4 weeks worth of Guided Reading tasks and accompanying question slides based on The Griffin Gate by Vashti Hardy. Lessons were planned and delivered to LKS2 classes who had never done whole class guided reading before. Lessons were created to explicitly teach each of the 5 vipers skills: Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explaining, Retrieval, and Summarising. Pack contains: 1 complete slideshow containing 5 lessons a week for 4 weeks 1 document containing tasks for each of the lessons. The lesson sequence is as follows: Monday – Prediction Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – Other VIPERS skills (one focus skill per week) Friday – Summarising Weekly skills focus: Week 1: Vocabulary Week 2: Inference Week 3: Retrieval (linked text) Week 4: Explaining (linked text) Tasks include: Using dictionaries to find definitions of words in the text Ordering vocabulary by its ‘shade of meaning’ Writing questions to characters Thinking of new names for the chapters Creating story maps and MORE

Print and laminate this word mat to use in writing sessions based on Escape From Pompeii by Christina Balit.

Print and display this Emotions Check in for younger children to identify their feelings and emotions.

Printable Parts of Speech for your literacy displays. Print, cut and laminate for best results.

Printable Class Calendar to display children’s birthdays. This can be used year on year as once laminated, names can be written on with dry-wipe pen.

Printable bunting for your Literacy working walls. Tropical/leaf theme. For best results, print and laminate, or print onto card.

Display bunting showing sounds and their alternative spellings - linked to Letters and Sounds (UK Phonics)

Printable Place Value peg cards. Children count the base ten and identify the number by placing a peg on it. PDF document needs printing and laminating for best quality results.

Printable Times Table Bunting from 1x1 to 12x12. PDF Download can be printed and laminated for best quality usage.

Times Table Mat PRINTABLE for LKS2 (Years 3 and 4)

Stone Age Word Mat to accompany teaching on Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. Words separated into senses and atmosphere. Created to support teaching in a Year 3 (2nd Grade) class.

PRINTABLE Number posters. Could be used as a number line or display materials in the classroom. Each poster shows the number as digits, in words, as a tens frame, tally and on fingers.

PRINTABLE cards to stimulate end of the day conversation in pupils

PRINTABLE flower themed bunting with classroom rules. For best quality results print and laminate or print on card.

Print and display the following ‘key vocabulary’ cards for your Magnets topic.

Print and laminate this resource to use with LKS2 children to accompany teaching Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit. Sentence starters are separated into the five senses.

Print and display the following ‘key vocabulary’ cards for your Greeks topic.

PRINTABLE word mat to accompany teaching on Superworm by Julia Donaldson. Used with Reception children to write sentences containing adjectives to describe a worm.

Children read the sentence and choose the correct punctuation mark to complete it by adding a peg to the correct answer. This PDF needs printing and laminating for best quality results.

Print and display the following ‘key vocabulary’ cards for your Rainforests topic.