FREEBIE! Synonym Search - A "Now or Later" Activity

This week's freebie - Synonym  Search. Check out the "Now or Later" page for other resources in the range.

Click on the thumbnail to download.

Homophone Hunt - A "Now or Later" Activity

This is a great little activity to start or finish a lesson, or simply just as a time filler - the children love it!

"Now or Later" Activities - Writing Prompts

Well, after much tweaking and compressing of image files, I have finally managed to upload this resource. I hope you enjoy. I'd also appreciate your feedback - are these resources useful? Could they be improved in any way? Oh yes, almost forgot - in tweaking the images I've also tweaked the backgrounds, so they're not exactly like the thumbnail image below, but still great!

"Now or Later" Activities

One of the biggest challenges facing a supply/sub is turning up in a classroom where no lesson plans have been left, maybe because the teacher has gone off sick, or for some other urgent reason. It is essential to have something that you can pull out of the bag that is quick and simple.

With this in mind, I have been working on a series of activities that you can draw on at any time. I call these my "Now or Later" activities. The first one is a series writing prompt cards that can be printed off and given to children either individually or in pairs, which can be used to create a story. The cards serve as their main points, and a simple story plan (to follow) will help them to pad out the detail. I am having a little trouble converting to PDF, but hope to have the link working later today.

In the meantime, here is the story plan to accompany the writing prompts. Click on the image to download the file.