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It’s time to get outside while teaching English! This outdoor literacy bundle covers instruction writing, persuasive writing, diary / recount, and poetry through fun, engaging, and practical activities. It is the perfect pack to help teach a large chunk of your English curriculum in the great outdoors.

This poetry bundle is a refreshing way to teach poetry through the outdoors. It is designed to get your children into the outdoors exploring poetry through their senses while encouraging a rich use of language. It contains the following products: Spring Poetry Scrapbook This poetry scrapbook is the perfect way to get your class exploring the outdoors while letting their creative juices flow in the form of poetry. They each get their own personal scrapbook where they are required to think about what language they can use to describe specific things before putting their thoughts into a poem. This scrapbook gives the children the opportunity to write acrostic, quatrain, and couplet poems along with another, which they can choose. I have used this pack with great success in spring and summer where we would spend Friday afternoons going out to write poetry, however I am excited to have a go at it in winter too! It is very therapeutic for both the children and the teacher. Contents: - Scrapbook cover - Blank scrapbook cover (where they can draw their own) - ‘Beautiful Birds’ language ideas - ‘Beautiful Birds’ acrostic poem sheet - ‘Magical Mini-Beasts’ language ideas - ‘Magical Mini-Beats’ quatrain poem sheet (aabb rhyming pattern) - ‘Vibrant Views’ language ideas - ‘Vibrant Views’ quatrain poem sheet (abab rhyming pattern) - ‘Wonderful Weather’ language ideas - ‘Wonderful Weather’ couplet poem sheet - Free poem sheet (the children choose the form and subject for their poem) ----------------------------------- Poetry Introduction PowerPoint A fun interactive PowerPoint designed to give your class an introduction into the wonderful world of poetry. This PowerPoint will teach your children the technical vocabulary, creative language used, and different poetry forms. Contents: - Slides 1 - 4: What is poetry - Slides 5 – 7: Vocabulary - Slides 8 – 26: Simile, personification, or metaphor game - Slides 27 – 36: Poetry forms - Slide 37 – Scrapbook follow up ------------------------ Poetry Help Cards Six poetry scheme help cards that explain what the scheme is and then gives an example. They are great to have available to your children for them to use when writing poems or as a way to differentiate. Poetry rhyming schemes: - Acrostic - Couplet - Quatrain (aaaa) - Quatrain (aabb) - Quatrain (abab) - Quatrain (abca) ------------------------

This is your one stop bundle for everything you need for effective classroom management! This huge bundle is perfect if you are starting a new school or want to revamp your classroom management containing resources to allow your classroom to run smoothly! It fits in nicely with cooperative learning and growth mind-set. We have implemented all of these is my classroom and it has made such a big difference! This pack consists of the following resources: Group Roles Badges and Job Plates Group roles badges and plates that allow you to easily structure cooperative learning / group work so that each child has a specific responsibility that is crucial to their success. This pack includes role plates for the tables as well as badges that they can wear around their neck while taking part in the group work both with descriptions of what the role duties are. The five roles are: - Agent Manager - Agent Time Manager - Agent Volume - Agent Materials Manager - Agent Encourager When children have a specific role that they are responsible for they seem to be much more focused and more involved in their learning. I normally change the roles each time they do group work so that every child experiences each role. Contents: - 5 x job plates with descriptions - 5 x double sided job badges with descriptions ------------------------ Classroom Management: Self Help Poster and Bookmark This resource is used to help children to become more independent learners. Do you wish your children would think for themselves and know what to do when they don’t know what to do, well this is the resource for you! We decided we needed to try help our children become more independent, so we gave each of them a bookmark which goes through a checklist as to what they should do if they get stuck as well as putting the poster up in the classroom. It has saved us hours of our time! Contents: - 1 x Poster - 1 x bookmark ------------------------ Classroom Management: Table Jobs / Duties This is a great resource for classroom management, and the children love it too! The pack contains 6 table job / duty plates so that each child on the table has a specific responsibility which will not only aid their learning, but help the classroom run smoothly. Each plate contains instructions on the back to help the children understand what the responsibility involves. Contents: 1 x Head Captain 1 x Vice Captain 1 x Captain Focus 1 x Captain Volume 1 x Captain Tidy 1 x Captain Collector 1 x Table Job Record Sheet We noticed a big different in the children’s behaviour and work quality after introducing these responsibilities. We hope you find them as helpful as we do! ------------------------ Classroom Management: Reward Vouchers These classroom management reward vouchers are a perfect addition to any behaviour system. They are a low cost resource that the children love! Simply print and laminate the vouchers and give them to your children who are working hard or showing good behaviour for them to redeem at an appropriate time. There are 22 vouchers levelled from 1 – 3, 3 being the best rewards and should be used as a rarity. You can either let your children choose which reward voucher they want (from the correct level) or have a lucky dip system in place. I have noticed a huge difference in my class since introducing these vouchers. They have worked magic for me! Contents: Level 1: - Pillow Time: Sit on a pillow for half a day - Chair Half Day: Sit on the special chair for half a day - Pick A Pen: Choose one of the special pens to write with all day - Story Picker: Choose a story for the teacher to read to the class - Wear A Hat: Wear your favourite hat to school for a day - Any Job You Want: Choose a class job to do for the day Level 2: - Extra Recess: You get 2 minutes extra recess - Board Artist: Use the whiteboard as your canvas, get creative! - Sit By A Friend: Sit by a friend for 1 lesson - Game Master: Pick a game for the class to play at the end of the day - Extra Tech: 5 minutes extra computer or tech time - Toy From Home: Bring in a toy from home to play with during recess - Pillow Time: Sit on a pillow for a day - Chair Day: Sit on the special chair for a day - Desk Upgrade: Use the teacher’s desk for a lesson - Reading Break: Take 5 minutes, have a relax, and read a book Level 3: - Extra Recess: You get 5 minutes extra recess - Call Home: Your teacher will phone your parents to tell them that you’re a super star - Sit By A Friend: Sit by a friend for 1 day - Extra Tech: 10 minutes extra computer or tech time - Mystery Box: Take a lucky dip from the box - Table Treat: Your whole table gets 2 minutes extra recess I hope your class enjoy this as much as mine have! ------------------------ Classroom Management: Effort Thermometer This is a great classroom management resource / display which was created to help children think about how much effort they are putting into their learning. They must move their name-tag on the thermometer according to how much effort they are putting in. It fits in well with Growth Mindset. It can be used in a few ways. Self Reflection: At the end of or during a lesson the children place their name-tag onto the effortometer depending on how much effort they think they are putting in. Teachers Assessment: During the lesson the teacher can move names around depending on how they are working. I sometimes give a reward token (see our store) if a child reaches the top of the scale. This has made a huge difference in my class as children are starting to become aware of what they are capable of. I hope it does the same for you! ------------------------ Interactive Literacy Display & Help Cards: Improving Writing These display resources and help cards will help your children become more independent with improving their writing. Not only will this allow your children to take more independence over their learning and writing, it will also save you a ton of time as they use this display to improve, and continue improving! This pack consists of display resources and help cards for the following areas: - Adjectives - Adverbs - Connectives - Punctuation - Sentence Openers - Writing Checklist This display has worked wonders in my classroom, and I hope it does in yours too! -----------------------------------