This reading comprehension activity ‘A Chance to Learn’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about educating girls in third world countries.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Dedicated Teacher’ encourages students to recognise spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Dream Come True’ is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students answer comprehension questions on a text about playgrounds for disabled kids.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Dream Come True’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about special playgrounds for disabled children.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Letter to the White House’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a letter that Kayla Low wrote to the President on the environment.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Letter: Ban the Backpack?’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tone, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Letter: The Best Field Trip’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Letter: We Need a New Sports Field’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Lucky Brake’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions about a boy who stopped his school bus from crashing.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Real Pain in the Neck’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the weight of students’ backpacks .
This postcard ‘County Galway: Kylemore Abbey’ features important factual background information on this stunning landmark that started life as a castle, was visited by the King and is now an active abbey. The postcard template encourages students to research the location in order to write creatively about it as though recounting a visit. It is …More
This sequencing activity, ‘Daily Schedule’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about class activities during the day.
The story, ‘Damper’ is told through letters between two friends, one at camp and the other at home helping his father at work. The story includes a recipe for a bread cooked over a campfire, and some discussion of fishing. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Fearless Fashion’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about compulsory school uniforms.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Food for Thought’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about canteen food in schools.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘How to Handle Peer Pressure’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Laura’s Quest for Wide-open Spaces’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about saving land from development. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Making Your Own Code’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informative text about codes. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Peer Tutoring’ encourages students to recognise spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This sequencing activity, ‘Sara Sidney’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about the story of Sara Sidney.
This writing prompt, ‘The Most Fun School Day’ helps students to write about their most favourite day at school this year. It encourages students to think about what made the day so enjoyable and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘The Perfect Class Trip’ helps students to write about their perfect class trip. It encourages students to describe their ideal class trip and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘The Perfect Classroom’ helps students to write about how they would decorate their perfect classroom. It encourages students to think about their personal taste and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘Together or Separate?’ helps students to write about whether boys and girls should be taught separately. It encourages students to think about different teaching and learning styles and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This drawing conclusions in text exemplar ‘Too Much Light!’ shows students questions to ask and steps to follow to form decisions about a narrative text. It provides a practical example for students of how to deconstruct a text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, then put this together with what they …More
This physical science worksheet, ‘What Can You Do With Snips?’ asks students to consider and record the ways they can use a simple tool in a variety of settings.