Welcome to my shop! As a dedicated teacher with over a 10 years of experience, I strive to provide fellow educators with a wide range of resources, mostly free of charge. Your support is greatly appreciated and motivates me to create even more materials. Please feel free to share your suggestions in the comments—I’d love to know what resources you’re looking for! Together, we can make teaching even more rewarding.
Welcome to my shop! As a dedicated teacher with over a 10 years of experience, I strive to provide fellow educators with a wide range of resources, mostly free of charge. Your support is greatly appreciated and motivates me to create even more materials. Please feel free to share your suggestions in the comments—I’d love to know what resources you’re looking for! Together, we can make teaching even more rewarding.
Explore a wealth of resources for Little Wandle books, designed to enhance your teaching plans and boost comprehension skills! From engaging lesson plans to comprehension activities, our comprehensive materials support educators in fostering a love for reading.
Fluency 1:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13157821
Fluency 2-5:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13157831
This fantastic resource is packed with nouns, adjectives, and phrases, plus excellent sample sentences to help students write vivid descriptions of settings. I’ve used it successfully with my Year 4 and 5 classes, and they loved it!
Update: I’ve added extra resources to do with setting and a detailed powerpoint about setting and character description.
A variety of mental starters as well as Mathematical vocabulary that children can repeat before a topic in Maths. Works brilliantly with my class. This is a Promethean flip-chart that uses Active inspire.
Update: I’ve included Powerpoint now.
Resources for Year 2/3/4 about the Minpins Roald Dhal book.
Character description.
Setting Description.
Using expanded noun phrase.
I used some Twinkl resources and adapted the worksheets from Literacy Tree.
Hope this free resource helps fellow teachers.
Retreival , Vocabularly and Inference questions based on the book band colour following the READ WRITE INC scheme. These resources have been created by me to use for guided reading in Year 2, can also be used for Year 1 and Year 3 or anyone using those colour banded books.
Retreival , Vocabularly and Inference questions based on the book band colour following the READ WRITE INC scheme. These resources have been created by me to use for guided reading in Year 2, can also be used for Year 1 and Year 3 or anyone using those colour banded books.
Retreival , Vocabularly and Inference questions based on the book band colour following the READ WRITE INC scheme. These resources have been created by me to use for guided reading in Year 2, can also be used for Year 1 and Year 3 or anyone using those colour banded books.
Engage your students with this comprehensive Chinese New Year resource! This pack includes a vibrant reading passage about the Year of the Green Wood Snake (2025) and SIX differentiated comprehension activity versions to cater to diverse learning styles.
Features:
Informative text: Introduces key traditions, symbols and predictions for the year.
Varied activities: Multiple choice, short answer, long answer, retrieval, inference, and sequencing.
Answer key: Included for easy grading and self-assessment.
Develops key skills: Reading comprehension, vocabulary building, cultural awareness.1
Chinese New Year Assembly:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chinese-new-year-2025-13144547
This comprehensive Phonics Phase 2 Teacher Training Pack is designed to equip educators with everything they need to deliver effective, engaging, and systematic phonics lessons for young learners. Perfect for schools, individual teachers, and tutors, this resource aligns with the Letters and Sounds framework and is tailored to support early reading success.
This free resource will supplement this resource:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/little-wandle-parent-powerpoint-13157835
What’s Included:
Detailed Guidance for Teachers
A step-by-step overview of Phase 2 phonics, including the progression of letter-sound correspondences, blending and segmenting strategies, and key milestones to track pupil progress.
Interactive Training Presentation
A professionally designed, editable Keynote/PowerPoint presentation to deliver engaging CPD sessions. Includes visuals, sound clips, and practical activity ideas.
Printable Resources
Flashcards, sound mats, letter formation sheets and blending/segmenting activities ready to print and use in lessons.
Assessment and Tracking Templates
Tools to evaluate pupils’ phonics progress and pinpoint areas for additional support.
Why Choose This Pack?
Time-Saving: Ready-to-use materials reduce planning time.
Evidence-Based: Developed using proven methods to boost phonics attainment.
Versatile: Ideal for new teachers, experienced educators, or those looking to refresh their approach.
Professional Touch: Perfect for CPD sessions or inset days.
Empower your team to confidently teach Phonics Phase 2 and set your pupils on the path to reading success! Download your pack today and inspire confident, capable readers.
A new PowerPoint on Synonyms and Antonyms is now available! This engaging resource covers the basics of synonyms (words with similar meanings) and antonyms (words with opposite meanings) with examples, visuals, and interactive activities. Perfect for building vocabulary and enhancing language skills!
Empower Year 2 students with resources to plan and create their own leaflets or fact files! These user-friendly materials include templates, brainstorming sheets, and guiding questions to help young writers organize their ideas effectively. Perfect for any topic, these resources encourage creativity and critical thinking as students explore how to present information clearly and engagingly. With a focus on structure and content, this toolkit makes leaflet writing and fact file creation a fun and educational experience
This is the first of a 4 week resource on Edward Tulane. The first week includes a differentiated lesson plan, easy to understand and follow. As well as resources and flip-charts (Active Inspire) which go with it. I have taught this to Year 4 class and it was the best ever book they read. Everyone remembers Edward Tulane only because of these lesson plans and resources and the way the book was read.
You can find the rest here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edward-tulane-week-2-4-lesson-plan-active-inspire-flip-chart-and-resources-13146148
Retreival , Vocabularly and Inference questions based on the book band colour following the READ WRITE INC scheme. These resources have been created by me to use for guided reading in Year 2, can also be used for Year 1 and Year 3 or anyone using those colour banded books.
Worksheet for Books:
Polar
At the Monster Games
Animal Superpower
Meet your Inside
Meet a Genius
I’ve put Magic Bed week 1 resources for free, Just putting week 2 resources along with some Math resources for a £1 just to encourage me to upload more resources to help out teachers during this energy bills crisis.
The Little Wandle Fluency Programme helps children in Years 2 and 3 become confident, fluent readers. It builds on the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds phonics programme, using a carefully chosen selection of engaging chapter books.
Here’s what makes it special:
Gradual Progression: The programme features 10 fluency levels with increasing word counts, supporting children as they develop reading stamina and speed.
Engaging Books: A diverse range of fiction and non-fiction titles by top authors and illustrators keeps children motivated to read.
Teacher Support: Downloadable lesson plans and word sheets help teachers deliver effective fluency instruction.
Essentially, Little Wandle Fluency bridges the gap between learning phonics and becoming a truly independent reader.