This is an excellent information planning 'All About Whales'. The inspiration for this was from the book the Snail and the Whales by Julia Donaldson. It's a boy friendly text and the children got to keep African snails in the classroom. Leading on from this they learnt an exemplar text about whales, imitated it and then innovated to write their own information text about snails. This unit was linked to grammar features from the new curriculum 2017- 18 for Year 2. It includes using targets to develop use of expanded noun phrases, conjunctions and varied openers. Children structured their writing according to the purpose using headings as questions. The resource includes six weeks of planning, a text map, exemplar text, tool boxing ideas and visuals to support the imitation stage. Please also see independent writing opportunities called Snail Riddles available in the shop that also link to this unit. Enjoy and please leave a comment.

This book is linked to the Stone Age Topic. It is called Stone Girl Bone Girl The focus is a narrative writing. It includes 6 weeks planning with marking ladder and exemplar text to support learning. The unit of work is suitable for year 3 and year 4 and includes the following; Hook lesson, Cold Write, Imitation Stage, Innovation Stage Invention of narrative with a biography, Hot Task

Year 2 Reading - Working at the expected level TAF. The Tunnel by Anthony Browne Guided Reading planning includes: Comprehension - Whole class Comprehension - Independent P4C questions Independent Learning Grammar tasks - Use commas in a list Synoyms including idioms and phrases Author choice of language and features of text Excellent bank of ideas to use alongside other resources available in the shop to compare stories by the same author. Please see the shop for ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne guided reading 2 weeks of planning. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/rehanafazil Enjoy this fabulous story and creative ideas to inspire reading for pleasure and meeting the standards at expected level in year 2. Suitable for the English Reading National Curriculum.

A set of different instructions for imitation, innovation and invention stages. There are examples of exemplar text with the grammar features to suit the new English Curriculum and meet the required standards for Working At Greater Depth. This unit is suited for Year 2 children. You will find visuals, Powerpoint and excel editable documents created at a high standard to meet all the needs of different learners. There are written instructions for making a jam sandwich, bread and cupcakes with supporting visuals that can be easily modified. There is opportunity for children to apply learnt skills to cross curricular writing e.g write instructions to complete a circuit. The instructions are relevant and purposeful to DT and science links with healthy eating, materials/electricity, designing and general cooking skills. The writing can be used for moderation of grammar skills in cross-curricular work.

Year 2 Guided Reading Comprehension- Information Text All About Foxes. A detailed text all about foxes allows children to read at length for greater depth. Children who are working at the expected have the text broken down into smaller chunks for easier accessibility. This resource can be used in isolation as well as supporting material for the Fox unit by Margaret Wild- if its being taught in English. The guided reading questioning included looking, inference, evaluative, and overall text questions. It is suitable for the New English curriculum and will suit teaching over 2 to 3 weeks or as extensive revision purposes leading up to SATs in year 2. It is recommended that greater depth children move onto reading Fantastic Mr Fox after this unit is completed. An additional Bats comprehension has been included for your use if you are teaching nocturnal animals. Thank you for choosing this resource and I hope you find it valuable.

This is a word document all about general garden snails. It includes many subheadings including why are snails pests? Life cycles? How does it eat? Why are they in danger? Pond Snails. What is the largest African Snail? This information text is suitable for research purposes in science to answer questions that have been generated by the children. It can also support writing own information about an other animals such as owls because children apply the skills of features they have learnt.

Stone Age Boy - Information Text This is a preview It links with the topic Stone Age and is relevant for Years 3 or Year 4. In the complete unit you will find; Planning unit of work for half term with differentiated resources Marking Ladder Exemplar Text Power Points included Tier 2 vocabulary SEND resources Opportunities for narrative included. Finale suggestions- Have a stone age day, make clay pots and clay tools and/or jewelery, stone age fashion show, and foraging fruit. Visit the shop for the full resource with suggestions for a stunning start day.

Stone Age Boy Year 3 - English Tier 2 vocabulary for working walls to build pupils rich language acquisition. Exemplar text to teach from the book and non-fiction writing. Visuals to support tiered vocabulary rehearsal and aid memory. Games to rehearse language and memorize such as match the word to the meaning. Supports pedagogy of closing the vocabulary gap research. This model can be used and applied for all English units as the resource is easily edited and adaptable. Aimed at the new national curriculum for lower Key Stage 2 (year 3/4). Supporting planning available in the shop for a complete unit of work to match Stone Age Boy Text.

Writing a riddle in year 2 is fun. This resource teaches children how to write riddles about snails and whales. It is linked to the story The snail and the whale by Julia Donaldson. This resource is fun and flexible to use. The supporting materials can easily be adapted to write a riddle about any creature. Linked to the Information Text Unit All About Whales- also available in the shop. HAPS children are challenged with high expectations by using coordinating conjunction ‘but’ when writing a clue - e.g I have a foot but I don’t have any legs. I’m a good swimmer but I’m not a fish. Suitable for boys and interesting to get quality writing. Linked to the new English TAF 2018

KS1 Narrative Unit on Pirates and Mermaids. Year 2 and Year 1 English Curriculum. This has been adapted to suit year 1 children or year 2 children who are working below the expected standard (SEN or EAL). The unit is designed to help children repeat, pre-teach vocabulary, over teach sentence structure, match words, sort sentences into order and sequence, play vocabulary games, and much more. It should allow children for improved independence by the end of the unit. There are a list of ideas to support sen e.g parental involvement, speaking and listening strategies, imitating games, role play etc. It is ideal to use alongside a more rich and developed text -which can also be found in the shop called - Pirate Adventure Story. Please see link below and please leave a review. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pirate-adventure-story-narrative-bundle-year-2-taf-11792146 Written by SLE in English.

Africa Topic Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters- A play script about an African Tale. Are you learning about Africa? Have you focused on learning a text in a different cultural setting? If so, this is the perfect and inspirational play script for you. It includes parts for 120 (a four form entry school), although this can be easily adapted, altered and edited. The resource includes relevant songs within an African setting including popular and contemporary songs that will add and enliven the show. These have been carefully selected according to the theme in each scene e.g envy, jealousy, beauty, king’s procession etc. There are clear guidance for props, staging and costumes that may be suitable for parents/carers or teachers to provide. These include pots, masks, drapes, spears, shields, plants and thrones. Hope this is useful and many thanks for purchasing this resource. Was used for end of key stage 1. However, it can also be used for any other year groups studying Africa.

English writing unit for year 2 and year 3 This resources supports independent writing of a narrative unit. Children read the book and plan how the main character returns home after learning her lesson about friendship and disloyalty. Children plan, invent and edit in this unit of work. there are lots on visuals and grammar features included to ensure that the Year 2 ITAFS are met. It can be easily adapted for year 3 also. A very entertaining book that will engage all readers. Grammar features include - practicing speech and alternative verbs for said. Practicing using suffix endings -ment, -less, -ness, -er, -est. Pupils write at length and improve stamina for writing. They develop characters and settings through description and dialogue. The story supports pupils to show good v evil characters in their writing.

Remote Learning English Writing Tasks This resource has been designed to support parents and teachers because it sets the same task for all pupils for their writing. It is suitable for all pupils across the school and the teachers can vary the success criteria for them. The outcomes will vary according to the age and ability of the child. Pupils can even work together with siblings and share ideas during this difficult times. Each writing unit has been pitched to Year 3 and the grammar features will need to be adjusted for each year group. You will find; A high quality teacher example of each type of genre/text type has been included for pupils as a good model of writing. The genres covered are Book review, Poetry, Diary, Letter, Narrative, Non fiction, Recound based on short film Best suited for remote learning and home school learning during Lockdown or if pupils are self isolating at home. Excellent feedback has been received by parents who found this way more accessible. Keep safe and visit my instagram for more suggested ideas for reading and writing in year 2 and year 3. Thank you for visiting my shop and I hope it saves you hours of planning time.

Year 2 Developing reading in the classroom for all pupils (including whole school approach). This resource supports teachers how to set up guided reading in their classrooms. It offers the following: Developing Lexical reading - word meanings Developing figurative language like idioms to support comprehension Using pictorial clues for context Using P4C to develop deeper, critical thinking. Using point, evidence and explain to promote deeper level and detailed answers from children. Quality response activity ideas after reading with the teacher. Carousel reading suggestions. Sequencing and summarizing text. Can be used to develop staff cpd or for teaches to self-reflect and promote reading for pleasure in the classroom (as well as bridging the vocabulary of disadvantaged readers). Supports current pedagogy and practice for 2019 and the new national curriculum for reading. I hope you find it useful to self reflect on your practice and pedagogy in school. Please leave a review. Written by SLE in English -supporting educators around the world.

Year 1 and 2 SPAG. The all important suffix endings display for the grammar washing line in the classroom. This is a very eye-catching and visual way to display all the suffixes that the children need to be able to spell and use accurately in their writing to secure working at the expected standard. The suffixes are written in bubble writing and have the common suffix ending words written inside them. They will make an excellent and immediate display. It is suitable for classes from year 1 to year 3. It currently stands proudly on display in all our KS1 class rooms. The bubble writing suffix’s available are - ment, -ed, -ly, -ing, ness, -er, est, er, less. Please leave a review as you will find this resource a must in your classroom to support spelling and meet the expected standard on the interim framework! ENJOY and thanks for downloading

Year 2 Non Fiction Writing This is 14 page slide powerpoint with apt information about how to write about snails. It includes subheadings for body, eats, habitat, dangers. it gives children enough information about snails so they can research and then write their own information text about how to keep pet snails. This encourages children to apply their learning to a new context. Ideal for a topic unit in science and suitable for keeping pet African snails in class. Otherwise it can be used for English literacy non fiction unit. The text includes suitable sentence level work to incorporate year 2 grammar features such as coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. There are opportunities for children to use questions by addressing the reader e.g. Have you ever wondered how to keep pet snails?

A fantastic Great Fire of London Guided Reading Information Text Unit. This unit supports comprehension of children working at the expected level as well as greater depth in year 2. Children will have the opportunity to read short extracts and answer retrieval, looking and inference questions. They are also required to summarize the text in their own words. More able readers are expected to read at greater length - which are leaflet style texts and separate questions. Following how the fire started, the children learn more about the Duke (future King Charles II) and learn about his bravery to help out in the fire. Finally they learn about the Monument to understand how we remember historical events from the past. They also follow through to finding out about a famous person from the past - Sir Christopher Wren (who designed many churches and buildings to help re-build the fire). This is a superb unit that can be used alongside the science planning for GFOL and inquire about how to make the best secret ink for Samuel Pepys to write a message to King Charles. See the shop for resources and science Materials topic. It is highly recommended (albeit optional) to visit St Paul’s Cathedral or the Monument if you are a London based school. Suitable to evidence TAF for reading in year 2 and the new English curriculum. Enjoy and I hope you find it useful.

**Year 2 ** Guided Reading preview Developing reading for deeper meaning in the classroom for all pupils (Year 2 and Year 6). This resource supports teachers how to set up guided reading in their classrooms. It offers the following Developing Lexical reading - word meanings Developing figurative language like idioms to support comprehension Using pictorial clues for context Using P 4 C to develop deeper, critical thinking. Using point, evidence and explain to promote deeper level and detailed answers from children. Quality response activity ideas after reading with the teacher Carousel reading activity suggestions Sequencing and summarizing text. Can be used to develop staff cpd or for teaches to self-reflect and promote reading for pleasure in the classroom (as well as bridging the vocabulary of disadvantaged readers). Supports current pedagogy and practice for the new national curriculum for reading. I hope you find it useful to self reflect on your practice and develop a research informed pedagogy in school. Written by SLE in English -supporting educators around the world. The ideas and suggestions are transferable across the school.

New assessment guidelines for writing 2018 English Curriculum at end of KS1 Working at Working towards Working at Greater depth Suitable for all teachers moderating English writing and making teacher judgements. Suitable to benchmark across classes and across phases. Also a suitable checklist to match against borough expectations and exemplifications. A must for moderated schools to keep evidence.

The Tunnel Year 2 Guided Reading Preview If you have used the Into The Forest Guided Reading Pack - Then this is the resource for you to compare stories by the same author. See Full weeks planning available in the shop. Week 1 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-tunnel-by-anthony-browne-guided-reading-week-1-12050423 Week 2 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-tunnel-guided-reading-anthony-browne-week-2-12052381 Suitable for year 2 for children working at the expected level and beyond. You can find further inspiration on my insta page as below. @thisisrehanafazil See you there.