Pack of 5 handy printable sheets that children can look at to help them choose subject-specific vocabulary for a descriptive writing activity. Sheets may be modified for your particular lesson, and it is suggested that you laminate these, as they are multi-use. Included are 5 themed description sheets: Healthy Me The Environment Inventors & Inventions Superheroes Travel & Transportation Each sheet includes examples of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and also includes 16 sample sentence chunks for children to use if they are stuck for ideas while writing. Other descriptive writing resources can be found at my shop. All images courtesy of www.clker.com

Quick grammar quizzes that test Year 4, 5 and 6 children on their knowledge of relative clauses, plurals, past and present tense verbs, capitalisation and more. Can be used as a starter activity, 10 minute GPS (SPAG) warm-up, or a plenary after a revision lesson. 3 come in the pack (including answers to all), but they can easily be modified to fit your class, ability and requirements.

An excellent start of year quick assessment tool to see if children can write coherent sentences. This activity is differentiated 3 ways and challenges children to rearrange a set of words into a readable sentence, focusing on basic sentence structure and the ordering of words. Example: to cakes in bake . I kitchen the love Children need to put each word in the correct order to unscramble the words properly. Excellent for SEN children who struggle to string words into a sentence, and to encourage the use of capital letters and full stops. ANSWERS INCLUDED

This lesson is designed to introduce children to the concept of editing work for punctuation, grammar, and spelling. Instead of launching children into editing, this lesson allows for some practise so they can grasp the skills needed to properly scan and correct their work efficiently. It is geared towards a Year 3 class who are just being introduced to editing in the first few weeks of school to help give them the confidence to begin editing their own work and others’ work. Included in this pack: - Full lesson plan with starter and differentiation activity - Colourful 10-page Smart Notebook file to accompany the delivery of the lesson (includes interactive warm-up activities and starter tasks) - Differentiated worksheet - "Charlotte's Adventure" - Assessment checklists for children to use while practicing their editing skills

A set of worksheets geared towards Y3 and 4 children to be given out at the beginning of the year to assess the quality of children's punctuation choices and general writing style. Sentences are geared towards the Minecraft game. Included in the pack: 1 LA Worksheet - focus on full stops, capitals, and proper nouns 1 MA Worksheet - focus on proper nouns, commas and a few speech marks 1 HA Worksheet - focus on all of the above + exclamation marks and question marks 1 Answer sheet

Fun Halloween codebreaking activities for Years 2-4 maths (depending on ability) involving addition and subtraction. Can be used as part of a lesson, or as a stand-alone topical activity. Comes with 5 puzzles and a full answer sheet.

This haiku writing pack introduces children to writing a haiku using the 5 senses. Using an ocean theme, children will learn what a haiku is, generate descriptive and sensory words about oceans and seas, plan their haiku using a structured organiser, then write a creative haiku about the ocean. Included in this pack: - Bright and colourful IWB (Smartboard notebook) with HD images of the ocean, waves, and cliffs to stimulate the senses - Detailed lesson plan, including a starter and plenary, with discussion questions - A structured organiser for children to plan and organise their ideas - A modified SEN (or LA) organiser with pictures, larger font, and more accessible language - Links to required sound clips All images courtesy of www.clker.com and www.unsplash.com

This workbook is filled with fun math activities for a Year 3 or 4 class (or high-ability Year 2) involving money, budgeting, interpret and present data using bar charts, solve 1 and 2-step questions, fractions, time, and division. Perfect for assessing general maths knowledge as a start-of-year activity, or a revision tool.

An excellent end-of-year maths/art project for Year 3 children. In this task, children are challenged to create their dream island for the summer holidays. This project is designed to cover the following areas in the Year 3 curriculum: • Measure the perimeter of simple 2-D shapes • Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits • Continue to become fluent in adding and subtracting amounts of money • Recognise angles as a property of shape or a description of turn • Solve one-step and two-step questions using information presented in tables A full lesson plan, differentiated activity sheets, an island template, answer sheet, project booklet, and a completed example island are included. All images courtesy of www.clker.com

Children are tasked to design an informative and persuasive pamphlet about why incoming year 2’s will love year 3! This is a good way to recap fun projects children completed in various topics throughout year 3 and use persuasive techniques to convince incomers that year 3 will be the best! Makes for an excellent end-of-year activity that can be drawn out over 1-3 lessons, as well as an excellent display board! Included: - Full lesson plan with starters and differentiation - Planning sheet for children to fill in during input and discussion - Colourful and helpful Smart Notebook file to accompany the lesson - Example pamphlet to give some ideas and inspiration - LA pamphlet template with pre-drawn boxes and sentences - Links to the English and D/T curriculum for LO and planning purposes All images courtesy of www.clker.com

Group project involving 3D shapes. Children design a scene to be constructed using 3D shapes. Over 2 lessons, children design a scene, and are given 3D shape nets to colour in and assemble to bring their scene to life. Children also fill in a project booklet that requires them to count the number of faces, edges, and vertices for each shape, record the amount of each shape they need, and the total amount of faces, edges and vertices in their entire scene. A multi-faceted project involving shape, teamwork, design, planning, construction, counting, multiplication and addition. Included in the pack: - Lesson plan (one for each day) - Notebook presentation to introduce and guide children through the project - Group booklet - includes tables, charts, fill in the blanks, and a group feedback sheet for each child to fill out upon completion of the project. *Nets of shapes not included* All 3D shape images courtesy of clker.com

In this pack, you will find 4 high-quality resources to teach children about adverbial phrases: - A complete lesson plan that includes a step-by-step success criteria, objectives, starter activity, teaching, differentiated activities and a plenary - Links to required portions of the lesson (still active as of 2016) - A colourful interactive whiteboard notebook that includes prompts, questions, and the differentiated tasks for the activity portion of the lesson - A picture prompt sheet (picture from unsplash.com) - A description sheet that includes verbs, adjectives, nouns, and sample phrases to prompt lower-ability children into forming rich sentences with description All materials included, and can be modified for your specific class/lesson(s). All images courtesy of unsplash.com and clker.com.

Pack of 5 handy printable sheets that children can look at to help them choose subject-specific vocabulary for a descriptive writing activity. Sheets may be modified for your particular lesson, and it is suggested that you laminate these, as they are multi-use. Included are 5 scene description sheets: 1) Stone, Bronze, and Iron Age 2) Weather 3) World War I and II 4) Robots 5) Fairytales Each sheet includes examples of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and also includes 16 sample sentence chunks for children to use if they are stuck for ideas while writing. ***SET 1*** (BEACHES, FORESTS, CITY, WOODS, etc) available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/setting-description-pupil-resource-pack-11061253 ***SET 2*** (Rainforests, Romans, Gods and Goddesses, Cold Climates) available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/setting-description-pupil-resource-pack-2-11169703 All images courtesy of www.clker.com

Focusing your topic on a country this term? Use this pack of 5 handy printable sheets to help children understand and choose subject-specific vocabulary for a variety of activities. Sheets may be modified for your particular lesson, and it is suggested that you laminate these, as they are multi-use. Included are 5 country description sheets: 1) Africa 2) The U.S.A 3) South America 4) Canada 5) Australia & New Zealand Each sheet includes examples of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and also includes 16 sample sentence chunks for children to use if they are stuck for ideas while writing. ***SET 1*** (BEACHES, FORESTS, CITY, WOODS, etc) available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/setting-description-pupil-resource-pack-11061253 ***SET 2*** (Rainforests, Romans, Gods and Goddesses, Cold Climates) available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/setting-description-pupil-resource-pack-2-11169703 ***SET 3*** here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/setting-description-pupil-resource-pack-3-11554800 All images courtesy of www.clker.com

Pack of 7 handy printable sheets that children can look at to help them choose subject-specific vocabulary for a descriptive writing activity. Sheets may be modified for your particular lesson, and it is suggested that you laminate these, as they are multi-use. Included are 7 scene description sheets: 1) Castle scene 2) City scene 3) Outer space scene 4) Pirate ship/island scene 5) Dinosaur world scene 6) Forest scene 7) Beach/holiday scene ** NEW HOLIDAY PACK AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/holiday-vocabulary-sheets-bonfire-night-halloween-christmas-more-11392061 ** PACK 2 (including Rainforests, Romans, Gods and Goddesses and Cold Climates) AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/topic-specific-vocabulary-sheets-for-creative-writing-11169703 Each sheet includes examples of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and also includes 16 sample sentence chunks for children to use if they are stuck for ideas while writing. All images courtesy of www.clker.com

These sheets give children some ideas for how to start a catchy sentence in the dilemma or resolution stage of their story, and also allows them to customise each sentence to fit their particular story or writing style, as many children in KS2 can find it tricky to transition from writing a build up to a dilemma in a story. Helpful also for Y5/6 SEN children who require prompts or written examples to aid with idea and sentence generation. EXAMPLES from the sheets: • ________ turned the corner and began sprinting as fast as __________. • There were ____________ all around me. Puzzled, I walked towards the __________ to investigate. • We were relieved that _____________. With smiles on our faces, we headed back ____________. • After putting up a good fight, they were unable to ______________.

2-3 week Geography/ICT project. Children investigate and research different regions in the United States and plan a family holiday. Groups of 3-4 create an itinerary of places for their family to go, what they will do, see, eat, etc. in 3 states in their region. Pack includes a road trip workbook (instructions, success criteria, organisation chart, checklist), and detailed organisation sheet for groups. Also includes a blank book that children can use to place their information and pictures. A hands-on, investigative and challenging research project that is very thorough and provides several creative opportunities for children. Geared towards a Year 5/6 class.

This pack will help children figure out and understand the difference between an urban land area and a rural land area. It will help them distinguish between features of each, and challenge them to come up with physical or human features that might be found in an urban area or a rural area. Includes a colourful 14-page notebook file that shows examples of urban and rural areas, and outlines the challenges the children are to complete. Pack also includes a detailed lesson plan and accompanying pictures, charts and activity sheets. All images courtesy of www.all-free-download.com.

Pack of 4 handy printable sheets that children can look at to help them choose subject-specific vocabulary for a descriptive writing activity. Sheets may be modified for your particular lesson, and it is suggested that you laminate these, as they are multi-use. Included are 4 scene description sheets: 1) Rainforests 2) Romans 3) Gods and Goddesses 4) Cold Climates Each sheet includes examples of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and also includes 16 sample sentence chunks for children to use if they are stuck for ideas while writing. ***SET 1*** (BEACHES, FORESTS, CITY, WOODS, etc) available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/setting-description-pupil-resource-pack-11061253 All images courtesy of www.clker.com