Dream Scheme

NB. A copy of ‘The Diary of a Killer Cat’ by Anne Fine is required to complete this unit. Click here to download lesson 1 for FREE. This bundle includes: a detailed scheme of work, all necessary resources and 2 fully interactive PowerPoints. These lessons are based upon the diary recount book ‘The Diary of a Killer Cat’ by Anne Fine which will help children to learn about this style of writing in a fun and engaging way. SPAG/GPS covered: Time Conjunctions, Adverbials of Time, Place and Manner,

Required Text: ‘The Orchard Book of Greek Myths’ by Geraldine McCaughrean This presentation includes the following 5 whole lessons relating to Greek Myths. Week 1 of 3. Lesson 1: To research the myth 'Pandora’s Box’ Lesson 2: To explore words with Greek roots Lesson 3: To compare different versions of the same myth Lesson 4: To create sentences using powerful verbs Lesson 5: To use powerful verbs to create our own version of Icarus and Daedalus

This unit includes 10 complete lesson plans, activities and fully interactive PowerPoints to teach Year 2 children all about Information Texts. Throughout this unit they will begin by learning about cats and dogs by reading the two stories ‘Dogs’ and ‘Matilda’s Cat’ by the award winning author and illustrator Emily Gravett. They work in small groups to answer text-related questions as well as retelling the story of ‘Matilda’s Cat’ as they apply their knowledge of the -ing suffix. During week 2,

#No additional resources needed. Click here to download lesson 1 for FREE. This unit includes 10 complete lesson plans, activities and a fully interactive PowerPoint to teach Grade 2 children all about Non-Chronological Reports. They will begin by reading, exploring and identifying the features of this type of text before using their knowledge to plan and write their own non-chronological reports. They will have the option of 4 interesting sports to research (using the internet, nonfiction book

Science - This bundle includes 11 full lessons to support the teaching of the two units: Living Things and Habitats for the 3rd/4th grades. Each lesson comes with the necessary resources and annotated slides to help guide the teaching at each stage. Lesson 1: To understand the characteristics of a living thing (Mrs Nerg) Lesson 2: To ask questions about local habitats and record observations Lesson 3: How are living things classified? Lesson 4: To record the details of local living things using

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Biographies and Autobiographies. This week, children will focus mainly on biographies. They will learn to read and identify the features of a biographical text before applying these when asked to write a biography about another member of the class during lesson 5! SPAG/GPS covered this week: prefixes, suffixes and sentence types (simple, compound and complex). Lesson 1: To read, compa

Required Text: ‘The Orchard Book of Greek Myths’ by Geraldine McCaughrean. This week you will find the concluding 5 lessons linked to this wonderful book. Week 3 of 3. Lesson 1: To recognise first and third person pronouns Lesson 2: To use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech Lesson 3: To make a story plan using pictures and keywords Lesson 4: To write the opening of a myth Lesson 5: To finish writing my myth

Required Text: ‘The Orchard Book of Greek Myths’ by Geraldine McCaughrean This presentation continues with the next 5 lessons relating to Greek Myths. Week 2 of 3. Lesson 1: To edit the first draft of our myth Lesson 2: To create a story map in order to recite a myth Lesson 3: To recognise and use conjunctions to express time Lesson 4: To understand the meaning of new words ending with the suffix -logy Lesson 5: To discuss a live storytelling

#No additional resources needed. Click here to download lesson 1 for FREE. This bundle includes: 15 complete (and editable) lessons plans, all necessary resources and 3 fully interactive PowerPoints to make this unit enjoyable and engaging. This unit is centered around a variety of different musical instruments (both familiar and new) as they learn to explore, write and identify the features of an information text. SPAG/GPS covered: coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, main and subordin

Required texts for this unit are ‘War Horse’ by Michael Morpurgo and ‘War Game’ by Michael Foreman. ‘One Boy’s War’ by Lynn Huggins-Cooper would also benefit this unit. Children will learn to recognise different types of sentences, write character descriptions, write dialogues, perform scenes from the book in addition to researching footballers who enlisted during WW1.

No additional resources #StressFreeTeaching This presentation includes 5 whole lessons relating to Labels, Lists and Signs. Within this unit you will find lessons based on the story ‘Billy’s Bucket’ by Kes Gray and Garry Parsons. This presentation is Week 2 of 2. Lesson 1: To consider an alternate ending Lesson 2: To create short sentences Lesson 3: To write descriptions Lesson 4: To design and create a poster Lesson 5: To write names with apostrophes Total Number of Slides: 42 Resources Include

This interactive PowerPoint concludes this two-week Observational Poetry unit. During this second week, children will explore the use of imagery within poems by learning how to create powerful images using all 5 senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell). They will have fun imagining themselves as ‘the classroom’ as they consider these senses. What would a classroom see and hear? They will then use their plans to create a poem called ‘I am a Classroom’ based on the poem ‘I am a Writer’ by J

Required Text: The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland Within this unit you will find lessons based around the thought-provoking story ‘The Day of Ahmed’s Secret’. This book will take children to an unknown world with a powerful message. They will revise the features of recounts whilst writing in both the first and third person as well as applying their knowledge of adverbials and homophones within written sentences. This presentation is Week 1 of 2. Lesson

This easy-to-use and adaptable interactive PowerPoint includes 5 whole lessons relating to Observational Poetry. During week 1 of this 2-week unit children will practise reading and understanding a selection of poems (included) as they work together to identify various poetic devices. Students will enjoy discussing objects and creating powerful images (with a partner) in preparation for writing their own observational poems during lesson 3. Grammar covered throughout these lessons include expand

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Biographies and Autobiographies. During this second and final week, children will now focus on autobiographies; in particular, ‘The Long Walk to Freedom’ by Nelson Mandela. They will be fascinated to learn about the political history of South Africa and how becoming an anti-apartheid activist contributed towards Nelson Mandela’s positive and negative experiences in life. Once students

#No additional resources needed. This unit includes 10 lessons plans, activities and 2 fully interactive PowerPoints to teach Grade 5 children all about instruction and explanation texts. They will begin by reading, exploring and identifying the different features of each type of text before using their knowledge to plan and write their own using the identified features. SPAG/GPS covered: Bullet Points, Colons, Semi-colons and Parentheses (Brackets, Commas and Dashes). Lesson 1: To identify the

This presentation has been produced to support the learning of Traditional Tales. The required text for this unit is ‘Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone’ by Fiona French. Lesson 1: To read and discuss a familiar story Lesson 2: To form my handwriting correctly Lesson 3: To discuss my favourite story Lesson 4: To write a well punctuated sentence Lesson 5: To identify key words Lesson 6: To write simple sentences using pronouns Lesson 7: To act out a traditional tale Lesson 8: To plan my own story based on a

No additional resources needed #stressfreeteaching Throughout these 5 lessons, children will cover many different grammar aspects such as: similes, metaphors, noun phrases, adverbs and prepositional phrases. They will learn to identify similes and metaphors within a selection of poems (included) and will practise converting these from one to the other. To end the week, children will enjoy writing fun and lively adverb poems followed by a short self assessment. Lesson 1: To use similes to create

This interactive PowerPoint includes 5 whole lessons relating to Songs and Repetitive Poems which can be easily adapted to meet individual needs. This week, children will enjoy lessons and activities based around the following poems: ‘Peter ate a Worm’ by Jack Prelutsky, ‘The Hedgehog’ by Edith King and ‘Wings’ by Pie Corbett. Each lesson contains a starter activity, displayed success criteria, main teaching and plenary. Week 1 of 2. Lesson 1: To write imaginative sentences Lesson 2: To memorise

#No additional resources needed. Click here to download lesson 1 for FREE. This unit includes 10 lessons plans, resources and 2 fully interactive PowerPoints to teach Grade 4 children all about instruction and explanation texts. Children will begin by working in small groups to identify the main features of each type of text before applying their knowledge to their own written work. They will enjoy writing instructions for different technological devices such as: escalators, elevators and mobil