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Letters and Sounds Phase 5 Phonic pack: Tricky and decodable words for weeks 1-4
A set of words that can be viewed as a reading and spelling activity on the whiteboard or printed out for display.
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Letters and Sounds Phase 5 Phonic pack: Tricky and decodable words for weeks 5-7
A set of words that can be viewed as a reading and spelling activity on the whiteboard or printed out for display.
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Letters and Sounds Phase 5 Phonic pack: Tricky and decodable words for weeks 8-30
A set of words that can be viewed as a reading and spelling activity on the whiteboard or printed out for display.
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SPaG Year 2 Sentences: Statements, questions, exclamations or commands
A lesson explainint the difference between statements questions exclamations and commands, with 2 activities.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENTENCES
POWERPOINT
Explains the difference between a statement, question, exclamation and a command, and how the grammatical patterns vary
ACTIVITIES
Different types of sentences - writing an advertisement x 2
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Letters and Sounds Phase 5 Phonic pack: Alternative spellings of short /ur/, /ow/, /oi/ and /ear/
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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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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Mary Anning powerpoint of her life story and contributions to paleaontology
A 20 page PowerPoint detailing the life of Mary Anning, her achievements and contributions to palaeontology.
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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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Parts of Speech Posters; SPaG, Grammar display
A set of 9 A4 posters plus A4 title and large banner.
The posters describe, name and give examples of each word class.
The posters cover the main 8 parts of speech, plus ‘determiners’ which is often included as the ninth part of speech.
The titles of the posters are:
Adjective
Adverb
Conjunction
Interjection
Noun
Preposition
Pronoun
Verb
Determiner
There are also blank versions to laminate and use for word walls, vocabulary collections etc.
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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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Weather chart and daily calendar for EYFS KS1
A set of resources to be used daily to mark the date, season and weather.
Also included is a banner plus an individual weather chart that can be laminated and reused.
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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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Portugal powerpoint and headings
The powerpoint covers the following:
Where is Portugal?: With maps showing the location of Portugal.
What is Portugal like?: Images of Portugal; different geographical features
Living in Portugal: Pictures of everyday life in Portugal - streets, shops, schools, houses etc.
Portuguese people: What life is like in Portugal - culture, traditional dress, language etc
The history of Portugal: a brief history from Roman times to present.
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Daily routine flash cards for visual sequencing, SEND, EYFS
The cards can be used to help children plan the day, get ready for what is happening next and to communicate with others.
There are 72 cards included; 9 to each A4 sheet.
Updated version added February 2023*
If there are any other activities / extra cards you would like adding to the pack, please send a message and I can add them.
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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