Princess Smartypants bundle

In this pack we’ve combined our Guided Reading pack and Starting Points set to give you a broad range of resources and planning ideas for Babette Cole’s alternative fairy story, Princess Smartypants. Both resources are available separately on the Primary English website, but can be downloaded here as a value-for-money bundle.

Princess Smartypants: Starting Points

In this set based on Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in KS1

In this set of Starting Points, you will find ideas to support teaching of the following grammar objectives:

Year 1

• Regular noun suffix -s and -es

• Adding suffixes -ed, -ing where no change to the root word is needed

• How words can combine to make sentences

• Joining words and joining clauses using and

• Sequencing sentences to form short narratives

• Separation of words with spaces

• Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences

• Capital letters for names and for the personal pronoun I

Year 2

• Formation of nouns by compounding

• Expanded noun phrases

• Subordination and co-ordination

• Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense throughout writing

• Use of capital letters and full stops to demarcate sentences

Princess Smartypants: Guided Reading Teaching Sequence

This teaching sequence includes the following resources:

• A guided reading lesson plan in an editable word document format

• A set of sorting picture cards for use in the guided reading lesson introduction

• A set of matching cards for the children to use in the guided reading lesson

• A photocopiable set of comprehension questions for independent or teacher/ TA supported work

• A wordsearch suitable for independent work

The book is not included in this bundle.