UPDATED with quick Answer Sheet for Partner A/Partner B cloze activity. There is a variety of reading comprehension worksheets and cloze activity to choose from relating to Saint George’s Day. A useful addition to topic work. Aimed at: KS1/Lower KS2 <strong>Differentiated Worksheet activities include:</strong> - Close reading of text and answering questions - Scan for specific answers - Inference There is a worksheet on George Cross and George Medal. Many people think there is a link but the worksheet gives children the opportunity to explain why people would think there is a link as they are medals of bravery. Both medals depict St George slaying a dragon. - Tick box - multiple choice questions - Cloze activities - Drawing/colouring - Dictionary work - Short writing tasks - Sorting jumbled sentences and then add capitals and punctuation with Answer Sheet. - Sorting jumbled words - Cooperative partner work - Partner A and Partner B work together to read and complete the missing words on their worksheets. File Type: Choice of Word format or PDF

This reading comprehension resource contains two booklets. Story title - A Rainbow. Ideal for end of term assessment. Useful as a task for children to be getting on with as an independent activity. Booklet 1 - 18 questions - The questions are at the end of the text. Booklet 2 - 14 questions - The questions are in sections. Reading comprehension tasks cover: Questions on the text to be answered. Tick box - multiple choice statements Punctuation (capital letters/full stops) Jumbled words from the text List the compound words in the story (there are 6) Questions on who are the characters/how do we know they are speaking. Inference/Reading between the lines to answer a question. Give an explanation to a question Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done File types: Microsoft Word format and pdf. formats.

This is a reading comprehension resource. The story is also presented on PowerPoint as an option to display the text. Ideal for end of term assessment. Useful as a task for children to be getting on with as an independent activity. Suitable for Reception (easy vocabulary) and KS1/Lower Grade KS2. The reading comprehension contains: Booklet 1 - 17 questions Booklet 2 - 14 questions Content: - Questions on the text. - Tick box statements - Multiple choice. - Inserting capital letters/full stops activity. - Dictionary work - the meaning of ‘stray’ used in the story - Rewrite in a different tense (verbs are highlighted) - six verbs are used in the short story. - Making Inferences based on the text. - Answering questions that require an explanation. Specimen answers provided. Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading Answering and asking questions Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done File: pdf (Sassoon font) and Windows word format if you need to edit.

This literacy/maths link pack on Australian currency introduces students to the six coins in circulation and 1 cent and 2 cent coins and the function of the Australian Mint. Literacy Learning Objectives: To be able to retrieve information, take part in class discussion and listen to others, label pictures correctly, work out meaning of words in a text, write simple sentences with correct punctuation. Maths Learning Objectives: Recognise and describe Australian coins, to know each coin has a different value and is not related to size of coins. If you are planning a visit to the Royal Australian Mint or just want to watch a video about the Royal Australian Mint, starting to teach your students about Australian currency, then this is an ideal resource to get started. Divided into Lesson starter, Main lesson and Plenary. A 16 Slide PowerPoint Presentation lesson with whole group listening and speaking comprehension activity. Learning support materials:- Students can design their own display cards with facts – Art link Two differentiated reading comprehension texts with questions. One set with 11 questions and the other set with 15 questions. Cut/Paste Coin Match - students cut out and match the coins to the values shown the worksheet and then label each coin with the name of image on the reverse of each coin. Extension: Write four facts worksheet There are display posters laminate the whole page general fact sheet onto card paper laminate and cut out the half page coin facts onto card paper. Hope you enjoy this resource. File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF

These are spring phonics worksheets relating to final consonant blends or clusters. They are ideal for reviewing work on final blends and for reading simple sentences with common final blends. There are multiple-choice worksheets whereby students select the correct blend to complete each word. There is a fun activity for students to crack various codes – cryptograms - using spring-themed pictures to represent letters to fill in gaps in sentences and match words to pictures. Content: Worksheets A to F with Answer Sheet Worksheets 1 to 3: Crack the Codes in sentences Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match with Answer Sheets x2 Recording Sheets to record students’ progress Worksheets A to F with Answer Sheet and b/w versions A multiple-choice activity: Students will see three sets of final consonant blends on flowerheads. They should look at the picture and then write the correct missing blends to complete each word. Read Sentences and Crack the Code Worksheets 1 to 3 Read Sentences and Crack the Codes. In this activity, students will see a spring-themed key – each picture represents a letter of the alphabet. They should read the sentences and fill in the gaps by solving the cryptogram. Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match In this activity students work out the word using the spring-themed picture code and then draw a line from the word to the correct picture. (with Answer Sheets) Please see preview panes. You have the option of using b/w worksheets. Option: UK A4 Worksheets or US Size Worksheets Thank you for visiting my shop. This is part of the Spring Bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12991386

If you are looking for extra reading material then this product contains three reading passages with pumpkins being the central topic of the passages with comprehension questions. Included in the passages are some types of pumpkins, Thanksgiving and the custom of carving pumpkins at Halloween. Pictures are included within the passages for students to refer to. It would be ideal for students to partner up and read together and then answer the questions. To create interest you could bring in two or more varieties of pumpkins and ask students when they are most likely to see lots of pumpkins. Content: Worksheet 1: Pumpkins Galore! Worksheet 2: Pumpkins Galore! Thanksgiving Worksheet 3: Pumpkins Galore! Halloween Specimen answers are included and all the worksheets have duplicate b/w copies. Please see preview pane. UK and US spellings. You may be interested in harder reading passages on the same topic: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12758386

These are Summer phonics worksheets relating to final consonant blends or clusters. They are ideal for reviewing work on final blends and for reading simple sentences with common final blends. There are multiple-choice worksheets whereby students select the correct blend to complete each word. There is a fun activity for students to crack various codes (cryptograms) using summer-themed pictures to represent letters to fill in gaps in sentences and match words to pictures. Content: Worksheets A to G with Answer Sheet Worksheets 1 to 3: Crack the Codes in sentences Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match with Answer Sheets x2 Recording Sheets to record students’ progress Worksheets A to G with Answer Sheet and b/w versions A multiple-choice activity: Students will see three sets of final consonant blends on ice cream cones. They should look at the picture and then write the correct missing blends to complete each word. Read and Crack the Code Worksheets 1 to 3 Read Sentences and Crack the Codes. In this activity, students will see a summer-themed key – each picture represents a letter of the alphabet. They should read the sentences and fill in the gaps by cracking the code. Worksheets A to D: Crack the Code and Picture Match In this activity students work out the word using the summer-themed picture code and then draw a line from the word to the correct picture. (Answer Sheets) Please see preview panes. You have the option of using b/w worksheets. Options: Worksheets sizes A4 and US Letter Size (8.5 x 11) Thank you for visiting my shop.

These are St Patrick’s Day phonics worksheets relating to beginning consonant blends. These worksheets are ideal for reviewing work on blends and for writing simple sentences using beginning blends. Content: Consonant blend worksheets Writing simple sentences Fun colour by Code Activity – great for early finishers Consonant blends worksheets: There are 7 consonant blends worksheets containing 9 blends pictures on each sheet with incomplete words. Students select the correct missing blends from the grid using the picture clues. The blends are: bl-, br-, cl-, cr-, dr-, fl-, fr-, gl-, gr-, pl-, pr-, sc-, sk-, sl-, sm-, sn-, sp-, st-, sw-, tr-, and tw-. Writing activity: Worksheets 1 to 3 Students write simple sentences using each of the beginning blends shown in the grid with pictures. They should check their work making sure they start their sentence with a capital/uppercase letter and finish with a full stop. Colour by Code - Beginning blend words and pictures with Solution: The blends in this activity are colour-coded. The consonant blends are: fl, gl, cr, dr, st and tw. There are two versions of this activity. One image displays words and pictures, and the second image displays only words beginning with the consonant blends. Students should read what colour to colour in the blend on each section of the picture. Once completed, they should see a shamrock in the centre. Optional paper sizes: A4 and US Letter Size * Related Product: Final Consonant Endings Worksheets https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12999350 Thank you for visiting my shop.

These are St Patrick’s Day phonics worksheets relating to final consonant blends or clusters. The worksheets are ideal for reviewing work on ending blends. Student read simple sentences and edit words that do not have the correct consonant blends. There are also differentiated word puzzles for early finishers. Content: Final Consonant Blend Worksheets A - H Final Consonant Blends: Spelling Corrections Worksheets A-D Word puzzles to solve hidden word (differentiated) Final Consonant Blend Cards Final Consonant blends worksheets A - H: There nine pictures on each page. The pictures end with consonant blends: ct, ft, pt, lb, ld, lf, lk, lm, lp, lt, mp, nd, ng, nk, nt, sk, sp, st, xt, rd,rf, rk rl, rm, rn, rp, and rt. Below each picture is an incomplete word which students should complete by selecting the correct final blends or clusters from the box. Final Consonant Blends: Spelling Corrections Worksheets A-D The sentences contain incorrect spellings of the final blends. Students read the simple sentences and correct the spelling by rewriting the word in the box above the word. Optional: Laminate and cut apart the final consonant blends for practical activities with the worksheets A to D. If students need help in solving the correct final blends on the worksheets, you can display 2 or 3 cards and ask which one would be the correct ending for the word. See example preview. Word Puzzles: three differentiated word puzzles. • Easier puzzle: The beginning letter of each word is shown in the word puzzle grid. Students use the picture clues and words to fill in the boxes across the page to reveal the hidden word written downwards. • Students unscramble the words in the box and then with the help of the pictures, write the words across the page to solve the word puzzle and find the hidden word which is written downwards. • Students solve the puzzle by unscrambling the words and writing them across the page to reveal the hidden St Patrick’s word which is written downwards You can print off A4 or US size worksheets. Thank you for visiting my shop. Related St Patrick’s Day product: Beginning Consonant Blends https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12822206

This resource relates to spring CVC word work. There are three different activities for students to review letter sounds and to decode and read CVC words and practise reading sight words in sentences. Content: Worksheets: Short A to E: Spring Word and Picture Match Worksheets A to E: Read Simple Sentences and Writing Worksheets 1 - 3: Missing Letters in CVC Words Spring Word and Picture Match (with Answers) In this activity, students draw lines to match up the CVC pictures on the flowerpots to the words on the flowerheads. Read Simple Sentences and Writing Each worksheet contains sight words which the students should read and then read the simple sentences filling in the CVC words in the sound boxes that matches the pictures. Lastly, rewrite the CVC word. Please see preview pane. Sight words: my, I, look, the, a, you, can, see, is, it, run, down, not, and, go, yellow, want, have, she, to, pretty. Missing Letters in CVC Words (with Answers) There are nine pictures on each sheet. Students use their phonic knowledge to complete the CVC words which have missing beginning, middle and final sounds. There are b/w worksheets for the above. Optional worksheet sizes A4 and US Size Thank you for visiting my shop.

This resource contains colourful PowerPoint Presentations on the general rules to change singular nouns into plural and vice versa. PowerPoint Presentations on plurals that do not change, e.g. scissors and nouns with no singular, e.g. sheep, together with worksheets and cut and glue sorting activities. Aimed at: Reception, KS1/Lower KS2 (for revision), ESL/EFL students Teachers’ Guide on how you can teach via the PowerPoint lessons. There are whole class activities within each presentation. Content of PowerPoint Presentations - Simple rules and guidance: (15 Slides) -Adding -s to nouns to make regular plurals, e.g. cat/cats (16 Slides) - Nouns that have irregular plurals, e.g child/children (21 Slides) - Nouns ending in consonant + y, e.g. baby/babies (29 Slides) - Nouns ending in ch, sh, s, x and z, e.g. bench/benches, box/boxes (21 Slides) - Nouns ending in f or fe, e.g. wolf/wolves and exceptions to the rule (36 Slides) - Nouns ending in o, e.g. potato/potatoes, igloo/igloos - adding s or es (28 Slides) - Plural nouns that do not require any changes, e.g. scissors, tweezers, trousers, glasses - New (14 Slides) - Nouns that do not change at all, e.g. sheep, deer, salmon, fish (there are exceptions) - New Includes: Whole class activities. Exceptions to the rules are highlighted within the presentations. There are 30 + differentiated worksheets based on each presentation. Multiple Choice Activity worksheets (pdf) on choosing the correct spelling of the plural with pictures shown. Writing - Sentences with highlighted singular or plural noun to be changed. Cut and glue sorting activity - Please see Preview Pane - Students look at the pictures and write the plural and then cut out and glue into the correct column on Activitiy Sheets 1a and 1b. Learning aims: Develop children’s understanding of singular and plural nouns. To know some nouns have irregular plurals and some plurals have no singular form, e.g. scissors. File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF

This product is suitable for Kindergarten/Grade 1 & 2. It uses the story as a context to focus on grammar, word work and text level comprehension. PowerPoint Presentation on all the lessons - the reading text is on the Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises. It also includes a lesson plan for 1 to 5 days work relating to:- Reading comprehension and questions - encompassing listening/speaking and reading/writing (includes inferences) Sentence work tasks- differentiated to include capitalization and end punctuation mark. Work on conjunctions and finishing off sentences. Word work focus on compound words. Gap filling exercises in sentences. Cut/paste activities to sequence the story Grammar work on the future tense - Changing present tense to future tense and vice versa Composition - Creative writing to complete thinking bubble. Extension activities Revision Worksheet on sentences which includes using conjunctions. Aligns with: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.1A – Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L1.1.E – Use of verbs to convey past, present, future CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.L.1.1.G – Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or, so, because) CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.L1.2.B – Use end punctuation for sentences CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.1.1 – Participate in collaborative conversations CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.1.2 – Answer key details in a text read aloud CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.RL.1.1 – Ask and answer questions about key details in a text CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.RL1.2 – Retell story Resources printable and editable. There are a couple of pdf. worksheets - show examples of completed worksheets.

This reading comprehension product contains a short reading text on PowerPoint for whole class reading and comprehension questions. Lesson Plans and differentiated worksheets/tasks. Please see Preview Pane for sample worksheets and slides. Aimed at and suitable for Kindergarten/Grade 1 and ESL/EFL/ELA students. This resource can be used in whole class and group setting and for one-to-one teaching. The Learning objectives and outcomes are in each lesson plan 1-5. **English Language Arts lesson plans for 5 days focusing on the text. ** 22 Slides: PowerPoint Presentation Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing Scrambled sentence activities - differentiated tasks involving capitalization and using end punctuation. Word work focus on the prefix ‘un’ - making new words and gap filling exercises. Grammar work on the simple past - regular and common irregular verbs. Answer sheet for worksheet 1 and self-correction sheet for worksheet 2 (Lesson 4) Writing sentences Composition - Writing a story based on Zack’s Unusual pet Opportunity for computer work/non-fiction work on finding information about animals not usually kept as domestic pets. Worksheets and activities - differentiated. There is a Past Tense Verb Table for information/visual display for printing off in PowerPoint. Displaying regular and irregular past tense verbs. Resources editable and printable. File Type: Word, PowerPoint and PDF Formats contained in a zip file - all files in one folder.