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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.

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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
Clothes Visual Prompt Stories + 31 Fun Teaching Activities For These Cards
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Clothes Visual Prompt Stories + 31 Fun Teaching Activities For These Cards

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different clothes being shown in each of the photos. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Minibeasts Visual Story Prompts - What if I was an insect?
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Minibeasts Visual Story Prompts - What if I was an insect?

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Minibeasts Visual Story Prompts is a fun set of worksheets based around different insects. The students imagine they are the insect. What would they see, feels, smell and touch? This is a wonderful way of getting the students to think like an insect. Let their imaginations run riot! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different minibeasts being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
In The News Visual Story Prompts - Creative writing prompt - Using your 5 senses to write a story
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In The News Visual Story Prompts - Creative writing prompt - Using your 5 senses to write a story

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This creative writing prompt helps the students to write about an event using all their senses. They write notes about what they imagine they would see, hear, touch, taste and feel in the picture they are looking at. They can then take these ideas and write a rich, vivid description. This is a perfect resource for boosting a students writing confidence before the KS1 SATs tests or the KS2 SATs tests. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different locations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Paper Bags Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Using All Your Senses
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Paper Bags Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Using All Your Senses

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This is a fun creative writing worksheet. The students are simply shown a paper bag with a funny expression on its face. They then need to imagine they are the paper bag and write a story about why it feels like it does. They have to imagine why it is feeling happy, sad, scared etc... using their senses as a cue. What might the bag be seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting to give it the expression it has on its face. This will help the students to become more creative, write more detailed descriptions and organise their work better. This is a perfect way of preparing for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different feelings Mr Paper Bag being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Park Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Using All 5 Senses
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Park Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Using All 5 Senses

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This creative writing prompt for parks uses all 5 senses. The students need to think about what they see, hear, touch, taste and smell in each of the pictures. The pictures help them to imagine different places, write richer descriptions and become more organised writers. This creative writing prompt sheet is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests or the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different locations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Visual Story Prompts For Futuristic Explorers - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.
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Visual Story Prompts For Futuristic Explorers - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.

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Are your students studying about exploring other planets, space or science fiction? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different locations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Space Story Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.
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Space Story Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.

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Are your students studying about space, planets or the moon? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different space locations and space craft being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Sun Visual Story Prompts
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Sun Visual Story Prompts

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different locations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Spring Visual Story Prompts
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Spring Visual Story Prompts

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different locations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
10 FREE Reading Posters For Every Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 Classroom! Download and Share Today!
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10 FREE Reading Posters For Every Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 Classroom! Download and Share Today!

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I have now added a second set of reading posters to join these for Keystage 1 and Keystage 2 students: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/10-free-motivational-reading-posters-for-the-keystage-1-to-keystage-2-classrooms-share-them-today-11174534. Please like them too! My recent poster offering have been well received.... so I thought I would now create and offer some FREE reading posters for the classrooms. If you want to check out my other free poster packs - try these... 10 Free Maths posters: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/10-free-maths-posters-for-every-classroom-download-and-share-today-11173204 and 10 Free anti-bullying posters: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/10-free-anti-bullying-week-posters-for-every-classroom-download-and-share-today-11168376 I want to offer posters which motivate and inspire students, while being catchy and easy to show in any classroom environment. Please leave a nice comment below.
FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree Yellow Thinking hat Worksheets Make Your Day Brighter!
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FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree Yellow Thinking hat Worksheets Make Your Day Brighter!

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FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree Yellow Thinking hat Worksheets Make Your Day Brighter! Jack and the FlumFlum tree is full of positive messages (Yellow hat thinking) for children. It shows how you can use simple household items such as some balloons to scare away sharks and fix a boat with chewing gum. The children will love to find the advantages and clever ideas in this set of worksheets. I would love some comments from people who have tried this in their classroom.
FREE - Room On A Broom Red Thinking Hat Reading Questions - Thinking About Feelings Is Fun!
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FREE - Room On A Broom Red Thinking Hat Reading Questions - Thinking About Feelings Is Fun!

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FREE - Room On A Broom Red Thinking Hat Reading Questions - Thinking About Feelings Is Fun! Room on a broom is one of the best selling children's books on Amazon and yet it has hardly any resources listed on the TES. As obviously lots of teachers and students love this book, I thought I would make it into a series of worksheets. I would love some feedback about what you think about this set of worksheets.
FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree Workbook - 16 Thinking Hat Reading Worksheets Makes Learning Fun!
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FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree Workbook - 16 Thinking Hat Reading Worksheets Makes Learning Fun!

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FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree Workbook - 16 Thinking Hat Reading Worksheets Makes Learning Fun! Jack and the FlumFlum Tree is a fabulous reading resource. I was very surprised when I could not find lots of guided reading resources about it, so I have written 16 Thinking Hat worksheets for this book. This workbook does not contain any of the original illustrations or text - it is designed to be used with the book rather than as a free replacement. I would love to have comments from anyone who has successfully used this resource in the classroom.
FREE The Gruffalo Workbook - 16 Thinking Hat Questions For More Creative Classroom Thinking
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FREE The Gruffalo Workbook - 16 Thinking Hat Questions For More Creative Classroom Thinking

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FREE The Gruffalo Workbook - 16 Thinking Hat Questions For More Creative Classroom Thinking This is part of a weekly series of worksheets I am developing for teaching thinking hat questions during your guided reading lessons. They would also make excellent homework sheets. There are 3 white hat worksheets (facts), 3 Yellow hat (positives) 3 Black hat (negatives), 3 Green Hat (creative), 3 Red hat (feelings) and 1 Blue hat (Mind map). There are none of the original images in this workbook - and you will still need the book to complete the tasks. I would love some feedback of what you think of this work.
FREE White Hat Reading Questions For The Gruffalo - Fact Finding Has Never Been So Much Fun!
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FREE White Hat Reading Questions For The Gruffalo - Fact Finding Has Never Been So Much Fun!

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FREE White Hat Reading Questions For The Gruffalo - Fact Finding Has Never Been So Much Fun! The Gruffalo is a book ideal for exploring the different Thinking Hats. The White Thinking hat focuses on the information and the facts you can find in the book. This is the normal starting point for a reader. Thinking Hats build up from this fact. I would love to have some feedback from anyone who has used this material in their classroom.
FREE The Magic Train Yellow Thinking Hat Worksheets Make Looking On The Bright Side More Fun!
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FREE The Magic Train Yellow Thinking Hat Worksheets Make Looking On The Bright Side More Fun!

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FREE The Magic Train Yellow Thinking Hat Worksheets Make Looking On The Bright Side More Fun! These worksheets were originally written for 'The Magic Train' (Published by Barefoot books). However some of them could easily be used for absolutely any other book. I am building up this collection of Thinking Hat Reading Questions as I want to encourage higher thinking skills in every primary school child but I could not find any instant thinking hat worksheets for books on the Internet. Please comment on these and tell me what other picture books you would like me to write about.
FREE Room On The Broom Yellow Hat Reading Questions Makes Positive Thinking Fun!
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FREE Room On The Broom Yellow Hat Reading Questions Makes Positive Thinking Fun!

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FREE Room On The Broom Yellow Hat Reading Questions Makes Positive Thinking Fun! I noticed that despite this book being a best seller, the schools had very few resources for it and so I decided to focus on providing a set of Thinking Hat reading questions for anyone wanting to complete guided reading on this fabulous book. Today I have focused on pulling out all the positives from this book. This set of worksheets is easy to differentiate and every child will gain something from it. Please leave a comment when you have downloaded this set of files.
FREE The Magic Train Red Hat Thinking Questions - Helps Put Some Feeling Into Guided Reading
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FREE The Magic Train Red Hat Thinking Questions - Helps Put Some Feeling Into Guided Reading

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FREE The Magic Train Red Hat Thinking Questions - Helps Put Some Feeling Into Guided Reading I have read everywhere how important Thinking Hat Questions are when it comes to reading. However, when I looked on the TES for lots of examples of other teachers work, I could not find a lot. I have now set myself the task of creating as many Thinking Hat Guided Reading Questions as possible for all the best selling picture books. It is a long term plan and you will need to be patient if this is not the book you were wanting. If you tell me which book you want, I will complete is as my next book. Please review these Red Hat Feeling worksheets and tell me how to improve them.
The Gruffalo Red Thinking Hat Questions Worksheet
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The Gruffalo Red Thinking Hat Questions Worksheet

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The Gruffalo is a great resource for exploring children's feelings and emotions. These three Red Hat Thinking worksheets help to guide their reading and their emotional learning skills. The worksheets are easy to differentiate and will help develop a deeper understanding of the characters. I would love to have teachers comment on these worksheets after they have used them in the classroom.