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Minecraft Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions: Years 4 - 5
Your kids will love reading about Minecraft with our fun reading comprehension! This is a basic text that goes through what Minecraft is, the key features of the game, and why it’s so popular. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions.
This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work.
Included:
1 page Lego reading passage
2 x differentiated comprehension questions (1 page each)
Answer key
This resource is perfect for both distance and classroom learning.
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Space Themed Fact or Opinion Cut and Stick Activity
This space themed activity gets your children thinking carefully about the difference between facts and opinions and is perfect for this non-fiction text topic.
This is a no-prep cut and stick activity where students will read the statement, decide if it’s a fact or opinion, and stick it in the correct column.
This pack has a fun space theme with graphics for each statement.
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Renewable Energy Reading Comprehension - Sustainability
This reading comprehension is the perfect addition to your sustainability topic. This is a basic text that goes through what renewable energy is and the different forms of renewable energy that have been developed. Once they’ve read the passage they will use the text to complete the comprehension questions.
This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work.
Included:
Reading passage
Comprehension questions
Extension questions
Answer key
This resource is perfect for both distance and classroom learning.
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Lego Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions: Years 4 - 5
Your kids will love reading about Lego with our fun reading comprehension! This is a basic text that goes through what lego is, how it has expanded throughout the years, and the benefits that Lego can have. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions.
This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work.
Included:
1 page Lego reading passage
2 x differentiated comprehension questions (1 page each)
Answer key
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Poetry Introduction PowerPoint
A fun interactive PowerPoint designed to give your class an introduction into the wonderful world of poetry. This PowerPoint will teach your children the technical vocabulary, creative language used, and different poetry forms.
Contents:
- Slides 1 - 4: What is poetry
- Slides 5 – 7: Vocabulary
- Slides 8 – 26: Simile, personification, or metaphor game
- Slides 27 – 36: Poetry forms
- Slide 37 – Scrapbook follow up
This PowerPoint goes hand in hand with our Poetry Scrap book. Check it out in our store or via the link in our preview.
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Outdoor Personification Activity - FREEBIE
Unlock creativity and enhance descriptive writing skills through this engaging personification activity. Nature serves as a rich source for improving descriptive writing, particularly when incorporating personification. This hands-on exercise provides students with the opportunity to experiment with personification while immersing themselves in the natural world.
Check out our Outdoor Onomatopoeia Activity!
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Outdoor Writing: Alliteration Poetry
Your students will love using alliteration with this fun poetry lesson. For this activity they will head outside and choose a variety of different items for them to describe and complete the table. Once they have done a few items they can piece together their alliteration poem.
This lesson will help students to understand what alliteration is and how to use it in their own writing.
Check out our Outdoor Writing Bundle.
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Senses Poetry - Outdoor Writing Freebie
This outdoor poetry activity gets students writing a simple poem about your outdoor space using their senses.
Teaching Structure:
Take the students into an outdoor space. Get them to sit quietly and think about what thy can see, hear, smell, touch, and feel. Once they’ve had time to think get them to write a poem by completing the differentiated poem templates.
Along with the differentiated sheets, encourage students to use language in their poems appropriate to their ability.
Once they’ve written their poems it is nice to share them together as a class. They can also make a great display!
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Figurative Language PowerPoint and Quiz
A 53 slide interactive PowerPoint and quiz on figurative language that looks at similes, metaphors, personification, and alliteration. Perfect for a lesson introduction or recap.
TOP TIP: Make the quiz interactive by getting the children to write their answers on whiteboards.
Contents
- Slides 1 - 4: Introduction
- Slides 5 - 10: Similes
- Slides 11 - 15: Metaphors
- Slides 16 - 19: Alliteration
- Slides 20 - 23: Personification
- Slides 24 - 52: Quiz
- Slide 53: Conclusion
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Baptism Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions: Years 5 - 6
This is a great reading comprehension pack about Baptism and part of your ‘Seven Sacraments’ topic. The text that goes through what baptism has, why people choose to get baptised and the importance of baptism. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions.
This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work.
Included:
2 page Lego reading passage
2 x differentiated comprehension questions (2 pages each)
Answer key
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Renewable Energy Reading Comprehension: Wind Turbines
This reading comprehension is the perfect addition to your sustainability topic. This is a basic text that goes through what wind turbines are, how they work, and why they are an important energy source. Once they’ve read the passage they will use the text to complete the comprehension questions.
This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work.
Included:
Reading passage
Differentiated Comprehension Questions
Answer key
This resource is perfect for both distance and classroom learning.
Check out our ‘Renewable Energy Reading Comprehension’.
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Famous Footballers Reading Comprehension: Cristiano Ronaldo
Your kids will love reading about popular footballer Cristiano Ronaldo with our fun reading comprehension! This is a basic text that goes through who he is, how he has become such a huge football star, and key points in his career. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions.
This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work.
Included:
1 page reading passage
2 x differentiated comprehension questions (1 page each)
Answer key
Check out our Messi reading comprehension!
Check out our Neymar reading comprehension!
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Adverb PowerPoint Game
This game is a fantastic and fun way to introduce or recap adverbs for your class. It consists of two interactive and entertaining games where the children will discover what an adverb is and why they are important, learning to recognize them within sentences.
Contents:
- Slide 1 – 4: Introduction to the game / adverbs
- Slide 5 – 40: Game 1 – Deciding whether the given words are
adverbs or not
- Slide 41 – 54: Game 2 – Finding adverbs within the sentence
We hope you enjoy!
Literacy Games PowerPoint
A big set of literacy games that are perfect for a mid lesson brain break or as some fun lesson starters to get your classes minds in gear! Each game is designed to help improve literacy skills, from reading to spelling and writing, they have it all!
Contents
- Slides 1 – 15: The Riddle Challenge
- Slides 16 – 34: Amazing Anagrams
- Slides 35 – 41: Describe The Picture
- Slides 42 – 47: The Persuasion Game
- Slides 48 – 55: The Alphabet Game
- Slides 56 – 60: Compare And Contrast
- Slides 61 – 66: Complete The Sentence
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Enjoy! :)
Renewable Energy Reading Comprehension: Solar Power
This reading comprehension is the perfect addition to your sustainability topic. This is a basic text that goes through what solar panels are are, how they work, and why they are an important renewable energy source. Once they’ve read the passage they will use the text to complete the comprehension questions.
This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work.
Included:
Reading passage
Differentiated Comprehension Questions
Answer key
This resource is perfect for both distance and classroom learning.
Check out our Wind Turbines Reading Comprehension.
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Famous Footballers Reading Comprehension: Neymar
Your kids will love reading about popular footballer Neymar with our fun reading comprehension! This is a basic text that goes through who he is, how he has become such a huge football star, and key points in his career. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions.
This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work.
Included:
1 page reading passage
2 x differentiated comprehension questions (1 page each)
Answer key
Check out our Messi reading comprehension!
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Famous Soccer Players Reading Passage and Questions Bundle
Your kids will love reading about popular football players with our fun reading comprehensions! These are basic texts that go through who they are, how they have become such a huge football star, and key points in their career. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions.
This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work.
Included For Each Player:
1 page reading passage
2 x differentiated comprehension questions (1 page each)
Answer key
Soccer Players Included:
Lionel Messi
Harry Kane
Christiano Ronaldo
Neymar
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Adjective Acting Game
This fun and entertaining activity (for both the teacher and children!) is played like charades. It is an exciting and a practical way for children to learn to recognise and use adjectives to improve their writing.
There are 24 simile cards with each card containing ideas as to how they could act out the adjective.
This game can be played in groups, pairs or as a whole class.
Content
- 1 x Instruction Sheet
- 24 x Adjective Cards
- 2 x Differentiated Record Sheets
My children absolutely love this game and are always asking to play it! Best of all, they now use adjectives effectively in their writing!
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Have fun!
Fact or Opinion Cut and Stick Activity
This animal themed activity gets your children thinking carefully about the difference between facts and opinions and is perfect for this non-fiction text topic.
This is a no-prep cut and stick activity where students will read the statement, decide if it’s a fact or opinion, and stick it in the correct column.
This pack has a fun animal theme with graphics for each statement.
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Sentence Structure Scavenger Hunt
Teach sentence structure with this fun outdoor scavenger hunt. Each sentence is split into three parts. Simply hide the sentence cards around your outdoor area and get your class to collect the cards and create the sentences. Once they’ve created a sentence they can write it down on the differentiated sentence record sheets.
This is a great activity for students to understand how to create a sentence and the key components of a sentence (subject, verb, and complete thought).
You may also like our ‘Sentence Fixers PowerPoint’.
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