English Group Activities Teaching Resources
A collection of classroom activities, games and worksheets to use in your class during English rotations. Rotation style group work can allow teachers to focus on particular areas of classroom development. Groups can be mixed-ability groups or academically like groups. These educational teaching and learning resources will help you plan out what group work will look, sound and feel like in your classroom.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Sequencing Activity Cards
Use these fairytale activity cards to help your students understand sequencing.
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Word Wall Task Cards
30 activity task cards for use with a vocabulary word wall.
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Middle Sound Words - Sorting Task ('a' and 'o')
3 different sorting tasks to use with students when learning about the 'a' and 'o' middle sounds.
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I Know That Word! Match-Up Activity
A vocabulary/labelling activity for younger students.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to help students activate their prior knowledge before reading.
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Fry Sight Words Flash Cards
A set of flash cards for the first 100 Fry Sight Words.
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Compound Word Puzzle Pieces
24 compound word puzzles for students to put together.
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Year 2 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 2 magazine.
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Year 2 Magazine – What’s Buzzing? (Issue 2)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 2 students.
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Year 5 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 5 magazine.
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Year 5 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 5 students.
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Alphabet, Picture Cards and Activity Ideas
A set of alphabet and picture cards with accompanying activity ideas.
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Compound Words - Worksheet
A 2-page worksheet to practise using compound words.
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Dressing Up A Sentence Activity
An activity to help encourage students to add more descriptive language into their sentence writing.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Upper Years Classroom Game - Set 3
A card game for nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Upper Years Classroom Game - Set 2
A card game for nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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Great Barrier Reef - Comprehension and Note Taking Worksheet
A comprehension and note taking activity about The Great Barrier Reef.
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Imagine This! Silly Story Template
A template to use as a fun writing activity.
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Sequencing Activity - Stop Polluting The Ocean (Persuasive Text) - Simplified Version
A sequencing task using a simple persuasive text.
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Sequencing Activity - Dogs Make the Best Pets (Persuasive Text) - Simplified Version
A sequencing task using a simple persuasive text.
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Sequencing Activity - Homework is Unnecessary (Persuasive Text) - Simplified Version
A sequencing task using a simple persuasive text.
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BUMP! Blending 's' – Board Game
A board game to practise decoding words with an initial s blend.
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Initial Sound Peg Cards (Version 2)
An initial sound and fine motor activity for younger students.
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Out of the Book - Comprehension Board Game
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.