Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability). Fully editable. PowerPoint - 6 slides showing examples of speech written in speech bubbles and in sentences. Also attached is a 4-page activity booklet: Activity 1: Students must write down something each character might say in the speech bubble provided. Then they must write out the speech in a full sentence (using speech marks). The first is done for them. Activity 2: Students must give each character a name. Then they must write something the characters are saying to each other in the speech bubbles. Finally, they must write the conversation on the lines. The first one has been done for them. Activity 3: Same as activity 2 but this time the conversation must be BIGGER. Activity 4: A character called ‘Amelia’ must ask Tom a question then respond to his reply. Students must copy out the conversation on the lines provided.

Iron Man Poetry Unit of Work + Resources Attached is a fully editable 1-week Iron Man Unit Plan (this can easily be extended to 2 or 3 weeks). Genre: Poetry. Focus Text: The Iron Man by Brenda Williams. A 36-slide PowerPoint complements the unit of work - just click through each slide. All of the activities/resources are in the slide show - just print off the relevant slides. Optional homework task also included. . Objectives for each lesson: LESSON 1: To describe the Iron Man; To perform verses of the Iron Man; To rewrite verses of the original text. LESSON 2: To compose poetry verses describing the ‘Return of the Iron Man’; To perform poetry using a set criterion. LESSON 3: To create a character profile sheet of the Iron Man using rhyming words; To choose and describe a pretend job The Iron Man might do on his ‘home’ planet; To compose and write a poem based on the Iron Man’s pretend job using rhyming couplets. . Please note: Each lesson is designed to last approximately 1 to 2 hours (this all depends on the age and ability of your class).

This bundle of 6 resources includes: A PowerPoint showing examples of what it means to explain. An explanation rubric. A ‘What is it?’ activity. A writing to explain 4-page activity booklet. A Cause and Effect PowerPoint. A 36-slide PowerPoint containing the following information: What are explanation texts? Identifying the subject in an explanation text. 6 Explanation texts: 1. Water pollution 2. The production of paper 3. Health and Beauty 4. How do volcanoes erupt? 5. What would happen if humans didn’t have bones? 6. What do muscles do? Layout of an explanation text Cause and effect – connectives, examples and activities. More explanation activities

36 questions (with answers). Activity: Work out the calculations … if you can’t, try going backwards using the INVERSE operation. I did this as a CORE activity with my Year 2 class.

PSHE lesson: How can we be considerate to others? What is consideration? Activity - how to be considerate to your teacher and parent. Consideration quote

PSHE ACTIVITY: Name Calling! 2-page activity Jerry is a waiter and lives in The Star Hotel. He loves to eat all of the time and because of this he is very large. Jerry is very upset at the moment because some of the children staying in the hotel are calling him horrible names like ‘FATTY’. Discussion points: How would you feel if you were Jerry? What do you think Jerry should do? What would you do if somebody started calling you names at school? Why is it important for you to be kind?

2 worksheets. Calculate a percentage of an amount. Suitable for KS2 students.

6 Maths puzzles to solve. Suitable for 7 - 11 years.

A 28-slide PowerPoint full of past, present and future tense sentence-based activities. Fully editable, fun and interactive.

Antarctica & Emperor Penguins. A small PowerPoint about Antarctica PLUS 2 worksheets: Worksheet 1: Label the Emperor Penguin. Worksheet 2: Antarctic Animals.

Comparatives and Superlatives - Slide Show. 7 Slides: Slide 3: What are Comparative adjectives? Slide 4: Comparatives example. Slide 5: What are Superlative adjectives? Slide 6: Superlatives example. Slide 7: Examples of Comparative and Superlative adjectives. Fully editable.

Speed Times Tables How fast can your students complete 100 random times tables questions? Easy to adapt and the children like to beat their time each week. Also attached is an EXCEL sheet to record scores and times. Answers provided.

Overview: A 25-slide PowerPoint with 5 integrated activities. 7 animal poems to share in the PowerPoint. Fully editable, animated, clear and fun. Ideal for Year 2 and above. 2 poetry writing frames PLUS an animal poems booklet included. . Contents of PowerPoint: Questions about poetry. A poem that teaches you something. A poem that uses lots of great verbs. Poems that use lots of description. Poems that use similes. A poem that uses rhyming couplets. Performance poetry! Final Challenge!

7 maps and templates: Continents map templates. Europe map templates. Oceans map. South East Asia map. Thailand map template. UK map template. World map template.

Attached are a variety of slide shows for teaching CVC words to Early Years. 7 slide shows. Slide Show 1 = 7 slides Slide show 2 = 7 slides Slide show 3 = 28 slides Slide show 4 = 7 slides Slide show 5 = 11 slides Slide show 6 = 7 slides Slide show 7 = 5 slides

2 vocabulary-building activities. Both worksheets are fully editable. Activity 1: Vocabulary Building, Activity 2: Vocabulary 4-Dimensional Study.