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.
Twenty-one reading comprehension activities linked to the book The Night Bus Hero. Each chapter has a separate comprehension activity that includes 20 questions working on different skills as well as also having the answers included separately.
A bundle of reading comprehension resources that are linked to supporting general understanding of the major religions of the world, with each resource providing an overview text as well as differentiated comprehension tasks linked to the text provided.
Religions included are:
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Judaism
Each religion includes:
A fact file about the religion (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.
Fourteen reading comprehension lessons based on the story ‘The Explorer’ for the first, second, third and fifth chapter. Included are all the lesson PowerPoints, activities and answer sheets (not all activities have answers due to discussion nature or because of wide-ranging answers).
Each set of worksheets: Three differentiated worksheets that focus on adverbial clauses, relative clauses or non-finite clauses for children in either Year 5 or 6. Activities start with children being able to identify the different clauses before moving on to including them and then writing their own sentences that include different clauses.
Two sets of reading comprehension lessons based on Rosa Parks. They both follow the same comprehension skills but provide the opportunity to differentiate the lessons across age groups with one set of planning being more suited to a Year 2 reading age and the other being suited to lower KS2. This includes different challenges of information text and different activities linked to the skills.
For each one there is:
Four lessons (a weeks worth of reading comprehension lessons) focusing on Rosa Parks as part of Black History Month in the UK but that can easily be used as part of the Black History Month in the U.S or as general reading lessons.
Included are all the resources needed to teach the lessons over a week:
An information text about Rosa Parks
A presentation that includes four different lessons with discussions, modelling and examples.
Independent activities linked to comprehension skills - vocabulary, sequencing, retrieval and explanation are all focused on.
Answer sheets are also included with the different activities.
26 lessons worth of presentations that focus on objectives for the four operations and fractions.
Presentations include different representations, practise questions and questions to get children thinking on a deeper level.
A bundle of fully resourced fractions lessons based on the Year 5 White Rose maths unit for fractions (B) with 7 fully planned and resourced lessons included
Included are lessons for:
Lesson 1 - Multiply a unit fraction by an integer
Lesson 2 - Multiply a non-unit fraction by an integer
Lesson 3 - Multiply a mixed number by an integer
Lesson 4 - Calculate a fraction of a quantity
Lesson 5 - Fraction of an amount
Lesson 6 - Find the whole
Lesson 7 - Use fractions as operators
All lessons include:
A lesson PowerPoint with starter, vocabulary, modelling (with teacher notes) and guided practice
Lesson plan
Worksheet with answer sheet
Scaffolded worksheet with answer sheet
Modified worksheet for those who need additional changes to access the learning with answers
Challenge tasks
Support strips that can be stuck in books
Everything is included that could be needed to run the lesson successfully, with each resource carefully considered in ensuring accessibility for all as well as ensuring there are plenty of opportunities for challenge to provide depth of understanding.
519 different questions for The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman 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 mixed reading comprehension bundle that has a range of reading comprehensions that work on building understanding/ improving knowledge about famous scientists.
Twenty-one reading comprehension activities linked to the book Viking Boy.
Each chapter has a separate comprehension activity that includes 20 questions meaning there are 420 questions linked to the book, working on a range of skills including prediction, summarising, retrieval, vocabulary and inference.
An answer sheet is also included for each chapter.
A bundle of six different sets of worksheets for shape within Year 6.
Each set of three differentiated worksheets that work on multiplying fractions together for Year 6 children. Having used a similar format in my own lessons, these sheets often provide enough challenge for two days lessons, with children taking on the easier work then moving on to harder challenges within the other sheets.
These have all been made with mastery in mind and so follow this pattern.
Worksheet One - Works on practise and fluency (LA)
Worksheet Two - Practise, fluency and reasoning (MA)
Worksheet Three - Practise, fluency, reasoning and problem solving (HA)
Worksheet Four - Same as worksheet three as a spare for anybody who finishes problem solving
Answers are included for each sheet.
A fully resourced two week unit on diary writing, linked to the book The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.
Included are two weeks worth of lesson PowerPoints, activities and sheets as well as support sheets where required and model extracts that can be used. Answer sheets are also included for any tasks that require them.
The ten lesson sequence follows the order as below:
Lesson 1 - Features of a diary
Lesson 2 and 3 - Past tense
Lesson 4 - Writing a diary extract
Lesson 5 - Commas in a list
Lesson 6 - Writing a diary extract
Lesson 7 - Time adverbials
Lesson 8, 9 and 10 - Writing diary extracts
Each grammar focus lesson ties in to the lesson that follows where the skill will then be applied as part of the diary extract written that day. A link is also included to a version of the story being read aloud.
All components of the resource are uploaded as PowerPoints so that any subtle changes that need to be made for your class can be done.
Images are courtesy of Pixabay
A number of slides and resources that can be used for teaching addition and subtraction, including written methods, decimal numbers and mental addition and subtraction.
A bundle of comprehension resources that link to France, Paris and famous landmarks in Paris. Each topic provides the opportunity to learn new information as well as providing the chance to check reading comprehension and understanding of the topic. There are 3 differentiated comprehension tasks per unit as well as vocabulary task, providing 20 activities overall.
Each topic includes:
A fact file for the topic
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.
Fully resourced lessons on written multiplication that begins with a double lesson on 1-digit multiplication before moving on to a single and then double lesson on 2-digit multiplication. Each set of lessons includes PowerPoints with daily arithmetic starters, a worksheet activity and challenge tasks with answers provided for both of these.
This is then followed with five lessons on written division that follow the same structure with a double lesson on 1-digit, a single and then double lesson on 2-digit division with the same sheets and challenges included.
Five lessons that focus on being able to calculate the area of quadrilaterals and compound shapes and four lessons that focus on being able to measure and calculate the perimeter of shapes.
Included is:
Four lessons that focus on being able to work with perimeter with lessons set out as two double lessons.
The first double lesson focuses on being able to measure shapes and calculate the perimeter of rectangles and squares where a ruler has been provided to measure the shapes.
The second double lesson then follows up by focusing on being able to calculate the perimeter of different shapes, using the information provided or what children already know about the property of shapes.
Each double lesson includes:
A double lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter for each lesson, key vocabulary, modelling and discussion points as well as guided practice before moving on to independent activities.
An independent activity that applies what children have learnt during the teaching part of the lesson. An answer sheet is included for the activity and there are challenge activities for children that finish which also include answers. The activity and challenges run over both lessons as it is expected that there may be more time teaching and talking in the first lesson before having more time to practise in the second lesson. However, everything is uploaded in PPT format so can be easily edited to suit.
Ruler images are courtesy of Pixabay
A fully-resourced double lesson that focuses on the objective of finding the area of quadrilaterals, with a particular focus on squares and rectangles.
Included in the resource is:
A double lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter for each lesson, key vocabulary and areas to model and discuss as well as then having some guided practice for children to work through to check their understanding.
This is then followed up by an independent practice activity and challenge questions for those that finish. These are planned to run over the two lessons with the first lesson potentially taking more teaching time and the second lesson giving more time for practice and challenges. Answer sheets are included for both.
All attachments are uploaded as PowerPoints so they can be easily adapted, especially in adapting to any misconceptions or needs that arise from the first lesson.
Three fully-resourced lessons focusing on being able to calculate the area of compound shapes.
The lessons are split so that they act as an introductory lesson before having a double lesson that provides the opportunity to develop and become confident in finding the area of compound shapes.
The first lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter, key vocabulary, modelling and discussion as well as guided practice. This is followed up with an independent activity and challenge tasks to apply what has been learnt, with answer sheets included with these.
The double lesson includes a double lesson PowerPoint that includes an arithmetic starter for each lesson, key vocabulary, modelling and discussion as well as guided practice. This is followed up with an independent activity and challenge tasks to apply what has been learnt (that stretch over both lessons with more time teaching first lesson and more time practising in the second lesson), with answer sheets included with these.
An eight lesson sequence focusing on multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 in Year 5 with whole numbers/ whole number answers.
All lessons come as double lessons.
The lesson sequence is as follows:
Lesson 1 and 2 - Multiply by 10, 100 and 1000
Lesson 3 and 4 - Divide by 10, 100 and 1000
Lesson 5 and 6 - Multiply and Divide by 10, 100 and 1000
Lesson 7 and 8 - Multiples of 10, 100 and 1000
Each double lesson includes PowerPoints which include arithmetic starters for every lesson, key vocabulary, teaching, discussion and practise before moving on to the independent activity and challenge questions. Over a double lesson, the activity and challenge task remain the same as it gives children chance to go in depth in both the teaching in the first lesson and through the challenge questions in the second lesson. Answer sheets are included for all activities and challenges.
Also included is an additional 48 worksheets linked to multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. These include both whole numbers and decimal numbers and can be used during lessons, for additional practice or for homework over the year.
A bundle of 10 math worksheets for different objectives linked to algebra based on the Year 6 White Rose Maths objectives that are linked to Christmas through the use of images and questions. Although written with the Year 6 objectives in mind, the worksheets can easily be used across other year groups.
Each worksheet includes a variety of question types to support and deepen understanding, alongside challenge questions. Answers are also included for each worksheet and challenges. The worksheets can easily be used as a worksheet when teaching the objective or used for recap/ revision or even to be sent home as homework as a fun Christmas activity.
The ten worksheets/ objectives include:
1-step function machines
2-step function machines
Form expressions
Substitution
Formulae/ Formula
Form equations
Solve 1-step equations
Solve 2-step equations
Find pairs of values
Solve problems with two unknowns
A bundle of 10 math worksheets for different objectives linked to algebra based on the Year 6 White Rose Maths objectives that are linked to Halloween through the use of images and questions. Although written with the Year 6 objectives in mind, the worksheets can easily be used across other year groups.
Each worksheet includes a variety of question types to support and deepen understanding, alongside challenge questions. Answers are also included for each worksheet and challenges. The worksheets can easily be used as a worksheet when teaching the objective or used for recap/ revision or even to be sent home as homework as a fun Halloween activity.
The ten worksheets/ objectives include:
1-step function machines
2-step function machines
Form expressions
Substitution
Formulae/ Formula
Form equations
Solve 1-step equations
Solve 2-step equations
Find pairs of values
Solve problems with two unknowns