Whole Class Reading slides to support the reading of Fairy Tales, The Villain’s Version by Kaye Umansky Dear teachers, These slides can be adapted to suit your lesson timings. I generally spend a 30-40 min daily reading lesson as follows: Day 1: vocabulary: I use dictionaries to research the words and get pupils to practice orally defining word meanings.Teacher read, pupils follow along and search for the words from the grid Day 2: recall vocabulary - using the fluency grid, I define a word for them to recall. Mutter read. Echo read and timed read. Echo read: Get them to imitate you, line by line. The focus is expression! Timed read: You read it first in a natural speed with a stopwatch on. If your time is around 40 secs, tell pupils to aim for 40-60 (Stress that it’s not a competition! They shouldn’t rush and try to beat your time. Day 3: recall vocab, repeat echo read, partner read, independent read. Day 4: Partner read, independent read, Questions (model the first 2) Day 5: review and finish off any unfinished work.

I use these as name cards for place settings, bookmarks and as a tool for Maths and literacy. Pupils can use the number and alphabet strips to remind them of correct number and letter formations. They are handing for transition as they can be used to show pupils where to sit. Fully editable, images and names can be changed.

Beautifully illustrated sound cards for a-z plus qu. These are A4 and need to be printed back to back on card or laminated There are two versions, one with letter and simple picture, the other has the shadow of the letter over the picture as well. Ideal for ages 3-7, phonics teaching and intervention, SEND pupils, home tuition and display

A beautiful resource for creating a calm aesthetic in the classroom. It can be edited to suit your needs. The PPT includes, Name Cards Noise level signs Groups signs Reading groups/ Pupil name cards Table signs Numberlines on name cards Book marks

This A-z for classroom display features uppercase and lowercase letters with beautiful watercolour illustrations of animals. Two version- poster size and A4 pdf cards

A selection of visuals and resources to assist with the teaching of The Little Green Dinosaur. This follows the talk4writing method but can be used as support for any approach to story writing. It is aimed at KS1 but could be used in EYFS also, perhaps with a focus on oral retell rather than writing. The bundle includes a PPT slideshow of the text A copy of the model text A visual story map for oral retelling A hand drawn story map for pupils to copy A boxed up version of the story A template for writing their own version Innovation ideas for changing the characters Innovation ideas for changing the settings Text extracts to underline nouns and adjectives

A range of resources to support the story of The Paper Bag princess. This is a ‘Defeating the Monster’ plot type. Resources include a model text. Pictures to sequence innovation planner Boxing up document description toolkit story mountain.

This is a collection of visuals and resources to support the teaching of setting description. It uses an extract from the Mousehole Cat describing the storm. Resources incude a powerpoint and a copy of the text. Cold and hot tasks Planning frames Model Text