This powerpoint describes the use of Gas Masks during WW2.

PPT with an introduction to exposition (text structures and language features)

Lesson on visualisation - reading skills.

Reading skills lesson - note taking.

Linked to Boy at the back of the Class (we used pomegranate like in the book)

History of Oor Wullie

Lesson on skimming and scanning - reading skills.

PPT with tasks to focus on inference.

PPT about the Rainforest and it’s climate.

PPT on how to make your own tartan.

PPT with LI and SC to create a marble run.

Text Structures and Language Features - PPT Self Assessment - Success Criteria Planning Sheet

Language Features and Text Structures

Assessment for prediction, summarising, questioning and clarifying.

These flashcards can be used as an introduction or a fast finisher. Cut them up and ask the pupils to sort them into each category and explain their reasons WHY. Can be used for solo or group work. Turn the cards over and ask the pupils add some of their own.

I have created labels with pastel balloons of months and names to create a lovely classroom display. Included are the months of the year as a PDF and an editable template to add in your own pupil’s names.

This extract from Harry Potter describes Albus Dumbledore arriving on Privet Drive. The task is for the pupils to read the passage and pick out all the descriptions of the character. Based on the descriptions the pupils need to draw the character as best they can. As a class, agree which descriptions need to be included and then person (or people) with the closest drawing ‘wins’!

This powerpoint gives definitions of adverbs, adverbial phrases and what they are used for. It gives working examples of how to build a sentence and then gives the pupils the chance to create their own. This PPT scaffolds the pupils learning through the lesson if they need more guidance and support.

I created this template for an art project that I did with my P1 class. We learnt about Wassily Kandinsky, studied his famous ‘circles’ and then created our own using oil pastels and the templates. This linked with the literacy learning for the week as the sound was ‘ai’. (snail)

I created this traffic light resource to support formative assessment within the classroom. I printed, laminated and cut these out and put one on each of my students desks. I put a counter on each traffic light and asked the pupils to move them to the colour depending on how they felt the lesson went, what their understanding was etc. This allowed me to assess their understanding throughout and after a lesson.