and informative. There are pupil tasks related to their learning about fronted adverbials throughout, as well as extra challenges. This fronted adverbials lesson will be both engaging and informative for your class.
Students learn:
What adverbials are
What fronted adverbials are
How to recognise fronted adverbials
How to use fronted adverbials
About appropriate use of fronted adverbials
Included: 1 x teacher PowerPoint
Abstract Nouns Lesson Presentation
This download is an abstract nouns lesson presentation. It is designed to be clear, fun and informative. There are pupil tasks related to their learning about abstract nouns throughout, as well as extra challenges. This abstract nouns lesson will be both engaging and informative for your class.
Students learn:
What is a noun?
What is an abstract noun?
What is a concrete noun?
How to identify abstract nouns
About appropriate use of abstract nouns
Included: 1 x teacher PowerPoint