Firefly Learner
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Firefly Learner is a professional online tutoring service which provides tutoring on a one-to-one or small group basis to learners of all ages. We specialise in the following areas:
- Elementary/ primary school tutoring in Maths, English & Science
- English as a second language (including IELTS and TOEFL prep)
- Phonics tutoring (learning to read & write from scratch)
- The Cambridge & British curricula
Miss Kaylee is a fully-qualified teacher from the UK who has worked in international schools around the world and has over ten years experience teaching ESL learners. She is a trained phonics specialist and has taught the American, British and Cambridge curricula.
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The Water Cycle - Science Lesson PowerPoint Presentation + Consolidation Activit
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation lesson which includes everything you need to teach children about the water cycle. It follows on nicely from my states of matter science lesson which can be found using this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/States-of-Matter-Science-Lesson-PowerPoint-Presentation-Consolidation-Activit-15840100 This lesson describes the continuous movement of water and its change of states as it travels between the surface of Earth and its atmosphere. It
2nd - 5th
Earth Sciences, General Science, Physical Science
Phonics Phase 3 Course - Complete Bundle of Lessons for Phonics Phase 3
A complete course with all the lessons and resources you could ever need to teach the full set of the phonics phase 3 letters and sounds; this bundle includes all the videos, games, activities and resources needed to teach children how to read and write the phase 3 phonics letters and sounds. It consists of twenty-seven, one-hour long lessons and each PowerPoint includes: √ Learning objective and success criteria √ Phonics phase 3 sound mat √ Review of previously learned sounds √ Videos introduc
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Is, Are and Am - Present Tense Forms of the Verb 'to be' - Lesson & Activites
This is a full lesson teaching the difference between when to use ‘is’, when to use ‘are’ and when to use ‘am’. ‘Am’ is used only with I and when writing in the present tense. ‘Is’ is used with singular nouns and pronouns. ‘Are’ is used with plural nouns and pronouns. This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes a full lesson’s worth of activities. The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations. The presentation includes: √ Learning objective √ Three s
2nd - 5th
Grammar
How to write a story - Grades 1 & 2 lesson complete with all related activities!
This resource includes everything you need to teach children in grades 1 and 2 how to write stories. The resource is a PowerPoint presentation lesson complete with: √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Starter and plenary activities √ Review of relevant prior learning √ Teaching input/ information slides √ Examples of good story writing (character description, setting description, problem descriptions, resolutions etc.) √ Speaking, reading, writing and grammar tasks √ Differentiated consoli
1st - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Literature
Non-fiction writing - Fact Files Lesson for Grade 1 & Grade 2- PPT & activities!
This resource includes everything you need to teach children in grade 1 & grade 2 how to write a non-fiction text in the context of fact files. The resource is a PowerPoint presentation lesson complete with: √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Starter and plenary activities √ Review of relevant prior learning √ Teaching input/ information slides √ Examples of a good non-fiction fact file √ Speaking, listening, reading & writing tasks √ Differentiated consolidation tasks (3 levels) √ Suppor
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing
How To Write A Book Review Writing Lesson - Teaching PowerPoint + Activities!
This resource includes everything you need to teach children grades 2 to 5 how to plan and write engaging and well-structured book reviews. The resource is a PowerPoint presentation lesson complete with: √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Differentiated starter activity (3 levels) √ Teaching input/ information slides √ Example of a good book review √ Feature checklists for each part of a review √ Whole class/ shared writing activities √ Independent writing tasks √ Speaking, listening,
2nd - 5th
English Language Arts, Reading, Writing
Adjectives, Adverbs & Fronted Adverbials - Uplevel Your Writing English Lesson
This is a full lesson teaching how to identify nouns and verbs in order to describe them using adjectives and adverbs. It also covers how to use different kinds of fronted adverbials to begin your sentences. This PowerPoint presentation lesson is complete with all the activities you need to consolidate these skill and also includes descriptive writing tasks so that learners can apply their learning. Nouns are people, places, things and animals. Adjectives describe nouns. Verbs are actions (thi
2nd - 4th
Creative Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary
Embedded Clauses - Full Grammar Lesson + Activities
Everything you need to teach a complete and outstanding lesson on how to use embedded clauses! Plus, there’s no printing required - all the activities are included in the presentation! A clause is a group of words containing a verb and expressing a complete idea. An embedded clause is a type of clause that comes in the middle of a main clause and which adds extra information. An embedded clause is punctuated with commas either side of it. E.g. The tornado, which the people had been warned about,
2nd - 5th
Grammar, Reading, Writing
Complete Phase 2 Phonics Course/ Lessons & Activities - Learn to Read and Write!
Never plan another phonics lesson! Here are all the resources you need to teach how to read and write words, created by an EYFS specialist and UK trained qualified teacher. Whether you’re an experienced teacher whose realised that your free time is too valuable to spend hours planning everything from scratch, or you’re a parent with no idea on how to even start teaching your child how to read and write, this bundle contains everything you need. Phase 2 of Phonics is when the letters and sounds t
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Adjectives and Adverbs - Full Grammar Lesson PowerPoint + Activities
A full lesson teaching the difference between adjectives and adverbs and how to use them in your writing. Adjectives describe nouns (people, places and things). Adverbs describe verbs (doing/ action words). This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes a full lesson’s worth of activities. The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations. The presentation includes: √ Learning objective √ Three success criteria √ Starter activity - your AFL - identifying ad
2nd - 5th
Grammar, Reading, Writing
Spelling Lesson - the /el/ sound spelt '-le'
This is a full lesson teaching the spelling of words ending in ‘-le.’ It includes all the information and activities to teach the spelling of these words and achieve this year 2/ grade 3 objective. The spelling lesson includes the following: √ A spelling assessment √ Learning objective √ Success criteria √ Spelling rule teaching slides √ Comprehension activities √ Spelling definition/ meaning activities √ Spelling rule consolidation activities √ Spelling strategies mat √ Reading application acti
1st - 4th
Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary
Phonics Phase 3 Complete Lesson + Activities - oo digraph (long)
This is a complete lesson teaching children how to identify, read and write the long ‘oo’ digraph of phase 3 phonics. This lesson introduces the ‘oo’ digraph and the sound that it makes (a long vowel /oo/sound as in roof). It is designed to be the THIRTEENTH lesson in this complete course that builds on prior learning from phase 2. In phase 3 of phonics, children learn that multiple letters (digraphs and trigraphs) can make one sound. They also meet some of the less common letters and the sounds
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Writing
Also included in: Phonics Phase 3 Course - Complete Bundle of Lessons for Phonics Phase 3
Phonics Phase 3 Complete Lesson + Activities - oo digraph (short)
This is a complete lesson teaching children how to identify, read and write the short ‘oo’ digraph of phase 3 phonics. This lesson introduces the ‘oo’ digraph and the sound that it makes (a short vowel /u/sound as in foot). It is designed to be the FOURTEENTH lesson in this complete course of phase 3 phonics lessons and activities that build on prior learning from phase 2. In phase 3 of phonics, children learn that multiple letters (digraphs and trigraphs) can make one sound. They also meet some
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Phonics Phase 3 Course - Complete Bundle of Lessons for Phonics Phase 3
Phonics Phase 3 Complete Lesson + Activities - ure trigraph
This is a complete lesson teaching children how to identify, read and write the ‘ure’ trigraph of phase 3 phonics. This lesson introduces the ‘ure’ digraph and the sound that it makes. It is designed to be the TWENTY- FIRST lesson in a complete course of phase 3 lessons that build on prior learning from phase 2. In phase 3 of phonics, children learn that multiple letters (digraphs and trigraphs) can make one sound. They also meet some of the less common letters and the sounds they make. They con
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Writing
Also included in: Phonics Phase 3 Course - Complete Bundle of Lessons for Phonics Phase 3
Phonics Phase 3 Complete Lesson + Activities - igh trigraph
This is a complete lesson teaching children how to identify, read and write the ‘igh’ trigraph of phase 3 phonics. This lesson introduces the ‘igh’ digraph and the sound that it makes (a long vowel /i/sound as in sigh). It is designed to be the EIGHTH lesson in a series of phase 3 lessons that build on prior learning from phase 2. In phase 3 of phonics, children learn that multiple letters (digraphs and trigraphs) can make one sound. They also meet some of the less common letters and the sounds
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: Phonics Phase 3 Course - Complete Bundle of Lessons for Phonics Phase 3
Subject and Object Pronouns - Full Grammar Lesson & Activities
This is a full lesson teaching the difference between subject and object pronouns. Subject pronouns often come before the verb in a sentence and tell us who or what did the verb (he, she, it, you, I, they, we etc.) Object pronouns often come after the verb in a sentence and tell us who or what the verb was done to. (him, her, it, you, me, them, us etc.) This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes a full lesson’s worth of activities. The notes section also includes teaching tips, id
2nd - 5th
Grammar, Reading, Writing
Spelling Lessons Bundle - Homophones and Near Homophones, Homophones Group A,
Homophones Group A, Part 1: plane, meet, mail, heal, grown, fair, accept, affect, ball and berry Homophones Group A, Part 2: plain, meat, male, heel, groan, fare, except, effect, bawl and bury It is advisable to teach homophones separate from each other to avoid confusion (e.g. teach ‘main’ on a different day to ‘mane’). This bundle contains two full lesson teaching the spellings of the homophones in group A; each lesson focuses on one half of all the pairs of homophones in group A. Lesson 1 co
2nd - 5th
Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary
Huge Collection of Year 3 Maths - Number & Place Value Review Activities
This 228-slide PowerPoint presentation is perfect for teaching and/ or reviewing the number and place value objectives with Year 3 students and contains a range of activities for each objective. It is ideal for both teachers and tutors as it could easily be used both with a full class of students answering on whiteboards/ in their notebooks or with individual and small groups of tutees. It is also perfect for online learning. Each activity in the PowerPoint is followed by an answer & explana
2nd - 4th
Math, Math Test Prep, Mental Math
Was and Were - Past tense forms of the verb 'to be' - Full Lesson & Activities
This is a full lesson teaching the difference between when to use ‘was’ and when to use ‘were’. ‘Was’ is used with singular nouns and pronouns. ‘Were’ is used with plural nouns and pronouns + you. Both ‘was’ and ‘were’ are used when speaking and writing in the past tense. This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes a full lesson’s worth of activities. The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations. The presentation includes: √ Learning objective √ Thr
2nd - 5th
Grammar, Reading, Writing
Phonics Phase 3 Complete Lesson + Activities - er digraph
This is a complete lesson teaching children how to identify, read and write the ‘er’ digraph of phase 3 phonics. This lesson introduces the ‘er’ digraph and the sound that it makes. It is designed to be the SEVENTH lesson in a series of phase 3 lessons that build on prior learning from phase 2. In phase 3 of phonics, children learn that multiple letters (digraphs and trigraphs) can make one sound. They also meet some of the less common letters and the sounds they make. They continue to practise
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: Phonics Phase 3 Course - Complete Bundle of Lessons for Phonics Phase 3
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Experience
Firefly Learner is a professional online tutoring service which provides tutoring on a one-to-one or small group basis to learners of all ages. We specialise in the following areas:
- Elementary/ primary school tutoring in Maths, English & Science
- English as a second language (including IELTS and TOEFL prep)
- Phonics tutoring (learning to read & write from scratch)
- The Cambridge & British curricula
Miss Kaylee is a fully-qualified teacher from the UK who has worked in international schools around the world and has over ten years experience teaching ESL learners. She is a trained phonics specialist and has taught the American, British and Cambridge curricula.
Teaching style
Growth mindset, mastery approaches, Singapore and Shanghai maths, White Rose maths
My lesson PowerPoints include all the usual elements necessary for an outstanding lesson; starter and plenary activities (AFL and AOL), teaching input slides, mini-plenaries, differentiated consolidation activities (including a range of paired, group, whole-class and independent activities). They also include all answer slides and additional notes in the notes section of each slide for suggestions on how to deliver each activity.
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