Reception to Year 6 - Success Criteria for 97 AREAS OF WRITING. 97 writing ladders (showing success criteria) for each writing genre. 52 pages in total - fully editable. . Reception: Patterned Stories (orally at point of writing) Action Chants (orally at point of writing) Traditional Tales (orally at point of writing) Instructions (orally at point of writing) Stories with a pattern (orally at point of writing) Signs (orally at point of writing) . Year 1: Information Book Instructions Traditional Story Simple dictionaries Story with a pattern Stories of fantasy worlds . Year 2: Stories with Familiar Settings Instruction Writing Explanation Texts Information Texts Alphabetically Ordered Texts Stories with Familiar Settings 2 . Year 3: Stories with Familiar Settings Shape Poem Non-Chronological Reports Traditional Stories Myths Instructions . Year 4 : Character Sketches Persuasive Text Persuasive advertisement, flyer or poster Classic and Modern Poetry Narrative Writing using paragraphs Poetry on a Common Theme . Year 5 : Non-chronological reports Instructions Narrative Structure Map Reading Journal Story Opening Modern and Classic Poems . Year 6 : Journalistic Writing Long-Established Poets Autobiography and Diaries Biographical Writing Classic Fiction – Chapter Summary Writing Dialogue

A 14-slide presentation showing how to use VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation) in your classroom to enhance learning. Fully editable.

2 writing mats for younger learners to refer to when writing stories. Just print out and use. Bright and colourful. Fully editable.

Reading Analysis Assessment Form A thorough reading analysis form. To be completed for each student. Fully editable.

A great PowerPoint to use with Early Years. 34 slides. Activity: Make lots of CVC words with interactive sounds! Fully editable.

BIG WRITE: Christmas Eve. Ideal for 5+ Planning sheet and writing template attached. Fully editable.

My children love having their very own dictionary / word book to use in class. Just print off and staple together. I normally laminate the front and back cover (to add robustness). There’s enough space on each page for 15 additional spellings (I’ve put 1 in myself with a picture to match).

A 5-page dictionary work booklet. Task 1: Put words in alphabetical order (stepped activity - 3 pages). Task 2: Find the meaning/definition of words (2 pages). Ideal for 7+ (depending on ability). Fully editable.

Teach your students how to put words in alphabetical order. Fully animated. 8 slides - fully animated.

An activity to help younger learners ‘summarise’ a short story or section of a non-fiction text. 1 worksheet Fully editable.

A pre-reading Guided Reading Activity. Genre: Fiction. Appropriate for upper KS1 or KS2.

An easy and effective way to assess phonics at the end of Year 1. 42 sounds. Fully editable.

300 basic words to be read, said, spelt and used. Words presented on a 16-slide PowePoint. Fully editable and ideal for 4+ (depending on ability).

A 6-page activity booklet for learning the letter d. Ideal for Early Years. Page 1: Circle any pictures beginning with d. Page 2: Join the dots to make a dog then draw your own dog. Page 3: Join the dots to make a duck (for more able students). Page 4: Trace then write the letter d (pre-cursive writing). Page 5: The action for the letter d … d,d,d DRUM! Page 6: CAPITAL D and lower case d handwriting sheet.

A good worksheet to use when you want students to focus on specific vocabulary related a fiction book they are reading. A versatile and fun challenge. 1 worksheet. Fully editable. Age: 6+ (depending on ability).

Focus: Report Writing. Text: Iron Man by Ted Hughes. PowerPoint, unit of work and 3 newspaper report writing templates included. Everything you need to teach a great unit of work. Fully editable.

9 pages in total. Resource 1: Features of a newspaper report - 1 page. Resource 2: Newspaper report examples - 7 pages. Resource 3: A fully editable newspaper report template - 1 page.

2 worksheets to help practise recall skills. Fully editable. Age suitability: 6+ (depending on ability).

3 fully editable colour poetry resources: Resource 1: Student’s draw or write something that is a specific colour. Resource 2: Words associated with a specific colour (reference sheet). Resource 3: Colour poem writing template. Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability).