This resource contains two sets of reading comprehension passages relating to the Pilgrims (known as Separatists) and the Puritans (non Separating Puritans) and the Church of England. The aim of each reading comprehension is to show the differences and similarities between these Puritan sects. You could use this resource as additional information to your Thanksgiving lesson or history lesson on the Puritans in England. Please note: It does not include the Mayflower Compact or the Thanksgiving Feast with the Wampanoags. Content: Teacher Notes Card 1: Who are the Pilgrims with 12 comprehension questions Card 2: Who are the Puritans with 7 comprehension questions Worksheet - Gap filling activity on the Pilgrims Worksheet - Gap filling activity on the Puritans Information sheet on the Congregational Way Also includes PDF fillable spaces which can be completed on digital devices. UK and US spelling. The comprehension activities include: Finding evidence in the reading passages Vocabulary work Comparing Card 1 and Card 2 Tick box answers Students giving their own opinion Includes specimen answers - Gap filling activities: Student A and B work together to complete their worksheets. Student A has the information that is missing on Student B’s worksheet and vice versa. The students are encouraged to read together to complete the activity. Learning Objectives: To know the differences and similarities of the Pilgrims and the Puritans. To know that the Pilgrims and the Puritans settled in different colonies. Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This resource relates to Saint Patrick’s Day. It is an easy reading comprehension for early readers with four questions and associated tasks - labelling, phonics, sight word search, writing initial letters, colouring and completing four sets of three-piece jigsaw puzzles. Ideal for early learners, English language learners, SEN students. Can be used for guided reading and the more able early readers can work on their own. Content: Saint Patrick’s Day reading with pictures Worksheet with 4 questions Labelling a leprechaun activity. This is differentiated in that one sheet is partly coloured in to be labelled. Literacy work associated with the reading text: Find words in the text and circle, write rhyming words for hat, pot and red It is a short text. Children are asked to count the full stops and write the number of sentences. Writing initial letters worksheet (differentiated) Complete jigsaw puzzles Thank you for visiting my shop:) Also appropriate for US.

Reading comprehension passage and questions relating to the Greensboro sit-in (led by four African American students) which was part of the Civil Rights Movement. It was not the first sit-in protest but the most effective. This product also includes other associated tasks and optional map work and watching video with question sheets to complete. Key words - civil rights, segregation, Jim Crow Laws, North Carolina, Woolworth Department Store, nonviolent protests, the Greensboro Four. Now includes PDF fillable boxes which students can complete on screen. Content: Reading comprehension passage 10 Questions to answer – evidence in text and students’ own views Word work: Match words to sentences definition activity Word Search with Answer Key Optional map activity Optional video link (6.21 mins duration) with question sheets (2 pages) The reading passage introduces students to sit-ins as part of the nonviolent protests during the 1950/1960s to challenge the United States Jim Crow Laws. Students look for text-based evidence and also give their own views. Word work The matching activity entails students reading sentences and then matching the definition to the correct word. Word Search: To reinforce vocabulary found in the text. Map activity This is optional - North Carolina has already been identified on the map as one of the southern states that passed the Jim Crow laws soon after the Reconstruction period. Students find out which other southern states did the same then color or shade in the areas on the map. Video on Greensboro Four sit-in (6:21 mins duration) - 3 Civil rights leaders describing their experiences. US and UK paper sizes Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This resource relates to column addition with no grouping. If you are introducing column addition and/or you want your students to practice column addition and place value (how to write horizontal addition sums correctly in columnar form) then you can add these worksheets to your maths lessons. Content: 2 Information Sheets (Option to laminate) Write and Solve Column Addition Worksheets A to C Add 1-digit to 2-digit Column Addition (4 pages) - Includes PDF fillable boxes Add 2-digit Column Addition Practice (5 pages) - Includes PDF fillable boxes Column Addition Match Up (5 pages) You can use the worksheets in small or large group settings. You may want to start your students off by re-writing conventional addition equations into columnar form. They can then progress on to adding 1 digit to 2 digit column addition and then adding double digit addition sums. The addition match up activity involves two skills: Students solve the sums Draw a line to match up their answers in figures to the number words. Please see preview pane. Answers are included. You may be interested in subtraction in column format: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/subtraction-vertical-column-subtraction-worksheets-no-borrowing-regrouping-12449890 Thank you for visiting my shop.:)

This resource contains 15 worksheets in black and white with colour versions - total: 30 worksheets. It is an odd one out three-letter decodable CVC word family activity worksheets. You will see two sets of three CVC word family pictures on each page. Two of the pictures are in the same word family except for one. The learner should say the name of each picture – sounding and blending each word and then put a cross under one picture which is not part of the CVC word family, i.e. the odd one out. These worksheets can be used for: • extension work • revision of word families • checking whether your student can segment and blend CVC words • early finishers who can work independently to complete the worksheets The word family endings are: -ab, -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -at, -ax, -ed, -eg, -en, -et, -id, -ig, -in, -ip, -it, -ix, -ob, -od, -og, -op, -ot, -ox, -ub, -ud, -ug, -um, -un and -ut Your students can also complete the worksheets on a computer as I’ve also uploaded PDF fillable form worksheets. Thank you for visiting my shop! :) These worksheets are also contained in the CVC Words Bundle. Please see link below. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11576490

In this ‘I Spy’ autumn/fall related product, students have to seek and find 18 two-dimensional pumpkin shapes. There are two sets of ‘I Spy’ worksheets: Students draw a circle around the matching shapes: Set 1: For more able students who can find the shape regardless of the pumpkin pattern. Set 2: For students who need to see the exact pattern and shape. When all the shapes are found, students should write the name of the shape at the bottom of the worksheet. In addition, there are 2D pumpkin flash cards with shape names which students can use to identify the shapes. Alternative use: Play snaps or memory matching game with the cards. Please see preview pane. Shape names: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, pentagon, oval, crescent, semi-circle, rhombus (diamond), trapezoid (Br. Trapezium), hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, star, parallelogram and heart. Educational benefits: Identify common 2D shapes Reinforcing shape name vocabulary Enhance visual discrimination skills Thank you for visiting my shop!:)

This resource relates to the alphabet Aa to Zz. The uppercase and lowercase are puzzle-shaped for students to colour in together with pictures beginning with the letters. On each worksheet students read the sentence that include the word and then trace over the sentence. The final task is to colour in 3 pictures that begin with the letter. These print and go worksheets are ideal as extra for early finishers, homework or use to assess your learners on each letter of the alphabet. Colour the puzzle letters. Trace the words for the pictures. Colour in the picture. Read the simple sentence. Trace the simple sentence. Colour in three pictures in the grid that begin with the letter. There are 3 pictures for each letter Aa to Zz: ant, apple, arrow, banana, bike, button, cactus, cage, castle, dog, domino, door, egg, elephant, envelope, feather, fish, fork, gate, guitar, gum, hand, hook, house, igloo, ill, ink, jar, jacket, jellyfish, kettle, key, kite, ladder, lamp, leg, medal, megaphone, mouse, narwhal, needle, nose, octopus, onion, origami, peas, pencil, piano, queen, quill, quilt, rabbit, rainbow, ring, scissors, snake, sock, table, teeth, tent, upside down, umbrella, under, van, vase, visor, watch, windmill, window, x-ray fish, x-ray of girl, xylophone, yoga, yogurt, yo-yo, zip, zero and zoo. Please see preview pane. You may be interested in the US Version: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12803324 Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This beginning/initial consonant blends resource contains differentiated activities which can be used as an added resource to lessons on consonant blends or clusters. Students trace over blends, match correct pictures and complete cut and paste worksheets. Content: Consonant Blends Worksheets A - F: Trace and Circle Consonant Blends Worksheets A - F: Trace and Colour Worksheets 1 and 2: Matching Pictures to Consonant Blends Cut and paste pictures for matching activity (Differentiated) Answer Sheet for Worksheets A - F Trace and Circle Worksheets: Students trace over the consonants blends and then draw a line to one of the pictures that begins with the blends. Trace and Colour Worksheets: Students trace over the consonant blends and then draw a line to one of the pictures that begins with the blend and then colour in the picture. Worksheets 1 and 2: Cut and paste differentiated activity There are three versions of this activity Students cut out the colour pictures and match them to the correct consonant blends worksheets 1 and 2. Version 1: The cut and paste sheet contains b/w pictures only. As with the colour pictures, students should cut out and match the correct consonant blends and then colour in the pictures. Version 2: The cut and paste sheet contains part of the consonant blend word. Students should write in the missing blends to compete the words and then cut out and glue on the worksheets 1 and 2. There are two versions of the letters ‘f’ and ‘k’. Please see preview panes. Suitable for US Thank you for visiting my shop:)

This product relates to final consonant blends or clusters endings. Please see worksheet activities. Content: • Endings Blends Match (3worksheets) • Making Words with Ending Blends (3 worksheets) • Colouring activity – Which Word? (3 worksheets) • Differentiated Cut and paste activities (4 worksheets) • Cut and paste activities - Consonant Final Blends Sort (4 worksheets) • Completing sentences with the correct word (2 worksheets) • Two Word Searches with Solution The final blends used in this product are: ct nd ft nk lp nt lk pt lt sk ld sp mp st lf • Endings Blends Match (3 worksheets) Students look at the picture and then draw a line from the beginning of the word to the picture and then to the ending blend to spell the word. See the first example on the worksheet. • Making Words with Ending Blends (3 worksheets) Students can choose any of the final consonant blends to complete the words below the boxes. Once they have made word, the students draw a picture to go with the word because two words can be made with be__ , i.e. best or bend. Both are correct as they are real words. • Colouring activity – Which Word? (3 worksheets) Students sound out the word that goes with the picture in the centre and then colour the correct word that goes with the picture. As an extension activity, on a separate sheet, students can write a sentence with the words that are not coloured in. • Differentiated Cut and paste activities (4 worksheets) The first set of worksheets do not contain pictures. Students cut out the ending blends and match it to the correct starting letters to make a word. When they have made a word, they write out the word neatly on the handwriting lines. Some of your students may need pictures to help them join the ending blends to the letters to make a word. For each word the students make, they can sound out the letters. ** • Cut and paste Consonant Final Blends sort (4 Sheets)** Students sort the pictures into the correct column. They finish off the word with the correct final blends. • Completing sentences with the correct word (Differentiated worksheets) Students read the sentences and then choose the correct word so that the sentences make sense. 2 Word Searches with pictures to colour in. File Type: Word and PDF Thank you for visiting my store:-) I hope you enjoy using these worksheets. You may also be interested in: 30 Initial Consonant Blends Worksheets

UPDATED February 12, 2019: Number bonds to 20. This pack contains St. Valentine maths topic themes which you can incorporate into your lesson plan(s). Aimed at: Reception/Year 1 If you operate a carousel system in your class, you can place the different activities on the tables for children to practise number work/patterns. Content and Description Includes Teacher Notes • Counting in ones missing number sequence worksheet – Children complete sequence by writing the missing numbers in the heart. • Number bonds to 10 and 20 - x2 sets of worksheets – this is a cut and stick activity. Children cut out a broken heart on worksheet 2 to match and stick to a broken heart on worksheet 1. The hearts add up to 10 on one set of worksheets; and then add up to 20 on the second set of worksheets. • Counting using Tens Frame – Pictures are placed in different positions on the tens frame. Children count and write the number in the space provided. • Count and tick to match activity – Numicon – Children count the pictures in the squares and then tick the Numicon shape that matches the number of pictures. • Colour Sequence Worksheet – Children work out what comes next in the colour sequence and then complete the last two or three squares. The pictures are: hearts, Valentine envelopes and lips. • Picture Sequence – Cut and stick activity – Children look at the pictures and work out what comes next. Then they cut out the correct pictures to complete the sequences. • Three sets of flash cards 1 to 10 o Numeral and Number flash cards o Numicon flash cards o Picture Heart flash cards 1. Children can play snap with the different sets of flash cards. 2. Whiteboard + dry-wipe pen - Choose a set, e.g. picture cards. Place the cards face down. He/She turns over two cards and writes a number equation to solve. File Type: Word and PDF Please see Preview Pane Thank you for browsing round my shop:-)

This product relates to recording data, completing tally charts, creating a pictogram and completing block graphs. Aimed at: KS1 Content and description: - Teacher Notes Favourite Colour Hearts: • Worksheet A – Students complete the tally chart by counting the hearts shown below. • Worksheet B – Cut and glue activity. Students use the data from the tally chart to colour in the hearts. Then they cut out the hearts and glue onto the pictogram worksheet to produce a pictogram. Students then give the pictogram a title. • Worksheet C – Students answer questions relating to the pictogram/tally chart. (9 questions and colour the heart in their favourite colour) - ANSWERS PROVIDED • Additional work – Block Graph Worksheet. Students complete the graph with the same data used for the pictogram above. ANSWERS PROVIDED Valentine Letters: (Option to give out as homework) • Worksheet 1 – Students count the letters sent by each class and write the total in the circle. • Worksheet 2 – Students complete a tally chart from the data on Worksheet 1. • Worksheet 3 – Students create a pictogram independently using the data from the tally chart. • Worksheet 4 – Students complete the block graph and fill in the missing word in the gap to describe the vertical side of the graph. • Worksheet 5 – Students answer questions on the data. (9 questions) ANSWERS PROVIDED Optional for Students that require support (Hands-on activities) Preparation Print off and laminate the A4 size blank template tally chart. Print off and laminate the A4 size blank pictogram. Print off a sheet of hearts, laminate and cut out the hearts. You will need Velcro, sticky back tape or blu tac to temporarily attach and remove the laminated hearts as a teaching manipulative. The students will be doing the same tasks as on the worksheets but practically. Read out Worksheet A and then say they will be working out the same problems but using A4 size laminated templates, dry-wipe pens and Velcro/blu tack. File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF - 26 page download Thank you for visiting my shop:-) You may be interested in my other product on: Pictograms Block diagram Bar charts, Tally charts, Data tables, Presentations Activities

This product relates to color activities. Ideal to use in group settings - each table has a dedicated activity and the children can move round once they have had a go or completed an activity. <strong>Content:</strong> Teachers Notes on activities -Whole page color words surrounded by bubbles -Whole page color words for children to trace over the dashes Color word cards - upper case letters Color word cards - lower case letters Selection of color pictures with labels Black and white pictures for children to color in Clipart buttons in a variety of colors Colors : red, brown, blue, orange, black, green, gray, yellow, white, purple and pink. <strong>• Activity 1</strong> – You can direct the children to use any color equipment to fill in the color words and the bubbles – paint, crayons, felt tips, pencils. <strong>• Activity 2</strong> – Children join up the dashes to complete the letters and then color in the word. They can draw things that are usually that color. <strong>• Activity 3</strong> – Use IT Paint Palette on computer to create a colorful picture or simply a rainbow. Extension: Ask the more able to type/write the colors they have used by copying the word cards. </strong>• Activity 4 – Color sort.</strong> Children sort the buttons by color and glue them in the correct circles. <strong>• Activity 5: Hands-on activity:</strong> Alternatively, put out a selection of real buttons for children sort into color groups onto the circles and they can say how they have grouped the buttons. <strong>• Activity 6: Word cards (upper/lower case letters):</strong> Lay out blank sugar paper or ordinary paper for children to glue on the color card word, either upper or lower case, and then colour inside the letters. <strong>Prep:</strong> Cut out a selection of different color pictures for the children and get them to decide which color pictures they should stick around the name of the card color. See preview slide. <strong>UK Version</strong> https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/colour-activities-paint-colour-words-trace-over-colour-sort-cut-paste-it-link-11881979?theme=1 You may be intersted in Class Visuals relating to colors: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/room-visuals-colors-for-display-what-colors-are-when-mixed-flashcards-colors-activity-worksheets-11341707 Thank you for visiting my store:-)

This themed pack relates to harvest festival. The pack is divided into Four sections. The topic contains:- Teachers’ Notes PowerPoint Presentations Four lesson plans - Why we celebrate, the harvesting of crops culminating in the harvest festival service and the meaning of the hymn We Plough the Fields And Scatter the good seeds on the land. Worksheets and activities for children to do. In lesson 3- making a harvest festival card - the children plan/draft how they want their cards to look on plain white paper and then should be a given sugar paper or cardboard to make their card for display or to take home. Alternatively - There is an empty ‘My Harvest Basket’ activity worksheet which children can draw in or cut out/paste pictures of fruit and vegetables. Lesson 4 - The harvest hymn is optional - linked to music and I have included a Youtube link for the music accompaniment. Overall Objective: To understand why many Christians and some non-Christians celebrate harvest festival in autumn. Thank you for visiting my shop:-)

This literacy resource contains ready-made bingo cards and call out cards, 3 x 3 lotto grids, word searches, word cards for matching games and cards for word snap. **UPDATED WITH TO USE LESS PRINTER INK** 100 sight words obtained from the Primary National Strategy - Letters and Sounds: Appendices - 100 high-frequency words in phases. Use to complement reading activities, literacy and for learning words for spelling tests and assessment. Also great for end of term games. All the bingo boards and lotto boards are numbered and colour-coded for ease of use. There are two versions of the letter ‘K’ in Sassoon font. I have made extra cards for replacement. The words cover Phases 2 to 5 and comprises:- Phase 2 words - bingo cards (x17) Phase 3 words - bingo cards (x15) Phase 4 words - bingo cards (x15) Phase 5 words - bingo cards (x15) Phases 2-5 bingo cards (x40) - Use for whole class option, if you wish. A set of 3 x 3 grid lotto cards - (x20) for Phase 2, (10x) of each set for Phases 3 to 5. Set of wrongly spelt word cards for matching with a set of correctly spelt words – Put a few correct/incorrect words in the centre of the table for groups to match the jumbled words to the correctly spelt words, e.g. hte - the, pepole - people. Lotto game - There are a set of 3 x 3 grid lotto cards. The children can play as individuals or in pairs or in small groups. One child picks a word from a bag or box and read it aloud. The children mark the word on their card by colouring over or placing a counter over the word. The first one to complete a line horizontally, vertically or diagonally wins the game. 10 Word searches with solutions. Use the word cards for other activities such as laying out five different word cards and ask the pupil to point to the card that says, e.g. ‘about’. Set a time limit on how many sight words the pupils can read in a minute. Multi-purpose use of the white word cards. You can also use the word cards as displays. Once downloaded, you can print off what you need. You may be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/100-sight-words-including-year-1-common-exception-words-bingo-lotto-snap-word-searches-11281973 Images: Microsoft clipart.

This resource contains the next 200 words from the Primary National Strategy - Letters and Sounds: Appendices - 200 high-frequency words in phases. It also includes Year 2 Common Exception Words [from Primary National Curriculum English – Appendix 1 – Spellings]. NOW UPDATED TO SAVE INK USAGE. YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF DOWNLOADING FULL COLOUR OR REDUCED COLOUR BINGO CARDS/WORDS. Use these game activities to complement reading tasks, and learning words for spelling tests. Also great for end of term games. Bingo Snaps Choose some sight words and set a time limit for how many words the pupils can read in a minute. Word search puzzles 2 Sets of worksheets - common exception words with missing letters. The bingo words have been divided into 6 sets. Each card is numbered within that set and colour-coded. Each set of bingo cards has its own set of call out words, e.g. Set 2 Bingo Cards/Set 2 Call out words. Set 6 Bingo cards focuses on Year 2 common exception words. The 5 word searches focuses on Year 2 common exception words. **Other uses ** Choose a word or words to be word(s) of the week. Show how the children can use different techniques to memorize the word(s) – mnemonic, which part of the word can be sounded out, which part of the word is tricky. Set 1 – 15 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 2 – 15 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 3 – 30 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 4 – 30 Bingo cards + call out cards Set 5 – 15 Bingo cards,+ call out cards Set 6 – 20 Bingo cards + call out cards Word Cards 1 – 100 words (also in b/w) Word Cards 2 - 100 words (also in b/w) The Word Cards 1 and 2 can be printed off as many times as you like: Play snaps Can also be used for display Print, laminate and cut out. Thank you for visiting my shop:)

<strong>UPDATED with colourful text around the operation signs for display.</strong> This pack contains visual displays for the classroom and also a presentation of the numbers from zero through to 100. <strong>Contents: </strong> - Zero flashcards - number and word - A4 sizes display of numbers 1 to 100 - Flashcards - 1 to 120 and words one to twenty - Number cards for children to trace over the dots - 1 to 30 - Operation Sign displays - plus, minus, multiply, division and equal signs - Set of flashcards for teaching step counting in twos - every second card is a different colour - 2, 4, 6, 8 etc. - Set of flashcards for teaching step counting in fives - every fifth card is a different colour- 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 etc. - Set of flashcards for teaching step counting in tens - every tenth card is a different colour - 10, 20 , 30, 40 etc. Thank you for visiting my shop.

This ready-made resource relates to ordinal numbers both in words and figures. Just print, laminate and cut out some of the resources to start teaching. Included are spelling rules for ordinal numbers, ordinal number charts, ordinal digit cards in figures and words. 2 March 2022 - Updated to include editable posters saved as PPTX so that you can change the font if you wish. **Content: ** 2 sets of A4 Size ordinal number cards in words and figures from 1 to 31 with shaded dots showing the position it in a range of dots. E.g. the ordinal number 18th is shown with the dot shaded in the 18th position. Great for demonstration and practical activities Set of 10 information cards which also include whole class activities, spelling rules and explaining the meaning of ordinal numbers. 2 sets of digit cards (6 to a page) to laminate and cut out (for long use) – the ordinals numbers range from 1 to 102 (black outline and green outline). A set of cards for ordinal number matching activity in figures and words up to 100. You can laminate the cards and cut out to set up a matching up of figures an words game with for ordinals up to 5 or 10 and for more able up to 20. Students can play snap - either matching two ordinal numbers the same or matching figures and words. Teacher Notes with suggested activities. (2 pages) Thank you for visiting my shop:) For US Version https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/room-visuals-ordinal-numbers-and-words-display-flashcards-digit-cards-11341808 All Images from : Microsoft Clipart, creative commons clker.com.

Phase 2 - 6: Letters and Sounds - English - Appendix 1 - Spellings Preparation: Print, laminate and cut out - use with dry-wipe pen for continuous use. Year 1 high frequency words and tricky words phases 2 to 6 and common exception words in large lettering and dotted words for tracing over. Read the word below, then practise writing the word. Great resource for children to take home to practise reading and writing a selection of words. Help prepare student for a spelling test. Useful resource to give to children who are learning English as a second language. Give them two or three words to learn and practise writing and/or incorporate into lessons. Learning Objective: To read, write and spell common and tricky words. File Type: pdf.

UPDATED: February 5, 2019 with Worksheet 3. This resource is part of Tell the Time (1) which has now been updated with this Lesson 9 resource. You may wish to buy the complete pack, i.e. Lessons 1 to 9. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pack-1-telling-the-time-analogue-digital-12-hr-clock-presentations-lesson-plans-and-worksheets-11030239 This is being sold separately as there have already been sales before the update. This is Lesson 9 only and includes:- 15 Slides - Presentation on how to deal with word problems Lesson Plan 3 Differentiated worksheets on o’clock times, half past and quarter past the hour and later/earlier time problems and now 5 minutes time for the more able. Worksheet 1 - 7 questions Worksheet 2 - (2 pages) - 9 questions Worksheet 3 - (2 pages) - 6 word problems cut/paste activities. Variety of questions to get the children thinking. All worksheets, lesson plan and presentation in one zip for ease of downloading. For personal and single classroom use only.