A worksheet/hunt/oral game for identifying how many missing capitals there are in a sentence. Can be used in a number of ways. A separate answer sheet with how many capitals are missing for each sentence that children can use to self-check their work.
A list of different conjunctions and the category they come in. Can be made into a classroom display (I have mine on pieces of paper that are shaped like jigsaw puzzle pieces. Covers time, location, summing up and comping and contrasting conjunctions.
A set of sentences both simple and complex. Can be used as a sorting activity or to look at punctuation using commas. I have used it as both and then asked children to simplify the complex sentences and add a clause to the simple sentences to make them complex. Can be shrunk easily to make a worksheet or made into cards or used on an interactive whiteboard.
A set of sentences and labels for a die/spinner or can be used as a matching activity. Children to read the sentences and decide on a suitable possessive pronoun to go in the gap.
14 worksheet activities, using previous SAT's questions, which I use as homework, but could easily be used as worksheets to show problem solving across a range of curriculum areas. Mostly at the expected level for Year 6.
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 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 Powerpoint to recap on using greater than, less than and equals, multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 and rounding. Can be used as a quiz or as a lesson input for revision.
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 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.
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.