Here are my teaching resources (with adaptations for each lesson) building up to the children writing their own Paddington adventure story. The pack includes reading resources, SPaG lessons, sentence writing and outcome success criteria. These lessons are suitable for year 1 and 2.

I have uploaded my 2 week Colour Poetry unit which includes SPaG, reading and writing lessons leading towards writing their own colour poem. Differentiation of tasks is evident. VIPERS reading sessions include explaination and retrieval, with some ‘stand alone’ reading lessons included away from the topic.

I have uploaded my Year 1 Parent Workshop powerpoint that I used for Phonics Screening. It details when, how and what parents can do to support their child at home before the check. It also details alien and real words and why these are used in the test. Alongside this, I sent home a past paper for parents to use with their child.

As part of our transition, I have created some resources to support KS1 children (my class has both year 1 and 2 children, so this acts as a refresher for the year 2’s and an introduction for the year 1’s) with the editing and enhancing process through the amazing ‘Here We Are’ book by Oliver Jeffers. My resources are simple and aim to support the children with the editing and enhacning skills they will be using throughout the years. This unit is only a mini unit (3 days worth of planning) but could easily be stretched out over a week. The resources including group, paired and independent work, as well as picture evidence sheets. This download also includes a break down of the days. Teaching slides available to match the resources!

I have uploaded 3 weeks worth of resources to support the teaching of KS1 children writing a report on Antarctica, using the book Lost and Found as a starting stimulus. Lessons are adapted to ensure all abilities are catered for. Resources including writing lessons and reading lessons.

Here are my teaching slides to accompany week 2 resources for Year 1’s adventure, Fantastic Mr Fox. You will find cross curricular, differentiated slides including Writing and Reading lessons. Used alongside my resources, there is a weeks worth of lessons here. I taught these sessions to Year 1 in the Summer term, but could be delivered in Spring.

Here are resources for 1 week for my Off Phonics children. This pack includes the text for the week (DISCLAIMER I did not write the text, just edited to suit my children), 3 reading lessons (based on VIPERS) and a writing lesson aimed as a free write, based on the text. My group contains some VERY high ability Year 2’s, HA Year 2 children and some HA Year 1 children. Rather than adapt tasks, I adapt through support and extension.

Here are my teaching slides to accompany week 3 resources for Year 1’s adventure, Fantastic Mr Fox. You will find cross curricular, differentiated slides including Cross Curricular Maths, Writing and Reading lessons. Used alongside my resources, there is a weeks worth of lessons here. I taught these sessions to Year 1 in the Summer term, but could be delivered in Spring.

Here are my teaching slides to accompany week 1 resources for Year 1’s adventure, Fantastic Mr Fox. You will find cross curricular, differentiated slides including Science, Writing and Reading lessons. Used alongside my resources, there is a weeks worth of lessons here. I taught these sessions to Year 1 in the Summer term, but could be delivered in Spring.

Here are my teaching slides to accompany week 3/4 resources for Year 1’s adventure, Fantastic Mr Fox. Used alongside my resources, there is a weeks worth of lessons here. I taught these sessions to Year 1 in the Summer term, but could be delivered in Spring.

I have uploaded my resources which I have used for a 3 week ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ unit, with the end product being a rewrite of the narrative. This unit is usable in year 1 or 2 and all resources are editable as adapated for abilities. This pack includes two reading lessons and writing lessons that can be spread over 10 lessons.

I have uploaded my ‘How To Catch A Star’ instruction writing unit which lasted for 2 and half weeks with my mixed Year 1/2 class. The jounrey includes reading lessons (Vocabulary, Retrieval ahd Sequencing Vipers), SPaG for both Yr 1 (capital letters and full stops) and Yr 2 (adverbs with a recap of adjectives and nouns). Along the way, ‘Going Deeper’ challenges aim to push greater depth children. The pack also includes an end piece of paper to support layout and presentation.

I have uploaded my 2 week resources for Handa’s surprise, with the end outcome of the children writing a recount of Handa’s journey. This unit will suit all abilities of children within year 1 and 2, with lots of these resources already being differentiated. The resources include a reading text and 2 reading lessons (retrieval and sequencing), writing resources, word banks and structure strips. Supporting teaching slides are available

To match my Handa’s Surprise resources, I have uploaded my teaching slides. These include a 2 week unit journey with reading and writing lessons. The slides follow our school format for visuals, where we share the journey and success criteria (and prior knowledge), we then have a ‘My Turn’ slide where the teacher solely model/teach the skill, ‘Our Turn’ where the children join in and help me, ‘Your Turn’ where the children practise on their own so you can conduct AFL, followed by the tasks and a review/reflect.

As part of our transition, I have created some teaching slides (to go alongside my resources that are also available) to support KS1 children (my class has both year 1 and 2 children, so this acts as a refresher for the year 2’s and an introduction for the year 1’s) with the editing and enhancing process through the amazing ‘Here We Are’ book by Oliver Jeffers. The teaching slides are broken into 3 days, following our teaching process ‘My Turn’ which acts as sole teacher input/modelling, ‘Our Turn’ where the children help me practise the skill, and then ‘Your Turn’ where the children practise before completing the task. The slides also have an early morning welcome slide. The resources including group, paired and independent work, as well as picture evidence sheets.

I have uploaded my 3 week Bog Baby unit which includes SPaG, reading and writing lessons leading towards writing instructions on how to catch a Bog Baby. Differentiation of tasks is evident. VIPERS reading sessions include prediction, inferring and retrieval, with some ‘stand alone’ reading lessons included away from the topic.

To accompany my Week 1 Fantastic Mr Fox Teaching Slides, here are the resources. They include: -Science (animals) -Grammar and writing tasks Whole class reading (vocabulary lesson) Cross curricular Maths (half and whole) These resources were taught to my Year 1 class in Summer term, but could be suitable for Spring too.

To accompany my Week 2 Fantastic Mr Fox Teaching Slides, here are the resources. They include: -Grammar and writing tasks (including question marks, sentence structure and plurals) -Spelling -Whole class reading (retrieval lesson) These resources were taught to my Year 1 class in Summer term, but could be suitable for Spring too.

To accompany my Week 3 Fantastic Mr Fox Teaching Slides, here are the resources for week 3 and 4! They include: -Grammar (including sentence structure) -Whole class reading (audience and purpose) -Science (materials) These resources were taught to my Year 1 class in Summer term, but could be suitable for Spring too.

I have uploaded my 3 week Literacy unit that I used with my Year 1 and 2 children in Spring term. Using the online picture book ‘Rosie’s Glasses’ from GetEpic, we wrote a narrative about Rosie’s world transforming from dull and boring to bright, vibrant and colourful. The pack includes 3 reading lessons (based on the VIPERS scheme) and 4 writing sessions including SPaG appropriate for Spring Term with Year 1 and 2. The final week focuses on writing with already made word banks and success criterias.