Nowruz Lesson KS2 This Nowruz Lesson for KS2 introduces students to the festival of Nowruz - Iranian New Year. Students learn about Nowruz and then use this information to plan the celebrations for a boy called Kian. There is a Nowruz PowerPoint and a worksheet to use to plan Kian’s Nowruz. The PowerPoint covers: What is Nowruz? Customs and traditions Food Clothing Included in this lesson: 15 slide PowerPoint Worksheet

**Are you looking for impression questions practice for your Year 6 class? This set of 5 stories and 10 impressions questions will help them to practise this tricky skill. **The children must find two impressions about each of the given characters in the story. The story has been written to highlight particular characteristics, which will help them to grasp the skill. Year 6 children can read the 5 stories and then answer the impressions questions. They are required to give evidence to support their impressions, in a 3 mark question style. Sample answers are then provided. Two impressions are given as answers. Teachers can accept other plausible impressions, as long as the two impressions are different from each other and they have evidence to support them. What’s included? 5 stories 10 impressions questions (two based on each story) Answers The worksheets have been made into a booklet format, with front cover, instructions and contents page. This means it could easily be given for homework, used in a revision workshop or set for a supply lesson. It can be simply printed, copied and handed out to your class. Please note that the resource is not editable. This is to protect the fonts and clip art used. You may also like… SATS Reading Impressions Questions Bundle SATS Reading Impressions Questions PowerPoint Copyright © George and Smudge I also create resources under the name of Ellie’s Tales for Learning You may use this resource for your own classroom only.

Are you looking for quoting accurately from a text practice for your Year 5 or 6 pupils? This set of 6 paired non-fiction texts (3 pairs of passages) will help them to practise the tricky skill of providing evidence to support an answer. The resource can be put together as a quoting accurately booklet, with a front cover and step-by-step instruction page. This would make the booklet perfect for homework, a supply teacher set of lessons or any independent learning day. There are three sets of paired passages: Animal adaptations - All About Animal Adaptations and How Have I Adapted Over Time? Famous Female Inventors and Margaret’s Diary Entry The History of Space Exploration and Come Aboard on a Special Space Journey! There are then six questions for each of these three paired texts (18 questions in the whole resource). Two questions are about the first text, two are about the second and then two are about the pair of passages together. Also included is both passages on one sheet of paper. Not only does this mean less photocopying, but also easier comparison by the pupils. This means you can choose how you want the texts, color, black and white, on individual pages or on a page together. There are all options available to you! An example of the paired questions is: How can you tell that predators are a real threat to wild animals? Answer with evidence from both passages. There is ample space given for pupils’ extended answers for this style of question. Sample answers are then provided. For open ended questions, where there are several plausible answers, sample answers are given. What’s included? Front cover Step-by-step guide: how to quote accurately from the text? 6 texts 18 quoting accurately questions (six based on each set of paired passages Answers The worksheets have been designed to be used in a booklet format, with front cover included. This means it could easily be given for homework, used in a revision workshop or set for a sub lesson. It can be simply printed, copied and handed out to your class. Alternatively, sheets can be printed individually. There is a black and white version of everything included too. Please note that the resource is not editable. This is to protect the fonts and clip art used.

If you’re looking for Y6 SATS revision for ordering the events of a text, then look no further. There are 5 fun stories included in this order the events booklet. There are then 2 order the events questions for each story (so 10 in total). Ordering the events is an important reading comprehension skill and one that the children are usually required to demonstrate in Year 6 SATS. Also included is a guide to remind pupils about the steps that they need to take in order to order the events. This could be enlarged and put on a display or working wall to remind pupils how to order the events in a systematic way. The order the events stories and worksheets are arranged in a booklet, making it perfect for a homework activity or for a supply day as you near SATS. It means that you can just print and go. There are two copies of each story in the pack, so that pupils can use a separate story for each order the events question (meaning they don’t get muddled up). Answers are included for each question. What’s included? Front cover Order the events step-by step guide 5 stories 10 order the events questions Answers There is also a PowerPoint available, which teaches the children the steps for ordering the events: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13024577

If you’re looking for Y6 SATS revision for ordering the events of a text, then look no further. This resource is a PowerPoint, taking your class through the step-by-step process of ordering the events. There is a modelled activity, where all the steps are modelled with a sample text. Then there are two ‘over to you’ questions for pupils to have a go independently. Ordering the events is an important reading comprehension skill for practising summarising, and one that the children are usually required to demonstrate in Year 6 SATS. At the end, there is a ‘to finish’ task, where pupils need to remember all the steps they have learnt about. If you would like your class to have even more practice with this skill, there is also an order the events booklet that you can give them. This is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13022061 Answers are included for each question. What’s included? Step-by-step guide Modelled process 2 independent tasks Answers 22 slides

These are summer reading comprehension passages for Key Stage 2 that include a range of nonfiction summer texts for KS2, whilst also giving you a selection of summer reading comprehension activities. Each summer reading passage has a nonfiction reading text, followed by four comprehension questions. There are then three summer themed reading activities, which can be used with any of the passages. Passages are: Pool Day (A poem) Ice Cream Shop Menu The History of Sandcastles (a non-chronological report) Tyreece’s Summer Camp (Tyreece writes a postcard to his parents from Tucson, Arizona, where he is enjoying a sports summer camp How to Make a Seashell Windchime What’s included? 5 non-fiction summer themed passages - one poem, one set of instructions, one menu, one non-chronological report and a postcard 20 questions for KS2 - include questions on main idea and key details, quoting accurately from the text and vocabulary questions 3 reading comprehension activities - these can be used with any of the passages. There’s a comparison worksheet, a vocabulary worksheets and a main idea and key details worksheet Black and white versions of all passages and activities Front cover, so the pack can be given to students as an independent learning booklet (if you wish) Your class will enjoy the variety of passages and tasks. There is lots to keep them busy, as they work through the questions and activities. The passages and activities could be printed out and given to the children as a pack. This would make it perfect for a supply teacher day. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to students! The three activity sheets are designed to delve deeper into reading strategy: The comparing worksheet requires students to find similarities and differences between passages The vocabulary worksheet requires pupils to find synonyms for particular pieces of vocabulary within the passage The main idea and key details sheet requires students to find two main points and key details for the passage of their choice

Are you looking for some SATs reading revision for your Year 6 class? Is authorial intent an area they need more practice with? If so, this is the perfect resource. Author’s purpose questions are given alongside 5 different texts - a mix of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Each question focuses, very specifically on the author’s purpose. To help you to introduce the worksheets, there is also a steps to success guide included, which takes pupils through the important elements of answering an author’s intent question. This can be enlarged to go on a working wall or given to the children as a revision aid. The worksheets have a front cover, too. This means it can easily be given as homework or as a supply activity if you need to be away from your class close to SATs. What’s included? Front cover Steps to success guide to author’s purpose questions 5 engaging texts: -A Garden of Change (poem) -Should We Have Intelligent Doorbells?(a balanced argument) -The Thoughful Present (a story) -The Moment (a poem) -Textile Club Diaries (a series of diary entries) 4 author’s intent questions for each text (20 total) Answers Please note that the resource is not editable due to needing to protect the fonts and clip art.

This Year 6 reading SATs author’s purpose PowerPoint takes pupils through the process of answering authorial intent SATs questions. There is then a modelled answer, showing the author’s intention question answered using the steps. After this, there are four texts (two stories, one poem and one non-fiction text) so that pupils can have a go at author’s purpose questions independently. There are three questions for each of these texts and all answers are provided. At the end of the PowerPoint, there is a ‘can you remember the steps?’ slide, for children to talk with a partner and see if they can remember what they have learnt. This slide would be great for enlarging and putting up on a working wall as a reminder of the process. What’s included? 28 slides 5 different texts - fiction/non-fiction/poetry Steps to success Author’s intent questions (13 in total) Answers Summary slide at the end Please note that the slides are not editable to protect the clip art and fonts used.

Do you want to raise the importance of reducing pollutions in our oceans by making World Oceans Day 2024? This World Oceans Day 2024 Assembly is perfect for ensuring pupils know about this day and, more importantly, the key causes of ocean pollution. There are slides on: What World Oceans Day is This year’s theme Ocean pollutants How we can do our bit to help protect marine life True or false quiz There are then 3 worksheets to accompany the assembly: Recalling facts about four of the pollutants True or false activity (answers included) Design a poster to raise awareness of ocean pollution Please note this resource is not editable due to some slides needing to be flattened.