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.
An activity that is useful at the end of a unit focusing on the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings to use as a retrieval style task whilst also considering the cause of events and the effect they had.
An activity that is useful at the end of a unit focusing on the Ancient Greeks to use as a retrieval style task whilst also considering the cause of events and the effect they had.
A reading comprehension based on an extract from the National Geographic website on rainforests. Included is the text which is then surrounded by questions around the outside that link to the text. Answers are also included on a separate document.
A lesson that focuses on general sentence punctuation that can be used as a recap for SATs revision or adapted for new learning. Included is the PowerPoint for the lesson (including green challenge questions), an activity with answers, previous SATs questions linked to punctuation and a recap task that can be used in the week/s after the lesson as a starter to remind children what they have worked on.
Two introductory lessons to the story ‘The Explorer’ that focus on making predictions around the story before moving on to focusing on the first chapter in the second lesson. Included is the PowerPoint which includes key discussion points and questions as well as the activities for the first lesson.
N.B. You will need a copy of the book as the chapters aren’t included due to copyright.
A comprehension activity that includes 20 questions working on different skills for the first chapter from Letters from the Lighthouse. The answers are also included separately.
Three spelling lessons that focus on -ei- and -ie- in a number of ways including getting children to identify words they know, identify words in a passage, consider rules and exceptions to the rule before completing a spelling test. There are also starter tasks for the second and third lesson focusing on choosing the correct options.
A triple lesson that focuses on being able to round numbers. The first lesson is used as a recap to support the understanding of basic rounding before a PowerPoint for the additional two lessons that includes an arithmetic starter as well as an activity with answers and challenge activities for those that are confident.
A triple lesson that focuses on being able to use written multiplication with 2 digit numbers. Included is a PowerPoint for the lessons that includes an arithmetic starter as well as an activity with answers and challenge activities for those that are confident.
All of the guided reading activities/ reading comprehensions that I have shared for free in one place rather than finding them individually.
Included are a range of different texts and fact files that will help develop children's knowledge and comprehension.
A knowledge organiser for the Industrial Revolution. Included within this is a timeline for the period as well as a key vocabulary section for some of the words children may come across during the topic.
These are useful for either sticking in books at the start of the topic to refer back to or to enlarge and have on display.
A sample of the following resource:
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.
The full resource can be found at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/queen-victoria-reading-comprehension-11754618
Activities that work on children being able to identify nouns in a sentence. These have been created for LA or SEN children to help them build their understanding of nouns.
Two sets of worksheets that focus on the inverse operations, looking at how multiplication and division are interlinked and how addition and subtraction are interlinked by working on the corresponding number sentences.
History assessment grids from Year 1 to 6 that can be used to check children's understanding and use as a progress measure if wished. These are to be used as best fit as there may be some areas they are weaker/ more confident in with the aim being a best fit judgement.
I created these as there appears to be a gap in history assessment at the minute in primary schools since the move to assessment without levels. This enables schools to have something in place for a foundation subject that links well to other curricular areas, as well as showing an assessment system should visitors wish to know how you monitor progress.
These were created using the statements from the curriculum, with a particular focus on what they should be able to do at the end of each Key Stage and then working up/ back from that/ making sure children are 'Year 7 ready' at the end of Key Stage Two. There is some overlap in the way grids may be worded but this is because the content they are learning is different and they are beginning to increase knowledge across a range of topics/ apply skills to different topics. I have attached PDF and Word documents as they can then be edited if you wish.
An activity that gives children number facts for the 5x table within triangles with children then having to find all the facts they can from the given numbers. This can work well as a starter and helps children see the commutative whilst seeing the link of operations. Children can then be extended to think about how the = sign can move around and what fraction facts they can find.
A triple lesson that focuses on being able to use the short written division method when dividing by 2 digits. Included is a PowerPoint for the lessons that includes an arithmetic starter as well as an activity with answers and challenge activities for those that are confident.