Diamond 9 templates - great as part of an activity where students need to rank, prioritise or make decisions.

A simple activity to be included with teaching about the causes of flooding. Students read the descriptions and draw a diagram for each one. Ideal for lower ability groups.

A selection of black & white outline card templates with an Easter theme. www.acornteachingresources.com

Activities, games and homework to teach contraction. Includes a word wall which can be used for display. www.acornteachingresources.com

These are intended to be viewed as the students see the room, so they’re suitable to display on the screen / whiteboard. They’re in a dyslexia friendly font and should be easy to edit to suit your requirements. Each table or group can be edited (colour etc.) for carousel / differentiation purposes. It’s best to keep a master copy of the template you use and duplicate it as needed. To duplicate a slide, simply right click on it and click ‘duplicate slide’. The final slide is a ‘build you own’ template. Drag and drop from the units provided, copy and paste where necessary to suit your own classroom layout. These are fully editable. If you have any comments then please let us know via Facebook, Twitter or e-mail.

Complete set of tricky words on bricks, can be used as a word mat to support reading / writing in lessons, or used for display. One in colour, and the other in black and white - which could be used as a resource for children to colour in the words they can read / spell.

Includes a set of display bricks, a set of pairing cards and a matching activity sheet for students to fill in. These are the command words as dictated by AQA for the new GCSE geography specification.

FREE and ready to print in A3, this board game will teach students to read words containing the split digraph a_e sound. A fun and colourful game to use as part of your teaching / small group interventions.

Print in A3 A simple wall display to show the direction of plate movement. www.acornteachingresources.com

Christmas Acrostic Poetry Examples poems and templates. Great end of year activity.

Show and assess progress with these ‘plenary pyramid’ templates. Great as a lesson plenary, or a structure for peer assessment. Includes a display slide. www.acornteachingresources.com

Several different size and styles of card sort template. www.acornteachingresources.com

The main aim is… This is an exam question answer planning tool. It was developed for lower ability students; to help them form an answer to a long exam question and to practise their exam technique. It is intended to help students see they do have the necessary understanding, but also answer the question correctly to achieve the higher marks. Key ideas and content… The students tackle an exam question in steps. The idea is the students have everything they need on the sheet in front of them, to help focus lower ability students and coach them in answering longer exam questions. Students can apply the same process to an actual exam. Students can develop their exam question technique (application of key terms, use of connectives, structure etc.) to access the higher marks. To differentiate… Work through the steps as a class, then allow the students to answer the actual question. If using a structure – give time for teach section (a minute per mark?). Before photocopying, provide subheadings to help students structure their answer. Several colour coded versions have been included to enable carousel activities / differentiated activities / group work etc. To extend… Higher ability students could write their own mark scheme for the question on the back. Attach SPaG marks. Use the sheet with the ‘structure’ box instead of the thought bubble. The students will have to draw the horizontal lines depending on the structure / number of paragraphs. Higher ability students could plan their answer on the lined graphic, and then write their actual answer on lined paper / on the back. To assess… Can be assessed by the teacher against the mark scheme. Provide students with a mark scheme and allow them to assess/see where the marks come from.

Wall chart with a step by step guide to sketching - aimed at GCSE geography but appropriate to KS3 as well. Print in A3. The full lesson is available at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/geography-geographical-skills-sketching-field-and-from-photos-11486934

2 posters in PDF intended for use as either a resource or classroom display. Print in A3. www.acornteachingresources.com

Elements to include in a lesson around punctuation: - Interactive element to display - Differentiated resources to print

Penguin number lines ready to print (in .pdf and .ppt format)

Three things that I have learned and a thought for next lesson. A re-usable classroom resource ideal as a plenary activity. There are larger versions intended to be printed in A3 and laminated, and smaller versions print and stick in books. Both in colour and black and white. www.acornteachingresources.com

Use as a display (print in A3) or resource.

A set of display bricks featuring a range of key terms from the ‘urban issues and challenges’ unit in AQA GCSE Geography. Included are the key terms as specified by AQA, a range of key terms from the Acorn scheme of work and an editable slide to add your own key terms. www.acornteachingresources.com