Resources

Focus: End of year memories

Includes: That’s a wrap template

Includes: a blank planning template and one with an image

Focus: generating and organising ideas

Includes: Poetry lesson plan and poem exemplar

Focus: poetry writing

Includes: a timeline at two levels and an exemplar

Focus: retelling the main events in a story

Includes: SCUMPS prompt cards and activity instructions

Focus: describing an object

Includes: an inferring activity template and exemplar

Focus: inferring about a character’s feelings at different points in a story

Includes: word list of adjectives to describe feelings

Focus: developing vocabulary

for inspiration and ideas

Includes: a template and exemplar

Focus: vocabulary building

Includes: a collection of fun writing ideas for the beginning of the year

Focus: holiday memories and getting to know students

Includes: a desk and table mat template and exemplar

Focus: introducing students and setting goals

Includes: a template and two exemplars

Focus: reflecting on the year and recording interesting learnings

Includes: a template with six kindness coupons

Focus: showing gratitude and fostering generosity

Includes: two elaboration prompts posters

Focus: supporting students to explain their thinking and add detail to their ideas

Includes: a three page resource containing activities for using the Question dice and Detail dice. 

Focus: questioning and identifying evidence in texts, and adding detail to writing

Includes: a Partner-check card for junior students

Focus: editing writing

Includes: a publishing mobile template and student exemplar

Focus: publishing writing

Includes: PDF of printable tiles for narrative retelling

Focus: narrative retelling

Includes: ideas for different ways to retell a story

Focus: narrative retelling

Includes: a template and an exemplar

Focus: creating meaning using a selection of random words

Includes: a Word-building template and an exemplar

Focus: adding affixes to base words

Includes: Venn diagram template and two exemplars

Focus: comparing and contrasting

Includes: a template with 3 bookmarks

Focus: to review and recommend books

Focus: generating and organising ideas and words

Focus: a post-holiday Quick Write activity

Focus: improving opening sentences through the introduction of a student support resource

Focus: using similes and metaphors to create a poem about the moon

Focus: vocabulary development

Focus: vocabulary development

Focus: writing activity idea to support students get to know their classmates

Focus: using conversation prompts to encourage student-talk in the classroom

Focus: an activity to support students to generate ideas for writing

Focus: generating words

Focus: an activity idea to support inferencing

Focus: Harry Potter-related ideas 

Focus: using engaging images and videos as motivation for writing 

Focus: writing a story in six sentences

Focus: providing opportunities for students to practise speaking and listening skills in the context of an everyday conversation

Focus: using interesting and thought-provoking images to motivate students for writing

Focus: Diwali-themed resources

Focus: anti-bullying-themed writing ideas

Focus: Christmas-themed writing ideas

Focus: writing an introduction to a narrative

Focus: poetry writing

Focus: Father's Day and Mother's Day writing ideas

Focus: organisation tips and ideas to support students with news sharing

Focus: tips and strategies for establishing groupings that promote student talk in the classroom

Focus: writing book organisation ideas

Focus: introducing and establishing self-check and partner-check routines

Focus: providing students with easy access to writing tools and supports, available in The Writing Book

Focus: clever classroom writing resource organisation tips

Focus: home-school oral language activity ideas

Focus: supporting students with turn-taking

Focus: encouraging students to ask questions

Focus: book reviews

Focus: using digital resources for shared reading with middle and senior students

Focus: supporting older students to discuss and generate ideas around current environmental topics

Focus: creating a vocabulary display that could support students to use more descriptive words in their writing

Using funny animal images to warm students up for writing

Focus: generating ideas, sentences, words, spelling, punctuation, editing

Focus: shared reading, note-taking and creative writing

Using simple props to support oral language development

Focus: retelling known stories

Useful links and resources to support The Reading Book

Includes: a note-taking poster

Focus: explicitly teaching students note-taking skills

Focus: using picture books to support students to develop interesting setting descriptions

Focus: using current events and clever inventions to motivate students for writing

Focus: Anzac Day-themed writing

Focus: Quick Write activity to support students to generate interesting ideas

A fluency phone, also referred to as a whisper phone or phonics phone, is a self-amplifying device.

Focus: using a fluency phone to support students during writing self-checks

Focus: publishing and celebrating students' work in interesting ways

Focus: using a publishing template to celebrate and share writing

Focus: developing vocabulary

Developing general knowledge and providing ideas for writing through non-fiction video clips

Focus: using current events and themes to motivate students for writing  

Focus: using a TED-Ed clip to support students to generate ideas for writing, using a range of text types

Focus: using drama to explore characters in more depth

Focus: poetry writing

Includes: a writing lesson plan, YouTube video link and two video talk strips (for juniors and seniors)

Focus: describing an event from the perspective of a character

Partner discussion activity

Focus: working in pairs to generate ideas or vocabulary on a topic

Creative writing prompts for older students

Focus: using creative writing prompts to motivate students for a Quick Write activity

Useful links and resources to support The Writing Book

Using personal experiences to motivate students

Focus: poetry

Using images of trees to motivate students for writing

Focus: using 'ed' and 'ing' verbs in a speed writing activity

Using a video to motivate students for writing

Focus: to write a report and to use descriptive vocabulary

Useful links and resources to support The Oral Language Book

Focus: providing students with opportunities to publish and illustrate their writing

Using a video to motivate students for writing

Focus: to develop word consciousness, write a factual description, develop note-taking skills or write a report

Drawing inspiration from unexpected visitors

Focus: using photos of unexpected visitors to develop a Quick Write activity or a narrative writing lesson

Includes: a two talking strips

Focus: oral presentations

Includes: two writing templates (junior/senior version) and a senior example

Focus: descriptive writing

Includes: a lesson plan (slide presentation)

Focus: adding details

Includes: a YouTube video link and a student exemplar

Focus: providing motivation for writing

Includes: a lesson plan and student exemplar poems about mum and dad

Focus: poetry

Includes: two writing/publishing templates

Focus: writing a four sentence/paragraph recount

Includes: a super sentence book cover, page and student exemplar

Focus: reviewing and improving a sentence

Includes: drama activity cards/poster

Focus: using drama to enhance speaking and listening

Includes: Self-check and Partner-check signs

Focus: designating time for self-checks and partner-checks during writing

Includes: an adjective word wheel

Focus: synonyms for big, small, fun and nice

Includes: a display resource

Focus: establishing clear criteria for emergent and early writers

Includes: two retelling talking strips

Focus: retelling

Includes: a lesson plan and two prompts (for juniors and seniors)

Focus: creating hook sentences

Includes: a lesson plan (slide presentation), prompt cards and wall display pack

Focus: building complex sentences by adding conjunctions

Includes: a lesson plan, YouTube video link, student planning sheet and exemplar

Focus: structuring and ordering events in a narrative (story)

Includes: a lesson plan, supporting images and a student exemplar

Focus: talking and writing about personal experiences

Includes: a lesson plan and a student exemplar

Focus: providing a shared experience for writing

Includes: a lesson plan, two exemplars (written and published)

Focus: activating memories and writing descriptively

Includes: a writing template, a completed example and a follow-up Quick Write lesson plan

Focus: labelling and writing an explanation

Includes: a lesson plan and two student exemplars

Focus: writing reviews

Includes: a poster and an information sheet

Focus: grouping students

Includes: an anchor chart for early writers in Cook Island Māori

Focus: Adding details to writing

Includes: two templates (for planning and writing) and a completed example

Focus: labelling and writing an explanation

Includes: two versions of the conversation prompt chart presented in The Oral Language Book and The Reading Book

Focus: to support whole-class, group or partner discussions