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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.
Kung Fu Phonics (Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5)
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Kung Fu Phonics (Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5)

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This HUGE resource can be used as a simple reading resource or for games of ‘Noughts and Crosses / OXO / Tic-Tac-Toe’ (where children mark the words with an X or an O but have to read them first!). Eighty-two pages are included with a variety of words from Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5 phonics. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Missing Multiplications Maths Challenges
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Missing Multiplications Maths Challenges

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Challenge your children’s knowledge of their times tables using six printable Maths challenges. Answers are missing from the 10x10 and 12x12 multiplication grids. Can your children complete them? An excellent resource for Maths lessons, early morning activities or for early finishers. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
40 PAGES of Circle Calculations (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division)
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40 PAGES of Circle Calculations (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division)

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This HUGE resource includes a bumper collection of ‘Circle Calculation’ challenges. These help your children to review their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills at a variety of difficulty levels. They’re perfect for your Maths lessons, as early morning activities or as challenges for early finishers. Answers are included for teachers and for self-checking. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
12 Colourful Reward Charts
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12 Colourful Reward Charts

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Reward your children for their amazing achievements and fantastic behaviour with this collection of 12 colourful reward charts. The following charts are included: * Aliens, * Books, * Cars, * Cats, * Dogs, * Fish, * Football, * Friends, * Horses, * Pirates, * Princes and Princesses, * Technology. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Christmas Present Maths - Area and Perimeter Problems
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Christmas Present Maths - Area and Perimeter Problems

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A festive resource that your children can use to review their area and perimeter skills! Two versions are included with rectangles and compound shapes. Differentiated versions of each are also included with gridlines or measurements. 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!
Examples of Instruction Writing
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Examples of Instruction Writing

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This resource includes four different examples of instruction writing: * How to make a lizard card, * How to play ‘Shut the box’, * How to make chocolate cupcakes, * How to plant a sunflower seed. Help your children to learn about instruction writing by getting them to analyse these examples. Can they identify the features? How could they be improved? A fantastic resource for your English / Literacy lessons or for guided reading sessions. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
How to be a Good Listener Posters
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How to be a Good Listener Posters

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Encourage your children to listen carefully with our eye-catching posters. Two versions are included: * Cartoon bunnies - for use with younger children, * Photos of young people - for use with older students. Each poster reminds children to look, be still, wait, think and ask / answer questions. 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!
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!
Differentiated Sudoku Maths Challenges
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Differentiated Sudoku Maths Challenges

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This resource includes FORTY different Sudoku maths challenges for your children to try (with 4x4 and 6x6 grids). These could be used as activities in your Maths lessons, as early morning work, for early finishers or as resources to challenge students during rainy breaktimes. Answers are also included for busy teachers and for self-checking. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Report Writing Guide
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Report Writing Guide

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Support your children’s work on report writing with our handy guide. It’s a wonderful teaching resource and can also be used as part of your classroom display boards. The guide includes information about: * What are non-chronological reports? * Types of reports, * Organisation of reports, * Thinking about your audience, * Researching the topic, * Planning your report, * Writing your report, * Facts and opinions, * Present and past tense, * Formal writing, * Vocabulary, * Top tips for writing a report. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
2D Shapes Mats
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2D Shapes Mats

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Help your children to review their knowledge of 2D shapes with our colourful shapes mats! Includes a version with simple pictures of shapes and an ‘animal’ version with our popular shape animals! 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!
Puzzling Pictures - Inference and Deduction Resource
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Puzzling Pictures - Inference and Deduction Resource

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This popular resource includes 20 high quality images for your children to explore. Each picture has a set of related questions to help your students review their inference and deduction skills. Use them as an independent / group classroom activity, during your guided reading sessions or as part of your English display boards. 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!
Recount Writing Posters
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Recount Writing Posters

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Teach your children about all aspects of writing a recount with our eye catching posters. They’re perfect for showing on an interactive whiteboard as part of whole class teaching or on your classroom display boards. Includes information on: * What is recount writing? * Who do we write recounts for? * Types of recount writing, * Organisation, * Chronological Order, * First or Third Person? * Using the Past Tense, * Connectives and Conjunctions, * Personal or Impersonal? * How to improve your recounts. Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Can you make...? Cards
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Can you make...? Cards

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Can your children use the provided cards to make numbers that match the properties shown on the other cards? Challenge your children use the 2 and 9 cards to make a number between 50 and 100… the 3, 5 and 1 cards to make a multiple of 3… or the 7, 2, 8 and 6 cards to make two numbers with a difference of 15? Includes a complete set of number cards and 96 challenges for your children to try! Visit Teaching Packs for more fantastic resources!
Maths Vocabulary Book
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Maths Vocabulary Book

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An ENORMOUS collection of posters that you can use to help your children review their knowledge of different mathematical words. The 92 pages in this resource include the following… * Maths Equipment, * Place Value, * Ordering and Rounding, * Factors, Prime Numbers and Triangular Numbers, * Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, * Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, * Money, * Direction and Coordinates, * Symmetry, * 2D and 3D shapes, * Measurement (including Angles, Length, Time, Mass, Weight and Temperature), * Data, Graphs and Charts, * Probability, * Ratio and Proportion, … and more! 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!