Experienced Primary School teacher of 30 years. Worked across KS1/2.
- child friendly worksheets and resources to cover all areas of the curriculum
- specialise in language and writing
- established child author
- Gold TES Author
- Shortlisted for the Bev Evans Award 2017
Experienced Primary School teacher of 30 years. Worked across KS1/2.
- child friendly worksheets and resources to cover all areas of the curriculum
- specialise in language and writing
- established child author
- Gold TES Author
- Shortlisted for the Bev Evans Award 2017
Suitable resource for KS1 and Lower KS2
20 page booklet and a powerpoint presentation
Definitions of Adverbs and Adjectives which can be laminated and used for Literacy Display board
Worksheets great for differentation children choose their own adverbs and adjectives for Crazy Caterpillar, Kitty Kat, Superhero Boy and Happy Girl
Use of a/an before adjective.
Game My Aunt's Cat can be done orally around the room using a-z and then children can complete the worksheet.
Matching verbs to adverbs.
A 20 page workbook
A selection of book reviews useful for differentation. They can be printed out individually or as a whole unit.
Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2.
Looking at titles, authors, settings, characters, recommendations etc.
A great resource for a mixed ability class.
I have also included a powerpoint presentation for classwork
This is a 3 booklet reading bundle, pdf files with fascinating facts about Roald Dahl, JK Rowling and David Walliams.
Fascinating facts to print out and display on your literacy working wall and literacy activities to use during guided reading.
Time lines showing the years in which various books were published.
Suggestions of writing and drawing follow up activities.
So there is display and ideas for activities this will save all teachers a lot of preparation.
Anyone studying Jaqueline Wilson this is a great resource.
Looks at her life styles, her hobbies and her achievements. Also two worksheets with ideas for writing.
Also included a powerpoint presentation for class use.
A resource in colour and duplicated in black and white.
20 pages to use as a booklet with the children or as display for Science Board.
Vocabulary sheet
Question and answer sheet.
I have also included a powerpoint presentation.
Useful for EYFS and KS1
28 Activity Cards to be used during Guided Reading Time. These can be cut and laminated for use with any book the children are reading. There are writing activities and drawing activities for the children to write into or draw into their Reading journals. They are differentiated for various abilities.
This recently updated resource will be great as a gift from the children to their mothers for Mothering Sunday. It is printer friendly in black and white with only a few coloured graphics.The complete workbook of 14 pages is devoted to the child’s knowledge, thoughts and feelings regarding their mother. It is aimed at KS1 children.
The workbook includes a variety of writing and drawing tasks:
An information sheet to complete
My Mother is a star because…
I love you Mother because…
I love to____ with Mother
Write a recipe for the perfect Mother
Newspaper article World’s Best Mum
Drawing activity
Descriptive writing
Sentence construction
Puzzle
This resource includes a pdf file and a powerpoint presentation .It is a fun activity for EYFS and KS1 to be used on Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Day. There are a variety of writing and drawing activities. I have included an information sheet on Shrove Tuesday with a few simple comprehension questions. The story of the Runaway Pancake, written in child friendly vocabulary could be read to the class or by the children themselves. Follow-on activities include drawing activities, writing an acrostic poem, my favourite topping for a pancake, a recipe to make pancakes and a sequencing activity. I have also included a sheet If the pig hadn't eaten the pancake what would have happened. Hope you all have fun using this.
This colourful PDF file for KS1 can be printed out and laminated for classroom use. It comprises of 16 lesson starters to develop imaginative and descriptive writing. It is sea themed which will be useful to any teachers doing Cross Curricular work on the seaside for the summer term. It will be great for differentation and for those children who find it difficult to come up with their own ideas. If laminated these story prompts can be kept and used from year to year. Prompts involve sea creatures, children, pirates and boats.
A writing resource to use with your class at the end of term to look at their achievements, their likes and dislikes over the past year. Suitable to use with 6-10 year olds. Can be printed out as a complete workbook, will require no marking and can be a memory of the year in your classroom.
This PDF File and presentation will be very useful to KS1 as an assembly idea or as a class story linked to fables as there is a moral in the story. The two characters in the story are a spider and a little bug, the setting is in a cornfield. The bug warns the spider that the farmer will be coming soon to gather the crop. I won't tell you the rest as I don't want to spoil it for you! The story is adapted from one I read and I have rewritten it myself in child friendly vocabulary. There are a set of discussion questions which will be good for talking and listening sessions after the children have either read or heard the story.
This 12 page resource is for children in KS2, it can be used as a one off lesson about Martin Luther King or as a unit about equal rights, discrimination and helping the world. There is a fact sheet, an information sheet and then some writing activities. What do you know about Martin Luther King Day? Write about someone else who has changed the world. Children are asked to write their own I Have a Dream speech. A powerpoint display is also included for classrrom discussion.
To celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s amazing 65 years on the throne here is a resource full of fun and celebration. A PDF file and Powerpoint presentation of 20 slides which can be printed out as a booklet for a group of children or the entire class of KS2. The tasks include factsheet reading and comprehension questions, problem solving with number, money and tables, writing formal letters of invite and acceptance, drawing activities and a variety of short writing activities eg what is written inside the card. A good resource for differentation.
A great resource for EYFS and KS1 with word mats and drawing activities connected to the Stage 1 Phonics Initial sounds. I tried this out with a student yesterday and she loved the graphics and the drawing activities.
This is a 24 page PDF file to be printed out and used before reading the book, while reading the book and after reading the book. It is printer friendly as I have used very few colour graphics. It is suitable for KS2. A powerpoint has also been included. There are a variety of writing activities which can be printed out as an entire booklet for each child or as individual pages for working walls. I have tried to empathise with the characters especially August. In the workbook I have asked the children to look at the traits and feelings of the characters, their own feelings, to imagine they themselves are August and to write conversations and argumentative writings.Bullying and Bravery must also be written about by the children. I have also included designing a new cover, writing a book blurb, a book review and favourite character and part of the story.
An essential resource for a fabulous book.
30 page booklet for Upper KS1 and KS2 based on Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. This powerpoint and PDF file can be printed out as individual worksheets or as a complete workbook for the entire class. The resource is in black and white with a coloured front cover. There are a variety of activities which can be given to all children therefore it is great for differentation. Would be very useful when doing guided reading.
The activities included are: descriptive writing, plurals, diminutives, poetry writing, book reviews, drawing and labelling activities, letter writing, favourite character and reasons why, themes in the novel, characteristics of the characters, discussion around quotes from the novel, internet research, vocabulary exercises, conflict Man v Nature. Might be useful for World Book Day.
A Workbook with original poems written by me. Suitable for upper KS1 and KS2
Poems:- Changing Seasons, The Dark Hedges and Chestnuts
Poetry analysis Worksheet for each poem
Comprehension Worksheet for each poem
Acrostic Poem Worksheet
Autumn Poem Worksheet