We want to promote curiosity in our learners right? Where better to start than by constructing questions! Instead of writing 10 questions starting with ‘What’, get students to use the sentence starters on this grid - easy! Comes with 2 copies per page.
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Get your students generating ideas before a piece of writing!
Comes in present tense (I can see…) and past tense (I saw…) versions so you can use it for both those descriptive moment-in-time and recount pieces of writing!
2 pages, pdf
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Say goodbye to constant reminders about full stops and capital letters and say hello to student-led improvements with these proofreading and editing cards!
These differentiated cards are carefully crafted to suit various writing genres, ensuring that while success criteria may change, the core elements of effective writing remain consistent.
With this resource, students can take charge of their own writing by engaging in the essential steps of proofreading and editing (aka “re-crafting”). Encouraging independent checking and enhancing their written work not only cultivates valuable skills but also saves us precious time and preserves our teacher sanity during lessons!
Check out the different versions available within this resource to discover the perfect fit for each of your learners. You’ll find:
6x versions of proofreading cards
6x versions of editing/re-crafting cards (choose your preferred option)
These versatile cards transcend specific genres, making them ideal for narratives, descriptions, recounts, and beyond! All that’s left to do now is print, cut and laminate.
Bring on those literary masterpieces!
18 pages, pdf
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Ready to dive into Biography Writing with your students? My students LOVE making little books (often for comics) so I figured why not turn Biography Writing into booklet form too?!
I’ve created several versions to help you differentiate for students of varying writing abilities. When you download this, have a scroll through to pick out what’ll work best for your students!
This resource contains 97 pages with multiple versions:
Year 1-2 booklet (8 pages x4 versions with sentence starter prompts)
Year 3-4 booklet (8 pages x2 versions)
Year 5-6 booklet (10 pages x1 version)
Year 7-8 booklet (12 pages x2 versions)
*Product last updated 27/06/23 (removal of square bordering and update of some fonts)
Biography Writing is great fun in that students get the opportunity to research a significant person of interest or influence. The trouble is that Biography Writing tends to get quite research-heavy. That’s why it’s important to make the recording of facts and writing up of information fun and achievable!
Using booklets gives students ownership of their writing and chunks the task into manageable bite-sized sections. And of course, the chance to colour in and add illustrations! You can even turn it into a group project by divvying up the pages amongst group members before securing them together into a full booklet!
I recommend printing out two pages per A4 sheet to make A5-sized booklets. Trim off any excess paper around the border before stapling or hole-punching and securing the pages together.
Let me know how your students get on with it! Happy writing!
If you’re after a biography planning template, check this out or if you’re looking for success criteria for biography writing have a look at this!
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Need a writing frame for an assessment or piece of published writing? This 12-page resource includes 3 blank writing frame templates; narrow lines and picture box, wide lines and picture box, and full page narrow lines.
Bonus: Also includes a diary writing template, summer-themed borders and heart borders, perfect for Valentine’s Day letters!
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Brighten up your classroom with these editable alphabet and sight word wall displays, inspired by Burano, Venice! These are perfect for junior classrooms to use as visual prompts on the wall or as a set of flash cards for reading and writing practice. This product includesthe hand-drawn Burano houses from Alphabet Wall Display | Travel Inspired Classroom Decor | Venice | Bright Theme!
This resource contains:
Alphabet headers (3 versions)
Alphabet word cards (2 versions, editable)
Sight word (high frequency word) cards (2 versions, one editable)
There are 97 pages in the PDF version of this resource. This PDF includes a link to a 58-page Google Slides document in which the text can be edited.
My inspiration for this set of classroom decor products came from my whistle-stop trip to Burano, one of the islands north west of Venice. I instantly fell in love with the bright colours and how everything seemed so ‘in place’ despite the seemingly random placement of colours.
I’m going to continue designing classroom decor products inspired by my travels so keep your eyes peeled!
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Change up your classroom decor this term with a little slice of Venice! This alphabet wall display (now in BRIGHT and BLUSH colour schemes) is the perfect addition to your primary school classroom. Taking inspiration from the colourful houses on the island of Burano, these sets of letters will give you a taste of travel and make a beautiful display that students will love too!
This resource contains 3 sets of alphabet letters in 2 colour schemes, designed to be cut out, laminated and displayed. The first set were hand drawn by me - hope you like them! Just in case you’re after less ‘busy’ displays, I’ve also created a couple of simplified versions so you can still get your splash of colour without the extras! There are 2 letters per A4 page (each letter is approx. A5 size).
My inspiration for this classroom display came from my whistle-stop trip to Burano, one of the islands north west of Venice. I instantly fell in love with the array of colours and how they all seemed so ‘in place’ despite being seemingly random. Using my photos as the starting point, I came up with several colour schemes and sketched different housing designs to import into and edit on Illustrator.
I’m going to continue designing classroom decor products inspired by my travels so keep your eyes peeled!
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Are your students ready to share all of the interesting facts they’ve learnt? Step right up and roll out the non-chronological reports! Take a fascinating topic, a handful of categorised information and a diagram or two, then you’re on the road to success!
This pack includes:
Child-speak success criteria for non-chronological report writing
Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge
Display posters with WALT and success criteria
Mini success criteria for students to stick into books
Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners
Link to a Google Doc with full editable success criteria
When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a pdf which has a link to give you access to a Google Drive folder with:
A 16-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria (+ pdf version)
A 1-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version)**
This resource can be used to assist with planning as it outlines text features of report writing to be covered in lessons and provides progression options for learners of different abilities. It does not provide additional materials e.g. explanatory slides, exemplars or lesson plans for descriptive writing. Students would benefit from whole class/small group modelling of how to use success criteria before attempting to use the success criteria independently.
There are 3 levels of differentiation for some resources. The easiest level is suitable for Year 1/2 students (aged 5-6), the mid level is suitable for Year 2/3 (aged 6-7), and the high level is suitable for Year 4/5/6 (ages 8-10).
Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets:
Success Criteria for Recount Writing
Success Criteria for Narrative Writing
Success Criteria for Letter Writing
Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing
Success Criteria for Instruction Writing
Success Criteria for Explanation Writing
Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing
Success Criteria for Biography Writing
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Here’s a free KS2 Persuasive Writing WALT and success criteria poster to use with your students!
If you’re after more, check out this editable resource with differentiated success criteria and multiple formats for students to stick into their books.
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Here’s a free Year 2 Persuasive Writing WALT and success criteria poster to use with your students!
If you’re after more, check out this editable resource with differentiated success criteria and multiple formats for students to stick into their books.
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Here’s a free Year 1 Persuasive Writing WALT and success criteria poster to use with your students!
If you’re after more, check out this editable resource with differentiated success criteria and multiple formats for students to stick into their books.
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How does that work? Why does it occur? Launching into explanation writing with your students? Get set for success with these child-speak ‘I can’ success criteria.
This pack includes:
Child-speak success criteria for explanation writing
Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge
Display posters with WALT and success criteria
Mini success criteria for students to stick into books
Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners
Link to a Google Doc with full editable success criteria
There are 3 levels of differentiation. The easiest level is suitable for Year 2 students (age 6), the mid level is suitable for Year 3/4 (ages 7-8), and the high level is suitable for Year 5/6 (ages 9-10).
When you download this resource, you will have access a link to the Google Drive folder with:
A14-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria(+ pdf version)
A 1-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version)**
Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets:
Success Criteria for Recount Writing
Success Criteria for Narrative Writing
Success Criteria for Letter Writing
Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing
Success Criteria for Instruction Writing
Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing
Success Criteria for Biography Writing
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Here’s a free Year 1 Narrative Writing WALT and success criteria poster to use with your students!
If you’re after more, check out this editable resource with differentiated success criteria and multiple formats for students to stick into their books.
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Studying famous figures or incredible people in the community? Get your students writing biographies full of facts and anecdotes! Want to get to know your students that much better? Get them to craft autobiographies all about them!
NEW RELATED RESOURCE: Biography Booklets for Years 1-8!
This pack includes:
Child-speak success criteria for biography and autobiography writing
Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge
Display posters with WALTs and success criteria
Mini success criteria for students to stick into books
Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners
When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a pdf which has a link to give you access to a Google Drive folder with:
A 26-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria (+ pdf version)
A 2-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version)
This resource can be used to assist with planning as it outlines text features of biography and autobiography writing to be covered in lessons and provides progression options for learners of different abilities. It does not provide additional materials e.g. explanatory slides, exemplars or lesson plans. Students would benefit from whole class/small group modelling of how to use success criteria before attempting to use the success criteria independently.
There are 3 levels of differentiation for some resources. The easiest level is suitable for Year 2 students (age 6), the mid level is suitable for Year 3-4 (aged 7-8), and the high level is suitable for Year 5-6 (ages 8-10+).
Ready to start teaching biography writing? Here’s a helpful planning template for your students to record their information on: Biography Template
Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets:
Success Criteria for Recount Writing
Success Criteria for Narrative Writing
Success Criteria for Letter Writing
Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing
Success Criteria for Instruction Writing
Success Criteria for Explanation Writing
Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing
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Step 1: Check out this handy instruction writing resource. Step 2: Download and nail your next lesson! Whether you’re writing recipes for budding Master chefs, going through rules for a sport, or even just the steps for washing your hands correctly (yes, that is mightily important!), this is the resource for you!
This pack includes:
Child-speak success criteria for instruction writing
Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge
Display posters with WALTs and success criteria
Mini success criteria for students to stick into books
Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners
Link to a Google Doc with full editable success criteria
When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a pdf which has a link to give you access to a Google Drive folder with:
A 15-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria (+ pdf version)
A 1-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version)**
This resource can be used to assist with planning as it outlines text features of instruction writing to be covered in lessons and provides progression options for learners of different abilities. It does not provide additional materials e.g. explanatory slides, exemplars or lesson plans for instruction writing. Students would benefit from whole class/small group modelling of how to use success criteria before attempting to use the success criteria independently.
There are 3 levels of differentiation for some resources. The easiest level is suitable for Year 1 students (age 5), the mid level is suitable for Year 2/3 (ages 6-7), and the high level is suitable for Year 3/4/5 (ages 7-9).
Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets:
Success Criteria for Recount Writing
Success Criteria for Narrative Writing
Success Criteria for Letter Writing
Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing
Success Criteria for Explanation Writing
Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing
Success Criteria for Biography Writing
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Simply overloading a sentence with adjectives doesn’t make it a quality piece of descriptive writing, right? Help your students to craft amazing descriptions in your next Writing lesson with these child-speak success criteria!
This pack includes:
Child-speak success criteria for setting, character and object descriptions
Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge
Display posters with WALT and success criteria
Mini success criteria for students to stick into books
Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners
Link to a Google Doc with full editable success criteria
When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a pdf which has a link to give you access to a Google Drive folder with:
A 40-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria (+ pdf version)
A 3-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version)
This resource can be used to assist with planning as it outlines text features of descriptive writing to be covered in lessons and provides progression options for learners of different abilities. It does not provide additional materials e.g. explanatory slides, exemplars or lesson plans for descriptive writing. Students would benefit from whole class/small group modelling of how to use success criteria before attempting to use the success criteria independently.
There are 3 levels of differentiation for some resources. The easiest level is suitable for Year 1/2 students (aged 5-6), the mid level is suitable for Year 2/3 (aged 6-7), and the high level is suitable for Year 3/4/5 (ages 7-9+).
Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets:
Success Criteria for Recount Writing
Success Criteria for Narrative Writing
Success Criteria for Letter Writing
Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing
Success Criteria for Instruction Writing
Success Criteria for Explanation Writing
Success Criteria for Biography Writing
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Here’s a free KS2 Narrative Writing WALT and success criteria poster to use with your students!
If you’re after more, check out this editable resource with differentiated success criteria and multiple formats for students to stick into their books.
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Convince me why. Give me a reason. Learning to write persuasively is an important skill for our students to acquire. How else are they going to convince their parents to let them get a pet or their school to host a non-uniform day?
Get equipped for your next Writing lesson with these sets of child-speak persuasive writing success criteria!
This pack includes:
Child-speak success criteria for persuasive text and persuasive letter writing
Differentiated sets of success criteria with three levels of challenge
Display posters with WALTs and success criteria
Mini success criteria for students to stick into books
Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners
Link to a Google Doc with full editable success criteria
When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a pdf which has a link to give you access to a Google Drive folder with:
A 31-page Google Slides presentation with editable success criteria (+ pdf version)
A 2-page Google Doc with full list of differentiated success criteria (+ pdf version)
This resource is appropriate for students who are just learning to write about their opinions through to those who are working towards utilising rhetorical questions and emotive language for effect. The easiest level is suitable for Year 1/2 students (aged 5-6), the mid level is suitable for Year 2/3 (aged 6-7), and the high level is suitable for Year 3/4/5 (ages 7-9).
After more persuasive writing resources? Here are some other products you might like:
Persuasive Writing Planner
Persuasive Writing For & Against Chart
Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets:
Success Criteria for Recount Writing
Success Criteria for Narrative Writing
Success Criteria for Letter Writing
Success Criteria for Instruction Writing
Success Criteria for Explanation Writing
Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing
Success Criteria for Biography Writing
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Get ready for a year of Writing units with this bundle of writing success criteria! Here you’ll find success criteria for 9 genres of writing, each with differentiated options and multiple formats.
Check out what’s in the bundle here:
Success Criteria for Recount Writing
Success Criteria for Narrative Writing
Success Criteria for Letter Writing
Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing
Success Criteria for Instruction Writing
Success Criteria for Explanation Writing
Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing
Success Criteria for Biography Writing
Success Criteria for Report Writing
Each resource in this bundle contains:
Child-speak success criteria
Differentiated sets of success criteria with 3 levels of challenge
Display posters with WALT and success criteria
Mini success criteria for students to stick into books
Editable text fields so you can customise to suit your learners
Google Doc with full editable success criteria
There are 3 levels of differentiation within each resource. The easiest level is suitable for Year 1/2 students (aged 5-6), the mid level is suitable for Year 2/3 (aged 6-7), and the challenge level is suitable for Year 4-6 (ages 8-10).
Child-speak success criteria are a must-have in any classroom. Particularly when teaching Writing, I’ve seen a HUGE improvement in both my teaching and my students’ learning when utilising them. The best thing has been seeing my struggling writers become empowered and motivated through using success criteria. When students know what is expected of them, the mystery of what makes a great piece of writing is uncovered. They really do take ownership of their learning as they play an active role in self-monitoring and assessing their own writing.
So let’s make learning as clear as possible for all of our students and set them up for success every Writing lesson. Are you on board?
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You can never do enough proofreading practice; no matter how many times you remind your students to use a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence, they ALWAYS seem to forget! Practise practise practise!
This worksheet has three passages with spelling and punctuation mistakes to correct.
Includes WALT, Success Criteria and Key Words.
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