TESiboard Explanation Texts
Try the activities in this collection, below
Explanation Texts, a TESiboard Non-Fiction Collection
‘Explanation Texts’ are similar to Information Texts but explain a process, often in a step-by-step, sequential manner. Examples include the lifecycle of a butterfly or how a seed grows. The non-fiction topics that we cover can easily support cross-curricular work, such as ‘The Lifecycle of a Butterfly’ in English and Science.
TESiboard interactive non-fiction books each have two versions for differentiation: the Listen and Read books have simpler text and full sound support for younger or emerging readers; the Read Alone books have more detailed text. Pupils can use the books as a model for non-fiction writing or as a source of information for a science, geography or history topic.
The Cyclical Sequencer has similar images and information to that in the Explanation books. Pupils read or listen to each stage in the cycle then put them into order. They can play back their sequence and print off their page. The ‘Simple’ version of the Sequencer has fewer stages and simpler text. The ‘Complex’ version has more stages to sequence and space for pupils to write their own text.
Alongside each of our Explanation Books, there is an editable Word document to download containing images from the books, to support non-fiction writing, sequencing tasks and for displays.
The Lifecycle of a Butterfly
A Hedgehog’s Year
The Lifecycle of a Frog
A Sunflower’s Lifecycle
A Woodland Habitat
(There is just one version of the Seasons Sequencer for both KS1 and KS2.)
Alternatively, the full TESiboard content is available in a classroom friendly form at
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