Spelling - Word Wall

This document has a page for each letter and includes all words from the NZ essential list and some others. I print and put on the classroom walls for children to check when editing and after conferencing with me.

Click the image to open the download, you do not have to request access.

The clipart is from ScrappinDoodles except the Narwhal (my creation).

Sentence Starters

These posters were created a few years ago to help children find different ways to begin sentences. The inspiration for them came from a TKI (tki.org.nz) resource about narrative writing.
Click on the images to open the download site. Posters are Pdfs and will print to A3.

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Super Sentences

As a school we are focussing on improving our children's writing by focussing on sentence structure. Here are some items I have created with this focus in mind. Click on the images to open the download site.

Please link back to my blog if you add these items to your blog, website or web collection - thanks.

 Above is the small poster I print for children's books.

Above is a poster for the wall display.

Report Writing

Below are some of the resources I use when teaching information report writing. Click on each image to open the download site. You may need to check the page set up when printing to enable A3.

Narrative Writing

Below are some of the resources I use when teaching narrative writing. Click on each image to open the download site. You may need to check the page set up when printing to enable A3.

Spelling and Word Work Activities

Children can choose a number of activities to practise their spelling or word work lists.

Click on the image to open the download

There are twelve different activities in the file –

ABC Order

Pyramid Writing

Rainbow Writing

Bubble Writing

What's it Worth?

Colour Words

Fabulous Fonts

Letter Tiles

Magnetic Letters

Spelling Patterns

Whiteboard Letters

Vowels and Consonants

Recount Writing

Our latest writing focus is recount.  Below are thumbnails of posters and other resources I use when teaching this writing form.  Click on each and they will open the download site - all posters were created as A3 but you may need to change the page set up when printing the pdfs.

Checklist for children's books

Connectives poster

 Text organiser for children's books.

Recount success criteria poster.

Persuasive Texts

We have been focussing on persuasive texts or argument writing.  Here is a flow chart of the process we used.

Open the link to download page here.  

Above is the checklist of criteria for a successful argument children put in their books.  There are two versions - UK or USA spellings. Click on the appropriate link for the download site.

UK Spelling

USA Spelling

Writing Process/Author's Cycle

I have created these display posters for my classroom to share the process we use when writing.
Click on the links below the image to open the download site.

You can download at the links below.

UK spelling

US spelling

The pencils are in a .pdf and will size to A3. I hope they are useful.

Link here.

Character Descriptions

Our latest writing focus is character descriptions.  Below are thumbnails of posters and other resources I use when teaching this writing form.  Click on each and they will open the download site - all posters were created as A3.

Children glue the above checklist into their books so they can refer to it as they are writing. (A4 Landscape)

Explanation Writing Posters

These posters were created to share text features information from TKI with my children when they are writing explanations - a focus for our school wide writing moderation and professional development this year.
The TKI Link is here.
Click on the thumbnail to open the download site - will print to A3.

The following are organisers for children's books - sized to print on A4 or US Letter

Click thumbnails for link to download site

Writing Checklist

Each year I begin my writing programme by introducing writing goals that cover all genres.  This poster and checklist for books help children remember their goals.

Another one

The following is a copy for the children's books.

Click the images to open the download site.  The poster is A3 and the checklist will fit on a A4 sheet.