The first set of these worksheets worked well for what I intended. When I used them in class, there was some serious thinking about addition and subtraction relationships and number bonds. I have made another set as we know fluency doesn’t come from one lesson! I haven’t changed the format as the style of questions […]

Drills- but a bit more. I have disguised the bog standard drills. Each section varies in style, even though every question still targets addition and subtraction skills. These worksheets can be challenging if seeing this format for the first time, so I do recommend partnering with the child first so that they understand what is […]

We have already been working on the times tables each week for a portion of the lessons at the beginning. Some students have taken the responsibility upon themselves and have made great progress, a few have finished learning all of them, and some kind of know the 2, 5, and 10. So with this mixed […]

Homophones can be a source of spelling confusion, so I thought it quite important to explore the concept. It’s a topic that my own kids had fun learning about, especially when they discovered homophones themselves. When I did this with my kids, we went all out. They made a homophones book. Each page had one […]

Understanding the genre of a piece of writing is super important as a comprehension tool. Last week we had a brainstorm on all of the different types of story genres there were. To reinforce this, I have made a worksheet for my students to use this week as a quick recap on some of the […]

Recently we have been doing lessons on different types of angles, extensively banged on about and done practical activities on right angles, and practical activities on parallel and perpendicular lines, as all of these concepts are needed to be able to classify and explain quadrilaterals. It is totally worth spending time on this topic as […]

A punctuating speech marks Success Criteria that students can refer to, to make sure they have considered all of the rules when writing spoken words. Also included are a couple of worksheets with some activities to practice this skill. One can be used in in the lesson, and the second sheet can be given to […]