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Year 4 Maths: Measurement
This resource has been made using the measurement objectives for Year 4 from the 2014 National Curriculum of England:
Convert between different units of measure (kilometre to metre; hour to minute)
Measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres
Find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares
Estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence
Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks
Solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes; minutes to seconds; years to months; weeks to days
ADDITIONALLY there is HANDS-ON MEASURES PRACTICE WITH PAPER AIRPLANES for children to apply their understanding in context.
The pack can be used for reinforcement, in Maths centres for review, Morning Maths work, as well as for home learning tasks.
Five Little Indians Novel Study
**This 132-page resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop with Five Little Indians by Michelle Good.
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About the Novel: Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention.
Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn’t want them. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or at least forget, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission.
Fuelled by rage and furious with God, Clara finds her way into the dangerous, highly charged world of the American Indian Movement. Maisie internalizes her pain and continually places herself in dangerous situations. Famous for his daring escapes from the school, Kenny can’t stop running and moves restlessly from job to job—through fishing grounds, orchards and logging camps—trying to outrun his memories and his addiction. Lucy finds peace in motherhood and nurtures a secret compulsive disorder as she waits for Kenny to return to the life they once hoped to share together. After almost beating one of his tormentors to death, Howie serves time in prison, then tries once again to re-enter society and begin life anew.
With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward.
About the Resource: This pack includes Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character, setting and plot studies, point of view), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (Sweat lodge; smudging; Indian Act; residential school; American Indian Movement; reconciliation)
A link to a digital file for editing and use in paperless classrooms, as well as a printer-friendly version of the file are available with download.
Pax Novel Study + STEAM BUNDLE
This updated resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Pax by Sara Pennypacker. It bundles Pax Novel Study with a STEAM pack about designing and making a marionette.
ABOUT THE NOVEL: From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic, beloved for generations to come.
Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter’s dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather’s house, three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn’t where he should be—with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox.
Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own. . . .
ABOUT THE RESOURCE: Designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6, the pack includes: Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character studies and plot studies), Creative Writing Tasks, Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (baseball, foxes, marionettes, coyotes), and STEAM enrichment activity where children investigate, design, make, and evaluate their own marionette according to Key Stage 2 Design Technology and Art and Design objectives.
Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
The Girl Who Drank the Moon Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. The pack has been designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6.
ABOUT THE NOVEL: Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey.
One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna’s thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge–with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth’s surface. And the woman with the Tiger’s heart is on the prowl . . .
The Newbery Medal winner from the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Witch’s Boy.
**ABOUT THE RESOURCE: **This pack includes: Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character studies and plot studies), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (bog, dragon, geyser, nebula, botany, moon, swallow).
**Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
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Beowulf Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with the epic poem BEOWULF.
The pack includes: Background on the context of the poem, activities for understanding the poem, activities for digging deeper, creative writing tasks, and research into non-fiction related to the text (Anglo-Saxons, oral storytelling, heroic codes of honour, monsters, dragons, and venom).
A digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw is available with download.
Samurai Rising Novel Study **UPDATED
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Samurai Rising by Pamela Turner. The pack has been designed in alignment with Common Core Reading Standards for Grades 6-8.
About the Novel: A samurai fights for honor and survival in a real-life Game of Thrones.
Stirring narrative nonfiction recounts the rise of Minamoto Yoshitsune from seemingly doomed infant to immortal warrior-hero (and one of the most famous samurai in Japanese history). Acclaimed author Pamela S. Turner delivers all the drama, romance, and tragedy of the original story–with delightfully dry wit and a healthy dose of modern perspective. Gorgeous ink paintings by celebrated graphic-novelist Gareth Hinds complete this irresistible package.
About the Resource:
Chapter Summaries
Comprehension Questions (two for each chapter)
Digging Deeper (setting, character analysis, point of view, big ideas)
Creative Writing Tasks
Non-Fiction Tasks (Yoshitsune Minamoto, Kiyomori Taira, bushido, Go-Shirakawa, samurai, Kyoto)
A digital copy of the file on Google Slides is available with download for students to edit online instead of printing the pack.
Explanation Texts - Features and Templates
In this resource, children will use cohesive devices to develop their explanations before using an editing checklist to support their writing of an explanation of a topic.
A digital and editable file is available with download.
Assessment Using Socratic Seminar
Students show off what they’ve learned by participating in a discussion.
In the past, I have used this resource both in Middle School ELA for Novel Study to ensure everyone is caught up on the week’s reading, and also in Middle School Social Studies to synthesize the independent reading and lectures from the week.
This resource includes:
Introducing Socratic Seminar
Preparing for Socratic Seminar
Participating in Socratic Seminar
Evaluating Socratic Seminar
Reflecting on Socratic Seminar
There are differentiated rubrics included, as well as a template for creating your own.
A link is available for editing and sharing the resource on digital platforms with download.
Write Like a Skald
Children will investigate Norse myths before writing a kenning poem for practice. They will then research, write, and evaluate Skaldic poems.
This pack includes lesson plans, rubrics, and editable rubrics to support with the learning process. Lessons and objectives are aligned with objectives from the 2014 National Curriculum of England.
A digital copy for editing and sharing on digital platforms is available with download.
Write a Report on Everyday Heroes
Students will research and write a report about everyday heroism.
The pack includes different graphic organizers, resources for lower ability pupils, as well as lesson plans and rubrics. All learning outcomes are aligned with the 2014 National Curriculum of England, and connections to CCSS are noted, where appropriate.
In the past, I’ve used this resource during my Dead Men Tell No Tales unit, but it could be used as a stand alone learning outcome, as well.
Follow the link provided at download to access an editable file for sharing over digital platforms.
Heroes & Villains: Write a Persuasive Speech from a Villain
Students will research different significant speeches from history before writing a persuasive speech from the point of view of the villain.
The pack includes different graphic organizers, resources, and lower ability pupils, as well as lesson plans and rubrics. All learning outcomes are aligned with the 2014 National Curriculum of England, and connections to CCSS are noted, where appropriate.
A link is provided to access an editable file for sharing over digital platforms with download.
Dune Novel Study
About the Novel: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen,Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem.
Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for…
When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.
A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
About the Resource: This pack includes Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character, setting and plot studies, point of view), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novel (signet rings, water conservation, powerful houses, desert predators, space travel, dehydration, desert travel, ecology).
**Novel study is colour-coded for Book 1: Dune, Book 2: Muad’Dib, and Book 3: The Prophet to allow finding summaries and comprehension questions easier.
Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw with download.
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave BUNDLE
This 302-page bundle is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with the novels** The Girl of Ink and Stars** and The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
ABOUT THE RESOURCE: This pack includes: Chapter Summaries, Comprehension Questions, Digging Deeper Opportunities (includes character studies and plot studies), Creative Writing Tasks, and Non-Fiction Tasks related to content of the novels.
Resource is provided as a PDF but a digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw available with download.
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Mission to Mars Thematic Unit Plan
This 197-page bundle includes six different resources where students will:
Design a mission badge (e-textiles)
Study of the U.S. space program’s chronology (explanation text)
Learn about ecosystems while considering what they would need to survive on Mars (persuasive text)
Study previous rover designs before designing and evaluating one using littleBits
Research significant people and events to the U.S. space program (primary and secondary sources)
Write a short story about a mission to Mars and/or space travel using shifts in formality with flashbacks (narrative writing)
The pack includes different graphic organizers, as well as resources for lower ability pupils.
In the past, I’ve used these resources during a unit on Mars, but they could be used as a stand alone learning outcomes, as well.
Diet of a Conquistador - Science & DT Focus (Food Technology)
In this resource, children will diagnose the symptoms of a Conquistador who has scurvy through research of his symptoms. Once this is established, they will do a blind taste test of foods high in Vitamin C, and will create a menu of items that Conquistadors can eat to stave off scurvy on their trip to the New World.
This pack includes lesson plans, rubrics, and editable rubrics to support with the learning process. Lessons and objectives are aligned with objectives from the 2014 National Curriculum of England.
A digital file for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw is available by following the link provided with download.
Video Game Narrative Writing
Children will write a narrative text about being pulled inside of a video game.
Scaffolds and planning checklists are provided to support children in their writing. Writing objectives from Year 6 are used, pulling from the 2014 National Curriculum of England and the Interim Framework.
A digital copy of the file is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw by following the link provided with download.
Design A Video Game on Scratch
Children will begin by playing different video games online to evaluate what makes them fun and engaging for their audience. They will then analyse the mechanics of the games and then plan a game of their own remixing a game on Scratch based on their criteria. Children will then use conditionals, operators, and variables on Scratch to make their own game.
Lesson plans, editable rubrics, and classroom examples from Year 6 are provided, as well as links to additional support on the Scratch website.
A digital copy of the file is available for editing and posting on Google Classroom and Seesaw provided with download.
Power Up Topic Plan with Computer Science, Chronology, and Writing Tasks
This BUNDLE brings together different SIX learning outcomes from the shop related to video games and video game controllers:
* DESIGN A VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER USING MAKEYMAKEY
* WRITING AN INFORMATION TEXT ABOUT MAKEYMAKEY
* EXPLANATION TEXT ABOUT CHANGES IN VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS
* DESIGN YOUR OWN VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS
* DESIGN YOUR OWN VIDEO GAME ON SCRATCH
* NARRATIVE WRITING ABOUT VIDEO GAMES
The download is a zip file of the different individual packs, each with digital files for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw.
Draw a Detailed Eye
*Update with new graphics
Children study an object in detail using tones and shades before using the same skills on a sketch of their eye with detail.
The same planning can be used with eyes of creatures or animals (we did dragons) instead of human eyes, which is also very effective.
A digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw by following the link provided with download.
Light Investigation: Design and Make a Light Maze
*Updated with new graphics
I have used this project with different classes and in different ways. With more able cohorts, the pitch can be adjusted with different parameters on the designs (eg: no adhesives, instead researching different ways to attach boards with latches and folds vs. using tape and glue guns; setting rules for the height of the walls of the maze to use measurement in a meaningful way; only allowing a certain length of board that needs to be cut, etc).
Our Year groups used this as an alternative to making periscopes, as it reinforces the same Science objectives about light and the way it travels. In my experience, the children have enjoyed this project more because they’re more in control of the design.
A digital copy of the file for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw is available by following the link provided with download.