A fact file about Mary Anning 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 Mary Anning at the same time.

Teach children all about Evolution and Inheritance with this block of differentiated lesson plans and resources. These six lessons take children on a journey developing their understanding of Evolution and famous scientists work. N.B. These lessons are planned for 1 and a half - 2 hour lessons so if you teach Science for one hour a week then you will get more than six lessons from them. Lesson One - Offspring variation Lesson Two and Three - Climate adaptations Lesson Four - Fossils Lesson Five - Evolution/ adaptations Lesson Six - Famous Scientists Also included is a fun Who Wants to be a Millionaire style assessment.

Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at instructions. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 8-10 lessons that focus on key features of instructions and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7. Independent writing is linked to George's Marvellous Medicines with children creating 'different' types of medicine with a list of possible ingredients also included and an example of how it could be written. Skills include: Using linking adverbs (time adverbials) and using imperative verbs as well as creating a poppy for remembrance day.

8 different sets of instructions that are aimed at different ability children, showing different ways in which instructions can be set out for day to day tasks as well as showing how detailed instructions can need to be for a simple task like cleaning your teeth.

A word mat originally created to help children use linking adverbs of time in their instruction writing. Useful for children to have in front of them for their writing to give them different examples of time adverbials that move a sequence of events on.

Different resources that look at Bonfire Night. This includes: A PowerPoint that focusses on the history of Bonfire Night and the failed plot to kill King James I A PowerPoint that looks at how to stay safe on Bonfire Night A poster challenge to create a safety poster for Bonfire Night, including key tips for creating an effective poster A Guy Fawkes fact file to learn more about him A reading comprehension about Guy Fawkes (differentiated three way with answers included) A definition activity related to words seen in the PowerPoint about Bonfire Night/ words that relate to the plot to get children to work on using dictionaries effectively

A fact file about Charles Darwin 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 Charles Darwin at the same time.

A fact file about Albert Einstein 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 Albert Einstein at the same time.

A set of worksheets that were made for a Year 5 nouns lesson with three differentiated activities to complete. They worked well in my lesson so thought I would share them in case anyone else found them useful.

Teach children all about the Sun, Earth and Moon with this block of differentiated lesson plans and resources. These seven lessons take children on a journey from the developing understanding of the Solar System models to writing their own reports. Lesson One - Reading comprehension task learning about the geocentric and heliocentric models Lesson Two - Developing understanding of the Earth's orbit Lesson Three - Developing understanding of the Earth's orbit and rotation Lesson Four - Developing understanding of the Earth's rotation Lesson Five - Learning about the orbit and phases of the Moon Lesson Six and Seven - Writing a report about either the Sun, Moon or Earth.

Learn all about 12 famous scientists using these fact files. Learn about their childhood, education and some of their key work in science. Perfect for displays or for reading to gain knowledge. Included are: Albert Einstein Alexander Fleming Charles Darwin Dian Fossey Galileo Isaac Newton Ivan Pavlov Louis Pasteur Nikola Tesla Robert Oppenheimer Sally Ride Stephen Hawking

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.

Three extracts from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 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.

A reading comprehension based on Mo Farah. Included is a fact file about Mo Farah and three differentiated question sheets with answers included. The fact file can also be used separately to work on Mo Farah or show examples of how people can write bibliographies about a sporting star. Reading questions work on both fact finding and inferring from the information available, enabling children to practise their reading skills as well as learning about Mo's background story.

Fully planned, differentiated and resourced unit of work looking at newspapers. Included are all the slides, planning and resources needed to run each lesson, with 15-17 lessons that focus on key features of newspapers and work on different skills before completing their own independent writing. Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable between Year 3 and Year 7. Skills include: Using alliteration, punctuating speech accurately, converting direct speech to reported speech and work on pronouns. ***The extracts used are copyright of the author J.K Rowling, Roald Dahl, Trinity Media Group and News UK respectively .

Three extracts from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 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.

A powerpoint that can be used for teaching different aspects of speech. It includes examples as well as activities to check children's understanding. Included are: The difference between reported and direct speech. Punctuating directed speech accurately. Changing between reported and directed. Rules for changing between reported and directed.

A powerpoint that can be used for teaching about commas. It focuses on commas for lists and commas for different clauses, showing examples of how they can be used as well as having tasks that children can complete to check their understanding.