Use to teach when to change y to ies and ied and when to just add s to change the tense of verbs ending in y.

Interactive activity and worksheet.

Shared reading - a report. Information about Joseph Wilson Swan and Thomas Edison. Great to read while learning about electricity. Suitable from year 4 onwards.

Use to teach when and where to use apostrophes for possession and omission.

A set of posters with 'tricks' to help them remember to how to spell: could, would and should, words containing 'ough and 'ight', believe, piece, because, does, people, separate, embarrass and friend. Suitable from year 3 onwards.

An interactive activity with follow on worksheets and lists.

Idioms and their meanings.

Pupils use information books and/or dictionaries to match terms to definitions. Suitable from year 4 onwards.

Comprehension questions on the men's world records for long jump. Questions at three different levels with answer. Statistics for women's records too but no questions. Suitable for year 4 onwards. Goes nicely with INVESTIGATION: do children with longer legs jump further than children with shorter legs? also by joanneclarew

An eight page long PowerPoint presentation for shared reading. Suitable from year 4 onwards.

Suitable for shared reading at Christmas. Suitable from year 3 onwards.