Simpson and his donkey with factsheets and worksheets. This is a PowerPoint presentation on one of the most well-known ANZAC, John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey. It is a resource linked to ANZAC Day and bravery. Content: • Teacher’s Notes/Guide • PowerPoint Presentation (20 Slides) • 1 Worksheet • 5 Factsheets • 5 Reading Comprehension Worksheets relating to the Factsheets • 1 Word Search Worksheet 1 – Students write and draw 4 facts about Simpson. The less able students can write one sentence in each square. The last part of the worksheet asks students to think about a question they would ask Simpson. 5 Reading Comprehension Factsheets The story is divided into five sections. The texts are contained in text boxes to make it easier to read and extract information. Background: Simpson, The Early Days, Simpson becomes an ANZAC, Simpson’s Bravery and Simpson’s Death: The Memory Lives On. The comprehension sheets can be given out in any order. A teacher/assistant can work with a particular group that requires support. The worksheets cover sentence work, word work, spelling errors and jumbled words, true/false questions, short description writing and gap filling. Word Search for early finishers relating to the same topic. The resources can be edited to tailor them to the needs of your ability groups. File Type: PowerPoint, MS Word and PDF formats Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

UPDATED WITH ANSWER SHEETS AND TEACHER NOTES MAY 2019 There are 7 Lesson Plans (with learning objectives) and Presentations. Worksheets and practical activities for whole group teaching. Please see Preview Panes. The pack consists of: -Sound and how sound travels including sound waves, vibrations, pitch, volume; -The sounds we can make with our voices and what happens; -How we hear; -How some animals hear; -How to get sound from different musical instruments and what happens; and -The type of listening devices we use to locate sound, stethoscopes, hearing aids etc. 19 audio sounds for listening activities (MP3 audio) Lesson 1: This is about how we use our voice and the different sounds we make. There is a diagram of how our voice works which includes vibration, pitch and how we need our teeth and tongue to produce sounds. Activity: students are given a very short text to add vocal sound effects to in their groups - narrator/reader reads the short text (print this off the Slide) and the other students decide on vocal sound effects to add. Lesson 2:- This is about musical instruments and how we produce sound from them (bang, hit, shake, pluck etc.) and group them into their categories (wind, stringed, percussion)- Grouping Activity sheets and Listening activity. Lesson 3 - This is more practical and students plan and design their musical instruments. They are given ideas on what to do, e.g. make a guitar from cereal boxes, the handle is made of kitchen towel tube, strings are various sizes of elastic bands etc. Lesson 4: This is about how we ear (also video youtube link - Children learn about the anatomy of the ear (outer ear, middle ear and inner ear) and how we receive and process sound. They also learn about why we get dizzy (semi-circular canals in our ear is filled with fluid). There are worksheet activities and Listening activities on PowerPoint Presentations. Lesson 5: This lesson is about different listening devices such as the stethoscope, ear trumpets that were used in the past and versions of it that are used to hear unborn babies. Students: make ear trumpets and pot telephones learning how sound travels to the ear via the string attached to the plastic cups. Students test different cups and length of strings. Lesson 6: This lesson is about how some animals move their ears to hear sounds and locate their prey. - Activities: Students work with a partner to complete their worksheets with missing words. Lesson 7: Investigation - Explores sounds get quieter when you are further away from its source - Sounds for Kids All the lessons include information on volume, pitch, vibrations and sound waves. All lessons contained in a .zip file - PowerPoint, PDF and MS Word files. This is a US version. Please see UK version Thank you for visiting my store.

UPDATED WITH ANSWER SHEETS AND TEACHER NOTES - May 2019 There are 7 Lesson Plans (with learning objectives) and Presentations . Worksheets and practical activities for whole class teaching. This resource is about:- -Sound and how sound travels to include sound waves, vibrations, pitch, volume; -The sounds we can make with our voices and what happens; -How we hear; -How some animals hear; -How to get sound from different musical instruments and what happens; and -The type of listening devices we use to locate sound, stethoscopes, hearing aids etc. 19 audio sounds for listening activities (MP3) Lesson 1: This is about how we use our voice and the different sounds we make. There is a diagram of how our voice works which includes vibration, pitch and how we need our teeth and tongue to produce sounds. Activity - children are given a very short text to add vocal sound effects to in their groups - narrator/reader reads the short text (print this off the Slide) and the other children decide on vocal sound effects to add. Lesson 2:- This is about musical instruments and how we produce sound from them (bang, hit, shake, pluck etc.) and group them into their categories (wind, stringed, percussion)- Grouping Activity sheets and Listening activity. Lesson 3 - This is more practical and children plan and design their musical instruments. They are given ideas on what to do, e.g. make a guitar from cereal boxes, the handle is made of kitchen towel tube, strings are various sizes of elastic bands etc. Lesson 4: This is about how we ear. Children learn about the anatomy of the ear (outer ear, middle ear and inner ear) and how we receive and process sound. They also learn about why we get dizzy (semi-circular canals in our ear is filled with fluid). There are worksheet activities and listening activities on PowerPoint Presentations. Lesson 5: This lesson is about different listening devices such as the stethoscope, ear trumpets that were used in the past and versions of it that are used to hear unborn babies. Children - to make ear trumpets and pot telephones learning about how sound travels to the ear via a medium. Children also investigate sound via different types of cups (sizes, material) and the length of the string). Lesson 6: This lesson is about how some animals move their ears to hear sounds and locate their prey. - Activities- children work with a partner to complete their worksheets which contain missing words. Lesson 7: Loud sounds get quieter when you are further away from its source - All the lessons include information on volume, pitch, vibrations and sound waves. Files: PowerPoint, MS Word and PDF. US Version Thank you for visiting my shop.

This resource is for Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten. Also suitable for ESL/EFL students and students still finding it challenging to discriminate sounds. A lovely addition to your phonics lessons and literacy resource center. Just print onto card paper and laminate - use drywipe pens for activities. The cards are editable so you can change to black and white print out and stick into students’ book as a record of their phonic work. Rimes are:- -at -an -am -ut -un -ug -ox -ot -op -og -it -ip -in -ig -et -en -eg -ed- -ay -ap -ag -um -ud -ub -od -ix -on -ob -ix and -am. 1. cat rat pan fan nut cut bun sun jug bug fox box hot pot hop pop dog log sit fit zip and pip lip pin bin pig dig net vet hen pen peg leg bed red hay say map cap bag tag sad dad gum sum mud bud tub cub won ron pod rod cob sob six mix ham ram There are 58 CVC cards and they have a double use. How to use:- 1. The student looks at the picture and say what it is. 2. When s/he knows what the picture is they attempt to sort out the scrambled word by sounding out initial medial and final letters. 3. S/he then writes the word correctly on the line. Other uses:- There are 58 CVC cards which are made up of 29 pairs of onset and rime words and pictures. - Lay out pairs of cards for the student to match the rhyming pictures and then unscramble the words and write them out correctly. As an extension they could write funny rhyming lines into their ELA books. E.g. A bug is in a jug. Dad is mad. File Type: Word and PDF

This mixed bag of maths lessons which includes one week’s lesson plan relating to sorting, one less/two less, money worksheets, 3D shapes and subtraction using a number line. Starter activities (oral/mental) before main activities and plenaries (recap session). Updated 19 June 2019 with animation in PowerPoint, and extra subtraction and money worksheets. There are now PPT slides on sorting fruit and vegetables as a whole class activity. Differentiated worksheets for each lesson. A flexible lesson plan for each lesson. Content: Lesson 1: Presentation - 12 Slides Sorting into two sets :- a. sorting farm and pet animals; Cut/paste activity b. 2d shapes; and c. fruit and vegetables Lesson 2: Presentation - 13Slides 2. Relating less than to taking away; Worksheets (x3) Lesson 3: Presentation - 12 Slides 3. Money: Value of coins and adding up; Worksheets (x5) Lesson 4: Presentation - 10 Slides 4. 3D Shapes and objects around us Differentiated worksheets (x4) Lesson 5 Presentation - 6 Slides 5. Looking at subtraction again using a number line. Worksheets (x3) - Subtraction up to 12, 15 and 20 You can teach the topics in any order and use them as additional resource. Please see preview pane. Thank you for visiting my store:-)

This resource can be for Keystage 1 and lower Keystage 2; ESL/EFL Students This resource pack covers noun and verb agreement using the verb to be and reviewing prior knowledge of plural endings of nouns. Worksheets can be used as grammar revision or homework. **There are 3 PowerPoint Presentations. ** Presentation 1 - Reviews what are nouns and verbs. Includes whole class activity. Presentation 2 - Covers singular and plural nouns and verb agreement is/are. It includes whole class activities. Presentation 3 - This deals with completing sentences with was or were to agree with singular and plural nouns - It includes whole class activities. **Also includes: ** Teacher’s Notes on how to use the resource and the content of the worksheets **- 21 Worksheets (with pictures): ** completing sentences with is or are; changing singular sentences to plural; changing plural sentences to singular. ** 21 Worksheets (without pictures) for more able students. ** completing sentences with is or are; changing singular sentences to plural; changing plural sentences to singular. The worksheets are organised so that each set deals with the different noun plural changes. **- 14 Differentiated Worksheets (with/without pictures) as extension activity **covering was/were - Students decide which verb to write - was or were to complete the sentences so that it makes grammatical sense. The words to be changed are highlighted in yellow for those children that need support. Learning Objectives: Develop students’ understanding of singular and plural and to know that nouns agree with their verb. 4 pages duplicated for US Spelling.

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

Calendar for back to school you can display in early years/KS1 classrooms. This resource pack contains a blank weather, date and year display poster to be completed each day using the changeable days, date, month, weather card displays. The words in shadow show where the laminated day, date, month and year should go. There is space for the weather conditions on the same blank display. The preview window shows how the display will appear when you complete the blank display poster. You can also change the weather button background if you don’t want plain white - click on, e.g. the ‘hot’ weather button, go to Drawing Tools then Shape Fill to choose your colour. Print off displays onto card paper - enlarge to A3 if wish for a larger display. I printed off onto coloured card paper. This pack includes: Teacher Notes Title Displays Days of the week Months of the year Ordinal dates from 1st to 31st. Cardinal dates from 1 to 31 Years 2024 to 2028 Weather words and pictures Seasons dial - laminate and cut round. Cut out the dial and insert with split pin in the centre - see preview window front page. Laminate all the resources. Use Blu tac , double-sided sticky tape or velcro for the changeable words to be displayed on blank display board. I have uploaded resources both in Word format (editable) and pdf. versions. Updated January 2024 to include editable text sections in PowerPoint Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

This is antonyms and synonyms product which contains an editable PowerPoint presentation (60 Slides), worksheets to go with the presentation, word only flashcards (2 fonts) and editable cards in PowerPoint. There is a lesson guide to go with the presentation divided into sections for ease of reference. This product can be used as a standalone lesson or if you are looking to review antonyms and synonyms then this presentation and worksheets would be suitable for your requirements. You will need to play the presentation in Slide Show for the animation to work. Within the presentation there matching antonyms and synonyms, whole reading texts, antonym pictures and multiple-choice activities. Optional: laminate the flashcards and display on your word wall or use to introduce the lesson – just cut along the dotted lines. You can choose which pairs of antonyms you want to work with. Editable cards (PowerPoint): You can type your own text using your desired font, color or background. Content: Teacher Notes (1 page) Editable PowerPoint Presentation (60 Slides) Presentation Lesson Guides 1 – 3 Worksheets (see below) Flashcards (x2) Editable cards (PowerPoint) What is the Opposite? Cut/Paste Worksheets A to C: Students write the opposite word and then cut and glue the correct antonym picture where indicated. Synonyms Match Up Worksheet: Students draw lines to connect the pairs of synonyms. There are two words that do not match as they are antonyms. Synonyms Match Up Worksheets: Students connect the word that are similar and list the odd pair. Antonym with Prefixes Worksheets: Students rewrite the words with prefixes to make them antonyms. Please see the preview panes. * You may be interested in this PowerPoint Presentation which is included in the link below and other related resources combined, click link to see products: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12891800 Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This product contains 17 counting Canadian money worksheets. **The following worksheets are: ** Counting nickels only Counting dimes only Counting quarters only Counting loonies - $1 coins only Counting toonies - $2 coins only Counting nickels and dimes Counting nickels, dimes and quarters Counting loonies and toonies together Counting all five coins in money bags There is a blank worksheet for your use. Thanks for visiting my store and downloading. File Type: Word and Pdf. You may be interested in premium resources on Canadian money: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/canadian-money-bundle-worksheets-task-cards-12427293

These are Spring phonics worksheets relating to beginning consonant blends or clusters. They are ideal for reviewing work on blends and for writing simple sentences using beginning blends. There are also differentiated multiple-choice worksheets whereby students select the correct blend to complete one or two words in a sentence. Content: Consonant blend worksheets Writing simple sentences Missing consonant blends worksheets 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. Missing consonant blends worksheets (differentiated) Worksheet 1: Students select one correct blend to complete the word in the sentence. Worksheet 2: Students select two correct blends to complete the words in the sentence. Colour by Code: Spring flowers (2 versions) – with Solution. The blends in this activity are colour-coded. The consonant blends are: br, cl, fl, sl, sp, pr and tr. The image shows words and pictures beginning with consonant blends. First version: the colours are displayed with the beginning consonants in order to colour the images correctly, students use the colour code to complete the activity. Second version: Students will need to colour in the crayons before using the code to complete the picture. Optional paper sizes A4 and US letter size and spelling of colour/color for the consonant blend colour code activity. Thank you for visiting my shop. You may be interested in Mixed Consonant Blends Summer Worksheets https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12869143 This is part of the Spring Bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12991386

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.