Spend your Sundays collecting resources from under your duvet! Find free teaching resources and other publications targeted at children including fiction, poetry and language books amongst others.
Feedback is always appreciated.
Spend your Sundays collecting resources from under your duvet! Find free teaching resources and other publications targeted at children including fiction, poetry and language books amongst others.
Feedback is always appreciated.
A narrative poem following the nasty Dr Glum as he uses his magical drum to make others unhappy - but will he learn his lesson?
This is the story of old Doctor Glum
And the magical instrument he taps with his thumb.
He’s fat and old with a temper that’s bad,
And wears a red army tunic that belonged to his dad.
On his head is the hat from an old marching band,
Which is covered in dirt and was bought second hand.
Bits of spaghetti and old food dangled -
From his white beard that was scruffy and tangled.
Strapped around his neck (which is as fat as a plum),
Is a big red and white marching band drum…
But the power the drum holds is something quite great;
It’s a shame that the man with the drum’s filled with hate!
An excellent resource for pre-1914 text studies with 2 novels and poetry by the great Lewis Carroll saved as Word documents for you to cut/paste/edit into you own resources.
Novels:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Through The Looking Glass
Grown-ups keep secrets – all sorts of stuff,
Which they only tell you when you’re old enough,
And now you’re getting bigger, it’s about time you knew -
About a secret that they have been keeping from you!
There’s a little family who lives under each bed.
Some who are blue and some that are red.
It goes without saying that they’re all very small,
(They live under your bed after all!)
It’s the Norf Clan I’ll tell you about today,
They live under a bed – not far away,
They camp out in a mattress between the springs,
Collecting toys and buttons and interesting things...
The Norf clan is an entertaining narrative poem about a mischievous gamily who live under the bed of a young boy and get him into trouble and prove that sometimes, life just isn't fair - but you'll get over it!
Also available in a great value bundle!
A Brilliant and Large collection of works by the excellent Edward Lear which includes:
- Book of Nonsense
- More Nonsense
- Nonsense Songs
- Nonsense Stories
- The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses
Better still, everything is saves as MS Word documents so you can cut, paste and adapt these resources to your hearts content!
A detailed literacy unit of work (up to 6 weeks) focused on Pirates based around 'The Tea-Swigging Pirate Jones' as an inspirational text.
A great resource with lesson plans consisting of differentiated activities which should save hours of planning. Plans can be adapted for use with other texts
Also includes some additional powerpoint resources which may be of use.
Collection of Shakespere's Tragedies (10 plays) as text documents for you to copy/paste/edit as you need to make resources:
Antony and Cleopatra.
Coriolanus.
Hamlet.
Julius Caesar.
King Lear.
Macbeth.
Othello.
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Shakespere's Histories for you to Cut, Paste & Edit as you need to.
The 10 plays classified as history are as follows:
Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part III
Henry VIII
King John
Richard II
Richard III
'Zoo Poo' is a wonderful, short rhyming picture book for younger children.
Delightful pictures and simple rhymes will have have teachers and children giggling together in delight.
What you would do if you found a cloud on the ground? A delightful, short rhyming story for younger children about finding a cloud while on walk with wonderfully simple pictures.
Teaching activities and resources to aid in the teaching of Narrative poetry. Resources include pre-reading activities to ensure students get the most out of the text as it is read for the first time.
Cover Reveal: as each new section of the cover is revealed allow pupils to predict what the book may be about. Do patterns, images, text, fonts etc provide any clues about the text?
Vocabulary exercise: new vocabulary which will be used in the text can be researched and defined by the children prior to reading the text to enhance comprehension.
Analysis of text: a range of activities to investigate the characters, events, structure and features of the narrative poem.
The recommended texts are 'The Marvellous Mrs McToot' available on TES here:
www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-marvellous-mrs-mctoot-extended-narrative-poem-11446654
This text is complimented by the texts available in this TES Bundle deal:
www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-music-and-magic-narrative-poem-trilogy-11477087
or
www.tes.com/teaching-resource/narrative-poems-collection-11477089
Learn the alphabet the fun way with this wonderful rhyming book. Young children can join in using the bold pictures and rhymes to help them. This is a must for all young children, parents & teachers.
* Alternative versions of this book are also available titled 'I Like Kindergarten', 'I Like Nursery' & 'I Like Preschool' with the same content.
'I Like School' is a wonderful picture book from the I Like Reading series for younger children.
Delightful pictures and simple rhymes will help your children prepare for school.
