Text Types Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Penguin Craft & Writing Template
Research and write about penguins and their adaptations, then create a fun penguin craft to display student work.
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Roll to Create a Silly Book Title – Differentiated Writing Activity
Print a differentiated literacy activity using dice and a chart to create a silly book title and storybook.
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Build-a-Quokka Report Template & Animal Craft
Research, write and use a quokka report template and craft to build informational writing skills.
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Insect-Themed Flashcards and Writing Prompts
Inspire young entomologists to read and write about insects with minibeast writing prompts and word wall cards.
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Farm-Themed Flashcards and Writing Prompts
Build vocabulary and writing skills with this ocean-themed writing activity.
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Procedural Writing Checklists
Use these procedural writing checklists when teaching your students how to editing their procedure texts.
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Parts of a Friendly Letter Anchor Chart
Use this parts of a friendly letter anchor chart to explain and simplify the letter-writing process for your lower primary students.
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Life Cycle Explanation Project Writing Scaffold Pack
Use this project including life cycles and explanation planning templates when exploring explanations with your early years students.
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Sentence Strip Activity Cards - Simple Sentence Starters
Encourage conversation and writing with our Printable Sentence Starter Prompts for Early Years.
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Friendly Letter Example Pack
Download this friendly letter example set featuring five model letters with labelled and unlabelled versions, perfect for teaching students the structure of a friendly letter.
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5 Parts of a Letter Cut and Paste Worksheets
Teach the 5 parts of a letter with this set of hands-on cut-and-paste worksheets that make learning letter writing interactive and fun.
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Parts of a Letter Worksheet
Download this parts of a letter worksheet to help students identify key letter-writing components and essential vocabulary.
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Writing a Friendly Letter Template Pack
Download this writing a friendly letter template pack to help your students practise friendly letter writing with fun, themed designs for every occasion.
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Five Senses Poem Craft Templates
Use this five senses craft to introduce your students to descriptive language and five senses poetry.
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How to Make a Salad – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this engaging craft activity on making a salad to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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How to Stay Healthy – Procedural Writing Project
Get your students writing high-quality procedure texts with this fun “How to Stay Healthy” procedural writing project.
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How to Brush Your Teeth Flipbook
Use this “How to Brush Your Teeth” procedural writing activity to help familiarise your students with the structural elements of procedure texts.
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Procedural Writing Graphic Organisers
Get your students to write procedural texts with this set of 10 differentiated graphic organisers.
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Grandparents' Day Interview Template - Early Years
Inspire your early years’ students to interview a grandparent on Grandparents’ Day with Printable Grandparent Interview Questions.
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How to Be a Grandparent - Grandparents' Day Writing Prompts
Draw and write to create a fun “How to Be a Grandparent” handbook to share with loved ones on Grandparents’ Day.
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Narrative Elements - Worksheet
Practise identifying characters, settings, problems and solutions in fictional texts with this set of worksheets.
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Recycling Writing Prompts
Show off your procedural writing skills with a pack of recycling writing prompts.
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Ocean-Themed Flashcards and Writing Prompts
Build vocabulary and writing skills with this ocean-themed writing activity.
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Build-a-Bat Report Writing Template
Research, write and create a bat report with a cut-and-assemble bat shaped writing template.
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Book Character Profile - Stage and Curtains
A fun book character profile worksheet set on a stage.
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Writing Template - Lower Years
A blank template to use for a variety of writing pieces in the lower years.
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Narrative Booklet Template – Storybook Theme
A storybook-themed booklet for students to use when publishing their narrative texts.
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Personal Recount Sequencing Activity - Police Car Ride
A worksheet to use in the classroom when learning the sequence of a personal recount.
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Creating an Imaginary Animal - Descriptive Language Activity
A creative activity to introduce students to descriptive and comparative language.
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Wh Question Posters for Recount Writing
Support young learners to confidently retell events with this set of WH Question posters, designed especially for Early Years and Lower Primary classrooms.
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Melted Snowman Craft Activity
Have some winter crafting fun with our Melted Snowman Craft template and writing activity.
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Adventure Storytelling Cubes & Writing Templates
Use our Adventure Storytelling Dice templates to create an engaging Book Week Writing Activity.