A Powerpoint linked to recapping on proper nouns and then using that knowledge to up level and improve sentences about Queen Victoria for a biography. Teaches children to apply their knowledge. Sentences can be easily adapted to suit teaching proper nouns for any biography.
3 resources: a set of game rules, labels for dice or a spinner and a set of sentences which can be made into cards or read aloud. Children to identify which conjunction they would use to make the sentence make sense.
A set of sentences which can be used as a hunt, read aloud or made into a worksheet. Teaches children when subordinating conjunctions are used to start a sentence that a comma is needed in the sentence. Children have to mark where the comma should go.
A set of sentences with the wrong preposition used. can children spot what is wrong with the sentence and replace the incorrect preposition for on which makes sense? Good activity for teaching proof-reading skills as well as what prepositions do in sentences. Can be read aloud, shrunk to make a worksheet or printed and made into cards to be used as a hunt/feely box game.
A list of different nouns and proper nouns for the children to sort. Can be shrunk to make a worksheet or made into cards or read aloud. The nouns cover a range of different types of proper nouns and can be used for discussion of which words need capital letters and why.
A set of sentence with missing pronouns. Also a set of pronouns. Can be used as a spinner, dice or feely box matching game and extended by allowing the children to choose more than one suitable pronoun to go into the gap in the sentence.
A set of colour-coded sentences to teach statements, questions or commands. Can be used as a run-around game to run to the correct hoop to match the sentence type or change the colour-coding to make into a worksheet for children to identify the type of sentence. 25 sentences listed, including some questions that don't begin with question words and some polite commands, which don't start with imperative verbs.
A list of adverbs that can be used to sort and teach the different types of adverbs (how, where and when). Can be read aloud and used as an auditory activity or printed out to make cards for a hunt/feely box/spinner/dice game or shrunk to make an assessment worksheet.
A long Powerpoint which teaches what pronouns are and how to use them correctly in sentences. Also teaches which ones can be used for one person and which for more than one. With some questions for children to answer on whiteboards or orally where children have to spot the pronoun and choose an appropriate pronoun for sentences.
Lots of adjective cards, which can be used in a number of ways. I have used these to teach children to apply the spelling rules of turning adjectives into adverbs. Can be made into cards or shrunk to make a worksheet. Can be broken into sets to teach spelling rules individually.
A set of sentences with all punctuation missing for children to revisit basic punctuation and focus on how to use commas in listed sentences for clarity. Can be used on an interactive whiteboard, shrunk to make a worksheet or made into a hunt/feel box activity.
A set of sentences which can be made into a worksheet, read aloud or used as a hunt/feely box activity. Sentences have a missing pronoun. Children can choose an appropriate pronoun to fit in the gap.
A set of sentences with missing verbs or adverbs. Good for reinforcing the verb tense and making sure adverbs are appropriate for the type of sentence. 2 sets of sentences easier and harder and can be extended easily through questioning e.g. Can you think of more than one adverb or adjective that would be appropriate? can be made into a hunt/feely-box activity or shrunk to make a worksheet.
A set of simple sentences (with no punctuation included) for children to uplevel by adding a clause. Also useful for recapping basic punctuation as well as teaching children to focus on commas for subordination.
10 sentences for the children to punctuate correctly. No punctuation is included so children have to think about speech marks but also applying other punctuation they know. Can be printed out and made into a hunt/feely-box activity or used as a display.
A set of sentences for children to decide whether to use it's or its. Can be shrunk easily to make a worksheet or made into a hunt, feely box, dice or spinner game. No other punctuation is included so can be used to recap on basic punctuation too.
A paragraph for children to demarcate with appropriate punctuation and a correctly punctuated answer sheet on page 2, which can be used as a self-checking exercise. Useful for assessing which punctuation children can apply independently.
A set of sentences for children to read and identify whether they are statements, questions or commands. Also the punctuation is missing, so it can be used as an assessment tool for children to rewrite the sentences with correct punctuation and identify the type of sentence. Include polite commands and commands which do not start with imperative verbs. Alongside this there are also sentences which are questions that don't start with question words. Can be easily shrunk to make a worksheet or made into cards.