Greece, Greek Mythology, Reading Comprehension, Literature, KS2, KS3, Choices, Role Playing, Gamification, Choices Matter
In this second chapter of the âChoose Your Own Adventureâ Greek Mythology series, the magic of role playing continues to come to life. Inspired by old school tabletop RPGs, this interactive story maintains the same heart-pounding action as Chapter 1, with an expanded choice and battle system for even more engagement. Students will solve riddles, survive dangerous dice rolls, and win thrilling battles as they journey through Ancient Greece.
Your class has once again been transported back through time and space to the land of Ancient Mythological Greece. Here, the students must work together with the god Hermes to gather the necessary magical artifacts to charge her sending spell to send you back home, as well as break the Curse of Hades.
Will you assist Perseus to defeat the fearsome Medusa?
Will you help Hermes destroy the Curse of Hades?
Will you save the warring people of Athens from their endless conflict?
This story features over 20 pages of interactive choices with multiple avenues for success, designed to immerse your students in what feels like a living, breathing story with multiple endings. Go to the specified pages like an old school CYOA book, or click the links to automatically go to the appropriate page, like a modern visual novel.
Included in this resource:
An expanded interactive system inspired by tabletop RPGs
Riddles to solve, dice rolls to survive, and battles to win
One letter from Hermes to instruct your class in how to play the game (give it to them when they meet him)
One cipher to help Odysseus translate his cryptic message.
This is Chapter 2: Minds of Stone, continuing your studentsâ journey through Greek Mythology. The next adventure will be available soon to further their epic quest.
Any and all feedback is appreciated, as this is a project I would like to continue developing in the future. Please contact me at lessthanbrendan75@gmail.com with any feedback you may have.
Happy adventuring!
Engage your class with Ages of Movement! An active, social studies game teaching history, continents, and transport through movement.
Engages students with movement-based learning
Combines geography, history, and PE in one simple activity
Helps teach continents, connections, and transport concepts
Easy to set up with just cones and space
Flexible for indoor or outdoor use
Suitable for all ages and abilities
Can be played with large groups or small classes
Encourages imaginative play and critical thinking
Adaptable for short warm-ups or full lessons
Builds excitement and curiosity about the world and human progress
Bring Learning to Life with the 5 Senses Activity Bundle!
Looking for an engaging, hands-on way to teach the five senses? Our 5 Senses Activity Bundle is thoughtfully designed to support active learning and spark student curiosity.
This resource includes:
Activity Cards to encourage exploration and discussion
A Scavenger Hunt to promote observation skills in real-world environments
Fact Files to build foundational knowledge in an accessible, student-friendly format
Perfect for science centers, small groups, or whole-class instruction, these materials make it easy to weave critical thinking, inquiry, and vocabulary building into your lessons. Students will love the interactive format, and youâll love how easily it fits into your teaching plans!
Support hands-on discovery, deepen understanding, and make learning fun â all in one ready-to-go bundle!
Turn young learners into confident storytellersâand clever detectives.
This 30-page creative writing workbook is designed to spark imagination and build writing skills in students from Years 2 and 3. Through structured prompts and engaging activities, children will plan, write, and complete their very own five-chapter detective story.
Whatâs inside:
⢠Step-by-step guidance for developing characters, settings, and plot
⢠Creative prompts that encourage imagination and logical thinking
⢠Scaffolded worksheets that support the writing process from start to finish
⢠A clear framework that helps students craft a complete, polished story
Ideal for classrooms, homeschool, or independent writing time, this workbook turns the creative process into an exciting mystery adventure. By the final page, each student will have a unique, fully developed detective story to proudly share.
WR- Digraph Worksheet Collection: vocab review, reading comprehension, and fill-in-the-blanks activities included, as well as picture flashcards.
Engage your students with these fun and interactive WR digraph worksheets, including reading comprehension, fill-in-the-blank exercises, memorization activities, and flashcardsâperfect for building phonics skills in primary and early elementary learners, as well as ESL students!
KS2 Counting 1-100 Worksheet
Designed for KS2 age students, knowing numbers 1-100 is an essential skill that all young learners need. This worksheet will ensure that your students are sure of their counting ability as the year commences.
Keep this in your back pocket for a warm up activity before class, or next to a choice board for those students who finish an activity early. Great for formative assessment in the beginning of the year to check for early numeracy.
KS2 Counting 1-100 Worksheets and template for teachers!
Designed for KS2 age students, knowing numbers 1-100 is an essential skill that all young learners need. These worksheets assist the students in counting from 1-100 and challenges them to fill in the blanks at various challenge levels, all odds are missing in one sheet, all evens in another, random numbers are gone in another and the whole grid is gone in another.
Keep these in your back pocket for a daily warm up activity before class, or next to a choice board for those students who finish an activity early. Great for formative assessment in the beginning of the year to check for early numeracy.
Also contains an editable slide so you can create new sheets to cater to your students needs more specifically.
Print and magnetize these white board organizers which will not only help your students visualize how their day will unfold, but help them identify the objectives of each lesson block.
It is well known that students are more likely to succeed with the objective of a lesson written clearly and concisely on the board. This organize will have you well on your way.
The organizer features a number of lesson blocks for you to pick and choose from. The featured lesson blocks are:
Math
English
Science
Music
Social Studies
Japanese
P.E
Engineering & Technology
Entrepreneurship
Art
Lunch
Recess
Karate
Homeroom
Free Class
I.T
History
Geography
Please enjoy, and I hope this helps your students keep focused on their lesson objectives!
Agreements are essential for the classroom! Class rules posters that will inspire your students to be mindful and safe in the classroom.
Avoiding the word ârulesâ, these essential agreements cover all areas to ensure that the classroom is a happy, safe and nurturing environment for all students and teachers.
We all know that every year begins with setting expectations, so why not cut out the hassle of designing posters when they are already here?
This download features 2 parts:
The essential agreements my previous Year 2 class used in an international school setting.
The blank, editable template for you do design your own posters as a class, because we all know thats how a student led class should be run.
Feel free to introduce the pre-written agreements to your class if you donât have time to document them all, Iâm pretty sure we have all bases covered with them!
Enjoy! Thank you.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving reading comprehension for KS2 students and up, perfect for Halloween! A classic American folktale gone down through the ages and much loved by generations. Now, bring the story into your classroom using child friendly language, accessible reading and 3 additional pages of activities to encourage your students to read, learn and explore.
Includes vocabulary acquisition activities, comprehension questions and more.
Please see the following link /teaching-resource/resource-13097042 for the complete Halloween workbook featuring 10 classic public domain stories and folktales including Dracula and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Build reading comprehension, inference skills, vocabulary acquisiton and written response with this Halloween Classics reading comprehension workbook!
This Halloween themed reading comprehension is designed for students of Key Stage 2 age (7-11) and up. Classic horror stories in child friendly language. Of course, the horror has been dialed back to 1, but the key concepts are still there, mixed in with child friendly language.
Included in this bundle are classroom friendly versions of the following:
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Call of Cthulhu by H.P Lovecraft
Green Tea by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
Nevermore by Edgar Allen Poe
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
For each passage there are:
8 questions (4 comprehension, 2 inference, 2 written response)
1 retelling page with key vocabulary
1 vocabulary acquisition and sentence forming page
Each page features high quality AI generated images.
Boost your Year 2 studentsâ literacy skills with this high quality reading comprehension worksheet, designed within the Cambridge International Curriculum! âYear 2 Reading Comprehension: âRead, Retell, and Learnâ - Understanding Stories and Wordsâ offers a comprehensive approach to mastering key skills, including comprehension questions, story retelling, and vocabulary acquisition. Perfect for classroom teachers, homeschooling parents, and tutors, this resource aligns with the Cambridge English framework and supports critical thinking, language development, and assessment preparation. Equip your students with the tools they need to excel in reading and language arts with this engaging and effective worksheet!
Get your FREE worksheet contained inside HERE:
/teaching-resource/resource-13096244
Back to School Reading Comprehension Year 2, âRead and Roam Vol. 2â helps students with vocabulary, retelling and comprehending. Stories for young students.
Keeping the same format as before, this edition of Read and Rome contains 10 short and engaging stories themed around school, and explores the trials and tribulations of the characters as they navigate their respective schools. Each story contains a lesson learned by the characters - great for establishing classroom expectations, rules and essential agreements at the beginning of the year! Keeps within the Cambridge International Curriculum
Super Hero Squad - The Power of Teamwork
Zog From the Lazy Planet - Bringing your best effort
Ninja Tenet Number One - Never Give Up
Tiny Explorerâs Club - Listen Carefully
Bellaâs First Night At School - Being Inclusive
Leoâs Adventure In Super Land 2 - Have Priorities
Too Good Or Not Enough? - Embrace Learning, make mistakes
The Careless Explorer - Look After Your Belongings
Nerida:s Mistake - Be Honest
Many Hands Make Light Work - Revisiting Teamwork
This engaging resource combines reading, writing, and comprehension in a dynamic format that encourages young learners to explore and enjoy their reading journey. Packed with 10 delightful stories and 30 pages of interactive activities, this workbook enhances comprehension through retelling narratives and building vocabulary. Ideal for printing as a booklet or individual worksheets, âRead and Roamâ is perfect for making reading and writing an adventure for every student.
Boost your Year 2 studentsâ literacy skills with this high quality reading comprehension worksheet, designed within the Cambridge International Curriculum! âYear 2 Reading Comprehension: âRead, Retell, and Learnâ - Understanding Stories and Wordsâ offers a comprehensive approach to mastering key skills, including comprehension questions, story retelling, and vocabulary acquisition. Perfect for classroom teachers, homeschooling parents, and tutors, this resource aligns with the Cambridge English framework and supports critical thinking, language development, and assessment preparation. Equip your students with the tools they need to excel in reading and language arts with this engaging and effective worksheet!
Boost your Year 2 studentsâ literacy skills with this high quality reading comprehension worksheet, designed within the Cambridge International Curriculum! âYear 2 Reading Comprehension: âRead, Retell, and Learnâ - Understanding Stories and Wordsâ offers a comprehensive approach to mastering key skills, including comprehension questions, story retelling, and vocabulary acquisition. Perfect for classroom teachers, homeschooling parents, and tutors, this resource aligns with the Cambridge English framework and supports critical thinking, language development, and assessment preparation. Equip your students with the tools they need to excel in reading and language arts with this engaging and effective worksheet!
FREE Samples found here!:
/teaching-resource/resource-13095682
/teaching-resource/resource-13095697
Introducing âRead and Roam: Adventures in Comprehensionââthe ultimate workbook designed to captivate Year 2 students and beyond! This engaging resource combines reading, writing, and comprehension in a dynamic format that encourages young learners to explore and enjoy their reading journey. Packed with 10 delightful stories and 30 pages of interactive activities, this workbook enhances comprehension through retelling narratives and building vocabulary. Ideal for printing as a booklet or individual worksheets, âRead and Roamâ is perfect for making reading and writing an adventure for every student.
Greece, Greek Mythology, Reading Comprehension, Literature, KS2, KS3, Choices, Role Playing, Gamification, Choices Matter
In this âChoose Your Own Adventureâ short story, the magic of role playing comes to life through the medium of Greek Mythology. Inspired by tabletop RPGs, this interactive story encourages dice rolling, teamwork, role playing, and careful decision making. Students will solve riddles, survive dangerous dice rolls, and win thrilling battles as they journey through Ancient Greece.
Your class has been transported back through time and space to the land of Ancient Mythological Greece. Here, the students must work together with the priestess Pythia to gather the necessary magical artifacts to charge her sending spell to send you back home.
Will you succeed in solving the Oracleâs riddle?
Will you be able to sneak past the terrifying Minotaur in its labyrinth?
Will you challenge the fearsome Centaur in battle, or befriend it instead?
This short story features over 20 pages of interactive choices with multiple avenues for success, designed to immerse your students in what feels like a living, breathing story with multiple endings. Go to the specified pages like an old school CYOA book, or click the links to automatically go to the appropriate page, like a modern visual novel.
Included in this resource:
An interactive system inspired by tabletop RPGs
Riddles to solve, dice rolls to survive, and battles to win
21 beautiful AI-generated images paired with enthralling story text in each slide
One letter from Pythia to instruct your class in how to play the game (give it to them when they meet Pythia)
One letter of thanks from yours truly
This is the first in a series of adventures, with the next adventure available now to continue your studentsâ journey through Greek Mythology.
Any and all feedback is appreciated, as this is a project I would like to continue developing in the future. Please contact me at lessthanbrendan75@gmail.com with any feedback you may have.
Happy adventuring!
Engage anyone from ESL students to Lower Primary can enjoy this fun Measurement Scavenger Hunt! Using rulers, students find objects around the room, measure them in cm, and then write sentences using comparative and superlative adjectives. Itâs a hands-on way to learn measurement and language skills. Perfect for interactive and practical learning!
Free Resource: Choice Board Wall Display
Inspire your students with our free Choice Board Wall Display! Perfect for keeping young minds engaged after theyâve finished their work, this colorful and interactive display offers a variety of creative writing prompts and research ideas. Designed to spark imagination and curiosity, the choice board encourages independent learning and exploration, allowing students to choose activities that interest them. Easy to set up and visually appealing, this resource is an excellent addition to any classroom, providing endless opportunities for creativity and critical thinking. Download now and watch your studentsâ enthusiasm for learning soar!
Free Resource: Formative Assessment Planning Checklist
Elevate your classroom assessments with our free checklist, specifically designed to help teachers effectively plan formative assessment activities. This invaluable resource outlines the main concepts to consider, ensuring your assessments are purposeful, student-centered, and aligned with learning goals. Perfect for teachers of all experience levels, this checklist simplifies the planning process, offering practical tips and reminders to create engaging and meaningful assessments. Download now and transform your teaching approach with a clear and structured plan that maximizes student learning and growth!