Includes a powerpoint, vocabulary cards and a set of posters. POWERPOINT: explains the difference between conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions, giving examples of where and how to use them. 4 sets of display: SET 1 Time place and cause connectives: This set contains 3 headings and sets of words in clouds to display around the headings time, cause and place. There are blank clouds for you to add your own. SET 2) Conjunctions adverbs and prepositions cards: In this set there are 5 words per A4 page which can be cut up for display. The words are organised into conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions with an A4 title for each. SET 3) Conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions posters: These posters splits the connectives into sets of Time/Cause/Place and conjunctions/adverbs/prepositions. There are 7 A5 pages plus a title page. SET 4) Co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions: These posters explain the difference between the two types of conjunctions and give examples of each in clouds.

This set contains a variety of writing worksheets to promote correct letter formation. The font used throughout is Sassoon, plus a slanted dotted handwriting version in the lower case letter packs PENCIL CONTROL SHEETS: A range of pre-letter formation sheets to get children used to the directions and actions needed for writing letters Arches Crosses Curls Lines Peaks Snakes Zigzags Zeds LOWER CASE LETTERS: This set consists of 4 folders of different handwriting families SET 1: Downward strokes Dotted letters l t i j Dotted letters u and y Sassoon letters l t i j Sassoon letters u and y All downward letters SET 2: Down and retrace Downward letters b k h dotted Downward letters m n r p dotted Sassoon downward letters b k h k (2 versions with curly/straight k) Sassoon downward letters r m n p All down/retrace letters SET 3: curly letters Curly letters a c o dotted Curly letters d g q dotted Sassoon curly letters a c o Sassoon curly letters d g q Sassoon curly letters e f s (curly and straight versions of f) Sassoon curly letters c o a d g q SET 4: Zigzag letters Dotted zigzag letters v w z x Sassoon zigzag letters v w z x Plus a digit formation 0-9 sheet CAPITAL LETTERS: These are divided into similarly formed letters Curled capitals C G O Q S Capitals diagonal X Y V W Capitals straight E F H I L T Capitals straight then diagonal A M N Z K Capitals straight then curled B D P R U J DISPLAY / ACTIVITIES Topic covers - 5 different versions with the heading 'My Handwriting Book' for children to keep their work together. Hollow letters: Each letter prints onto 1 A4 sheet. Can be laminated for finger painting etc, or used as activity sheets. There are two versions, one with large letters filling the page, the other with smaller letters. Lower case letter formation: This can be used for display as a reminder of correct letter formation, or laminated and used in practical activities. The posters show fingers pointing where to begin writing, where to end, and which way to go - children can see at a glance if they are forming their letters correctly. BLANK HANDWRITING SHEETS Two different versions with different line widths. Where possible, alternate ways of writing k and f are included.

A set of resources to teach the guideline/rule in the Spelling Appendix: Adding the endings ing ed and er to verbs where no change is needed to the root word POWERPOINTS: Adding ing: Explains what a verb is and how ing can be added to verbs where no change in spelling is needed. Ends with an activity Adding ed: Explains what a verb is and how adding ed changes the tense of the verb to the past tense. It ends with an activity Adding er: Explains the effect of adding er to a verb and gives examples. Ends with an activity for the children to add er to verbs. PDF: Adding suffixes er ing ed: A list of words in a grid to add suffixes to. Word wheel - Adding ed and ing: Verbs and suffixes for word building activities. Word wheel - Adding ed, ing and er: Verbs and suffixes for word building activities. WORD: Outline adaptable plan

A set of 22 A4 posters describing, naming and explaining different types of punctuation The posters cover all the punctuation outlined in the English National Curriculum. The titles of the posters are: Punctuation Capital letters Spaces Sentence Full stop Question mark Exclamation mark Apostrophes for contractions Apostrophes for ownership Comma Commas for lists Inverted commas Ellipsis Hyphen Colons to introduce a list Colons for independent clauses Semi-colon Bullet points Dash Brackets Plus 2 'DO NOT...' posters: Do not use an apostrophe for 'its' when it is a possessive adjective Do not use an apostrophe for plurals Each poster contains the title and explanation and an image / examples Plus a 'Punctuation' banner that prints onto 3 A4 pages and a border to frame a display.

Spelling resources to teach the statutory requirements in Appendix 1 of the English curriculum: COMMON EXCEPTION WORDS POWERPOINT RESOURCES: The following PowerPoint lessons contain groups of words with similar spellings. Each grapheme-phoneme correspondence that is new to the children (depending upon phonics programme used) is introduced and explained. The children then are given opportunities to read and then write the words. CEW 1 – door poor floor CEW 2 – find kind mind etc CEW 3 – most only both etc CEW 4 – after fast last CEW 5 – every, everybody, even CEW 6 –great break steak CEW 7 –move prove improve CEW 8 – sure sugar CEW 9 - who whole CEW 10 - any many CEW 11 - could would should The following PowerPoint lessons contain individual common exception words. There are examples of different strategies the children can use for remembering how to spell the words, such as using mnemonics, saying the word as it is spelt, using the look write cover check method and highlighting the tricky part. Each strategy is demonstrated visually. CEW Spelling strategies PEOPLE CEW Spelling strategies BEAUTIFUL CEW Spelling strategies AGAIN CEW Spelling strategies BECAUSE CEW Spelling strategies BUSY CEW Spelling strategies CHRISTMAS CEW Spelling strategies CLOTHES CEW Spelling strategies EYE CEW Spelling strategies HALF CEW Spelling strategies HOUR CEW Spelling strategies MR & MRS CEW Spelling strategies PARENTS CEW Spelling strategies PRETTY CEW Spelling strategies WATER WORKSHEETS: Spelling activity sheets - A variety of pdf sheets that can be used for different spelling activities. They include: Acrostic poems Bubble words Colourful words Cut out words Look write cover check spelling sheet Rainbow spellings Shape words Silly Sentences Spelling with both hands Stories with spellings Word search with spellings Words in words Writing a poem Writing fun TEACHER RESOURCES Y2 Spelling Appendix planning - Common Exception Words: An adaptable outline plan Word List - With relevant words

A set of resources to teach the guideline/rule in the Spelling Appendix: If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelt as –s. If the ending sounds like /ɪz/ and forms an extra syllable or ‘beat’ in the word, it is spelt as –es. 4 POWERPOINTS: Introduction to regular plural noun suffixes: Explains what singular and plural is, and when to add s or es to nouns. Regular suffix s and es sentences: Gives the spelling rule, if the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelt as s. If the ending sounds like /ɪz/ and forms an extra syllable or ‘beat’ in the word, it is spelt as es. It gives examples of different types of words with these endings and ends with sentences for children to think of the missing plural word. s or es quiz: Interactive quiz where the children have to choose between adding s or es. ACTIVITIES: Adding s or es worksheet: A list of words to make plural. Show me cards - s or es WORD: Outline adaptable plan List of words with plurals and verbs ending -es

POWERPOINTS: Fronted Adverbials: Explains what they are and how to use them (including the use of commas from the punctuation objectives) PRINTABLE PDF FILES: Adverbial spotter worksheet: To use with reading books or passages of text Adverbials of time display Adverbials of manner display Adverbials of time display Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of manner cards: For composition activities etc Adverbials of time cards: For composition activities etc 5 x Word documents with different passages to use with spotter sheet

5 powerpoint lessons for a recap of the rules learnt in Y2 for adding suffixes to different types of words.

This pack contains 2 powerpoint lessons: Parenthesis: How brackets, dashes or commas can be used to indicate parenthesis. Commas: Gives examples of what can happen if commas are omitted, and how they are important to the intended meaning.

A story in powerpoint, sequencing cards, heading, lettering, retelling pages, story sequencing and characters for role play.

A set of resources looking at the /n/ sound spelt kn and gn at the beginning of words. POWERPOINT: Explains the spelling and gives a short explanation of why these types of word exist, then gives examples for the children to read. Then there is a spelling activity, using a look, hide and check format BINGO: Two sets, kn words and kn and gn words CARDS: Matching cards with words and pictures WORDSEARCH: kn words WORD DOCUMENTS: Lists of words and a planning document.

A set of A4 posters containing all the homophones identified in the Year 3/4 and 5/6 spelling appendix. Each page is split into 2 so that 2 homophones are printed on one page. You can cut them in half and use as flashcards or leave them whole and display them. For Y3/4 there are 21 pages, plus 3 pages containing just one word. For Y4/5 there are 24 pages plus 1 page containing just one word, plus a set of 4 noun/verb posters. 3 & Y4 HOMOPHONES: accept except affect effect ball bawl berry bury brake break fair fare grate great groan grown here hear heel heal he’ll knot not mail male meat meet medal meddle missed mist peace piece plain plane rain rein reign scene seen weather whether whose who’s Y5 & Y6 HOMOPHONES: aisle isle aloud allowed affect effect altar alter ascent assent bridal bridle cereal serial compliment complement descent dissent desert dessert draft draught farther father guessed guest heard herd led lead morning mouring past passed precede proceed principal principle prophet profit stationary stationery steel steal wary weary who’s whose Y5 & Y6 HOMOPHONES - nouns and verbs: Each set prints onto 1 A4 advice advise device devise licence license practice practise

A set of 76 phonics display/flashcards to use in KS1. There are 2 A5 cards on a page. Each card contains pictures and a list of words including the relevant common exception words for Year 1. The first set contains the letters of the alphabet. The second set contains the consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs and trigraphs in the Y1 Spelling appendix. The third set contains extra graphemes identified in the Letters and Sounds phonics programme.

POWERPOINTS: Paragraphs:An introduction to paragraphs, explaining what they are and how to write them. Headings and sub-headings:An introduction to headings and sub-headings, explaining what they are and where and how they can be used. Present perfect:Explains what the present perfect tense is and how it is formed. It ends with sentences for the children to rewrite using the present perfect tense. PDF activity: Present perfect worksheet

A pack of resources to teach about words containing silent letters. POWERPOINTS Words with silent letter k Words with silent letter g Words with silent letter w Words with silent letter b Words with silent letter c Words with silent letter d Words with silent letter n Words with silent letter t Words with other silent letters Words with silent letter and unusual letter patterns PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES Look Write Cover Check x 10: For spelling practice (Each one matches the words contained in each PowerPoint) Silent letters k g and w worksheet: Words to sort into which silent letter they contain Words with silent letter b worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence. Words with silent letter c worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence. Words with silent letters d and n worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence. Words with silent letter t worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence. Words with silent letters missing: To fill in then write a sentence.

This pack is a collection of PowerPoints and printable resources in pdf. It will help give children experience how words rhyme, and to develop an awareness of rhythm in speech. Listening to and joining in with rhymes and playing rhyming games help children to develop skills to know how letters correspond to sounds. Fits in with Letters and Sounds Phase 1. PRINTABLE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES: • Dominoes – showing pictures of simple cvc words • Odd one out cards – print, cut and laminate for a rhyming game • Rhyming pairs – 40 images showing pictures of rhyming pairs. There are 4 per A4 page so can also be used for display or flashcards • Rhyming soup game – A printable version of the powerpoint. The children have to make a soup out of rhyming objects (eg snake, cake, rake etc) • Rhyming words bingo – 4 bingo cards with 7 pictures each. • Two rhyming worksheets • DISPLAY: • Large lettering: Rhymes (one letter per A4 page, if you want them smaller you can alter the print settings.) • Large lettering: Rhyme Time(one letter per A4 page, if you want them smaller you can alter the print settings.) • What rhymes with….posters – A set of 6 A4 colourful posters with pictures of rhyming words. Rhymes include what rhymes with…can / hat / pot / bug / cap and zip. POWERPOINT GAMES: • Can you think of words that rhyme - Simple introduction to rhyming. • Making up rhymes - Explains rhyming words, and then encourages the children to make up rhymes using the images. • Odd one out - Find the picture that doesn’t rhyme from a choice of 3, with immediate feedback. • Playing with words - 20 images of words with longer syllables. • Rhyming pairs - Find the rhyming pair from a choice of 3, with immediate feedback. • Rhyming puppets - 14 name rhymes for the children to finish. • Rhyming soup - ake - An interactive version of the game, the children click on the object to put it in the soup bowl. • Rhyming soup - an • Rhyming soup - at • Rhyming soup – ip • Rhyming soup – ox • Rhyming words - 11 sets of rhyming words, encouraging the children to make up rhymes with them. • Words that rhyme - Find the 2 pictures that rhyme from a choice of 3. • POWERPOINT RHYMES: • A pig who was big - 9 rhyming verses about pigs • Action Rhymes - 8 different rhymes: Two little feet / I wiggle / This is the way / Wind the bobbin up / A sailor went to sea / Jack-in-the-box / Clean up/ I’m a little teapot / Row your boat. • 5 fat peas • Dingle Dangle Scarecrow • Down in the jungle • Head, shoulders, knees and toes • Katalina Matalina • Peanut butter • Ten fingers • The Farmer’s in his den • The wheels on the bus • There was a princess

A set of A4 posters containing all the homophones identified in the Y2 spelling appendix plus other common homophones that children will encounter in KS1. Each page is split into 2 so that 2 homophones are printed on one page. You can cut them in half and use as flashcards or leave them whole and display them. There are 25 pages, plus 3 pages containing just one word. The homophones are: bare bear be bee blue blue here hear there their they’re night knight one won quiet quite see sea sun son to too two PLUS been bean four for new knew no know pair pear red read right write wear where sew so saw tail tale through threw week weak which witch

A powerpoint explaining when to use a and when to use an, with an interactive activity for the children to choose the correct form.

Word mat containing the common exception words to be learnt in Y1

A word mat containing the common exception words to be learnt in Y2 - there are 2 mats per A4 page.