A practical lesson for exploring the different stages of fossilisation which the children play a part in. An excellent practical and visual representation

Resources (including Scaffolded experiment write-up sheet) for experiment lesson looking at objects moving over different surfaces. Lesson plan and notebook included plus a link to a useful video.

Notebook progression using images and inspiration from the book 'where the wild things are'

A notebook clearly explaining 4 different types of conjunctions: adding, opposing, time and cause and effect. This is complimented by a grid activity for children to sort examples from a word bank in to. For LA children there are some sentences with conjunctions missing and they must choose which conjunction fits best. Also provided: conjunction word bank like a jigsaw because conjunctions 'join' clauses together.

A notebook giving a clear explanation and examples of statement, question, command and exclamation and opportunity to practice writing them. The document with lists of sentences was used in a group sorting activity where they sorted them in to the 4 groups. Also included is an individual task differentiated 3 ways: mild = ticking the sentence type, medium = colour coding the sentences and spicy = writing examples of each.

A notebook with explanations of past and present tense including a short activity quickly writing verbs in the past/present tense. Sentences for pupils to sort in to two piles (past and present) followed by mild and medium differentiated activities (mild = ticking past or present and identifying the verb. medium = re-writing the sentence in the other tense). The spicy alternative was to write any sentence and then write it in the other tense.

Resources for writing riddle 'What am I?' poetry for sea animals. Includes pictures to mindmap adjectives, cloze procedure for the poem that will have been learnt as a whole class, examples of 'what am I' poetry in different styles written by myself, planning frames for writing their own poem, a brief outline of daily activities for the unit of work, an activity relating to the poem for a child with SEN and some extension questions to reflect on the poem they have written.

Medium term plan and weekly lesson resources for reading comprehension sessions based around The Mousehole Cat. Each session is differentiated 3 ways: mild, medium, spicy.

Differentiated three ways, a series of questions to help children apply the inverse to worded problems for adding 1, 10, 100. Used as a stepping stone towards longer, multistep word problems expected in Year 3 Mastery of adding 1, 10, 100 with reasoning.

Notebook for lesson and worksheets for adding 100s and embedding number facts. Mild worksheet plus spicy and medium resources to be photocopied several times, cut out and students pick one up, stick it in and complete it, then repeat.

5 eye-catching word mats, with visuals, for the stone age, each with a different theme: general, animals, people, tools, lifestyle.

Learning to spell homophones is not just about knowing when to use which word, it is about being able to use the letters in the word to help you choose which word it should be. I have made simple, but clear and consistent, posters/help sheets which provide fun ways to help you remember homophones (written in black). For each one I have also given a sentence using that homophone correctly (written in red). 26 Homophones included: all the ones mentioned on Year 3/4 curriculum. Plus a few additional ones e.g. four and for. 6 near homophones included: any from the 3/4 curriculum and others that I found needed teaching due to regional accents e.g. are and our, won and one! I hope you find these useful.

Cut up the squares with the dienes pictures and letters in. Place these around the classroom. Give each child a recording grid. When they find a card, they must count the dienes and write the number in the box with the same letter on their grid. Answers included to help self-marking!

Discussion points surrounding what the pyramids were made of, how they were made and what was inside them. We followed this up by building model pyramids. This was an application lesson following earlier surface learning of rocks and rock types.

Differentiated 3 ways.

Ancient Egyptian themed. The Nile Stores sells lots of items - prices are differentiated 3 ways. Print out and cut up lots of copies of the medium and spicy numberlines. Children choose mild, medium or spicy and take a copy of the price list and some numberline challenges. At the left, they write the price of the item, at the right they write how much money they have (stated on the challenge card). They then counting up to the number and work out their change by figuring the size of the jumps. Model this carefully. The children really enjoyed this activity and found the new method for working out change accessible.

Designed for a quick-fire 15 minute 'spell time' to combat frequent misuse of there, they're and their. The notebook explains the difference between them, gives an example of each and a few handy tips and tricks to help the children remember! There are additional worksheets differentiated two ways and a spicy challenge for high ability children.

Lesson plan with supporting resources for a Year 3 lesson for skeletons covering labelling bones. Also included is a picture of the skeleton my class labelled that was then printed and stuck in their books as evidence.

An introduction to adding fractions using physical apparatus and pictoral representations. There are worksheets differentiated 3 ways (mild, medium and spicy) and a notebook to guide you through the initial lesson. It includes discussion points, key questions and visual aids. Loop cards for adding AND subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Cut along the red and the blue lines. Enough for 1 card each in a class of 30. Fractions board game, themed around star wars. Roll the dice, move on that number, the star you land on you have to say what you would need to reach one whole e.g. if you land on three quarters, say one quarter. If you get it wrong you miss a turn next time.