A powerpoint lesson plus the following pdf files to teach the children how the i before e except after c rule applies to words where the sound spelt by ei is /i:/,plus the exceptions to the rule. Pdf files: Look Write Cover Check x 2: For spelling practice ei and ie words worksheet: A passage to read and write down ei and ie words ei words writing practice: List of ei words to identify and spell Strategies for remembering how to spell ei words worksheet: Looks at the different spelling strategies children can use

3 powerpoint lessons looking at how to add -es to nouns and verbs, with activities, planning and word list. ADDING -ES TO NOUNS: POWERPOINTS Adding es to nouns ending in y Plurals recap - adding es ACTIVITIES Adding es to nouns ending in y worksheet Singular and plural cards ADDING -ES TO VERBS: POWERPOINT Adding es to verbs ending in y ACTIVITIES Adding es to verbs ending in y worksheet TEACHER RESOURCES Y2 Spelling Appendix: Adding es to nouns and verbs ending in y- An adaptable outline plan Word List - With relevant words ending in y.

Resources to teach a variety of homophones and near homophones POWERPOINT Introduction to homophones: Explains why the English language has so many homophones Year 2 Homophones with pictures: Includes be/bee, been/been, bare/bear, blew/blue, for/four, here/hear, knew/new, night/knight, know/no, one/won, pair/pear, plain/plane, quite/quiet, red/read, right/write, sea/see, where/wear, so/sew/saw, some/sum, son/sun, tail/tale, their/they're/there, through/threw, to/too/two, week/weak and which/witch Writing sentences with homophones: Activity for sentence writing The following powerpoints look at individual pairs/trios of homophones, explaining the differences, and giving sentences at the end to choose which one is the correct word: Homophones they're their there Homophones hear and here Homophones son and sun Homophones to two and too Homophones be and bee ACTIVITIES Homophone cards with pictures Homophone cards (just words) TEACHER RESOURCES Y2 Spelling Appendix: An adaptable outline plan Word List - With relevant words

2 powerpoint lessons and a worksheet: THE USE OF LY TO TURN ADJECTIVES INTO ADVERBS POWERPOINT Using ly to turn adjectives into adverbs: Explains what adverbs are and how to make them by adding ly to adjectives.Gives a list of words to add ly to. ACTIVITY Making adverbs worksheet: Writing sentences with adverbs USING THE SUFFIXES ER AND EST IN ADJECTIVES POWERPOINT Suffixes er and est as comparatives: Explains how they change the meaning of words. Gives a list of words to add the suffixes to and think of sentences with them in.

5 powerpoint lessons for a recap of the rules learnt in Y2 for adding suffixes to different types of words.

POWERPOINT:Explains what they are and how to use them then finishes with an activity to reword sentences and put the apostrophe in the correct place. PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES: Possessive apostrophes plurals worksheet PLURAL POSSESSIVE APOSTROPHES POSTERS A set of posters for display TEACHER RESOURCES: Adaptable outline plan

A powerpoint lesson and a jigsaw activity to teach the spelling guidelines: Hyphens can be used to join a prefix to a root word, especially if the prefix ends in a vowel letter and the root word also begins with one.

A set of powerpoints and activities to teach verb prefixes such as dis-, de-, mis-, over- and re-, with a recap of previously learnt prefixes. POWERPOINTS: Prefixes un- dis- and mis-: Looks at the 3 prefixes; how they change the meanings of words; and words they can be added to. Changing words into negatives with prefixes: un, de, anti, dis and il Prefix meanings: 9 prefixes and their meanings Prefixes dis, de, mis, over, re and pre: Looks at each prefix and words containing them individually, so one can be taught per session. PRINTABLE FILES (PDF): Prefix list and meanings Prefix word list dis de mis over & re (word file) Wordsearch x 6 (un-, dis-, de-, mis-, pre- and re-) Change the paragraph to the opposite meaning using prefixes worksheet Definitions worksheets x 4 Definitions matching cards Extension work - more prefixes x 3 worksheets Negatives

A mixture of powerpoints and printable activities to encourage sound discrimination by listening to sounds in the environment.

A story in powerpoint, sequencing cards, heading, lettering, retelling pages, story sequencing and characters for role play.

A powerpoint story of Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot and why we celebrate Bonfire Night, with classroom activities to print and display resources. Guy Fawkes - Two versions; one for KS1 and one for KS2. It details Guy Fawkes' life, and how he became involved with the other conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot; it explains how he was caught, and why people now celebrate Bonfire Night. ACTIVITIES: Bonfire night acrostic poem Bonfire Night topic cover Fire border for displaying work Fireworks border Gunpowder plot and Guy Fawkes sequencing Gunpowder plot black and white pictures (for colouring/display) Gunpowder plot cards Gunpowder plot word mat Guy Fawkes topic cover Letter to Mounteagle Newspaper report x 4 - Guy Fawkes, The arrest and The conspirators Blank scroll DISPLAY A-Z Flame lettering Bonfire Night banner A4 title Large lettering Bonfire Night Fireworks border for displays Confession letter of Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes title Main conspirators poster Portraits of James I and Guy Fawkes Posters - Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot The Fireworks code The Gunpowder plot pictures

A set of resources to introduce children to non-fiction books. The powerpoints: explain and demonstrate alphabetical order show how questions are used for information demonstrate the layout and features of a non-fiction book give an example of a page from a non-fiction book provide opportunities for children to think of captions show the difference between fiction and non-fiction sentences.

This set contains activities to print, and a powerpoint containing visuals to look at whilst reading the poem.

This set contains all the letters of the alphabet, consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs and trigraphs in the Y1 spelling appendix. The cards are in pdf format for you to print out as many times as you like. They can be used as flashcards, for display or for group or individual use. There are 2 cards per A5 page. Each card contains pictures and a list of words, including the relevant common exception words for Y1. The single letter sounds contain the matching keyboard letter so they can help children on the keyboard. There are 3 separate files: PHONIC CARDS 1 26 letters of the alphabet plus ch sh th and wh PHONICS CARDS 2 All the graphemes identified in the Y1 spelling appendix PHONICS CARDS 3 Extra graphemes from the Letters and Sounds document ( ff ll ss zz ck ey ng and ure)

Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for the /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words. POWERPOINT: I spelt y:Explains the spelling rule then gives examples of words containing y. It ends with a spelling activity. WORKSHEETS: Look write cover check sheet containing spellings i spelt y word cards: for games and activities TEACHER RESOURCES in word: A list of words to use Spelling planning: An outline plan that can be adapted and added to.

A bumper set of interactive whiteboard, display and printable crafts and activities, suitable for KS1 or lower KS2. The pack includes: CHRISTMAS / NATIVITY POWERPOINTS: 5 Little Reindeer Can you solve the problems for Santa - 15 problem solving questions (Suitable for Y1, but you could adapt it for other years) Christmas around the World - How Christmas is celebrated in 12 other countries Christmas Carols - Words for Silent Night; The First Noel; We Three Kings; Away in a Manger Christmas Songs - Words for Frosty the Snowman; Jingle Bells; Must be Santa; Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer; We wish you a Merry Christmas Christmas Facts - Interesting facts about Christmas Jingle Bells - The song The Nativity Story The Three Kings poem Twinkle Twinkle Winter Poetry Who wants to be a millionaire Christmas quiz CHRISTMAS HEADINGS: The Three Wise Men / Christmas / The Nativity A-Z LETTERING - Includes all upper and lower cases, numbers and punctuation. Baubles / Christmas / Reindeer / Snowflake / Snowmen / Christmas Stockings. NATIVITY WORD MAT Contains 27 words with accompanying pictures CHRISTMAS CARDS: A set of 12 different designs for the children to colour, paint or decorate. Each card contains ‘Merry Christmas’ lettering, which can be coloured in; and a black and white image of either: Three Wise men / Baby Jesus / Baubles / Bells / Reindeer / Santa / Star / Stocking / Tree /Tree and doves / Tree scene. All you need to do is print them out and let the children choose a design CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES: A range of Christmas activities to make and do ACTIVITES: Christmas Alphabet / Christmas code breaker / Christmas tree poem / Christmas wordsearch - 3 different versions. FOR MAKING LISTS: Santa list x3 versions / Santa beard list / Santa star list / Tree list FOR WRITING A LETTER TO SANTA: Santa letter 1 / Santa letter 2 A4 WRITING SHEETS: Christmas border / Elves and lights border / Santa border / Star border / Stocking border PRINTABLE COLOURING ACTIVITIES: Christmas colouring - 13 various pictures / Nativity colouring - 12 pictures / Elves colouring - 7 pictures / Snowmen colouring - 6 pictures / Reindeer colouring - 7 pictures / Santa colouring - 10 pictures / Plus 7 assorted sheets with accompanying title to colour.

This set of 8 resources is to help children learn the rules for adding suffixes. It contains the following files: Adding suffixes to words ending in y: Explains what a root word and a suffix is, and shows the addition of -ed and -ing, pointing out the differences. Quick write - Adding ed to verbs ending in y Quick write - Adding ing to verbs ending in y Quick write - Adding er to words ending in y Quick write - Adding est to words ending in y (Quick write activities show firstly the root word, then how it changes/stays the same when the suffixes are added.) ACTIVITIES Words ending in a consonant then y matrix: to fill in TEACHER RESOURCES Y2 Spelling Appendix: Adding suffixes to words ending in y- An adaptable outline plan Word List - With relevant words ending in y.

This pack contains 7 resources: A PowerPoint lesson for children to write words containing the new grapheme, 4 differentiated worksheets, picture and word cards and a large flashcard. The font is Sassoon infant, with an additional pack in Elementary / Primer print.

This set contains 30 different prepositions which each print onto one A4 page. They can be also be printed as A5 and used for flashcards. Also included is an A4 title, plus banner / lettering ‘Prepositions’, plus matching A-Z chick lettering to personalise your display.

Spelling resources to teach the statutory requirements in Appendix 1 of the English curriculum: COMMON EXCEPTION WORDS POWERPOINT RESOURCES: The following PowerPoint lessons contain groups of words with similar spellings. Each grapheme-phoneme correspondence that is new to the children (depending upon phonics programme used) is introduced and explained. The children then are given opportunities to read and then write the words. CEW 1 – door poor floor CEW 2 – find kind mind etc CEW 3 – most only both etc CEW 4 – after fast last CEW 5 – every, everybody, even CEW 6 –great break steak CEW 7 –move prove improve CEW 8 – sure sugar CEW 9 - who whole CEW 10 - any many CEW 11 - could would should The following PowerPoint lessons contain individual common exception words. There are examples of different strategies the children can use for remembering how to spell the words, such as using mnemonics, saying the word as it is spelt, using the look write cover check method and highlighting the tricky part. Each strategy is demonstrated visually. CEW Spelling strategies PEOPLE CEW Spelling strategies BEAUTIFUL CEW Spelling strategies AGAIN CEW Spelling strategies BECAUSE CEW Spelling strategies BUSY CEW Spelling strategies CHRISTMAS CEW Spelling strategies CLOTHES CEW Spelling strategies EYE CEW Spelling strategies HALF CEW Spelling strategies HOUR CEW Spelling strategies MR & MRS CEW Spelling strategies PARENTS CEW Spelling strategies PRETTY CEW Spelling strategies WATER WORKSHEETS: Spelling activity sheets - A variety of pdf sheets that can be used for different spelling activities. They include: Acrostic poems Bubble words Colourful words Cut out words Look write cover check spelling sheet Rainbow spellings Shape words Silly Sentences Spelling with both hands Stories with spellings Word search with spellings Words in words Writing a poem Writing fun TEACHER RESOURCES Y2 Spelling Appendix planning - Common Exception Words: An adaptable outline plan Word List - With relevant words