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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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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Main Clauses and Subordinate Clauses Poster
A poster explaining main clauses and subordinate clauses.
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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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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 - 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.
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Year 3 Magazine – What’s Buzzing? (Issue 2)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 3 students.
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Writer's Notebook Writing Prompt Cards
46 writer's notebook journal writing prompt cards.
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Contraction Match-Up Cards (8 per page)
An extensive collection of contraction match up cards.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Figurative Language
A worksheet to help students understand figurative language in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Sound Devices
A worksheet to help students understand sound devices in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Structure, Rhyme and Rhythm
A worksheet to help students understand structure, rhyme and rhythm in poetry.
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What are Bushfires? Cloze Worksheet
A cloze worksheet about bushfires.