This is a cut and stick activity that focuses on sequencing The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson. It comes in an editable word document and PDF format.

This is an activity I have used after introducing the story Supertato by Sue Hendra. It focuses on recording adjectives to describe Supertato and the Evil Pea and then constructing simple sentences. It comes in an editable word document and a pdf.

This is a simple story map to be used to support the teaching of The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson. It features images from the text and supporting phrases.

This is two lesson toppers to support the teaching of The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson. It focuses on writing a letter from the animals to the Highway Rat and then a reply the following day. It comes in an editable word document and a PDF format.

This is an activity focused on writing sentences to describe how the characters in Supertato are feeling and what they are thinking. It comes in an editable word document and a PDF document.

This is a 2-sided Word Bank to support teaching of The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson.

This is an activity that focuses on applying adjectives to the items from The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson to create noun phrases. It comes in a word and PDF format.

This resource focuses on writing instructions to hide a whale from your Dad, using images from the story to support. It comes in PDF and word format.

This is a resource that focuses on children describing what they believe could be on the beach in The Storm Whale by Benji Davies. It has space for a success criteria and a box to sketch their idea in.

This is an activity based on filling in thought bubbles for Noi and the whale from The Storm Whale by Benji Davies. It comes in PDF and word format.

This activity focuses on creating Expanded Noun Phrases linked to The Storm Whale by Benji Davies. It comes in PDF and word format.

This is an activity that gets the children to think about what would be in their own dirty beard, based upon Mr Twit’s from The Twits by Roald Dahl. They draw and label their ideas before describing their dirty beard. I use this with Year 2 and stick in the topper for them to fill in before writing their description underneath. It comes in a word and PDF format.

This resource gives children to opportunity to edit a retell of the Storm Whale, focusing on correcting punctuation and spelling. It comes in PDF and word form.

This resources is two toppers for retelling The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson with success criteria and story map embedded. It contains an editable word version and PDF version.

This is a writing topper for describing the setting from The Storm Whale by Benji Davies. It has an image and space for a success criteria. It comes in a word format and PDF format.

This is a wanted poster activity for The Twits. It comes in an editable word format and PDF. I have used this with Y2 children.

This a a writing topper for a lesson focused on describing the Highway Rat. It features an editable success criteria and space for a L.O/I can statement.

This is a SPaG activity focusing on word classes as part of a unit on The Twits by Roald Dahl. It involves children placing words from the text into the correct word classes. It comes in an editable word and PDF format.

This is an editable sheet that supports children researching an animal before creating a poster, report or booklet about it. I have used this successfully in KS1, linked to different topics.

This is a reading comprehension based on The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson. It features 8 targeted questions; 2 retrieval question, 2 vocabulary questions, 2 inference questions, a sequencing question and a prediction question. The marks allocated for each question are given down the side. This has been created in a ‘SATs style’ and would be great to use with KS1/lower KS2 children. It is provided in an editable word document or a pdf version and comes with an answer sheet.