This word study activity, ‘Adjective Picture Cards’ asks students to choose adjectives that best describe different pictures. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of adjectives and how an adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
This word study activity, ‘Adjectives: Big or Small?’ asks students to identify the biggest object in a row of three different-sized objects. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of adjectives and how an adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
This word study activity, ‘Adjectives: Colour It’ asks students to colour pictures to match different colour words. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of adjectives and how an adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
This word study activity, ‘Adjectives: Short or Long?’ asks students to identify the shortest object in a row of objects that have different lengths. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of adjectives and how an adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
This graphic organiser, ‘Character and Me Wheel’ helps students to better know themselves, by thinking about their defining characteristics.
This graphic organiser, ‘Character Molecule’ asks students to connect pieces of isolated information to better understand characters from a text.
This graphic organiser, ‘Character Molecule for Runaway Ralph’ helps students to create character sketches based on synonyms and antonyms, providing them with a deeper understanding of Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary.
This graphic organiser, ‘Character Traits’ provides students with the opportunity to explore specific qualities of a fictional or non-fictional character, and explain how these traits are shown through the text. This table can be used during post-reading, whole class discussions or individually as a comprehension activity that encourages critical reflection and justification of opinions.
This graphic organiser, ‘Character Traits’ provides students with the opportunity to mind map and brainstorm specific character qualities including their appearance, speech, feelings and actions. Use this during post-reading, whole class discussions as a comprehension activity or when individually organising ideas to be used when writing about characters in creative stories.
This graphic organiser, ‘Character Traits for 2 Characters’ provides students with the opportunity to explore specific qualities of two fictional or non-fictional characters, and explain how their traits are shown through the text. This table can be used during post-reading, whole class discussions or individually as a comprehension activity that encourages critical reflection and justification …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Character Traits with Word Bank ‘ provides students with the opportunity to explore specific qualities of a fictional or non-fictional character, and explain how these traits are shown through the text. This table can be used during post-reading, whole class discussions or individually as a comprehension activity that encourages critical reflection and …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Charlotte’s Web and Me Wheel’ asks students to compare themselves to four main characters in ‘Charlotte’s Web’ and write sentences that evaluate how they are like each character.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Describing Words’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to identify the appropriate adjective to complete each sentence.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Descriptive Writing’ encourages students to write a sentence using descriptive words.
This kids news activity, ‘ Egyptian Leader Backs Off On Strict Controls’ reports on the Arab Spring protests in Egypt and the leader Mohamed Morsi.
This graphic organiser, ‘Flying Away’ supports students in developing writing skills by comparing and contrasting texts, focusing on the use of adjectives to create meaning.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Fruit and Vegetables’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to identify words using clues.
This graphic organiser, ‘Hammering in the Comparatives’ asks students to create the comparative and superlative forms of various words.
This graphic organiser, ‘Hammering in the Comparatives for Art’ asks students to change adjectives used to describe artwork into their comparative and superlative forms.
This kids news activity, ‘Japanese Mom Builds Adorable Art Around Sleeping Infant’ is about a mother who photographed her baby in imagined dream scenes.
This graphic organiser, ‘My Masterpiece’ supports students in editing and revising their written work.
This graphic organiser, ‘My Masterpiece of Firsts’ supports students in editing and revising their draft about their first time doing things.
This kids news activity, ‘Scientists Discover Corn Plants Make A Noise’ is about research into the role of sound and vibration in the life cycle of plants.
This graphic organiser, ‘Super Superlatives’ helps students use word endings to compare objects.
This graphic organiser, ‘Super Superlatives for Pig, Pigger, Piggest’ asks students to use word endings to compare and contrast objects in the book Pig, Pigger, Piggest by Rick Walton.
This kids news activity, ‘The Biggest Swimming Pool In The World’ is about a resort in Chile with a pool that holds as much water as 6, 000 regular swimming pools.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Monsters are Flying Away’ supports students in developing writing skills by comparing and contrasting their monster drafts with that of their peers.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Theme: Describing an Alien’ supports students in learning to organise ideas and consider word choice in their writing.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Vocabulary: Interesting Words’ encourages students to identify and choose words in their writing that evoke visual imagery.
This vocabulary activity, ‘What Am I?’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to match nouns to their descriptions.