I have thoroughly examined the Bond books for 9-11 year olds for difficult vocabulary words and put them into lists. It took a bit of time, so I do hope others can make use of this resource as well! I teach many Year Five and Six students that are prepping for the 11 Plus and last year I noticed that they needed more exposure to high level vocabulary for these exams. As many of these students are strong spellers, I decided to alternate weekly spelling lists with these vocabulary lists. They practise the words with activities from my spelling menu as many of the activities do not solely focus on spelling. This is NOT for learning the spelling, but for learning meanings of words. You will need to think of another way to test students instead of the typical ‘spelling test’. Includes 16 lists (2 lists per page, organised into groups of 8). UK/AU/CAN spellings Hope you find this resource useful! I know this has helped my students tremendously. UPDATE: I also have another resource with 16 more lists, including lists with a focus on roots.

I’m the English Coordinator at a small little school and I took on the task last year of developing a guided reading programme for KS2 as I noticed this was missing from the school. I have included: -the recording sheet I use with tricky vocabulary highlighted. -a sheet of individual pupil questions that they glue into their Reading Response journals after reading a chapter with the teacher. It will save lots of paper as I got 8 sets of questions per page. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community. About this resource: I created this for a high ability guided reading group for Year 4. Please notice the pictures example I added at the end. Other resources available: Guided Reading: Sheep-Pig, Hodgeheg, Diary of a Killer Cat, Billy the Bird, Bill’s New Frock, The Iron Man, James and the Giant Peach Upper KS2 Guided Reading: Reading Assessment Focus tasks linked to Bloom’s Taxonomy, Indian in the Cupboard, Wreck of the Zanzibar, Carrie’s War, Artemis Fowl

I’m the English Coordinator at a small little school and I took on the task last year of developing a guided reading programme for KS2 as I noticed this was missing from the school. I have included: -the recording sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes) -a sheet of individual pupil questions that they glue into their Reading Response journals after reading a chapter with the teacher (again not entirely mine as I found some questions here and there). It will save lots of paper as I got 8 sets of questions per page. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community.

These narrative writing resources were created to help my students when they were planning their narrative writing. I like to laminate them (double-sided on coloured paper) so that students can have them at their desks and support their writing. Many students struggle with the structure of narrative writing and I wanted to give them support in a similar way to word mats. Included in this resource: -how to start a narrative (brainstorming) -genre -planning (with scaffold questioning) -hooking your reader -how to move the story along -conflict ideas -elements of plot -how to end -narrative checklist (not entirely mine, pieced together form here and there) -narrative writing word mat (transition words, words instead of said, adverbs, senses, figurative language, character feelings, setting ideas, adding tension, punctuation) -text extracts for highlighting feature of narrative writing/annotation If you like this, I also have word mats for adverbs, verbs, openers, etc called Word Mats: Key Stage Two English

I have included the guided reading record sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes). The most important part of this document is the vocabulary I added. I went through each chapter and picked out vocabulary I thought was tricky. The vocabulary per chapter in the record sheet is not in abc order because it’s in the order that it comes up in the chapter. At the end of the document I arranged the vocabulary per chapter in abc order. I copy these (double-sided), laminate them and put a ring around them so students can each have a copy as sometimes they finish reading a chapter independently without me and need support. This vocabulary is CHALLENGING!! About this resource: I created this for a high ability guided reading group for Year 6. Please notice the pictures example I added at the end as well as a note. Other resources available: Guided Reading: Sheep-Pig, Hodgeheg, Diary of a Killer Cat, Billy the Bird, Butterfly Lion, The Iron Man, James and the Giant Peach Upper KS2 Guided Reading: Reading Assessment Focus tasks linked to Bloom’s Taxonomy, Indian in the Cupboard, Wreck of the Zanzibar, Carrie’s War, Artemis Fowl

I’m the English Coordinator at a small little school and I took on the task last year of developing a guided reading programme for KS2 as I noticed this was missing from the school. I have included: -the recording sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes) -a sheet of individual pupil questions that they glue into their Reading Response journals after reading a chapter with the teacher (again not entirely mine as I found some questions here and there). It will save lots of paper as I got 8 sets of questions per page. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community.

I have included the guided reading record sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes). I went through each chapter and picked out vocabulary I thought was tricky. The vocabulary per chapter in the record sheet is not in abc order because it’s in the order that it comes up in the chapter. I created this for a low/average ability guided reading group for Year 5. Please notice the pictures example I added at the end as well as a note. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community.

I created these posters for my Year Five class, and now Year Four and Year Six use them as well at my school. Year Three uses some of the posters. I tried to keep them as simple as possible and really found my pupils referred to them and used them as a tool. I did not put on the display board all at once, but gradually. The large posters (A4) give a brief definition of the terms, and the mini-posters (half an A4 page) have example sentences using the parts of speech. Includes: -noun -verb -adjective -adverb -preposition -article (option for determiner as well) -conjunction (option for connective as well) -interjection -pronoun -modal verb -relative pronoun -synonym -antonym -homophone -homonym *updated November 2016 with: -main clause -subordinate clause -adverbial clause -expanded noun phrase -active/passive voice -standard English/non-standard English -personal/impersonal writing Hope you find these useful and that it saves you time! Kelli comments always appreciated!

I’m the English Coordinator at a small school and I took on the task last year of developing a guided reading programme for KS2 as I noticed this was missing from the school. I have included: -the recording sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes) -a sheet of individual pupil questions that they glue into their Reading Response journals after reading a chapter with the teacher (again not entirely mine as I found some questions here and there). It will save lots of paper as I got 8 sets of questions per page. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community.

I’m the English Coordinator at a small little school and I took on the task last year of developing a guided reading programme for KS2 as I noticed this was missing from the school. I have included: -the recording sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes) -a sheet of individual pupil questions that they glue into their Reading Response journals after reading a chapter with the teacher (again not entirely mine as I found some questions here and there). It will save lots of paper as I got 8 sets of questions per page. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community. Other resources available: Guided Reading: Sheep-Pig, Hodgeheg, Diary of a Killer Cat, Bill’s New Frock, Butterfly Lion, The Iron Man, James and the Giant Peach Upper KS2 Guided Reading: Reading Assessment Focus tasks linked to Bloom’s Taxonomy, Indian in the Cupboard, Wreck of the Zanzibar, Carrie’s War, Artemis Fowl

I’m the English Coordinator at a small little school and I took on the task last year of developing a guided reading programme for KS2 as I noticed this was missing from the school. I have included: -the recording sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes) -a sheet of individual pupil questions that they glue into their Reading Response journals after reading a chapter with the teacher (again not entirely mine as I found some questions here and there). It will save lots of paper as I got 8 sets of questions per page. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community. About this resource: I created this for a high ability guided reading group for Year 3. Please notice the pictures example I added at the end as well as a note. Other resources available: Guided Reading: Billy the Bird, Hodgeheg, Diary of a Killer Cat, Bill’s New Frock, Butterfly Lion, The Iron Man, James and the Giant Peach Upper KS2 Guided Reading: Reading Assessment Focus tasks linked to Bloom’s Taxonomy, Indian in the Cupboard, Wreck of the Zanzibar, Carrie’s War, Artemis Fowl

I have included the guided reading record sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes). I went through each chapter and picked out vocabulary I thought was tricky. The vocabulary per chapter in the record sheet is not in abc order because it’s in the order that it comes up in the chapter. I created this for an average/ high ability guided reading group for Year 5. Please notice the pictures example I added at the end as well as a note. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community.

I’m the English Coordinator at a small school and I took on the task last year of developing a guided reading programme for KS2 as I noticed this was missing from the school. I have included: -the recording sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes) -a sheet of individual pupil questions that they glue into their Reading Response journals after reading a chapter with the teacher (again not entirely mine as I found some questions here and there). It will save lots of paper as I got 8 sets of questions per page. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community.

I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community. WHAT IS IT? I was inspired by a Bloom’s reading reflection resource I saw in the States and decided to do something similar with the AFs for the UK curriculum. Basically it is a way to differentiate reading response questions (after a student has read a chapter(s) with a teacher in guided reading). The questions link the AFs with Bloom’s Taxonomy. WHAT AGE? It depends on your class of course, but I introduced this to Year 4 during the last term, and I use it with Year 5 and 6. There are also picture examples !

I’m the English Coordinator at a small little school and I took on the task last year of developing a guided reading programme for KS2 as I noticed this was missing from the school. I have included: -the recording sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes) -a sheet of individual pupil questions that they glue into their Reading Response journals after reading a chapter with the teacher (again not entirely mine as I found some questions here and there). It will save lots of paper as I got 8 sets of questions per page. I am sharing this guided reading resource with you in the hopes that it will save you some bit of time and enhance your guided reading lesson. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community. Other resources available: Guided Reading: Sheep-Pig, Hodgeheg, Diary of a Killer Cat, Bill’s New Frock, Butterfly Lion, The Iron Man, James and the Giant Peach Upper KS2 Guided Reading: Reading Assessment Focus tasks linked to Bloom’s Taxonomy, Indian in the Cupboard, Wreck of the Zanzibar, Carrie’s War, Artemis Fowl

I have included the guided reading record sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes). I went through each chapter and picked out vocabulary I thought was tricky. The vocabulary per chapter in the record sheet is not in abc order because it’s in the order that it comes up in the chapter. Other resources available: Guided Reading: Sheep-Pig, Hodgeheg, Diary of a Killer Cat, Billy the Bird, Butterfly Lion, The Iron Man, James and the Giant Peach Upper KS2 Guided Reading: Reading Assessment Focus tasks linked to Bloom’s Taxonomy, Indian in the Cupboard, Wreck of the Zanzibar, Carrie’s War, Artemis Fowl

PHONICS FLASHCARDS! -short vowels -consonant digraphs -long vowels -vowel digraphs 42 pages free! COVERS: short a short e short i short o short u wh/ph ch th sh a_e ai ay e/ee ea i_e o_e oa old u_e ar or/oor ow (ō) ow ear/er igh y/ie ir ur oo oo au aw ou air/are eigh & ear oy/oi ui/ew/ue wor & ng wr & kn dge/ge si/ti/ci soft c/g Use for segmenting, blending , identifying, sorting etc! Copy two of each and play memory/snap! I made these for my intervention group so I hope I can save you some time! Credit: large frame: Mr Magician small headers: Mad Clips font: Sandra Matadamas at Sweet Times in First

This will make spelling homework so EASY for you and your students! Children love the power of CHOICE, and that’s exactly what the menu does for spelling homework. When I first came to my current school, the common practice was to write ten sentences with their spelling words each week. Yuck! They hated it, I hated marking it (I teach Year 5 and Year 6 English so that’s twice the fun of reading all.those.sentences.week.after.week.) After seeing ideas for this concept of a spelling choice menu, I pulled the ideas I felt best fit the needs of my students and added some of my own. This menu is for one term (9-12 weeks, depending on your school). For American schools, you’ll have to decide how long you want the choice board to go for. I like the idea that students don’t have to do every single choice (especially if they don’t have access to a printer as some of the choices deal with a printer). Choice 1: I use these for Year 3 and 4 at my school (Second and Third Grade). There are 2 pages; I use one for a term, and then the other (slight variation of activities) for the next term and then back to the first one again for the third term. Choice 2: I use these for Year 5 and 6 at my school (Fourth and Fifth Grade). There are 2 pages; I use 1 for a term, and then the other (slight variation of activities) for the next term and then back to the first one again for the third term. I’ve also added a copy of each of the menus in a basic font so that you can edit it as well.

Working on word families, but not sure how to record it in notebooks? Here are a variety of ‘houses’ for your students to write in. You can extend by having them write the words again (with the remaining notebook page), draw pictures, or write in sentences. A4 and US Letter versions available.

Sometimes our students need help with their stories. It could be what to write about, how to start or what words to use. My students LOVE these mats and I have seen a great improvement in their writing after using them. What worked best for me was to print these (double-sided) on coloured paper, then laminate. I also made additional copies to send home with students or you could keep copies in homework folders. These word mats can be used for numerous activities so I hope you find them useful! Included in the 11 pages: -Character appearance & personality -Character thoughts & feelings -Figurative language -Senses -Openers -Verbs & Adverbs -Setting choices, description and openers -Alternative Adjectives -Persuasion -Language for various genres If you like this, I also have a resource with an overview of narrative writing that you might find useful.