Poetry Appreciation KS2 Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources
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Ou phonics worksheets, activities, flash cards, lesson plans and other teaching resources.
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2 alternative lesson plans
a one-slide story to introduce the grapheme
a series of slides to introduce the grapheme by asking children to first listen for it in words, and then spot in the same words
cards with images and words containing the grapheme
a ‘circle the correct word’ worksheet
a ‘join the letter to make the word’ worksheet
an ‘unscramble the letters to make the word’ worksheet
a word search
an activity on drawing a line between matching words and images
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A 13 page eBook / PowerPoint about Amphibians for KS2 that could be used for a number of purposes, such as for guided reading, for children to research information about amphibians etc.
Includes a PowerPoint version and a PDF version of the file, which can be seen in the preview.
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You can find more similar resources on Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Fish respectively in our TES store.
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3 weeks (12 lessons) of planning and resources for teaching Recount Texts to Year 2 or Year 3. All of the resources needed for the lesson plans are included.
A PDF and an editable version of each file is also included.
Week 1 Day 1 - Giving a verbal recount
Week 1 Day 2 - Recount comprehension (on a recount of a holiday)
Week 1 Day 3 - Sequencing a recount
Week 1 Day 4 - Connectives as sentence openers
Week 2 Day 1 - Writing the beginning of a recount
Week 2 Day 2 - Time connectives
Week 2 Day 3 - Writing the middle of a recount
Week 2 Day 4 - Recount comprehension (on a recount of a school trip)
Week 3 Day 1 - Writing the final part of a recount
Week 3 Day 2 - First and third person
Week 3 Day 3 & 4 - Writing an entire recount
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Please note: the planning refers to VCOP. If you do not use VCOP, the planning will need some adjustments, but the resources can be used with any system or strategy for teaching writing.
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A set of lesson plans and resources for 4 lessons on writing recounts for Year 2, Year 3 or Year 4, including the following:
- 4 lesson plans on writing recounts
- 2 model examples of recounts
- prompt slides, with images and tips on what to include
- recounts writing frames
- 4 sets of differentiated success criteria for writing recounts
A PDF and an editable version of each file is included.
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In each of the first 3 lessons, the children write one section of the recount each day. In the remaining lesson, they write an entire recount in one lesson.
Please note: the lesson plans follow a similar structure and refer to VCOP. The rest of the resources can be used even if you do not use VCOP - you will just need to adapt the lesson plans.
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A lesson plan, slide with instructions for the activity and lesson plan on using connectives / conjunctions as sentence openers.
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An activity on sequencing a recount (differentiated to 2 levels of difficulty), a slide on what to include in each section of a recount and a brief lesson plan for Year 2 or Year 3.
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A lesson plan and activities / worksheets (differentiated to 2 levels) on Identifying Time Connectives.
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A lesson plan, explanation slide and worksheets on First and Third Person.
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Comprehension / guided reading questions differentiated to 3 levels for Year 2 or 3 on a Recount text (about a school trip)
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- a recount text about a school trip
- 3 sets of comprehension / guided reading questions at varying levels of difficulty
- an answer frame for the least able children
- answers to all of the questions
- a brief lesson plan
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Comprehension / guided reading questions differentiated to 3 levels for Year 2 or 3 on a Recount text (about a holiday)
Includes a PDF version and an editable version of each file:
- a recount text about a holiday
- 3 sets of comprehension / guided reading questions at varying levels of difficulty
- an answer frame for the least able children
- answers to all of the questions
- a brief lesson plan
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2 weeks (8 lessons) of planning and resources for teaching Instructions to Year 2 or Year 3. All of the resources needed for the lesson plans are included.
A PDF and an editable version of each file is included.
Lesson 1 & 3 - Giving instructions verbally
Lesson 2 - Writing in the second person
Lesson 4 - Comprehension on How To Make Salmon Sandwiches
Lesson 5 - Comprehension on How To Go Fishing
Lesson 6 & 8 - Writing instructions
Lesson 7 - Nouns, verbs and adjectives
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Please note: the planning refers to VCOP. If you do not use VCOP, the planning will need some adjustments, but the resources can be used with any system or strategy for teaching writing.
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A set of lesson plans and resources for 2 lessons on writing instructions for Year 2 or Year 3, including the following:
- 2 lesson plans on writing instructions
- 2 model examples of instructions
- instructions writing frames
- a set of differentiated success criteria for writing instructions
A PDF and an editable version of each file is included.
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Please note: the lesson plans follow a similar structure and refer to VCOP. The rest of the resources can be used even if you do not use VCOP - you will just need to adapt the lesson plans.
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A worksheet / activity and lesson plan on writing being in the second person.
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You can find more English lesson plans, worksheets and teaching resources on the Save Teachers' Sundays website.
A worksheet / activity and lesson plan on identifying nouns, verbs and adjectives.
There is a PDF and an editable version of each file.
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Comprehension / guided reading questions differentiated to 4 levels for Year 2 or 3 on a set of instructions (How To Make Salmon Sandwiches)
Includes a PDF version and an editable version of each file:
- instructions on How To Make Salmon Sandwiches
- 3 sets of comprehension / guided reading questions at varying levels of difficulty
- an answer frame for the least able children
- answers to all of the questions
- a brief lesson plan
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Comprehension / guided reading questions differentiated to 4 levels for Year 2 or 3 on a set of instructions (How To Go Fishing)
Includes a PDF version and an editable version of each file:
- instructions on How To Go Fishing
- 3 sets of comprehension / guided reading questions at varying levels of difficulty
- an answer frame for the least able children
- answers to all of the questions
- a brief lesson plan
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3 weeks (12 lessons) of planning and resources for teaching Explanation Texts to Year 2. All of the resources needed for the lesson plans are included.
The content for the lessons is based on the topic of Life Cycles.
A PDF and an editable version of each file is included.
Lesson 1 & 2 - Researching and presenting about different animals’ life cycles
Lesson 3 - Comprehension on the Life Cycle of a Honeybee
Lesson 4 - Using commas in a list
Lesson 5 - Comprehension on the Human Life Cycle
Lesson 6 - Alphabetical order and using a dictionary
Lesson 7 - Paragraphing
Lesson 8 - Writing an explanation text about the Life Cycle of a Chicken
Lesson 9 - Writing an explanation text about the Life Cycle of a Turtle
Lesson 10 - Proofreading and Sentence construction
Lesson 11 - Making notes to use to write an explanation text
Lesson 12 - Writing an explanation text
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Please note:
the planning refers to VCOP. If you do not use VCOP, the planning will need some adjustments, but the resources can be used with any system or strategy for teaching writing.
this unit was updated on 19th September 2022. If you bought it before this date, please download and use the updated files.
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A set of lesson plans and resources for 4 lessons on writing explanation texts for Year 2 or Year 3, including the following:
- 4 lesson plans on writing explanation texts
- 2 annotated life cycle diagrams to use as a prompt for the children's writing
- a model explanation text about the life cycle of a frog
- a set of explanation text writing frames
- a set of differentiated success criteria for explanation texts
A PDF and an editable version of each file is included.
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Please note: the 4 lesson plans follow a similar structure and refer to VCOP. The rest of the resources can be used even if you do not use VCOP - you will just need to adapt the lesson plans.
You can find more English lesson plans and teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.