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 fact file about Barack Obama that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Barack Obama at the same time.
A fact file about Remembrance Day that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 12 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Remembrance Day at the same time.
A fact file about Martin Luther King Jr. that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Martin Luther King Jr. at the same time.
A fact file about Halloween that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 10 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Halloween at the same time.
A fact file about Usain Bolt that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 13 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Usain Bolt at the same time.
A fact file about Queen Victoria that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 12 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Queen Victoria at the same time.
A fact file about Tutankhamun that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Tutankhamun at the same time.
A lesson/s that requires children to write an information text about the Sun, Moon or Earth. Included is a lesson presentation, an example text to show them what it looks like and some support sheets including a self-assessment grid and fact files. If you have iPads available or other technology they could then also use these to support fact finding.
A useful lesson at the end of a topic on Earth and Space to summarise the learning they have done.
A lesson that focuses on being able to use colons and semi-colons in a list. There are some examples before different questions that work on applying what they have learnt with challenge questions to justify their responses. This is then followed by an activity that works on applying these rules as well as a green bubble challenge to then create their own written examples to support the transition to independent writing.
A lesson on proper nouns, including the lesson presentation and tiered activity sheet that gets children to think about proper nouns in different ways.
An independent written task that gives children a written stimuli to then be able to write a discussion text. Included is a look at key features of a discussion text, examples of layout and examples of logical conjunctions and modal verbs that children can then use. Within the pack are peer-marking codes, a self-assessment grid and language sheet to help children with their written task.
With the editing and redrafting process there is enough here to run a few lessons of independent writing.
A fully-resourced double lesson that focuses on teaching coordinating conjunctions, with a specific focus on ‘and, but, so’.
The first lesson focuses on being able to identify them, as well as discussing the role they play. The second lesson then takes this learning and extends it by requiring children to decide what the most appropriate coordinating conjunction is in each sentence.
Included in the resource is:
A double lesson PowerPoint with teaching points, discussions and practice questions.
An independent activity for lesson one with extension task.
An independent activity for lesson two with extension task. Both activities have answer sheets provided.
A lesson that focuses on synonyms and antonyms that can be used as a new lesson or as a recap of what they are. Included is the PowerPoint for the lesson (including green challenge questions), an activity with answers, previous SATs questions linked to synonyms and antonyms and two recap tasks that can be used in the week/s after the lesson as starters to remind children about antonyms and synonyms.
A double lesson focusing on being able to identify and use common and proper nouns.
Included in the resource is:
A double lesson presentation that introduces key terms, gives the chance to practise and discuss before then applying this to activities. In the second lesson, there is also a quick-fire quiz to check they can tell the difference between common and proper nouns.
Activities for each lesson - The first lesson includes two activities, one focusing on common nouns and one proper nouns. The first activity also includes a lower attainers activity to support understanding and accessing the tasks. Answer sheets are included for all these activities.
The second lesson then includes two different potential activities to choose from. The first is a noun hunt, finding proper nouns and common nouns. This could be done in the classroom or around the school. The second potential activity is a sorting task with a challenge question at the end and an answer sheet included.
A double lesson focusing on being able to use and identify adjectives.
Included in the resource is:
A double lesson presentation that includes key discussions, examples and practise before then being able to move on independent activities.
Activities for both lessons including:
The first lesson having an activity where children use adjectives to describe images provided before then being asked to add an adjective to an already identified noun. No answer sheet is provided for this due to the open nature of the tasks.
The second lesson activity then requires children to identify adjectives in a sentence before rewriting the sentences with different adjectives. An answer sheet is included as well as a support sheet for lower attainers that identifies the nouns to try and help them find the adjectives.
There is also an adjective word mat included (black and white and coloured background versions) to support the various tasks.
Extracts from all seven Harry Potter books with three sets of differentiated questions attached with each extract. These activities will help children work on a range of comprehension skills using a story many are already aware of and engaged with. Questions range from simple retrieval to commenting on why particular language has been used.
***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling.
Reading comprehensions related to football to try and engage children whilst also developing their comprehension skills. Each comprehension comes with three sets of 11 questions that are differentiated with the answers included.
This will continue to be developed with more footballers and football clubs added to it with the price rising as more are added.
So far included are:
Paul Pogba
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Perfect for back to school - Use these as a fun activity to get to know the children in your class. Each question gets children thinking and can require them to justify their decision. Questions can include set criteria e.g. cleaning the toilet with your toothbrush and then having to use it.
Some are simply silly, fun questions whilst some will offer deep insight into the nature of individuals.
Simply print them out, and either laminate them or cut them out and stick them on card. 116 question cards included.
Whilst they can be used at the start of the year as a fun way to get to know individuals, they can also be used throughout the year. Have a day a week where one is used, getting children to do a straw poll with hands up and then discussing or getting children to write on a whiteboard and a reason why. They could also record them in a notebook to show their thinking.
These can also be taken further by getting children to think of their own, getting them to think about questioning and ensuring that the two topics are related to one another and have a similar level of reward/ punishment with these then becoming discussion points.
Ten different worksheets of varying challenge levels to work on being able to use apostrophes for contraction/ apostrophes for omission.
The ten different worksheets vary in challenge to ensure there is something for everyone, including:
A simple matching task
Changing phrases into the contracted form (or vice versa on one work sheet)
Rewriting sentences to change phrases into the contracted form
Sentence level task
Identifying errors
Working on multiple choice reasoning questions
Answer sheets are included for all ten activities.
These are very much ready to print and go as they are with the only requirement being to decide the level of challenge you want to bring to pupils. Worksheets are attached with UK and US spellings.
Alongside the activities, there are two supporting sheets. One is a poster style document that can be used with individuals or for display, whilst there are also support structure strips that can be trimmed and stuck into books to provide a scaffold with support around vocabulary and examples.