Raising standards in KS1 and Special Needs: helping every child to succeed.
I have taught systematic phonics to all ages and abilities for over 30 years. My teaching degree was in Environmental Studies and I hate to see science reduced to box-ticking when there is so much to discover about the wonderful world we live in.
So, I produce Phonic resources that meet the real needs of children and teachers, along with science resources to engage children in learning about the natural world.
Raising standards in KS1 and Special Needs: helping every child to succeed.
I have taught systematic phonics to all ages and abilities for over 30 years. My teaching degree was in Environmental Studies and I hate to see science reduced to box-ticking when there is so much to discover about the wonderful world we live in.
So, I produce Phonic resources that meet the real needs of children and teachers, along with science resources to engage children in learning about the natural world.
Two PowerPoints suitable for use when teaching about Seasons/weather/changing levels of light through the year.
Covers many areas of science:
Seasons:
Learn what changes to look out for across the four seasons
Learn that days get shorter and longer throughout the year
How this affects the weather
How the seasons affect us: what we wear/what we do
How the seasons affect plants and animals
Light and Dark
Darkness is the absence of light
The sun is the main source of light on Planet Earth
Reminds pupils never to look directly at the sun
The sun provides warmth too - or Earth would be very cold
Why plants need the sun: to make food to help them reproduce
Creatures of the day (the need for survival)
Shadows - how they are formed
Plants and animals that prefer the shade and why (the need for survival)
Creatures of the night
Nocturnal (the need for survival)
Both with full narration notes plus notes under slides for use in Presenter View.
This is a National Curriculum aligned themed mini-unit about Pine Trees, teaching about EVERGREENS suitable for Years 1 to 2 and mixed Grade classes, covering Science and English: Comprehension.
The Pine Trees mini-project lesson teaches:
To know that pine trees are evergreen trees
To name parts of a tree: leaves/needles/flowers/cones (and you can add in extra like branches and trunk)
To know that they have needles rather than leaves
To know that the cones are the flowers.
To know that the cones contain the seeds - to make more of own kind/reproduction (Y2)
To know how the pine tree disperses its seeds: by releasing them on a fine day once ripe (Y2).
To be able to name some creatures that rely on the pine seeds for their food supply (Y2)
Key vocab: evergreen, needles, cones, flowers, seeds
The pack includes:
A full lesson plan
PowerPoint overview of thesubject
Powerpoint with the 3 reading passages in a format suitable for guided reading
Fact sheet - handy easy-to-read facts for teachers to prep before the lesson or to use with pupils where appropriate
Supporting worksheets with:
· 3 de-codable, differentiated reading comprehension passages,
· 3 Differentiated Other recording worksheets for written work
· 1 sheet to draw and describe a cone
· 1 sheet for younger pupils to tick the animals that feed on pine seeds.
A set of photos to be used during the lesson and/or for display.
Flashcards of key vocabulary
All you need for a great Weather project in KS1 - plenty of differentiated ideas,
Including:
Weather topic ideas for your science and geography lessons
**Supporting worksheets **and puzzles to help the development of vocabulary.
Our mini-clouds project can be incorporated into your Weather Project, providing differentiated activities for Science, Geography, English and Art with supporting resources.
Clouds Powerpoint 29 slides to help children learn about clouds and how they are formed
**The Seasons and Weather PowerPoint **
57 slides taking pupils through the seasons thinking about the weather and how it affects the things that happen
**The Weather Word Mat ** will be great to help children write up their observations.
25 vocabulary flashcards, phonetically coded to help young learners
Covers all of the KS1 weather components of both the Geography and Science curricula.
