Just what you need for your next Science experiment! On this worksheet, students will need to record the equipment and ingredients required to make salt crystals, the method they used to make them and observational drawings recorded once per week.

I created this worksheet to use with my Year 2 students during our Science unit on Rocks. My students loved this activity and especially liked how they could add food colouring to get different coloured salt crystals! Just a word of warning to ensure that all of your students create a 

 (to the point where no more salt can dissolve in the water), otherwise you're at risk of getting some very disappointed little faces!

I also included a WALT (We Are Learning To) and Success Criteria at the top of the worksheet.

A printable worksheet to accompany a scientific experiment of growing salt crystals.

Topic

Ah the good ol' senses. Use this chart to record facts, observations or vocabulary!

A blank 5 senses chart for recording facts, observations or vocabulary.

Get your students generating ideas before a piece of writing!

Comes in present tense (I can see...) and past tense (I saw...) versions so you can use it for both those descriptive moment-in-time and recount pieces of writing!

A great bus stop (carousel) activity to spark some discussion at the start of a new unit! 10 pictures showing examples of problems in the world from pollution to poverty. Students can discuss their thoughts with peers or record their responses on post-it notes. 

A great bus stop (carousel) activity to spark some discussion at the start of a new unit! 10 pictures showing examples of problems in the world from pollution to poverty. 

A great bus stop (carousel) activity to spark some discussion at the start of a new unit! 10 pictures showing examples of problems in the world from pollution to poverty. Students can discuss their thoughts with peers or record their responses on post-it notes.

A blank Venn diagram worksheet. Simple but always handy. Use it for any subject you like!

Reading

Literacy

Maths

Blank Venn diagram perfect for illustrating similarities and differences between two things.

Keep students busy indefinitely by creating word banks from various texts. Make sure that you have a dictionary - oh sorry *ipad* - at hand for them to find the actual definition.

A blank chart for students to create a word bank on. New vocabulary, what I think the word means and dictionary definition.

Build your students’ vocabulary by creating their own word bank from texts they’re reading. Make sure that you have a dictionary - oh sorry ipad - at hand for them to find the actual definition!

Before reading a non-fiction text or starting a new topic, find out what students already know (K) and want to know (W). The bang for your buck doesn't stop there though as your students later need to add what they learnt (L). 3 activities in 1!

KWL charts are ideal to use in Reading lessons before and after reading a non-fiction text or watching an informative video. You can also use them at the beginning of a Science, Humanities or Topic unit of work to gain insight into your students' prior knowledge.

Not to mention, it's a fantastic tool for your students! By prompting them to activate their prior knowledge, they'll be primed to connect existing and new knowledge and actively engage with the information that comes their way!

A blank KWL chart for to record what you Know, Want to Know and Learnt. Portrait version. 

A blank printable KWL grid for students to record what they Know (K), Want to know (W) and Learnt (L) about a topic.

A blank KWL chart for to record what you Know, Want to Know and Learnt. Landscape version.

After reading a non-fiction text or watching an informative video, get your students to pull out 3 key pieces of information and record them in their own words. Extend out the activity by adding pictures and getting students to present their learnings.

A lined template for recording 3 key pieces of information.

Writing

After reading a non-fiction text or watching an informative video, get your students to pull out 3 key pieces of information and record them in their own words.

Includes lesson aim (WALT select and record facts), Success Criteria and Key Words as well as a Fast Finisher task.

We want to promote curiosity in our learners right? Where better to start than by constructing questions! Instead of writing 10 questions starting with 'What', get students to use the sentence starters on this grid - easy! Comes with 2 copies per page.

A grid to support students with constructing questions starting with what, when, where, who, why and how.

We want to promote curiosity in our learners right? Where better to start than by constructing questions! Instead of writing 10 questions starting with 'What', get students to use the sentence starters on this grid - easy!

Comes with 2 copies per page so you can save on your printing budget!

Dream big or create a cosy hideaway - either goes! Get your students working on their bird's-eye view drawing skills and throw in a key for those fast-finishers!

An activity in which students design their dream house and draw a floor plan from a bird's-eye view. 

Creative

Are your students looking with envy at the class next door wondering why they didn't get brand new modern learning furniture? You may not be able to change anything but what's wrong with dreaming? Get those future designers err...designing!

An activity where students come up with their dream classroom design, including a floorplan from a bird's-eye view. 

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Making Salt Crystals Worksheet

The 5 Senses Recording Chart

10 Picture Discussion Prompts - See Think Feel Wonder

Venn Diagram

Word Bank Chart

KWL Chart (portrait)

KWL Chart (landscape)

Fact File Template

Formulating Questions Grid

My Dream House Design

My Dream Classroom Design