A range of reasoning activities (4 separate challenges) that encourage pupils to show their understanding of place value through reasoning
Suitable for Years 5 and 6 (UK) , 4th and th Grade (US)
Editable word document and PDF
This worksheet is designed to progressively challenge Year 4 students in their understanding and application of sentence demarcation, with increasing complexity at each level.
The three levels of challenge involve groups of two, three, or four sentences with missing capital letters and full stops.
Level 1: Groups of two sentences
Level 2: Groups of three sentences
Level 3: Groups of four sentences with extension challenge to generate own sentences
Three levels of challenge support varying confidence levels or to allow progression over days.
Use as a main lesson focus or lesson starter.
Editable document.
Generate sentences using FRONTED ADVERBIALS,
Two levels of challenge
Language bank of where, when and how fronted adverbials and image stimulus provided.
Word document and PDF provided
CHallenge presented in an engaging building suspense context to give purpose and motivation for writers
Full CIRCLE TIME lesson plan with additional Sentence starters to support reluctant talkers for a meet the class / transition session with your new class.
Tried and tested activities appropriate to both KS1 and KS2 / Infants and Juniors.
Encouraging participation, contribution and active listening for all that combines both fun activities, opportunity for questions and generating class agreement / rules / behaviour charter.
Resource provided as both a PDF and Word document to allow editing.
This resource is aimed at:
Year 5 and Year 6 students in upper key stage 2
The worksheet moves through fluency questions and into reasoning:
6 fluency questions on finding the area and perimeter of rectangles
A further 4 fluency questions on finding the area and perimeter of squares when given only one dimension
3 reasoning challenges
The worksheet is available in:
locked PDF form
an editable word document
Adding and subtracting fractions
Targeted towards Year 5 and 6 (UK) / Grade 4 and 5 (US)
Three choices of fluency challenge
Reasoning challenges to apply deeper understanding
A World War II evacuee diary model text and story map.
Written for Year 5 / Year 6
Skills included:
Semicolons
Dashes
Parenthesis
Relative clauses
Cohesive sentence starters