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An addition to the popular Once Said in a Fairy Tale series of resources. This pack is inspired by the much-loved game, Guess Who. It features three resource sheets for playing: characters with 12 fairy tale characters characters with story books and speech bubbles adjectives (24 words) that can be used to describe characters. There are three ways to play, suitable for partner, small group and whole class games, with instructions for each. Through playing these games, students build and draw on their knowledge of fairy tales, and adjectives. This game pack can also be purchased as part of a read and write bundle /teaching-resource/-once-said-in-a-fairytale-literacy-skills-pack-12203992 or a giant bundle with all the resources in this series. /teaching-resource/fee-fi-fo-fum-fairytale-bundle-12203994

A board game that allows students to experience life as a sea turtle from egg to adult, from eating jellyfish and visiting a cleaning station to avoiding fishing nets. A great way to consolidate learning on life cycles, endangered animals, and/or marine conservation. Board games are excellent for developing social skills and the different levels of challenge encourage students to become resilient – it’s not easy for turtles to survive to become adults! Contents: A guide for educators A beautiful board game and counters A Choose your rules sheet, including different levels of difficulty. One version involves paying for points, so it’s good for maths too! World Turtle Day is May 23rd each year. Teachers Telling Tales has other turtles resources including an active running game, an interactive story and a quiz. This game can also be purchased with them as part of a bundle.

A presentation and worksheets perfect for reinforcing and consolidating phonics knowledge. Students look at groups of four images and decide which one is different (a bit fishy!) based on one of six categories: initial sounds final sounds medial sounds rhyming words syllables compound words There are fifteen questions for each category, so this resource can be used over many days or weeks. The presentation is perfect for a whole class starter activity or for use 1:1 or with a small group targeting the areas identified as needing reinforcing. The use of images is a great way to support students with English as an additional language, or those with additional learning needs, extending vocabulary at the same time. Explaining choices encourages reasoning skills and expressing opinions. Worksheets can be used for independent work, or laminated and used with dry wipe pens, or used for home learning. Alternatively, images can be cut up for sorting activities. A guide for educators and answers are included.

This resource was created to celebrate #WorldSpaceWeek 2023 (October 4–10). Planet Anagrams / solar system spelling This fun activity sheet was created to celebrate #WorldSpaceWeek 2023 (October 4–10). It features cute and colourful clip art and invites students to solve the anagrams of the names of planets in our solar system and write them in order. A sneaky way to squeeze in some spelling! Check out the free Astronaut Spelling Activity pack featuring two levels and answer sheets. You may also like this fun Alien poem reading and drawing activity. /teaching-resource/the-alien-read-and-draw-12166304

These fun activity sheets were created to celebrate #WorldSpaceWeek 2023 (October 4–10). They feature cute and colourful clip art and invite students to make as many words as they can from the letters in ‘astronaut’. The simpler sheet encourages students to complete the countdown by finding ten words. A sneaky way to squeeze in some spelling! There are colour and ink-saving versions of activity and answer sheets. Also check out the Teachers Telling Tales free Planet Anagrams / solar system spelling activity. You may also like this fun Alien poem reading and drawing activity: /teaching-resource/the-alien-read-and-draw-12166304

The classic tale of Sam’s Sandwich is fantastic for engaging students as they eagerly await to discover which creature will be added with each sandwich ingredient. This pack contains resources to accompany the book, including word and picture cards for participation in read-alouds and retellings, a fill the gaps activity focussed on rhyming words (with two levels) and reading comprehension questions. Good for food and minibeasts topics. You may also like the Teachers Telling Tales minibeasts resources: /teaching-resource/minibeasts-big-bug-bundle-12340248 This pack contains two formats, PowerPoint and PDF.

A simple sheet for students to complete to introduce themselves. Pictures and words guide and prompt through the sections and there is an open-ended space at the end for learners to choose something about themselves to share. No-prep PDF and editable PowerPoint versions. Perfect for first day / sessions with new students.

Celebrate #WorldBeeDay (20th May each year) with some bee-themed handwriting patterns and cutting skills! For more minibeast-themed resources including card and board games, mazes, sudoku and book making check out /teaching-resource/minibeasts-big-bug-bundle-12340248 Teachers Telling Tales also have a free bee-themed maths activity here which can be adapted for different ages and abilities: /teaching-resource/buzz-off-square-numbers-multistep-game-12521661 Note: updated March 2025 with two extra sheets (one each for tracing and cutting). This resource has been selected twice by the TES Resource Team for handwriting and letter formation blogs (Septemebr 2024 and January 2025).

A compilation of thirty dice games, presented in an easy to follow document with suggestions for adaptations to meet learners’ needs. The document can be trimmed to produce cards featuring simple instructions, perfect for support staff working with small groups. Mathematics skills covered include: calculation using all four operations, comparing numbers, place value, doubling, odd and even numbers, times tables, square numbers, number bonds, probability, rounding, power of 10, negative numbers, fractions, sequences, area and perimeter.

This pack features fifteen adorable monsters to describe, compare and sort. They come in four colours with carefully selected similarities and differences, perfect for Guess Who games to develop observation, concentration and vocabulary skills. Use the quiz as a model for describing, for example, I am pink, I have three sharp teeth, I have horns. The presentation can be used on screen / interactive whiteboard and there are PDF files for poster / cards. Ideas and instructions for games along with photograph illustrations are included. For more monster-themed literacy and numeracy resources, check out the Teacher Telling Tales shop.

Through this interactive story students learn about different sources of water pollution and consider their impacts on marine life. They follow Finn the fish as he travels through different ecosystems encountering different problems along the way. Immersing a sponge fish in a container of water and adding substances to mimic the different kinds of pollution is a powerful visual way to demonstrate the problems. Follow up ideas including matching cards are included along with editable story scripts to adapt for different learners / contexts.

PowerPoint / PDF with 19 pages. Guidance, answers and ideas in notes. 5 engaging games featuring cute monsters and balloons and a range of number facts and skills. Alternative versions of games and editable so the possibilities are endless! Perfect for lesson starters, plenaries and fill in activities. Initially created as a remote teaching activity, suitable for distance learning. Includes printable pages for follow-up consolidation. Skills: addition and subtraction, times tables, fractions of amounts, rounding to nearest 10, double and half, number bonds Vocabulary: multiple, factor, square number, square root, prime, odd and even, dozen, score, gross, sum, product Games: Who has the winning balloon? Pop the Balloons, Colour the Balloons, Vocabulary Monsters, Make 100 Monsters. UK spelling (colour) and US (color) versions. You may also like the Teachers Telling Tales My Amazing Monster Literacy Lesson /teaching-resource/my-amazing-monster-literacy-lesson-12564858 and Little Monster Balloon Party for younger / less able students. /teaching-resource/little-monster-balloon-party-maths-games-12564875 Buy two packs together as a bundle with a discount.

PowerPoint / PDF with 16 pages. Guidance, answers and ideas in notes. 5 engaging games featuring cute monsters and balloons and a range of number facts and skills. Alternative versions of games and editable presentation, so the possibilities are endless! Perfect for lesson starters, plenaries and fill in activities. Initially created as a remote teaching activity, suitable for distance learning. Includes printable pages for follow-up consolidation. Skills: 2 digit numbers, place value, one more / less, addition and subtraction, 2, 5 and 10 x tables, odd and even, doubles, number bonds. Games: Who has the winning balloon? Pop the Balloons, Colour the Balloons, Multiplication Monsters, Make 10 Monsters. UK spelling (colour) and US (color) versions. You may also like the Teachers Telling Tales My Amazing Monster Literacy Lesson /teaching-resource/my-amazing-monster-literacy-lesson-12564858 and Monster Balloon Party /teaching-resource/monster-balloon-party-maths-games-12564895 for older / more able students. Buy two packs together as a bundle with a discount.

Complete Literacy Lesson PowerPoint / PDF with 14 pages. Guidance, answers and ideas in notes. Spot the Difference (three activities) Descriptive language: draw out vocabulary for body parts, colours etc. Monster Names (Three levels of difficulty.) Phonics: Roll a die to select beginning, middle and end sounds, combine to make a monster name. Can be completed as class / individual activity. Record sheets are provided with 8 monsters. The ink-saving version can be coloured by students. Make a Monster Roll a die to select colour, pattern/texture, body parts, home and food for a monster. Annotate on screen or print, place in plastic envelope and use a dry wipe pen. Say sentences about the monster created – the second version has sentence starters to support. My Monster Writing Frame Write sentences about the monster created using the ‘make a monster’ activity or your imagination. Draw the monster. Follow up ideas: Create a class book of all the monsters. Create large paintings, collages or models of monsters for a class display. You may also like the Teachers Telling Tales Little Monster Balloon Party numeracy games. Buy both together as a bundle with a discount.

Robot, Monster and Ogre get confused with tens and ones, can you help them? Great starter activities for online and classroom sessions. Count and create 2 digit numbers. Say which is most / least, double numbers, add one more and correct common mistakes. A presentation with six problems to solve using tens and ones blocks and candles on cakes… Use the templates to create many more based on your students’ needs. For more early counting activities check out /teaching-resource/count-the-coins-treasure-chest-challenges-12563480

An animated presentation, perfect for starter activities. Students pick which treasure chest they think will have the most money, then, as each is revealed they count the coins to see if they were correct. As it’s a game of luck, everyone has an equal chance of winning. All get to practise the calculation, which could be addition or counting in multiples of 2, 5 or 10. The more challenging quests have mixed coins. This is a good way to demonstrate how different values of coins can make the same amount, e.g. 10 ones and 1 ten. There are 5 sections, each with 3 games; however, variations can easily be created by duplicating slides and rearranging the coins. Sections: Count in 5s Count in 10s 10s and 1s 1s and 2s 10, 5, 2 and 1 The coins are inspired by UK money, however, as they are a simple design with a large number, no familiarity with UK money is required for the games so they are suitable for use in any location. Answers and extension ideas are included in the notes. The pack includes 2 versions: use ppsx to avoid changes in layout/formatting or pptx if you want to change or adapt the presentations. My students loved this and I ended up creating many variations by simply changing the coins. You may also like the pirate-themed resources in the Teachers Telling Tales shop, including positional language, sudoku and phonics, for example, /teaching-resource/pirates-pack-12183976. More maths packs will be added shortly.