Resources included are as follows:
•50 pdf files.
•Illustrated presentation retelling the story.
•Character flashcards, props for role play, hand puppets, adjectives word cards from the story,
•Owl facts poster, owl photo flashcards, night and day photos, dark places flashcards, day and night colouring page, owl facts writing sheet, bingo game, pairs matching card game, nocturnal animals facts posters, number flashcards 1-50, number binds to 10 and 20.
•Writing pages, drawing frames, owl shaped frames, full range of writing and drawing tasks related to the story and to owls, emotions writing and drawing worksheet, reward chart to draw, word search, writing booklet cover for project work, colouring pages, story board to complete.
•Long banner to head wall display, letters bunting, display borders, backing paper to print if needed, binder covers, resources sack tag.
80 files of great literacy, numeracy, science and role play resources. Tons of activities included as well as all the display materials you will need to make a great classroom display.
Resources included are as follows:
PDF files for you to print. You could also use them on the IWB.
Story presentation, large story props, colourful hand puppets, black and white hand puppets, colourful face masks for all characters, black and white face masks to colour, character and scene flashcards, character name labels, alphabet mats with wolf and Little Red Riding Hood pictures, alphabet flashcards, acrostic poem template, adjectives lesson, basic play script, bingo game, addition game, subtraction game, scrabble game, large speech bubbles of the famous quotes from the story, blank thought and speech bubbles to complete, themed writing exercises, character colouring pages, colours flashcards, forest animals photo flashcards, woodland scene photo pack, wolves photo pack, cottages photo pack, create a new scene writing or drawing exercise, draw a new gift for grandma, draw a woodland scene, write character facts, habitats posters, topic title page for introduction, borders and backing paper to print for display if needed, draw a meal for grandma, draw a wolf in clothes, long banner to head wall display, look through the binoculars drawing task, make a wanted poster for the wolf, write an apology letter from the wolf, large trees to use for display, large basket image for display or role play, large lettering to head display, letters bunting spelling story title, jigsaw, fill in the speech bubbles activity sheet, draw your favourite part of the story, I like this story because…writing task, high frequency word cards, make words from letters task, make your own hand puppet, number square 1-100, retell the story from the wolf’s point of view, story board to complete, story elements to complete, story sequencing cut and stick activity, table top number line, reward charts, questions for before, after and during the story, scrabble game, size order activity, story sack tag, safety questions to help with discussions about talking to strangers, true or false quiz, wolves can/have/are writing task, word cards from the story, word mat, word search, writing booklet cover to use for project work, themed writing borders to frame pupils work, write a diary entry for grandma, treasure hunt game with cards, words starting with ‘r’ and ‘w’ worksheets, sentence writing activity.
Resources included are as follows:
60 PDF AND PPT files for you to print.
Story presentation - retelling the main points of the story.
A range display materials including long banner, large lettering, display borders, backing paper, letters bunting and plain bunting, key word flashcards, alphabet flashcards, famous phrases flashcards, folder and drawer labels, topic title page, book synopsis, resources sack tag, word mat.
Many writing and drawing tasks including character facts cards, character descriptions, favourite part of the story, speech bubbles to complete, retelling the story, fill in the missing words, questions sheet, I like this story because--, writing and drawing frames with pictures, story board to complete, story elements, work booklet cover, words beginning with a, flow chart to complete, colouring pages, door hanger to make, draw a tea party feast, ‘getting to wonderland’ writing task, ‘in a bottle’ writing task, anagram worksheet, questions for the characters, rabbits can have and are writing sheet, redesign the book cover task, story planning sheet for story extension, write a conversation task.
Other activities such as role play props, place mat for tea party, bingo game, make a mobile, hand puppets in colour for role plays, pairs cards matching game, make an invitation, reward charts, learning objective tracker, number square, word search, size order activity, well done cards.
Resources included are as follows:
3 0 P D F files for you to print:
Key word cards, chapter 2 to read, chapter 2 writing task about finding the key, Story elements, Story board to complete, writing pages, A 4 topic title to introduce the book, retell the story from another point of view, write a diary entry task, write a postcard, acrostic poem to complete, make words from letters, photo pack, flashcards of character names, character descriptions, my favourite part of the story is – drawing page, I like this story because writing task, design a new book cover, draw a garden scene, hand puppet template to draw, draw a family portrait, writing booklet cover to keep pupils project work together, large display items door to the garden and large key, long banner to head wall display, large letters to spell out book title, display border to edge wall display, story sack tag to keep resources together.
A vast range of resources to compliment the stories:
•Anansi and the Pot of Beans
•How Anansi Got Eight Skinny Legs
•Anansi Goes to Lunch
Includes literacy, role play, numeracy, science and geography resources, and a full range of activities.
Display materials are also included.
Information / Language / Maps
Information pack about Africa – including key facts about geography, history, science, culture etc
Information packs on each of the following countries:
Kenya, Egypt, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa,
Information packs about the people of Africa, Luo tribe
Language resources in English and Afrikaans
A4 flags from all the African countries, map of languages and population, maps of Africa and the world, flag activities, map activity, etc
Activities
Africa bingo game, door hanger, animal activities and face masks, writing activities, drawing activities, craft activity, card matching game, colouring pages, weather activity, photo frames to add pictures, reward chart, reward chart, jobs flashcards to allocate pupils classroom jobs, president colouring pages, quiz, table name cards, fruit flashcards,
plus many others
Display
Poster pack of famous landmarks around Africa
Information pack about famous landmarks around Africa (Matches the photo pack)
Africa scene photo flashcards
Colour flashcards with cute camels and pyramid images
A5 animal flashcards, A4 animal posters, draw animals task, animal activities.
Drawer labels with monkey pictures
Key word flashcards – words such as poverty, population etc
Extra large letters to spell Africa – great for heading a wall display
Africa long banner, bunting, display borders, plus other display materials
Common sites around Africa posters – such as grain store, watering hole etc
Literacy and Numeracy
Many animal poems, writing activities, alphabet line, bookmarks,
Prefix explanation cards, suffix example and explanation cards
Adjectives and nouns matching cards
Synonyms cards, Antonym cards, pronoun cards and activity, short and long vowel spelling lists and word cards, sight word cards, discussion cards, reading posters, writing posters, shapes posters with an African theme, number bonds cards, number line, counting tasks, number flashcards, size ordering task
Resources include:
Story presentation, word matching cards, noun / verb / adjectives cards, phonics flashcards, alphabet mat and flashcards, loop cards, discussion cards, a range of writing tasks, question cards, rhyming word cards, book marks, character flashcards, face masks in colour and black / white, poems and hand puppets, finger puppets, number flashcards, number bond activities, snap cards, counting worksheets, display borders, long banner, large lettering to head display, animal photo flashcards, jigsaws, bingo games, 4 in a row game, word search, door hanger, drawing activities, colouring pages plus other resources.
Includes:
•Illustrated poem posters – showing the full song spread over several pages to print and display
•A4 song props of the old lady and the animals she eats – fly, spider, bird, cat, dog, goat, cow, horse.
•Colourful face masks for all the characters
•Black and white character face masks to colour
•Hand puppets to sing along to the song with
•Small story props – great for each pupil to have a set each
•Make your own hand puppets – using template provided
•Key word cards with pictures
•Animal name cards
•Extra large animal flashcards with cute images
•A5 photo flashcards for all the animals
•Colouring pages for the old lady and all the animals
•Draw your favourite animal task
•Add another animal to the song – writing and drawing activity
•Addition game
•Higher level addition game
•Subtraction game
•Cat bingo game
•Dog bingo game
•Draw different things for the old lady to eat – lovely colouring and drawing activity
•Fill in the gaps worksheet
•Flashcards with pictures and separate animal names to add
•Draw your favourite animal from the song
•Make a hanging mobile
•Handwriting practice sheets
•Sequencing cut and stick activity
•Rewrite the song in a handwriting booklet
•Writing booklet cover to keep pupils work together
•Treasure hunt words game
•Word mat
•Word search
•Words beginning with ‘h’ worksheet
•Making predictions worksheet
•Matching pairs card game
•Make your own 3D spider craft activity
•Animal counting booklet
•Animals have, are, can … worksheet for each animal
•Colour by numbers subtraction worksheet
•Odd and even numbers flashcards
•Dog flashcards – great for talking about children's pets
•Folder cover to keep resources together
•Resources sack tag to organise resources
•Song title long banner
Resources included are as follows:
Map of the 7 continents, the world, South America, each country in South America, continents map to colour, map of languages, cut and stick activity, population poster,
Make a presentation task with cue cards
Geographical features and landmarks photo pack
Brazil photo pack
People of the Rainforest information and photo pack
Famous Earthquakes of South America poster
Country names flashcards for selection or for display
South America key words flashcards
Rainforest key word flashcards
‘All about….’ booklet – for pupils to write the country name and make a booklet about that country
A4 flags of all the countries
A4 flags in speech bubbles shape and ‘hello’ written in the relevant language
Animal flashcards, fruit flashcards,
Countries and capitals quiz and sorting cards
A4 lettering spelling ‘South America’
Long banner to head display - ‘South America’, buntings and display borders,
Writing booklet cover to keep pupils work together
Days of the week flashcards in Spanish
Months of the year flashcards in Spanish
Common phrases in Spanish flashcards
Days of the week flashcards in Portuguese
Months of the year flashcards in Portuguese
Common phrases in Portuguese flashcards
South America facts cards
Photos of people from South America to add to display
Airplane images – extra large and small to add to display
Colouring pages, jigsaw, diary, drawing task, word searches, flag activities, matching cards game, acrostic poem, sack tag, quiz, newspaper to write, postcard to complete, luggage tag to fill in, passport template
Resources include:
1.Alphabet mats
2.2 in case of emergency posters
3.Alphabet flashcards
4.Alphabetical order worksheet
5.Acrostic poem
6.Anagram worksheet
7.Card matching games
8.A4 fire fighters badge
9.5 in a row addition game
10.Safety checklist
11.Smoke alarms save lives poster
12.Smoke alarm safety poster
13.Story board template
14.10 multicultural face masks
15.Writing borders
16.Fire safety booklet cover
17.Signs to put up in your role play fire station – showing different areas of the fire station,
18.Parking bay signs
19.Treasure hunt game
20.Word mat
21.Hand writing practice sheet
22.4 word searches
23.Thought and speech bubbles
24.Binder, folder, draw, resources labels
25.Fire safety counting booklet
26.Cut and stick the parts of a fire engine craft task
27.Cut colour and stick – make your own fire fighter task
28.Design your own fire fighter badge
29.Bingo game
30.Colouring pages
31.Emergency checklist
32.Fire exit signs
33.Fire safety diary
34.Make your own hand puppet
35.Fire marshal of the day poster
36.Fire safety bookmarks
37.Rules of fire safety leaflet and discussion booklet
38.Tic tac toe game
39.Fire station sign
40.Equipment checklist
41.Fire officers hand puppets
42.Fire fighter ID cards
43.Incident reports
44.Key word flashcards
45.Top tips flashcards
46.Useful images to add to display
47.‘test the door for heat’ door hanger
48.Break glass panel to display
49.Fire extinguisher large image to display
50.Smoke alarm A4 size to display
51.Fire alarm directions signs
52.No smoking sign
53.Number flashcards 1-20
54.Photo pack
55.Noun poster
56.Verbs poster
57.Adjectives poster
58.Resources sack tag
59.A4 lettering to head display spelling ‘Fire Safety’
60.Long banner saying ‘Fire safety’
61.Display borders
62.Fire fighter badges for role play
Resources included are as follows:
50 pdf files
Story presentation to retell the story, Question pack, key word cards, bone label cards, skeletons for display, face masks, hand puppets, alphabet cards and mat, bookmarks, acrostic poem, colouring pages, scene images, photo pack, bingo game, character cards to write, many drawing and writing activities, display borders and banner, display lettering made from bones, make a moving skeleton, make a mobile, poems about bones, story board to complete, true or false quiz, word mat, setting and character flashcards to write a story, skeleton labelling diagram, reward chart, quotes from story for display, fill in the missing words posters, booklet cover and writing pages etc.
RESOURCES INCLUDED :
LITERACY AND NUMERACY
Story Presentation– illustrated presentation of the story for pupils to read
Noun / verb / adjectives cards, rhyming pairs cards, alphabet cards, animal sounds poster, book cover, character flashcards, writing activities, hand writing worksheets, questions pack, word mat, phonics flashcards, book marks, number flashcards, odd and even cards, shapes flashcards, counting cards, size order activities, number snap cards,
SCIENCE
12 posters of different places from the story – for example fields, moors, reeds etc– A4 size, can be printed smaller if needed, can be used on IWB or printed.
Animal flashcards for different species of animals from the story, posters of omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, animal types posters – reptile, mammals, amphibians, birds and fish and other resources.
ROLE PLAY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Colouring pages, draw favourite scene, draw your own scary beast activity, make a mobile, other drawing activities, bingo games, face masks in colour and black/white, reward charts, jigsaw, word search, finger puppets, loop cards, treasure hunt game
DISPLAY
Large lettering, images from story, display borders, character faces, colour flashcards, number and alphabet line, drawer labels
Resources Included:
Literacy:
Commotion in the Ocean Story presentation – illustrated with pictures from the book, each character on a different page – can be used on the whiteboard or as a great display item.
Whiteboard presentation of questions to ask before, during and after reading the book – each question A4 size displayed on a great underwater scene
100 high frequency words on gold coins and a large treasure chest, to use for spelling and writing activities and to make a great display.
Alphabet flashcards a-z in upper and lower case letters, each on whale pictures.
Table top alphabet line – sea life scene, great to support pupils during lessons
Colourful word mat including words from the story including the characters
16 A4 posters including questions about the story – with colourful crabs with speech bubbles – a novel way to assess reading comprehension
24 adjectives displayed on cute dolphins – great for spelling and writing tasks, and also make a great display item for your under water scene.
30 A5 flashcards of different phonics on great crab pictures
30 A4 sharks with verbs from the story
62 half A4 landscape words from the book, including character names and other underwater words.
28 writing practise sheets – including all the characters and other under water items, for pupils to trace the words and draw the word.
Write your own animal facts task cards
My underwater adventure writing task.
Colourful seashell border to frame pupils writing.
Octopus writing task
4 Antonym and synonym worksheets relevant to the story
Numeracy:
Numbers 1-100 flashcards, counting cards, number binds to 10 and 20 cards, odd and even flashcards, table top number line, size measuring task, snap cards, worksheets.
Role Play and Arts:
Lots of poems and rhymes about the animals with matching face masks, finger or hand puppets, plus other resources.
Display:
Animal flahcards, photo posters, key facts posters for each animal, deep sea creatures A4 poster, long banner, display borders, colour flashcards.
EXTRAS:
Bingo boards, loop cards, 4 in a row game, books marks, jigsaw, Word matching cards , Memory challenge game, Word search, bingo game etc
Resources include:
Aspect 1
What can you hear? Poster to display or to use during sound walks.
Sound walk activity
Large ears to make a sound walk head band
Sound walk drawing chart
Sound poster pack – A4 posters showing different noises – such as thunder, singing, crying, etc
Noise shakers task including instructions and noise cards
Sound cards for children to put in order of which they like and don’t like, with templates for them to draw their own too
Aspect 2
Instruments poster pack- A4 photo posters of different common instruments such as drums, triangle, maracas, cymbals etc
Grandmas footsteps game – where children listen and recognise noises and learn to follow task instructions.
Grandma face mask to use during sound task
Instruments colouring pages
Aspect 3
A collection of sound poems:
5 currant buns poem with props
5 fat sausages poem with props
The wheels on the Bus poem with props
Loud and Quiet task – help children discriminate between loud and quiet noises
2 hand puppets to accompany the loud and quiet task
Photo pack of quiet and noisy
Aspect 4
Hickory Dickory Dock poem poster , props, colouring pages
Humpty Dumpty poem poster, large props, colouring pages
I hear Thunder poem poster, with props
Incy Wincy Spider poem poster, hand puppet to draw and make
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring poem poster, plus old man face mask
Rain Rain Go Away poem poster with rain drop finger puppets
The Sun Has Got His Hat On poem poster, bingo game, sorting cards
Aspect 5
Alliteration cards for listening to initial sounds – one card per letter with pictures and words – ‘ants on the apple aaa’, ‘balls are bouncing bbb’ etc
Odd one out posters or activity for initial sounds – A4 posters for each letter of the alphabet, each with 4 pictures where one picture does not have the correct starting sound
Aspect 6
Photo poster pack – encourage children to make the sounds associated with the photos, such as animals, transport, people, objects etc
2 Versions of Munching robots game – includes full instructions, 4 robot face masks and 80 small picture cards with envelope for select and storage
Animal voices poster pack – A4 posters of different noisy animals to encourage children to hear sounds in a fun way
Animal face masks
Aspect 7
Initial sound cards – A5 flashcards for each letter of the alphabet – showing lower case letters, and object and its name
I Spy game – with full instructions, 36 A5 object cards for pupils to read (c-a-t etc) and blank template to add
further words yourself
Other
Alphabet flashcards with lower case letters, classroom rules posters, certificates, badges, information for parent
Resources include:
LITERACY
Story presentation – illustrated presentation covering the story in full
3 writing pages with owl borders
My woodland adventure writing task
Word fans with owl babies pictures
7 cute A4 owls with room to write on their tummy
8 writing practice worksheets of woodland animals
Word mat with key words from the story
Poems with hand puppets and finger puppets
bookmarks
16 noun flashcards with owl pictures and nouns from the story
Owl antics speaking and listening game
Phrase flashcards – covering phrases said by the owl babies and their mother
25 handwriting practice worksheets
Question cards – for before, during and after reading the story
30 phonics flashcards
“I’m so scared” writing task
100 word cards for high frequency words with owl baby pictures
Story board to rewrite the story
A-Z flashcards with owl mother pictures on
Story sack tag
Blank speech and thought bubbles for pupils to complete
True or false question cards
Missing words worksheet
Woodland animal joke bookmarks
NUMERACY
Number 1-50 flashcards, 2 / 3 / 5 / 10 times tables games, doubles game, shape nets, shape fans, number bonds to 10 and 20, interaction operations task, size order activity
SCIENCE
Owl, mice, fox and bird flashcards. Woodland animal flashcards, bird fact posters, owl photo pack, label the owl body parts worksheet, food diary for owls, research task, animal type posters, nocturnal animal facts posters, animal habitat posters etc.
ACTIVITIES
finger puppets, hand puppets, face masks, word search, treasure hunt game, reward chart, colouring pages, colouring pages, drawing activities, bingo game etc.
EMOTIONS
Poster pack, face masks, face flashcards, snap game, writing tasks, drawing tasks, long banner, speaking and listening tasks, feelings tree to display, recognising body changes with emotions, and many other emotions resources.
DISPLAY
Long banner, large lettering, character flashcards, tree posters, characters for display, character name cards, speech bubbles from the story, drawer labels, key word flashcards, display borders and other display materials.
Resources included are as follows:
60 PDF and PPT FILES
Story presentation – retelling he story.
Dinosaur information pack, specific dinosaur facts posters for each species of dinosaur from the stories, A4 posters for each dinosaur with picture / name / height / weight, dinosaur skeleton posters, footprints to make a trail, buntings with dinosaur footprints
Face masks in black and white and colour. Hand puppets, story props.
A4 topic title page, long banner to head wall display, extra large title lettering, display borders, alphabet flashcards, alphabet mats, reward charts, dinosaur topic word flashcards, story sack tag,, RAAAH! Speech bubble for display, A4 character faces for display, A4 dinosaurs for display, A4 dinosaur skeleton for display, blue bucket for display or crafts,
hand puppet to make, thought and speech bubbles, dinosaur colouring pages, number line with dinosaur theme, number cards 1-100 with dinosaur footprints.
Describe your favourite part of the story, draw a dinosaur, I like this story because…, address writing task, address structure cards to sort in order, can/have/are writing task, true or false quiz, carnivore/herbivore./omnivore posters, design a dinosaur task, dinosaur research task, dinosaur picture cards matching pairs game, fact writing cards, story boards to write, 2 label the dinosaur features worksheets and posters to match, learning objective tracker, make a dinosaur face craft activity, retell the story from the dinosaurs point of view, word search, sentence writing sheets, writing booklet cover and writing borders.
Museum role play resources: museum sign, open and closed signs, opening times poster, museum long banner, directions to exhibits signs, exhibits signs, welcome to the museum sign, please pay here sign, tickets available sign, thank you for visiting sign, tickets to make, printed tickets.
Resources included are as follows:
55 PDF AND PPT files for you to print.
STORY PRESENTATION – retelling the basic outline of the story, with pictures.
Title page for introduction, story sack tag, folder cover, spine labels etc.
Display borders; patterned and plain, backing paper, character and scene flashcards, book synopsis poster, alphabet flashcards, number line for table top, key word cards for display or discussion, long banner to head wall display, large lettering to spell story title, letters bunting, colourful buntings.
Character description pages, writing pages, borders and frames, bingo game, draw castle, make an invitation, make a wanted poster, number square, matching pairs card game, retell the story for another point of view, write a conversation, list story elements, reward chart to draw, draw prince or princess, dress clothes for the ball, describe favourite part of the story, speech bubbles worksheets, fill in the missing words, hand puppets in colour and black and white, draw your family compared to Cinderella’s, colouring pages, chores writing task, wishes writing task, counting cards, make a mobile, story board, I like this story because…, learning objective tracker, quiz, word mat, work booklet cover for project work, word search.
Resources included are as follows:
53 PDF AND PPT files for you to print.
A range display materials including long banner, large lettering, display borders, backing paper, letters bunting and plain bunting, character information posters, key word flashcards, folder and drawer labels, character and scene flashcards to use for display or role play props, resources sack tag, word mat.
Many writing and drawing tasks including character facts cards, character descriptions, favourite part of the story, speech bubbles to complete, retelling the story, fill in the missing words, quiz, courage writing task, brains writing task, feelings writing task, draw a new destination for the yellow brick road, draw the Emerald city, raw the scene from Dorothy’s window in Oz, I like this story because--, writing and drawing frames with pictures, story board to complete, story elements, work booklet cover, words beginning with w.
Other activities such as bingo game, make a munchkin mobile, hand puppets in colour and black and white for role plays, make a wanted poster for the wicked witch, pairs cards matching game, make an invitation, reward charts, learning objective tracker, number line, number square, word search.
Resources included are as follows:
62 PDF AND PPT files for you to print.
A range display materials including long banner, large lettering, display borders, backing paper, letters bunting, key word flashcards, alphabet flashcards, phonics flashcards, number flashcards, topic title page, resources sack tag.
Tree types posters with photos of trees and leaves, animal photo pack, park photo pack, autumn scenes photo pack, animal homes photo pack for display or discussion, nocturnal animals A3 poster, seasons illustrations posters, animal facts posters – one A4 page per animal from the stories, months flashcards with pictures to match seasons, animal flashcards A5.
Animal face masks in colour and black and white, Percy face mask in colour and black and white, characters hand puppets in colour and black and white, blank hand puppet to draw, signposts for display pointing to Percy’s hut and the park, range of animal footprints to make a trail, character flashcards to use for story telling props, character name cards, job list to complete for Percy.
Writing page, writing borders, booklet cover for topic work, animals booklet to make, book marks, colouring pages, character cards to write, hand writing sheets, story board to complete, tic tac toe game, bingo game, counting cards, number line, number bonds to 10, design new book cover, board game, reward chart, word search, drawing frames, draw autumn leaves activity, find the animals activity, high frequency word cards with animal pictures, seeds labels for growing your own plants, other drawing activities, hedgehog and mouse poems with hand puppets to act them out.