I am a long time ESL teacher and KS2/KS3 tutor. I create professional handouts and activities which do not require any alteration, simply print and copy. I make my resources user-friendly, meaning they are easy for pupils to understand, effective at teaching the target skill and entertaining for pupils to use. Where colour is used, the worksheets generally can successfully be printed in black and white unless otherwise stated.
I am a long time ESL teacher and KS2/KS3 tutor. I create professional handouts and activities which do not require any alteration, simply print and copy. I make my resources user-friendly, meaning they are easy for pupils to understand, effective at teaching the target skill and entertaining for pupils to use. Where colour is used, the worksheets generally can successfully be printed in black and white unless otherwise stated.
Spelling practice at the KS2 level with National Curriculum spelling words, practising words with ‘ie’ and ‘ei’ spellings
Resource includes 3 worksheets to practice 20 words:
1 - look, cover, write for words with ‘ei’
2 - look, cover, write for words with ‘ie’
3 - complete the blanks with ‘ie’ or 'ei, all 20 words mixed up
Blank town map with roads. Pupils should draw buildings and green spaces to create their own town. They should also add names to streets and title their town.
Presentation which prompts pupils to think about and discuss how much sleep they get and whether it’s enough. It can be a good idea to start this lesson by asking pupils to write on the board the number of hours they got. You can prepare before class a big line with 1 at one end and 12 at the other. Ask pupils to put their number along the line. Discuss the results without singling out anyone.
Handout with the same slides if you want them to follow along.
Silly pictures to end a more serious class discussion on sleep habits, where pupils must answer 2 questions about each pictures - where and why!
Games and activities to help young children with basic spelling, including KS2 practice with plurals. The scrabble tiles can also be used with higher level children to practice more challenging words!
Best used for an ESL group, but could also be used as an ice breaker in any other class.
Includes a bunch of bizarre questions to ask each other as an ice breaker / conversation starter, for example 'why do pyjamas have pockets?'
Family Tree:
In small groups, children use the cards as clues in order to organise the pictures in a family tree.
An element of competition can be added, making the first team to solve how all the people are related the winner.
This takes a bit of preparation, but if you laminate it, you can reuse it many times.
This can be used with young children or ESL learners of many ages.
This is a comprehensive set of activities to work on geography about 14 European countries. It is possible to change the selection of countries by adding extra passports, flags and numbers on the board.
You can view most of the game components in this picture: https://goo.gl/JkQUgf
The main game is about taking a trip around Europe. Players each select a passport which contains the identity of a child who they will become during the game. The passport also contains a list of countries to which they must travel in order to win the game. To be fair, each passport will require the same total amount in order to win. To travel, players must earn money by answering trivia questions about these 14 countries, which can then be spent on flights to different countries on their list. Trivia questions include physical geography (location and shape), flags and capital cities. All game components are provided in PDF and DOCX format for ease of printing and also to allow you to customise the game to include different countries and/or different trivia questions.
This game is suitable for lower primary pupils or older ESL or SEN children. Full rules are provided in PDF form in the download.
The secondary game provided is basically UNO, except uses flags. It is intended to help children practice correct forms of 'be' in the present simple and recognise some flags. Game play is identical to UNO.
Also provided are corresponding cut outs and worksheets about these countries. Cut outs can be used to practice capital cities, then further practiced on the worksheets. Another worksheet has pupils colour the flags according to a description.
A quick colourful visual guide of the core tenses in English. Intended to be used alongside instruction on the meaning and function of tenses, but useful as an overview and sort of checklist for pupils.
2 versions are included - one full A4 size, the other has 2 images on 1 sheet to be cut as smaller handouts.
Interactive practice with primary level connectives. Suitable for KS2 English revision or extra support for older ESL pupils.
Cut-outs should be prepared for each pair or group of 3 to match sentences. Afterwards, pupils can complete the worksheet independently to consolidate use of connectives.
The file contains 2 versions of letters - one with points and the other without. Letters can be put in the middle for pupils to form their own words, or handed out and played in a similar manner as Scrabble. It's best if letters are printed on card stock and/or laminated for durability. Also, as all vowels are on one page and consonants on another, it is useful to print each on a separate colour to help pupils recognise vowels vs consonants.
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These activities are intended to lead into a larger project on giving a presentation. The idea is that pupils will choose a controversial issue to then use their presentation skills to prepare a talk for the class.
Start with the starter picture projected on the board or as a handout. Use the phrase and image to push pupils to give their opinion and back it up.
Break pupils into small groups and hand out the list of controversial statements. Have them discuss each.
Get pupils to brainstorm a big list of controversial issues on the board which might make good presentation topics. Instruct pupils to choose one for which they must prepare a presentation. This may be done as homework or if presentation skills have been an ongoing topic, it could be blended into class preparation.
Cards should be printed on coloured paper or cardstock so that words are not visible from the backside. Ten sets should be handed out shuffled to each pair to play memory. Rotate the sets of 10 so pupils get practice with all 100 sight words. Afterwards, pupils can be given quick spelling tests based on these words or dictation sentences using only words from this selection.
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Card game with singular and plural forms of different nouns, covering the different spelling rules (x, sh, ch, irregulars, etc.). The cards should be printed either on coloured paper or card stock, or using the final page on the opposite site so that pupils cannot see through them. They can be used to play memory or Go Fish.
The second file contains various KS2 exam practice about plurals. The crossword is best assigned as homework for extra practice.
Get your class interested in European geography by involving the current Euro Cup football championship!
Worksheets and activities cover countries, capital cities and flags for all 12 countries part of the Euro Cup.
Countries & Capitals:
- worksheet
- matching cards to cut out - can be used for initial learning or as a memory type game
Flags
- cut outs - full colour flags plus cards with country names
- worksheet for pupils to consolidate knowledge from cards
Posters
- A4 posters to display in the classroom - 2 flags w/ country name per page
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Look, Cover, Write activity with 10 super challenging words which all have double consonants.
Contains:
- cut outs engage tactile learning of challenging spelling words
- worksheet for pupils to practice spelling these words using the look, cover, write method
Help improve writing by expanding pupil’s knowledge of a range of linking words.
1 - cut out activity to organise by function
2 - cut out a selection of linking words to insert into a text
3 - organised list of linking words with gap fill activity
Best printed on coloured card stock and laminated for multiple use!
This allows children to practise and memorise their times tables. Arrange with underlined numbers as the top and left border, then the rest of the numbers within. Once assembled, remove random numbers and have children solve the missing number.
2 versions, but all same questions
Students should mingle and ask each other questions in order to fill in the squares with a name. The person to get a full line first wins.
This is ideal for the first lesson of an adult ESL group so that students (and teacher) can get to know each other, and refresh their speaking skills in a relaxed manner before proper lessons begin.