SATS 2020 - 100 SPAG questions organised by topic to revise for the KS2 tests. This is a helpful revision tool for the Y6 SPAG test. The tool can be used all year round to prepare students for the requirements of the 2020 SATS or as a last minute revision activity. Get ready for the 2020 KS2 grammar assessments with this SATS Question Generator! Covering all of the grammar content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to practise the different types of questions that might come up in the grammar paper. Select one of the following modes: - Choose a particular grammar domain or topic to revise - Random mode, giving you a mixture of all types of questions The SATs revision resource is perfect for teachers to use as morning work, lesson starters or revision sessions or alternatively for pupils to practise independently at school or at home. Each slide contains a new question in the style of the SATS GPS test paper and an answer to reveal. < This is a must-have resource for Y6 pupils working towards their GPS SATS tests! You might also like our similar resource: Y6 SATS Question Generator: Reading #helpwithsats

SATS 2020 - 100 reading questions organised by content domain, created for SATS revision. This is a popular revision tool for the Y6 Reading SATS test! The resource can be used all year round to help prepare pupils for the requirements of the 2020 KS2 test or as a last minute revision tool. Get ready for the 2020 KS2 reading assessments with this SATS Question Generator! Covering all of the reading content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to practise the different types of questions that might come up in the KS2 SATS paper. Select one of the following modes: - Choose a particular reading content domain to revise - Practise those tricky 3-mark questions where pupils often lose marks - Revise fiction/non-fiction/poetry questions - Random mode, giving you a mixture of all types of questions The SATs revision resource also includes handy hints and tips to help pupils in the test. Perfect for teachers to use as morning work, lesson starters or revision sessions or alternatively for pupils to practise independently at school or at home. Each slide contains a short passage in the style of the reading SATS papers and then a question to answer. This is a must-have resource for Y6 pupils working towards their reading SATS tests! You might also like our similar resource: Y6 SATS Question Generator: SPAG #helpwithsats

A full lesson for KS2 about Stonehenge, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets (including instructions to make a biscuit henge model). Why are there so many mysteries about Stonehenge? In this lesson pupils take a virtual tour of Stonehenge and suggest answers to some related questions that still puzzle historians today. Pupils will explore different theories about why Stonehenge was built and then they will construct their own models of Stonehenge using biscuits, clay or boxes. Objectives: To understand what Stonehenge looks like To explore different theories about the building of Stonehenge The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class. This is the sixth lesson in the popular Stone Age to Iron Age Unit for KS2.. This primary history resource was created by KS2History.com. Prehistory Timelines (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Cave Art (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Artefacts & Evidence (Lesson for KS2) Skara Brae (Lesson for KS2) Bronze Age (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Boy Literacy Planning - 2 Weeks Stone Age to Iron Age Planning Bundle for KS2

Download our popular two-week unit of work for Years 3/4 based on the book ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’, with a focus on instructional texts. Perfect for linking the Stone Age topic in literacy! This unit gives children the opportunity to understand the features of instructions as a text type. In the first week, children will engage with the text through research, a hands-on toy washing challenge and the opportunity to create their own ‘Woolly Mammoth Cleaning Kit’. They will become familiar with the text type by following instructions to make their own milk bottle mammoth models and identifying features of the text. There is a grammar focus on using prepositions and imperative verbs. In the second week, pupils will use drama to develop ideas and extend vocabulary. They will then plan their own set of instructions and they will draft, edit and present their final written outcome. The literacy objectives covered are: To retrieve and record information from non-fiction To participate in discussion about a text To use a range of imperative verbs To use prepositions To read and follow written instructions To identify the features of instructions To identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning To prepare a group performance To use a rich and varied vocabulary To make a plan for my writing To write my own set of instructions To edit and evaluate my writing To integrate visual devices The PDF file contains 10 full lesson plans and accompanying pupil resource sheets. You may also like: Stone Age Boy Literacy Planning Stone Age to Iron Age Resource Pack Stone Age to Iron Age planning bundle of all 3 packs

Very popular! Download this fun two-week English unit based on 'The Raven' and other poetry by Edgar Allan Poe. In this unit, pupils will read and listen to the dramatic poems 'The Bells' and 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe, and they will consider how the poet uses a range of devices to darken the mood of the poems. Children will work towards creating their own poems with darkened moods and performing them aloud. The aims of the unit for pupils are: • To engage with classic lyric and narrative poems by Edgar Allan Poe • To identify different poetic devices and to explain their effects • To research the literary influences of classic poetry • To prepare and perform a poem to an audience • To identify devices that lighten or darken the mood of a poem The PDF file contains 10 full literacy lesson plans, copies of the poems and all accompanying pupil resources. The lessons are designed for Y5/Y6 but could be adapted to other age groups too. You may also like: Charge of the Light Brigade Planning Pack Victorian Poetry Planning Pack The Listeners Poetry Planning Pack

Download this popular two-week unit for Year 2 based on classic poetry to perform. A two-week literacy unit of work for Year 2, including lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at some classic poems by Christina Rossetti and building up to a poetry performance. In these lessons pupils will: - read and listen to classic poems by Christina Rossetti - investigate the effects of sounds and poetic language - use question punctuation - write their own rhyming patterns - use their voices expressively in different ways - create their own version of one of the poems - prepare and perform a poem to an audience The poems include 'Ferry Me Across the Water', 'What Does the Bee Do?' and 'What Are Heavy?'. You may also like our other KS1 poetry packs: Going to Sea Poetry Pack Summer Performance Poetry Pack Spring Performance Poetry

Very popular! Download this fun two-week unit for Year 4 based on classic performance poetry. A two-week English unit of work for Year 4, containing lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at how this poet creates a haunted atmosphere in some of his spooky narrative poems. In this unit pupils will: - read and listen to classic poems by Walter de la Mare - use inference skills to understand narrative poetry - engage imaginatively with poetic language - create their own versions of the one of the spooky poems - investigate how the poet creates a haunted atmosphere - explore how sound effects can enhance a performance - prepare and give a performance to an audience The poems include 'The Huntsmen', 'Some one' and 'The Listeners' You may also like: Year 3 Poetry Planning Pack

This is a helpful revision tool for the Y2 SPAG test. Get ready for the KS1 grammar assessments with this SATS Practice Question Generator! Covering all of the grammar content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to help Year 2 pupils to get used to the different types of questions that might come up in the grammar paper. Alternatively you can use these questions to collect evidence for your teacher assessments. Select one of the following modes on the Powerpoint: Choose a particular grammar domain or topic to revise Random mode, giving you a mixture of all types of questions The SATs revision resource is perfect for teachers to use as morning work, lesson starters or revision sessions or alternatively for pupils to practise independently at school or at home. Each slide contains a new question in the style of the SATS GPS test paper and an answer to reveal. This is a must-have resource for Y2 pupils working towards their KS1 GPS SATS tests!

Very popular for performance poetry! Download this fun poetry two-week unit of English lesson plans and resources, based on Jabberwocky and other poetry by Lewis Carroll. The pack is designed for Year 3 / Year 4 and it works towards a fun poetry performance at the end of the unit. In these lessons pupils will: - read and listen to classic poems by Lewis Carroll - use comprehension skills to tackle nonsense poetry - engage imaginatively with classic narrative poems - create their own Jabberwock creatures - write their own versions of the poems - make props for a dramatic performance - prepare and give a performance to an audience The poems in the Jabberwocky Literacy Planning Pack include 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', 'A Strange Wild Song' and 'Jabberwocky'. You may also like: The Listeners Poetry Planning Pack Stone Age Boy Literacy Pack The Egyptian Cinderella Literacy Pack

Stone Age Boy Planning (2 Weeks): The official KS2History planning pack for the book Stone Age Boy, downloaded by hundreds of teachers. Download the original Stone Age Boy resource pack from KS2History. This two-week unit of English work, based on the book 'Stone Age Boy', works well alongside the topic Stone Age to Iron Age for Year 3 and Year 4. The PDF pack contains ten full lesson plans and accompanying pupil resources. The lessons in this Stone Age Boy Planning Pack use drama, discussion and debate to help pupils to engage with the text and then gives them the opportunity to write and edit their own Stone Age narratives. There is also a grammar focus on using adverbials of time and place and a chance to develop thesaurus skills. The English objectives covered in this unit are: - To ask and answer questions about a text - To use a thesaurus to improve my writing - To use adverbials of time and place - To prepare a short drama piece based on a text - To take part in a class debate - To make a story plan - To write my own narrative - To edit my writing - To make decisions about how to present my writing If you like this Stone Age Boy Planning Pack, you may also like: Stone Age to Iron Age Planning Pack How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth Literacy Planning Stone Age to Iron Age planning bundle of all 3 packs #lovehistory

Pupils can use this worksheet as a template for planning a set of written instructions.

The Egyptian Cinderella Pack contains a complete unit of work for Year 3/4, with full lesson plans and pupil resources based on the book ‘The Egyptian Cinderella’ by Shirley Climo. The ten lessons in this English unit give children the opportunity to read and listen to the story of The Egyptian Cinderella a number of times in order to become familiar with the language and structure of the story. In the first week, children will engage with the text through fun drama, discussion and debate activities to deepen their understanding of the story and they will have the opportunity to articulate ideas about the text using an increasingly varied vocabulary. There is a grammar focus on using comparative conjunctions, feelings words and action verbs as well as a chance to develop thesaurus skills. In the second week, pupils will plan their own story and they will draft, edit and present their final narrative. The English objectives covered are: -To compare different versions of a traditional story -To predict what might happen in a story -To use comparative conjunctions -To use a thesaurus to improve writing -To infer how a character feels -To use feelings words -To identify how verbs can create an action section -To take part in a class debate -To make a story plan -To write my own narrative -To edit my writing -To make decisions about how to present my writing #lovehistory If you like this Egyptian Cinderella Planning Pack, you may also like: Year 3 Performance Poetry Literacy Pack Escape from Pompeii Literacy Planning Stone Age to Iron Age Planning Bundle

Download this popular two-week unit for Year 5 based on classic performance poetry. A two-week literacy unit of work for Year 5, containing lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at some of Tennyson's vivid poetic imagery of sea monsters and war heroes. In this unit pupils will: - read and listen to classic poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson - research the historical and literary context of the poems - engage imaginatively with poetic language - create their own sea monster poem inspired by 'The Kraken' - turn a narrative poem into a comic strip - identify poetic devices in the poem and explain their effects - express the mood of a poem through performance - prepare and give a performance to an audience The poems include 'The Kraken' and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' The performance at the end of the unit would be perfect for World Poetry Day or to use in a poetry performance or assembly.

Download our popular two-week literacy unit of poetry planning for Years 1 and 2. This unit is perfect to go with a living things topic and is built around objectives from the National Curriculum. In this unit, children will read and listen to nature poems by Christina Rossetti and consider how the sounds and language patterns come alive when the poems are read aloud. Pupils will have the opportunity to create their own versions of the nature poems and to perform them. The aims of the unit for pupils are: • To listen to classic poems being read aloud • To identify patterns of language and recurring phrases • To use the voice in different ways to express ideas • To perform a poem off by heart The PDF file contains 10 full literacy lesson plans, copies of the poems and all accompanying pupil resources. Perfect for National Poetry Month! SPECIAL OFFER: new TES buyers can use code OUTSTANDINGOCT at checkout to download for free! You may also like our other KS1 poetry packs: Going to Sea Poetry Pack Summer Performance Poetry Pack Spring Performance Poetry Pack

Download this popular two-week unit for Year 3 based on classic performance poetry. A two-week literacy unit of work for Year 3, containing lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at some of Carroll's funny poems and nonesense verses including the famous 'Jabberwocky'. In these lessons pupils will: - read and listen to classic poems by Lewis Carroll - use comprehension skills to tackle nonesense poetry - engage imaginatively with classic narrative poems - create their own Jabberwock creatures - write their own versions of the poems - make props for a dramatic performance - prepare and give a performance to an audience The poems include 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', 'A Strange Wild Song' and 'Jabberwocky'. The performance at the end of the unit would be perfect for World Poetry Day or to use in a poetry performance or assembly. Check out our other resources for Year 3 in our store

FREE back to school bingo game! Help your new class get to know each other with this fun game. Give each child a Find Someone Who Board (choose the KS1 or KS2 version). Children then go around the room and find somebody who can sign their name in each box on the board. The aim is to fill up their whole board as well as to get to know their classmates better! This free resource is part of our popular New Class Poetry Activity.

Books and texts that link to the new curriculum topic 'Stone Age to Iron Age&'. Useful for literacy planning or topic work. See a complete guide at www.ks2history.com.

Give your pupils a reading challenge over the holidays with this new Summer Reading Bingo, created in partnership with the booksfortopics.com team. Instructions 1. Print out the bingo cards for pupils to take home over the summer holidays. 2. When pupils return to school after the holidays you can award prizes, housepoints or certificates for a completed line or for a full house!