Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
Primary Texts provides resources to help support the teaching of reading, writing and speaking and listening at primary level. Resources are flexible, adaptable, easy to use and meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
The spelling rules from the National Curriculum in English Appendix 1 for years 5 and 6 transferred to a PPT. Useful for whole class exploration and discussion. A blank ‘Look Cover Write Check’ sheet is also provided for pupils to practise spellings as needed.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 1 word objective requiring pupils to understand how the prefix un– changes the meaning of verbs and adjectives. The PPT contains explanation, examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.
These tasks can be selected by the teacher for use during individual, guided or shared reading sessions. They can be used as follow up activities or to help assess the children's strengths and weaknesses in different areas.
These resources help explain different aspects of grammar and punctuation. Useful for KS2 pupils. Examples of usage are provided to aid the children’s understanding. Includes reference materials on the following aspects of grammar:
Adverbs and adverbials
Basic punctuation
Commas
conjunctions
conjuncts
Expanded noun phrases
Higher level punctuation
Plus includes a handy grammar and punctuation reminder card for quick reference
A set of flashcards containing vocabulary linked to school. Suitable for EAL /ESL beginners who are in the early stages of learning English as a second language.This flashcard set can be used to help newcomers memorise over 60 key words. To increase versatility, the set contains separate cards featuring both pictures and words. Cards are colour coded enabling them to be grouped so that teachers can focus on one set of words at a time. Pages containing empty 2 by 2 grids are included which can be used to help organise flashcards for a fun game of bingo.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 3 sentence objective requiring pupils to understand ‘Expressing time, place and cause using prepositions’. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
Word mats containing a selection of vocabulary organised into catergories, suitable for higher ability children in key stage 2. The mats could be laminated and given to individual pupils to support fiction/non-fiction writing and encourage the use of adventurous vocabulary. More free resources are available on my website
Provides support for pupils writing persuasive texts, argument (discussion) texts or texts linked to complaints. Discuss with pupils which vocabulary on the card might be useful for the specific text type they are working on.
A pack containing 7 trace, write and label worksheets to help EAL pupils in the learn the names of parts of the face and body parts. Great for EAL newcomers or students in the early stages of learning English.
Contains a selection of resources to help year 1 pupils learn the common word list for their year group as specified in Appendix 1 of the English National Curriculum. Includes:
PPT with a variety of activities to help pupils practise spellings
Look Cover Write Check sheets with sentence activities allowing students to use the words in context
A word mat containing all the words for easy reference
Words arranged into lists for reference and display
The spelling rules from English appendix 1 for years 3 and 4 transferred to a PPT. Useful for whole class exploration and discussion. A blank ‘Look Cover Write Check’ sheet is also provided for pupils to practise spellings as needed.
The year 5 and 6 word list from appendix 1 of the English National Curriculum arranged onto a series of Look Cover Write Check sheets. Useful for practising spellings.
A selection of generic reading tasks based on Yr 5/6 reading objectives from the new curriculum for English. Many of the tasks may also be suitable for children in Yr 3/4. Could be used for shared or guided reading.
A complete poetry lesson based on cinquain poetry. Includes a PPT presentation and comprehension tasks. Also includes activities designed to help students create their own cinquains. These activities are ideal for helping pupils consider word choice, editing, syllables and layout. A flexible resource with the potential for extension into a short unit of work.
The 15 slide PPT contains:
• Examples of cinquains with supporting visual images
• Background information about how this type of poetry developed.
• Discussion questions
• Details of follow-up activities which provide guidance supporting students in writing their own cinquains
The resource also includes:
• A poem sheet containing two cinquains by Adelaide Crapsey – the poet who invented cinquains. Useful for pupils to read, make annotations or highlight.
• Two differentiated comprehension worksheets. Worksheet A contains true/false statements about both poems and an activity that requires students to visualise one of the poems. Worksheet B contains more challenging activities requiring students to explore the language of the poems.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 3 word objective requiring pupils to understand ‘Use of the forms a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel’. The PPT contains an explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. n addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 5 sentence objective requiring pupils to understand the use of modal verbs. The PPT contains explanation, examples, activities and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion. In addition, a short assessment test containing five SATs style questions linked to the objective is included with an accompanying answer sheet.
This pack contains a selection of EAL resources suitable for newly arrived KS1 and KS2 pupils with little or no English. The focus for this pack is to help EAL beginners to learn key vocabulary associated with school. The pack almost 50 worksheets with activities linked to more than 60 words. Activities include:
Handwriting
Drawing
Matching pictures and words
Multiple choice
Simple sentence work
The pack also contains a pupil information sheet, a phonics check sheet, pictures of all the referenced vocabulary (which could be enlarged and made into flashcards) and an assessment sheet to help monitor pupil’s understanding. The pack is designed to be used flexibly. Teachers can select worksheets as needed to support EAL lessons. Alternatively, teachers could combine all the sheets in the pack to create a workbook of materials which would allow newly arrived EAL learners to work fairly independently with some teacher support and guidance.
This pack contains a selection of EAL resources suitable for newly arrived KS1 and KS2 pupils with little or no English. The focus for this pack is to help EAL beginners to learn key vocabulary.The pack approximately 50 worksheets with activities linked to more than 60 words. Activities include:
Handwriting
Drawing
Matching pictures and words
Multiple choice
Simple sentence work
The pack also contains a pupil information sheet, a phonics check sheet, pictures of all the referenced vocabulary (which could be enlarged and made into flashcards) and an assessment sheet to help monitor pupil’s understanding. The pack is designed to be used flexibly. Teachers can select worksheets as needed to support EAL lessons. Alternatively, teachers could combine all the sheets in the pack to create a workbook of materials which would allow newly arrived EAL learners to work fairly independently with some teacher support and guidance.
This pack contains a selection of EAL resources suitable for newly arrived KS1 and KS2 pupils with little or no English. The focus for this pack is to help EAL beginners to learn key vocabulary associated with home. The pack almost 50 worksheets with activities linked to more than 60 words. Activities include:
Handwriting
Drawing
Matching pictures and words
Multiple choice
Simple sentence work
The pack also contains a pupil information sheet, a phonics check sheet, pictures of all the referenced vocabulary (which could be enlarged and made into flashcards) and an assessment sheet to help monitor pupil’s understanding. The pack is designed to be used flexibly. Teachers can select worksheets as needed to support EAL lessons. Alternatively, teachers could combine all the sheets in the pack to create a workbook of materials which would allow newly arrived EAL learners to work fairly independently with some teacher support and guidance.
This PPT based lesson will help students to understand the skills needed to write a review and then write one of their own. The lesson format is as below:
Discuss: Talk about the features and purpose of reviews and the set task.
Analyse: Identify the features that can be seen in an example text.
Write: Write a review about a stay in a bad hotel room.
Edit: Review work and identify improvements that could be made.