Download our popular two-week literacy unit of poetry planning for Years 1 and 2. This unit is perfect to go with a living things topic and is built around objectives from the National Curriculum.
In this unit, children will read and listen to nature poems by Christina Rossetti and consider how the sounds and language patterns come alive when the poems are read aloud. Pupils will have the opportunity to create their own versions of the nature poems and to perform them.
The aims of the unit for pupils are:
• To listen to classic poems being read aloud
• To identify patterns of language and recurring phrases
• To use the voice in different ways to express ideas
• To perform a poem off by heart
The PDF file contains 10 full literacy lesson plans, copies of the poems and all accompanying pupil resources. Perfect for National Poetry Month!
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You may also like our other KS1 poetry packs:
Going to Sea Poetry Pack
Summer Performance Poetry Pack
Spring Performance Poetry Pack
This bundle contains a complete set of detailed resouces (PowerPoints, worksheets, marking grids for presentations, checklists, videos, university guides, self-designed guides, help documents) for all 30 hours of the Taught Skills Programme, part of the EPQ (Extended Project Qualification - Specification reference: 7993) AQA - Level 3.
As an EPQ Coordinator myself, I struggled to find something that comprehensively covered all the required components, lasted the full 30 hours and explained fully all apsects of the process. I have specifically designed and produced each and every lesson in the pack - if you have any questions at all, please get in touch - roberti_85@yahoo.co.uk
Sessions include:
1-Introduction to the EPQ
2- Choosing a topic
3- Suitability of Titles - Presentation
4- Health and Safety
5- Aims and Objectives
6- The Production Log / Marking Criteria
7- Primary and Secondary sources
8- Collecting Primary data and navigating secondary sources
9- Ethics of Research
10- Using a library (this lesson should be delivered by a librarian)
11- Evaluating website content
12- Evaluating sources using RAVEN
13- EPQ story so far Presentation
14- The Project Proposal
15- Time Management - SMART goals and Gantt Charts
16- The Planning Review
17- Documenting Progress and Recording Advice
18- Smart reading and Cornell note-taking
19- Plagiarism in the EPQ
20- Referencing and Bibliographies Pt 1
21- Referencing and Bibliographies Pt 2
22- Presenting Data and Statistics
23- Writing Academic Reports
24- Evaluating written reports
25- Editing and Proofreading
26- The Presentation
27- Delivering Effective Presentations
28- Subject Q and A presentations
29- Reflection and Evaluation
30- What to submit to the examiner
So cheap, it’s nearly free! This science cover lesson work sheet provides student friendly facts relating to wildlife decline. Also included is an associated worksheet which challenges students to find information in the factsheet. The worksheet also provides students with an opportunity to develop their knowledge further through independent or teacher led investigation. Ideal as a hassle free cover lesson for KS3.
Plans included; Interdisciplinary plan connected to the Experiences and Outcomes, Topic Lesson Plans, Novel Reading plans and Writing Lesson plans.
Used with a primary 3 class.
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is all about dinosaurs!
The booklet is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘how,’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets. The higher and middle ability booklets each have five pages of pictures with short written extracts to read and 4 questions per page. The lower ability booklet has five pages of pictures with simpler passages and 3-4 questions per page. Answers are also included.
There is a colour and black & white booklet for each of the three levels.
PDF file format
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Year 2 Dinosaur themed Maths:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-dinosaur-maths-all-topics-differentiated-levels-colour-and-black-and-white-12125325
Year 1 comprehensions on dinosaurs:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-comprehensions-dinosaurs-3-levels-colour-and-black-and-white-11852530
UPDATED AND IMPROVED ON 03/10/2021
This resource is for KS1 teachers teaching dance through the Physical Education part of the national curriculum during the topic of rainforests (or any topic connected to rainforests, Brazil, carnival or celebration).
This ‘Rainforest Animals/Carnival’ SOL allows pupils to discover Brazil in a fun, exciting and an imaginative way. During the first 3 lessons of this scheme of learning, pupils will learn about the animals that live in the Amazon Rainforest, which they will use as a stimulus for choreography. The following 3 lessons focuses on carnival, where pupils will be able to take part in their own carnival parade. At the end of this scheme of learning, pupils will have a performance piece that they can perform in an assembly or for parents.
This SOL comes with:
6 lesson plans, detailing the activities in each lesson along with coaching points to aid teaching.
A 6 lesson PowerPoint including notes under each slide to help with the delivery of the lesson.
A document with the pictures of each of the rainforest animals to be explored. These can be printed and laminated to hand out to groups so that they know which animal they have been assigned to.
A CPD document that should help with aspects of teaching dance that a none dance specialist might find helpful.
Notes:
The timings of the lesson and the activities within the lesson plans can of course be adapted. Activities can be changed, lengthened, shortened, taken out, differentiated etc. Feel free to adapt this resource to suit your own needs as well as the needs of the children.
Feel free to use your own music. I used Rainforest sounds and ‘Beautiful Creatures’ from the Rio 2 soundtrack on YouTube.
I loved teaching this SOL and I hope you do too. If you find it helpful, I would massively appreciate it if you could leave me a review :)
Here is a complete term's medium term planning based around the book Percy the Park Keeper. The pack includes a plan for each week detailing the Early Learning Goals covered, learning activities, enhanced provision opportunities, weekly homework and a curriculum plan overview which can be shared with parents.
Explore rocks and fossils with your KS2 class with this set of ready-to-use resources. This bundle, particularly suitable for year 3 science, contains activities, PowerPoint presentations and a rocks classroom display.
Here’s what’s included:
Resource 1: Rocks Classroom Display
8 rock example photos (granite, chalk, sandstone, flint, marble, pumice, limestone, slate).
3 rock type description cards (sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, igneous rock).
Cut-out letters with rock design - R, O, C, K, S
A4 Rock Cycle Poster
Rocks frame image file - this can be copied and pasted into other documents that you want to add to your display.
Resource 2: A-Z Rocks and Fossils PowerPoint
Consolidate learning on rocks and fossils with this 26 slide PowerPoint presentation.
Each letter is a different themed word which will help pupils re-cap their learning, as well as introduce some new vocabulary. Questions within the presentation provide an opportunity for pupils to share their thoughts and knowledge.
**Resource 3: How A Fossil is Formed Activity **
A 5 page PDF including 8 full colour pictures with the corresponding labels. Print, cut out individual pictures/labels and laminate.
A 4 page PDF as above but with the labels included on the pictures for lower ability.
**Resource 4: Mary Anning PowerPoint **
A look at the life and work of Dorset paleontologist Mary Anning.
Resource 5: How a fossil is formed folding craft
Teach the stages of fossilisation with this folding ammonite craft. Print on A4 card ready for pupils to colour and fold like a concertina. When closed, you’ll just see the large fossil ammonite but when opened, the fossilisation process will be revealed!
Instructions are provided as well as some questions for discussion.
Resource 6: Fossil identification activity
Your class can become palaeontologists! This activity consists of 15 full colour photos of different fossils with labels to match (pictures can be printed with or without a background). Fossils include ammonites, a mosasaur tooth, megalodon tooth, shells, coral and a plesiosaur backbone.
There are 2 sets of labels to choose from (1 set requiring some internet research, the other more descriptive to allow pupils to try to identify without needing to go online).
This resource is a non-fiction comprehension booklet for year 2. It is all about habitats and covers what a habitat is, followed by a short look at deserts, oceans, cities, rainforests, woodlands and seashores.
It is split into 3 differentiated levels. There is a different booklet for each level.
Each booklet contains a title page with helpful words, followed by four pages of pictures with short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page.
There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘how,’ ‘which’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. Answers are also included.
I have included colour and black & white versions of each of the 3 levels. The preview pages show the title page and one of the comprehension pages, from the middle ability booklets.
PDF file format.
L.O. To know that animals are adapted to live in their habitats.
L.O. To know how different animal are adapted to live in the habitats.
This download includes 5 pages, as follows:
* Questions (with pictures) about how animals (shark, otter, camel, polar bear and parrot) are adapted to their habitat. Pupils need to consider the features of each animal, and answer in sentences.
* A matching activity - pupils match the animal (shark, otter, camel, polar bear and parrot) to the habitat, and can write how they think the animals are suited to their homes.
* Guess the animal activity - the pupils read clues about the animal’s adaptive features and guess the animal from the description (shark, otter, camel, polar bear or parrot)
* Animal Information Sheet - A descriptive paragraph about each of the animals (shark, otter, camel, polar bear and parrot) - can be used as a reading comprehension text.
* Lined page - Pupils completing this activity will write a more in-depth piece about how one of the animals are suited to their habitat (they could use additional information books to find out further facts.)
The above activities can be used by the same children for consolidation or end-of-lesson testing purposes, or may be used as a form of differentiation between groups during a lesson.
Looking for a set of outstanding PE lessons for KS1 with the theme of Amazing Animals? Look no further!
This Amazing Animals Dance unit has been carefully planned to support children in mastering basic movements and developing balance, agility, and coordination.
These five lessons are designed to help children respond to music using different actions, explore whole body actions to create linked shapes and balances, and perform dances using simple movement patterns.
The lessons also use The Gruffalo to encourage children to imitate animal actions, link movements together, and create different shapes and movements to represent animals.
Each lesson includes warm-up activities, a main activity, and a cool-down section to help children stretch and relax their bodies.
These lessons are perfect for any KS1 class wanting to explore the exciting world of Amazing Animals!
Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com
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Great for Primary or KS3 Students.
Could be used in a project, for a cover lessons, homework/extension tasks.
Includes 2x worksheets and inspiration/image resource sheet to help spark their imaginations!. All elements are designed to allow students to add their own colours and ideas as much as possible
Just print out and you are ready to go.
Happy Teaching :-)
Kick off a classification topic with this colourful and engaging PowerPoint presentation. This resource will introduce the 5 vertebrate animal groups to younger pupils - fish, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds.
There are 40 slides in total, designed to be used over 1 or several lessons. It ends with a short quiz to re-cap knowledge.
This resource also contains:
Animal sorting activity - 5 cards labeled with each animal group name, plus 24 animal pictures to sort. Print on white card.
Activity booklet - Double-sided sheet (black and white) to print and fold in half. Includes ‘draw the scales on the fish’, ‘identify the reptiles,’ and ‘what do you know about mammals’.
Is this resource editable?
The headings and images in the PowerPoint are not editable. Most of the text boxes
are editable (except on a few slides where I have used clip art that does not allow this).
The activity sheet and sorting activity are not editable.
UK and US paper sizes of the activities are included.
This is the ultimate Philosophy for Children (P4C) Pack: perfect for any teacher wishing to bring philosophy and critical thinking into their classroom.
It contains 20 resources and includes:
-An 8-Lesson P4C Course
-Debate generating software
-Philosophy Boxes Discussion Sessions
-A host of other tools and templates
Teaching philosophy is my passion and this resource has been made by me over years of spreading the joy of philosophy to young minds. I hope you will help me bring philosophy into the lives of children around the world by using this resource .
This product is suitable for any teacher (around the world) to bring P4C into their classroom. It provides enough resources for whole-school initiatives and may be of interest to those in leadership positions, or coordinating P4C/PSHE/SMSC/Ethics provisions.
Its uses include:
-Introducing philosophy and P4C
-Boosting critical-thinking skills
-Enhancing meta-cognitive ability
-Practicing conversation and debate skills
Feel free to email me with any questions :)
Adam,
godwin86@gmail.com
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KS1 & 2 Fable planning template. A resource for pupils to use to plan their own fable. Includes a bullet point reminder of the rules for writing fables and spaces for pupils to develop character description, setting, the moral and the structure of their story.
Great to use following an assembly or moral writing lesson /drama. Can also be used with topics : Aesop’s fables, Morals and Dilemmas, Animals.
This 34-slide PowerPoint presentation is designed to deepen your pupils’ understanding of what fossils and the fossil record can tell us about pre-historic life. It is particularly suitable for KS2 science.
There is a FULL VIDEO PREVIEW so that you can check the suitability of this resource for your learners before purchasing.
The presentation covers a variety of examples including:
Why are woolly mammoth bones found in the sea?
How can a chipped tooth reveal what a giant megalodon shark ate?
Can fossils tell us how animals and plants were connected in a food chain?
Full of high-quality images and questions, this slide-show lesson will get your students thinking about what fossils can and can’t tell us about animals from the past.
Can I edit this?
Parts of the presentation are not editable (pictures and headings). However, you can edit any body text to best suit your learners. 2 spare slides are included at the end in case you wanted to add anything.
Curriculum links
Year 3
describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are
trapped within rock
Year 6
‘Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide
information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago’
Prince William recently spoke out about the plight of elephants in China.
This reading comprehension resource supports a BBC News article which investigates the real threat to China's elephants - habitat destruction.
3 differentiated worksheets of questions are included.