I am a teacher who has worked with SEND pupils, especially those with literacy problems. I have also taught English as a foreign language. For several years I worked with Easylearn publishers, developing resources for children struggling with English and Maths. I am one of the creators of the Froggy Match-it phonics app, which helps beginner readers to learn to read and spell effectively.
I am a teacher who has worked with SEND pupils, especially those with literacy problems. I have also taught English as a foreign language. For several years I worked with Easylearn publishers, developing resources for children struggling with English and Maths. I am one of the creators of the Froggy Match-it phonics app, which helps beginner readers to learn to read and spell effectively.
The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 1 is aimed at KS1 plus older pupils with literacy problems, whilst books 2 and 3 are more suitable for KS2 plus KS3 pupils struggling with literacy. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.
Cloze the Gap uses activities involving cloze procedures to develop skills for text comprehension. The sheets contain a variety of text types with cloze-type activities. The low reading levels and high interest levels make it useful for a wide age range. Use this book to promote reading with understanding and increase reading confidence. Previously available through Easylearn.
This book helps to create confident sentence writers. It is ideal for those with limited decoding skills and a poor working knowledge of syntax and word order. The worksheets progress from asking pupils to add a single word to complete a sentence, to writing a short sentence of their own. The activities will suit pupils at Key Stage 1 who are struggling with literacy. They are also useful for pupils with poor fine motor skills and those who are new to English. 48 worksheets plus 3 photocopiable word lists, 2 of which are illustrated, are included. Previously available through Easylearn.
This big book aims to develop automatic reading and accurate spelling of the most common words used in children’s texts and writing. It deals with the 100 words that many schools teach beginner readers first. The small steps, easy format and wide appeal make the sheets suitable for a wide age range, including older pupils. 157 worksheets. A book called First 32 Words is also available. Previously sold through Easylearn.
The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 3 is aimed at KS2 plus KS3 pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.
The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 1 is aimed at KS1 plus older pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.
This series of 6 books make the most of budding writing skills. The 25 topics in each book are ideal for early sentence writing, and each book is crammed full of things that primary school pupils love to write about. The sheets are highly motivating, enabling pupils with very limited writing skills to produce an attractive piece of work. Write About the Picture is easy for pupils to understand and use and requires minimal teacher assistance. Previously available through Easylearn. Topic titles include: Swimming, Dinosaurs, Firefighters and Pet Mice.
This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Book 1 Single Sounds looks at individual letters and their sounds. Book 2 Hot Pet looks at consonant-vowel-consonant words, and Book 3 Pat’s Bed looks at bdp differentiation. Books 4 Kick the Ball and 5 Black Mask look at double final consonants and adjacent consonants respectively. Book 6 Fish and Chips looks at consonant digraphs, while Book 7 Kate’s Kite looks at split digraphs, words such as ‘make’, ‘cone’ and ‘fine’. Book 8 New Coat looks at vowel phonemes, and Book 9 A Bright Invention looks at silent letters, prefixes and suffixes. Previously sold through Easylearn.
The 3 Ticking Texts books encourage early readers to understand texts. Book 2 is aimed at KS2 plus older pupils with literacy problems. Each book includes various types of short texts with a low reading level and a high interest level, and the format allows children with poor coordination/writing ability to concentrate solely on text comprehension skills. The sheets are useful for shared and guided reading and for homework and are also suitable for speaking and listening work. Discussion points and extension activities are included for each text. This is a useful resource for children who have ‘learnt to read’ and are now ‘reading to learn.’ Previously available through Easylearn.
Start Listening A and B are excellent for those pupils with poor auditory and concentration skills. The differentiated tasks suit a range of abilities. The activities are carefully structured, enabling those who find listening difficult to develop their confidence and listening skills. This book involves colouring and drawing to instruction, and identifying whether or not sentences are reasonable. A further book is available: book B uses sentences and stories to focus on auditory memory. Previously sold through Easylearn.
First in a series of 6 books that make the most of budding writing skills. The 25 topics in each book are ideal for early sentence writing, and the 6 books are crammed full of things that primary school pupils love to write about. Each sheet is highly motivating, enabling pupils with very limited writing skills to produce an attractive piece of work. Write About the Picture is easy for pupils to understand and use and requires minimal teacher assistance. Previously available through Easylearn. Book 1 topic titles include: Swimming, The Dog and The Toy Box.
These worksheets support and consolidate practical work on telling the time from analogue and digital clock faces. They are suitable for a wide age range from Reception to KS3, and for a wide range of abilities. The clear layout and simple, illustrated instructions enable independent work. Book A covers recognising clock faces, telling the time to hours and telling the time to half hours. Book B covers telling the time to quarter hours, and includes a full-colour bingo game for you to make. Book C covers telling the time to five minutes, then minutes, with 3 pages dealing with a.m. and p.m. (Practical note: within the book sheets are in the following order: analogue times, digital times, analogue/digital times.) Previously available through Easylearn.
The three Read and Think books encourage poor readers, especially older pupils, to read sentences and simple texts and understand what they read. Book 1 concentrates on short, simple sentences. Book 2 looks at short narrative and informative texts and includes timetables and a calendar. Book 3 deals with short and medium-length narrative and informative texts. In each of the three books, pupils must understand the sentences or texts they read in order to perform the tasks and this ensures text comprehension. The 25 sheets in each book contain a variety of tasks which appeal to a range of pupils, including older, poor readers. Pupils are encouraged to deduce, infer, and interpret information and events. Vocabulary is limited to high-frequency words and the emphasis is on reading: very little writing is required. Previously available through Easylearn.
This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. Book 1 Single Sounds looks at individual letters and their sounds and has 55 pages. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Eight other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.
Talkabout Pictures encourages pupils with poor listening skills to listen attentively. It is particularly helpful for those with poor expressive speech, poor receptive language or poor reasoning skills. This resource is extremely flexible: it can be used on a computer screen or interactive whiteboard, or to print out copies of the pictures. Talkabout Pictures is suitable for whole class, group and pair work and can be used by a wide age-range. There are 20 full-colour, detailed pictures and a comprehensive ‘booklet’ with questions. One further set with different pictures is available. Previously sold through Easylearn.
These 7 Number Books are ideal for children who need lots of practice to master the basics of numeracy. Book 1 starts with numbers to 10, books 2 and 3 deal with addition and subtraction, Book 4 looks at numbers to 20, Book 5 covers number bonds to 20, Book 6 deals with place value and Book 7 helps with basic multiplication and division. For details of the contents of each book, please see the individual books’ entries. Each book has 106 pages, apart from book 6 which has 68. There are sheets for all abilities and these books are particularly useful for those who need extra support and need a small steps approach. The illustrated instructions and clear layout make the sheets easy to use. Pupils are able to work independently and the books are invaluable for homework, group and paired work. Previously available through Easylearn.
This book looks at counting, reading, writing and ordering numbers to 10. For children just beginning written number work, Number Book 1 provides lots of practice at each small step. The illustrated instructions and clear layout make it easy to use. The 106 sheets are ideal for intervention programmes for children who need lots of practice to master the basics of numeracy. Six further books available. Previously available through Easylearn.
These 10 free worksheets focus on cvc words such as cap, lid and dog. This is a vital stage for children just learning to read and spell.
The sheets were designed to accompany the Froggy Match-it phonics app at level 1, but can be used by any children learning phonics.
The pdf consists of 10 worksheets, each with the same format. The child has to match words and pictures, then write one of the given words to complete a sentence. A rhyming extension task is also provided.
Sheets to help children to learn to read and spell words that have split digraphs with an ‘e’ at the end: words such as ‘cake’, ‘hope’ and ‘shine’. Designed to accompany the Froggy Match-it phonics app, but can be used by any children learning phonics.
Froggy Match-it is a graded, interactive phonics game for use on a tablet or phone. It is meant for beginner readers who know most of the single letter sounds and is designed to fit in with the phonics schemes used in schools. Froggy Match-it is ideal for use in school and at home.
Try the free version now on the App Store and Google Play Store!
These 10 phonics sheets range from sheets which focus on c-v-c words to those which look at the alternative spellings for the long vowel phonemes. The sheets are clearly set out and can be worked on independently, requiring little teacher intervention: perfect for this busy season. They are also useful to send home for the holidays.
