Editable writing, maths and design prompts to support Book Week 2026
These matching slides are the perfect companion to your The Colours of Home printables — ideal for classroom display, interactive discussions or independent work tasks.
Designed to help you plan Book Week with ease, these editable slides include writing prompts, postcard and letter writing tasks, maths challenges and creative design ideas inspired by The Colours of Home by Sally Soweol Han.
What's Inside:
Editable Literacy Slides (differentiated)
Colours of my home - draw and write about the colours of special things in your own home
Describing colours - describe how colours from the story look, sound, smell, taste and feel, with a bonus simile step
Postcard from Bomi - draw and write a postcard from Bomi's new home
Letter from Bomi - write a letter to Grandma comparing her new and old home
Descriptive writing - describe nouns using colours and adjectives, building up to improving simple sentences with adjectives, similes, metaphors and prepositional phrases
A memory I'll always treasure - write about a treasured memory, guided by prompts about who, what, how it felt and why it matters
Editable Mathematics Slides (differentiated)
Cherry addition - addition to 10, 20 and 30
Skip counting - counting cherries by 1s and 5s
Cherry arrays - multiplication using arrays
Favourite colours - survey and graph classmates' favourite colours
Symmetry - design a symmetrical umbrella
Patterns - create colour patterns inspired by Bomi's favourites, with an extension step
Editable Design Prompts (differentiated)
My home colour palette - choose 6 colours that represent your own home and life
Memory box - design a personal memory box and describe what's inside
Colour quilt - design a quilt where each square represents a different colour memory
Traditional Korean kite - design a yeon kite using symmetrical patterns and traditional shapes
Book cover - design a new front cover for the book, inspired by Sally Soweol Han's dotty watercolour style
Plus blank slides to use however you wish!
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Download the matching printables to support each differentiated activity!
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