12 fun festive puzzles worksheets for Key Stage 2 Mental Maths and Literacy / English (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar / SPaG) to use as warm ups, starters, revision, homework or early finisher activities in December. They could also be used as main lesson tasks. With 2 levels of challenge, this BUNDLE provides ideal differentiation in many classes, perfect for meaningful practice at this busy time of year, with no prep required. Some of the puzzles were designed for Year 3 and 4 but these are likely to suit some learners in Year 5 and 6 requiring a simpler level of challenge. On the other hand, the Year 5 / 6 puzzles could provide challenge for more able learners in lower year groups. Full instructions and answer keys included. Click on the links to see more detailed information and previews, or to purchase separately: Christmas Maths Puzzles Christmas Literacy (SPaG) Puzzles CHRISTMAS MATHS PUZZLES: There are 3 Set A Numeracy puzzles that best suit Year 6 and 5 (P7 and P6) and 3 Set B puzzles originally designed for Year 4 (P5) - and Year 3 (P4) if all concepts have been covered. Both sets could be used in the same class for differentiation if required. Set A might also suit some early KS3 classes. They work well at the busy end of term as little preparation is required and they are very flexible and can be left aside and picked up again as required. An engaging alternative to standard worksheets, these Hidden Word / Spot the Mistakes puzzles make ideal starter, early finisher or homework activities for this special time of year. Similar to codebreaker puzzles, a Christmas-related word is revealed after completing mental arithmetic calculations. Each puzzle contains a grid. Within each box is a calculation and a letter. Pupils circle any boxes containing mistakes. Then they assemble letters from the circled boxes to reveal the Christmas word. Puzzles can be completed individually or in pairs / groups. Concepts include: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Times Tables, Doubling and Halving, Multiplying and Dividing by 10 and 100, Place Value, Negative Numbers, Fractions, Percentages and Decimals (Not all concepts feature in Set B). LITERACY (EDITING / PROOFREADING PUZZLES: KS2 Christmas Editing / Proofreading puzzles. Minimal preparation required (ideal for busy end of term), these 6 fun Literacy / English puzzle worksheets provide practice of a range of Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) during late November and December. 3 puzzles were originally designed for Year 6 and 5 (P7 and P6) and 3 simpler ones for Year 3 and 4 (P4 and P5). Both sets could be used in the same class for differentiation if required. They could also be used for revision in early KS3. Versions are included with and without a festive background picture. All sentences are Christmas-themed. These puzzles work in a similar way to the maths ones above, a Christmas-related word being revealed after completing the editing work. Each puzzle contains 20 lines of text (or 15 in the simpler ones). Pupils circle any mistakes they spot. If there are 3 or more mistakes in a single line, they highlight the corresponding letter in the grid at the bottom of the page. At the end they rearrange the highlighted letters to reveal the Christmas word. Puzzles can be completed individually or in pairs / groups, with pupils supporting each other and pooling their editing / proofreading skills. Pupils often forget or avoid re-reading their own work to check for errors so it’s great to get them carefully checking in these puzzles. Spotting common spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors may help them remember to check their own work and help them avoid common errors themselves. Some of the aspects of SPaG included: common spelling errors, full stops, capital letters, question marks, commas, colons, speech marks, proper nouns, missing words, repeated words, tenses, subordinate clauses and embedded clauses. (Not all concepts feature in the 3 simpler puzzles (Puzzles 4-6). You might also be interested in my general set of Editing / Proofreading Puzzles for Year 5 and 6. Thank you for you interest in my resources. Here are some of my other popular maths packs: Maths Puzzles Halloween Maths Puzzles Place Value Puzzles Mental Maths Puzzles Year 5 / 6 For engaging, time-saving printables and presentations to plan Primary Literacy / English, Maths / Numeracy and French lessons, visit FullShelf Resources

A big bundle of 100 Key Stage 2 or early KS3 imaginative / descriptive writing story starters cards, featuring high quality photo prompts, vocabulary banks, prompt questions and more. These full-page story generators can be used across a range of abilities and ages, especially in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Y4 / Y5 / Y6 / Y7) to spark ideas for stories. In Scotland, they’re great for Primary 5, 6, 7 and S1. They’re great for reluctant writers and they have a dyslexia friendly format too. This BUNDLE includes 5 packs of 20 prompts: 2 packs of general prompts (featuring a range of subjects and genres), a pack of scary / mystery story prompts, a pack of winter story prompts and a pack of summer story writing prompts. All can be purchased separately if you prefer. Creative Writing Story Prompts (MY MOST POPULAR RESOURCE ON TES) Creative Writing Story Prompts 2 Scary Story Creative Writing Story Prompts Winter Stories Creative Writing Story Prompts Summer Story Creative Writing Prompts Use as warm ups, early finishers activities and as a framework for free writing sessions Each of the 100 A4 cards features a visual element (photo / picture stimulus), a starter sentence or part-sentence to help launch children into their fiction / narrative writing Prompt questions to get ideas going A word bank and some suggested openers to add variety to their writing A box at the bottom reminds students to read their work aloud, check for full stops and capital letters and common spellings Range of subjects and genres including mystery, sport, humour, fantasy, family and historical. Lots of settings too. Plenty of variety so children can choose ones that appeal to them. UK and US English versions included, with spellings and references to ‘full stops’ and ‘periods’ etc amended as appropriate Designed to offer maximum support for dyslexic learners and those with similar barriers to learning. Verdana font and spacing used are both dyslexia-friendly and the background colours are designed to reduce glare. Both the UK and US cards are also included with the background colours removed and could be used if printing on dyslexia friendly paper or card. Could be used to support the writing of a full story Could also work well as a regular tool to support struggling writers in one-to-one or small group sessions, where students write a few sentences inspired by the prompts, without worrying about completing a story.   YOU MIGHT LIKE… Complex Sentences Activity Cards Editing SPaG Puzzles Worksheets Full Stops and Capital Letters Cards Improving Sentences Writing Worksheets

An upper KS2 BUNDLE of games and puzzles worksheets for spelling, punctuation and grammar revision. These fun printables could be used as part of SATs test preparation. There are: 3 Hidden Word Puzzles and 3 Four in a Row Games for the Year 5 / Year 6 statutory spelling word list of 100 words 6 Hidden Word Proofreading Puzzles to consolidate a range of SPaG skills (3 are at a lower level, which you could use for differentiation)   All in PDF format.   The spelling, punctuation and grammar in these resources follows UK rules.   Use them as lesson starter tasks, early finisher challenges or as stations in spelling or SPaG lessons Great as fun, start of term or end of term purposeful activities too Full answer keys and instructions are included   Please see the individual resources pages for more detail and previews to check if they will suit your needs: Proofreading Hidden Word Puzzles Year 5 /6 Spelling Activities   MORE INFO:   PROOFREADING HIDDEN WORD / SPOT THE MISTAKES PUZZLES: 6 puzzles Fun alternatives to standard worksheets Minimal preparation Concepts included: homophones and other common spelling errors, full stops, capital letters, question marks, commas, colons, speech marks, proper nouns, missing words, repeated words, tenses, subordinate clauses and embedded clauses Included with and without pastel background, which could support some learners to view text more clearly Students circle or highlight errors in each line of text. When they find lines with 3 or more errors, they take the corresponding letter from the grid at the bottom of the page When finished, rearrange letters to find hidden grammar or punctuation word Individuals, pairs or small groups For differentiation put lower ability children into pairs, perhaps with a higher ability student To save printing, print on card and laminate for repeated use with whiteboard pens   YEAR 5 / YEAR 6 SPELLING HIDDEN WORD / SPOT THE MISTAKES PUZZLES: 3 puzzles feature sentences containing multiple words from the Year 5 and Year 6 spelling list, most spelled correctly Puzzles work in the same way as the proofreading ones above In each puzzle the hidden word is another word from the spelling list Versions included without and without background For differentiation put lower ability children into pairs, perhaps with a higher ability student. Allow a word list or dictionary for support.   FOUR IN A ROW GAMES: 3 boards, each containing 36 sentences which feature a misspelled word from the Year 5 and Year 6 word list These words are printed in bold and underlined Pairs or individuals play against each other, aiming to correct 4 adjacent spellings in a line - horizontally, vertically or diagonally Students roll dice to determine from which column they must pick a sentence Print and laminate for regular use They were originally designed for A3 printing, and I recommend this, with students writing directly on the board with a thin whiteboard pen. However, it works fine in A4 (you may need to adjust printer settings). If A4, students could write their spelling on a mini whiteboard or paper and put initials in the space on the board if correct   Thank you for supporting my store.   YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE… Creative Writing Story Prompt Cards Complex Sentences Activity Cards Full Stops and Capital Letters Self-Check Cards Improving Sentences Worksheets Giant Books Quiz Crossword Roald Dahl Giant Crossword First and Third Person Lesson

A creative writing VCOP game or SPaG game at two levels, these fun activity cards are designed for Upper KS2 and KS3, Year 5, 6, 7 and 8. This is a BUNDLE of 80 printable cards to promote ambitious sentence structures and vocabulary in descriptive / narrative writing. Regular use as a warm up or early finisher challenge will get students improving and stretching their sentences. Students enjoy playing this game in groups but they can be used by individuals too. You could also use them as a fun homework task. CONTENTS: 2 PDF files 84 pages (including black and white options) Includes 2 packs of 40 cards (2 different levels of challenge), which can be purchased separately if required:   Super Sentences (Complex Sentence Writing): 40 printable activity cards (colour and black and white versions). An introductory card models different ways to add interest and variety to sentences. Originally designed as a dice game, it can be used in a variety of ways. Please see the individual resource for more detail. Sensational Sentences (Complex Sentence Writing): Another set of 40 cards - this is the same activity as above but for older / more able learners. It features more challenging vocabulary and could be used for differentiation in the same class. Thank you so much if you decide to purchase my resources. You might like to explore some of my other Literacy / English resources: Imaginative Story Writing Prompts Improving Sentence Structure Worksheets Spelling Games and Puzzles Year 5 / 6 Editing / Proofreading Puzzles Worksheets Full Stops and Capital Letters Cards First and Third Person Lesson FullShelf Resources

10 KS2 Year 4, Year 5 or Year 6 spelling games to make learning about homophones and near homophones fun. This could be used as a home learning activity, with a child aiming to reach a target of correct answers in a given time. These ‘splat’ SPaG activities include the following words that are often muddled up and misspelled: there / their / they’re (64 sentences included) it’s / its (64 sentences included) where / were / we’re / wear (64 sentences) whether / weather (32 sentences) knew / new (32 sentences) your / you’re (64 sentences) here / hear (64 sentences) to / two / too (64 sentences) threw / through (32 sentences) no / know (32 sentences) CONTENTS: 2 PDF documents (37 pages in total) 2 PowerPoint (10 slides in total) This bundle is comprised of 2 homophone splat game packs that are also available separately: Homophones Games 1 Homophones Games 2 The games revolve around a total of 512 sentences which model a variety of structures so that while children are learning about the spelling of commonly confused words they are also learning about how to use a range of openers, connectives, sub-clauses etc to construct interesting sentences. Many sentences are silly to further engage children! It’s a challenge to make SPaG work active and engaging, rather than relying solely on worksheets and these homophones splat games are ideal for fun consolidation during the main part of SPaG lessons or can be used as purposeful early finisher and/or starter activities. If you print and laminate them all, children could self-select the homophones they need to practise. It is best played in small groups, where children each take a sentence card which features 8 sentences with a homophone word in it (homophone words are printed in bold). Children take it in turns to read a sentence from their card while the others compete to splat the correct homophone flashcard (homophone flashcards are included in black and white as well as fun colour ‘explosion’ style cards so you can choose which to print). The first student to hit the correct homophone word scores a point. Students could lose a point for hitting the wrong word to stop them being tempted to guess early. The PowerPoint includes a slide for each game and features the homophone words for splatting as a whole class version on a ‘splattable’ whiteboard, should you so wish. 3 people could compete together each round, perhaps representing 3 teams. Thank you very much. You might like to explore some of my other Literacy and English resources: Imaginative Story Writing Prompts Spelling Games and Puzzles Year 5 / 6 Editing / Proofreading Puzzles Worksheets Super Sentences (Complex Sentence Writing) Improving Sentence Structure Worksheets Full Stops and Capital Letters Cards First and Third Person Lesson

A bundle of KS2 or early KS3 imaginative / descriptive writing story starters cards, featuring high quality photo prompts, vocabulary banks, prompt questions and more. These 40 full-page story generators can be used across a range of abilities and ages, especially in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7, to spark ideas for stories. They’re great for reluctant writers and they have a dyslexia friendly format too. This BUNDLE includes these 2 packs: Creative Writing Story Prompts (MY MOST POPULAR RESOURCE ON TES) Creative Writing Story Prompts 2 These 2 packs are also included in this larger Creative Writing Story Prompts BIG BUNDLE 100 Prompts! Use as warm ups, early finishers activities and as a framework for free writing sessions Each of the 40 A4 cards features a visual element (photo / picture stimulus), a starter sentence or part-sentence to help launch children into their fiction / narrative writing Prompt questions to get ideas going A word bank and some suggested openers to add variety to their writing A box at the bottom reminds students to read their work aloud, check for full stops and capital letters and common spellings Range of subjects and genres including sport, mystery, humour, fantasy and historical. Plenty of variety so children can choose ones that appeal to them. UK and US English versions included, with spellings and references to ‘full stops’ and ‘periods’ etc amended as appropriate Designed to offer maximum support for dyslexic learners and those with similar barriers to learning. Verdana font and spacing used are both dyslexia-friendly and the background colours are designed to reduce glare. Both the UK and US cards are also included with the background colours removed and could be used if printing on dyslexia friendly paper or card. Could be used to support the writing of a full story Could also work well as a regular tool to support struggling writers in one-to-one or small group sessions, where students write a few sentences inspired by the prompts, without worrying about completing a story.   YOU MIGHT LIKE… Complex Sentences Activity Cards Editing SPaG Puzzles Worksheets Full Stops and Capital Letters Cards Improving Sentences Writing Worksheets

High quality KS2 or early KS3 Halloween literacy and maths activities in a bundle: 6 fun printable Halloween mental maths puzzles and 20 creative writing prompts (mystery / scary / spooky / horror genre - the prompts can be used all year round as there is no specific mention of Halloween). Click on the 2 individual resource packs that are included in this bundle to see more information and previews. Halloween Hidden Word Math Puzzles: 3 puzzles designed for Year 5 and 6 3 puzzles designed for Year 4 (and Year 3 if all concepts have been covered) Both levels can work well in many classes for differentiation (and the more challenging puzzles can work for consolidation in Year 7 too) Full Answer Keys included PDF format within the Zip file Engaging alternative to standard worksheets - students spot mistakes and use the linked letters to spell a Halloween-related word! Great for individuals, pairs or small groups Use for starters, early finishers, homework etc. Concepts include: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Times Tables, Doubling and Halving, Multiplying and Dividing by 10 and 100, Place Value, Negative Numbers, Fractions, Percentages and Decimals (Not all concepts feature in the lower level puzzles)   Scary Story Writing Prompts: Use as warm ups, early finishers activities and as a framework for free writing sessions Each of the 20 A4 cards features a visual element (photo / picture stimulus), a starter sentence or part-sentence to help launch children into their fiction / narrative writing Prompt questions to get ideas going A word bank and suggested openers to add variety to their writing A box at the bottom reminds students to read their work aloud, check for full stops and capital letters and common spellings Range of scariness levels - Students who get more easily spooked can find prompts to suit them too. UK and US English versions included, with spellings and references to ‘full stops’ and ‘periods’ etc amended as appropriate Designed to offer maximum support for dyslexic learners and those with similar barriers to learning. Verdana font and spacing used are both dyslexia-friendly and the background colours are designed to reduce glare. Both the UK and US cards are also included with the background colours removed and could be used if printing on dyslexia friendly paper or card. Could be used to support the writing of a full story Could also work well as a regular tool to support struggling writers in one-to-one or small group sessions, where students write a few sentences inspired by the prompts, without worrying about completing a story   YOU MIGHT LIKE MY OTHER STORY PROMPTS, which feature a range of genres and subjects: STORY PROMPTS BUNDLE   MORE FULLSHELF RESOURCES… KS2 Writing Writing and Grammar Activities Full Stops and Capital Letters Cards Improving Sentences Worksheets Mental Maths Bundle Maths Puzzles Worksheets HUGE BUNDLE

6 upper Primary (Upper KS2 - Years 5 and 6 and equivalents) or early Secondary (KS3 - Year 7 and equivalents), reading comprehensions with informational texts, other close reading tasks, grammar, punctuation, and writing activities, plus fun puzzles, perfect for January and the New Year. This BUNDLE includes differentiated packs on New Year’s Resolutions, Epiphany or Three Kings Day, MLK Day / Martin Luther King Day, World Braille Day / Louis Braille, Robert Burns / Burns Night, and Chinese New Year.   Contains over 120 pages, including 6 nonfiction reading comprehensions (all at 2 levels of difficulty), 6 cloze procedure tasks using the same texts (all at 2 levels) and each of the six packs has at least 2 additional tasks linked to each pack, some of which are also differentiated. Also contains all answer keys.   These packs provide Literacy or English activities based around short non-fiction texts with a link to the month. Each pack contains 4 or 5 printable activities in non-editable PDF format. Please check the previews to assess suitability for your students. In addition to the UK versions, US spelling and grammar versions are also included where relevant, meaning they can be used in most English-speaking countries. The majority of tasks are provided at two levels of challenge, therefore they will suit a range of year groups and provide appropriate levels of challenge for different abilities within many classes.   This BUNDLE provides a big discount so that you can pick and choose which texts and activities you wish to use and still make a saving. You’ll be able to use them again and again, starting each new year with plenty of relevant and meaningful Literacy and English tasks. The 6 packs are also available separately if you prefer:   New Year’s Resolutions Louis Braille / World Braille Day (January 4) Epiphany / Three Kings Day (January 6) Martin Luther King / MLK Day (January 15 in 2024) [Robert Burns / Burns Night](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11811174 (January 25) Chinese New Year (included in the January BUNDLE as it varies each year from January 21 to February 20 - in 2024, it is February 10)   I am designing these non-fiction comprehension and activities packs to provide a time-saving bank of flexible themed tasks linked to dates throughout the year, though of course you can use them whenever you want. They feature specially written very short texts (about 250 - 300 words). Each provides comprehension questions, a cloze procedure task and other linked tasks. The other tasks are on aspects of spelling, vocabulary, punctuation, grammar, writing or reading (this varies across the different packs). Build all activities into your Literacy or English programme, or use for cover lessons, homework, early finisher tasks or for those busy times when you need something low-prep, meaningful, relevant and engaging at the last minute!   Please click on the links to see the individual resources in this bundle, to assess suitability for your students. You will find detailed information and previews for all of them. Many thanks.   YOU MIGHT LIKE… Winter Creative Writing Story Prompts Creative Writing Story Prompts Complex Sentences Activity Cards Editing SPaG Puzzles Worksheets Full Stops and Capital Letters Cards Improving Sentences Writing Worksheets

Use these as no prep and low prep Literacy and English activities in Upper Key Stage 2 (KS2). A BUNDLE of activities for warm ups / starters and early finisher challenges, including creative writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG). Use for early KS3 (Year 7) too. Fun and printable and great for minimal planning and preparation.   These are 3 of my most popular resource packs. PDF format.   INCLUDES: 6 Editing / Proof-reading Fun Puzzles Worksheets: Students reveal a hidden word by finding mistakes, including homophones and other common spelling errors, full stops, capital letters, question marks, commas, colons, speech marks, proper nouns, missing words, repeated words, tenses, subordinate clauses and embedded clauses. Ideal for SATs revision. 40 Complex Sentence Structure Writing Game Cards for students to create ambitious sentences, using interesting vocabulary. 20 Dyslexia-friendly Creative Writing Prompt Cards . Story starters with photos, word banks, prompt questions etc for short pieces of writing in varied fiction genres.   For more information and previews, please click through to the individual resource pages. Thank you for supporting my store.   YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE… Improving Sentences Worksheets Full Stops and Capital Letters Self-Check Cards Spelling Word List Year 5/6 Games and Puzzles Roald Dahl Giant Crossword Giant Books Quiz Crossword First and Third Person Lesson   OTHER LITERACY BUNDLE OPTIONS… Writing and Sentences Activities BUNDLE Literacy and Maths Meaningful Fillers BUNDLE Literacy Activities KS2 BUNDLE Improving Sentences BUNDLE Literacy Activities Year 5 / 6 BUNDLE Complex Sentences Activities Cards BUNDLE SPaG Revision Activities BUNDLE   Explore more at FullShelf Resources

An Upper Key Stage 2 (KS2) purposeful time fillers or cover lesson activities BUNDLE of flexible no prep or low prep printables for Y5 and Y6 for a big saving, to target key skills as morning activities, warm ups, starters, early finishers challenges, revision and main lesson tasks. They are great to have on hand before you get into your normal planning at the beginning of term or can be used throughout the year to practise key skills. There are 6 flexible packs for mental maths, SPaG and writing, and are some of my most popular resources, used by many hundreds of teachers already. I hope you will use them again and again in your classroom! All resources are in PDF format.   BUNDLE contains: 20 Creative Writing Story Prompt Cards 6 Editing / Proofreading SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) Puzzles 40 Complex Sentences Writing Cards 8 Mental Maths Crossnumber Puzzles 36 Maths Trail Cards 200+ Mental Maths Question Cards   For full information and previews please see the detailed descriptions on the 6 individual resource pages.   Thank you for supporting my store.   YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE… Writing and Sentences Activities BUNDLE Literacy Activities KS2 BUNDLE Improving Sentences BUNDLE SPaG Revision Activities BUNDLE Mental Maths Year 5 / 6 BUNDLE Maths Hidden Word Puzzles MEGA BUNDLE Multiplication and Division Activities BUNDLE Explore more at FullShelf Resources