Early years English resources

Students over use certain words. This mini thesaurus will help you change that. This mini thesaurus includes 24 of the most commonly used words, with 10 synonyms for each. They are designed to fit perfectly on one double sided page. Included is a printable PDF file as well as an editable Google Doc. You can add/remove words and synonyms as you feel best suits your class.

Get your students back into writing with this quick and fun writing activity. Great for right after the winter break! This resource includes both a Canadian and American spelling version.

This resource includes 50 full page full page would you rather handouts, all Christmas themed. Print them out or share them digitally with your students. Use it as a writing idea piece for your students.

Have your students create text conversations. This resource comes with and without the phone background, as well as in gray/blue & gray/white layouts.

Have your students draw pictures that represent themselves as phone apps. This resource comes in 3 styles: With title Without title Blank phone You can provide specific criteria to your students or just allow them to draw whatever they like.

This ready-to-use digital Boggle game. You can pick your own letters by editing this handout with Google Slides. Your students are able to then play Boggle right on Google Slides. Additionally, you can print these Boggle templates. Have your students write in the boxes all the words they can find. Included is 4 versions of Boggle; 5x5, 4x4, 3x3, 2x2 grids. Each version comes with a pre-filled sample as well as a printable blank version.

Whether you are in a 1 to 1 classroom or have access to Chromebooks, laptops or iPads, this resource is a great way to have your students create a comic. Go paperless with this digital editable Google Slides. This resource includes 15 different blank comic book layouts. You can have the students print out their comic book once they finalize their digital version, as the resource is set to 8.5 x 11 paper size. Or you can pre-print the blank layouts with the included PDF and have the students draw on a paper copy. The choice is yours! WHY USE COMIC STRIPS? Another option for projects Allows for a lot of creativity Uses a familiar format Can incorporate both visual and written information Improve narrative writing skills It’s fun! INTEGRATING IT INTO YOUR CLASSROOM Illustrate a concept from class, such as a property of science Retell a story or a portion of a story they have read for class Re-enact a famous scene from history Students can tell about themselves with an autobiographical comic. Students can make a comic that uses vocabulary words for that week.

This resource is great to have your students look at and review current events. This resource is a 4 page graphic organizer. The included 4 pages are as follows: Current Events Your Opinion Summary Where you stand This resource comes in a printable PDF as well as an editable Google Slide. You can print it out and provide the organizers to your students, or allow them to make a copy and fill it in digitally.

Whether you are in a 1 to 1 classroom or have access to Chromebooks, laptops or iPads, this resource is a great way to implement a book report in your classroom. Go paperless with this digital editable Google Slides. This can be used independently or as a collaborative project for novel study/book study groups. This digital book report covers visuals (the book cover), main characters, setting of the book, book summary, favourite part, a change that the student wants to see in the book and a rating of the book. Each slide comes with instructions for your students. You can have the students print out their digital book report as the resource is set to 8.5 x 11 paper size. Or have your students present their completed Book Report to the class!

Create custom bookmarks for your students with this resource. This is a great way to introduce an activity, but can also be used in other content areas such as math, social studies, and science. Use Google slides and add your own text and pictures, or print them out blank for the students to design their own. This editable Google slide is setup with a standard 8.5” x 11” paper template. Each bookmark page has either 2 or 4 to a page. This makes it easy to print and distribute to students. Just print, distribute to students, & have them design their own for the book or content you are studying. Or create your own for a novel or lesson: just add the title or a notable quote, then print. Includes 12 pages of bookmark templates, 6 outline styles in 2 sizes each. 3 different style, printable reading log.

A week’s planning based on the Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. Most suitable for a year one class.

HFW lists for KS1

Creative writing is exciting when you’re zooming in on the wonders of nature and writing your chosen words right inside the lively pictures! These 8 inspiring writing-frames feature squirrels, pond life, creepy-crawlies, sunshine and cloud (2 graded sheets for clouds), all with guidance sheets for teachers. Ideal for emergent and newly independent writers. Great bundle price - 50% saving!

Squirrels are fun to watch and write about, so your class will enjoy this writing sheet. The illustrations will spur ideas, and the Guide sheet will supply you with a handy list of further ideas to bring in. Follow the warm-up introduction suggestions to get everyone focused and enthused first, and set colouring pencils ready for shading in the illustrations when they’ve all had a go and read out their chosen words and phrases. The resource supports creative writing, vocabulary development and other aspects of English, while also nurturing an appreciation of the natural world and local environment.

Sheets to help children to read and spell words that have split digraphs. They look at how adding an ‘e’ to short vowel words changes the sound of the vowel from a short to a long one, as in ‘tap’ and ‘tape’. Designed to accompany the Froggy Match-it phonics app, but can be used by any children learning phonics. Froggy Match-it is a graded, interactive phonics game for use on a tablet or phone. It is meant for beginner readers who know most of the single letter sounds and is designed to fit in with the phonics schemes used in schools. Froggy Match-it is ideal for use in school and at home. Try the free version now! App Store Google Play www.froggy-match-it.co.uk

The use of social media is a great way to engage and gain the interest of your students. Best of all, this resource is available in both printable pdf format as well as a Google Slides editable format. This Instagram template allows students to add text and pictures to an “Instagram Template”. The template is locked, so your students can’t mistakenly move or delete the background. Use this to: Have your students discuss a character or setting in a novel Focus on a historical person Focus on a Geographic area Use it in science and have your students record their information

One week’s English planning based on the book Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French. Most suited to a year one class.

Animals and their homes-Use this editable presentation to teach animal homes.

Two week plan on the Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy and Niamh Sharkey most suitable for year one.

Mr Men teaching resources and activities.

This is a fun and cute activity in which the children have to read the sentence and decide if they have to use his or her to finish the sentence. All the students have to do is turn the arrow to show which word is the answer. This activity includes 26 different sentences. Just print, laminate and use butterfly clips to make the arrow move.

Teach the letter Vv with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find: • A color version of the instructional routine for the letter Vv with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities • A printer-friendly black and white version of the instructional routine for the letter Vv • Letter Pairs Coloring Printable: Vv • Uppercase Letter Tracing Printable: V • Lowercase Letter Tracing Printable: v • The ABCmouse Letter V Music Video ABCmouse makes teaching the alphabet easier than ever with free songs, books, puzzles, games, and Printables. Visit www.ABCmouse.com/teachers to create a FREE classroom account and access the activities included in the instructional routine, plus hundreds of additional resources for teaching letters and sounds. If you already have a classroom account, log in on your device to be linked directly to each activity below and start teaching the letter Vv with ABCmouse!

Teach the letter Oo with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find: • A color version of the instructional routine for the letter Oo with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities • A printer-friendly black and white version of the instructional routine for the letter Oo • Letter Pairs Coloring Printable: Oo • Uppercase Letter Tracing Printable: O • Lowercase Letter Tracing Printable: o • The ABCmouse Letter O Music Video ABCmouse makes teaching the alphabet easier than ever with free songs, books, puzzles, games, and Printables. Visit www.ABCmouse.com/teachers to create a FREE classroom account and access the activities included in the instructional routine, plus hundreds of additional resources for teaching letters and sounds. If you already have a classroom account, log in on your device to be linked directly to each activity below and start teaching the letter Oo with ABCmouse!

Grade 1 resources for week 1 and 2 for Abu Dhabi Education Council EMTs. I have all grades and all terms and all weeks - just no time to upload. You can email me and I can send to you on a data pen.

An adjustable reading display pack to show pupils your love of reading and get them involved to.

I have wrote my own comprehension task listing the events of the Great Fire of London (very simply). You could delete the word bank if you want to stretch a group.

This resource includes the letters and two styled games to use with the letters. Letters include both a photocopy black and white version as well as a colored version. Print the letters on cardstock. Then laminate. There are 8 of each vowel and 4 of each consonant. Also includes two blanks. Provide your students with the letters. Have the students use the letters to spell out spelling words, words within their units or give them random letters to come up with the highest valued words. Great for math (addition) Additionally, there is a traditional styled Scrabble board with instructions and a score sheet handout. This resource is good for language unit by having the students total up vocabulary words, or just a great way to reward students by having them play Scrabble.

Set of CVC picture cards for use with basic KS1 English.

Have your students create writing journals. This package is great for any journal or writing assignment! Each Journal entry is left blank so your students can add text, images and shapes through Google Docs. There also is a Table of contents with 50 Journal Entry subheadings. Use this with Google Classroom! You can have your students fill these outlines out with their Chromebooks, iPads or other BYOD! This package contains: Information page on using this outline with Google Docs How to use this outline with Google Classroom Table of contents with pre-linked Journal Entries. 50 Journal Entry subheadings

A selection of resources for teaching syllables to KS1 and KS2.

Presentation full of reading activities which are true to Bloom’s philosophy. Could be used as training or to aid your planning of reading activities.

whole school training develop your book corners slides with photos and examples checklist for staff and also for leaders to monitor ideal for nqt’s looking for advice and also for english leaders looking for training for their staff

This reading response resource works great for all types of reading; fiction, non-fiction, listen to reading, etc. This resource works great as a printed handout or in Chromebook/iPad classes! Included is a printable PDF file as well as an editable Google Doc. You can print out a copy for your students, or share them the digital file and have them create digital notes.

for english leaders or new teachers to create a reading culture whats in the news poster staff room reads poster book blabs poster class novel poster home reading poster

This resource works great while teaching Main Idea & Details to help students organize their thoughts. It works with any text. This graphic organizer can be utilized during reading or literacy, guided reading, shared reading, or independent reading. Students record the main idea of the text and the details that support the main idea. This resource comes in three styles, all are editable in Google Docs. Included is a printable PDF file as well as an editable Google Doc. This way you can share the organizer with your class and they can use it digitally. You can also make changes if you please. Or just print out the style that suits your class the best.

Students struggle writing sentences that contain a subject, predicate and details. This graphic organizer ensures that their sentence includes a subject When?, Who?, Is Doing What?, Where? and Why? This resource can be used with students’ original sentences or based a story they have read. This resource has two different styles, both editable in Google Docs. Included is a printable PDF file as well as an editable Google Doc. This way you can share the organizer with your class and they can use it digitally. You can also make changes if you please. Or just print out the style that suits your class the best.

Students can use this self & peer editing checklist to self edit their work before handing it in. This checklist comes in two styles in a printable PDF file as well as an editable Google Doc. One style is for self editing and the other includes sections for self and peer editing. It works great for all language related written pieces. The main categories of self editing include: Punctuation, capital letters, grammar and spelling. Since this resource is fully editable in Google Docs, you can change the categories that suits your students. Share this self & peer editing checklist with your students on Google Classroom or print it out for them. The choice is yours!

This resource is great for character analysis on any text. It will help lead to an essay or provide your students an opportunity to analyze a character based on their own thoughts, the narrative’s description and the student’s own reaction. This resource has three different styles, all editable in Google Docs. Use the style you like. Included is a printable PDF file as well as an editable Google Doc. This way you can share the organizer with your class and they can use it digitally. You can also make changes if you please. Or just print out the style that suits your class the best.

What is Story Mapping: • It is a graphic organizer • Helps students learn details from novels, short stories, any informational text • There are many types of story maps This package includes • How to use it with Google Docs • About Story Maps • 10 different story mapping handouts Pick and choose the story map handouts you want to use based on your students readings and needs. Since this package comes in an editable Google Doc, you can also make changes where you feel is necessary. Print them out or use them digitally on Google Docs!

Peppa pig themed pre writing worksheets for Early Years or SEN literacy Plevels 4/5. These worksheets aim to motivate, inspire and promote pencil control. There are 6 sheets, including horizontal, vertical and circular strokes in addition to wavy and zig zag patterns and finally a simple colouring sheet to use these skills together.ActivitiesWorksheets

These are Early Years Resource for early writing which include 10 pages to encourage verticle, horizontal lines, circles, zig zags, wavy lines, colouring within bold lines and letters C, J, A and V. They can be printed on A4 and used with pens, pencils and crayons or enlarged and laminated for messier resources and finger writing, copying patterns with silly string, shaving foam, paint etc. They are pre writing sheets which also coincide with Special Needs PLevels for Literacy, writing.

Peter Rabbit themed pre writing worksheets for Early Years or SEN literacy Plevels 4/5. These worksheets aim to motivate, inspire and promote pencil control. There are 7 sheets, including horizontal, vertical and circular strokes in addition to wavy and zig zag patterns and finally simple a colouring sheet to use these skills together. They can be laminated and you can use creative resources to go over the patterns or white board pens or use them conventionally with pencils, pens, crayons or even egg crayons.