These are gorgeous writing activities based on a Christmas theme. Ten things in an elf’s pocket focuses on things that can be found with senses. The eight things found in Santa’s sleigh can be just a list of common or unusual items. Examples are given and both activities include planning sheets and writing templates.

This is a great bundle of comprehension activities for children who are not able to write legibly, but are able to read. In order to assess reading and comprehension skills we need to check their understanding. These activities are brilliant for doing just that. The activities encourage children read the story / instructions and then find the sentences/pictures to stick in the correct places to show the answers. Other sheets encourage looking at pictures or reading information to find clues and children can make a mark on the answers they believe to be correct. A great activity for children with Special Educational Needs who find writing a struggle.

These fantastic worksheets support children in forming letters in the standard uncursive form. Many children struggle with the cursive writing and go through school with writing which is unreadable. These are a great tool to support children in producing legible writing in an uncursive form, suitable for EYFS, KS1 and learners with SEN who struggle to remember how to form letters. Each letter of the alphabet contains a lower case and an upper case letter and also a sheet with both to put the letters together in a short phrase. A great resource to support letter formation.

These are great vocabulary building activities to support learners in being creative with their vocabulary. Encouraging them to magpie ideas to use in their own writing. Images are used to inspire ideas in order to use creative writing skills to write a detailed setting paragraph. Settings included are beach, forest, desert and city. Suitable for LKS2 Year 4 to develop writing skills. Put the love in learning!

These are great educational resources aimed at upper KS2 learners. Fake news is an area of literacy that is now becoming more and more an issue. Stories are being shared on social media and people are unsure of what is true and what is fake. Here you will find a poster giving strategies to help children to remember to think before trusting what they are reading. There is also a checklist which they can use to help them to decide if a story is from a trusted source. Finally there is a really good game which children will really enjoy, reading headlines as they move along the game board deciding which are real and which are fake. A brilliant set of resources to build important skills in a fun way, whilst putting the love in learning…

These are lovely cross curricular posters, to support children in their writing, enhancing their vocabulary, allowing them to magpie ideas. Can be used for literacy and Our Local Area topic in geography.

These are great sheets which I have used with a range of learners, including learners with Special Educational Needs who were not able to write. They signed/verbalised their caption for an adult to write down word for word. A great assessment tool for all learners to show their level of understanding. Can also be used for children to write their own captions for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. A fabulous resource to inspire creative writing and thoughts.

These are great sheets which I have used with a range of learners, including learners with Special Educational Needs who were not able to write. They signed/verbalised their caption for an adult to write down word for word. A great assessment tool for all learners to show their level of understanding. Can also be used for children to write their own captions for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. A fabulous resource to inspire creative writing and thoughts.

This is a gorgeous collection of resources to support teaching of traditional stories with a twist. This story is inspired by ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, but it has been changed to show children that certain parts of stories can be changed, to create their own versions. This activity includes differentiated comprehension activities aimed at Year 1 and Year 2 and SEN. There is also a sequencing activity included. The animated powerpoint presentation which is included helps to bring the story to life, thereby giving children a deeper understanding of the story.

These posters enhance a KS2 literacy display, giving learners a visual prompt of words to use for co-ordinating conjunctions, which should be added to join words, phrases and clauses. Also included is a FANBOYS word mat, which can be used for individuals or groups to provide an independent reminder.

This is a great selection of resources to support learners in KS1 with comprehension. Focusing on the topic of Traditional Tales, this collection has a story of Ben and the Sunflower, this is a different take on the story Jack and the Beanstalk. Children can watch the story on a powerpoint presentation, because this is so visual it helps them to relate to the story and discussions can be had whilst reading the story to a group of children. There are different levels of comprehensions available to download in this pack, which allow children to answer questions all about the story they have just observed. Each comprehension is designed to suit the different levels and needs of children so there are 3 to choose from and a story sequencing activity. Other traditional story powerpoints and comprehensions (with a difference) are available to download separately from TES and from our website applefortheteacher.co.uk.

This engaging Powerpoint presentation provides a great visual to help children in their learning and understanding of what a homophone is and how a word which sounds the same can have other spellings and meanings. Colourful and stimulating for literacy teaching which encourages child interaction throughout. Other resources are available to download separately to complement the presentation.| Homophones Please try all our FREE resources, so you can sample the fantastic colourful and user friendly media available. https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/downloads/free-resources/ If you like what you see and would like to be part of our growing Apple community please choose one of our 3 annual subscriptions https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/subscriptions/ (Microsoft Powerpoint or similar software will be required to open this PPT. file once it has been downloaded). Apple for the teacher resources have been designed by experienced teachers for assisting home educators, parents, SEN and primary teachers including NQT’s with assessment and lesson resources. Please join our growing community of Apple for the Teacher members at one of our social media groups, so others can enjoy the experience you have had. facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram Youtube Apple for the teacher Ltd Educational resources – putting children at the core of their learning

PPT story writing support characters powerpoint presentation for English Writing. A fantastic Year 3,4,5 and 6 powerpoint presentation to give information on story writing support characters in a child-friendly way, 20 fantastic slides support learning by providing a true visual understanding of the link between the characters and the story. Key information is written to engage and increase levels of understanding. This teaching resource is complimented with story writing support characters related lesson PDF files, which are available to download separately in the <a href=“https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/download/story-writing-support-character-description-activity/” rel=“noopener” target="_blank">english writing category</a> or related resources below. <strong>An abstract from this resource. - </strong>- How old? Do they have a secret? * What do they look like? * What type of personality do they have? * Do they have any special powers/talents? * What do they like? * What do they dislike? <em>Apple for the teacher resources have been designed by experienced teachers to assist Home Educators, Parents, SEN and Primary Teachers including NQT’s, with assessment, lesson ideas and educational teaching resources. Please join our growing communities of Apple for the Teacher members at one of our social media groups to link and share ideas with other educational professionals and parents. <a href=“http://www.applefortheteacher.co.uk” rel=“noopener” target="_blank">Apple for the teacher Ltd</a> Educational resources – putting children at the core of their learning

This is a whole bundle of resources to support children in KS2 with their spellings. A variety of sheets are included to make learning spellings more fun. Putting a little more engagement and love in learning…

This is a lovely interactive powerpoint to teach about one of the figurative language techniques used - personification. Some great examples in a child friendly powerpoint presentation, with participation encouraged. Also included are some images and vocabularly for children to come up with their own personification sentence ideas to describe the images. A lovely activity to support KS2 children in understanding what can be a tricky concept of english language.

These are visually stimulating Comprehension Posters to explain in a child friendly way the comprehension terms and what they mean. Giving clear examples to aid understanding for KS2 learners in English (7 posters in total ready to download).

This is an activity where children can practice writing common exception words. Read the word, spell the word, write the word. Aimed at KS1 learners in Year 1 and Year 2. 20 Pages to download altogether. Laminate the sheets to allow children to write the words with whiteboard pens, these can be rubbed out and used again.

These are lovely sheets to support children in their writing. Each sheet has images of animals with a selection of nouns and adjectives which children can use in their writing to enhance their vocabulary. Can be used in literacy and geography as a cross curricular resource.

These are great activities for SATs preparation in KS1. This includes a SPAG game called the Rabbit Race, which asks questions on spelling, punctuation and grammar throughout the game. Learning in a fun way… Also included are SPAG sheets with a range of activities to provide a great assessment tool to see exactly what areas children need more work on and which areas are consolidated. All questions and activities are based on the current curriculum. Putting the love in learning…

These are gorgeous posters explaining the right way to use their, there and they’re. I and me is also included, it and it’s and other common confusions with spelling and grammar. Great for KS2 learners.