These two connection Verbal Reasoning activities are based on the poem The Twelve Days of Christmas. Children will use their reasoning skills and knowledge of the poem to identify which word is the odd one out and explain why. Using this activity will provide: Reading practice Poem and Vocabulary reinforcement Explanation practice. Also includes suggested answers with explanations. Ready to print and teach! #reading #apply #christmas #12days #vocab #keyword #oddoneout #reasoning #verbalreasoning Use in conjunction with a variety of my 12 days themed resources: [write a modern version of the poem]( [key word wordsearches]( [model text for thank you letters to the sender of all the gifts]( [Twelve Days of Christmas English Lesson bundle]( Also available in store! Christmas Science - design a jumper Christmas Science - Candy Canes in Liquid Christmas Science bundle Read and draw a snowman Multi-sensory Hot Chocolate Writing task New Year Goal Writing

Multi sensory Christmas writing - Hot Chocolate Let children enjoy a (not too) hot chocolate and record their experience on the palette of words planning sheet, using their senses of smell, sight, taste and touch. Then help the children create a paragraph of writing using their plan! This pack includes: Palette of words to record multi sensory phrases and help plan and formulate ideas. Four writing frames to publish hot chocolate writing. This planning grid allows learners to prepare, annotate, edit and develop ideas before writing a longer piece. Worried about differentiation? Try: using the grids as a word sorting game, mixed ability groups, small groups with alternate lead writers, reviewing/editing and “magpie-ing”/idea sharing words from each other – and doing so in a different colour! Ready to print and teach! #planning #writing #apply #hotchoc #hotchocolate #sensorywriting #christmas #winter #decode #ks1 #ks2 Also available in store! Christmas Science - design a jumper Christmas Science - Candy Canes in Liquid Christmas Science bundle Read and draw a snowman New Year Goal Writing Twelve Days of Christmas Poem odd one out (reading and reasoning)

New Year’s Goals inspired Literacy task. Newly Updated for 2022! Two colour and three black and white versions of a Goal Writing task that can be used at home in class digitally printed and is easily differentiated by outcome! New version that allows resource to be used year after year! Includes full colour and Black and White versions. Ready to print and use! #newyears #backtoschool #bts #newschoolyear #christmas #writing #choiceboard #homework #literacy #homelearning #goals #pshce Also available in store! Christmas Science - design a jumper Christmas Science - Candy Canes in Liquid Christmas Science bundle Read and draw a snowman Multi-sensory Hot Chocolate Writing task Twelve Days of Christmas Poem odd one out (reading and reasoning)

This activity embeds and applies decoding knowledge and application with learners in UK Key Stage One (aged 5-7) or equivalent. Simple sentences students can read and enjoy independently. Learners answer questions which indicate how the face should be illustrated. Will provide an excellent assessment of how children are progressing with independent reading. I suggest you print 2 to a page to save printing costs and let children see the end result as they answer each question. Ready to print and teach! #reading #apply #face #ks1 #decode #directeddrawing Also Individually Available or as a bundle! Read and Draw a Snowman Read and Draw a Flower Read and Draw an Ice Cream Read and Draw a Cat Read and Draw a Dog Read and Draw a Pumpkin Read and Draw Bundle Also available in Store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: LKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: UKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

This activity embeds and applies decoding knowledge and application with learners in UK Key Stage One (aged 5-7) or equivalent. Simple sentences students can read and enjoy independently. Learners answer questions which indicate how the flower should be illustrated. Will provide an excellent assessment of how children are progressing with independent reading. I suggest you print 2 to a page to save printing costs and let children see the end result as they answer each question. Ready to print and teach! #reading #apply #flower #garden #decode #directeddrawing #ks1 Also Individually Available or as a bundle! Read and Draw a Snowman Read and Draw a Face Read and Draw an Ice Cream Read and Draw a Cat Read and Draw a Dog Read and Draw a Pumpkin Read and Draw Bundle Also available in Store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: LKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: UKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

This activity embeds and applies decoding knowledge and application with learners in UK Key Stage One (aged 5-7) or equivalent. Simple sentences students can read and enjoy independently. Learners answer questions which indicate how the ice cream should be illustrated. Will provide an excellent assessment of how children are progressing with independent reading. I suggest you print 2 to a page to save printing costs and let children see the end result as they answer each question. Ready to print and teach! #reading #apply #icecream #summer #ks1 #decode #directeddrawing Also Individually Available or as a bundle! Read and Draw a Snowman Read and Draw a Flower Read and Draw a Face Read and Draw a Cat Read and Draw a Dog Read and Draw a Pumpkin Read and Draw Bundle Also available in Store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: LKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: UKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

This activity embeds and applies decoding knowledge and application with learners in UK Key Stage One (aged 5-7) or equivalent. Simple sentences students can read and enjoy independently. Learners answer questions which indicate how the dog should be illustrated. Will provide an excellent assessment of how children are progressing with independent reading. I suggest you print 2 to a page to save printing costs and let children see the end result as they answer each question. Ready to print and teach! #reading #ks1 #apply #dog #animals #decode #directeddrawing Also Individually Available or as a bundle! Read and Draw a Snowman Read and Draw a Flower Read and Draw a Face Read and Draw an Ice Cream Read and Draw a Cat Read and Draw a Pumpkin Read and Draw Bundle Also available in Store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: LKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: UKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

This activity embeds and applies decoding knowledge and application with learners in UK Key Stage One (aged 5-7) or equivalent. Simple sentences students can read and enjoy independently. Learners answer questions which indicate how the cat should be illustrated. Will provide an excellent assessment of how children are progressing with independent reading. I suggest you print 2 to a page to save printing costs and let children see the end result as they answer each question. Ready to print and teach! #reading #apply #cat #animals #decode #directeddrawing #ks1 Also Individually Available or as a bundle! Read and Draw a Snowman Read and Draw a Flower Read and Draw a Face Read and Draw an Ice Cream Read and Draw a Dog Read and Draw a Pumpkin Read and Draw Bundle Also available in Store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: LKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: UKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

This activity embeds and applies decoding knowledge and application with learners in UK Key Stage One (aged 5-7) or equivalent. Simple sentences students can read and enjoy independently. Learners answer questions which indicate how the snowman should be illustrated. Will provide an excellent assessment of how children are progressing with independent reading. I suggest you print 2 to a page to save printing costs and let children see the end result as they answer each question. Ready to print and teach! #directeddrawing #reading #apply #snowman #winter #decode #ks1 Also Individually Available or as a bundle! Read and Draw a Flower Read and Draw a Face Read and Draw an Ice Cream Read and Draw a Cat Read and Draw a Dog Read and Draw a Pumpkin Read and Draw Bundle Also available in Store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: LKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: UKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

This Halloween themed activity embeds and applies decoding knowledge and application with learners in UK Key Stage One (aged 5-7) or equivalent. Simple sentences students can read and enjoy independently. Learners answer questions which indicate how the pumpkin should be illustrated. Will provide an excellent assessment of how children are progressing with independent reading. I suggest you print 2 to a page to save printing costs and let children see the end result as they answer each question. Ready to print and teach! #reading #apply #pumpkin #jackolantern #halloween #decode #directeddrawing #pumpkins Also Individually Available or as a bundle! Read and Draw a Snowman Read and Draw a Flower Read and Draw a Face Read and Draw an Ice Cream Read and Draw a Cat Read and Draw a Dog Read and Draw Bundle Also available in Store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: LKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: UKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

Four wordsearches for learners to show off their ability to read and identify: Number words 1-10 Number words 11-15 Number words 16-20 Mathematical terms such as add and subtract AND! Two wordsearch frames for children to develop their own puzzles. Use them for: Number word reading Maths word reading to prepare them for word problems Home learning Also available in Store: Number bonds to 10 using Numicon Prepositions: on, in, under, behind 2d Shape 4 mixed activities Halves and Doubles within 20 - Spaced theme

4 activities and to help learners learn and Includes a set of “Homophone of the Day” task sheets and 3 mixed homophone pair activities to embed learning – with answers! Includes all the Upper Key Stage Two Statutory and Non-statutory words: Advice / advise Aisle / isle Altar / alter Affect / effect Ascent / assent Bridal / bridle Cereal / serial Complement / compliment Descent / dissent Desert / dessert Device / devise Draft / draught Farther / father Guessed / guest Heard / herd Lead / led Licence / license Morning / mourning Passed / past Practice / practise Precede / proceed Principal / principle Profit / prophet Prophecy / prophesy Stationary / stationery Steal / steel Wary / weary Also available in Store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: LKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

4 activities and to help learners learn and Includes a set of “Homophone of the Day” task sheets and 3 mixed homophone pair activities to embed learning – with answers! Includes all the **Lower Key Stage Two **Statutory and Non-statutory words: Accept / except Affect / effect Bawl / ball Berry / bury Brake / break Caught / court Fair / fare Grate / great Groan / grown Heal / heel / he’ll Knot / not Mail / male Main / mane Meat / meet Medal / meddle Missed / mist Peace / piece Plain / plane Rain / reign / rein Scene / seen Threw / through Weather / whether Whose / who’s Also available in Store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: UKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

4 activities and to help learners learn and Includes a set of “Homophone of the Day” task sheets and 3 mixed homophone pair activities to embed learning – with answers! Includes all the ** Key Stage One** Statutory and Non-statutory words: bear / bare be / bee blew / blue hear / here hair / hare night / knight quiet / quite read / red right / write sea / see son / sun too / two Also available in store: Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: KS1 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: LKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: UKS2 Homophone of the Day PLUS mixed activities: Primary BUNDLE

Vocabulary is key in education! Help your children use ambitious topic related words and spell them correctly too with this clear, but detailed wordbank. Useful for home adults and in class learners alike. #picasso #monet #matisse #vangogh #cezanne #kahlo #laurenceanholt #guidedreading #reading #keystage1 #ks1 #readytoteach #printandteach

Four“palette of words” prepared for the topic of “Artists”. Each grid allows learners to prepare, annotate, edit and develop ideas before writing a longer piece. Worried about differentiation? Try using the grids as a word sorting game, mixed ability groups, small groups with alternate lead writers, reviewing/editing and “magpie-ing”/idea sharing words from each other – and doing so in a different colour! Use them for: Colour poetry Descriptive writing Application of grammatical concepts Trip recounts Stories