Test Your Reading Skills Homophones 3 Examples Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings. Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words: 1. mind ___________________________ 2. it’s ___________________________ 3. course ___________________________ 4. due ___________________________ 5. warn ___________________________ Complete with worksheet

Test Your Reading Skills _________________ ’s Diary Insert the month. Monday 1st ___________ 2017 AM PM __________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday 2nd ___________ 2017 AM PM

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing - Health Booking appointments for the dentist and the doctor.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing - Going Out Different entertainment scenarios.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Discussion Starter - Leisure Activities In a small group, talk about leisure activities and fill in the table below: Leisure activities that I already do: Leisure activities that I don’t do but would like to try: Leisure activities that I would never try:

Test Your Listening Skills! The 80 Question Oral Quiz This is a dictation quiz where you read the numbers, letters and words below, and students write what they hear. It can be adapted by allowing students to dictate to each other:

Test Your Writing Skills What’s Your Favourite? 2 A) Write your favourite things below: Example questions... 1. My favourite colour is: _____________________________ 2. My favourite food is: _____________________________ 3. My favourite TV programme is: _____________________________

I am now using the public domain SWRL's Beginning Reading Program (BRP) and my children really love it. I thought I would develop a lot more teaching resources for this fabulous product. I have a set of small and a set of large flashcards. One is for the students and one is for whole class learning. I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing - Family 1. A Very Big Family! Scene: Tania meets Jim at the supermarket. Jim is with his brothers and sisters: Jim: Good morning, Tania. How are you? Tania: Fine thanks. How about you? Jim: Oh, I’m not too bad. I’ve got a sore throat and my leg hurts, but apart from that I’m fine. Tania: Who are all these people? .... Good introduction to families...

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Finish the Sentences 2 Read the following sentences out loud. Students have to write an appropriate ending to each sentence. A correct answer is a sentence that makes sense, both in meaning and grammar (note: this could also be a straight writing exercise): Example questions... 1. Please sit _______________________________________________. 2. How old are _______________________________________________? 3. It will soon be lunch _______________________________________________.

Test Your Writing Skills What’s Your Least Favourite. . . ? A) Write your least favourite things below: Example questions... 1. My least favourite colour is: ________________________ 2. My least favourite food is: ________________________ 3. My least favourite TV programme is: ________________________

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills What’s Your Favourite...? Practise asking these questions with your friends. Write down their answers. Ask why they have chosen each answer as their favourite: Example questions... What’s your favourite colour? What’s your favourite food? What’s your favourite fruit?

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing – Shopping 1. Buying a CD Scene: a music shop. Bob works in the shop. Sue is a customer. Sue: Hi. I’m looking for Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits. Bob: It’ll be in the Rock Music section. Let’s go and have a look..... Read the rest here...

*** Contains a PowerPoint presentation of the book, which contains a wide range of different teaching activities **** Book 15: Sam Is Mad comes complete with a reading certificate so every child feels they are becoming successful reader at each part of the course. The books also contain a set of guided reading questions. I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies. Book 15: Sam Is Mad New Words mad - Decodable that - Special Word Plot Summary Mit the Chimp makes a paper-bag lion mask and puts it over his head. He pretends to be Sam the Lion and teases the other animals. Sis, Nan and a new character, Baby Bear, see through Mit’s disguise and are angry at his tricks. Sam is the angriest when he discovers Mits’ impersonation of him. Finally, Mit drops the mask and tells the animals that Sam is the real lion. Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least five times in the book in which it first appears and five more times in the next ten books.

**** Complete with a PowerPoint presentation of the book which contains a wide range of different teaching activities ***** Book 16: Sid New Words at - Decodable Sid - Decodable Plot Summary Mat meets Sid the Horse and teases Sid by pulling his tail. Sid gets mad and kicks Mat. Mat decides he wants to ride Sid but Sid bucks him off. Finally, Mat lures Sid with a big apple. As Sid is moving along with Mat on his back, he suddenly stumbles into a pool of water. Sid gets the apple and Mat gets wet. Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least five times in the book in which it first appears and five more times in the next ten books. I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.

Qatar History and Citizenship is a compulsory subject for any primary school teacher in Qatar. When I taught this subject in Qatar, I was surprised to discover how thin the student text book was, how little resources were available for students on the Internet and that there was no teacher guide to help teachers effectively teach this subject. This Year 1 teaching pack contain lesson plans and additional worksheets to support 39 weekly lessons. These lessons cover all a student needs to know about the subject, and the lessons are designed to motivate and excite a student's interest in the history around them. These worksheets could be printed out and used as workbooks in the classroom, sent home as additional homework or shared via an interactive whiteboard. *** Please note that these resources are designed to be used with the official text book, not as a replacement. ***

The KS1 Guided Reading Thinking Hats worksheets provide students a chance to explore different approaches to thinking and reading a book. When students use Thinking Hats with their guided reading book, they can view the same book from 6 different angles. The worksheets are non-book specific and can be used with a wide range of different books from any levelled or unlevelled reading scheme. These worksheets are particularly useful when a student has finished a book before they move onto a new book. It is a great way of checking their understanding and making sure they have got as much as they can from every book they read. I have been teaching as a primary school teacher for over 14 years. These worksheets can be used both in the classrooms and as homework sheets. The students will enjoy the wide range of activities on offer and be motivated to read more books and share their ideas with others.

This comprehensive pack of worksheets is not linked to any particular book or reading scheme and can be used time and again with different books. These worksheets can be used as a class, independently or in small groups. The worksheets are well laid out and colourful. They could also be used as homework sheets. I use them to assess how much a student understood a particular book before letting them to change their book. These worksheets were designed by a highly experienced, motivated primary school teacher to make reading fun and provide an interesting focus to the reader. There are masks to make for plays, mind maps to extend a students thinking, and lots of chances for students to really shine. As this pack has worksheets from Year 1 to Year 6, there is something for every reader. There are worksheets for fiction and non-fiction books. There are worksheets looking at stories and others focusing on poetry.

Qatar History and Citizenship is a compulsory subject for any primary school teacher in Qatar. When I taught this subject in Qatar, I was surprised to discover how thin the student text book was, how little resources were available for students on the Internet and that there was no teacher guide to help teachers effectively teach this subject. This Year 3 teaching pack contains lesson plans and additional worksheets to support 39 weekly lessons. These lessons cover all a student needs to know about the subject, and the lessons are designed to motivate and excite a student's interest in the history around them. These worksheets could be printed out and used as workbooks in the classroom, sent home as additional homework or shared via an interactive whiteboard. *** Please note that these resources are designed to be used with the official text book, not as a replacement. ***

Welcome to the 'Let’s Write in Welsh!' pack. ***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction ************** There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Welsh. The students could write about a topic in Welsh before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed. 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. It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture. These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.