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Alphabet bingo - initial sounds game
This set contains 20 picture bingo cards and 20 letter bingo cards to play in large or small groups.
Each card prints onto an A4 page (although you can alter the printer settings to print smaller versions if required.)
The small calling cards (pictures and letters) can be used to cover up or match the picture or letter sounds.
The larger calling cards (pictures and letters) can be held up for the children to look at.
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SPaG Year 2 Word: -er and -est in adjectives and -ly to turn adjectives into adverbs
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.
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Y6 SPaG Punctuation resources: Colon, semi-colon, dash, bullet points and hypens
This set includes 2 resources:
One powerpoint explaining:
the use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses
use of the colon to introduce a list and use of semi-colons within lists
punctuation of bullet points to list information
Plus 5 A4 posters explaining the use of the colon, semi-colon, dashes, bullet points and hypens
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KS2 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
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Letters and Sounds Phase 5 Phonic pack: Alternative spellings of short /oo/, /ar/ and /or/
There are a variety of different activities for each phoneme.
The descriptions of the powerpoints are as follows:
Word list powerpoint: Begins with a list of words for reading, then shows each word individually for writing.
Best Bet powerpoint: Introduces the different graphemes for each phoneme, then shows a picture and part of a word, with the relevant grapheme hidden. The children have to choose which grapheme is missing. Each word is added to a table that can be analysed at the end of the game.
Homophones with pictures powerpoint: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, showing the different spellings and pictures to help remember which is which.
Homophones: Contains identical sounding words relating to the phoneme, with no pictures.
Phoneme Spotter Stories - Three versions of each story - PowerPoint, Smartboard, and pdf format.
Rhyming word generation Smartboard file for recording words with different graphemes.
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SPaG Year 5 Punctuation: Parenthesis (brackets, dashes, commas) and commas to clarify meaning
This pack contains 2 powerpoint lessons:
Parenthesis: How brackets, dashes or commas can be used to indicate parenthesis.
Commas: Gives examples of what can happen if commas are omitted, and how they are important to the intended meaning.
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Letters and Sounds Phonics tracking assessment booklet Phases 2 - 6
This is a 9 page booklet in Microsoft word and a copy in pdf which assesses phases 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. It is written in Sassoon Infant font which is embedded in the file so will work even if you do not have it installed on your computer.
It includes assessment of letter sounds; tricky words; CVC words; non-word reading tasks; oral blending and oral segmentation; consonant digraphs; vowel graphemes; letter formation; alternative pronunciation for graphemes; alternative spellings for phonemes; and progression of reading skills in phase 6.
The Microsoft Word file can be edited and changed if needed.
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SPaG Year 6 Text Grammar: Linking ideas using cohesive devices
A powepoint and display file to help children remember a range of cohesive devices in their writing.
POWERPOINT:
Cohesive devises: Looks at and explains cohesive devices such as synonyms; pronouns; verb tenses; repetition of a phrase; adverbials and ellipses
PRINTABLE FILE (PDF):
Cohesive devices display: For reference - it contains all the terminology above.
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Handwriting sheets for KS1: lower and upper case letters and digits
This set contains a variety of writing worksheets to promote correct letter formation.
The font used throughout is Sassoon, plus a slanted dotted handwriting version in the lower case letter packs
PENCIL CONTROL SHEETS: A range of pre-letter formation sheets to get children used to the directions and actions needed for writing letters
Arches
Crosses
Curls
Lines
Peaks
Snakes
Zigzags
Zeds
LOWER CASE LETTERS: This set consists of 4 folders of different handwriting families
SET 1: Downward strokes
Dotted letters l t i j
Dotted letters u and y
Sassoon letters l t i j
Sassoon letters u and y
All downward letters
SET 2: Down and retrace
Downward letters b k h dotted
Downward letters m n r p dotted
Sassoon downward letters b k h k (2 versions with curly/straight k)
Sassoon downward letters r m n p
All down/retrace letters
SET 3: curly letters
Curly letters a c o dotted
Curly letters d g q dotted
Sassoon curly letters a c o
Sassoon curly letters d g q
Sassoon curly letters e f s (curly and straight versions of f)
Sassoon curly letters c o a d g q
SET 4: Zigzag letters
Dotted zigzag letters v w z x
Sassoon zigzag letters v w z x
Plus a digit formation 0-9 sheet
CAPITAL LETTERS: These are divided into similarly formed letters
Curled capitals C G O Q S
Capitals diagonal X Y V W
Capitals straight E F H I L T
Capitals straight then diagonal A M N Z K
Capitals straight then curled B D P R U J
DISPLAY / ACTIVITIES
Topic covers - 5 different versions with the heading 'My Handwriting Book' for children to keep their work together.
Hollow letters: Each letter prints onto 1 A4 sheet. Can be laminated for finger painting etc, or used as activity sheets. There are two versions, one with large letters filling the page, the other with smaller letters.
Lower case letter formation: This can be used for display as a reminder of correct letter formation, or laminated and used in practical activities. The posters show fingers pointing where to begin writing, where to end, and which way to go - children can see at a glance if they are forming their letters correctly.
BLANK HANDWRITING SHEETS
Two different versions with different line widths.
Where possible, alternate ways of writing k and f are included.
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SPaG Year 1 : Plural noun suffixes powerpoint and worksheet
A powerpoint lesson, worksheet and plan on plural noun suffixes:
Plural noun suffixes: A powerpoint explaining the meaning of singular, plural and what a suffix is. It explains what effect the addition of s or es has on nouns.It ends with an interactive game.
Plural noun suffix worksheet
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Letters and Sounds Phase 5 word / help mats
The picture grapheme/word mat is to aid in the teaching and learning of further graphemes, and learning to read tricky words in phase 5. A pictorial example of each sound is shown with the letters to help children remember the graphemes. Also on the word mat are previous tricky words, which can be decoded in Phase 5, and the 11 tricky words for children to read in Phase 5.
The second word mat contains the alternate spellings for phonemes on page 144 of the Letters and Sounds document.
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Letters and Sounds Phase 3 word / help mats
The picture grapheme and word mat:
This word mat is to aid in the teaching and learning of sounds and tricky words in phase 3. Each letter is accompanied by a relevant picture, to give children visual cues to help them learn each grapheme. Each group is represented in a different colour, so that it is easy to focus on the letter sounds being learnt. Also on the word mat are the 12 tricky words from phase 3 for the children to learn.
Grapheme and word mat:
The second word mat is similar to the first, but with the visual cues removed, to help those children who know which letters represent which sounds, but still need prompts to recognise the written letters.
Phase 3 word mat - contains visual cues for Jolly Phonics.
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Suffix spelling rules posters KS1 & KS2
Seven posters explaining the different rules for adding suffixes covered in Appendix 1 of the English 2014 curriculum for years 2, 3 and 4, with a heading 'Suffix Spelling Rules'.
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Alphabet / Letters, digraphs and trigraphs A5 flashcards / display - 72 graphemes
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)
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SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words
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.
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Feelings / emotions cards
Four different card sets containing different emotions. The sets include:
18 cards showing different emotions with photographs of girls’ faces
18 cards showing different emotions with photographs of boys’ faces
12 cards with different emoticons
9 cards with girl clipart faces
Plus 2 A4 sheets of black and white emoticons to use for activities with the children.
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Rapunzel Fairy Tale activity pack - Powerpoint story, display resources and activities
A story of Rapunzel, plus writing sheets, wanted poster, sequencing pictures, book cover; display border and heading.
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SPaG Year 1 Spelling pack: Adding er and est to adjectives
A set of resources to teach the guideline/rule in the Spelling Appendix:
if the adjective ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on.
POWERPOINTS:
Adding er and est for comparisons: Explains that er and est can be added to words for comparison and shows examples in a single word and in sentences. It ends with an activity for children to add er and est to words, then form sentences using the suffixes er and est.PDF:
PDF:
er and est sentences worksheet: A list of words to add er and est to, and space for the children to write sentences with them in.
er and est word cards: For games and activities.
WORD:
Outline adaptable plan
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SPaG Year 2 Spelling: The /ʌ/ sound spelt o
A powerpoint lesson looking at words such as other, mother, brother or nothing. The pack also includes a word list, wordsearch, word cards and outline planning.
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Hansel and Gretel Fairy tale activity pack- powerpoint story, display and activities
A story in powerpoint, sequencing cards, heading, lettering, retelling pages, story sequencing and characters for role play.