I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
This reading comprehension bundle includes 4 lovely fiction stories.
The vocabulary is age-appropriate and children are encouraged to work out the meaning of words in the context of the story.
The subject matters are familiar to the children and so there are cross-curricular themes.
The booklets cater for all level of readers - The Chase being the easiest.
Booklets 2 are divided into sections. So each paragraph is followed by questions.
Some of the questions require the reader to 'read between the lines'.
Not only is a child's comprehension assessed but other English key skills are incorporated.
The resource can be given to more able pupils to work on independently.
The booklets can also be used in guided reading sessions. The questions are extensive so the children can answer a set of questions in one session and do another set of questions in another session.
This is a reading comprehension resource. The story is also presented on PowerPoint as an option to display the text.
Ideal for end of term assessment.
Useful as a task for children to be getting on with as an independent activity.
Suitable for Reception (easy vocabulary) and KS1/Lower Grade KS2.
The reading comprehension contains:
Booklet 1 - 17 questions
Booklet 2 - 14 questions
Content:
- Questions on the text.
- Tick box statements - Multiple choice.
- Inserting capital letters/full stops activity.
- Dictionary work - the meaning of ‘stray’ used in the story
- Rewrite in a different tense (verbs are highlighted) - six verbs are used in the short story.
- Making Inferences based on the text.
- Answering questions that require an explanation.
Specimen answers provided.
Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading
Answering and asking questions
Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done
File: pdf (Sassoon font) and Windows word format if you need to edit.
This literacy/maths link pack on Australian currency introduces students to the six coins in circulation and 1 cent and 2 cent coins and the function of the Australian Mint.
Literacy
Learning Objectives: To be able to retrieve information, take part in class discussion and listen to others, label pictures correctly, work out meaning of words in a text, write simple sentences with correct punctuation.
Maths
Learning Objectives: Recognise and describe Australian coins, to know each coin has a different value and is not related to size of coins.
If you are planning a visit to the Royal Australian Mint or just want to watch a video about the Royal Australian Mint, starting to teach your students about Australian currency, then this is an ideal resource to get started.
Divided into Lesson starter, Main lesson and Plenary.
A 16 Slide PowerPoint Presentation lesson with whole group listening and speaking comprehension activity.
Learning support materials:-
Students can design their own display cards with facts – Art link
Two differentiated reading comprehension texts with questions. One set with 11 questions and the other set with 15 questions.
Cut/Paste Coin Match - students cut out and match the coins to the values shown the worksheet and then label each coin with the name of image on the reverse of each coin.
Extension: Write four facts worksheet
There are display posters
laminate the whole page general fact sheet onto card paper
laminate and cut out the half page coin facts onto card paper.
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File Type: PowerPoint, Word and PDF
I have so far included in this growing bundle the following:
Money task cards - add up mixed coins to value $5
Money problems, count, add, subtract and draw coins to match price tags worksheets
Australian coins - money presentation, non fiction reading comprehension.
Money Task Cards - Giving Change
Worksheets - Giving Change from $5 and $10 and associated word problems.
Cut and Paste Coins Activity to $2.00
Please see individual product for detailed description.
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Calendar for back to school you can display in early years/KS1 classrooms.
This resource pack contains a blank weather, date and year display poster to be completed each day using the changeable days, date, month, weather card displays.
The words in shadow show where the laminated day, date, month and year should go.
There is space for the weather conditions on the same blank display.
The preview window shows how the display will appear when you complete the blank display poster.
You can also change the weather button background if you don’t want plain white - click on, e.g. the ‘hot’ weather button, go to Drawing Tools then Shape Fill to choose your colour.
Print off displays onto card paper - enlarge to A3 if wish for a larger display.
I printed off onto coloured card paper.
This pack includes:
Teacher Notes
Title Displays
Days of the week
Months of the year
Ordinal dates from 1st to 31st.
Cardinal dates from 1 to 31
Years 2024 to 2028
Weather words and pictures
Seasons dial - laminate and cut round. Cut out the dial and insert with split pin in the centre - see preview window front page.
Laminate all the resources. Use Blu tac , double-sided sticky tape or velcro for the changeable words to be displayed on blank display board.
I have uploaded resources both in Word format (editable) and pdf. versions.
Updated January 2024 to include editable text sections in PowerPoint
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If you are looking for extra reading material then this product contains three reading passages with pumpkins being the central topic of the passages with comprehension questions. Included in the passages are some types of pumpkins, Thanksgiving and the custom of carving pumpkins at Halloween. Pictures are included within the passages for students to refer to. It would be ideal for students to partner up and read together and then answer the questions.
To create interest you could bring in two or more varieties of pumpkins and ask students when they are most likely to see lots of pumpkins.
Content:
Worksheet 1: Pumpkins Galore!
Worksheet 2: Pumpkins Galore! Thanksgiving
Worksheet 3: Pumpkins Galore! Halloween
Specimen answers are included and all the worksheets have duplicate b/w copies.
Please see preview pane.
UK and US spellings.
You may be interested in harder reading passages on the same topic:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12758386
This growing bundle relates to pumpkin-themed products There are worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, I Spy 2D shapes, reading comprehensions and more.
Growing Content:
Pumpkins Emotions Feelings Worksheets
Pumpkins Emotions Patterns/Patterning Worksheets.
2D Shapes Pumpkins Worksheets Wordsearches Autumn Fall
‘I Spy’ Search and Find 2D Shapes Pumpkins
Pumpkins Reading Comprehension Worksheets Activities
Pumpkins Reading Comprehension Passages 2
Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Worksheets Presentations
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Any additional products added after your purchase can be downloaded at no extra cost, which is one of the advantages of purchasing bundles.
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This bundle will contain various worksheets, activities, PowerPoint products relating to summer. As and when I make resources, I will add them to this bundle.
The price of this bundle will go up each time a new resource(s) is added.
Benefits of purchasing early:
If you purchase bundles early, any resources added after purchasing the bundle, can just be downloaded at no extra cost.
Content so far:
Beginning Mixed Consonant Blends
Summer Sun Emotions
Mixed CVC Word Work
Final Mixed Consonant Blends
For detailed description of each product, please see individual products.
A separate Summer Maths Bundle will be created soon.
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These are St Patrick’s Day phonics worksheets relating to beginning consonant blends. These worksheets are ideal for reviewing work on blends and for writing simple sentences using beginning blends.
Content:
Consonant blend worksheets
Writing simple sentences
Fun colour by Code Activity – great for early finishers
Consonant blends worksheets:
There are 7 consonant blends worksheets containing 9 blends pictures on each sheet with incomplete words. Students select the correct missing blends from the grid using the picture clues.
The blends are:
bl-, br-, cl-, cr-, dr-, fl-, fr-, gl-, gr-, pl-, pr-, sc-, sk-, sl-, sm-, sn-, sp-, st-, sw-, tr-, and tw-.
Writing activity: Worksheets 1 to 3
Students write simple sentences using each of the beginning blends shown in the grid with pictures. They should check their work making sure they start their sentence with a capital/uppercase letter and finish with a full stop.
Colour by Code - Beginning blend words and pictures with Solution:
The blends in this activity are colour-coded. The consonant blends are: fl, gl, cr, dr, st and tw.
There are two versions of this activity. One image displays words and pictures, and the second image displays only words beginning with the consonant blends. Students should read what colour to colour in the blend on each section of the picture. Once completed, they should see a shamrock in the centre.
Optional paper sizes: A4 and US Letter Size
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Related Product: Final Consonant Endings Worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12999350
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These are St Patrick’s Day phonics worksheets relating to final consonant blends or clusters. The worksheets are ideal for reviewing work on ending blends. Student read simple sentences and edit words that do not have the correct consonant blends. There are also differentiated word puzzles for early finishers.
Content:
Final Consonant Blend Worksheets A - H
Final Consonant Blends: Spelling Corrections Worksheets A-D
Word puzzles to solve hidden word (differentiated)
Final Consonant Blend Cards
Final Consonant blends worksheets A - H:
There nine pictures on each page. The pictures end with consonant blends:
ct, ft, pt, lb, ld, lf, lk, lm, lp, lt, mp, nd, ng, nk, nt, sk, sp, st, xt, rd,rf, rk rl, rm, rn, rp, and rt.
Below each picture is an incomplete word which students should complete by selecting the correct final blends or clusters from the box.
Final Consonant Blends: Spelling Corrections Worksheets A-D
The sentences contain incorrect spellings of the final blends. Students read the simple sentences and correct the spelling by rewriting the word in the box above the word.
Optional: Laminate and cut apart the final consonant blends for practical activities with the worksheets A to D. If students need help in solving the correct final blends on the worksheets, you can display 2 or 3 cards and ask which one would be the correct ending for the word. See example preview.
Word Puzzles: three differentiated word puzzles.
• Easier puzzle: The beginning letter of each word is shown in the word puzzle grid. Students use the picture clues and words to fill in the boxes across the page to reveal the hidden word written downwards.
• Students unscramble the words in the box and then with the help of the pictures, write the words across the page to solve the word puzzle and find the hidden word which is written downwards.
• Students solve the puzzle by unscrambling the words and writing them across the page to reveal the hidden St Patrick’s word which is written downwards
You can print off A4 or US size worksheets.
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Related St Patrick’s Day product: Beginning Consonant Blends
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12822206
This super bundle combines different topics relating to St Patrick’s Day. Other resources will be included as I create more resources relating to St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Please preview individual resources within the bundles for full description.
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St Patrick’s Literacy Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12067949
St Patrick’s Maths/Numeracy Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-maths-numeracy-bundle-12650186
This bundle relates to St Patrick’s Day celebrations. It includes myths and legends, phonics, reading comprehension presentations.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation Assembly/Lesson
PowerPoint Presentation on myths/ legends
Worsheets - 2x reading passages and accompanying tasks - vocabulary work, finding information, giving reasons for answers.
Lesson Plans on myths and legends
Reading Comprehension passage for early readers with questions and literacy tasks.
Beginning consonant blends worksheets
Ideal resource to use in the lead up to St Patrick’s Day and after St Patrick’s Day on myths and legends.
Please detailed description for individual products.
You may be interested in some St Patrick’s Day maths activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-maths-block-graph-patterns-sequencing-puzzles-numbers-1-20-match-up-worksheets-12080124
This resource material is for countries using the euro currency: euros and euro cents.
Aimed at KS1/Kindergarten/Grade 1 and ESL/EFL students.
Updated on 17 May, 2022 to include different ways the euros/cents are written. There are now three versions which you can choose to download.
The presentation is a step-by-step approach to teaching euros/cents.
<strong>This pack contains:</strong>
A comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation (46 Slides) - divided into convenient sections.
Identifying and describing coins and their value
Adding up cents and adding prices of items
Looking at combination of coins and comparing/matching coins of equivalent value, e.g. five 1 cents is worth the same as a 5 cent coin.
Giving change - working out how much change you would get from 5c, 10c, and 20c.
The Presentation also includes whole class activities and different strategies students can use to work out money problems.
There is a separate Presentation on general introduction and a list of countries that use euros as their currency.
4 Flexible Lesson Plans - contains objectives, plenaries and main lesson. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the lesson plans.
** Worksheets **
<strong>Lesson 1</strong> - Matching each coin to its value - There are two sets of activities.
(1) Write the value opposite the coin and practise writing the euro signs.
(2) Cut and paste each coin to the correct value shown.
<strong>Lesson 2</strong> - Let’s Go Shopping (1) - adding two items together
Let’s Go Shopping (2) - adding three items together
Optional cut and paste Match up Money Bags activity - Students add the prices of the pictures together to get the total and then match the bag of 1 cent coins to the correct sum.
<strong>Lesson 3</strong> - 4 Worksheets called Euro Money Bags 1, 2, 3, and 4. Students draw combination of coins to match the price tag.
<strong>Lesson 4</strong> - 2 Giving change worksheets - Price tag is shown and then the coin. Students work out what change they would receive if they spent the money shown on the price tag and paid with, e.g. a 10 cent coin.
Sample worksheets and Slides are shown in preview pane.
File Type: PowerPoint , Word and PDF format. The three versions are in a zip file folder which you can extract.
You may be interested in the pack 2:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/money-euros-and-cents-presentation-lesson-plans-worksheets-activities-2-11633171
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This reading comprehension product contains a short reading text on PowerPoint for whole class reading and comprehension questions.
Lesson Plans and differentiated worksheets/tasks.
Please see Preview Pane for sample worksheets and slides.
Aimed at and suitable for Kindergarten/Grade 1 and ESL/EFL/ELA students.
This resource can be used in whole class and group setting and for one-to-one teaching.
The Learning objectives and outcomes are in each lesson plan 1-5.
**English Language Arts lesson plans for 5 days focusing on the text. **
22 Slides: PowerPoint Presentation
Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing
Scrambled sentence activities - differentiated tasks involving capitalization and using end punctuation.
Word work focus on the prefix ‘un’ - making new words and gap filling exercises.
Grammar work on the simple past - regular and common irregular verbs.
Answer sheet for worksheet 1 and self-correction sheet for worksheet 2 (Lesson 4)
Writing sentences
Composition - Writing a story based on Zack’s Unusual pet
Opportunity for computer work/non-fiction work on finding information about animals not usually kept as domestic pets.
Worksheets and activities - differentiated.
There is a Past Tense Verb Table for information/visual display for printing off in PowerPoint. Displaying regular and irregular past tense verbs.
Resources editable and printable.
File Type: Word, PowerPoint and PDF Formats contained in a zip file - all files in one folder.
This products relates to the hour, i.e o’clock times and half past the hour times.
Children read and write times on analogue clock and on digital clocks.
Content
O’ clock times worksheets (to the hour) (x3): Children read the times and draw hands on the clocks to represent the times shown.
Half past times worksheets (x3): Children read the times and careful draw hands on the clocks to represent the times shown.
Multiple choice tick boxes Worksheets relating to the hour and half past times (x3)
There are six clocks on each worksheet and below each clock are three times with tick boxes. Children tick the box that shows the time correctly.
Challenge: Worksheets for children who want more of a challenge.
What the time will be Worksheets (x3) – (Includes Answer Key)
These worksheets show the time the witch is cooking her brew (Time Now) and depending on what time the witch says that lunch will be ready, children work out the time it will be ready and write it on the digital clock. (Prior learning: children will know how to write times digitally or are learning to).
Work out when lunch was ready Worksheets (x3) – (Includes Answer Key)
These worksheets show the time the witch is cooking her brew (Time Now) and depending on what time the witch says that lunch was ready, children work out the time lunch was eaten and write it on the digital clock. (Prior learning: children will know how to write times digitally or are learning to).
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This growing math bundle relates to Halloween themed resources.
Content:
Telling time to the hour and half hour and elapsed time
Counting, match up and making 5, 10, 15 and 20 worksheets
Addition and subtraction secret codes to 10 and 20 worksheets
2D Shapes Jack-O’-Lanterns Worksheets
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Resources will be added to this bundle. You can save money if you purchase early as any new products added after your purchase, can downloaded without any extra cost.
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This growing bundle relates to Halloween resources such as maths, literacy and games. So far it contains:
Halloween Secret Codes - Addition and Subtraction
Halloween Counting and making 5, 10, 15 and 20
Telling Time To the Hour and Half Hour
2D Shapes Jack-o’-lanterns worksheets
Bingo games
Halloween games such as word searches, playing cards
Please see descriptions of individual products.
If you only want Halloween related math resources, then there is a growing separate bundle for that. Please check descriptions.
In the long term, this is a money-saving bundle. If you buy early then any new products added can be downloaded at no extra cost.
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Halloween Bundle UK Version:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12759938
This growing bundle relates to Halloween themed maths worksheets and activities.
Content so far includes:
Counting up to 10 and then 20
Colouring pumpkins that add up to 5, 10, 15 and 20
Patterning/Sequencing cut and paste activities
Match-up activities
Tell the time to the hour and half past times, includes time problems
Addition and subtraction mental maths using picture codes
2D Shapes Jack-O’-Lanterns worksheets/activities
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This growing bundle relates to Halloween resources such as maths, literacy and games. So far it contains:
Halloween Secret Codes - Addition and Subtraction
Halloween Counting and making 5, 10, 15 and 20
Telling Time To the Hour and Half Hour
2D Shapes Jack-o’-lanterns worksheets
Bingo games
Halloween games such as word searches, playing cards
Please see descriptions of individual products.
If you only want Halloween related maths resources, then there is a growing separate bundle for that. Please check descriptions.
In the long term, this is a money-saving bundle. If you buy early then any new products added can be downloaded at no extra cost.
Thank you for visiting my shop:)
Halloween Bundle US version:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12759940