KS2 Year 6 World War 2 Guided Reading Activities
Three texts linked to WW2 with comprehension questions. I have also included the sheet I used to encourage the children to make up their own questions, considering what type of question they’re asking.
Anne Frank Background
Blitz Report
The Lion and the Unicorn(scanned book with questions on most pages)
I used these in whole class reading sessions where children took it in turns to read the text to the class before we discussed the questions. They were then given time to record their own answers.
12 weeks worth of graduated HFW spellings and handwriting patterns. Each document has four pages for differentiated homework.
I used these for a year 2/3 class who covered P6 - L4.
I have used a font that I paid for at home, you may need to change it to your school font.
After discovering my new class had poor investigation skills, I set up an investigation to do every week. You'll need to do your own risk assessment (especially for the slime - I got in a science PGCE student to help!) but mostly is silly fun with science to get them excited and making predictions.
There's also an assessment sheet which I gave to all the adult helpers to mark when any child used any of the skills.
(I would recommend a ratio of 1:5 for the gathering of evidence and supporting the overall process)
Supported by circles to colour in, 6 levels of differentiated fractions to order. The first 2 levels as with the same denominator, the second 2 levels are 2 different denominators in the same multiple and the third 2 levels are 3 different denominators in the same multiple. These were made for my year 5's - the Lower ability set are working from year 3 objectives while the middle ability and higher are working from year five objectives.
Template spreadsheet for tracking achievement, green for acheived, orange for partly, red for not, grey for absent. you can see at a glance which groups or idividuals are managing or need pushing by their overall achievement in the subject. It's labelled as maths but can be used for any subject.
A plan for making shadow puppets with a powerpoint to project onto a screen, also link to where you can find a video (which I just used the audio from) to give you sound if you don't want to write your own script. Plus 2 evaluation sheets, one for those with more precice handwriting and another for the more sprawling style!
Seven sets of ten progressively harder 'missing number' calculations. Headed with a learning intention that clearly shows the level and statement of that level. From 3b 'I can use my knowledge of number bonds to 100 to help me find a missing number.' to 5b 'I can work through two steps to find a missing number.'
Dividing HTU by TU with additional confusing information! Allows for deciding how to deal with remainders. 10 tricky questions with an answer sheet. Designed for my most able year 5 group.
- divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context.
Year 3 Spring 2 Spellings
6 weeks of three levels of spelling sheets for year 3, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) all presented in a cursive handwriting font.
Group 1 links with speed sounds 2 and 3 from WRInc.
Group 2 covers words and rules expected from the year 2 curriculum
Group 3 covers words and rules expected in the year 3 curriculum
Also included, the overview of the rules covered by each group each week and an Excel sheet with all the words in.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
One week of guided reading activities for year 3 with two set leaflet texts and a Read Write Inc text for the least able. Also accompanied by the spellings associated with the RWI text.
Year 3 Spring 1 Spellings
7 weeks of three levels of spelling sheets for year 3, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) all presented in a cursive handwriting font.
Group 1 links with speed sounds 2 and 3 from WRInc.
Group 2 covers words and rules expected from the year 2 curriculum
Group 3 covers words and rules expected in the year 3 curriculum
Also included, the overview of the rules covered by each group each week and an Excel sheet with all the words in.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Year 3 Autumn 2 Spellings
7 weeks of three levels of spelling sheets for year 3, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) all presented in a cursive handwriting font.
Group 1 links with speed sounds 2 and 3 from WRInc.
Group 2 covers words and rules expected from the year 2 curriculum
Group 3 covers words and rules expected in the year 3 curriculum
Also included, the overview of the rules covered by each group each week and an Excel sheet with all the words in.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Year 3 Autumn 1 Spellings
6 weeks of three levels of spelling sheets for year 3, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) all presented in a cursive handwriting font.
Group 1 links with speed sounds 2 and 3 from WRInc.
Group 2 covers words and rules expected from the year 2 curriculum
Group 3 covers words and rules expected in the year 3 curriculum
Also included, the overview of the rules covered by each group each week and an Excel sheet with all the words in.
(No sheet for week 1 due to assessments)
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
An initial wander into the world of negative numbers for year 5. I have included the first day's plan for three sets, the learning intention with 'I can' statements and 11 worksheets that get progressively harder. (The hardest sheets have answers too.) This day's work was written for an average year 5 cohort, ranging from A.R.E. year 3 to A.R.E. year 5. The initial set has negative numbers in context with number lines to support, the second set has more abstract calculations branching into reasoning at the higher end and the third set has very complex abstract calculations such as 4 - (-6)-(-8).
Year 3 Spellings
36 weeks of three levels of spelling sheets for year 3, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) all presented in a cursive handwriting font.
Group 1 links with speed sounds 2 and 3 from WRInc.
Group 2 covers words and rules expected from the year 2 curriculum
Group 3 covers words and rules expected in the year 3 curriculum
Also included, the overview of the rules covered by each group each week and an Excel sheet with all the words in.
For the summer units, I have included all the resources I made to go with the practice sheets - synonym game powerpoints (hours they took!!!) crosswords and wordsearches and dictionary tasks
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Example:
Autumn 1
Group 1
Yr1 List 30
‘ay’ may I play
Yr1 List 31
‘ee’ what can you see
Yr1 List 32
‘igh’ fly high
Yr1 List 33
‘ow’ blow the snow
Yr1 List 34
‘oo’ poo at the zoo
Yr1 List 35
‘oo’ look at a book
Group 2
Yr2 List 66
/j/ sound ‘-dge’ ‘-ge’
Yr2 List 67
/j/ sound spelled ‘g’
Yr2 List 67
/s/ sound spelled ‘c’
Yr2 List 68
Silent ‘k’
Yr2 List 68
Silent ‘g’
Yr2 List 69
Silent ‘w’
Group 3
Yr 3 List 94
Prefixes – ‘dis’, ‘mis’, ‘in’
Yr 3 List 92
Double end letter with prefix
Yr 3 List 93
/ih/ sound spelled ‘y’
Yr 3 List 93
/u/ sound spelled ‘ou’
Yr 3 List 95
Prefixes –im-‘, ‘ir-‘
Yr 3 List 96
Prefix ‘re-‘
Year 3 Summer 1 Spellings
5 weeks of three levels of spelling sheets for year 3, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) all presented in a cursive handwriting font.
Group 1 links with speed sounds 2 and 3 from WRInc.
Group 2 covers words and rules expected from the year 2 curriculum
Group 3 covers words and rules expected in the year 3 curriculum
The overview of the rules covered by each group each week and an Excel sheet with all the words in.
Also included, the extra activities I made that I’ve managed to find.
Make your own cross word
Wordsearches
Dictionary worksheet
Synonym Game PowerPoints
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
television
treasure
usual
vision
version
unusual
casual
measure
closure
pleasure
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
league
tongue
synagogue
antique
unique
mosque
plaque
vague
fatigue
dialogue
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
advice
advise
device
devise
licence
license
practice
practise
prophecy
prophesy
Three levels of spelling sheets for year 6, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) with a word search and cross word for each group to photocopy a double-sided sheet.
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning.
Group 1 (Yr1/2 words)
one
won
to
too
two
be
bee
blue
blew
sun
son
Group 2 (Yr3/4 words)
fair
fare
grate
great
groan
grown
here
hear
heel
heal
he’ll
Group 3 (Yr5/6 words)
available
average
awkward
bargain
bruise
category
cemetery
committee
communicate
community
Year 3 Summer 2 Spellings
7 weeks of three levels of spelling sheets for year 3, practice sheets (with handwriting guide for least able) all presented in a cursive handwriting font.
Group 1 links with speed sounds 2 and 3 from WRInc.
Group 2 covers words and rules expected from the year 2 curriculum
Group 3 covers words and rules expected in the year 3 curriculum
Overview of the rules covered by each group each week and an Excel sheet with all the words in.
Also included 20 minute activities:
Cross words for group 2 and 3
Dictionary work for group 2 and 3
Synonym games for group 2 and 3 (takes about 45 mins to go through)
Make your own Wordsearch for group 2 and 3
Wordsearches for group 1
Point point with words from each week for testing
Little and often, every day. I used these as a task to do every morning/day.
