This resource can be used at the start of the year as a quick revision of the four different sentence types. Towards the end of the year use it to consolidate the year’s teaching.
These AfL cards are a quick and easy way to remember ways of assessing the children during lessons. Hole punch them and put them on a key ring as a constant reminder.
Put your students’ note reading skills to the test with these fun Musical Note Word Searches. This pack contains 20 different word searches, each with four words to find.
It features four 6Ă—5 treble clef word searches, six 8Ă—5 treble clef word searches, four 6Ă—5 bass clef word searches and six 8Ă—5 bass clef word searches.
The words to find are given in normal English underneath the puzzle. Each word search square has a musical note on the stave (staff if you are in the US!). Pitch notation C4 to F5 in the treble clef and G2 to C4 in the bass clef. Students need to find the words in the grid. They are written in simple horizontal or vertical directions. An answer sheet is included.
You can also purchase the treble and bass clef sets separately:
Treble Clef
Bass Clef
Value your time, and smash your progress targets with our comprehension packs.
With a range of text types, dedicated grammar and vocabulary tasks, textual analysis and comprehension questions, you will be all set for any reading block. And for those of you who need to track each child’s progress, our handy 5-page trackers will allow you to identify the reading skills taught and give you the evidence you need for your folder. Aimed at Year 3 and Year 4 (or Grade 2/3), these packs can be used for reading intervention students in Year 5 and 6.
20 texts with answers.
*Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.
Also available in the same format:
Year 3: /teaching-resource/year-3-comprehension-pack-11756550
Year 4: /teaching-resource/year-4-comprehension-pack-11743575
Year 5: /teaching-resource/year-5-comprehension-pack-11744442
Year 6: /teaching-resource/year-6-comprehension-pack-11744450
Year 4 and 5: /teaching-resource/year-4-and-5-comprehension-pack-11744464
Year 5 and 6: /teaching-resource/year-5-and-6-comprehension-pack-11744465
Year 3 to 6: /teaching-resource/year-3-to-6-comprehension-pack-11756548
Value your time, and smash your progress targets with our comprehension packs.
Download the sample pack for free. This contains examples of our comprehensions from Reception to Year 6.
With a range of text types, dedicated grammar and vocabulary tasks, textual analysis and comprehension questions, you will be all set for any reading block. And for those of you who need to track each child’s progress, our handy 5 and 7-page trackers will allow you to identify the reading skills taught and give you the evidence you need for your folder.
A great resource for encouraging children to use a range of thinking skills. These cards can be used with or without real hats and can be applied to any text. They are particularly useful for KS2.
Improve your students’ sense of rhythm with this bumper pack of Clapping Rhythms.
This set contains 120 clapping rhythm solos and 50 clapping rhythm duets with equal parts.
It features 12 levels, each with 10 four-bar solos and 5 four-bar duets.
Every level introduces a new musical element:
Crotchets/quarter notes & rests. 4/4 time
3/4 time
Minim/half notes & rests. 2/4 time
Semibreve/whole notes, dotted minims/ dotted half notes, paired quavers/eighth notes and rests
Single quavers/eighth notes and rests
Dotted crotchets/dotted quarter notes
Semiquavers/sixteenth notes
6/8, 9/8, 12/8 time (compound time)
Compound time with offbeat notes
Triplets
Ties
Recap: Selection of all rhythms
It costs only £8. That’s just 33p per page!
Download a free sample set here: /teaching-resource/clapping-rhythms-sample-set-12030292
Each set of mini triangles fits together to create one large triangle. This pack contains 3 sets.
Fantastic for consolidating parts of speech knowledge. Use as:
- Morning registration starters
- Lesson starters
- Plenaries
- Intervention activities
Perfect for Years 5 and 6, or as a challenge activity for Year 4.
Top tip: These triangles work brilliantly in conjunction with our grammatical terminology game, Definition Bingo!
Assess your students' note identification knowledge and encourage them to practise and improve with these time challenges.
Students start at level 1 and work their way through to level 13. They are given one minute to name all 30 notes. Once they have done so correctly, they can move on to the next level. Each week, alternate the two sheets for the level so students cannot memorise the pattern of notes.
Level 1 – Treble clef spaces
Level 2 – Treble clef lines
Level 3 – Treble clef lines and spaces
Level 4 – Bass clef spaces
Level 5 – Bass clef lines
Level 6 – Bass clef lines and spaces
Level 7 – Treble and bass clef spaces
Level 8 – Treble and bass clef lines
Level 9 – Treble and bass clef lines and spaces
Level 10 – Treble clef ledger lines
Level 11 – Bass clef ledger lines
Level 12 – Treble and bass clef ledger lines
Level 13 – All notes
The pack includes a full answer sheet. Record your students' results using the group tracker and/or individual tracker.
This pack contains 5 spelling tests using the words from the UK National Spelling Appendix for Lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4). Each test comes with a teacher sheet with example sentences to read aloud and a pupils’ answer sheet. There is also a class tracker.
Alternatively, buy the Upper and Lower KS2 sets together for the discounted price of ÂŁ8: /teaching-resource/complete-ks2-spelling-pack-11818060
*Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.
Use your detective skills to find the syllables and complete this match game in record time.
Syllable Search contains 9 words with 3-6 syllables and matching syllable number cards.
This resource is also available as part of the complete Poetry Pack at /teaching-resource/poetry-pack-11817993?theme=1
Encourage your children to remember key grammatical terms with our take on the classic game of Bingo!
It includes the important terminology that pupils will need to succeed in the Year 6 SATs.
Terms included: active, adjective, adverb, adverbial, ambiguity, antonym, apostrophe, bracket, bullet points, capital letter, clause, cohesion, colon, command, conjunction, dash, determiner, direct speech, ellipsis, full stop, hyphen, modal verb, noun, noun phrase, object, parenthesis, passive, past tense, plural, possessive pronoun, present tense, pronoun, prefix, preposition, relative clause, relative pronoun, semi-colon, singular, speech marks, subject, subordinate clause, suffix, synonym, question, vowel, word family.
The pack contains 32 boards so there are enough for the whole class. Give definitions of a grammatical terms or ask a child to give a definition. Pupils with the matching grammatical term must cross it off and the first person to cross off all their terms wins. To assess and reinforce understanding, ask a child to give the answer after each term has been described.
Suitable for whole class or small group work.
Put your students’ note reading skills to the test with these fun Musical Note Word Searches. This pack contains 10 different word searches, each with four words to find.
It features four 6Ă—5 bass clef word searches and six 8Ă—5 bass clef word searches.
The words to find are given in normal English underneath the puzzle. Each word search square has a musical note on the stave (staff if you are in the US!). Pitch notation G2 to C4. Students need to find the words in the grid. They are written in simple horizontal or vertical directions. An answer sheet is included.
You can buy the treble clef pack individually here or purchase the full treble and bass clef version at a discounted rate here.
Value your time, and smash your progress targets with our comprehension packs.
With a range of text types, dedicated grammar and vocabulary tasks, textual analysis and comprehension questions, you will be all set for any reading block. And for those of you who need to track each child’s progress, our handy 5-page tracker will allow you to identify the reading skills taught and give you the evidence you need for your folder. Aimed at Year 3 (or Grade 2), these packs can be used for reading intervention students in Years 4 to 6.
10 texts with answers.
*Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.
Value your time, and smash your progress targets with our comprehension packs.
With a range of text types, dedicated grammar and vocabulary tasks, textual analysis and comprehension questions, you will be all set for any reading block. And for those of you who need to track each child’s progress, our handy 5-page tracker will allow you to identify the reading skills taught and give you the evidence you need for your folder. Aimed at Year 4 (or Grade 3), these packs can be used for reading intervention students in Years 5 and 6.
10 texts with answers.
*Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.
Value your time, and smash your progress targets with our comprehension packs.
With a range of text types, dedicated grammar and vocabulary tasks, textual analysis and comprehension questions, you will be all set for any reading block. And for those of you who need to track each child’s progress, our handy 5-page tracker will allow you to identify the reading skills taught and give you the evidence you need for your folder. Aimed at Year 5 (or Grade 4), these packs can be used for reading intervention students in Year 6.
10 texts with answers.
*Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.
Value your time, and smash your progress targets with our comprehension packs.
With a range of text types, dedicated grammar and vocabulary tasks, textual analysis and comprehension questions, you will be all set for any reading block. And for those of you who need to track each child’s progress, our handy 7-page tracker will allow you to identify the reading skills taught and give you the evidence you need for your folder. Aimed at Year 6 (or Grade 5), these packs can be used for reading intervention students in higher years.
20 texts with answers.
*Please note, you will need to extract/unzip the files after downloading to ensure they all open correctly.
The Grade 1 Music Theory pack, which is based on the current ABRSM music theory syllabus (2020 onwards), contains 26 games and activities plus 10 music quizzes. The games have been designed to require minimal preparation. Board games can be played immediately after printing. Games cards have straight edges and are accurately lined up so that they can cut quickly. The games take an average of five minutes to play, meaning they can easily be used within a weekly instrumental lesson. The music quizzes are based on typical exam papers but condensed into one A4 sheet each, making them quicker to complete than full papers and reducing printing costs. Both UK and US terminology has been used where required.
Download a free sample quiz here: /teaching-resource/grade-1-music-theory-sample-quiz-12301641
Contents:
Accidentals
Accidentals Quiz Flashcards
Circle time. Accidentals board game.
Clefs
Treble or bass? A game of two clefs board game
Treble or Bass Flashcards – single and double sided
Intervals and degrees
Intervals Matching Pairs
Intervals Dominoes
Degrees Matching Pairs
Fish Frenzy board game: Degrees
Key signatures
Key Signatures Matching Puzzle
Key words
Key Words Flashcards
Hexagon Takeover board game – key words
Note and rest lengths
Help sheet (UK/US)
Two Paths board game – rests
Jumpmania board game – note lengths (UK/US)
The Lengthy Spiral board game (2 levels)
Rests Dominoes (2 levels)
Note pitches
Two Paths board game – letters
Drawing Showdown – writing notes
Jumpmania board game – treble clef notes
Jumpmania board game – bass clef notes
Pitches Matching Pairs
Time signatures and bar lines
Time Signatures Brain Twister card game
Time to Race board game – time signatures
Tones and semitones
Tone or Semitone? (Whole step or half step) Flashcards (UK/US single and double sided)
Fish Frenzy board game - Counting semitones/half steps
Ten Music Quizzes with answers
Here’s what Tim Spoerer, founder of Jam-Bus, had to say about our Grade 1 and 2 Music Theory Packs:
“Last year I ran my first Music Theory Class with Years 5 & 6. It was an enormous success with the vast majority achieving Distinction Grades. It was largely in thanks to Teaching with Ease’s excellent music games. I set up the “Music Theory Games Arcade” for them every lesson and they really loved it. It gave a really fun thing to look forward to in lessons.
“Once the PDFs were downloaded, I could print them and laminate them meaning we can use them time and time again in the build up to their exams.”
Challenge your pupils to recognise poetry themed definitions with this bingo game. There are 30 different boards; enough for every child in your class.
Definitions: acrostic, alliteration, assonance, ballad, couplet, free verse, haiku, half-rhyme, internal rhyme, kenning, limerick, metaphor, narrative poem, onomatopoeia, personification, rap, repetition, riddle, rhyme, rhyme pattern, shape poem, simile, sonnet, syllable, stanza
The set includes a definition answer sheet for the teacher.
This resource is also available as part of the complete Poetry Pack at /teaching-resource/poetry-pack-11817993?theme=1
Harness your unicorns and race them around the board in this magical time signature game.
In Unicorns Forever, players are challenged to create matching sets of time signatures and bars using a variety of note and rest cards.
The game uses the 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures. Note and rest lengths included are semibreves (whole notes), dotted minims (dotted half notes), minims (half notes), dotted crotchets (dotted quarter notes), crotchets (quarter notes), dotted quavers (dotted eighth notes), quavers (eighth notes) and semiquavers (sixteenth notes). The rhythms have all been made up to whole beats so each note/rest card adds up to one, two, three or four beats.
Players move their unicorn one step around the board for each set they create. For the non-unicorn lovers of the world, the game can also be played with just the cards, seeing who can create the most sets in five or 10 minutes.