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We have been sharing teaching ideas, classroom activities and display resources online since 1998. Our sites are visited by millions of teachers, educators and parents every year and our teaching materials are in use in classrooms around the world every day. We hope that our ideas and resources to you. Feel free to visit our websites: Teaching Ideas - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ Teaching Packs - http://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/ ... and contact us if you have any questions.

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We have been sharing teaching ideas, classroom activities and display resources online since 1998. Our sites are visited by millions of teachers, educators and parents every year and our teaching materials are in use in classrooms around the world every day. We hope that our ideas and resources to you. Feel free to visit our websites: Teaching Ideas - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ Teaching Packs - http://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/ ... and contact us if you have any questions.
One Word Titles - Writing Prompts
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One Word Titles - Writing Prompts

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This resource includes sixty-four small cards, each of which contains a single word. The cards are designed to be used as prompts for children’s writing but a range of other teaching ideas are also included. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Reading Corner Vocabulary Labels
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Reading Corner Vocabulary Labels

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FOURTEEN pages of labels with words, images and definitions that are all linked to reading. These could be used in your reading corner, as part of your guided reading activities or during your English / Literacy lessons. This resource includes the following terms: * Adventure, * Author, * Biography, * Character, * Dictionary, * Editor, * Genre, * Illustrator, * Mystery, * Novel, * Plot, * Tense, * Thriller. … and much more! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Odd One Out - Thinking / Reasoning Skills resource
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Odd One Out - Thinking / Reasoning Skills resource

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Challenge your children to decide which object / item on each page is the ‘odd one out’ and give reasons / justifications for their decision. Do others agree with them? Why (not)? This is a great activity to develop your children’s thinking and reasoning skills. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
12 Space themed Writing Prompts
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12 Space themed Writing Prompts

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A collection of twelve high quality images with related text that can be used as a writing prompt in your classroom. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Explanation Writing Checklists
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Explanation Writing Checklists

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Help your children to review their explanation writing with our handy checklists. Two different versions are included for use with children of different ages and ability levels. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Volcanoes Story Starters (Image Prompts)
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Volcanoes Story Starters (Image Prompts)

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A set of six high quality images that can be used as story starters / writing prompts. Each image also includes a sentence to inspire your children’s writing. A fantastic resource for your English lessons / volcanoes topic. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Newspaper Reports - Vocabulary Labels
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Newspaper Reports - Vocabulary Labels

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A collection of printable labels that give the meaning of a range of vocabulary linked to newspaper reports (with an accompanying image). Use them on a classroom display board or as part of a group discussion activity. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Fairytale Character Puppets
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Fairytale Character Puppets

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This resource includes a selection of printable characters / puppets based on popular children’s fairytales. These include: * The Elves and the Shoemaker, * Goldilocks and the Three Bears, * Jack and the Beanstalk, * The Gingerbread Man, * The Three Billy Goats Gruff, * The Three Little Pigs. Your children can colour the characters, cut them out and then use them for their own storytelling activities. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
36 Story Endings
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36 Story Endings

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Use this collection of story endings as prompts for your children’s story planning and writing activities! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
How to Improve Your Vocabulary - Display Posters
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How to Improve Your Vocabulary - Display Posters

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A printable collection of posters that you can use to help your children improve their vocabulary. Share this resource on your interactive whiteboard and use it as a whole class teaching tool… or add it to a classroom display board! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Over 100 Comprehension Questions
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Over 100 Comprehension Questions

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This huge list of questions can be used to review your children’s comprehension skills. Refer to it during your whole class teaching or use it during guided reading sessions with your pupils. It would also be shared with parents to help them to explore comprehension with their children. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Display Letters - Book Textures
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Display Letters - Book Textures

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Decorate your classroom walls, displays and bulletin boards using our printable display letters. This set includes every letter of the alphabet (in upper and lower case), numbers and symbols! The set has a ‘book’ texture - perfect for a classroom reading area, displays about books or your school library. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
100 First Lines - Prompts for children's writing!
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100 First Lines - Prompts for children's writing!

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This resource includes 100 lines that can be used as the starting point for your children’s writing. Let them choose their preferred first line… or pick one at random and plan / write what happens next! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Story Sequencing - Little Red Riding Hood
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Story Sequencing - Little Red Riding Hood

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Challenge your children to put these images from the story of Little Red Riding Hood into the correct order. When the images have been ordered, your children could also use the images as the starting point for a storytelling or a writing activity. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
100 Grammar Challenge Cards
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100 Grammar Challenge Cards

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Help your children to review their grammar skills with our challenge cards! This resource includes 100 cards that cover the following topics: * Types of nouns, * Adjectives, verbs, prepositions, pronouns, determiners and conjunctions, * Singular and plural, * Comparative and superlative adjectives, * Adjective phrases, * Past and present tense, * Complements and link verbs, * Active and passive voice, * Auxiliary and main verbs, * Adverbial phrases, * Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, * Questions, statements, exclamations and commands, * Subject and verb agreement, * Simple and complex sentences, * Narrative voice, * Negative and positive sentences, * Direct and reported speech, Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
TripReviewers - Recount Writing Template
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TripReviewers - Recount Writing Template

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Ask your children to write a ‘review’ of a place they have visited during school holidays / weekends with our ‘TripReviewers’ templates. You could also use it to review the destination of a recent school visit / trip. Six different templates are included so that you can use them with children of different ages and abilities. A fantastic way of encouraging children to demonstrate their recount writing skills. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Types of Poems - Classroom Display Posters
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Types of Poems - Classroom Display Posters

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A set of ten posters that give information about (and examples of) different types of poems that your children may encounter. These include: * Acrostic * Cinquain * Haiku * Limerick * List Poem * Narrative Poem * Nursery Rhyme * Shape Poem * Sonnet * Tanka Use the resources on a classroom display board or use them as the starting point for discussions about types of poetry. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Punctuation Mats
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Punctuation Mats

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Help your children to review their knowledge of different types of punctuation with our colourful Punctuation Mats! Add them to a classroom display board or use them as reference mats on students’ tables. Three versions are included with different terminology for those who use the terms speech marks / inverted commas / quotation marks and full stops / periods. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!