Primary handwriting resources

This is a set of printable alphabet games made for **back to school. ** The set includes: Find the words (4 games) Connect the dots (2 games) Pirate’s alphabet Colour the picture Alphabet puzzle (2 games) These worksheets are useful for elementary level students. Answer keys are included.

An A - Z of twenty-six short rhymes to help with spelling (especially of words from Years 3 and 4 NC Word List), handwriting and other English Language skills, including listening, speaking and poetry writing. This resource can be used in different ways across the ability range in all year groups in primary school, but would be especially useful when Lower and Upper Key Stage 2 pupils are practising spelling and handwriting. The resource can also be used to develop listening and speaking skills, as well as encouraging creative poetry writing. Each short rhyme includes either a common exception word or another difficult spelling. The rhymes can also be used to help young EAL/ESOL learners to develop their listening, speaking and reading skills.

Teach the ‘p’ sound with 16 pages of no prep phonics worksheets. Available in color and in eco friendly black and white. Use each resource individually or print out the whole sound book for each student to work through. RESOURCES INCLUDED Find the ‘p’ sound Picture matching (cvc words) Sentence starters Be an ‘p’ sound detective Handwriting using the ‘p’ sound Spelling using the ‘p’ sound Real and alien words using the ‘p’ sound ‘p’ sound word comprehension Word list quiz (cvc) The ideal way to teach the ‘p’ phonics sound.

KS1 Literacy - Vehicles Label Maker An interactive tool for making labels, captions for a non-fiction display or captions for a class book about vehicles. Choose an image for your label or select the blank option to draw your own picture. Set the background, text, border colours and border pattern. Use the label option to add a short title or the caption option to add longer text to your label.

KS1 Literacy - Planets and Space Label Maker An interactive tool for making labels, captions for a non-fiction display or captions for a class book about vehicles. Choose an image for your label or select the blank option to draw your own picture. Set the background, text, border colours and border pattern. Use the label option to add a short title or the caption option to add longer text to your label.

KS1 Literacy - Plants and Trees Label Maker An interactive tool for making labels, captions for a non-fiction display or captions for a class book about plants and trees. Choose an image for your label or select the blank option to draw your own picture. Set the background, text, border colours and border pattern. Use the label option to add a short title or the caption option to add longer text to your label.

KS1 Literacy - Minibeasts, Reptiles and Amphibians Label Maker An interactive tool for making labels, captions for a non-fiction display or captions for a class book about minibeasts, reptiles and amphibians. Choose an image for your label or select the blank option to draw your own picture. Set the background, text, border colours and border pattern. Use the label option to add a short title or the caption option to add longer text to your label.

KS1 Literacy - Mammals and Birds Label Maker An interactive tool for making labels, captions for a non-fiction display or captions for a class book about mammals and birds. Choose an image for your label or select the blank option to draw your own picture. Set the background, text, border colours and border pattern. Use the label option to add a short title or the caption option to add longer text to your label.

Complete Lesson on Dictionary Work Related to Gangsta Granny This download includes a complete lesson on dictionary work, using the twenty-third chapter of the book Gangsta Granny. Children will read and discuss the chapter, there is a PowerPoint to explain ordering alphabetically to the class and some sample questions to practice together, before they try to answer questions independently. There is also a short chapter summary sheet for children to complete to reflect on the chapter read. You will need a copy of the book Gangsta Granny; everything else needed is included in this download. Please note the page numbers referenced refer to the paperback version, although the page needed is indicated as clearly as possible to avoid any confusion. This download includes: Full and detailed lesson plan PowerPoint slides for the lesson Question sheets (3 differentiated) Complete answer keys Chapter review sheets This is the twenty-third chapter in my Gangsta Granny series of lessons, the first is here Please remember to leave feedback, for updates and promotions you can also follow me here ** Some of my other products: ** ** Big Science Bundle Pack** ** Complete Space and the Solar System Workbook ** Complete Dialogues and Play Scripts Writing Unit

Phonics CVC word flashcards with pictures! Great to use again and again after laminating. CVC words are with pictures. Can be used with the whole class or copied and laminated for groups to play with. Words on flashcards: -can -cab -bus -cap -cup -hut -cot -win -mug -ham -jog -fin -leg -hen -jam -man -sun -six -map -net -yes -ten -web -zip -rat -van -tin -mat -dog -wax -run -lip -pig -box -bag -bat -pin -nut sad -peg Take a look at my website for great online phonics games www.readwithphonics.com FREE FOR TEACHERS!

Teach the ‘a’ sound with 16 pages of no prep phonics worksheets. Available in color and in eco friendly black and white. Use each resource individually or print out the whole sound book for each student to work through. RESOURCES INCLUDED Find the ‘a’ sound Picture matching (cvc words) Sentence starters Be an ‘a’ sound detective Handwriting using the ‘a’ sound Spelling using the ‘a’ sound Real and alien words using the ‘a’ sound ‘a’ sound word comprehension Word list quiz (cvc) The ideal way to teach the ‘a’ phonics sound. Take a look at my website for great online phonics games www.readwithphonics.com FREE FOR TEACHERS!

Teach the ‘t’ sound with 16 pages of no prep phonics worksheets. Available in color and in eco friendly black and white. Use each resource individually or print out the whole sound book for each student to work through. RESOURCES INCLUDED Find the ‘t’ sound Picture matching (cvc words) Sentence starters Be an ‘t’ sound detective Handwriting using the ‘t’ sound Spelling using the ‘t’ sound Real and alien words using the ‘t’ sound ‘t’ sound word comprehension Word list quiz (cvc) The ideal way to teach the ‘t’ phonics sound. Take a look at my website for great online phonics games www.readwithphonics.com

Teach the ‘s’ sound with 16 pages of no prep phonics worksheets. Available in color and in eco friendly black and white = 36 pages! Use each resource individually or print out the whole sound book for each student to work through. RESOURCES INCLUDED Find the ‘s’ sound Picture matching (cvc words) Sentence starters Be an ‘a’ sound detective Handwriting using the ‘s’ sound Spelling using the ‘s’ sound Real and alien words using the ‘s’ sound ‘s’ sound word comprehension Word list quiz (cvc) The ideal way to teach the ‘s’ phonics sound. Take a look at my website for greta online phonics games www.readwithphonics.com

This is a fantastic, tried and tested resource. Great as a morning starter or for early finishers. This resource pack contains three differentiated grids. Each grid contains 20 short activities that will help children to develop their writing skills. Why not laminate this resource so it can be used time and time again. Each grid is numbered so that children can use a dice to select an activity at random or even work with a friend to see who can be the first to complete a line of activities.

Contents: 27 Phoneme Spotter Stories - each story is based around a different phoneme and a different alien. Fluency Strips - 400 sentences covering all 27 of the phase 3 sounds. Laminate, cut and attach with a keyring for easy to use phonics sentences. Phoneme Hunt - 27 sheets. Scan the lines to find all of the target phonemes. Read it, Make it, Write it - 20 word cards for each of the 27 phase 3 sounds. 540 word cards in total. Choose a card and place it on the work mat. Make the word from play-doh, lego or magnetic letters, then write it (with the option of handwriting lines or not). Roll, Write, Read - 27 game boards, one for each of the 27 phase 3 phonemes. Roll the dice, trace over (or cross out) the word in that column, roll again. Which number will win? Speedy Readies - 27 sheets, one for each of the phase 3 phonemes. Children (one blue and one green) take it in turns to read a word from the sheet. Once they’re confident, put them against the clock and see if they can beat their scores! Spot the Word - 27 sheets, one for each of the phase 3 phonemes. Each row has two words. Read one of the out and ask the children to circle it. Once they’re confident, choose a child to be the leader and watch their self-esteem soar! Word Searches - 27 word searches, one for each of the phase 3 phonemes. Each wordsearch has at least 9 words to find. All horizontal or vertical, no diagonal. Word Sorts - 27 words sorts, one for each of the phase 3 phonemes. Each phoneme has one sorting table, 14 real words and 14 nonsense words.

Ideal for teacher training or NQT a literacy bundle that has a range of worksheets for SEN, Early Years, Reception, Primary and Preschoolers. Includes differentiated worksheets for students who are at the pre-writing stage, up to writing independently. This bundle has worksheets for comprehension of photos, nursery rhymes, identifying singular photos and plurals, and descriptive writing from writing about events/ things shown in a range of photos. Includes differentiated comprehension from 16 photos, and 12 nursery rhymes. No preparation needed apart from cutting out and laminating of plural pictures so that they can be reused if needed.

This paper is ideal for mock examination purposes for your year 10 or 11 classes currently following the WJEC/EDUQAS English Language Specification. The paper is written in the correct format, and has both Section A - 5 reading questions and Section B - 4 creative writing options. The extract for Section A has been taken from the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’. There is also a mark scheme included, which again follows the wording of WJEC/EDUQAS’ typical mark schemes.

This is a smartboard that links to the SATs reading Paper You Can Do It. This resource does not include the SATs paper or the reading booklet. These smartboards are the teaching element of the SATs paper by looking at vocabulary and retrieval questions so the children are unable to unpick the text and understand the key points.

Birds word maker - Phase 3 ‘oa’ words. Lift the birds off the branch to make a new word. Includes a list of 17 possible words to make with it. Glue or staple the letters into the correct position and then let the students discover, for themselves, which words they are able to create.

Birds word maker - Phase 3 ‘ai’ words. Lift the birds off the branch to make a new word. Includes a list of 16 possible words to make with it. Glue or staple the letters into the correct position and then let the students discover, for themselves, which words they are able to create.

Puppet theatre word maker - Phase 3 ‘ee’ words. Lift the curtains on the puppet theatre to make a new word. Includes a list of 14 possible words to make with it. Glue or staple the letters into the correct position and then let the students discover, for themselves, which words they are able to create.

22 pages, including 3 reference sheets explaining what vowels and consonants are, when capital letters are used, and what the basic types of punctuation are, and when to use them, and 19 worksheets to check student understanding of what are vowels and consonants, capital letters and punctuation. 4 worksheets to check students know what is a vowel and what is a consonant. 1 worksheet for students to demonstrate their understanding of where to use capitals. 4 worksheets to demonstrate they can rewrite sentences using capitals correctly. 4 worksheets to check students know which punctuation to use. 3 worksheets to check students can use both capitals and punctuation correctly in a sentence. 3 worksheets to check that students can use both capitals and punctuation correctly when rewriting a short paragraph.

At our school we ___ and ___ , this sheet says, inviting action words for the line slots. These could be: play and learn, read and write, have lunch and play ball, eat and drink, dance and sing, talk and laugh, run and jump, draw and colour, make and build, cut and stick, make friends and have fun, or other possibilities. The extra line is for any further thoughts. This sheet offers support to newcomers to the school or class, as well as literacy support. They can express their feelings and reflect their experiences, while also trying out their writing skills.

Display which separates letters into 3 types and illustrates where they should be placed on a line.

Display to illustrate position of the 3 different types of letters.

Bring letters and their phonics alive for your young class with these Phonics in Photos, covering letters a - u. (Last 5, v-z, to come in due course.) Present on your interactive board or print out for flash cards or wall displays. Each letter and its sound is represented by a picture in a live photograph, e.g. c - car, h - hedgehog, q - queen (actually a teddy queen). Soft toy animals feature in many. All are eye-catching, with their initials presented clearly as labels. Older children can refer to them for sounding out words.

When Peter discovers an old skull hidden in his bedroom, it’s time for an urgent meeting of the Secret Seven… Set in the same world and time as the original stories, this fantastic original new mystery satisfyingly extends the series for fans old and new, and is written by bestselling, prizewinning children’s author Pamela Butchart. In these resources for KS2 children they will cover: reading comprehension, grammar and punctuation, plus writing activities.

Tree and owl matching - All Phase 3 sounds. Use this activity to help students recognise and read graphemes in words. Students match the owls to the correct tree for each grapheme to make sure they land onto the correct one. Choose a few of the graphemes for each time students play the game. Lay the owls face down and get the students to choose one, turn it over, read the word and then match it to the correct grapheme tree. Extend this by asking the student to put the word into a sentence or then to write it down. Could be played individually or in a group activity. Included is a sheet of owls that children can use to write their own words to put onto the tree.

Archery wordmaker - Phase 3 ‘oa’ sound. Lift the arrow and target to make a new word. Includes a list of 15 possible words to make with it. Glue or staple the letters into the correct position and then let the students discover, for themselves, which words they are able to create. Final sound focus for making the new word.

English Editing Checklist - Handy Worksheet Listing Items for Students to Check Their Writing against. Include this checklist in a student booklet, put it on the wall, or use it as a marking sheet to help improve the quality of student work and written accuracy. Enables you to be perfectly clear on what is expected from written work. (1 page) CHECK OUT my other great Secondary English resources - I have a great set of Essay Writing posters which may interest you - and a fully editable booklet for studying any novel - very easy to follow and a great time-saver. secondary english, english resources, english poster, english grammer checklist, editing checklist, proofreading, proofreading checklist, proof reading checklist

The handwriting sheets can be used for guided reading activity, handwriting focused activities, 1-1 short activities, interventions to improve handwriting, homework and however you may wish to use them. The sheets are designed to help children to recognise the feeling and motion of cursive handwriting and can improve the children’s handwriting dramatically as I have seen throughout the years. I WILL BE ADDING THE NEXT HALF OF THE ALPHABET ALONG WITH CAPITAL LETTERS AND EXTENSION SHEETS IN THE FUTURE. Please buy this resource and share with fellow practitioners as this will motivate me to produce more resources. Thanks.

Primary Earth presents Fun Spelling Activities. This powerpoint contains 11 different activities ideal for helping and supporting children as the practice and learn their weekly spellings. Each activity requires little set up and works as a 15 - 20 minute lesson. Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc5Ti9Sgaxy7YqHFy99CUzA/featured?view_as=public for more interactive lesson plans and ideas.

This big, exotic jungle bundle contains: simple jungle poetry frame (2 grades) + snake picture-poem frame (2 grades) - KS1, jungle sounds picture-poem sheet + riddle poem frame - “What jungle creature am I?” - KS2, jungle colouring sheet (all), and 2 lively, colourful jungle sketches for inspiration.

The World News Crossword - August 5th, 2018 is a 6-page PDF document made up of 4 puzzles based on the events of last week’s news. It’s a quick and simple process to download the resource and it can be stored on a flash drive ready for printing. All for just £2. What’s in this week’s document? (1) A crossword based on the events of last week’s news, (2) A search & cloze puzzle giving a little more detailed explanation of Zimbabwe and the events leading to last week’s election, (3) A crossword all about Zimbabwe - where is it? What are its neighbouring countries? What are its lakes, mountains, and rivers? (3) A crossword all about India which was also in the news last week. The puzzle usually takes a class about 30-45 minutes to complete, leaving some time for discussion on some of the more interesting news stories. The puzzle seems to work best when done in pairs or small groups, to generate discussion. The goal of course is to have students learning more about the world around them, and to prompt them to ask questions, especially ‘why…?’ What happened last week? On Lombok (in Indonesia) about 500 stranded tourists were rescued after an earthquake, but then another very large earthquake struck about a week after the first, prompting. a tsunami warning for the region. Wildfires continued in California and Europe experienced a heatwave. Students in Bangladesh protested for better traffic and street safety. Evidence of a 2000 year old library was uncovered in Cologne. A plane crashed in Mexico. A helicopter crashed in Siberia. And a plane crashed in the Swiss Alps. A new government was elected in Zimbabwe and 6 people were killed in protests following the result. The boys who were rescued from the cave in Thailand returned home after their 9 days as novice Buddhist monks. And someone kidnapped a shark, disguised as a baby in a pram, from an aquarium in Texas.

This is an activity for EYFS or FS2. The idea is that after an input about chicks and eggs and how they hatch, the children should be able to with little support or independently order the life-cycle of a chick (cut and stick in correct order) and write a simple sentence to go along side each image. Correct order… Egg Hatching Chick Chicken

Year 5/6 spelling word mat / list. New curriculum spellings for year 5/6

Suitable for SEN, ESOL, Early Years, Primary and Preschoolers. Differentiated activities, worksheets, extension/ homework worksheets. Suitable for all abilities. Syllables: No preparation required. Syllables help with reading and spelling. They allow students to associate sounds with patterns in rhymes, writing and poetry. Especially useful in improving spelling and encouraging independent writing. 18 differentiated worksheets. 6 worksheets for 1 and 2 syllables (Lower abilities) 6 worksheets for 2 and 3 syllables (Middle abilities) 6 worksheets for 1, 2 and 3 syllables (Higher abilities) Suggestions for extension work/ homework- encourage students to create lists of 1, 2 and 3 syllable words of items they can see in the classroom, and items they find at home. Spelling: 14 worksheets to check spelling of CVC, CCVC and CVCC words. (CVC- Consonant, Vowel, Consonant, eg. cat, mat, hat. CCVC- Consonant, Consonant, Vowel and Consonant, eg. shop, chop, chip. CVCC- Consonant, Vowel, Consonant, Consonant, eg. sell, fell, bell). CVC words- 6 worksheets, each with 6 pictures (36 pictures in total). Suitable for lower ability. Letters can be written, or there are letters to cut and stick. CCVC words- 4 worksheets, each with 6 pictures (24 pictures in total). Suitable for all abilities. Letters can be written, or there are letters to cut and stick. CVCC words- 4 worksheets, each with 6 pictures (24 pictures in total). Suitable for all abilities. Letters can be written, or there are letters to cut and stick. Plurals: Set of 9 worksheets and a matching activity of 30 photos (matching singular and plural photos to singular and plural words). 3 worksheets for lower abilities- identifying and ordering photos in to single and plurals. Cut out the 12 photos, gluing them in the correct column. Suitable for prewriting students. 3 worksheets for middle abilities-practice handwriting by overwriting (tracing words on top of the yellow font). 3 worksheets for higher abilities- practice handwriting by copying the labels, adding ‘s’ or ‘ves’ where appropriate. Follow on Plurals: 24 differentiated worksheets, including 2 that can be used for extension work, and/or homework for all abilities. No preparation required. Singular words only need 1 item. Plurals are used when more than one item is present. Lower abilities- 7 worksheets. Plurals have the ‘s’ written in red to make it easier for lower ability students to recognise that they are different to singular words. Students need to match the plurals or singular word to the correct items by drawing a line. Middle abilities- 7 worksheets. Plurals and singulars both have the whole word written in black. Students need to match the plurals or singular word to the correct items by drawing a line. Higher abilities- 8 worksheets. They have to cut out and stick the correct number of pictures next to the plural or singular word (all pictures included). Extension, and/or homework- 2 worksheets. Students have to write the item name in either singular or plural, then draw or stick pictures to show the correct number of items.

Prewriting activitiy for students to practice forming zigzags. Includes 4 pages.

Essay Writing Structure Posters - Rainbow Burger Style Essay Structure for Easy Display Easy to understand and colourful posters - ready to print and display. Choose from the more detailed Upper Secondary poster or the simplified Lower Secondary poster for the TEECL burger structure format. 4 posters to use when teaching students essay writing and helping them improve their structuring and formatting skills to argue ideas more clearly. Or include the pages in your classroom booklet for easy referral while writing. Great for all Secondary or High School classrooms. Any subject can use these to help kids write better essays. Particularly useful for any Secondary English class. English, English resource, writing essays, essays, how to write essays, how to write an essay, how to structure essays, structure essays, essay structure, writing an essay, secondary essays, secondary essay writing, secondary classroom, English poster, English posters, essay posters, essay writing posters, essay structure posters, poster essays, poster essay writing

Essay Writing Structure Posters - Yellow Burger Style Essay Structure for Easy Display Easy to understand and colourful posters - ready to print and display. Choose from the more detailed Upper Secondary poster or the simplified Lower Secondary poster for the TEECL burger structure format. 4 posters to use when teaching students essay writing and helping them improve their structuring and formatting skills to argue ideas more clearly. Or include the pages in your classroom booklet for easy referral while writing. Great for all Secondary or High School classrooms. Any subject can use these to help kids write better essays. Particularly useful for any Secondary English class. English, English resource, writing essays, essays, how to write essays, how to write an essay, how to structure essays, structure essays, essay structure, writing an essay, secondary essays, secondary essay writing, secondary classroom, English poster, English posters, essay posters, essay writing posters, essay structure posters, poster essays, poster essay writing

The 18 alphabet letters a - r are brought to life for young children in these fun photos. The appealing images provide connections and relevance, helping them recall the letters’ shapes and sounds. Phonic photos for letters s-z to follow later.

These appealing photos bring meaning and connections to young children when learning their letters and phonics. They comprise: n - net, o - octopus, p - policeman, q - queen, r - rabbit. The pictures can be shown on your electronic white board or printed out for posters or flash cards. Older children (and their teachers) will find them handy for spelling and reading support. See the others in my Phonics in Photos series available so far.