Aimed at year 3/4, a useful editable first lesson resource to create interest in balanced argument texts. Lots of opportunity for class discussion. Children initially asked to rank animals in terms of which they think would the best pet to least favourite choice giving reasons. They are then introduced to for and against. Discussion really important to develop their thinking. It’s their thinking that matters not relying on factual knowledge. Differentiated so higher abilities could give 2 reasons, stretching that to two very different reasons whereas lower abilities just give the one.

Differentiated sheet with questions related to basic understanding of measurement. Links in with NC 2014 Year 3 Works well as first lesson to check understanding and simple adding and subtracting based on objectives. More than one answer needed for some of the questions so would be good practice for this. Answers included. Also included a sheet for LAPs to show partitioning to 1000 (linked to kg and l) . MAPs and HAPs can partition in various ways to 1000 as part of mental maths warm up.

Introductory session to designing pop up books. Save time with this recording sheet for children to jot down their ideas about existing pop up books.

Differentiated 2 ways to guide children through a plan for a Norse myth about Thor and Loki. Children requiring more support have been given prompts to help guide them through their descriptions and ideas. The plan is sequenced in paragraph headings to help focus on that skill so would be helpful if prior learning on when a new paragraph is needed is done as part of the process. I have done this with year 4 but could work at other age ranges

A resource mainly aimed at year 5 and 6 but can be used with year 4. Children think more deeply about how the poet uses personification and the meaning behind it. Good for those teachers working on comprehension questions which ask the student to explain the author's choice of words.

Use after an extended piece of writing if your focus is on conjunctions. This resource is differentiated to look at a range of conjunctions being used in the student's writing. Simple to use and a 5 minutes assessment, children are able to see for themselves which conjunctions they overuse and which ones they need to include. After doing this, an up levelling activity could be to write a sentence with one of the ones they didn't use.

A grammar focused session on adverbials for year 3/4, particularly for a class who may not be independently applying them. Short writing opportunity. Can be used for winter project or studying Narnia. Children write what happens next but focus on using adverbials. Word bank included for supporting lower and middle achievers. Also an opportunity to up level went, saw and cold words.