#No additional resources needed. Click here to download lesson 1 for FREE. This unit includes 10 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to teach Year 3 children all about Non-Chronological Reports. They will begin by reading, exploring and identifying the features of this type of text before using their knowledge to plan and write their own non-chronological reports. They will have the option of 4 interesting sports to research (using the internet, nonfiction books or both), and will use this information to create their own reports in a similar style. They will create, share, edit and improve their drafts before creating a polished report ready for display! SPAG/GPS covered: Word Classes, Clauses, Conjunctions, Spellings and Suffix Rules. Lesson 1: To identify features of non-chronological reports Lesson 2: To recognise word classes and clauses Lesson 3: To understand how to create a formal tone Lesson 4: To apply spelling rules when adding suffixes Lesson 5: To plan a non-chronological report Lesson 6: To begin writing a non-chronological report Lesson 7: To extend sentences using conjunctions Lesson 8: To edit and improve my writing Lesson 9: To prepare and deliver a persuasive argument Lesson 10: To create a non-chronological report for display This bundle comes with an End of Unit Child and Teacher Assessment Sheet to allow each pupil to assess and reflect on their own learning. Total Number of Slides: 51 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities and Resources Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This free lesson bundle is part of a 10 lesson unit on Non-Chronological Reports and includes a fully interactive PowerPoint, lesson scheme of work and resources. During this lesson, children will be introduced to the features of non-chronological report writing and will spend time exploring example texts whilst identifying and recording examples of the different features. Click here to download the complete unit! Lesson 1: To identify features of non-chronological reports Total Number of Slides: 10 Lesson Plan Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This bundle includes: -An eye-catching Poster of Non-Chronological Report Writing Features -Features checklist -An activity ‘tick list’ to help children explore and record examples of each listed feature #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This unit includes 10 complete lesson plans, activities and fully interactive PowerPoints to teach Year 2 children all about Information Texts. Throughout this unit they will begin by learning about cats and dogs by reading the two stories ‘Dogs’ and ‘Matilda’s Cat’ by the award winning author and illustrator Emily Gravett. They work in small groups to answer text-related questions as well as retelling the story of ‘Matilda’s Cat’ as they apply their knowledge of the -ing suffix. During week 2, they will begin to explore the features of information texts using the provided resources. They will research, plan and write their own information pages which they will then self assess at the end of the week. Download Lesson 1 for free here Lesson 1: To create dogs with opposite characteristics Lesson 2: To answer comprehension questions about dogs Lesson 3: To correctly spell words using the -ing suffix Lesson 4: To retell a short story Lesson 5: To describe an animal using expanded noun phrases Lesson 6: To explore the features of a nonfiction text Lesson 7: To research and plan an information text Lesson 8: To correctly use new and familiar punctuation marks Lesson 9: To begin writing an information text Lesson 10: To edit and improve my information text Total Number of Slides: 52 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This lesson includes a fully interactive PowerPoint, lesson plan and activity to begin this Year 2 unit about Information Texts. Week 1 of this unit focuses on the two stories ‘Dogs’ and ‘Matilda’s Cat’ by the award winning author and illustrator, Emily Gravett. Download the complete unit here Lesson 1: To create dogs with opposite characteristics Total Number of Slides: 7 Lesson Plan Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This bundle also includes 5 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to continue the learning of Information Texts. During this second and final week, children will enjoy learning about useful trucks such as Army Recovery Trucks, Logging Trucks and Snow Ploughs before planning and creating their very own! They will then create labels and captions to describe their truck’s features during lessons 3 and 4. SPAG/GPS covered this week: Phoneme /k/, graphemes c, k, ck and ch, simple sentences. Lesson 1: To create a useful big truck Lesson 2: To write sentences using the /k/ phoneme Lesson 3: To write labels and captions Lesson 4: To write an informative sentence Lesson 5: To write captions using complete sentences NB. Access to nonfiction books about trucks will support this week’s learning. Total Number of Slides: 27 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to introduce children to Information Texts. This week they will learn about fire engines and other big machines. They will read and discuss short extracts of nonfiction texts, write simple sentences using full stops and capital letters, sort a fire fighting equipment word list into alphabetical order and much more! Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To correctly order a sentence Lesson 2: To read and discuss a nonfiction text Lesson 3: To write simple sentences Lesson 4: To write facts about a machine Lesson 5: To sort words into alphabetical order NB. Access to nonfiction books about machines will support this week’s learning. Total Number of Slides: 27 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This second bundle also includes 5 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to continue the learning of Significant Authors. During this final week, children will continue focusing on the book Clockwork or All Wound Up as well as a short extract from Spring-heeled Jack by Philip Pullman. SPAG/GPS covered this week: complex sentences, expanded noun phrases, effective punctuation and dialogue. Lesson 1: To understand the structure and layout of a graphic novel Lesson 2: To write a section of a graphic novel Lesson 3: To perform an improvised role play Lesson 4: To plan a film script for ‘Clockwork’ by Philip Pullman Lesson 5: To write a film script NB. Children will need to have completed reading the book Clockwork or All Wound Up by Philip Pullman during Week 1. Total Number of Slides: 28 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Significant Authors. This week, children will focus on the books Northern Lights and Clockwork or All Wound Up by the award winning author, Philip Pullman. They will enjoy learning about and creating their own fictional daemons, drawing comparisons between the book and film (The Golden Compass), writing summaries and making predictions! SPAG/GPS covered this week: complex sentences, subordinating conjunctions, adverbs of possibility/probability. Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To create my own daemon Lesson 2: To identify nouns and verbs in sentences Lesson 3: To compare the openings of the book and film NB. This lesson requires children to watch the first few minutes of the film, The Golden Compass. Lesson 4: To make predictions about a story NB. Access to the book Clockwork or All Wound Up would be beneficial, however a link has been provided. Lesson 5: To write a summary of Clockwork Total Number of Slides: 28 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Activities Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This ‘Adverbs of Probability’ word mat has been created to support and develop children’s understanding of these adverbs. This handy list can be cut out and stuck into pupils’ books or laminated and stored within the classroom to be used when needed. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Biographies and Autobiographies. During this second and final week, children will now focus on autobiographies; in particular, ‘The Long Walk to Freedom’ by Nelson Mandela. They will be fascinated to learn about the political history of South Africa and how becoming an anti-apartheid activist contributed towards Nelson Mandela’s positive and negative experiences in life. Once pupils have developed their understanding of the purpose and structure of an autobiography through this example text, they will then begin to plan, write and edit their own during the final 3 lessons. SPAG/GPS covered this week: adverbials, head nouns and expanded noun phrases. Lesson 1: To read, understand and discuss an autobiography Lesson 2: To answer questions about Nelson Mandela’s autobiography Lesson 3: To plan an autobiography Lesson 4: To write an autobiography Lesson 5: To edit, improve and assess my autobiography Total Number of Slides: 28 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Biographies and Autobiographies. This week, children will focus mainly on biographies. They will learn to read and identify the features of a biographical text before applying these when asked to write a biography about another member of the class during lesson 5! SPAG/GPS covered this week: prefixes, suffixes and sentence types (simple, compound and complex). Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To read, compare and identify the features of a biography Lesson 2: To rewrite a biography extract using dialogue Lesson 3: To investigate suffixes Lesson 4: To investigate sentence structure in formal writing Lesson 5: To write a biography Total Number of Slides: 32 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

This second bundle also includes 5 lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Familiar Settings. During this second and final week, children will revise how to correctly use fronted adverbials when describing characters and various settings within the Horrid Henry books. To end the week, they will enjoy planning, writing and editing their very on Horrid Henry stories! SPAG/GPS covered this week: fronted adverbials and adverbs of manner. Lesson 1: To use fronted adverbials when describing a setting Lesson 2: To use adverbs and fronted adverbials to describe a character Lesson 3: To plan a story based on Horrid Henry Lesson 4: To write my story based on Horrid Henry Lesson 5: To read, edit and improve my story Total Number of Slides: 29 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes End of Unit Assessment? Yes

A small selection of Horrid Henry books are required for this unit. This bundle includes lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the teaching of Stories in Familiar Settings based on the Year 4 National Curriculum scheme of work. During this first week, children will read and enjoy a selection of Horrid Henry books as they learn/remind themselves about this funny young boy who has a talent for getting into trouble! They will research, identify and describe familiar settings used within these stories as they practise extending sentences with descriptive phrases. SPAG/GPS covered this week: prepositional phrases, noun phrases and prefixes. Download Week 2 here! Lesson 1: To explore and describe a character Lesson 2: To answer questions about a text Lesson 3: To extend sentences using descriptive phrases Lesson 4: To create descriptive language for familiar settings Lesson 5: To use neat handwriting and accurate punctuation Total Number of Slides: 29 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes

No additional resources needed. All lessons include an easy-to-follow lesson plan, interactive PowerPoint, starter activity, main teaching, lesson activity and plenary. This bundle contains the final 5 lessons relating to Stories From Other Cultures based on the Year 3 National Curriculum scheme of work. During this third and final week, children will be applying their knowledge of traditional Indian Tales by planning and writing their own in a similar style. They will choose a well-known fairy tale and replace some of these characters with the characters from the Indian Tales which have been covered during this unit. They will be aiming to apply their knowledge of prepositional phrases, adverbs of manner and powerful language. Lesson 1: To use a dictionary to check the meaning of new words Lesson 2: To ‘magpie’ powerful language to use within my own writing Lesson 3: To convert a Fairy Tale into a Traditional Indian Tale Lesson 4: To write a story in the style of a Traditional Indian Tale Lesson 5: To edit and improve my writing Total Number of Slides: 30 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes

These resources can be used to support the learning of Adverbs of Manner (which include the different rules for adding the -ly suffix). This handy list can be cut out and stuck into pupils’ books or laminated and stored within the classroom to be used when needed. #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

No additional resources needed. All lessons include an easy-to-follow lesson plan, interactive PowerPoint, starter activity, main teaching, lesson activity and plenary. This bundle contains 5 whole lessons relating to Stories From Other Cultures based on the Year 3 National Curriculum scheme of work. During this second week, children will have the opportunity to use their imagination when planning and writing their own versions of Rama and Sita with some changes. They will also learn to identify and use subordinate clauses as well as prepositional phrases to express time within their writing. Lesson 1: To plan a modified version of Rama and Sita Lesson 2: To use subordinate clauses within my writing Lesson 3: To make predictions about a myth Lesson 4: To use adverbs of manner to describe a verb Lesson 5: To use prepositions to express time and place Total Number of Slides: 31 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes

No additional resources needed This interactive PowerPoint contains 5 whole lessons relating to Stories From Other Cultures based on the Year 3 National Curriculum scheme of work. During this first week, children will learn about folktales and myths whilst focusing on the stories ‘The Little Red Hen’, ‘Tiger Child’ and ‘Rama and Sita’. Lesson 1: To write a synopsis of a traditional folktale Lesson 2: To retell a folktale through roleplay Lesson 3: To identify and use prepositions of place Lesson 4: To compare different versions of the same story Lesson 5: To create a comic strip of a well-known folktale Total Number of Slides: 33 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes

Have children enjoy learning to read and spell words containing the /j/ phoneme by playing this simple yet effective game! In pairs, they will test each other by picking a card for their partner to spell on a whiteboard! Get the spelling correct, stay where you are! Get it wrong, move back 2 spaces! Who will be the first one to the finish line? #stressfreelearning_dreamscheme