Writing Teaching Resources for Year 1
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August Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for August with corresponding writing sheets.
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CVCC and CCVC Words – Playdough Mats
27 pages of 4-letter words for students to practise writing and forming in playdough.
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CVC Words – Playdough Mats
45 pages of three-letter consonant-vowel-consonant words for students to practise writing and forming in playdough.
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Season Handwriting Sheets
Handwriting sheets about the seasons.
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May Writing Prompts - Lower Primary
20 writing prompts for May with corresponding writing sheets.
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Grammar Worksheet Pack – Lower Primary
A 13 page worksheet pack to consolidate the learning of different grammar concepts in the early years.
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Silent Letters Worksheet Pack
A set of 6 worksheets to consolidate students' understanding of silent letters.
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Silent Letters PowerPoint
A 24-slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the concept of silent letters.
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Editing Passages PowerPoint - Year 1
A 42 slide editable PowerPoint template containing editing passages with answers.
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Active Learning Resource Pack
Twenty-two whole class or small group active games that encourage learning through a physical setting.
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Toggle Word 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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Colour by Parts of Speech Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of colouring worksheets that use parts of speech as indicators.
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Synonyms Posters Teaching Resource Pack
A poster pack displaying synonyms for the different words and feelings.
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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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Animal Information Report - Modelled Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple information report about an animal.
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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 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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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 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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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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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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Proofreading and Editing - Narrative Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.
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Writing a Fairy Tale
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a fairy tale, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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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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Exploring Simple Narrative Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the structure of a narrative text.
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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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Using Descriptive and Comparative Language
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand how descriptive and comparative language is used in informative texts.
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Informative Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of informative texts.