Balanced literacy resources for homeschool in English (UK)

This pirate pack contains many high-quality images of various fictitious pirates (male and female). It also has various setting images - this includes ships, islands and various ports. There are various writing structure sheets to support character and setting descriptions. This means the students have given adjectives, which are geared to different characteristics and settings. There are expanded noun phrases, figurative language examples and information (fact) sheets related to pirates.

Subjects:

Handouts, English (UK), Lesson

Grades:

4th - 9th

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Spring break activity | Math , puzzle , word search , coloring pages worksheets

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Lesson Plan Pro

Welcome to our Spring Activity Break! This is the perfect place for kindergarten activities that will keep your little ones engaged and entertained. We have a wide variety of activities to choose from, including: puzzles, math exercises, word searches, coloring pages, mazes, and more. Whether your child loves solving puzzles, exploring numbers, finding hidden words, unleashing their creativity with colors, or navigating through mazes, we have something for everyone. Our Spring Activity Break is

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Spring

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, English (UK)

Christmas Workbook - 20 pages of educational fun

Created by

The Red Circle

This workbook includes a Christmas story with comprehension and language questions. It also includes various other literacy tasks, such as sequencing sentences to make a sensible story; filling appropriate words in sentences according to context; a word search based on synonyms and antonyms and creative writing tasks. Numeracy activities include working out simple sums to break a code to read a secret message and a colour-by-number picture. There is also a creative activity where learners design

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Math

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Workbooks, Activities, English (UK)

Setting Images and Descriptions in full (KS2 and KS3)

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72 different types of setting descriptions and corresponding images. There are 12 images per page and each setting description tries to use a range of writing techniques (such as listed adjectives, figurative language and adventurous vocabulary). This is great for KS2 or KS3 children (ages 7-14). You can also get this as three separate PowerPoint presentations to display in the classroom.

Subjects:

Activities, English (UK), Lesson

Grades:

4th - 8th

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English Read and Find / Worksheets Bundl Finding Kindergarten

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For teacher for teaching

Find and Highlight activity makes the perfect word literacy center! This 30-page worksheets activity packet gives students the opportunity to recognize words and helps to remember words more easily both fun and not boring.There are 30 worksheets :In the classroom word 10 sheetsSport 10 sheetsVehicle 10 sheets---------------------------------------------------Our other math worksheets :Addition & Subtraction within 1-20Skip Counting by 2 3 5 and 10Geometry 2D ShapesKindergarten Math Number

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Printables, English (UK)

Newspaper Writing Bundle KS2

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Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Writing

Included in this bundle are - 4 examples of newspaper articles under fake newspaper names but all true. A writing toolkit support structure sheet with ideas on how to support writing objectives. A detailed Newspaper report on the events of Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo, including target setting and editing slips. A bonus sheet activity to allow students to examine newspaper articles and pick out their key features.

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Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, English (UK)

Looking Back on the School Holidays

Created by

Nicole Kelleher

A fun and simple activity to get students writing after returning from school holidays. For the younger students I would get them to write one or two sentences on the lines of the sunglasses and then use the oval to create a portrait of themselves and then stick the sunglasses on. For older students I would have them write a longer piece on the paper provided and then in the glasses draw a reflective image of what they saw on their holidays and then stick that on their portrait. I have don

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 9th

Types:

English (UK)

Newspaper Report Examples KS2

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Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Writing

Need quality examples of newspaper reports for KS2? These newspaper articles are based on true stories but have been modified for children in KS2 - most suitable for Years 4, 5 or 6. There are 4 articles and each one has a different newspaper name, date and focus. Each report uses the features of a newspaper article (as expected for KS2 children in the UK).

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Grades:

4th - 7th

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Also included in: Newspaper Writing Bundle KS2

Michael Owen Non-Chronological Report (Facts and Structure)

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Perfect for any teacher who is trying to inspire their pupils to write a non-chronological report on the life of a significant person. Michael Owen has been a role model for thousands and achieved at the highest level of professional football. His life is an interesting tapestry of interesting facts and he continues to succeed in many different activities and ventures. Two A4 pages of facts about Michael Owen provide a fairly detailed snapshot of his family members, his sporting achievements, in

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Grades:

4th - 8th

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Year 5 & 6 Writing Planning Sheets for Various Genres

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In this bundle, you have access to diary writing, newspaper reporting, non-chronological, persuasive, adventure narratives and playscript writing planning support sheets - aimed at Years 5 and 6. Each pack contains different levels of support sheets. There are blank categories for children to input, working their way up to provided examples and supportive word banks based on the Year 5 and 6 expected writing outcomes in England. These have been used with multiple classes and the children have al

Subjects:

Handouts, Scaffolded Notes, English (UK)

Grades:

4th - 7th

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Diary Examples KS2

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This resource provides diary entry examples suitable for KS2. There are 6 texts and each one has a different topic, speaker and style of writing. The examples are written so they engage pupils with the topic while allowing them to explore the features, which you'd expect to find in a diary entry.

Subjects:

Activities, Handouts, English (UK)

Grades:

4th - 7th

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Setting Description Images with Writing Space (KS2 & KS3) Pack 1

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This resource provides 24 various and interesting images of settings. This is a Word doc that has 3 images and 3 writing boxes per page - to allow pupils to write their descriptions or notes next to the images. This is Pack 1. (Note- These are the same images that are in Pack 1 of the presentation version available on my site.)

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Grades:

4th - 8th

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Also included in: Setting Description Images with Writing Space (KS2 & Above) Packs 1, 2 & 3

Harry Kane Fact Sheet & Non-Chronological Report Writing (Structured)

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Perfect for any teacher who is trying to inspire their pupils to write a non-chronological report on the life of a significant person. Harry Kane has been a role model for thousands and achieved at the highest level of professional football. Two A4 pages of facts about Harry Kane provide a fairly detailed snapshot of his family members, his sporting achievements, interests and some random facts too.There is a basic and an advanced planning structure sheet for children to use to support writing a

Subjects:

Research, Activities, English (UK)

Grades:

4th - 8th

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Relative Clauses Sentences - Escape Room themed

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Teach your pupils to use relative clauses (with pronouns) to meet the year 5 and 6 expected standards for writing in English. This resource is for teaching the skill practically and uses the book, The Escape Room by Christopher Edge as a basis for the sentences. You have a starting sentence and then the children cut the paper and insert their own relative clause where they think it should go. There are different versions to help with scaffolding the task for different ability children -with som

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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Setting Descriptions Presentation Pack 2 (KS2 and KS3)

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This resource provides 24 various and interesting images of settings and a corresponding setting description. The descriptions use interesting vocabulary and should expose children to a wider base of vocabulary too. You can choose whether to display the text or the image (or both at the same time).There are also 25 teaching-related questions at the end of the PowerPoint which help to engage children with the writing techniques as well as give them the opportunity to add more, edit or practise va

Subjects:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, English (UK)

Grades:

4th - 8th

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Setting Description Images with Writing Space (KS2 & Above) Packs 1, 2 & 3

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Each of these Word document resources contains various images that can be used as a setting description stimulus. Next to each image is space for pupils to write setting descriptions or notes.On each page is 3 images and 3 boxes. Each pack contains a total of 24 images. Giving you a total of 72 images.The combined price separately would be £11.98 so you save 25% by buying the bundle version.

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Grades:

4th - 8th

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Conversation Conversion (Speech) Beowulf Themed

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This resource is for children who are practising writing speech for narrative stories. It uses a Beowulf theme so there is a conversation between Beowulf and King Hrothgar. There are two levels - Level 1 uses shorter sentences and words for children who struggle with longer passages. It also structures their ideas to get them to edit their work to include better adverbs and synonyms for said. Level 2 is more advanced. It encourages children to edit their work to include split speech and advance

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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Setting Descriptions Presentation Pack 3 (KS2 and KS3)

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