An engaging pack for easily teaching predicting to KS2. Contains all you need for the week: plan, powerpoint, resources and answers. Includes sparky starters, meaty main activities and personalised plenaries. Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one. All texts provided, a range of interesting genres and styles with modelled answers to comprehension questions. Questions prompting higher order thinking and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results. Designed for year 5 reading focusing on the comprehension skill of predicting. Easily adaptable for all other KS2 classes. Differentiated resources and activities for two ability groups. All reviews welcome. For a whole term’s worth of reading lessons click here to save yourself lots of time!

A whole week of year 2 reading comprehension lessons on The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me. Includes teaching PowerPoint, paired and group activities, scaffolding, differentiation, sequenced learning, challenge and answers. Five complete lessons which develops the children’s understanding of the book and their ability to answer comprehension questions. Every lesson includes: Starter Teaching points Pages to read Independent activities Challenge Plenary This week focuses on the comprehension questions which ask you to find a word with a similar meaning to a quote from the text. The teaching points emphasise the importance of looking back over what you have read and using what you know. Colonel Code Breaker appears everyday to give the children handy tips and help them become confident at decoding tricky words. All activities are differentiated into 3 ability groups, with printable sheets provided separately to support every child. Enjoy teaching reading with this accessible and engaging famous book by Roald Dahl, excite your pupils with the charming characters whilst they expand their vocabulary. You can find lots more useful resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop Or you might be interested in these handy resources: Year 2 Reading Corner Display Year 2 Reading Assessment Questions

A target sheet for a year 3 child, includes all of the objectives for this year group in child speak. Children can track their targets in the table and teachers can tick in the columns when these are evidenced and then achieved. The rocket sheet is an extra fun way for children to remember which target they are working on. Learning Objectives for year 3 in easy to understand short phrases. Can be stuck in the front of English books so children can refer to this in lessons or kept in a teacher’s file. Teacher can choose how much evidence needs to be collected before the children achieve the target. You can show recognition of the target achieved in their work with a sticker/star/symbol. Encourages responsibility for learning and ensures the children know their targets. All reviews welcome. Check out my other resources for teaching and assessing primary English: Year 3 Writing Assessment Guidance Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions Year 4 Writing Assessment Guidance Year 4 Reading Assessment Questions Whole School SMART Target Packs

Extensive adverb word banks for expanding vocabulary and understanding of grammar. 4 eye catching pages of adverbs, grouped into synonyms. You can use on a display, in a writer's toolkit, as part of a PowerPoint or simply printed on tables in order to expand vocabulary. The adverbs are clearly grouped under synonyms so all ability children can benefit from these excellent resources. 4 bright and engaging pages of adverbs included: 1. Adverbs to create a positive atmosphere 2. Adverbs to create a tense/spooky/negative atmosphere 3. Unusual adverbs 4. Adverbs for describing characters Extensive lists, all grouped with synonyms and colour coded. Easy to use, handy for differentiation or for displays. Designed to cover your needs for all your KS2 English writing units. All reviews welcome.

A complete KS2 reading comprehension lesson with the theme of Halloween poems. Includes a complete teaching input, starter, modelling, scaffolding, 5 differentiated poems, questions for each poem and plenary. Download to inspire and extend your pupil’s learning around Halloween. Highlights: Colourful engaging teaching PowerPoint Printable resources Challenge activity Each poem comprehension focuses on these key reading skills: Rhyming words Alliteration Identifying themes Summarising Engage your pupils this Halloween whilst strengthening and enhancing reading outcomes. Check out my other popular Halloween resources: Halloween Fractions Halloween Story Writing

A clear and animated PowerPoint leading you through a week of effective spelling lessons. All words are linked to WW2, a useful way to deepen the pupil’s understanding of important words and phrases from this topic. Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling and definitions. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 3 Thorough spelling lessons to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way. Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings. A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week. Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books. Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day. All reviews welcome.

A bright and animated PowerPoint leading you through a week of engaging spelling lessons for years 5 and 6. All words follow the pattern of using the letter string ‘ough’ from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists. Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 5 effective spelling lessons enable children to learn these spellings in an active and successful way. Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings. A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week. Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books. Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day. All reviews welcome.

A ready-to-go week of comprehension lessons on famous Christmas songs. Includes 5 lessons, 5 PowerPoints, a detailed plan and all the necessary differentiated resources. Planned for year 5, could easily be adapted for other KS2 classes. Children read and listen to these Christmas songs, then evaluate them in deep and meaningful ways showing their thinking with a variety of activities designed for all styles of learners. Highlights Short effective starters to hook your pupils into the lesson Modelled writing activities Higher level thinking challenges Each lesson is differentiated for two ability groups Success criteria for each lesson Engaging and effective plenaries An excellent week of reading lessons for the build up to Christmas whilst maintaining focus and high quality outcomes. 5 Learning Objectives explore the meaning of words in context summarise the main ideas identify themes explain the effect of language ask questions to improve understanding Video links in the PowerPoint will bring the festive cheer into your class while keeping a hardworking atmosphere. Songs Covered: Happy Christmas, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday and Peace On Earth. Detailed weekly plan and all resources included. All reviews welcome.

Inspire your pupils with this KS1 assembly celebrating World Poetry Day. Includes an engaging PowerPoint, 4 poems, geography map skills, video link, reasoning questions and interactive activities. This ready-to-go 27 slide PowerPoint leads you through the assembly explaining World Poetry Day and poetry. Read the children 4 world habitat poems written about environments from across the globe. Choose poems from a world map, before reading about the animals, landscape and climate of jungles, grasslands, deserts and the arctic. Enhance geography skills whilst developing vocabulary and a passion for poetry. An engaging video is included to provide a range of role models who clearly enjoy reading poetry and bringing it to life. Celebrate World Poetry Day every year on March 21st to encourage diversity and a shared understanding of the world. Use this assembly to inspire your pupils to become writers, enjoy the video link of a range of people reading a poem about how poets can write anywhere. Check out my other popular KS1 assemblies: Mental Health Awareness Week KS1 Assembly Albert Einstein KS1 Assembly Charles Darwin KS1 Assembly

A useful display for teachers, children, parent helpers and visitors showing the new curriculum in a bright and colourful, easy to use way. All the year 2 reading statements are simplified to child speak with engaging animals and speech bubbles, an easy way to jazz up your reading corner. Having the new curriculum statements on display for all to see will help everyone feel confident with knowing the learning objectives. All adults involved with the class will be able to ask effective questions when listening to children read. Assessments of children will be more accurate and relevant. Children could use these on an interactive display to self and peer assess and prompt reading discussions. Also included: 12 Bunting Triangles - with characters and relevant quotes from well known children’s books A large welcome title All the year 2 New Curriculum reading statements in speech bubbles from colourful animals Key reading vocabulary cards 10 Bubbles containing thought provoking questions Top Book Trump review cards Book Recommendation sheets A Reading Challenge All reviews welcome.

A complete display for a reading corner in a year 3 or 4 classroom. Bright, colourful and engaging. Inspire reading with this pack which includes: title, bunting quotes, vocabulary, higher level questions, reading statements, images and other reading resources. A useful display for teachers, children, parent helpers and visitors showing the new curriculum in a colourful and easy to use way. All the year 3 and 4 reading statements are simplified to child speak with engaging animals and speech bubbles, an easy way to jazz up your reading corner. Having the new curriculum statements on display for all to see will help everyone feel confident with knowing the learning objectives. All adults involved with the class will be able to ask effective questions when listening to children read. Assessments of children will be more accurate and relevant. Children could use these on an interactive display to self and peer assess and prompt reading discussions. Also included: 12 Bunting Triangles - with famous inspirational quotes about reading A large welcome title Key reading vocabulary cards 10 Bubbles containing thought provoking questions Top Book Trump review cards Book Recommendation sheets A Reading Challenge Easily adaptable to fit your space, could also be used in a library to prompt whole school progression. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in my other popular reading resources: Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions Year 4 Reading Assessment Questions Bundle of KS2 Reading Lessons

A complete lesson on modal verbs, with an engaging PowerPoint, posters, word bank, differentiated activities and answers. All you need to make your class confident with using modal verbs in their writing. Written for year 5 but easily adaptable for all KS2 year groups. An easy to use PowerPoint leads you through the lesson. Explaining to the children about modal verbs, their purposes, rules, when to use them and order of probability. Themed on the Simpsons it will engage your class. Bright, colourful, clear and memorable. A differentiated lesson with 4 writing activities provided and a challenge. All answers included. All reviews welcome.

A set of 10 original poems written for children about India, describing its culture, landscape, physical and human features. Perfect for a KS2 geography topic on India. All the poems are written in different styles; to engage, inspire and teach about this fascinating country whilst developing key reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. India Geography Topic Each poem could spark a whole lesson enabling children to learn, discuss and write about the culture of India. They cover these geographical aspects of India: Indian culture Mumbai Western Ghats Thar dessert Taj Mahal Goa Beaches Himalayas Kerala River Ganges Collection of Poems These poems are written to describe India whilst modeling essential writing skills such as: alliteration, rhyming, rhythm, personification and similes. Presented as word documents and all together on one PowerPoint with some higher-order questions to consider. This pack includes 10 poems using these different styles: Kennings Haiku Diamente Repeated starting words Kyrielle Shape Poem All the poems are written by me and all images used are copyright free. All reviews welcome. You can find many more engaging and useful resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy You might also be interested in my Arctic Poem collection

A week’s plan, 76 slide powerpoint and complete resources for KS2 reading focusing on the comprehension skill of understanding and identifying figurative language. Written for UKS2 but easily adaptable for all other KS2 classes. Engaging and relevant starters, main activities and plenaries planned for everyday. Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA). Questions prompting higher order thinking and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results. Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one. All texts provided, a range of interesting genres and styles with modelled answers to comprehension assessment questions. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in my other popular reading lessons: Identifying Themes Summarising Texts Predicting When Reading

A colourful and engaging PowerPoint leading you through a week of memorable spelling lessons for years 5 and 6. All words follow the pattern of using the rule -i before e except after c and exceptions from the year 5/6 new curriculum spelling lists. Monday - Covers the word class of each spelling, patterns, rules and definitions. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 5 thorough and effective lessons to enable children to learn these spellings in an engaging and successful way. Friday - Includes a dictation containing the spelling words covered in the week. Shows how many words there are and how many spellings. A helpful resource so that you can easily fit spellings into a busy week. Lessons could be completed on white boards, draft books or English books. Also includes a simple display of the spelling words so you can keep referring to them throughout the day. All reviews welcome.

A week’s plan, powerpoint and resources for KS2 reading focusing on the comprehension skill of making comparisons within and across texts. Engaging and relevant starters, main activities and plenaries for everyday. Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one. All texts provided, a range of interesting genres and styles with possible answers modelled. Questions prompting higher order thinking and activities designed to develop comprehension skills and enhance reading assessment results. Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA). All reviews welcome. For a whole term’s worth of reading lessons click here to save yourself lots of time!