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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Food-Themed Syllable Puzzle
A fun food-themed phonics activity for lower years that helps to develop syllable recognition.
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Sentence Saga Literacy Activity (Silly Sentences)
Words and punctuation marks are jumbled everywhere. It’s your task to combine them into sentences that make sense!
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Verb Grammar Card Game - Flip It!
A fun game for students to play in small groups to consolidate their understanding of verbs.
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Adverb Grammar Card Game - Flip It!
A fun game for students to play in small groups to consolidate their understanding of adverbs.
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Adjective Grammar Card Game - Flip It!
A fun game for students to play in small groups to consolidate their understanding of adjectives.
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Inference Car Classifieds - Worksheet
A series of car classifieds worksheets to use when teaching your students how to infer information from written texts.
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Comprehension Chatterbox
A fun reading comprehension strategy activity for students to use after reading a text.
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Read and Roll - Comprehension Dice Game
A fun reading comprehension strategy game to play in the classroom during literacy groups.
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Subject Verb Agreement Dice Game
A dice game for pairs of students to practise subject verb agreement and sentence writing.
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Verb Charades Active Game
An active game that allows students to consolidate their understanding of action verbs.
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Apostrophes of Possession Card Game
An interactive card game for students to play when consolidating their understanding of apostrophes of possession.
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Informative Text Structure Sorting Task - The Apple iPad
A sorting task to help students learn about informative text structure.
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Procedure Text Sequencing Activity - How to Wash Your Hands
A hands-on learning activity to consolidate students' understanding of the structure of procedure texts.
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Procedure Text Sequencing Activity - How to Make Pancakes
A hands-on learning activity to consolidate students' understanding of the structure of procedure texts.
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SPLAT! CVCC Word Game
A set of 36 task cards to practise decoding CVCC words.
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Inference Comics - Worksheet
A series of comic cell worksheets to use when teaching your students how to infer information from everyday situations.
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Inference or Prediction? Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching your students the difference between an inference and a prediction.
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Aiming For Inference Posters
Six mini posters showing different scenarios that can be used when encouraging students to use inference.
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I Know That Word! Match-Up Activity
A vocabulary/labelling activity for younger students.
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Main Clauses and Subordinate Clauses Poster
A poster explaining main clauses and subordinate clauses.
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Parts of Speech Sort Game - Common Nouns, Abstract Nouns, Proper Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
Use this Parts of Speech Sort Game to assist your students in identifying the different types of nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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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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Contraction Match-Up Cards (8 per page)
An extensive collection of contraction match up cards.