This graphic organiser, ‘Reading Aloud for the Eensy Weensy Spider’ asks students to determine the type of voice and facial expressions that should be used for The Eensy Weensy Spider, then perform the song using their chosen voice, facial expressions and word emphasis.
This graphic organiser, ‘Reading Together’ helps students to build fluency by performing a choral reading as a group.
This worksheet, ‘Reconciliation Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic activity to brainstorm ideas about the meaning of reconciliation. It is a fun activity that can be used without preparation and across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the word reconciliation to describe its meaning in relation to themselves and …More
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Red Hawk’, features a poem about a Native American boy growing up into a strong young man. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about making an inference, making a judgment, vocabulary, reasoning, and author’s purpose. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This graphic organiser, ‘Rhyme Additions’ asks students to brainstorm new ideas for an existing poem or nursery rhyme then write a new verse.
This graphic organiser, ‘Rhyme Time’ asks students to apply their knowledge of phonemic awareness and spelling patterns by identifying, sorting and classifying words with similar word endings.
This graphic organiser, ‘Rhyme Time for This Is the House That Jack Built’ asks students to identify rhyming words in the book This Is the House That Jack Built by Simms Taback.
This phonics activity, ‘Rhyming Pairs’ encourages students to read each sentence aloud and find the word that rhymes with the word in bold.
This phonics activity, ‘Rhyming Pairs’ encourages students to read each sentence aloud and find the word that rhymes with the word in bold.
This phonics activity, ‘Rhyming Pairs’ encourages students to read each sentence aloud and find the word that rhymes with the word in bold.
This phonics activity, ‘Rhyming Pairs’ encourages students to read each sentence aloud and find the word that rhymes with the word in bold.
This phonics activity, ‘Rhyming Word Families’ encourages students to say each pair of words and then find the word that belongs with them.
This phonics activity, ‘Rhyming Word Families’ encourages students to say each pair of words and then find the word that belongs with them.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Rhyming Words’ encourages students to identify and use rhyming words.
This phonics activity, ‘Rhyming Words’ encourages students to read each question aloud and then choose the word that rhymes with the word in bold.
This phonics activity, ‘Rhyming Words’ encourages students to read each question aloud and then choose the word that rhymes with the word in bold.
This phonics activity, ‘Rhyming Words’ encourages students to read each sentence and find the word with the same end sounds as the word in bold.
This reading activity, ‘Rhyming Words’ provides opportunities for practice with completing sentences through selection of the correct word.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Ricky’, features a poem a boy’s career ambitions changing as he grows up. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about reasoning, detail, figurative language, validity, and character. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Ring-a-Ring-o-Roses’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This worksheet, ‘Road Safety Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic activity to brainstorm ideas about road safety. It is a fun activity that can be used without preparation and across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the words ‘road safety’ to describe safe behaviours that should be observed around …More
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Rock-a-Bye Baby’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This worksheet, ‘Roses are Red’ is a great writing prompt that uses the beginning of the well known poem, Roses are Red. Students are given the freedom to complete the poem using words of their own. It enforces the concept of rhyming words and the simple structure of an ABCB four-line poem.
This classic nursery rhyme ‘Row Row Row Your Boat’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Rub-a-Dub Dub’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This early learning activity, ‘Scarecrow’ provides instructions on how to make crow stick puppets and a scarecrow cut-out that students can assemble as they read the accompanying poem.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Sea-Fever’ asks students to answer questions about John Masefield’s famous poem about a sailor who wants to go to sea. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Ship Talk’, features a light-hearted poem about semaphore, the flag code used on ships. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about poem structure, detail, word meaning, figurative language, punctuation, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This classic nursery rhyme ‘Simple Simon’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This early learning activity, ‘Sing a Song of Seasons’ provides instructions on how to make craft boxes themed according to the different seasons followed by an accompanying song to be adapted for each season.
This early learning activity, ‘Spring Surprise’ provides instructions on how to make a tree and animal stick puppets followed by an accompanying story.
This worksheet, ‘St Patrick’s Day Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to brainstorm facts and ideas about St Patrick’s Day. It is a fun resource that can be used without preparation across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the word ‘St Patrick’ to list facts or ideas …More
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Star Light, Star Bright’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This early learning activity, ‘Story Circle’ is a song to be sung by teachers and students to signal the start of storytime.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Success’, features a poem about fame, money, and the nature of true achievement. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about making an inference, figurative language, cause and effect, vocabulary, character, and the main idea. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This early learning activity, ‘Ten Little Fingers’ is a song to be sung by teachers and students to encourage interaction and listening skills.
This template, ‘Thanks’ is a craft activity is a great Thanksgiving activity that can be taken home as a gift. Students are required to add two words to the poem about being thankful using their knowledge of poems and rhyming words. They are then given space to trace their hand and use body parts from …More
This graphical organiser, ‘Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to think about what they have to be thankful for. It is a fun resource that can be used without preparation across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the word ‘Thanksgiving’ to list things that they are …More
This worksheet, ‘That Cat’ supports students to identify rhyme using words and pictures. It supports an understanding of phonics.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Cremation of Sam McGee’ asks students to answer questions about a poem in which a man keeps a promise to his friend to cremate him when he dies. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons, and think about word meanings, …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Cross-Current’ asks students to answer questions about a poem written by Abbie Farwell Brown in which the speaker feels she is different from her ancestors. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Daffodils’ asks students to answer questions about William Wordsworth’s poem about daffodils. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Distance a Ball Will Travel’, features a poem about a father losing his sight. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about detail, words in context, cause and effect, figurative language, comparison/contrast, reasoning, drawing a conclusion, character, and theme. Answer sheet provided …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Eagle’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about an eagle. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Ghost Ship’, features a poem about the Mary Celeste, a ship that was mysteriously abandoned by its passengers and crew in 1872. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about the main idea, reasoning, vocabulary, figurative language, detail, drawing a conclusion, and …More
This classic nursery rhyme ‘The Grand Old Duke of York’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Greatest Mystery’, features a poem about mystery writers such as Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Jonathon and Faye Kellerman, and Tony Hillerman. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about detail, making a judgment, drawing a conclusion, comparison/contrast, and slant/bias. Answer sheet …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The House with Nobody in It’ asks students to answer questions about Joyce Kilmer’s poem about an empty and lonely house. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about figurative language.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Lighthouse’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Man Who Dreamed Questions’, features a poem about the American scientist and botanist George Washington Carver. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about cause and effect, figurative language, making a judgment, characteristics of poetry, word meaning, comparison/contrast, and reasoning. Answer sheet …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Men That Don’t Fit In’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about a restless, adventurous man. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere’, features Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem about the start of the American Revolution. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about comparison/contrast, vocabulary, sequence, detail, figurative language, vocabulary, author’s purpose, categorising, and literary devices. Answer sheet provided …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Miller of the Dee’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about a miller. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, compare characters and draw conclusions.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Most Dangerous Beast’, features a light-hearted poem about diseases spread by animals, such as Mad Cow Disease, West Nile Disease, Monkeypox, and Lyme Disease. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about interpretive language, author’s purpose, drawing a conclusion, and making a …More
This classic nursery rhyme ‘The Mouse and the Clock’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The New Colossus’ asks students to answer questions about an article and a poem, which discuss the ancient Colossus statue and the Statue of Liberty. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Perfect Game’, features a poem about a boy who encounters prejudice when he tries to play with the children of his new neighbourhood. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, vocabulary, reasoning, detail, making a judgment, and theme. …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a Child’s Story’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about the Pied Piper. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make judgements and make predictions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Place Where the Rainbow Ends’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about finding true happiness by a famous African American poet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
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