Primary English: Writing support

Literacy mats, activities and writing frames to help support KS1, KS2 and learners with SEN with their writing

Tes Resources Team

Visual of child writing with help from primary writing support resources for KS1, KS2 and SEN learners

Make sure every pupil in your class feels like a writing wizard with help from these supportive resources

In and out of literacy lessons, pupils spend a lot of time articulating themselves with the written word. With this essential skill in mind, we have gathered together some of the best resources to help you to support learners with their writing. There's everything from quick mats to be consulted mid-sentence to more in-depth tips and techniques, so why not take a look?

KS1 resources

Give young learners some guidance as they are getting to grips with the English language, with this range of resources, to help them with ordering words in a sentence, expanding their vocabulary or structuring different types of writing.

KS2 resources

From writing frameworks and checklists to easy-to-digest vocabulary banks and prompts, give your class the confidence to write fluently and accurately with these supportive resources.

Resources for learners with SEN

Check out some ways of supporting pupils with SEN by breaking down a writing task into digestible chunks, such as specific words or sentences, providing writing prompts or giving them writing frames to structure their ideas.

Sentence Writing: High-Frequency Word Frames
Krazikas

Sentence Writing: High-Frequency Word Frames

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This resource involves pupils creating sentences with the use of writing frames that contain many of the first one hundred high-frequency words. Writing sentences and reading them back helps pupils to embed and consolidate these words which they will then be able to use freely in their writing. ...
Creative Writing Prompt Cards
creativesquirrel

Creative Writing Prompt Cards

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A set of 72 writing prompt cards, can be used as a differentiation or scaffolding resource to support learners with their creative writing. Students pick from a choice of 24 cards from each category: character, setting and object and use these as a basis for their own creative piece. Can also be...