Writing Teaching Resources for Year 1
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May Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for May with corresponding writing sheets.
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Writer's Notebook Poem
A poem to be used explaining what a writer's notebook is all about.
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Home Spelling Poster
A poster to show your students what activity to complete each night using their spelling words.
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Handwriting Posters - Dirt, Grass and Sky Background
Handwriting posters using a dirt, grass and sky background.
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Writing My Name Award Certificate
Award your young students with this certificate when they have mastered the skill of writing their name.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Lower Years Classroom Game
A card game for nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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CVC Letters
A sheet of letters to use when making CVC words.
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Colour by Parts of Speech Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of colouring worksheets that use parts of speech as indicators.
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Guided Writing Folder Templates and Checklists
A collection of templates to help in the setting up of guided writing in the classroom.
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Toggle Spelling Game
Create a random letter grid and make as many words with your class as you can before the timer runs out!
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Exploring Informative Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the informative genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of information reports.
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Exploring Persuasive Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the persuasive genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of persuasive texts.
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Exploring Narrative Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit uses fairy tales to introduce the narrative text type to younger students. It addresses the structure, characters and language features of a narrative.
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Exploring Procedural Texts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce procedural texts to younger students. It addresses the purpose, structure and language features of instructions and recipes.
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Let's Build a Sentence Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce the key components of simple and compound sentences to younger students; specifically, capital letters and punctuation; verbs, nouns, adjectives and conjunctions.
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Hey, Little Ant - Modelled Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple persuasive text on a familiar topic.
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Proofreading and Editing - Narrative Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.
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Procedural Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of procedures.
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Building Compound Sentences
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify that a compound sentence is made up of two or more main clauses joined together by a conjunction.
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Sequencing Ideas Using Time Connectives
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how events can be sequenced using time connectives.
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Eat Your Peas - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently construct a simple persuasive text about a familiar situation.
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Simple Persuasive Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the basic structure of persuasive texts.
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Exploring Simple Narrative Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the structure of a narrative text.
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Introduction to Personal Recounts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce the recount text type to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of personal recounts.
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What's the Problem?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a complication and resolution for a fairy tale.
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Dressing Up Sentences for Narrative Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use descriptive language to add additional detail to sentences.
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Creating a Fairy Tale Character
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a character for a fairy tale.
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Introducing Simple Narrative Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the structure of a narrative text using fairy tales.
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Animal Fact Book - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently create an informative fact book about an animal.
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Animal Information Report - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple information report about an animal in pairs.
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Fact or Opinion?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the difference between a fact and an opinion.
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Personal Recounts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of personal recounts.