Includes success criteria, adverts pupils can identify with, 'guess the slogan' activity and lesson ideas that lead pupil to creating an advert to persuade. Suitable from year 4 onwards.
A PowerPoint presentation in which each slide has a different question for groups of pupils to discuss. Questions include: 'If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?' and 'If you could change one of your family's rules, which would you change?' Suitable from year 3 onwards.
An activity in which pupils 'chunk' polysyllabic words ending in -tion and -sion. Includes activity for pupils to match words to definitions too. Suitable from year 4 onwards.
A worksheet on which pupils can use coloured pens to highlight: double letters, a word in a word, 'sandwiches' (two identical letters either side of another letter, e.g. ici) and vowels. They will consider the word's shape and draw a box around it, chunk it into parts using syllables, write it with their 'other' hand, write in capital letters, write with their eyes closed and speed write (write as many times as possible in one minute). A fun activity that children love! Suitable from year 3 onwards.
A report that explains the differences between mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish and invertebrates ideal for shared reading or could be adapted into a reading comprehension exercise.
Suitable for year 4 onwards,