A fantastic, 3 week unit of work using texts from famous poets and authors. Using Spike Milligan and Dr Suess as part of this unit, the children will learn about the different styles and develop their own creative approach. These plans are very comprehensive and easy to follow for the teacher. All the resources are present and requires little preparation.

Contained within this pack is a unit of work based on the famous children's book 'Something Else'. Within it are the resources for each lesson, detailed and easy to follow plans and the slides to accompany it. This is a very engaging plan that allows the children to explore the structure of the book, the unusual language choices, the characters depicted and the thought provoking message within. The children will explore the grammar throughout the text and how the story is created through a variety of engaging and exciting activities. There is a focus on deeper questioning and opportunities to discuss the underlying message of the story through role play and P4C activities.

This is a very interactive and creative lesson on Cinquain poems for a differentiated Y4 class. The resource comes with all the activities, lesson plan, ppt and the videos. This plan is straightforward and ideal for a standalone lesson for an observation or interview lesson. It allows for the teacher to model positive practice, is challenging, creative for all differentiated groups and is an active lesson.

A very easy to follow and exciting weekly plan with resources and notebook slides. It has a variety of differentiated and challenging activities for a Year 2/3 class, that will engage and progress all learners using texts and visuals. As a teacher you will be able to pick up this plan and get going without minimal preparation without the sacrifice of quality of learning.

Exciting, engaging and differentiated Unit of Work made up of 5 English lessons originally designed for Year 3 and 4 pupils although they could easily be adapted for younger pupils. During the week, the students will explore recounts and learn to write their own based on a short video of a robbery. Planning, resources and Smart Notebook for the week included. Everything you need for a fun week of learning.

Two week unit of work using texts from some of the best children’s books. As part of this unit, the children will learn about the different styles of story writing, complex sentence structure, and learn about grammar in a fun and relevant way. These plans are very comprehensive and easy to follow for the teacher. All the resources are present and requires little preparation.

This is a power point presentation to help you clearly explain what 'Book Week' is at your school and what activities are taking place. It is done in a clear and fun way to engage the children during an assembly or in classes, using visuals and images of some of the most famous children's authors. You will also be able to tailor and use the activities to your liking, reducing the stress of planning an entire book alongside your other commitments.

This resource provides a lovely and very effective way to develop reflective skills among the pupils in your class. By providing a variety of sentence stems that encourage the student to focus on a particular area of their learning or ability, you can scaffold the development of this difficult skill. This resource can be used in any subject, glued in to a book or used as part of a permanent display in your classroom. There are some many ways you can use this resource to get your students really thinking about their learning and can be used to stimulate peer and whole class discussion.

Fun activity for those children who are on support for spelling stages. The students must find the correct rule for changing a word form a singular to a plural. There is then an extra challenge for those more able.

This image has been turned in to a display to support students understanding of what it means and looks like to dig deeper in our thought processes and how to produce more in-depth sentences. It can also be applied to other areas of the curriculum, especially when looking for more thoughtful and extend answers when you ask a question. This display provides great imagery to a concept that can be quite abstract in younger children.

This resource allows students in your class to respond to work or material that is on display in your classroom. It is a great stimulus to encourage engagement with the displays as these can sometimes become just like wallpaper. By providing this little area that contains guidelines and suggestions, it encourages students to think about the learning and post comments on the wall for their peers and teachers to assess and allow deeper thinking skills to develop.

Within this pack are five guided reading tasks to develop comprehension. They are based on books by Roald Dahl but can be easily tailored to suit any book you are using in the class and can be used again and again. The resources encourage the students to really think about what they have read and use a variety of skills to answer the questions. They encourage the development of predicting, awareness of sentence structure and recall through writing and art.

A simple yet effective guided reading activity that develops students knowledge of past and present words and research skills. Rather than using rote learning to develop this knowledge it is done alongside any text that you are using in class or the pupil finds exciting. It can be done as an independent or group activity during guided reading, English or as a withdrawal activity.

This scheme has broken down the reading assessment indicators for the ENC and has nine separate descriptors for the teacher to assess against. It contains independent activities for the other groups to engage in while the teacher works with one group. This is designed to take minimal preparation time but maximum impact for learning.

This resource contains a Smart Notebook with the Learning Objective, modelling many examples to the students of how they should scan, locate and read to find the answers to the question. It also includes the printable extract from the text, 'Gowie Corby' and questions which have been differentiated three ways. It is suitable for Key Stage 2.

Students choose from nine homework tasks linked with the topic, Australia. They choose at least one activity from each section (English, Creative, Investigative). Designed to be completed over a period of a half term. There are a wealth of open ended tasks that encourage the student to take ownership over their homework, with the option of completing more tasks if they wish to. The other benefit of the projects are that they allow for independent learning and encourage parents to get involved if they wish to.

Complete English Observation lesson based on the Aztecs with the Learning Objective: To identify and use adverbial phrases and clauses. Includes presentation with speaking and listening activities, 4 differentiated written activities and an interactive plenary activity to consolidate and extend understanding about adverbial phrases and clauses. Originally designed for a Year 3 and 4 class but could be adapted to suit older or younger students.

Simple but fun activity for children to pick a word and put it in to a proper sentence. There is an additional challenge to use a conjunction to extend their sentence.

This resource is the autumn planning for spelling, with links to resources and other activities to secure the reading and spelling of words with suffixes –ed and –ing.