Ready to use resources, differentiated for a range of abilities. Creative activities designed to engage and challenge. Lessons inspired by a decade teaching in highly competitive prep schools and now by my two sons and the home learning I do with them. Always motivated to provide visually appealing and interactive resources. Download a free activity now to delight your class or children.
Ready to use resources, differentiated for a range of abilities. Creative activities designed to engage and challenge. Lessons inspired by a decade teaching in highly competitive prep schools and now by my two sons and the home learning I do with them. Always motivated to provide visually appealing and interactive resources. Download a free activity now to delight your class or children.
Looking for a fun way to practise stage 3 phonics? A few sounds proving tricky to master? This bundle of 3 colourful puzzle sets focuses on the sounds ow, oa and or and allow the child to hone their reading skills with a more playful and interactive task, taking the pressure off.
Buy now, purchase the sound ouzzles separately or choose a different bundle.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• 3 PDFs each consisting of 6 word puzzles
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• Cut out each puzzle and stick on card/cereal box
• Cut out the puzzle pieces once backed
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• Mix up the pieces and use as a table or floor puzzle at home or in the classroom
• Use Velcro to create an interactive display to keep coming back to
Download now and watch learning through play in action.
Looking for a fun way to practise stage 3 phonics? A few sounds proving tricky to master? This bundle of 3 colourful puzzle sets focuses on the sounds oi, ai and igh and allow the child to hone their reading skills with a more playful and interactive task, taking the pressure off.
Buy now, purchase the sound puzzles separately or choose a different bundle.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• 3 PDFs each consisting of 6 word puzzles
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• Cut out each puzzle and stick on card/cereal box
• Cut out the puzzle pieces once backed
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• Mix up the pieces and use as a table or floor puzzle at home or in the classroom
• Use Velcro to create an interactive display to keep coming back to
Download now and watch learning through play in action.
3 possessive noun activities suitable for Year 6 or similar.
Fill in the missing possessive nouns, both singular and plural, to practise the placement of apostrophes. The nouns are all animals and include a range of plural forms (add s, -y becomes -ies, plural form is the same as singular form as in deer, etc.) to provide varying levels of challenge, and a singular noun which ends in s (where should the apostrophe go?) Plenty of rules covered for discussion and explanation of both apostrophe use and plural formation.
Children write a sentence to match the picture or draw a picture for the sentence to show they can interpret and write both singular and plural possessive nouns.
Children can write the appropriate phrase on mini whiteboards, for example, before the answer is revealed. Slides test children’s ability to use apostrophes for singular and plural nouns focussing on common plurals which do not end in s such as ‘men’ and ‘women’. Further task on the final slide.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• 3 PowerPoint files with a total of 48 pages
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• You can print as required, see below
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• Activities can be used for the whole class on the board or slides printed for different children to solve and explain to the class in pairs/small groups as required.
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Two Halloween themed quizzes: one for maths and one for English. Mixed questions for maths, possessive nouns for English. Suitable for Year 6 or similar.
Practise phase 3 phonics with this pack of 5 motivating jumbo crossword with simple picture clues. Great activities to use at home or at school. Answers provided to make supporting the child as simple as possible. Just print and go!
Also available separately.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• 5 x crossword with answers in PDF format
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• No preparation needed just print and go!
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• At school or at home to support learning phase 3 sounds and nurture writing skills.
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Children will enjoy practising key skills with these five festive activities, ideal for use at home or at school when only Christmas-themed will do. No preparation necessary, all ready-to-go for plenty of festive fun!
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• Christmas Phonics Crossword
• Snowflake dot-to-dot pictures
• Christmas draw the other half pictures
• Complete the picture
• Christmas Code
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• No preparation needed just print and go!
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• At school or at home to support key skills whilst enjoying some Christmas-themed fun!
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Looking to inspire some creative story writing? These themed story mats are a great starting point, providing three elements – character, object and emotion – decided by the rolling of a dice. Children can go on to plan their story using the accompanying story mountain plan. Themes included: fairy woodland, under the sea, space travel, camping trip and manor house.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
• How to Use information sheet for teacher/parent
• 5 themed roll the dice story mats with options for character, emotion and object
• Story mountain planning sheets for each theme
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• No preparation needed just print and go
• Dice required!
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• At school or at home to inspire creative writing
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3 sets of slides to teach: semi-colons; dashes and hyphens; and bullet points. Each set of slides begins with an explanation followed by some questions to test understanding and a final task to consolidate learning.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
• 3 PDF documents, 17 pages total
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• No preparation needed
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• For whole class teaching or home learning
A complete set, one for each season or term (with two for the long first term). Each follows the same format: 10 slides each with a differentiated task for a piece of creative writing. Suitable for Year 6 or similar. Tasks vary in length and could be the starting point for further work so ideal for filling time, homework, cover lessons, end of term etc. Children could peer assess, share stories with groups or the class, use for drama etc as required. Visual aspect to many of the tasks and three part differentiation indicated by the number of stars/asterisks.
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Like using puzzles to practise phonics? Need a stash of them for learning support or home learning activities? Why not purchase this discounted bundle (83p per puzzle set), cut out and store in zip wallets/envelopes ready to provide some playful, tactile learning as required. Laminate or stick on to card to make your puzzles reusable and prolong the colourful learning opportunities.
In this Stage 3 Phonics bundle you get 5 phonics crosswords and 12 word puzzles. All available separately or in smaller bundles. The word puzzles provide a colourful and tactile approach to practising phonics whilst the crosswords are a great way to get writing and to introduce the crossword format in a simple and accessible way with picture clues and jumbo sized grids.
