Free teacher web sites for English topic ‘Text - Stories with familiar settings’

Useful little story start. We will run the risk of spoiling your fun and say that we discover there are red apples in a 'groovy garden', which some animals like the look of. Make a note of the animals when they appear as you can't click back to them. However when said animals come to eat the apples, they find there are none left. What could have happened? Over to you, kids...

External link: Animated story start

• suitable for class use

Many lovely online big books, complete with animations, talking texts, it's a winner all round. Go on, load it up and have a quiet cup of tea, the kids will never know. Save your voice.

External link: BBC Story Circle

• suitable for class use

Stories for KS1 on the theme of Animals and Nature. From the CBBC site.

External link: Online animated stories

• suitable for class use

A range of animated stories from the CBBC site with the theme of Everyday Life.

External link: Online animated stories

• suitable for class use

Drag clipart onto a backdrop to make a scene then use the (spoken-when-clicked) words to make a sentence. It's okay, nicely limited for less able children. But it's a classically closed activity - the children can't add their own words. Could be used by individuals.

External link: Sentences about scenes

• suitable for class use

Design your puppets and set them into a scene and then add the voices. A wonderful literacy project for your class to enjoy.

External link: Virtual puppet show

• suitable for class use

• suitable for teachers’ personal use