11 Fully resourced maths lessons, including a variety of investigations, tasks and games.
-Can be one-off lessons, or stretched over multiple lessons
-11 lessons
-Ideal for Years 5, 6 and 7
-(Used by creator for Y6 post-SATs - very useful)
What’s included?
Missing Angles (masking tape on tables to create unknown angles for the children to investigate - a personal favourite!)
Figure Me Out
Gem Challenge - Nets (another favourite - using pre-printed nets to create gems. Children have to manage a budget, buy resources, sell their product and earn a profit)
Tesselation: Design a kitchen floor
Pie Charts (data collection, class surveys, using Microsoft Excel to create pie charts)
Perimeter, Area and Volume around School and grounds
Algebraic brain teasers (much better than it sounds!)
Creating a scale-map of the school
Ratio and Proportion (hands-on using manipulatives like denes)
Paper Village - Nets
Important moments in UK History in Roman Numerals
…Plus planning for all lessons.
ALSO AVAILABLE: SET B
I created these tasks mainly to hit the NC statement, “increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including…modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage…” after realising that many of my pupils had never even heard of (let alone read) many of the classic stories from our heritage. These tasks provide samples and accompanying tasks from 15 classics (both older and modern.)
Please note: the 75 files were too large for one listing on TES, so I’ve compressed them into a zip file. I’ve also uploaded one lesson separately (Hound of the Baskervilles) so you can see the resource.
What’s Included:
*15 complete reading comprehension lessons, made up of:
-The extract in Microsoft Word format
-The extract in Notebook format (for Whiteboard projection)
-Questions with response spaces (plus points per question, like SATs papers)
-Just Questions (for higher ability pupils or just to save on photocopying!)
-Suggested answers (my TA does these tasks with small groups, so the answer sheet comes in handy)
Useful for:
-Whole-class comprehension lessons
-Small group work (E.g. Round Robin Reading Groups)
-Boosting / extra support for poor readers
Titles:
-Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
-Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
-Northern Lights (Phillip Pullman)
-Stardust (Neil Gaiman)
-Stig of the Dump (Clive King)
-The Butterfly Lion (Michael Morpurgo)
-The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
-The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgeson-Burnett)
-The Star of Kazan (Eva Ibbotson)
-The White Giraffe (Lauren St John)
-The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Graham)
-The Wizard of Oz (Frank Baum)
-Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
-Wonder (R.J.Palacio)
Details
Word documents of subject-grouped SATs questions, with answers. I use this every year in my own classroom!
What’s Included?
-6 x Arithmetic
-6 x Data Handling
-6 x Geometry
-6 x Number
-6 x Multi-step Reasoning
-9 x Punctuation
-6 x Sentences
-10 x Word Classes
Perfect for:
-Revision
-Homework
-Booster Groups
-TA Interventions
Details
-25 multi-page word documents
-Past paper questions
-Organised into areas of learning
-National Curriclum, Year 5/6
-Answers included
-Excellent for SATs revision
-Great for homework
-This resource is used annually to support Y6 SAT prep in my own classroom!
Also Available: KS2 SATs Revision Booklets: Maths (Visit my Shop for more details)
What’s Included?
Punctuation Set
Apostrophes
Colons and Semi Colons
Commas for Clarity
Commas in lists
Full Stops, Capitals, Exclamation Marks and Question Marks
Inverted Commas
Parenthesis
Prefixes and Suffixes
Synonyms and Antonyms
Sentences Set
Active and Passive Voice
Clauses
Phrases
Sentence Types
Standard English and Formality
Verb Forms
Word Classes Set
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Determiners
Nouns
Prepositions
Pronouns
Subject and Object
Verbs
Word Classes, Mixed
What’s included?
-10 complete comprehension resources themed around a poem.
-Each resource includes the poem itself, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
What’s included?
-Conversation Piece (Gareth Owen)
-Haunted (Shel Silverstein)
-In the Wood (Sheila Simmons)
-Mirror, MIrror (Shel Silverstein)
-Recipe for a Class Outings (Sue Cowling)
-The Bogeyman (Jack Prelutsky)
-The Wind (Robert Louis-Stevenson)
-There’s a Dragon (Charles Thompson)
-Top Secret (Liz Brownlee)
-What was it? (Kit Wright)
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-SATs prep
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
10 Tarsia Puzzles covering a range of Upper KS2 and lower KS3 subject areas.
(As a current upper KS2 teacher myself, I use Tarsia regularly as my pupils really enjoy these puzzles - great for Deepening / Mastery)
Includes:
-Dividing Fractions (Standard)
-Dividing Fractions (Tricky)
-Equivalent Fractions
-Finding Fractions of Numbers (Standard)
-Finding Fractions of Numbers (Tricky)
-Fraction Conversions
-Multiplying Fractions (Standard)
-Multiplying Fractions (Tricky)
-Roman Numerals (Standard)
-Roman Numerals (Tricky)
-Multiply and divide by 10 100 1000 (Standard)
-Multiply and divide by 10 100 1000 (Tricky)
What is a Tarsia?
Tarsias are puzzles (a bit like dominoes or triominoes) where each piece contains a mix of questions and answers. Questions and answers have to be matched up, creating a finished puzzle.
What file-types are included?
TES doesn’t support Tarsia files, so these can’t be uploaded directly. Instead, you’ll be accessing PNG files (images) of the original puzzles. These are fully printable and playable.
What software is required if I want to make my own Tarsia?
Tarsias are created in a piece of free software by Hermitech Labs (no affiliation.) I’ve been making Tarsia for years - it’s a genuinely fantastic free resource, which you should consider downloading for yourself. It allows you to choose a blank puzzle-type, then input your own questions and answers. It then turns those into a puzzle for you.
(To find the page with the download on, Google ‘Hermitch Labs Tarsia’)
Details
-30 multi-page word documents
-Past paper questions
-Organised into areas of learning linked to Y5/6 National Curriculum
-Answers included
-Excellent for pre-SATs revision
-Great for Homework
-Tried and Tested in my own classroom - used every year to help my pupils prepare for SATs
Also Available: KS2 SATs Revision Booklets - SPAG (Visit my Shop for more details)
What’s included?
Arithmetic Set:
Arithmetic: Subtracting fractions
Arithmetic: BODMAS
Arithmetic: FDP (Fractions, Decimals, Percentage)
Arithmetic: Multiply and Divide by 10 100 1000
Arithmetic: Mutliply and Divide fractions
Arithmetic: Rounding
Data Handling Set
Multistep problems: Algebra
Multistep problems: Angles, Area, Perimeter, Volume
Multistep problems: Measurement, Scales, Conversion
Multistep problems: Number and Money
Multistep problems: Percentages
Multistep problems: Ratio
Geometry Set
Geometry: Coordinates
Geometry: Missing Angles
Geometry: Nets
Geometry: Properties of Shapes
Geometry: Reflection and Symmetry
Geometry: Translation
Number Set
Number: Doubling and Halving
Number: Explain why correct / wrong
Number: FDP (reasoning)
Number: Inverse Operations
Number: Number Sequences
Number: Roman Numerals
Reasoning ( Multistep problems) Set
Multistep Problems: Algebra
Multistep Problems: Angles, Area, Perimeter, Volume
Multistep Problems: Measurement, Scales, Conversion
Multistep Problems: Number and Money
Multistep Problems: Percentages
Multistep Problems: Ratio
This resource is designed for Year 6s preparing for their SATs.
Both the revision sheet (2-sided) and the flashcards contain the entire KS2 Grammar / Punctuation curriculum (except capital letters and full stops.)
Perfect for:
-giving out at parents evening, to help Mum and Dad help with their child’s learning
-sticking in pupils’ Grammar / Literacy / Writing books
-giving to children to revise from
-using as an intervention (my Y6s enjoy using the flashcards as a match-up game)
What’s included?
-2 sided revision document
-14 pages of flashcards / playing cards / sorting cards
-27 slides for the whole-class teaching of reading and comprehension
-every slide contains an extract / image / poem etc
-every slide contains a Retrieval, Interpret and Author’s Choice question
-every slide contains a mastery option for quick finishers
-these slides were made to link with the style of teaching shared by the Mrs P Blog
Reading / Observation materials including:
-poetry
-story extracts
-infographics
-fact text extracts
-photographs
-book covers
-book illustrations
-comic book front covers
What’s included?
-30 comprehension lessons. Each lesson includes a poem, questions (retrieval, inference, authorial intent, word meaning and opinion) and a mark scheme.
-a mixture of traditional and modern
-a mixture of serious and funny
Poems in the Bundle
SET 1
-A Liking for a Viking (Celia Warren)
-Bonfire (Jean Kenward)
-Eletephony (Laura E.Richards)
-History (John Kitching)
-Ice Cream Shop (Shel Silverstein)
-Ogre My Dead Body (Colin McNaughton)
-Seal Lullaby (Rudyard Kipling)
-Song of the Engine (Worsley Benison)
-Transylvania Dreaming (Colin McNaughton)
-Windy Nights (Robert Louis Stevenson)
SET 2
-Entering a Castle (Brian Moses)
-Fire burn and Cauldron Bubble (William Shakespeare)
-Important Notice (Phillip Waddell)
-It’s a Wonderful World but they Made a Few Mistakes (Judith Viorst)
-Jabberwocky (Lewis Carroll)
-Mother to Son (Langston Hughes)
-Names (Brian Moses)
-Superman’s Dog (Paul Cookson)
-Two Witches Discuss Good Grooming (John Caldwell)
-Winter Time (Robert Louis Stevenson)
SET 3
-Conversation Piece (Gareth Owen)
-Haunted (Shel Silverstein)
-In the Wood (Sheila Simmons)
-Mirror, MIrror (Shel Silverstein)
-Recipe for a Class Outings (Sue Cowling)
-The Bogeyman (Jack Prelutsky)
-The Wind (Robert Louis-Stevenson)
-There’s a Dragon (Charles Thompson)
-Top Secret (Liz Brownlee)
-What was it? (Kit Wright)
Great for
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-SATs prep
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
4 Complete Comprehension Lessons
(Note: DVD of the film or access to Youtube needed)
What’s included?
Lesson 1: What’s This?
+Lesson plan
+Blank lyric page
+Annotated lyric page (handy for showing children, so they know what is expected)
Lesson 2: Town Meeting
+Lesson plan
+Blank lyric page
+Annotated lyric page
Lesson 3: Kidnap the Sandy Claws
+Lesson plan
+Blank lyric page
+Annotated lyric page
Lesson 4: Oogie-Boogie Song
+Lesson plan
+Blank lyric page
+Annotated lyric page
*(I’ve personally taught these four lessons to Y5/6 for a number of years, and they absolutely love them - boys with usually poor engagement respond particularly well to them)
All four RIC sets from my collection, used daily in my own classroom.
Format:
Each slide provides one excerpt, short poem, illustration, photograph or similar. RIC questions (Retrieve, Interpret, Authorial Choice) follow, with SAT-style points available per question (ideal for Y5/6.)
These resources are great as an independent comprehension resource, or for use as part of ‘Whole Class Comprehension.’
Time allowance per task: Anywhere between 15 and 30 minutes per slide, depending on your teaching style.
(Additionally, the files are not locked as ‘Read Only’ to allow you to tweak them as desired.)
What’s included?
-10 complete comprehension resources themed around a poem.
-Each resource includes the poem itself, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
What’s included?
-A Liking for a Viking (Celia Warren)
-Bonfire (Jean Kenward)
-Eletephony (Laura E.Richards)
-History (John Kitching)
-Ice Cream Shop (Shel Silverstein)
-Ogre My Dead Body (Colin McNaughton)
-Seal Lullaby (Rudyard Kipling)
-Song of the Engine (Worsley Benison)
-Transylvania Dreaming (Colin McNaughton)
-Windy Nights (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-SATs prep
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
I personally use all of the resources in this bundle with my Y5/6 class. This bundle includes:
-22 lessons (a range of lessons, activities, tactical games and mathematical art)
-6 Maths Games Collection (including Countdown, Ultimate Countdown, Code Breakers and Blockbusters)
-Learning Aid Collection (including resources like place value grids, blank number lines and X-table practise cards)
Bundle of 6 documents:
-Pictograms
-Bar graphs
-Bar-line graphs
-Line graphs
-Pie charts (using fractions)
-Pie charts (using percentages)
Each card has a graph to read, and a series of questions answerable using the graph’s data.
As you can see from the photo, I use these resources every year with my Y5/6 children (which explains why they are covered in whiteboard pen!)
What’s included?
10 complete comprehension resources themed on great Britons, both modern and historical.
Each resource includes a short biography, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
Who’s included?
-C.S Lewis (author)
-Doreen Lawrence (modern-day racial equality activist)
-Emmeline Pankhurst (historical gender equality activist)
-Isambard Kingdom-Brunel (historical engineer)
-J.K Rowling (author)
-J.R.R Tolkien (author)
-Princess Diana (philanthropist and ex-Royal)
-Roald Dahl (author)
-Shami Chakrabarti (politician, political activist)
-Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web)
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups
-27 slides for the whole-class teaching of reading and comprehension
-every slide contains an extract / image / poem etc
-every slide contains a Retrieval, Interpret and Author’s Choice question
-every slide contains a mastery option for quick finishers
-these slides were made to link with the style of teaching shared by the Mrs P Blog
Reading / Observation materials including:
-poetry
-story extracts
-infographics
-fact text extracts
-photographs
-book covers
-book illustrations
-comic book front covers
-27 slides for the whole-class teaching of reading and comprehension
-every slide contains an extract / image / poem etc
-every slide contains a Retrieval, Interpret and Author’s Choice question
-every slide contains a mastery option for quick finishers
-these slides were made to link with the style of teaching shared by the Mrs P Blog
Reading / Observation materials including:
-poetry
-story extracts
-infographics
-fact text extracts
-photographs
-book covers
What’s included?
-10 complete comprehension resources themed around a poem.
-Each resource includes the poem itself, a series of questions and a mark scheme.
What’s included?
-Entering a Castle (Brian Moses)
-Fire burn and Cauldron Bubble (William Shakespeare)
-Important Notice (Phillip Waddell)
-It’s a Wonderful World but they Made a Few Mistakes (Judith Viorst)
-Jabberwocky (Lewis Carroll)
-Mother to Son (Langston Hughes)
-Names (Brian Moses)
-Superman’s Dog (Paul Cookson)
-Two Witches Discuss Good Grooming (John Caldwell)
-Winter Time (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Great for:
-Year groups 4-8
-homework
-revision
-SATs prep
-home-learning
-links with PSCHE and British Values
-Booster groups