Bonfire Night Resources
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Are you looking for meaty, worthwhile and engaging resources linked to Bonfire Night? Then look no further as Classroom Secrets have got this covered.
Autumn has always been my favourite time of year. As a child, I loved having to wrap up warm so I could stand in a muddy field and watch the floppy, raggedy guy burn on top of the hot, glowing bonfire, whilst noisy fireworks exploded in a riot of colour above us. My excitement and imagination was further sparked when learning about the history of this annual tradition in school.
To help fire-up the imagination of the students in your class, check out our exciting range of differentiated resources below. Children can learn all about the daring plot to assassinate the king and blow up the Houses of Parliament whilst improving their reading and writing skills at the same time.
Whole Class Guided Reading
These texts are designed to be shared as a whole class. The questions are differentiated, so each child can access the text at their own level. This enables all students to participate in class discussions as specific questions can be directed at specific students.
The challenge activity presents questions in different styles to the comprehension sheet, so that children are exposed to a variety of question types. The questions have been grouped into abilities so that you can assign sections to specific children.
Teach your students about the people, events and traditions associated with the 5th November with the texts below, which are based on a fact file, recipe, poem and narrative.
Whodunnit? Year 3 Whole Class Guided Reading
Bonfire Night Treats Year 4 Whole Class Guided Reading
Fire and Falling Leaves Year 5 Whole Class Guided Reading
The Room Year 6 Whole Class Guided Reading
Carousel Guided Reading
These guided reading packs are targeted at a specific level. Our Bonfire Night related packs include a fact file, narrative, poem and letter. Follow-up work provides questions based on the text, which are linked to National Curriculum reading expectations. Focused vocabulary and GPS tasks are also included in the packs below.
Guy Fawkes Guided Reading Pack
The Sleepy Hedgehog Guided Reading Pack
Bang! Whizz! Guided Reading Pack
Letter of Warning Guided Reading Pack
Editing Tasks
Our editing tasks provide six levels of differentiation, ranging from Beginner to Genius. This makes them suitable for every year group for Year 2 to Year 6. Students are challenged to find the spelling, punctuation and grammar errors within a range of exciting and informative texts.
Comic Strip
Sequence text and pictures related to the events of the Gunpowder Plot or create your own images and text with this comic strip activity that’s been differentiated six ways. Suitable for every year group from Year 2 to Year 6.
Cloze Activities
Do you know how fireworks work? Neither did I until I read the informative text below. You can also teach your students how to stay safe around fireworks with these ‘fill in the blanks’ activities that are differentiated six ways.
How do Fireworks Work? Cloze Activity
Firework Safety Cloze Activity
Crosswords
Use this Guy Fawkes crossword to help reinforce the vocabulary associated with the events of the Gunpowder Plot. This resource is differentiated six ways and is suitable to use with year groups from Year 1 to Year 4.
Hopefully these resources will help improve your LIFE/work balance, so you have time to enjoy your own 5th November celebrations.
Sue Chattoe
Sue, a mum of three, has sixteen years teaching experience. She joined Classroom Secrets in its infancy and has been creating resources ever since. Her aim is to create stimulating resources that the children will enjoy doing.
