Welcome to Goodeyedeers - the home of quality resources for primary teachers. Visit us and check out some great ideas.
I'm Mike Jackson, a former primary headteacher. I've teamed up with a fellow retiree David Horner who was a freelance children's poet delivering poetry workshops to children and teachers in schools across this country and abroad.
Between us, we bring an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the task of creating quality resources.
Welcome to Goodeyedeers - the home of quality resources for primary teachers. Visit us and check out some great ideas.
I'm Mike Jackson, a former primary headteacher. I've teamed up with a fellow retiree David Horner who was a freelance children's poet delivering poetry workshops to children and teachers in schools across this country and abroad.
Between us, we bring an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the task of creating quality resources.
What do you call a jumbo jet before it’s painted?
The answer to this riddle (which you will find near the bottom of this page) is a pair of homophones. Children love solving riddles and also creating their own.
This material can be used across KS1 – KS3 to both introduce the concept of homophones to younger children and for re-visiting it in subsequent years to consolidate the children’s knowledge.
This resource is intended to foster youngster’s confidence and skill in navigating the quirks of English spelling by making it a game to engage with, rather than a problem to worry about.
In the PowerPoint presentation the children are introduced to an alien creature called Korb who lives on the far away planet of SPaG. Korb explains to the children what a homophone is and then shows them how they can create teasing riddles. The answer to each riddle is always a pair of homophone words.
Look out for another Goodeyedeers resource called ‘Homophone Riddle-Poems’ where you will meet Korb’s alien friend, Riya.
The answer to the riddle at the top of this page is – a plain plane!
All the money raised from the sale of this resources is donated to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
Here is a riddle - 'What are soft and yellow and live at the end of your arms?'
The answer to this riddle is a compound noun. Children love solving riddles and also creating their own.
In the PowerPoint presentation the children are introduced to a friendly alien creature called Jaxer and his alien friend Arana. Between them they talk the children through the idea of working in pairs to create a compound noun riddle-poem. This is an excellent resource for encouraging children to work in pairs.
The basis of the activity is an exciting word game which is played in pairs. To play the game you are provided with a photocopiable grid of 32 squares featuring 16 different compound nouns.
This material encourages the children to explore the world of compound nouns. It can be used across KS1 – KS3 to both introduce the concept of compounding to younger children and for re-visiting it in subsequent years to consolidate the children’s knowledge.
This resource aims to show children that our language is interesting rather than difficult – something to play with and explore rather than feel threatened and defeated by.
Look out for another ‘Goodeyedeers’ resource ‘Compound Nouns – Riddles’ where Jaxer shows you how to create some great riddles where the answer is always a compound noun.
The answer to the riddle at the top of this page is – butterfingers.
All the money raised from the sale of this resources is donated to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
If you enjoy using this resource, then we would very much appreciate you leaving us a review. Many thanks.
In this PowerPoint lesson the children are introduced to compound nouns and then shown how they can create teasing riddles. The answer to each riddle is always a compound noun.
Here’s one for you:
What eats grass and is definitely not a girl?
The answer to this riddle is a compound noun and can be found at the end of this description. Children love solving riddles and also creating their own.
This material can be used to both introduce the concept of compounding to younger children and for re-visiting it in subsequent years to consolidate the children’s knowledge.
This resource aims to show children that our language is interesting rather than difficult, something to play with and explore rather than feel threatened and defeated by.
The answer to the riddle at the top of this page is – cowboy.
All the money raised from the sale of this resources is donated to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
If you enjoy using this resource then we would very much appreciate you telling us through a review. Thanks.
This resource is ideally for children in upper KS2 and lower KS3.
A portmanteau word is a new word made from two already existing ones. For example, Brexit. Lewis Carroll started the fun, in the poem 'Jabberwocky'.
In the powerpoint presentation pupils meet special agent Sam, who works for SYD - Subverting Your Dictionary.
First Sam explains what portmanteau words are and gets them investigating existing portmanteaux. He then invites youngsters on a mission of verbal invention, the creation of new portmanteaux - all linked to a classic 19th Century lyric poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
And remember - one of Carroll's words, 'chortle', did so well, most people don't realise its origins. So, not so much nonsense as new sense!
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a North West charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
This bundle of resources gives children a variety of exercises designed at helping them to learn the spellings from the Year 5/6 National Curriculum Word List.
This includes PowerPoint lessons to be used with the whole class or groups and workbooks for the children to work through at their own pace.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals
This bundle of resources gives children a variety of exercises designed to help them learn the spellings from the Year 3/4 National Curriculum Word List.
This includes PowerPoint lessons to be used with the whole class or groups and workbooks for the children to work through at their own pace.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals
In these stimulating and creative games players meet Hetti, a smart and friendly alien living on the far off planet of SPaG.
The games are wholly about teaching, rather than testing the Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar demands as set out in the most recent National Curriculum for English.
The National Curriculum insists that building grammatical knowledge is best achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching of reading, writing and speaking. This is exactly how these activities are designed to work.
All the money raised from the sale of these resources goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
The four resources in this bundle are all suitable for children in upper KS2 and KS3.
These presentations are an introduction to Shakespeare’s rich, Elizabethan language. They consist of:
1. William Shakespeare - His Rich Language and Rude Words and Insults. (PowerPoint lesson) Here the children look at ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ and the focus is on the end rhymes of the songs. It’s a different activity for each song, but the invitation to young readers is to do the editing and in so doing, play with and engage with the language in an active, creative way.
2. Edit Shakespeare's Language and Become a Wide-Eyed Waffle-Cake. (PowerPoint lesson) Here the children look at ‘The Tempest’ and songs from ‘Cymbelene’ and ‘Hamlet’. The problem is that the songs’ lines and their verses have been hopelessly jumbled. The challenge is to edit these line and verses into their correct order.
3.William Shakespeare - Lost Treasures and a Shopping List. (PowerPoint lesson) Here the children look at songs in ‘The Winter’s Tale’ and ‘Twelfth Night’. In one case the t lines from two songs have somehow become mixed up and entangled and must be both re-ordered and separated into two separate pieces. Then we look at a song rich in items of the Elizabethan age. The draft gives these items in a separate list but unfortunately, they are missing from the text. The students are asked to insert them into the correct places to complete the song.
4. William Shakespeare - Man of Mystery. We know very little about Shakespeare’s life. We know he was born in 1564, but we don’t know the exact date. He is buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon but we don’t know exactly when he died. This PDF explores further this ‘Man of Mystery’ and his work.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals.
Times Tables Twisters' is a great resource that gives you differentiated activities that can be used to combine the learning of times tables with the writing of tongue twisters. It can be delivered as a class lesson or used by individual children on their iPads.
The children meet Terry who, like many children, was finding the learning of his times tables difficult, until he came up with this unique way of remembering them. In these PowerPoint lessons Terry describes, in detail, how he uses his times tables to create some interesting tongue twisters.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals.
This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spelling Riddles’. They are shown a couple of examples and then Hetti shows them how to make their own using the spellings from the Year 3/4 Word List.
Children like a chance to ask the questions! Along with the exclusive concern with the Word List words, the focus is wholly on the child’s learning of the words - crucially learning by doing. Initially solving and then creating riddles keeps the child curious, in control and mentally active.
The presentation also introduces them to Hetti from Planet SPaG, who talks about her love of words. Did you know Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole list in just 7 seconds!
Included in the package is a copy of the Year 3/4 Word List and a photocopiable grid to help the children create their own Spelling Riddles.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals
We know very little about William Shakespeare’s life. This PDF explores the life of this ‘Man of Mystery’ and his work. It includes the following:
A series of facts about William Shakespeare that you may not know.
A quiz matching his plays to their settings.
He spelt his name a number of different ways. How many ways can you spell yours?
A Shakespearean insult and compliments generator.
Ideas as to how you can use these new insults and compliments.
What an Elizabethan lady might wear based on the song sung by Autolycus from The Winters Tale.
Three ideas to help you write your own Shakespeare songs.
Ideal for children in Upper KS2 and Lower KS3.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals.
This William Shakespeare resource package we look at drafts of songs in ‘The Winter’s Tale’ and ‘Twelfth Night’, all buried until now in an old wooden chest.
In the Powerpoint presentation, Professor Bacon is your guide to first drafts of these Shakespearean songs lost till now in this old trunk.
In one case the problem is that lines from two songs have somehow become mixed up and entangled and must be both re-ordered and separated into two separate pieces. Though to quote A A Milne, “One advantage of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries”.
Then finally Professor Bacon looks at a song rich in items of the Elizabethan age. The draft gives these items in a separate list but unfortunately, they are missing from the text. The students are asked to insert them into the correct places to complete the song.
As Professor Bacon would say, calling upon his vast knowledge of Shakespearean insults and compliments -
'You’d rather have delicate, tender-hearted pigeon-eggs for company than spleeny, clay-brained varlets – wouldn’t you?'
As well as the presentation, this package includes all necessary texts for photocopying and editing.
Ideal for children in Upper KS2 and KS3.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals.
In this William Shakespeare package we feature a song from ‘The Tempest’ and songs from ‘Cymbelene’ and ‘Hamlet’.
In the Powerpoint presentation, Professor Bacon is your guide to first drafts of these Shakespearean songs lost till now in an old trunk.
The problem is that the songs’ lines and their verses have been hopelessly jumbled. However, as Joan Collins once said, “Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I’ll show you someone who has never achieved much.”
Professor Bacon’s challenge is to edit these line and verses into their correct order. His presentation is littered with Shakespearean insults and compliments. Once the tasks have been correctly completed you’ll have no more weedy beef-witted jolt-heads in your presence - just a class full of gallant, wide-eyed wafer-cakes!
Ideal for children in Upper KS2 and KS3.
As well as the presentation, this package includes all necessary texts for photocopying and editing.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals.
This William Shakespeare resource package is an introduction to Shakespeare’s rich, Elizabethan language. Looking particularly at songs from ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’
Professor Francis Bacon is your guide – and he has a large box crammed with (until now) unknown first drafts of songs Shakespeare featured in his plays. Unfortunately, each draft is, well, a bit of a mess and in real need of editing.
To almost quote Eric Morecambe, it’s the right words but not necessarily in the right order.
The songs featured here are from ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ and the focus is on the end rhymes of the songs. It’s a different activity for each song, but the invitation to young readers is to do the editing and in so doing, play with and engage with the language in an active, creative way.
As with a lot of Shakespeare’s work this presentation is littered with Shakespearean insults. So, don’t have young readers that are lumpish, guts-griping maggot-pies. Turn them into precious, honey-tongued editors!
As well as the presentation, this package includes all necessary texts for photocopying and editing. Ideal for solo, paired or group work.
Ideal for children in Upper KS2 and KS3.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals.
In this short video, children's poet, David Horner, shows you how to work with your class or small groups to create riddles poetry.
Children love solving riddles and also enjoy creating their own. David will show you how to get them devising their own riddles using both colours and shapes.
The money raised from the sale of this resource is going to a children charity called MedEquip4Kids.
This teachers' booklet has ideas for working with both the Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 National Curriculum Word Lists.
We believe these suggested ideas will help you to make the learning of these words much more enjoyable for the children in your class.
This booklet has 12 great ideas for exercises you can try out with the children. All of which can be used time and time again.
Many would make great lessons and there are quite a few you can set the children to try out at home. Think how relieved the parents are going to be to see one of these tasks coming home rather than the dreaded ‘spelling list’.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource will go to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids
This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spellings Within Spellings’.
Based on a popular and very old game, Spellings Within Spellings asks the children to concentrate intently on words from the Word List. For the teacher the purpose is the child learning the spellings, so the child must constantly be studying and investigating each word to play the game successfully.
The presentation also introduces your class to Hetti from Planet SPaG who talk about her love of words. You will discover that Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole Year 3/4 Word List in just 7 seconds!
Included in the package is a copy of the Year 3/4 Word List and a series of differentiated, photocopiable grids for the children to use.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving us a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids.
This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spellings Recipes’.
Children love creating recipes - the stranger the better. Here they have a chance to use words from the Year 3/4 National Curriculum Word List to create some very odd recipes.
Spellings Recipes asks the children to concentrate intently on words from the Word List. For the teacher the purpose is the child learning the spellings, so the child must constantly be studying and investigating each word to ensure it meets the criteria needed to go into the recipe.
The presentation also introduces your class to Hetti from Planet SPaG who talk about her love of words. You discover that Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole list in just 7 seconds!
Included in the package is a copy of the Year3/4 Word List, a grid to help the children create their own recipes and a page from Hetti's recipe book to write their completed mouth-watering recipes out on.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving us a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids.
The two PDF’s in this package contain all the words in the Year 5/6 National Curriculum Word List.
Each page contains five, randomly chosen words from the Year 5/6 National Curriculum Word List, set against a distinctive background, all of which needs to be coloured in. The colouring in of each letter of the word further enhances the child’s learning of that word.
All images are sourced via a creative commons licence.
If you enjoy this resource please have a look at at our others. Any feedback would be more than welcome. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
In this workbook more than half of the spelling words on the Year 3/4 Word List are covered. There are a number of exercises for the children to work through, all linked to the 'National Curriculum Word List for Years 3/4', including:
Crosswords
Word Searches
Word List Codes
Sentence Instructions
Maths Acrostics
Workbooks 1 & 2 cover all the Year 3/4 Word List spellings.
Included in the package is a copy of the Year 3/4 Word List.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving us a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids.
