Autumn themed reading comprehensions for KS1
This product contains 10 autumn themed reading comprehensions to use as part of your autumn topic.
Titles -
Autumn
Trees
Apples
Harvest
Pumpkins
Animals
Conkers
Acorns
Squirrels
Hedgehogs
Simple texts for children to read and answer 4 retrieval questions.
Phonics Lotto Game
ee/ea/ey/y
Help your children learn the different ways of making the ee sound in words.
Game consists of 4 picture boards and 36 word cards.
Each child has a board and children take it in turns to pick a card.
Read the word on the card. If they have the corresponding picture on their board they place the card on top.
The first player to cover all of their pictures is the winner.
Print, laminate and cut out.
Back to school reading, includes a PPT story and daily reading activities for year 1.
Use on the first week back at school to get your students back in the swing of reading sessions. Read the summer holiday themed story with your students each day and complete one of the 5 follow up activities. A simple, no prep reading session for your first week back!
This product includes:
A simple 8 slide, summer themed PPT story
Day 1 activity - Draw and label the characters
Day 2 activity - highlight the sight words on printable story versions and then write the sight words into the bucket
Day 3 activity - Draw and label the creatures found in the rockpool
Day 4 activity - Mixed up sentence build/write/draw
Day 5 activity - Describe and draw the best day of your summer break
Plus word search for early finishers
Fun, early morning alphabet activities, ideal for teaching children the letters of the alphabet.
These alphabet activities can be set up for children to complete as they come into the classroom in the morning.
Alternatively they could be used during a phonics session, in a writing area or as an adult led session. They could even be used as homework/home learning activities or catch up.
Each letter of the alphabet has a quick activity for children to complete, for example, draw a leaf for the ladybird’s lunch. Each sheet is black and white for children to colour. 52 sheets.
Each letter of the alphabet has an initial sounds sort.
Colour or circle the objects that have a certain initial sound.
Also included is a colourful alphabet mat.
Phonics Lotto Game
igh/ie/y/i_e
Help your children learn the different ways of making the igh sound in words.
Game consists of 4 picture boards and 36 word cards.
Each child has a board and children take it in turns to pick a card.
Read the word on the card. If they have the corresponding picture on their board they place the card on top.
The first player to cover all of their pictures is the winner.
Print, laminate and cut out.
January themed reading comprehensions.
No prep, print and go reading activities with a January/winter theme. Suitable for guided reading sessions.
These reading comprehensions are suitable for children aged 5-7 years. They could be used for more able readers aged 5 - and for less able readers aged 7.
10 comprehensions with different themes - fiction, non-fiction, life cycle, instructions, invitation, poster, weather forecast. This gives children an opportunity to retrieve information from different types of texts.
10 texts with answers included.
February themed reading comprehensions.
No prep, print and go reading activities with a February theme. Ideal for use in guided reading sessions.
These reading comprehensions are suitable for children aged 5-7 years. They could be used for more able readers aged 5 - and for less able readers aged 7.
10 comprehensions with different formats - non-fiction, timeline, recipe, bullet points, biography, instructions. This gives children an opportunity to retrieve information from different types of texts.
10 texts with answers included and US/UK spelling versions.
Groundhogs
Valentine’s Day
How to make pancakes
Polar Bear Day
George Washington
Thomas Edison
Chinese New Year
Charles Dickens Day
Chinese New Year
Mardi Gras
If you live in the UK these cards can be laminated, cut up and sent to you -
email mrs_g@live.co.uk for details
These home themed flash cards can be used in a variety of ways.
Ideal for teaching children with SEN or EFL as well developing language skills.
These cards are focused on nouns around the home.
There are 7 colour coded sets, each set has 9 cards - 63 in total.
The sets are:
the bedroom
the bathroom
technology
food
kitchen items
clothes
fruit and vegetables
Cut out and laminate and use as flashcards, matching games, ring cards, small group work or home learning.
Spring reading comprehensions
Suitable for KS1 and northern hemisphere
Each comprehension is differentiated a minimum of 3 ways.
Each comprehension is linked to the topic of spring and begins with easy multiple choice questions.
Subjects included in this product -
Signs of spring - x 4 differentiated texts
Birds in spring - 4 differentiated texts
Animals in Spring -4 differentiated texts
Lambs -4 differentiated texts
Life cycle of a frog -3 differentiated texts
Life cycle of a sunflower -3 differentiated texts
How to plant a seed -3 differentiated texts
plus
instructions to read and follow
Christmas Comprehensions and Reading Activities.
Christmas themed reading activities for KS1.
Suitable for comprehensions, adult led reading activities and for children to use independently in a guided reading session.
10 activites, each one differentiated 2 ways.
Activities include:
Letter to Santa - Comprehension
How to make Christmas cookies - ordering instructions
Reindeer Facts - comprehension
Decorate a gingerbread man - Read and follow instructions
Christmas Eve - read and draw
Order Christmas words alphabetically
Inference questions
Find the Christmas noun
Label a reindeer
Nativity - order sentences
Summer reading comprehensions. Guided reading.
Written for year 1, possibly suitable for year 2 depending on children’s abilities.
Suitable for Northern hemisphere countries.
This set of reading comprehensions is linked to the topic of summer. Ideal to use during a guided reading session for children to use independently or for working with an adult.
Each comprehension is differentiated, sometimes up to 4 times. See preview.
Titles -
Life Cycle Of A Butterfly
Summer
At The Beach
Anyone For Icecream?
Postcard
Instructions
How To Build A Sandcastle
plus
Keeping Safe In The Sun (not differentiated)
Christmas Sequencing Activities.
Suitable for key stage 1
Christmas is a super busy time for teachers. Save yourself some time with these print and go sequencing activities. They will keep your children busy as they colour, work out the ordering and cut and stick the pictures. Simply print and go.
This product includes:
5 different activities, each one with 5 different versions.
Cut and stick - ordering 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, - pictures only
Cut and stick - ordering first, next, then, finally - pictures only
Cut and stick - ordering pictures and adding a caption
Cut and stick - ordering sentences only
cut and stick - ordering sentences with pictures
Titles -
Decorating the tree
Wrapping a present
Christmas Cookies
Baking Christmas Pie
Christmas Shopping
3 Phonics Initial Sounds Lotto Games.
Perfect for use in conjunction with early years phonics programmes.
These games are based on Letters and Sounds but could be used with any programme. Ideal for use in daily phonics lessons or as part of continuous provision, small group work, interventions etc.
Game 1 - s a t p i n
Game 2 - m d g o c k
Game 3 - e u r h b f l
Blank writing frames suitable for Early Writers. Large selection of writing templates and writing frames suitable for children aged 4-6 years old.
Just print out and you’re ready to write!
Product includes:
Story writing -
My story plan - 2 versions
5 sentence story
Story map
My story setting
My character
Writing frames
Book Reviews 2 x fiction 1 x non fiction
Lined and unlined frames -
I Phone
Notepads x 2
Clipboard
Santa Face
Postcards
Butterfly
Apple
Snail
Easter Egg
Pirate
Scroll x 2
My Potion x 2
Activities
My diary entry
My healthy lunchbox
Science Investigation
Animal fact sheet
Country fact sheet
Blank fact sheet
Recount
Instructions x 2
My Summer Holidays
My Christmas Holidays
Letter to Santa
Letter
My Weekend News x 2
Recipe Sheet
All About Me
My Birthday
My New School Year
My Year Review
Arctic and Antarctic Animals Reading Comprehensions
Suitable for year 1, maybe year 2 .
4 differentiated sheets for each animal.
4 different animals - polar bears, penguins, arctic fox, seals
Each sheet had assessment statements from National Curriculum.
St David’s Day Print and Go Activities. Comprehensions, colouring, activities and craft. Suitable for KS2.
Use this product to learn all about Saint David’s Day with your students.
Students can read the comprehensions to find out about the legend of St David and how St David’s Day is celebrated in Wales.
Students can then complete the different activities and craft.
The time saving, print and go activities are no prep and will keep students engaged.
US and UK spelling versions included.
This product contains: One comprehension passage about the life of Saint David and 10 questions.
One easier comprehension passage about how people celebrate St David’s Day and 8 questions.
Colouring the Welsh flag and flag of Saint David.
Craft activity - make a Saint David’s Day wreath. There is a coloured version and a black and white version for children to colour.
Make a mini book.
Word search
Make your own book marks
Blank fact sheet for students to complete
Dictionary activity - students to use a dictionary to look up the meaning of words.
All you need to celebrate Saint David’s Day!
Grammar activities for year 1.
No prep required - the perfect teacher time saver.
All you need to teach year 1 grammar.
Simply print out and ready to go - 23 activities, each differentiated 2 ways.
Based on the National Curriculum requirements for year 1 grammar.
Activities include:
noun hunt
noun sort - people, place or thing x 2
noun sort - common/proper
verbs
noun or verb sort
question mark or exclamation mark
capital letters
capital letters and full stops
plurals add -s/-es x 3
count the syllables x 2
alphabetical order
join words using and
adding -un
adding -ed
adding -ing
adding -er/-est
months of the year
days of the week
[https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/guided-reading-activities-year-1-12146968]
17 slide power point teaching children about who the real St George was plus how and why we celebrate St George’s Day
Differentiated reading comprehensions and questions.
2 x differentiated on the real Saint George
2 x differentiated on the Legend of George and the Dragon.
A fact sheet explaining how St George’s Day is celebrated.
Make a mini book about St George
Design your own St George’s shield
Blank fact sheet / research sheet for students to complete
Make a shield book.
Wordsearch
Make a bookmark for early finishers
These activities would be ideal for a morning or afternoon learning about St George.
William Shakespeare. Learn all about the life of William Shakespeare. This product includes a power point, scavenger hunt, timeline activity, make a leaflet, blank biography planning sheet plus word search and bookmarks for early finishers. Are you learning about William Shakespeare? Then this could be the perfect accompaniment to your studies. Find out about the man behind some of the world’s most famous plays.
There is a power point for you to share with your students - no research needed from you. They can then enjoy a fun scavenger hunt, helping them to learn about the life of William Shakespeare.
Students must then use their answer sheets to complete the timeline activity and make their own leaflet.
There is also a blank biography planning sheet for students to complete for their biography writing.
Early finishers can make a bookmark and complete a word search.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS ABOUT THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE RATHER THAN HIS WORKS.
Suitable for KS2
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Included in this product:
15 slide teaching power point
Scavenger hunt with differentiated questions sheets
Make a leaflet
Timeline activity - differentiated 3 ways
Blank biography planning sheet
Word search
Make a bookmark
How to use instructions
Women’s History Month reading passages and comprehension questions. Are you celebrating Women’s History Month with your students? Then these reading comprehensions could be just what you are looking for. Cover history and reading at the same time with these differentiated, print and go reading activities.
This product includes 20 reading passages about significant women throughout history. Each passage is differentiated 2 ways, has a colour and black and white version and answers included.
In addition to the reading passages, why not make a book mark to help children remember these significant women. There is a colour and black and white bookmark for each woman.
Also included is a blank biography sheet and timeline that you can use if you want to research any of these women in more detail.
Keep all you work together in a folder, using the Women In History folder cover.
Included In This Product:
Reading Passages For -
Queen Victoria
Cleopatra
Eva Peron
Benazir Bhutto
Carli Lloyd
Gracie Gold
Nadia Comaneci
Serena Williams
Princess Diana
Helen Keller
Queen Elizabeth I
Anne Frank
Marie M Daly
Elizabeth Blackwell
Rosalind Franklin
Kathryn D Sullivan
Jane Austen
Diana Ross
Coco Chanel
Anna Pavlova
Blank biography sheet
Blank timeline
Folder cover