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Tried and tested resources for Junior and lower secondary students, made by a Y5/6 teacher.
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10 weeks of VIPERS Reading Comprehension (Set D)
What is VIPERS?
VIPERS (which stands for Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Sequencing) is a way of teaching reading comprehension. It uses short extracts and poems, and is taught in short lessons (15-20 minutes each.)
What’s Included?
-10 PowerPoint documents
-Each PowerPoint document contains 3 slides (Day 1: Vocabulary and Inference. Day 2: Prediction and Explanation. Day 3: Retrieval and Sequencing).
Which texts are covered?
-Cake
-The Dancing Bear
-The Enormous Crocodile
-Smasher
-Diamond
-The Blob that Ate Everyone
-Diary of a Killer Cat
-Lady Lollipop
-Polar Bear
-The Mystery Creatures
10 weeks of VIPERS Reading Comprehension (Set C)
What is VIPERS?
VIPERS (which stands for Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Sequencing) is a way of teaching reading comprehension. It uses short extracts and poems, and is taught in short lessons (15-20 minutes each.)
What’s Included?
-10 PowerPoint documents
-Each PowerPoint document contains 3 slides (Day 1: Vocabulary and Inference. Day 2: Prediction and Explanation. Day 3: Retrieval and Sequencing).
Which texts are covered?
-Woodlouse
-Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
-Voyage of the Dawn Treader
-Malala Yusufsai
-The Mouse and his Child
-Winnie the Pooh
-Shopping List for a Firework Display
-Secret Garden
-Year 6 Residential
-The Bogeyman
10 weeks of VIPERS Reading Comprehension (Set B)
What is VIPERS?
VIPERS (which stands for Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Sequencing) is a way of teaching reading comprehension. It uses short extracts and poems, and is taught in short lessons (15-20 minutes each.)
What’s Included?
-10 PowerPoint documents
-Each PowerPoint document contains 3 slides (Day 1: Vocabulary and Inference. Day 2: Prediction and Explanation. Day 3: Retrieval and Sequencing).
Which texts are covered?
-Tracy Beaker
-Ghosts
-Ghost Hunt
-Tom’s Midnight Garden
-The Sword in the Stone
-Watership Down
-The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
-The Moon of Gomrath
-Kaspar, King of Cats
-The Phantom of Billy Bantam
10 weeks of VIPERS Reading Comprehension (Set A)
What is VIPERS?
VIPERS (which stands for Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Sequencing) is a way of teaching reading comprehension. It uses short extracts and poems, and is taught in short lessons (15-20 minutes each.)
What’s Included?
-10 PowerPoint documents
-Each PowerPoint document contains 3 slides (Day 1: Vocabulary and Inference. Day 2: Prediction and Explanation. Day 3: Retrieval and Sequencing).
Which texts are covered?
-Matilda
-Postcard from a School Camp
-Autumn Leaves
-Back to School
-Shakespeare
-Beadle the Bard
-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
-Stig of the Dump
-Truth
-Hagbane’s Doom
Reading Comprehension: Poetry Set 3
What’s included?
-9 complete comprehension resources themed around a poem.
-Each resource includes the poem itself, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
What’s included?
-Conversation Piece
-Haunted
-In the Wood
-Mirror Mirror
-Recipe for a class outing
-The Bogeyman
-The Wind
-There’s a Dragon
-What is it
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-SATs prep
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
15 Poster Set: Great British STEM Innovators
What’s included on each poster?
-Birth / death
-Occupation
-List of works
-Short biography
-Quote
Who’s included?
-Alan Turing
-Alexander Fleming
-Ashok Venkitaraman
-Brian Cox
-Charles Darwin
-Charlotte Armah
-Florence Nightingale
-Helen Sharman
-Isambard Kingdom-Brunel
-Joseph Lister
-Maggie Aderin-Pocock
-Saiful Islam
-Sir Isaac Newton
-Sir Stephen Hawking
-Tim Berners-Lee
Also available
-Great British Children’s Authors
15 Poster Set: Great British Children's Authors
What’s included on each poster?
-Birth / death
-Occupation
-List of works
-Short biography
-Quote
Who’s included?
-A.A.Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
-Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit)
-C.S.Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia)
-Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol)
-David Walliams (Demon Dentist)
-J.K.Rowling (Harry Potter)
-J.R.R Tolkien (Lord of the Rings)
-Jacqueline Wilson (Tracy Beaker)
-Julia Donaldson (The Gruffallo)
-Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)
-Malorie Blackman (Pig heart Boy)
-Onjali Rauf (The Boy at the back of the Class)
-Roald Dahl (The Twits)
-Rudyard Kipling (Jungle Book)
-William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet)
Also Available
-Great British STEM Innovators
Bundle
Reading Comprehension Bundle: 30 lessons
What’s included?
-20 comprehension lessons. Each lesson includes a poem, questions (retrieval, inference, authorial intent, word meaning and opinion) and a mark scheme.
-a mixture of traditional and modern
-a mixture of serious and funny
Poems in the Bundle
SET 1
-A Liking for a Viking (Celia Warren)
-Bonfire (Jean Kenward)
-Eletephony (Laura E.Richards)
-History (John Kitching)
-Ice Cream Shop (Shel Silverstein)
-Ogre My Dead Body (Colin McNaughton)
-Seal Lullaby (Rudyard Kipling)
-Song of the Engine (Worsley Benison)
-Transylvania Dreaming (Colin McNaughton)
-Windy Nights (Robert Louis Stevenson)
SET 2
-Entering a Castle (Brian Moses)
-Fire burn and Cauldron Bubble (William Shakespeare)
-Important Notice (Phillip Waddell)
-It’s a Wonderful World but they Made a Few Mistakes (Judith Viorst)
-Jabberwocky (Lewis Carroll)
-Mother to Son (Langston Hughes)
-Names (Brian Moses)
-Superman’s Dog (Paul Cookson)
-Two Witches Discuss Good Grooming (John Caldwell)
-Winter Time (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Great for
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-SATs prep
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
Reading Comprehension: Poetry (Set 2)
What’s included?
-10 complete comprehension resources themed around a poem.
-Each resource includes the poem itself, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
What’s included?
-Entering a Castle
-Fire burn and Cauldron Bubble
-Important Notice
-It’s a Wonderful World but they Made a Few Mistakes
-Jabberwocky
-Mother to Son
-Names
-Superman’s Dog
-Two Witches Discuss Good Grooming
-Winter Time
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-SATs prep
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
Reading Comprehension: Poetry (Set 1)
What’s included?
-10 complete comprehension resources themed around a poem.
-Each resource includes the poem itself, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
What’s included?
-A Liking for a Viking
-Bonfire
-Eletephony
-History
-Ice Cream Shop
-Ogre My Dead Body
-Seal Lullaby
-Song of the Engine
-Transylvania Dreaming
-Windy Nights
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-SATs prep
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
Bundle
Reading Comprehension:Great Brits (all 3 sets)
What’s included?
30 complete comprehension resources themed on great Britons, both modern and historical (including a good spread of men, women and Great Brits from the BAME community.)
Each resource includes a short biography, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
Who’s included?
-Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit creator)
-Bushra Nasir (UK’s first Muslim Head Teacher)
-Charles Dickens (author)
-Florence Nightingale (Revolutionised nursing)
-Freddie Mercury (of Queen fame)
-Helen Sharman (UKs first astronaut)
-Jane Goodall (conservationist)
-Paul Stephenson (Racial Equality activist)
-Sadiq Khan (politician)
-William Shakespeare (poet, playwright)
-Ashok Venkitaraman (cancer researcher)
-Charles Darwin (evolutionary biologist)
-Claudia Jones (racial equality activitist, founder of Nottinghill Carnival)
-Helen Bamber (founder of Amnesty International)
-John Lennon (The Beatles)
-Kelly Holmes (athlete)
-Queen Victoria
-Sir Isaac Newton (discoverer of gravity)
-Sir Stephen Hawking (scientist)
-Sir Winston Churchill (WW2 Prime Minister)
-C.S Lewis (author)
-Doreen Lawrence (modern-day racial equality activist)
-Emmeline Pankhurst (historical gender equality activist)
-Isambard Kingdom-Brunel (historical engineer)
-J.K Rowling (author)
-J.R.R Tolkien (author)
-Princess Diana (philanthropist and ex-Royal)
-Roald Dahl (author)
-Shami Chakrabarti (politician, political activist)
-Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web)
Reading Comprehension:Great Brits (Set3)
What’s included?
10 complete comprehension resources themed on great Britons, both modern and historical.
Each resource includes a short biography, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
Who’s included?
-Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit creator)
-Bushra Nasir (UK’s first Muslim Head Teacher)
-Charles Dickens (author)
-Florence Nightingale (Revolutionised nursing)
-Freddie Mercury (of Queen fame)
-Helen Sharman (UKs first astronaut)
-Jane Goodall (conservationist)
-Paul Stephenson (Racial Equality activist)
-Sadiq Khan (politician)
-William Shakespeare (poet, playwright)
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
Reading Comprehension:Great Brits (Set2)
What’s included?
10 complete comprehension resources themed on great Britons, both modern and historical.
Each resource includes a short biography, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
Who’s included?
-Ashok Venkitaraman (cancer researcher)
-Charles Darwin (evolutionary biologist)
-Claudia Jones (racial equality activitist, founder of Nottinghill Carnival)
-Helen Bamber (founder of Amnesty International)
-John Lennon (The Beatles)
-Kelly Holmes (athlete)
-Queen Victoria
-Sir Isaac Newton (discoverer of gravity)
-Sir Stephen Hawking (scientist)
-Sir Winston Churchill (WW2 Prime Minister)
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
Reading Comprehension:Great Brits (Set1)
What’s included?
10 complete comprehension resources themed on great Britons, both modern and historical.
Each resource includes a short biography, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
Who’s included?
-C.S Lewis (author)
-Doreen Lawrence (modern-day racial equality activist)
-Emmeline Pankhurst (historical gender equality activist)
-Isambard Kingdom-Brunel (historical engineer)
-J.K Rowling (author)
-J.R.R Tolkien (author)
-Princess Diana (philanthropist and ex-Royal)
-Roald Dahl (author)
-Shami Chakrabarti (politician, political activist)
-Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web)
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
Y6 SATs revision: SPAG (revision sheet and flash cards)
This resource is designed for Year 6s preparing for their SATs.
Both the revision sheet (2-sided) and the flashcards contain the entire KS2 Grammar / Punctuation curriculum (except capital letters and full stops.)
Perfect for:
-giving out at parents evening, to help Mum and Dad help with their child’s learning
-sticking in pupils’ Grammar / Literacy / Writing books
-giving to children to revise from
-using as an intervention (my Y6s enjoy using the flashcards as a match-up game)
What’s included?
-2 sided revision document
-14 pages of flashcards / playing cards / sorting cards
Y5/6 Writing Aids (Targets, Word lists, Spelling Support and more)
A collection of writing aids and tools that I’ve made over a number of years to support writers of all abilities. Designed around the Year 5/6 National Curriculum for Writing.
What’s Included?
Book Flaps (see photos)
-NC Writing Checklists (x3: TARE, ARE, GDS)
-Punctuation Hitlist
-b/d orientation prompts (useful for Dyslexic children)
-Spelling strip
-2 sets of homophones
Target Setting
-Target bookmarks (Y5, Y6)
-Target stickers (Y5/6 NC for Writing)
Other Tools
-Ultimate List: Expressions
-Ultimate List: Actions
-‘Other Ways to Say…’
KS2 Reading and Comprehension: Literary Classics (15 Complete Lessons)
I created these tasks mainly to hit the NC statement, “increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including…modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage…” after realising that many of my pupils had never even heard of (let alone read) many of the classic stories from our heritage. These tasks provide samples and accompanying tasks from 15 classics (both older and modern.)
Please note: the 75 files were too large for one listing on TES, so I’ve compressed them into a zip file. I’ve also uploaded one lesson separately (Hound of the Baskervilles) so you can see the resource.
What’s Included:
*15 complete reading comprehension lessons, made up of:
-The extract in Microsoft Word format
-The extract in Notebook format (for Whiteboard projection)
-Questions with response spaces (plus points per question, like SATs papers)
-Just Questions (for higher ability pupils or just to save on photocopying!)
-Suggested answers (my TA does these tasks with small groups, so the answer sheet comes in handy)
Useful for:
-Whole-class comprehension lessons
-Small group work (E.g. Round Robin Reading Groups)
-Boosting / extra support for poor readers
Titles:
-Alice in Wonderland
-Great Expectations
-Northern Lights
-Stardust
-Stig of the Dump
-The Butterfly Lion
-The Hound of the Baskervilles
-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
-The Secret Garden
-The Star of Kazan
-The White Giraffe
-The Wind in the Willows
-The Wizard of Oz
-Treasure Island
-Wonder
KS2 SATs Revision Booklets (SPAG)
Details
-25 multi-page word documents
-Past paper questions
-Organised into areas of learning
-National Curriclum, Year 5/6
-Answers included
-Excellent for SATs revision
-Great for homework
-This resource is used annually to support Y6 SAT prep in my own classroom!
Also Available: KS2 SATs Revision Booklets: Maths (Visit my Shop for more details)
What’s Included?
Punctuation Set
Apostrophes
Colons and Semi Colons
Commas for Clarity
Commas in lists
Full Stops, Capitals, Exclamation Marks and Question Marks
Inverted Commas
Parenthesis
Prefixes and Suffixes
Synonyms and Antonyms
Sentences Set
Active and Passive Voice
Clauses
Phrases
Sentence Types
Standard English and Formality
Verb Forms
Word Classes Set
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Determiners
Nouns
Prepositions
Pronouns
Subject and Object
Verbs
Word Classes, Mixed
200 Words or Fewer: Story Coordinates
A fantastic resource that specifically develops:
-creativity
-writing speed
-enjoying writing
-enjoying stories
-just writing, rather than overthinking / worrying about grammar, vocab choice etc
Recommended for:
-reluctant writers (My Y5/Y6 boys love doing 200 Words each week)
-slow writers
-‘can’t get started’ writers
-children who don’t read very much at home / have limited experience of stories
How does it work?
There are 4 Story Coordinate cards in each set: Character, Situation, Object and Place. Pupils randomly choose a coordinate from each card, giving you four very random story elements (E.g. a mysterious shadow, a hilarious accident, a tiny sword, behind a waterfall.)
Set a time limit (my Y5/6 like to be given 10 minutes for this.) Within that time limit, pupils write a short story (or a part of a story) which includes as many of the 4 items as possible.
It is important to stress to your pupils that, unlike writing lessons, this task is not about using amazing vocabulary/ broad range of punctuation / your neatest handwriting; it is about being creative, letting go and having fun.
What’s incuded?
-Notebook document (with an example-page to get you started)
-4 x Character cards
-4 x Situation cards
-4 x Object cards
-4 x Place cards
Nightmare Before Christmas Comprehension
4 Complete Comprehension Lessons
(Note: DVD of the film or access to Youtube needed)
What’s included?
Lesson 1: What’s This?
+Lesson plan
+Blank lyric page
+Annotated lyric page (handy for showing children, so they know what is expected)
Lesson 2: Town Meeting
+Lesson plan
+Blank lyric page
+Annotated lyric page
Lesson 3: Kidnap the Sandy Claws
+Lesson plan
+Blank lyric page
+Annotated lyric page
Lesson 4: Oogie-Boogie Song
+Lesson plan
+Blank lyric page
+Annotated lyric page
*(I’ve personally taught these four lessons to Y5/6 for a number of years, and they absolutely love them - boys with usually poor engagement respond particularly well to them)