Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
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This Recount Writing Unit Plan guides students through the structure of recount writing, and includes a variety of visual examples and poste...
This unit plan is a great way to introduce students to basic editing skills. The unit contains a presentation that walks students through th...
This wonderful unit introduces students to writing lists, facts and captions. Students will engage in a variety of activities, including han...
Step into the world of non-fiction with our comprehensive Non-Fiction Texts Unit. Inside, you'll find a treasure trove of resources to enric...
Welcome to our comprehensive unit on procedural texts! This engaging journey is designed to empower students with the skills they need to be...
This Retell Writing Unit was thoughtfully designed for young learners. Dive into engaging lessons that introduce the core elements of retell...
Embark on a magical journey with our 'Belonging and Identity in Fairytales’ unit for Foundation-level students. Dive into classic tales like...
This Perspective and Argument Workbook supports K–2 students in exploring perspective and argument through creative, reflective, and text-ba...
This set of worksheets helps students develop an understanding of imagery by exploring descriptive language that uses the senses to bring wr...
This ‘Recount Writing with Rosie’ presentation introduces students to recount writing. It teaches students how to use the 5 W’s as a writing...
A presentation to support the Teach This Word Cline lesson plan. Use the presentation to support a lesson with your class about word cli...
This presentation has been created to guide students through an introduction when editing their writing. The presentation goes through th...
This presentation has been created to guide students through an introduction to editing their writing. The presentation goes through these...
This presentation was designed to walk foundation level students through the basics of computer use. This includes using a mouse, the arrow...
This presentation is an excellent way to introduce computer skills to your Foundation, Year 1 or Year 2 class. The progressive presentation...
This Facts, Lists and Captions presentation is a wonderful way to introduce your students to these short text types. It includes definitions...
This Non-Fiction Texts Presentation explores the world of non-fiction texts and their purposes and features. Students will view various exam...
This presentation is designed to equip you with the tools you need to help your students excel in procedural writing. This presentation b...
This presentation is designed to equip you with the tools you need to help your students excel in retell writing. This presentation break...
Join us for an enchanting journey in the 'Belonging and Identity in Fairytales' presentation! Together, we'll explore the magical realms of...
This is a fun game to use when introducing recount writing following a weekend, holiday, important event or a language experience. It will h...
Students will cut and paste the mixed-up ideas for the recount to match the 5W category they belong to. Once complete they will use those id...
Use this simple resource to give students a range of common experiences that they can choose to write a personal recount about. Print and...
When teaching students the basic structure of recounts, these planning templates are differentiated to suit a range of abilities and assist...
This activity is a fun way to help students generate ideas to practise writing imaginary recounts while building their ability to follow the...
These templates are a fun addition to use when publishing student holiday recounts at the start of each term. The summer holiday recount...
This Recount Poster was designed for Foundation classrooms to provide a very simple, yet clear structure to follow when creating a recount....
Display this Recount Writing Word Wall Poster Set in the classroom to remind students of the 5 W’s for recount writing. This poster set in...
Display these Recount Writing Prompt Posters in your classroom to remind students of the details they should add to their recount writing. T...
This simple yet effective Recount Writing Student Reference Card makes a wonderful visual reminder for students of the 5 W’s to use in their...
'My Recount Writing Folder' has been designed as a student reference tool when writing recounts. Paste relevant sheets to a manilla or file...
Students draw inside the t-shirts to fill out 3 of the 5 W’s as a guide to plan their recounts. Then, students write their recounts below....
These Random Recount Cards are a versatile resource that can be used in numerous settings for students to practise both oral recounts and wr...
The Recount Writing Quiz requires students to recall and retrieve their knowledge on the 5 W’s and how to write a recount. Simply open the s...
Use this Recount Writing Assessment to assess student understanding of writing recounts. This worksheet provides space for students to draw...
This resource can be used as a first dictionary for young students to add words they are learning. Alternatively, use it as a classroom d...
This 'Recount Outline' was designed for Foundation and Year 1 classrooms to provide a very simple, yet clear, structure to follow when creat...
Provide a simple and easily followed chart for students to access when writing sentences. Use the chart as a reminder prior to beginning any...
Provide a simple and easily followed chart for students to access when writing sentences. Use the chart as a reminder prior to beginning any...
Provide a simple and easily followed chart for students to access when writing sentences. Use the chart as a reminder prior to beginning any...
The Recount Explanation Aeroplane Poster provides a simple structure of a recount text. It is a perfect resource to provide desk groups o...
The Recount Explanation Monsters Poster provides a simple structure of a recount text. It is a perfect resource to provide desk groups or...
Students colour, cut, sequence and paste the pictures from The Story of Easter to match the sentences.
A lesson plan designed to teach your class about word clines. Use the lesson plan to support a lesson with your class about word clines....
Worksheets to support the Teach This Word Cline lesson plan. Use these worksheets to have a go at creating word clines. Students will le...
This Lower Primary Easter Booklet includes a huge variety of fun and educational activities for students in foundation, Grade 1 and Grade 2...
This useful poster is a visual representation and great anchor chart explaining the basic features of a sentence. Display this in your class...
This is a fantastic resource that can be used in many ways in your classroom. Designed as a generic calendar, students use the prompts for e...
Lower Primary Editing Chart is developed for lower primary to edit spelling, spacing, capital letters, full stops and reading to check if it...
The Wonder Wall display header has been developed to be used as a word wall display to introduce vocabulary associated with various units of...
These student reference cards are fitted two to a page and should be cut in half. They provide students with a reference when editing their...
These colourful posters have been created to support students when editing their writing. It focuses on making writing ‘5 Star Writing’ by l...
A great whole class or group work activity for modelling basic editing and proofreading routines. Following the ‘5 Star Writing’ checklist s...
Use these quick and fun pencils as warm up activities, fast finishers or rotational activities in literacy groups. Students can either edit...
This is the perfect activity for your students to use when learning about correct sentence punctuation. Use this fun activity to sort the se...
This is the perfect activity to use when practicing the skills that go with editing a sentence or piece of writing. Your class will love...
This resource has been designed to assess students’ understanding of ‘5-star writing’ when editing at a foundation level. It focuses on asse...
These student reference cards are fitted two to a page and should be cut in half. They provide students with a reference when editing their...
Use these quick and fun pencils as warm up activities, fast finishers or rotational activities in literacy groups. Students can either edit...
This is the perfect activity to use when practicing the skills that go with editing a sentence or piece of writing. Your class will love...
Students will use their knowledge of ‘5 Star Writing’ to read over and edit Eddie’s writing. On each re-reading they should focus on one of...
This resource has been designed to assess students’ understanding of ‘5 Star Writing’ when editing at a Year 1 level. It focuses on assessin...
This keyboard features a visual display of correct finger positioning when typing.
These posters remind students of the essential keyboard shortcuts they can use to open and save documents in most of the software they will...
This poster set reminds your students of the groups of keys on their keyboard and what they all do. There is a similar set of posters featur...
This poster set reminds your students of the groups of keys on their keyboard and what they all do. There is a similar set of posters featur...
This class display is a great way to introduce or reinforce typing, selecting, scrolling and drop down menu computer skills. The displays pr...
Print these reference cards for your students so they can easily refer back to the key computer skills of scrolling, selecting and typing. E...
This interactive and editable PowerPoint presentation is all about getting your students typing. The class will learn how to type letters, w...
This interactive and editable PowerPoint presentation is all about getting your students scrolling. The class will learn how to scroll using...
This interactive and editable PowerPoint presentation is all about getting your students selecting objects. The class will learn how to sele...
This interactive and editable PowerPoint presentation is all about getting your students to use drop down menus. The class will learn how to...
This interactive and editable PowerPoint presentation is the final assessment for the Foundation - Creating Digital Texts unit. Each student...
This simple to use teacher rubric allows you to assess the progress of your class throughout the Foundation – Creating Digital Texts unit. T...
This unit plan is a comprehensive resource for teaching and assessing computer skills in your Foundation classroom. The unit includes a pres...
This simple worksheet will help your students to begin to develop their editing skills as they decode basic sentences and identify where the...
Your students will have fun developing their knowledge of end mark punctuation with this simple worksheet. After reading the simple sentence...
These super cute Punctuation Stick puppets will allow your students to have lots of hands-on fun while they learn about how to use punctuati...
The Sentence Repairs set of worksheets are a terrific resource to assist your students with their basic editing skills. A simple checklist i...
This fun and engaging quiz is the perfect resource to allow your students the chance to practise editing simple sentences. Students will be...
This poster set featuring 3 posters for Lists, Facts and Captions makes for a fantastic visual reference for students to tell the difference...
This student resource card makes for a great visual reference to explain the 3 different text types of lists, captions and facts. It include...
‘Photo Album Mix Up: Captions Resource’ is a versatile resource which can be used for individual, paired, small-group or whole class setting...
Use this set of worksheets for students to practise writing facts. This is a great opportunity to gauge student understanding of the differe...
Students use this worksheet to practise creating lists. Prompts are given for students to fill in the lists.
Students practise writing lists by filling in these long lists by thinking up items that can go under each category. There are 3 pages you...
Students create a caption for each of the Captain’s photos. Students will learn that captions must relate to their images to provide more in...
Students create a caption for each picture. Students will learn that captions must relate to their images to provide more information on wha...
This Crazy Creature Fact Writing resource is a versatile resource that can be used for numerous learning objectives including fact writing a...
The Facts, Lists and Captions Quiz requires students to recall and retrieve their knowledge on writing facts, lists and captions. Simply ope...
Use this assessment to gauge student understanding of the topics covered within the ‘Facts, Lists and Captions’ unit. Students must recall t...
This simple to understand student reference card makes the perfect reference for students to glue into their workbooks to remind them what n...
Uncover the secrets of book covers in 'Judge a Book by Its Cover: What Is the Purpose?' This resource invites students to decipher text purp...
A wonderful worksheet set that highlights the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts. Featuring the same topic written in a differ...
Capture personal stories with our ‘My Autobiography Flipbook’ Students explore their life adventures through fun prompts and create a flip...
Embark on the journey of reading and discovering non-fiction texts with this animal research project. Students choose their very own favouri...
Use these worksheets to help students familiarise themselves with the features of non-fiction texts. Each worksheet includes a short non-fic...
Test students’ non-fiction knowledge with our ‘Non-Fiction Texts Quiz!’ Explore the purposes and features of non-fiction texts, then facilit...
Use this assessment to gauge student understanding of non-fiction texts. In this assessment, students are asked to recognise and sort fictio...
This simple to understand class display makes a wonderful reminder for students of the core components of a procedure.
Introducing 'Verbs: The Action Heroes' posters! These vibrant and educational posters categorise verbs into clear and engaging categories, m...
This simple to understand ‘Writing A Procedure’ student reference card, makes the perfect visual reference to remind students of the core co...
Discover our interactive whiteboard templates for shared and modelled procedural writing! Engage your class in collaborative writing session...
Introducing our Picture Sequence Procedures Resource! This engaging tool combines visual learning with procedural writing. Students arrange...
Creating picture instructions to match the steps in a procedural text is an important aspect of understanding procedures. This set of worksh...
Embark on a magical journey with our 'Enchanted Procedure Adventures' worksheet set! This captivating resource invites students to explore t...
Step into the world of procedural texts with Procedural Texts Quiz! This interactive experience is designed for the entire class to explore...
Gauge student understanding of writing procedural texts with this ’I Can Write A Procedure’ assessment. Students must demonstrate their abil...
Follow the map's clear path to uncover key story elements, characters, problems, and solutions. Engage in a fun and interactive journey that...
This handy tool empowers young writers to ensure they have covered all the essential elements in their retells. From characters and setting...
This easy to understand student reference card makes a great reference for students to recall the key elements that must include in their re...
Introducing 'Read and Retell Short Story Passages'—a dynamic resource for honing reading comprehension and retelling skills. Dive into engag...
This Retell Roadmap is an open-ended template to be used with all the various stories you read in your classroom. Students simply follow the...
This hands-on worksheet is a great way to break down the core components of a written retell for students. Students can work on one section...
This worksheet includes a short story for students to listen to. Simply read the story to your students, and take them along the story safar...
A quick and simple retell exit ticket for students to identify the core components of a story. This ticket can be used with any story you re...
Engage your students in whole class discussions with these ‘Retell Comprehension Sticks’. Simply attach these to paddle pop sticks to encour...
Put your retell writing skills to the test with our Retell Writing Quiz! This interactive quiz challenges students to recall and apply key r...
Retell Writing Assessment Template—an invaluable tool for evaluating students' retell writing proficiency. This blank template empowers youn...
In this enchanting activity, students are invited to imagine themselves as Cinderella at different points in the story. They'll craft diary...
Inspired by The Ugly Duckling, this worksheet asks students to reflect on a moment where they have felt out of place. Students then identify...
Inspired by Goldilocks and the Three Bears, students get to reflect on the things that make them feel 'just right' in terms of belonging and...
A simple yet effective collage worksheet for students to either draw or cut out images of the people, places, things and traditions that mak...
Students delve into the depths of fairytales, exploring the unique qualities, feelings, and experiences of key characters. Through this enga...
Students explore their unique identities by pondering questions such as 'What makes me special?' and 'How do I handle challenges?' This refl...
Students embark on an imaginative adventure as they roll the dice three times to weave together unique fairytales. From crafting characters...
Unleash creativity with 'Planning My Fairytale’ planning worksheet! Students design their enchanting stories, focusing on belonging and iden...
Explore storytelling assessment with our 'Fairytale Belonging Marking Rubric.' Tailored for Foundation-level students, it evaluates themes,...
Dive into a world of Easter excitement tailored for our youngest learners! This pack is filled with delightful activities, including bunny m...
Unleash the spirit of Easter with our vibrant pack designed for students in Years 3-4! From egg-cellent word searches to math challenges wit...
Elevate Easter celebrations for upper primary students (Years 5-6) with our dynamic Easter Pack! Engage in challenging math puzzles, creativ...
Encourage storytelling and sequencing skills with the Story Board Creation Activity! This resource features a variety of engaging story prom...
This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Perspective and Argument Workbook.
This worksheet set helps students understand the concept of perspective by exploring how different people or characters can see the same eve...
This worksheet introduces Kindergarten students to the idea of personal opinions. Students sort everyday picture scenarios into ‘agree’ or ‘...
This set of differentiated worksheets helps students recognise and use persuasive words that express strong feelings, needs, or preferences....
This worksheet set helps students form and express their opinions about texts. Through drawing, writing, and reflecting, students learn how...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how people can view the same situation differently. Through drawing, matching, writing, and re...
This set of differentiated worksheets introduces students to the concept of making a polite request through the context of asking for a pet,...
This worksheet set helps students explore how arguments are used to present differing views. Through sorting, matching, and writing activiti...
This set of worksheets guides students through the process of writing persuasive letters, inspired by Alex's letters to his mother in 'I Wan...
This set of worksheets is designed to help students identify and use emotive language to enhance persuasive writing. Activities are based on...
This worksheet set builds students’ speaking and reasoning skills through structured debates. Using the familiar context of ‘I Wanna Iguana’...
In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, the animals write letters demanding better living conditions from Farmer Brown. These worksheets hel...
In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, the cows use letters to make persuasive demands. This set of worksheets helps students explore how t...
In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, the animals and Farmer Brown go back and forth with persuasive letters. This worksheet set helps stu...
In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, both the animals and Farmer Brown want different things. Neither gets exactly what they want — inste...
In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, the animals persuade Farmer Brown through letters- but what if they had to talk to him instead? Thi...
This worksheet set supports students in responding to and interpreting visual texts, using the wordless picture book Chalk by Bill Thomson....
This set of worksheets explores how people can have different thoughts and feelings about the same visual text. Students will examine how Ch...
This worksheet set encourages students to make predictions based on visual clues in Chalk, a wordless picture book filled with suspense and...
This worksheet set helps students explore how stories can be told without any words. Using Chalk, students learn to read visual cues, interp...
This worksheet set invites students to step into the story and ask themselves: What would I do if the chalk came to life? Through drawing, w...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Perspective and Argument Workbook.
In The Patchwork Bike, the narrator shares a personal and joyful story about life, play, and invention near the no-go desert. This worksheet...
In this worksheet set, students explore the unique patchwork bike at the heart of the story. Through drawing, writing, and analysing, studen...
This worksheet set invites students to reflect on why the patchwork bike is more than just something to ride. Through colouring, writing, an...
In this worksheet set, students explore how the same story can change depending on who tells it. By reimagining The Patchwork Bike from diff...
In this final worksheet set, students reflect on their personal responses to The Patchwork Bike. They express opinions about what they liked...
This Sentence Fluency Worksheet Bundle includes 5 engaging early writing worksheets designed to build sentence-level fluency in Foundation l...
This Sentence Scramble Worksheet Bundle includes 5 early years worksheets designed to help Foundation students practise sentence structure a...
This Sentence Writing Worksheet Bundle includes 5 scaffolded writing tasks that support Foundation students in building confidence with inde...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.
This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.
This set of worksheets helps students develop an understanding of imagery by exploring descriptive language that uses the senses to bring wr...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how everyday symbols carry meaning. Through matching, drawing and writing activities, students...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how colours can represent feelings. Through colouring, matching and writing activities, studen...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how words can have positive or negative feelings attached to them. Through matching, sorting a...
This set of worksheets helps students develop imagery skills through drawing and writing activities. Students learn how to represent words v...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.
These worksheets help students compare characters to objects using funny similes — just like in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks! Through...
These worksheets help students describe objects using their senses, just like in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks, where the author uses f...
These worksheets help students play with words — just like in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks — by matching rhymes, using funny descripti...
This set of worksheets uses the playful language and fun comparisons from My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks to help students explore how em...
These worksheets help students create their own funny similes, inspired by the playful language in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks. Activ...
This set of worksheets helps students develop storytelling skills using the wordless picture book Chalk. Activities include matching picture...
These worksheets help students explore how colours can show feelings in the wordless picture book Chalk. Through activities like colouring,...
These worksheets help students explore how objects in Chalk act as symbols that tell parts of the story. Through identifying, matching and e...
These worksheets help students use their imagination to predict what might happen after the last page of Chalk. Activities include drawing,...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how stories can be told through pictures alone- just like in Chalk. Students will practise dra...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.
This worksheet set supports students in connecting emotions with animals to build emotional vocabulary and symbolic thinking. Inspired by th...
This worksheet set helps students explore how everyday objects can represent feelings or ideas- just like in the mentor texts. Students are...
These worksheets support students in exploring how colour communicates emotion in picture books. Students will use images, drawings and writ...
This worksheet set introduces alliteration and sound-based writing, helping students use repeated sounds to describe feelings, animals and a...
This set of worksheets guides students to create their own mini emotion pages, inspired by how Sometimes I Feel... uses animals and imagery...
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