This includes 8mm lined and 10mm squared paper. Each has a border making them ideal for display. If you like this - you will love my website www.davlae.co.uk. It is full of TOTALLY FREE writing frames and other really useful resources.

A fun six page project based on the common pencil and adapted from my fidget spinners project - perfect for Upper KS2 and KS3. As the new head of marketing you have to undertake various tasks to promote your companies products. Are you up to the challenge? IF YOU LIKE THIS PROJECT THERE ARE LOTS MORE AVAILABLE IN MY SHOP. YOU WILL ALSO FIND COMPREHENSIONS, SPAG ACTIVITIES, MORNING WORK, SATs REVISION AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. *** For FREE writing frames and templates - please visit my website. You can find the address in my Tes shop.

THIS TRIAL VERSION INCLUDES THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES. This PowerPoint explains the tricky verb ‘to be’ in a lively way. It has been created in PowerPoint 201, but a 1997-2003 version is also included. *** For FREE writing frames and templates - please visit my website. You can find the address in my Tes shop.

Get the children to write their own school report. Includes tips and advice which can be removed afterwards. Could be printed on A3 paper. If you like this resource please take a look at my other resources on Tes and visit my TOTALLY FREE teaching resources website by going to www.davlae.co.uk.

A fun six page project based on fidget spinners for Upper KS2 and KS3. As the new head of marketing you have to undertake various tasks to promote your companies products. Are you up to the challenge? IF YOU LIKE THIS PROJECT THERE ARE LOTS MORE AVAILABLE IN MY SHOP. YOU WILL ALSO FIND COMPREHENSIONS, SPAG ACTIVITIES, MORNING WORK, SATs REVISION AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. *** For FREE writing frames and templates - please visit my website. You can find the address in my Tes shop.

This is a Random 11+ Questions test with a mixture of CEM and GL questions. You can download specific CEM and GL tests for FREE from the website… https://www.davlae.co.uk/random-11-questions While you’re there, you might want to take a look at all my other FREE teaching resources.

This is the first part of a series of nine short tests with questions similar to the Grammar and Punctuation Paper 1 test. Each test fits on two sides of A4 paper and has 5/6 questions. This free download only includes the first test. Please purchase the full version to receive all 9 tests. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

This trial version has one sheet to help pupils become more confident at identifying word classes. The idea is simple... -Choose a colour for each word class. -Colour all the corresponding words from the text in that colour. 8 different worksheets are included in the full version which has been written in MS Word - so you can adapt them / create your own. They could be given for homework, used is class or given as MORNING WORK. The sheets ask pupils to look for... -Nouns -Verbs -Adjectives -Adverbs -Determiners -Prepositions -Conjunctions -Pronouns ...but these can easily be changed to suit the needs of your pupils. *** For FREE writing frames and templates - please visit my website. You can find the address in my Tes shop.

Do you need a really good writing example to inspire your pupils? This opening paragraph for creative writing sessions (or for homework) includes well structured sentences. It is ideal for Year 5 and 6 children - and KS3. The crime / mystery focus will engage writers and should initiate some good class discussions. It includes a version that can be easily cut out and stuck in their books, and a version that can be completed on the sheet in class or for homework. If you liked this, please take a look at the paid version which includes this opener and two new ones. IN THE FULL VERSION Story Starter 1 is called 'The Guards' and is about an escape. Story Starter 2 is called 'In the Middle of the Night' and is about a famous painting being stolen. Story Starter 3 is called 'The Plan' and is in this trail version. Story Starter 4 is called 'The President' and is about the president being kidnapped. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

Stick these in the margin of their books or use them more like a bookmark. They include sentences starts and good vocabulary to improve the quality of their diary writing. Other genres are available. Includes a colour and a black/white version. *** For FREE writing frames and templates - please visit my website. You can find the address in my Tes shop.

This worksheet gets the children to search for determiners on a grid. If they find one, they colour it in. Finding all of them will reveal a letter of the alphabet. The children are then asked to think of as many determiners that start with that letter. The full version has three different worksheets for conjunctions, determiners, prepositions and pronouns + a blank one for the children to create their own. -Conjunctions (x3) -Determiners (x3) -Prepositions (x3) -Pronouns(x3) + a blank one ...so 13 different worksheets altogether. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

This worksheet gets the children to search for conjunctions, determiners, prepositions or pronouns on a grid. If they find one, they colour it in. Finding all of them will reveal a letter of the alphabet. There are three different worksheets for conjunctions, determiners, prepositions and pronouns + a blank one for the children to create their own. -Conjunctions (x3) -Determiners (x3) -Prepositions (x3) -Pronouns(x3) + a blank one …so 13 different worksheets altogether. Complete with the answer sheets. INCLUDES FREE ADVENTURE BOOK MAKER. THIS INCLUDES EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAN AND MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE BOOK. MAKE CAREFUL DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET TO THE END OF THE ADVENTURE. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

Everything you need to make your own adventure book - easily! These books are great fun to make and read. The children really like the fact that they get to make choices along the way and choose the path their adventure takes. This includes… 1. Book template Four sheets which can be either double sided or stuck together. Cut along the dotted line and fold to make an A5 book with all the pages in the right order. The pages are numbered and each page tell you which page(s) to go to next. The children just need to write the story - 16 pages altogether. 2. Adventure Story Planner 1 This diagram shows the route through the book and will help them to plan their story. 3. Adventure Story Planner 2 Three pages with boxes which correspond to the pages in the book. The boxes are highlighted grey when the quest needs to end. TO AVOID THESE BOOKS GETTING TOO GRUESOME, YOU COULD SUGGEST THAT THE PERSON GETS TRAPPED, IS TURNED INTO AN INANIMATE OBJECT OR IS FORCED TO RUN AWAY. INCLUDES FREE SPaG FORTUNE TELLERS. THREE DIFFERENT FORTUNE TELLERS DESIGNED FOR YEAR 5 AND 6. EACH ONE INCLUDES FULL EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

It might be over 50 years old, but this film truly has something for everyone. It is also very useful to look at what people are really thinking which can feed into their writing. This resource includes 32 activities / points for discussion (including 6 writing activities) for the first 1 hour and 45 minutes of the film. I would not suggest that you use all of them, but choose the ones you like the most. I would also suggest that after the Intermission the children should just watch the last hour or so of the film uninterrupted. I have not included any activities for the last part of the film. The times of relevant scenes are included throughout this resource so you can locate them easily. You could easily use this as a basis of your literacy for a week - perhaps more. INCLUDES FREE A REAL MYSTERIES PROJECT: THE MYSTERIOUS TIME TRAVELLER. THIS FIVE PAGE WRITING PROJECT IS BASED ON A REAL EVENT - ALTHOUGH THE CHILDREN DON’T FIND THIS OUT UNTIL THE END. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

Lava Paperman Piper Each of the three films has 5 writing activities - so 15 altogether. These could be used to create three literacy plans (lasting for one or two weeks each) or to create a half term unit of work. These short animated films are easy to obtain and the Blu-ray / DVD they feature on is written at the top of each page. The ideas here could be adapted for all KS2 year groups. INCLUDES FREE 'STORY - INCLUDE THESE WORDS'. PLAN YOUR ROUTE CAREFULLY THROUGH THE GRID OF WORDS AND INCLUDE THE NEXT WORD IN THE NEXT SENTENCE YOU WRITE. START WHERE YOU WANT AND SEE HOW MANY YO CAN INCLUDE. ALL THE WORDS ARE FROM THE YEAR 3 AND 4 WORD LIST - SO A USEFUL REVISION EXERCISE TOO. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

This has 9 complete mini tests each with questions similar to the questions in theGrammar and Punctuation Test 1. Each test fits on two sides of A4 and has 5/6 questions. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

This has 10 complete mini tests each with questions similar to those in the KS2 Grammar and Punctuation Test 1. Each test fits on two sides of A4 and has 5 questions. The first test is based on the first 5 questions. The second is based on the next five and so on. This set provides alternative questions to all of the 50 in the 2017 test. INCLUDES FREE SUBTRACTION PRACTICE SHEETS WITH ANSWERS. THESE THREE WORKSHEETS HAVE THE ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM ON A SLIP WHICH CAN BE EASILY REMOVED. A BLANK SHEET IS ALSO INCLUDED SO THAT YOU OR THE CHILDREN CAN CREATE YOUR OWN HANDWRITTEN WORKSHEETS. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

These sheets will help pupils become more confident at identifying word classes. The idea is simple… -Choose a colour for each word class. -Colour all the corresponding words from the text in that colour. 8 different worksheets are included. They could be given for homework, used is class or given as MORNING WORK. The sheets ask pupils to look for… -Nouns -Verbs -Adjectives -Adverbs -Determiners -Prepositions -Conjunctions -Pronouns INCLUDES FREE MAKE YOUR OWN FORTUNE TELLER. THIS SHEET HAS FULL INSTRUCTIONS AND ARROW TO HELP THE CHILDREN PUT THE WRITING IN THE CORRECT PLACES. THEY COULD MADE TO INCLUDE SPaG QUESTIONS, TIMES TABLES, SPELLINGS E.T.C. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

These two pages contain tips to help children get those few extra marks which could make all the difference! It focuses on common questions and easy strategies - so nothing that will scare the children too much. A useful sheet to remind the children of many of the things they hopefully already know. INCLUDES FREE GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION MINI TESTS 2017. EACH MINI TEST HAS FIVE QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE 2017 PAPER. TEST A HAS QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO QUESTIONS 1 TO 5, TEST B HAS QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO 6 TO 10 AND SO ON. EACH TEST FITS ON TWO SIDES OF A4. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.

The children start anywhere on the grid and include that word in their first sentence. They then move horizontally or vertically to choose the word for their second sentence. They need to plan their route carefully and try to use as many of the words as possible. All the words have been carefully chosen from the year 3 and 4 word list. INCLUDES FREE PLEASE IMPROVE MY WRITING! FIVE BADLY WRITTEN AND SOMETIMES FUNNY PIECES OF WRITING WHICH NEED IMPROVING - A LETTER OF COMPLAINT, A DIARY ENTRY, A STORY, A NEWSPAPER REPORT AND A NON-CHRONOLOGICAL REPORT. SUITABLE FOR YEARS 3 TO 6. Visit www.davlae.co.uk for free teaching resources.