I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 10 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include, a recount of the story lesson and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.

This is a Resource bundle which I have created for my own classroom. It’s designed to make your reading corner more active and less passive. It has shelf labels for the different genres and types of books in your book corner, question prompts to encourage comprehension skills and key vocabulary. This resource also has several editable posters for you to write your own recommendations to keep your reading corner fresh and active throughout the year. Just print and stick! :) If this resource makes your life in class a bit easier please rate and review.

I have used this resource with my y2 group of Greater Depth readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently. Each page is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different questions types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has an extension task. To find more resources visit my TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/HappyChappy19

This powerpoint contains weekly spelling lists which will last the entire year for your Year 1 class. 5 spellings per week. These spelling lists progress through the 100 Common Exception Words that your students will need to learn for year 1. My cohort is very low so they are very simple spellings and this could also be used as a homework for a Reception class as well.

This resource is one that I use often on my tables to encourage and build vocabulary in the children’s independent writing. This resource contains 15 different word mats which focus on building language and vocabulary skills based on size, shape, time, personality traits and the 5 different senses. It does not just focus on the senses as a whole but also focuses on how we can further describe them, for example separate mats for unpleasant and pleasant smells along with positive and negative emotions. These mats are both KS1 and KS2 friendly. They also use visuals to help reinforce which sense is being described. These can be used independently, as part of a vocabulary, SPAG or English display, as part of a lesson or as an aid for independent work.

I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs. This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 10 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include, a recount of the story lesson and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review. This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well

This is a resource I use in my own KS1 classroom and is really useful when forming and extending questioning sentences and supporting questioning language used by my students. 7 key question words. Simply print, cut out and display. This resource is ideal for ECT’s needing to decorate a classroom. If you find this resource useful please rate and review Thank you!