Text Types Teaching Resources for Year 1
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My Two Homes Activity
Use this ‘My Two Homes’ activity to explore diverse family structures and encourage students to explore all the places they can call ‘home.’
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Thinking of You Letter Templates
Encourage kindness with this ‘thinking of you’ letter and greeting card template set, designed to help students express support for others.
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Parts of a Friendly Letter Sorting Worksheet
Teach the parts of a friendly letter with this sorting worksheet that helps students identify key letter components.
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Sports – Digital Report Writing Activity
Use this digital writing scaffold to model the purpose and structural elements of informational writing.
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How to Build a Sandcastle – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this engaging, hands-on sandcastle craft activity to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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How To Build a Snow Globe – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this engaging, hands-on snow globe craftivity to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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Polar Bear Craft Template
Pair a polar bear craft and informational writing to create a fun winter animals classroom display.
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Spring Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers
Use the season of spring to inspire writing in your early years classroom.
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Build-a-Bird - Owl Animal Report Writing Template
Research, write and create an owl report with a cut-and-assemble owl shaped animal report writing template.
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Father's Day Acrostic Poem Worksheet
Create a special keepsake for dad, grandpa, uncle or another special father figure with this Father’s Day acrostic poem template.
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Fairy Tale Setting and Book Characters Classroom Display
Teach fairy tales and narrative structure with a printable fairy tale setting poster and book characters for a classroom display.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 1
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their persuasive writing.
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Narratives Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Narratives' display board.
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Descriptive Writing Poster With Annotations
A poster outlining the main points and structure of a descriptive text.
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"Simon Says" Instruction Cards
A set of 24 instruction cards to use when playing "Simon Says".
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Exploring Simple Explanations PowerPoint
Use this Exploring Simple Explanations PowerPoint to teach your students about what explanation texts are, why they are written, and how they are structured.
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The Parts of a Letter Interactive Activity
Teach the parts of a letter with this engaging interactive activity where students learn the format of a letter through sorting and labelling exercises.
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Parts of a Letter Poster Pack
Use this parts of a letter poster pack, featuring colourful visuals and clear explanations, to help students understand the key components of a letter.
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Community Helper – Digital Report Writing Activity
Use this community helpers interactive activity to model the purpose and structural elements of information reports.
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Magical Story Craft and Writing Template
Use this printable craft and writing template to get your students writing stories that are truly magical during Book Week 2024!
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How to Wash Your Hands Flipbook
Use this “How to Wash Your Hands” procedural writing activity to help familiarise your students with the structural elements of procedure texts.
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How to Make Hot Chocolate Flipbook
Use this “How to Make Hot Chocolate” procedural writing activity to help familiarise your students with the structural elements of procedure texts.
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Procedural Writing Flipbook
Get your students to write a procedure text using this easy-to-compile flipbook scaffold.
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'If I Were a Bowerbird...' Writing Stimulus
Get students thinking and writing about what they would collect, or what they would do if they were a bowerbird.
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Interactive Build A Snowman Sequencing Activity
Practise sequencing and writing procedural texts with an interactive How to Build a Snowman game.
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How to Decorate a Christmas Tree - Year 1 Procedural Writing Activity
Practise sequencing and writing procedural texts with an interactive ‘How to Decorate a Christmas Tree’ slide deck and differentiated writing prompts for Year 1 students.
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Dear Santa Letter Templates
Use a printable Dear Santa Letter template to write fun letters to Santa during your writing classes.
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Santa Letter Template
Write a letter to Santa with a printable letter to Santa Template.
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Remembrance Day Write the Room Activity
Help your young students understand the meaning of Remembrance Day with a Remembrance Day Vocabulary wall and Writing Center.
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Spring-Themed Informative Writing Prompt (Plus Display)
Celebrate a new season and your budding writers with a new Spring classroom display and informative writing prompt.
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Dia De Los Muertos Word Wall and Informative Writing Stimulus
Learn and use the language of Mexican tradition with a Dia de Los Muertos vocabulary word wall and informational writing prompt.
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Fire Safety for Kids - Procedural Writing Prompts
Ignite your students' knowledge of fire safety and informative writing with printable fire safety writing prompt worksheets.