Creating texts
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Winter Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers
Use the season of winter to inspire writing in your early years classroom.
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Year 2 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 2 magazine.
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My Ideal World – Writing Template
A template for students to use when writing about their ideal world.
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Writing Ninjas Bump it Up Data Wall Display
A ninja themed Bump It Up Wall for writing to display in your classroom.
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'Pick Three' Writing Inspiration Worksheet
A worksheet to use when students need writing inspiration for a narrative piece.
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Food Flavour Fryer – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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Year 2 Editing Worksheets - Christmas Sentence Correction
Practise correcting capitalisation and punctuation errors with a set of Printable Christmas Editing worksheets for Year 2.
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Christmas Activity Printables - Types of Sentences Sort
Help your students identify the four types of sentences with a printable Christmas sorting activity on declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
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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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Halloween Words - Vocabulary and Writing Centre
Stretch your students’ vocabulary and writing skills with a devilishly-delightful Halloween Vocabulary and Writing Centre.
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Numeracy Bookwork Expectations Posters
A checklist for students to refer to when displaying numeracy bookwork. There are low colour and black and white versions, plus editable versions in case you need to add your own expectations.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Modelled Writing - How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple procedure about a familiar experience.
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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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Guided Writing - How To Make Fruit Salad
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple recipe for fruit salad in small groups.
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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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Independent Writing - How to Make Bush Stew
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a recipe for bush stew.
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Personal Recounts - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience.
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Personal Recounts - Modelled Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience.
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What Pet Should I Get? - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple persuasive text on a familiar situation in pairs.
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Personal Recounts - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience in pairs.