The Pebble in my Pocket

The Pebble in my Pocket

A pebble doesn’t look like much–until you know where it’s been

A fascinating history of the earth takes readers on a scientific adventure through time and across the globe, all by following a single pebble over millions of years. A lively text and striking illustrations provide a revelatory account of the planet’s dramatic formation.

Main Focus: Vocabulary Extension

This is a vocabulary activities aimed at Year 3 / Year 4 classes.

Your children will read the new words in the context of the new story, explore the meanings and then apply them to a new context.

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Main Focus: Prefixes and Suffixes

This is a prefix and suffix resource aimed at Year 3 and Year 4 and is linked to The Pebble in my Pocket book.

Your class will categorise the different ‘ing’ words and then explore some widely used words and determine their prefix.

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Main Focus: Past and Present Tense

This activity aimed at lower KS2 focuses on past and present tense. 

We have created a few different variations of this activity so you can choose which best suits your Year 3 / Year 4 class.

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Main Focus: Non-Fiction - Volcanoes

This non fiction resource provides your Year 3 / Year 4 class with some information regarding volcanoes.

It also explores some of the world’s most well known volcanoes.

This can be used as a reading comprehension or for your class to gather information from to present to the class as a group presentation.

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Main Focus: Comprehension (First Half of the Story)

This is a comprehension linked to the first half of The Pebble in my Pocket book.

Your class will use their knowledge and understanding to answer a range of questions.

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Main Focus: Comprehension (Second Half of the Story)

This comprehension is linked to the second half of The Pebble in my Pocket story and is aimed at Year 3 and Year 4.

This resource encourages your class to reflect on key facts and information, answer retrieval questions and also distinguish between some literary tools such as similes, personification etc.

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Main Focus: Contractions

In this activity your class will read the sentences and create contractions where possible.

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Main Focus: Fronted Adverbials

This is a fronted adverbial activity linked to the book The Pebble in my Pocket and is aimed at Year 3 and Year 4.

Your class must either identify or add in the fronted adverbials in the passage.

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Main Focus: Word Class

This is a word class resource that encourages your KS2 kids to read the passage and then classify the words into nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

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