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I am a London teacher specialising in EYFS and KS1 for the last 6 years. My resources are all ones I use in my own classrooms and have helped my own teaching practise. I hope they make life easier in your own classroom.
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I am a London teacher specialising in EYFS and KS1 for the last 6 years.
My resources are all ones I use in my own classrooms and have helped my own teaching practise. I hope they make life easier in your own classroom.
All resources
Year 2 Assembly Script Science (Animals including Humans)
This is a fun Science assembly for year 2. It has 1 catchy song and a fun poem with youtube links and one hymn for if you work in a Catholic or C of E school. It covers, what is a spine, the five vertebrate animals classification, carnivores, herbivores and omnivores, the importance of a balanced diet across the five food groups, and why hygiene is important .
There are so many opportunities for fun acting and miming in this script too depending on the ability of your class.
Hopefully it saves you some time for planning your own assemblies.
Great Fire of London Year 2 Assembly Script
This is a fun History assembly for year 2. It has 1 catchy song and a fun poem. It covers the events during the great fire of london,how it started, why the fire burned, fire fighting methods and how London changed afterwards .
There are so many opportunities for fun acting and miming in this script too depending on the ability of your class.
Hopefully it saves you some time for planning your own assemblies.
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Reading comprehension
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 10 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
Year 2 Geography Assembly Script
This is a fun Geography assembly for year 2. It has 2 catchy songs with youtube links and one hymn for if you work in a Catholic or C of E school. It covers continents, oceans and compass directions.
There are so many opportunities for fun acting and miming in this script too depending on the ability of your class.
Hopefully it saves you some time for planning your own assemblies.
The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World Reading Comprehension
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 9 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has three extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include, a recount of the story lesson and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
Tes paid licence
The Magic Finger Reading comprehension
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
The Legend of Spud Murphy Reading Comprehension
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
Each session is based on 8 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
The Jenius Dick King Smith reading comprehension
I have used this resource with my Year 2 group of Working At/ Expected and Working Above/Greater Depth readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently.
This resource contains planning for the entire book.Each page is based on 9 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has an extension task.
This is also a resource which could easily be used with Year 3 as well as a week long end of term reading comprehension.
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark Reading Comprehension
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
Mr Majeika Reading Comprehension
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include, a recount of the story lesson and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
The Legend of Captain Crow's teeth Reading Comprehension
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 8 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has three extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include, a recount of the story lesson and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
Tes paid licence
Fantastic Mr Fox Reading Comphrension
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book.Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
James and The Giant Peach Reading Comprehension Unit
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 10 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has three extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include, a recount of the story lesson and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
George Marvellous Medicine Guided Reading Comprehension
I have used this resource with my Year 2 group of Working At/ Expected and Working Above/Greater Depth readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each page is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has an extension task
This is also a resource which could easily be used with Year 3 as well.
A Bear Called Paddington Reading Comprehension
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers and the children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 9 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
Bundle
Roald Dahl Reading Comprehension Bundle (3 books)
This bundle contains planning of entire units of planning for Esio Trot, Fantastic Mr Fox and George’s Marvellous Medicine to be used in your daily reading practise.
I have used these resources with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include, a recount of the story lesson and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
Tes paid licence
The Monster Crisp-Guzzler by Malorie Blackman Reading Comprehension unit (5 pages))
I have used this resource with my year 2 group of Expected/Working At and Greater Depth/Working Above readers to introduce them to reading chapter books. The children have really enjoyed the tasks. The children call this their ‘selfie questions’ as they answer them independently after reading in pairs.
This resource contains planning for the entire book. Each session is based on 5 pages from the book. The questions cover a range of different types including retrieval, inference, prediction and clarification and each ‘selfie’ sheet has two extension tasks. This resource pack also includes my introduction lesson where the children use their prediction skills to explain what they thought the story would include, a recount of the story lesson and the summary lesson after completing the book to create their own book review.
This is a resource which could also be used with Year 3 readers as well.
Emotion Zone resource
I have had this resource displayed in my classroom since my NQT year.
It’s at the children’s height and the children can check in how they feel every morning and afternoon registration. The widgets themselves are usually moved around the appropriate zone to help them.
The children love accessing it and usually write on the emotion zone areas their own suggestions on how to deal with those types of emotions.
Maths symbols Display KS1
This is a resource I use in my own KS1 classroom and is really useful for reminding the children of which function we are using to day and the key stem language associated with it.
7 key symbols. Simply print, cut out and display. This resource is ideal for ECT’s needing to decorate a classroom.
If you find this resource useful please rate and review.
Thank you!
Question words display
This is a resource I use in my own KS1 classroom and is really useful when forming and extending questioning sentences and supporting questioning language used by my students.
7 key question words. Simply print, cut out and display. This resource is ideal for ECT’s needing to decorate a classroom.
If you find this resource useful please rate and review.
Thank you!