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Should Schools Close on Snowy Days? Discussion Text Example
A WAGOLL resource (based on a Talk For Writing piece) for a discussion text. Two different structures are provided.
Tour De France-Themed Maths Investigation
Differentiated 3 ways.
encourages application of mathematical facts and strategies.
Build-a-bike from a choice of parts using a budget (costs left blank so can be differentiated for groups).
Literacy - write an explanation for why they have chosen the parts.
Includes percentages and averages and inference/AF3 work for Literacy/reading.
One of the maths resources can be found in this document under Maths B46:
http://cycle.yorkshire.com/documents/tdf/legacy/EducationPacks/TDF-EducationResourcePack-SectionB.pdf
Strong Man Maths Challenge
Find different combinations of numbers (weights for a strong man's weight bar) which add up to a certain amount. Differentiated three ways.
Fagin's Gang Maths Problems
Cross Curricular Maths/History activity. Word problems involving the four operations.
Formal and Informal Writing
A couple of texts - one a news report about a Tsunami written informally to be converted into formal language, the other a formal letter (not a complaint, or persuasive) outlining views on a fictional matter.
Scaffolding Inference - a technique to help children to infer meaning from texts
Condensed from http://thatboycanteach.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/scaffolding-inference-trialling.html
This is an explanation of on easy questioning technique to build children's understanding of what they are reading, focusing particularly on inference and how inference can be supported by vocabulary knowledge and information retrieval skills.
The symbols/colours are linked to: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-roles-a-way-to-help-children-remember-the-cognitive-domains-ks1-and-ks2-11416334
Peloponnesian War Eyewitness Account/Recount (Soldier's Perspective)
A informal, 'chatty' eyewitness account of the Peloponnesian War. Suitable to use during a topic on The Ancient Greeks.
We used this as a Talk 4 Writing Text.
Francis transcript and shorter transcript
To be used with Richard Hickey's 'Francis' short film.
http://www.literacyshed.com/the-ghostly-shed.html
https://vimeo.com/84786815
The original script is written by novelist & screenwriter Dave Eggers and the original transcript was taken from http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/448/transcript
I rewrote the transcript to make it shorter so that it could be used as a Talk 4 Writing text.
Birthday Boy Short Film Spy Report
This spy report is a fictional report based on the short film Birthday Boy which can be found on youtube.
Criminal Case Division
A cross-curricular resource using real Victorian criminals based on their crime and their time!
Children have to use written methods of division to answer the questions ' Which criminal got the hardest sentence?'
-Or-
'How many days punishment did each crook get per shilling they stole?'
Formatted as posters to go up in the classroom so it can be quite an active activity.
Questions for Wonder by RJ Palacio (Via's section)
These questions are colour-coded and linked to symbols from my Reading Roles and some follow my scaffolding inference technique:
http://thatboycanteach.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/scaffolding-inference-trialling.html
Finding percentages of amounts of money
Each poster has a deal - the children have to work out which sale price is the best price. There is also a differentiated WW1 themed percentages of amounts activity of a similar nature.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret Lesson Resources
Included in this set of resources are summarised versions of the different parts of the story. These were created so that the children had something of a more realistic length to base their own story writing on. If you have the book you could create PowerPoint presentations combining the text and the images (for copyright reasons I have not included my versions of these).
Also included are 'box up' frames (Talk For Writing) and comprehension questions.
The Battle of Thermopylae Comprehension Work
Focused on vocabulary and summarising texts
Linked to my Reading Roles (see my other TES resources)
Includes 4 different activities in a sequence
Questions are based on this text from The British Museum: http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/war/story/sto_set.html
Mo Farah’s full statement on Trump ‘Muslim ban’ - Reading Comprehension
A quick reading comprehension in response to Donald Trump's 'Muslim Ban' in the US centred around Mo Farah's initial statement outlining his concerns about not being allowed back to the US.
This reading comprehension has colour-coded questions using my 'Reading Roles' which are based on the content domain areas for reading (download them here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-11416334).
Reading Roles - a way to help children remember the areas of the content domain (KS1 and KS2)
Each of the new cognitive domains for reading has been linked to a well-known career/job/role in order to make each of the areas of the content domain easier to remember for both children and teachers.
Each area has a symbol and is colour-coded so that there are further ways for the children to remember the areas and what they mean.
These could be used to colour-code questions used in class - the symbols could also be assigned to question types so children begin to identify question types.
Reading Comprehension Using Photo of Jewish and Muslim Protesters - Trump Muslim Ban
A comprehension activity based on a picture by Nuccio DiNuzzo taken at a US airport where protesters are protesting against Trump's Muslim ban.
The questions focus on inference and do depend on children having some background knowledge, i.e. of the Holocaust.
Reading Roles linked to Reading Comprehension Strategies
A slimmed down version of Reading Roles PLUS which focuses only on reading comprehension strategies.
Editable numberline and column method word docs for addition and subtraction
Includes a sequence for teaching subtraction using numberlines and a sequence for teaching addition using column addition.
Mixed Number Improper Fraction Conversion Questions
A set of questions for converting mixed number fractions to improper fractions and vice versa.
Also includes a scaffolded version with area models for shading.