I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
I currently work at the top end of Primary school in Year 5/6. I create resources for a range of subjects and am always open to suggestions for resources people require.
A presentation that looks at what adverbial clauses are with children before getting children to identify adverbial clauses within sentences and creating their own sentences with adverbial clauses in.
Reading comprehensions related to Pokemon to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Included is a fact file about Jigglypuff with three differentiated sets of 10 questions with the answers included.
A fact file that looks at St David's Day, including a brief introduction to who St David was and how he is celebrated in the modern day. Also included are three differentiated worksheets with questions related to the text they have read with the answers included.
Written with Year 5/6 in mind but can be used higher up.
An activity that looks at being able to create a fast food business with children. This activity can be done over a day or over a number of days/ weeks through discrete sessions. In groups they will allocate themselves roles and take responsibility for different aspects of the business. This all ends in children having to show their advert and pitch, with one group being crowned the winner at the end.
N.B: Children will need filming equipment for their advert whether it be a camera or iPad.
Any fast food advert will do for the advert example.
Any example pitch from the Apprentice will work appropriately.
This is a PowerPoint that includes 100 slides looking at a big range of grammar and punctuation features. These include looking at defining, showing examples and for some activities for children to complete.
This can be used for a range of features including: revision activities, starters, morning activities for some and to just quickly find examples for a range of features.
A template that is fully-hyperlinked and ready to use as a tool for assessing children's knowledge about any topic you are doing in a fun way. Simply insert the questions and answers where you wish, with it being highlighted which answer hyperlinks to the correct place.
Seven grammar revision booklets for Year 6 based on the seven different strands that are assessed within the test. Included in each one is questions from 2017, 2018 and 2019 that match up to the strand given in the mark scheme for children to then be able to practice a specific strand.
40 different questions for Chapter Twenty Four of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl that test a range of skills. These can be used for guided reading sessions or to give children as activities to support guided reading sessions/ whole class reading comprehensions. The questions follow the order of the chapter but don't have answers attached as the answers can vary depending on the child's opinion.
A simple guided reading session that focuses on a book without reading the book.
Included is:
A simple activity to help develop children's understanding of reading comprehension, getting them to think about what different questions are looking for by matching the question up to what they would need to find.
An activity that gets children to think about what questions they can ask just by looking at the front cover before trying to answer some of these based on the clues available.
An activity with the blurb, deciding what extra information it offers and whether it has changed their thinking about what will happen in the story.
Two reading comprehension activities linked to the first two chapters of The Nothing to See Here Hotel.
Each chapter has a comprehension activity that includes 10 questions that work on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
A reading comprehension based on Jack Grealish and some information regarding his life and footballing career.
Included is a fact file about Grealish, a 23 question comprehension task linked to the text and an answer sheet for the task.
Can be easily used as reading lesson, as a task to support development of reading comprehension, for home learning or to be sent home as a homework task.
Information and images courtesy of Wikipedia and BBC Sport.
A reading comprehension linked to information about the Premier League.
Included within the resource is an information text about the Premier League (information and images courtesy of Wikipedia) with a comprehension task of 11 questions that link to the text. An answer sheet is also included.
This can be used for a wide range of reasons including a general reading lesson, a reading task when coming in, for home learning or even for homework.
Five fully planned and resourced lessons that focus on key aspects of grammar through nouns, verbs and adjectives as well as being able to find antonyms and synonyms, providing a weeks worth of lessons.
The first lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with the focus then being on common and proper nouns. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common and proper nouns before introducing abstract nouns to children. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The third lesson out of three that focuses on nouns. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of nouns with a recap of common, proper and abstract nouns from previous lessons. The focus then shifts to pronouns before children complete activities. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The first of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on verbs. The activities will help children identify how changing verbs can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
The second of two lessons that focuses on synonyms and antonyms. These have been written with 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable.
This lesson acts as an introduction/ recap of synonyms and antonyms as well as focussing on adjectives. The activities will help children identify how changing adjectives can create effective sentences. Included are all the resources needed for the lesson including the plan, slides and differentiated resources.
A reading comprehension resource that acts as an introduction/ general overview for the religious festival of Hanukkah, considering what Hanukkah is, when it is celebrated, what Hanukkah celebrates and how it is celebrated.
This resource includes:
A fact file about Hanukkah (both in colour and black and white for ink saving purposes)
3 different comprehension activities of differing challenge - answers are included for these
A vocabulary activity that requires definitions to be found for each word provided.
Three different examples of information texts written about plants.
These can be used for a number of purposes, including showing examples of how information texts can be organised differently and how they can include different information, used for learning about plants and flowers or used as part of general reading lessons.
Three differentiated resources that focus on direct speech and being able to punctuate it accurately. These sheets are made with mastery in mind, taking elements of the mastery approach to Maths and applying these to English. Each sheet tells children what they need to do as well as having answers available.
Sheet One: Practise
Sheet Two: Practise and Fluency
Sheet Three: Practise, Fluency and Reasoning
Three differentiated worksheets that focus on being able to use semi-colons, particularly between two independent clauses. These then move on to checking children's understanding through questions before the HA activity gets children to write their own sentences with semi-colons.
Written with Year 5/6 children in mind but can be easily used in other year groups.
A set of simple worksheets that gets children to work on aspects of grammar in various ways. Included are verbs, nouns, modal verbs, adverbs, adjectives and abstract nouns.