This is a set of resources that I use for my year 3 and 4 group.
They are Egyptian themed so that they can link in with humanities topic.
Shape poems are a great introduction to writing in a poetic structure for children, and the shapes offered in this pack are: canopic jars, a sarcophagus and a pyramid.
I modelled the pyramid shape to the class so that my lower ability group had more input tailored to them.
LO: To write a topical shape poem
Hello Fellow Teachers,
Here is a large pack for an entire unit of diary writing lessons. It’s a week long, and all of the planning, resources, evaluations, examples, success criteria and word banks are provided!
Even included two fonts for you so that you can edit the .doc format files at your leisure!
Hopefully all of the above should help to turn the focus back to teaching as opposed to all of the other stuff we have to do!
If you’re looking for home-learning projects, here are links to the resources I’ve put together for whilst the children are distance learning and off school.
LKS2 Space themed:
/teaching-resource/space-lks2-home-learning-project-12282480
UKS2 Space themed:
/teaching-resource/space-6-week-english-project-for-ks2-12269809
Apocalypse themed:
/teaching-resource/apocalypse-6-week-english-project-12270297
Detective themed:
/teaching-resource/detectives-7-week-english-project-12270301
Romans & Celts themed:
/teaching-resource/romans-and-celts-home-learning-project-12278939
Hi Teachers!
Here is a diary planning resource. It comes as part of a larger set, which you can find at this link: /teaching-resource/ks2-diary-writing-entire-unit-12301089
Week 3 of my No-Prep, 6-week How To Train Your Dragon English teaching unit. This week’s focus is on prepositions of place, figurative language (hyperbole, similes & metaphors) and character development. Chapters 4 - 7 are covered.
How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible book to study, and this Chapter 4-7 unit pack helps to engage children in the text right from the start. With exciting, attractive and innovative worksheets designed to hook children in to the action from the get go, you can expect children to gain skills in text comprehension, parts of speech identification and character description using figurative language!
Included in this download:
1 week of planning included in page 2 of the PowerPoint for ease
40-page teaching PowerPoint that breaks down all worksheets & learning
Key vocabulary break down for Chapter 4, 5, 6 & 7
Video clips suggested to complement planning
Integrated QR codes for children’s independence purposes
Identifying Prepositions in Context worksheet
Writing Prepositional Phrases worksheet
Comparing Book to Movie worksheet
Writing Instructions worksheet
Me VS Hiccup worksheet for character empathy
Writing to Hiccup worksheet
Persuasive writing worksheet
Identifying Figurative Language worksheet (similes, metaphors, hyperbole)
5 x challenge activities on the PowerPoint slides
Hiccup clip art (not for commercial use)
2 fonts to edit your resources with
PDF & Word Document versions of every resource
I am currently teaching this unit and will be uploading new packs as they’re made, so follow me to stay up to date and to carry on the children’s learning consistently <3
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Week 1
Week 2
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Want to get the whole unit? Due to be completed on July 12th 2020
How To Train Your Dragon - Full Unit
I hope this resource saves you time and stress
Happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Week 6 of my No-Prep, 6-week How To Train Your Dragon English teaching unit. This week’s focus is on character description, prediction and planning, writing and editing a sequel.
How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible book to study, and this Chapter 15-19 unit pack helps to engage children in the text right from the start. With exciting, attractive and innovative worksheets designed to hook children in to the action from the get go, you can expect children to gain skills in using textual evidence to predict future plot lines, describing characters using ‘show not tell’ and writing at length.
Included in this download:
1 week of planning included in page 2 of the PowerPoint for ease
41-page teaching PowerPoint that breaks down all worksheets & learning
Key vocabulary break down for Chapter 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19 and topical words
Video clips suggested to complement planning
Integrated QR codes for children’s independence purposes
Making Predictions worksheet
Describing the Green Death worksheet
Evidence from Text worksheet
Book Review worksheet
Story Mountain Planning worksheet
Introduction Drafting & Editing worksheet
Sequel Write-Up worksheet
Front & Back Cover Design Challenge worksheet
5 x starter/extension activities on the PowerPoint slides to push higher ability
How To Train Your Dragon clip art (not for commercial use)
2 fonts to edit your resources with
PDF & Word Document versions of every resource
Looking for the rest of the unit?
X Week 1
X Week 2
X Week 3
X Week 4
X Week 5
**Want to save money on the whole unit? **
X How To Train Your Dragon - Full Unit
I hope this resource saves you time and stress
Happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Hi there! ~_~
*includes*
Extensive Lesson plan
Deployment sheet for a TA (great for interview!)
Lesson presentation
Table labels (helpful for interviews)
Learning objective and success criteria labels for childrens’ books
A4 document of characters to describe (although I used alternative drawings that I made myself)
and some pre-written adjectives to describe given characters for LA children.
This lesson would take around 35/40 minutes, and would be perfect for a refresher lesson, or perhaps an interview. It’s greatly tweakable for different year groups and the like.
I hope it’s useful for you!
Hi there!
This is one of my biggest bundles for you guys.
In here, there are 8 meticulously planned lessons, with extension work and opportunities to extend the learning over multiple literacy slots.
There are 12 separate work sheets, including sorting activities, flash cards for drama, using the example of how chocolate is made.
All learning objectives and success criteria are outlined for each individual lesson, and all links for extra resources to be found are on the series plan.
Honestly, this has the potential to save you a LOT of work!
It can be used for any year in primary, as there are alternative difficulty options, and vocabulary choices that can be altered to make it harder/easier.
I hope you enjoy it :)
Happy teaching,
Miss Ritchie
Hi there!
2 lessons here for introducing chronological explanation texts!
LO's, success criteria all sorted along with mulitple worksheets and presentations.
Hi there,
Here's some of this week's planning for play scripts. It's an often forgotten text type, but is helpful for many reasons.
I used this blank iphone template for children to separate who is saying what in a piece of text in order to prep them for writing a play script this week. I hope it works for you!
Miss Ritchie
A small pack based on Kennings. This was for 2 lessons in my class, with the second focused on reciting and memorising poetry as per National Curriculum objectives.
Introductory powerpoint, a write up sheet (with Stone age theme- easily editable) and 2 day lesson plan
Miss Ritchie
This pack includes 4 activities.
The main activity has three tasks that involve classifying words into 1 of 7 categories. This opens up for lots of conversation and debate, which is a great basis for a lesson.
The other three activities are mazes where children must get from the top row of the word-table to the the bottom by linking words of that type.
I hope this proves helpful!
Miss Austin
This is a comprehension task regarding the Vikings.
For each question they complete accurately, they get to save 1 of the Viking horde from the group at the bottom of the page.
Dear All,
Here’s a small resource that involves sorting angles between acute, right and obtuse.
I set it as a homework, but it’s editable for use in lessons too.
Horizontal, Vertical, Perpendicular, Parallel, Diagonal – 1 Week Unit of Work
This download includes a maths unit on different types of lines, which is made up of 3 tasks. Children will identify five different types of lines discreetly and in the context of shapes and symmetry. They will also be exposed to right angles and the relationship to perpendicular lines. The main worksheets are differentiated for three levels of ability.
This download includes:
Recognising Types of Line worksheet (differentiated 3 ways)
Perpendicular & Parallel Challenge sheet with 3 levels of difficulty (answers included)
Vertical & Horizontal Challenge sheet with 3 levels of difficulty (answers included)
Three fonts to edit resources with
Access to a free border!
My Distance Learning Projects:
Perfect for whilst we’re away from school or for homework, these independent projects can help to develop your children’s writing skills in a variety of areas.
Information Texts: Space-Themed Independent Project
Play Scripts and Diaries: Island-Themed Independent Project
Research Skills: Romans & Celts-Themed Independent Project
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress.
Thank you and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
A fun-filled and colorful workbook focused on learning the Japanese words for different colours in Katakana, Hiragana and Romaji!
This is a 6-paged, activity workbook that focuses on children (or adults!) learning the main colours in Japanese, in both Kana and Romaji alphabets. This resource spreads across 4 tasks (these could be set weekly or daily) which last for roughly 30 minutes each. The activities include:
Matching objects to their colour
Finding colours in a wordsearch in Kana
Translating from English > Romaji > Kana
Colouring by Romaji instructions
This download includes:
PDF version of the 4-task workbook
Word Document version of the workbook for editing
2 fonts for editing .docx Word documents
Worksheets to complete the tasks on within the document
A multi-language ‘dictionary’ for new vocabulary
UK and US versions for spelling differences
Colours Taught:
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, white, black,grey & brown
More Beginner’s Japanese Resources:
Beginner’s Japanese Course- Week 1: Greetings & Introductions
Beginner’s Japanese Course- Week 2: Numbers 0-20
**This pack includes **
Multiple lesson ideas with linked resources and brief lesson plans for week of lessons
Learning objectives
Must, Should, Could success criteria
Full introductory lesson plan with assessment ideas
Powerpoint presentation with animations to introduce WW2 and evacuation
Self-produced worksheet for main activity
Starter activity that is differentiated
Writing frame for Lower Ability for factfile
If you have any questions, or feel it needs anything extra, please contact me and I’ll be happy to oblige,
Miss Austin (:
Writing prompt/stimulus based on retelling the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Teaching PowerPoint and 4-way differentiated planning sheets included in this 29-Page pack.
This can be delivered to a single class, year group or whole-school cohort, or even as an extra-curricular Creative Writing club task!
Assessing writing is a subjective nightmare! With this independent writing assessment stimulus, children can engage in an exciting writing task centred around retelling the story of Red Riding Hood, with older year groups synthesizing the story by adding their own endings. As teachers, we can decide which planning sheet most accurately matches the children’s abilities or targets, and the writing they produce can be assessed against national or state standards.
With Talk for Writing opportunities throughout the PowerPoint, children can discuss their use of vocabulary, ideas for plot and explore their characters’ emotions in peer work or small groups.
Included in this download:
25-page teaching PowerPoint
4 different planning sheet options in PDF format
5 fonts for editing purposes
Editable versions of PPT and worksheets to suit your classes’ needs!
Looking for more writing stimuli? Look no further (:
X Writing Stimuli | Narrative | Red Riding Hood Retelling
X Writing Stimuli | Narrative | Spellbound
I hope this resource saves you time and stress!
Miss Austin
Hi, fellow teachers!
Here’s a free resource for you- it contains a PDF and a wordx document version of an emotion graph where children can plot characters’ emotions throughout a story.
Enjoy!