Bright, colourful and exciting teaching resources that help to keep your class engaged, stretch and challenge those that are soaring, and close the gap with the children who need an extra helping hand!
Bright, colourful and exciting teaching resources that help to keep your class engaged, stretch and challenge those that are soaring, and close the gap with the children who need an extra helping hand!
Week 4 of my No-Prep, 6-week How To Train Your Dragon English teaching unit. This week’s focus is on 4 different forms of poetry (haiku, acrostic, kenning & shape poems). Chapters 8 - 11 are covered.
How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible book to study, and this Chapter 8-11 unit pack helps to engage children in the text right from the start. With exciting, attractive and innovative worksheets designed to hook children in to the action from the get go, you can expect children to gain skills in online research, identifying syllables and poetry writing.
Included in this download:
1 week of planning included in page 2 of the PowerPoint for ease
35-page teaching PowerPoint that breaks down all worksheets & learning
Key vocabulary break down for Chapter 8, 9, 10 & 11
Video clips suggested to complement planning
Integrated QR codes for children’s independence purposes
Kenning Poetry worksheet
Acrostic Poetry worksheet
Shape Poetry worksheet
Shape Poetry Challenge worksheet
Counting Syllables worksheet (& answers)
Haiku Worksheet
Evaluation challenges for children to give their opinions on each poetic form
5 x starter activities on the PowerPoint slides
Hiccup & Toothless clip art (not for commercial use)
2 fonts to edit your resources with
PDF & Word Document versions of every resource
Looking for the rest of the unit?
X Week 1
X Week 2
X Week 3
X Week 5
X Week 6
Want to get in early on the whole unit? Due to be completed on July 12th 2020
X How To Train Your Dragon - Full Unit
I hope this resource saves you time and stress
Happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Horizontal, Vertical, Perpendicular, Parallel, Diagonal – 1 Week Unit of Work
This download includes a maths unit on different types of lines, which is made up of 3 tasks. Children will identify five different types of lines discreetly and in the context of shapes and symmetry. They will also be exposed to right angles and the relationship to perpendicular lines. The main worksheets are differentiated for three levels of ability.
This download includes:
Recognising Types of Line worksheet (differentiated 3 ways)
Perpendicular & Parallel Challenge sheet with 3 levels of difficulty (answers included)
Vertical & Horizontal Challenge sheet with 3 levels of difficulty (answers included)
Three fonts to edit resources with
Access to a free border!
My Distance Learning Projects:
Perfect for whilst we’re away from school or for homework, these independent projects can help to develop your children’s writing skills in a variety of areas.
Information Texts: Space-Themed Independent Project
Play Scripts and Diaries: Island-Themed Independent Project
Research Skills: Romans & Celts-Themed Independent Project
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress.
Thank you and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Book Review worksheet concentrating on summarising, forming opinions and concluding on How To Train Your Dragon (Book 1) by Cressida Cowell.
In this book review, children are asked to summarise the main parts of the story, give their opinion on the story as a whole, state the funniest, scariest and favorite parts, rate the story from 1-5, explain if they would recommend the book, and discuss who their favourite and least favourite characters were.
This works great as a post-text exercise, and also works as a movie review if you are following the feature film instead. Reviewing books helps children know that it’s okay to like or dislike a book, and also allows them to work out what their favorite genres are.
Included in this download:
PDF version of the book review
.docx Word document version of the book review for editing purposes
‘Lost in Chalk’ font to help you edit the resource and keep the style
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress!
Thank you, and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Week 5 of 12- An exploration of daily life as an Egyptian slave, a merchant and a nobleman in the ancient Egyptian civilization. Children will create a daily schedule and engage in drama activities to immerse in the topic.
This product contains an 24-slide Teaching PowerPoint and 4 main tasks that can be printed or completed digitally via PDF copies. The PPT guides students through learning the key details about daily life as 3 different sects of society: Slaves, merchants and nobles. The first task sees children reading and understanding definitions of topical vocabulary, then matching them up to the words using the worksheets included in this pack. Task 2 sees children research the daily life using the QR codes, videos and slides provided. Task 3 involves using Talk for Learning to discuss what they found, and Task 4 is a drama activity to explore how these different sects may have interacted with each other. These activities can be conducted individually or in small groups both physically or digitally. The focus is on recalling key facts and independent research using the internet.
This product contains 5 activities, including:
Whole-class Teaching PowerPoint on new information
Linked YouTube video discussing the daily life of Egyptian slaves
Task 1 worksheet pack on topical vocabulary matching
Task 2 worksheets (x3) on slaves, merchants and nobles’ daily lives
QR codes for further independent research
This download includes:
A 24-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outlined Tasks with signposted websites and worksheets
PPT copies of the worksheets for editing
PDF copies of the worksheets for formatting
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
A learning path to outline the focuses for the rest of the course
3 fonts for editing .ppt documents
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress!
Thank you, and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Past tense worksheets & activities based around the simple, progressive and perfect forms (Present & Future Packs available too!)
This download includes:
Past Tense Forms Worksheet with 6 jam-packed tasks
Past Tense Forms Wordsearch
Answer sheets for ease of marking and assessment
Editable versions of all worksheets to tailor work to your students’ needs
2 fonts for editing the resources
This resource is part of a larger teaching bundle, with similar resources for both the past and present tenses, along with work on converting between them.
X Teaching Tenses Mega-Pack
Separate lessons:
X Present Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack
X Future Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress.
Thank you and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Week 1 of 12- An introduction to the Victorians topic, key vocabulary, BC/AD and timeline chronology activities
This product contains a 20-slide Teaching PowerPoint and 7 pages of worksheets that guide students through learning the chronology of where the Victorian era fell in the context of British and global history. The activities can be conducted as a class or in smaller groups both physically (using string and clothespins/pegs or laminated cards) or digitally. The focus is on problem solving, understanding the meaning of BC and AD and understanding the chronology of this pivotal era.
This product contains 4 activities, including:
‘What do we already know?’ sticky note activity
Understanding timelines (creating your own)
Sorting British History events using physical or digital cards
Sorting key images of Victoria using physical or digital cards
A note-taking activity to improve summarizing skill
This download includes:
A 21-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
Many fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Extra challenges to push on your critical thinkers
History Resources by LiL
Perfect for the classroom, home learning or even extra curricular clubs, these no-prep lessons make learning about History fun, exciting and (dare I say it…) easy!
X The Victorians | Week 1
X The Victorians | Week 2: Queen Victoria
X The Victorians | Week 3: Victorian Society
X The Victorians | Week 4
X The Victorians | Week 5
X The Victorians | Week 6
X The Victorians | Week 7
X The Victorians | Week 8
X The Victorians | Week 9
X The Victorians | Week 10
X The Victorians | Week 11
X The Victorians | Week 12
X British Monarchy Clip Art
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress!
Thank you, and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Past tense worksheets & activities based around the simple, progressive and perfect forms (Present & Past Packs available too!)
This download includes:
Past Tense Forms Worksheet with 6 jam-packed tasks
Past Tense Forms Wordsearch
Answer sheets for ease of marking and assessment
Editable versions of all worksheets to tailor work to your students’ needs
2 fonts for editing the resources
This resource is part of a larger teaching bundle, with similar resources for both the past and present tenses, along with work on converting between them.
Teaching Tenses: Mega Pack
Past Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack
Present Tense Forms Multi-Lesson Pack
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress.
Thank you and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Week 2 of 12- An introduction to the human and physical geography of ancient and modern Egypt.
This product contains a 23-slide Teaching PowerPoint and 3 pages of worksheets that guide students through learning the human and physical geography of Egypt. The main task sees children plotting key locations onto a plain map of Egypt and is differentiated for three levels of challenge. This activity can be conducted individually or in small groups both physically or digitally. The focus is on map reading and independent research using the internet.
This product contains 5 activities, including:
‘What do we already know?’ reasoning activity about BC and AD
World geography challenge questions
Linked QR Code YouTube introduction to Ancient Egypt video
Sorting human and physical features of Egyptian geography
Mapping key features on a blank Egypt map (3-way differentiated)
This download includes:
A 23-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
3-way Differentiated Main Task Mapping Egypt worksheet
Differentiated answer sheets in PDF format
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
A learning path to outline the focuses for the rest of the course
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Extra challenges to push on your critical thinkers
Ancient Egypt Resources by LiL
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 1: Introduction & Timelines
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 2: Mapping Egypt
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 3: The River Nile
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 4: Social Structures
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 5: Daily Life
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 6: Gods & Goddesses
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 7: Mummification
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 8: The Pyramids
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 9: The Afterlife
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 10: Hieroglyphs
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 11: King Tut’s Tomb
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 12: Archaeology
X Egyptian Themed Skip Counting - Times Tables Board Games
X Egyptian Cinderella- Character Description
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress!
Thank you, and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Week 3 of 12- A historical & geographical lesson on the importance of the River Nile to Ancient Egyptians
This product contains a 16-slide Teaching PowerPoint and 1 main task that can be implemented digitally or physically. The PPT guides students through learning the key reasons why the River Nile was pivotal to the Ancient Egyptian Civilization. The main task sees children creating a digital or physical fact file using the information included in this pack. This activity can be conducted individually or in small groups both physically or digitally. The focus is on recalling key facts and independent research using the internet.
This product contains 5 activities, including:
True or False recap activity about the Nile
Linked YouTube video discussing the relevance of the Nile
Questions about the video to answer as a class
Informative teaching slides for the purpose of the Nile
Introduction of task (creating a fact file about the Nile using PicCollage, Popplet or physically on paper)
This download includes:
A 16-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outlined Main Task with signposted relevant apps
JPEG Example of how PicCollage can be used to create a fact file
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
A learning path to outline the focuses for the rest of the course
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Ancient Egypt Resources by LiL
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 1: Introduction & Timelines
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 2: Mapping Egypt
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 3: The River Nile
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 4: Social Structures
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 5: Daily Life
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 6: Gods & Goddesses
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 7: Mummification
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 8: The Pyramids
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 9: The Afterlife
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 10: Hieroglyphs
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 11: King Tut’s Tomb
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 12: Archaeology
X Egyptian Themed Skip Counting - Times Tables Board Games
X Egyptian Cinderella- Character Description
A Pugs of the Frozen North themed worksheet that I used for a week-long homework task based on subtraction using the column method.
There are four challenges in increasing difficulty that see children securing more and more desirable food for the pugs when Shen is abandoned with them on the frozen ocean.
Week 3 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores sketching and shading techniques whilst drawing natural objects from observation. Children in grades 1-3 will learn to critique peer’s artwork kindly and use high-level artistic vocabulary to describe their own work. A perfect art unit for Autumn, Spring or Summer!
This product contains a 16-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through developing a sketching technique whilst looking at the definitions of topical vocabulary such as line, shape, texture, pattern, tone and sketch. Using the worksheet provided, children are encouraged to draw natural objects such as leaves or flowers with sketching pencils, using the ‘tickle the spider’ technique explained on the slides. Examples of what work may look like are included.
This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on gaining digital literacy skills, such as photo editing, uploading and downloading images from Google, cutting out images from their backgrounds and arranging them aesthetically.
This lesson is likely to take 1.5-2 hours, and requires the use of natural objects obtained on a nature walk (either in a previous lesson in this unit or at the start of this one!) If you don’t have access to outdoor space for your students, images from online search engines can be used!
This product contains 5 activities, including:
‘What do we remember from last week?’ questioning activity
Structured artwork critique language outlined
New vocabulary outlined for spelling or definition activities
Exploring objects around us activity
Drawing from Observation task (worksheet included)
This download includes:
A 16-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outline of the planning
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Examples of what work could look like
Week 2 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores photography and digital collages using iPads, and celebrates the use of nature within art. Improves digital literacy and Includes non-digital alternatives. Perfect for teaching in Fall, Summer or Spring with Grades 1-3!
This product contains a 21-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through learning the basics of photography and different shots that artists use. Children are encouraged to be out in nature, taking photos using these different shots ready for those images to be edited and manipulated when back in class. The Teaching PowerPoints guides children through the use of PicCollage (a free app) to create digital collages.
This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on gaining digital literacy skills, such as photo editing, uploading and downloading images from Google, cutting out images from their backgrounds and arranging them aesthetically.
This lesson is likely to take 1.5-2 hours, involving a short stop outside to take some photos that could be as short or as long as you like! If you don’t have access to outdoor space for your students, images from online search engines could be used!
This product contains activities, including:
‘What do we remember from last week?’ questioning activity
Listed vocabulary for discussions on definitions or spelling practice
Introduction to photography teaching slides
Macro photography quiz game
Digital nature collage task involving iPads and PicCollage
Non-digital alternative using physical items from nature to collage
This download includes:
A 21-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outline of the planning
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Links to websites for extra inspiration, if needed!
Week 1 of 6- A no-prep lesson that opens a course on the use of nature within art. Gets children outside exploring, and it is perfect for teaching in Fall, Summer or Spring with Grades 1-3!
This product contains a 13-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guide students through learning the basics of groupings in nature (flora and fauna), and walks them through exploring the outdoors, taking an interest in the world around them and creating a collage using the objects they find, pens and paper.
This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on talking about the items that they find, exploring patterns in nature, and lateral thinking when creating a collage based on examples on the slides.
This lesson is likely to take 1-1.5 hours, involving a nature walk that could be as short or as long as you like!
This product contains 4 activities, including:
‘What do we already know?’ questioning activity about natural objects
Grouping activity with manipulative images on PPT slides
Exploration task involving magnifying glasses
Nature collage task involving pens and paper
This download includes:
A 13-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Links to websites for extra inspiration, if needed!
Week 1 of 12- An introduction to the Ancient Egypt topic, key vocabulary, BC/AD and timelines.
This product contains a 12-slide Teaching PowerPoint and 8 pages of worksheets that guide students through learning the chronology of where the Egyptian civilisation fell in the context of 12 important world history events. This activity can be conducted as a class or in smaller groups both physically (using string and clothespins/pegs) or digitally. The children then have a sorting activity for key points in Egyptian history! The focus is on problem solving, understanding the meaning of BC and AD and understanding the chronology of this impressive civilisation.
This product contains 4 activities, including:
‘What do we already know?’ sticky note activity
Understanding timelines (creating your own)
Sorting World History events using physical or digital cards
Sorting key Ancient Egypt events using physical or digital cards
This download includes:
A 12-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
A learning path to outline the focuses for the rest of the course
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Extra challenges to push on your critical thinkers
Ancient Egypt Resources by LiL
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 1: Introduction & Timelines
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 2: Mapping Egypt
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 3: The River Nile
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 4: Social Structures
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 5: Daily Life
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 6: Gods & Goddesses
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 7: Mummification
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 8: The Pyramids
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 9: The Afterlife
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 10: Hieroglyphs
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 11: King Tut’s Tomb
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 12: Archaeology
X Egyptian Themed Skip Counting - Times Tables Board Games
X Egyptian Cinderella- Character Description
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress!
Thank you, and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Differentiated worksheets for children to present artist research, opinion & analysis along with a page for attempting to recreate and replicate the artist’s style.
Sometimes, the way children present their research findings in art isn’t up to scratch with their practical work. This resource gives children the opportunity to show their findings neatly (with sentence starters, word banks and prompts to help guide their writing) and give opinions on the artists’ work.
This resource is re-usable as it’s not artist-specific and gender-neutral pronouns are used. The second version of the artist research page is scaffolded for lower-ability writers.
Included in this download:
3-page PDF for demonstrating knowledge on artists
Word .docx versions of the pages so you can tailor the sheets to your students’ needs
Lost in Chalk font for editing your resources in keeping with the current style
Hand drawn page borders that can be used on other classroom materials (not for commercial use)
Hand-drawn paint tube clip art that can be used on other classroom materials (not for commercial use)
I hope this resource saves you time and stress!
Happy teaching,
Miss Austin
This pack includes
Multiple lesson ideas with linked resources and brief lesson plans for week of lessons
Learning objectives
Must, Should, Could success criteria
Full introductory lesson plan with assessment ideas
Powerpoint presentation with animations to introduce WW2 and evacuation
Self-produced worksheet for main activity
Starter activity that is differentiated
Writing frame for Lower Ability for factfile
If you have any questions, or feel it needs anything extra, please contact me and I’ll be happy to oblige,
Miss Ritchie (:
Hi there!
This science pack includes:
Learning objective, success criteria and activity ideas.
Presentation that refreshes on gravity and introduces friction to the class
Lesson plan setting everything out, including assessment ideas
Sorting activity for high or low friction
This resource is differentiated 3 ways and serves as a way to assess children’s baseline abilities at the start of term in Year 3 (or SEND Upper-KS2) to organise them into ability tables or to check progress against.
Let me know if you need anything alternative!
Miss Austin
Miss Austin here!
Here is another resource pack for diary writing.
Included in this pack is:
Editable diary writing frames
Entire week of lesson plans
Assessment grids against Y3 NC (national curriculum) expectations
I hope this proves helpful.
Happy teaching, All!
LA