A WAGOLL diary entry of a good day. The purpose of this was for the children to write their own diary entry, but of a bad day, using this example as a prompt. A differentiated planning sheet (HA/MA/LA) for planning a bad day diary entry based on style of the good day WAGOLL diary entry.

This is a WAGOLL newspaper article, written using the beginning of the story of Kensuke's Kingdom (by Michael Murpurgo), but could be used as an example for any newspaper writing unit. Possible uses: - to annotate features of a newspaper - as a model for writing own newspaper articles - to critique - what is good and not-so-good about this article? P.s. The family is not called 'Finnegan' in Kensuke's Kingdom - we are not told their surname so I made one up!

A simple reading record sheet to record daily readers.

Pizzas divided into fractions for the purpose of finding equivalent fractions. http://teach-alessonlearnt.blogspot.co.uk

This game allows children to practice rounding to 10/100/1000. Give each pair a sheet of cards, cut up. They should make two separate piles; one of the smaller cards and one of the larger cards. For each turn, the player turns over one small card and one large card, and completes the task, e.g. Small card = 637 Large card = Round to the nearest 10 Answer = 640. Replace the cards to the bottom of the piles and repeat with the other player.

Simple planning sheet to help children to structure a story from another culture. Differentiated twice. http://teach-alessonlearnt.blogspot.co.uk

Self-explanatory really - a daily to-do list for busy teachers! http://teach-alessonlearnt.blogspot.co.uk

Comprehension questions for the poem ‘Where Do All The Teachers Go’ by Peter Dixon. Simple retrieval and inference questions, suitable for UKS1/KS2. Poem not included.

In my classroom I have 'Challenge Boxes&', small plastic boxes which I place on the tables during lessons with an extension or challenge task in them. I made these labels to decorate the boxes - colour co-ordinated to our table groups (blue/red/orange/green/purple)

Display cards for a '100 Book Challenge' - where children race to be the first to have read 100 books! Each level could have a prize (for example, a bookmark/pencil/magazine/book token etc.) The books are for the names of the children in the class; I printed them on coloured card and then wrote on them.

When marking books, I note down all the children into the appropriate columns: Green: if they clearly understood the lesson content Amber: if they mostly understood the lesson, perhaps with a few errors Red: if they struggled with the content This allows for quick intervention the following day for any children who fall into the 'red&' category. http://teach-alessonlearnt.blogspot.co.uk

Selection of shapes divided into various fractions for children to shade, for example 'Shade a quarter of the rectangle&'. Could be laminated and used more than once. http://teach-alessonlearnt.blogspot.co.uk

A peer assessment sheet for narrative writing, suitable for KS2. Children rate different elements of their partners work between 1 and 4 stars, with space to provide feedback comments.

Comprehension Questions suitable for UKS2. Questions on selected extracts (not included) for pages: 89 - 95 96 - 108 126 - 139 157 - 165

An activity to practise factors and multiples. Children take each number in turn and list the factors and mutiples. Differentiated 3 ways.

A simple fractions of a number worksheet with 10 questions per differentiated level. 1st level: 1/2 and 1/4 2nd level:1/2, 1/4, non-unitary fractions 3rd level: non-unitary fractions involving units of measurement Suitable for KS2/LKS3

A planning frame for writing a newspaper, using a mind map. Suitable for KS2 and more independent/creative learners.

This is a short task designed to test pupils' understanding of number facts, including: -odd and even numbers -square numbers -prime numbers -multiples -factors Instructions are on the sheet. This could be made simpler/harder by changing the task to 1- or 3-digit numbers. This activity could be a main activity or used as a quick revision/starter task.

Comprehension Questions for The Shoemaker’s Boy by Joan Aiken Questions on selected extracts (not included) for pages: 5 -13 15 - 24 38 - end

Comprehension Questions suitable for UKS2. Questions on selected extracts (not included) for pages: 14 - 22 64 - 70 98- 108