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A teacher and senior leader with over 18 years of classroom experience. Here is the English Box including my favourite resources for everything English, from phonics to handwriting, to comprehension and grammar.
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A teacher and senior leader with over 18 years of classroom experience.
Here is the English Box including my favourite resources for everything English, from phonics to handwriting, to comprehension and grammar.
Tuesday Inference Lesson - KS1
Here is an inference lesson perfect for exploring the text ‘Tuesday’ by David Wiesner.
The lesson focuses on thinking about what the characters may say and think.
Easy to adapt lesson for yourself.
Comprehension Paper Where the Wild Things Are!
Are you looking for comprehension based on high quality texts?
Here is a comprehension based on the popular book ‘Where the Wild Things Are’.
Aimed at Key Stage One.
Mixture of what, when, how, why questions.
These questions are also in the style of the Key Stage One SAT’s questions making it perfect practise for the National tests.
*Buy as part of the bundle package for 50% off *
Bundle includes:
Dear Zoo
Whatever Next!
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!
Peace at Last
Using Conjunctions Lesson KS1
Here is a lovely lesson all about conjunctions with a Gruffalo theme.
Get your children using ‘and’ and ‘but’ in different sentences.
Included: pdf format and an MP4 video for the animations.
KS1 Practise Reading Questions - Whatever Next!
Are you looking for comprehension based on high quality texts?
Here is a comprehension based on the popular book ‘Whatever Next’.
Aimed at Key Stage One.
There are a mixture of what, where, how, who questions.
These questions are also in the style of the Key Stage One SAT’s questions making it perfect practise for the National tests.
*Buy as part of the bundle package for 50% off *
Bundle includes:
Dear Zoo
Peace at Last
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!
Where the Wild Things Are
Tuesday Inference Lesson KS1
Here is an inference lesson perfect for exploring the text ‘Tuesday’ by David Wiesner. I linked the lesson with using colourful semantics to help children frame their answers which worked very well for KS1 children, especially for EAL pupils.
KS1 Grammar - Using Conjunctions
Use this for a grammar boost in your KS1 classroom.
Great for teaching the conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘but’.
Easy to adapt to your on lesson.
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KS1 Reading Comprehension Practise Questions Pack
Are you looking for comprehension practise papers based on high quality texts?
Here are KS1 comprehension papers based on the following high quality texts that KS1 children love!
Dear Zoo
Whatever Next!
Peace at Last
Where the Wild Things Are!
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
These are aimed at KS1 but would benefit struggling readers on KS2 and advanced Foundation Stage readers.
Questions are in the style of the national tests so are perfect practise for any upcoming tests.
Questions are a mixture of multiple choice and written response answers.
Includes visuals to support children with additional needs such as EAL.
A great saving when you purchase the bundle - you receive 50% off: £1 per copy and £5 in total.
(Normally each individual copy is £2, total £10)
Ks1 Practise Reading Questions - Dear Zoo
Are you looking for comprehension based on high quality texts?
Here is a comprehension based on the popular book ‘Dear Zoo’.
Aimed at Key Stage One.
Mixture of what, which, why questions.
These questions are also in the style of the Key Stage One SAT’s questions making it perfect practise for the National tests.
*Buy as part of the bundle package for 50% off *
Bundle includes:
Peace at Last
Whatever Next!
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!
Where the Wild Things Are
KS1 Reading Practise Questions - We're Going on a Bear Hunt!
These comprehension papers are great because they match the format of the KS1 reading test papers and are linked to quality children texts.
Here is a comprehension based on the popular book ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’.
Aimed at Key Stage One.
Mixture of what, when, how, why questions.
These questions are in the style of the Key Stage One SAT’s questions making it perfect practise for the National tests.
*Buy as part of the bundle package for 50% off *
Bundle includes:
Dear Zoo
Whatever Next!
Peace at Last
Where the Wild Things Are
Pen License Certificate
Use this certificate to encourage pupils to improve their handwriting and to achieve their pen license.
Punctuation Lesson KS1
Use this for a punctuation boost in your KS1 classroom.
Great for teaching the different sentence types too.
Easy to adapt to your own lesson.
Grammar Lesson -KS1 Sentence Types
Use this for a grammar boost in your KS1 classroom.
Great for teaching the different sentence types.
Easy to adapt to your own lesson.
Inference Lesson Night Monkey Day Monkey KS1
Here is a complete lesson to teach inference skills based on the book ‘Night Monkey Day Monkey’ by Julia Donaldson.
Use the slide to teach your English lesson or it’s also great for guided reading sessions.
Use the inference questions and tasks for independent work.
Please note the questions are differentiated by colour:
yellow - low level questions
orange - expected age level questions
green - higher level questions
.
Also useful to set for distant learning work.
KS1 Reading Practise Paper - Peace At Last
Are you looking for comprehension based on high quality texts?
Here is a comprehension based on the popular book ‘Peace At Last’.
Aimed at Key Stage One.
Mixture of what, when, how, why questions.
These questions are also in the style of the Key Stage One SAT’s questions making it perfect practise for the National tests.
*Buy as part of the bundle package for 50% off *
Bundle includes:
Dear Zoo
Whatever Next!
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!
Where the Wild Things Are
Phonics Writing Mat
This resource is helpful for children learning their phonics and are beginning to write using their sounds.
Each writing mat includes phonemes, words that match the phoneme and space for writing.
I have used these in the classroom by laminating them and children practised their writing with whiteboard pens. Also useful to have on children’s desks to help them refer to the sounds.
Includes 41 pages progressing through each sound (once children know initial sounds).
Writing Frame for the text 'Tuesday'
Use this writing template for your KS1 pupils to write the story based on the text ‘Tuesday’ by David Wiesner.
I used it as part of the cold task following the ‘talk for writing’ approach.
KS1 Punctuation Lesson - Commas
Use this for a punctuation boost in your KS1 classroom.
Great for teaching commas.
Easy to adapt to your own lesson.
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Grammar and Punctuation Lessons KS1
Use these slides in the classroom to deliver a grammar boost week!
Bundle includes exploring sentence types, using commas, punctuation and using conjunctions.
Retelling the text 'Tuesday'
Do you use ‘Talk for Writing’ to teach writing?
If so, here are a set of lessons to use for the text ‘Tuesday’ by David Wienser.
Use the text example which is suitable for KS1 children. My class loved using the text maps to retell the story and were able to internalise the story very quickly.
This was great to develop their story language and worked very well for both higher attainers and SEND children.
The outcomes of the children’s writing was fantastic. I will definitely use this unit in my teaching again.
Phonics Training Slide for School Staff
Here is a PowerPoint you can easily adapt if you would like to provide phonics training in your school.