Use these worksheets to help students familiarise themselves with the features of non-fiction texts. Each worksheet includes a short non-fiction text about an adorable animal which will engage students. Students then use the colour guide to find the different text features of non-fiction texts.
Create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
Identify some familiar texts, such as stories and informative texts, and their purpose
Identify some familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter
Recognises some different purposes for writing and that own texts differ in various ways
Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message
Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts
Understands and responds to literature read to them
Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect
Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts
Identify some familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
Construct texts using software including word processing programs