A blank biography writing template for students to record their research information. Get your students to don their interviewer hats and create bios on each other or, if they have access to texts or the internet, get them researching famous people from a topic youâre studying!
Categories include: Background, key life events, achievements, interesting facts and key quote.
NEW RELATED RESOURCE: Biography Booklets for Years 1-8!
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After reading a non-fiction text or watching an informative video, get your students to pull out 3 key pieces of information and record them in their own words.
Includes lesson aim (WALT select and record facts), Success Criteria and Key Words as well as a Fast Finisher task.
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After youâve looked at non-fiction text features, see if your students can identify examples of the text features independently. Grab an appropriate level non-fiction text and get started!
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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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What makes a great story? We all have our favourite stories that we could read over and over. Equip your students with the tools to create their own stellar narrative stories too! Whether your students are retelling a fairytale or writing an action-packed adventure story, these success criteria will support them with following a narrative structure and developing their plot and characters.
This resource includes:
Child-speak success criteria for narrative writing, including sets of success criteria for character development, beginning, middle, and endings of narrative stories
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 41-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 recount 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 recount 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 Persuasive Writing
Success Criteria for Descriptive Writing
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A must-have for teaching Recount Writing! Make learning easy with child-speak success criteria for personal experience, factual and imaginative recount writing. Save time on your planning with these ready-to-go success criteria. Watch your students take ownership of their learning as they use success criteria checklists to self-monitor and assess their own writing.
This resource contains:
Child-speak success criteria for personal experience, factual and imaginative recounts
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
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 41-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 recount 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 recount 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. 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 3/4/5 (ages 7-9+).
Looking for other writing resources? Check out these sets:
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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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 âre-craftingâ). 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. Youâll 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 thatâs left to do now is print, cut and laminate.
Bring on those literary masterpieces!
18 pages, pdf
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Searching around for a free fractions multiplication worksheet? Here ya go!
This printable worksheet has 10 questions and comes in A5 size so you can print off 2 copies per page for your students - hooray for your printing budget!
There is also an answer sheet for you to conserve a little bit of brain power or set your students up for easy self-marking.
If you find it useful, leave a comment and let me know what fractions resources you want to see next!
Looking for more fractions resources? Check out my other fractions resources on at the minute teaching on Tes:
Worksheets on Adding & Subtracting Fractions
Worksheets on Multiplying & Dividing Fractions
Fractions of an Amount
Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
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Simply overloading a sentence with adjectives doesnât 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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Take a seat Hamburger PlannersâŠsay hello to a new range of graphic organizers! These printable planning templates are perfect for both teacher modelling and student recording in the pre-writing stage of the writing process!
Not to mention, each design is different because no writing genre is the same, right? So why wouldnât we reflect that in our planning?
This 64-page resource contains a range of single page planning sheets with prompts and recording space. The planning sheets are designed to be used for students in Year 3-6 but knowing my past students, these would still be great fits for both my Year 2 and Year 7 students and I would just alter my expectation around detail, vocabulary, number of paragraphs etc to suit varying abilities.
This resource comes in both colour and grayscale versions for the following Writing genres:
Narrative (1)
Recount (1)
Information Report (1)
Explanation (3)
Biography (1)
Letter (1)
Persuasive (2)
Descriptive (3 - Character, Setting, Object)
Instructions (1)
It is part of a new line of teaching resources Iâm working on called PLAN IT WRITE IT IMPROVE IT and for a limited time, ALSO includes the writing frames which correspond with each of the planning sheets!
Planning a piece of writing is one of my favourite things to do - generating ideas and vocabularyâŠseeing the seeds of a great piece of writing sprouting in front of my eyesâŠooh it gets me excited! But I know that it is the stage of the writing process that a lot of students struggle with so I want to do the best I can to make it as easy and inspiring as I can.
64 pages, printable PDF
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Canât get outside for PE because the heavens opened up moments before your lesson was due to start? How about some cross-curricular work instead? Get your students to create their own game - complete with a comprehensive equipment list!
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Letâs admit it, we probably need to use this as much as the kids. Get your students thinking about what theyâre actually eating each week! Are they eating a balanced diet? Could they choose a new food or recipe to try next week? (ask mum or dad first!). Are vegetables mysteriously missing off their meals in the weekends?
This printable worksheet can be used to support learning about diet in Health lessons and also give students an awareness and ownership of their own eating habits. Makes for an easy homework task or quiet activity to settle students at the beginning of the school day.
Now, tuck in!
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Sick of wonky lines and missing axis labels on your studentsâ graphs? Get them on track with this blank bar graph template!
This worksheet includes a WALT, Success Criteria and Key Words for presenting data in a bar graph.
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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?!
Iâve created several versions to help you differentiate for students of varying writing abilities. When you download this, have a scroll through to pick out whatâll 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. Thatâs why itâs 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 youâre after a biography planning template, check this out or if youâre looking for success criteria for biography writing have a look at this!
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Get your students subtracting fractions in no time! This resource contains a subtracting fractions cheat sheet and a worksheet with 22 questions for students to practise subtracting fractions with unlike (different) denominators.
This also includes an answer key for quick marking and a challenge for your speedy students!
Check out these other fractions resources:
Adding & Subtracting Fractions Worksheets
Multiplying & Dividing Fractions Worksheets
Fractions of an Amount Worksheets
Mixed Numbers & Improper Fractions Worksheets**
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Have your students mastered finding quarters using materials? Test their mental maths skills with the handy trick of finding half and half again!
This worksheet steps students through calculating 1/4âs of numbers using their knowledge of halves. Includes WALT, Success Criteria and Key Words.
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Scaffold your students with this recipe writing frame! Already followed a recipe to make something in class - super! If not, let your students pick something to write a recipe for and hope it sounds at least somewhat appetizingâŠ
This worksheet contains the following sections: Description, Ingredients, Method, and Picture.
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Are you ready to smash out your planning? Grab these free lesson planning templates so you can get back to whatâs really important: Creating your next inspiring lesson for your students!
This resource comes as 24-page PDF document with a link to Google Docs for the editable version.
Inside youâll find the following editable lesson plan templates:
Stand-alone lesson plan
Weekly plan (one subject)
Tumble
Weekly timetable (all subjects)
Unit plan
Term overview
BONUS: Drag ânâ drop timetable builder!
Enjoy!
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Oh the dreaded start of term goal setting! Forget the fancy wall displays that go untouched for the rest of the year! Keep this goal setting chart in an easy-to-access place and get your students to track each time they take an action towards achieving their goals by colouring in a square of the border!
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Weâve got to build positive school cultures if we want teachers to be able to thrive. If youâre looking to boost morale, promote well-being and increase motivation, here are some ideas you can use yourself, with your team or for the whole staff body.
Iâm out to help teachers feel good and teach at their best. I believe that we can achieve this through four key areas:
Being purposeful - Having intent behind our actions and connecting with whatâs important with us to stay motivated
Being in control - Focusing on whatâs within our locus of control and building helpful habits into our daily routines
Being inspired - Being a learner at heart, open to new ways of doing things, taking opportunities to grow and keeping our teaching âfreshâ
Knowing weâve done enough - Valuing ourselves and fostering a school culture of positivity and celebration where we are all happy and proud to call ourselves teachers.
Itâs a shame that âwell-beingâ initiatives and activities have a reputation for âmissing the markâ or feeling tokenistic because we have an undeniable need to see more of them in our schools. Weâve got to get the talk going, engage in authentic experiences and really build well-being into our school cultures so itâs a given - not a bonus.
I hope you find this resource helpful and that, at the very least, it sets the wheels in motion for building a community of happy and supportive teachers at your school. Together letâs make schools the positive environments they should be and make teaching the uplifting experience we all want it to be.
Go well, team! âș
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