Non-Fiction Texts Foundation English Unit

Build an engaging week of Foundation English learning around non-fiction texts. This complete digital unit supports explicit teaching, guided discussion, collaborative play, independent practice and assessment.

Students learn to distinguish fiction from non-fiction, recognise true information and facts, discuss why texts are created, find common text features and record simple information. They apply their learning through animal research, text-feature investigation, sorting games and the creation of their own non-fiction page. Editable teaching and quiz decks, colour classroom resources, polished low-ink worksheets, four matching answer pages, assessment and a five-level rubric are included.

What's Included

• 23-page unit plan PDF
• 18-slide editable presentation
• 22-slide editable quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs
• Fiction or Non-Fiction? classroom display
• Real or Pretend? worksheet and answer page
• Match the Purpose worksheet and answer page
• My Autobiography two-page activity
• Animal Fact Finder two-page research activity
• Wombats at Night reading and fact-finding worksheet
• Text Feature Detective worksheet and answer page
• Create a Non-Fiction Page writing activity
• Real or Make-Believe Sort and Purpose Picnic games
• Assessment and answer page
• Five-level rubric
• Combined Preview PDF

Learning Focus

• Fiction and non-fiction
• True information, facts and make-believe
• Text purpose: inform, instruct, share and entertain
• Headings, contents pages, indexes, glossaries, photographs, diagrams, captions, labels, charts and graphs
• Finding and recording simple facts
• Planning and creating a non-fiction page

Classroom Use

Use the presentation for whole-class instruction, the printables for guided or independent practice, the games for small-group consolidation and the quiz for review. The final assessment and rubric provide a clear evidence point after the one-week sequence.

Curriculum Alignment

• Australian Curriculum v9.0: AC9EFLY01, AC9EFLY03, AC9EFLY06
• Australian Curriculum v8.4: ACELY1645, ACELY1648, ACELY1651, ACELY1652, ACELY1654
• Victorian Curriculum 2.0: VC2EFLY10, VC2EFLY11, VC2EFLY14
• NSW: ENE-UARL-01, ENE-RECOM-01, ENE-CWT-01, ENE-SPELL-01, ENE-VOCAB-01, ENE-HANDW-01
• Western Australian Curriculum: WAPELYT1, WAPELYA1, WAPELYC1, WAPELYC4
• New Zealand Curriculum: NZ-Y0-ENG-R-C-TFG-1, NZ-Y1-ENG-R-C-TFG-1, NZ-Y0-ENG-R-C-SDC-1, NZ-Y0-ENG-R-C-TSSF-1, NZ-Y1-ENG-R-C-TSSF-1, NZ-Y0-ENG-W-WP-R-1, NZ-Y1-ENG-W-WP-R-1, NZ-Y0-ENG-W-WP-E-1, NZ-Y1-ENG-W-WP-E-1, NZ-Y0-ENG-W-TS-S-2, NZ-Y1-ENG-W-TS-S-2, NZ-Y1-ENG-W-WC-WC-1
• United Kingdom Curriculum: UK-KS1-Y1-ENG-R-C, UK-KS1-Y1-ENG-W-C, UK-KS1-Y1-ENG-W-V
• Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.c, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.8
• TEKS: TEKS-ELAR-GK-1C, TEKS-ELAR-GK-2C, TEKS-ELAR-GK-4, TEKS-ELAR-GK-5A, TEKS-ELAR-GK-6B, TEKS-ELAR-GK-6E, TEKS-ELAR-GK-7A, TEKS-ELAR-GK-8A, TEKS-ELAR-GK-8C, TEKS-ELAR-GK-8D, TEKS-ELAR-GK-8E, TEKS-ELAR-GK-9A, TEKS-ELAR-GK-10, TEKS-ELAR-GK-10A, TEKS-ELAR-GK-10B, TEKS-ELAR-GK-10C, TEKS-ELAR-GK-10D, TEKS-ELAR-GK-10E, TEKS-ELAR-GK-11B, TEKS-ELAR-GK-12B, TEKS-ELAR-GK-12D, TEKS-ELAR-GK-12E
• Ontario: CAN-GK-LANG-OE9, CAN-GK-LANG-OE10, CAN-G1-LANG-C1.2, CAN-G1-LANG-C1.3, CAN-G1-LANG-B2.4, CAN-G1-LANG-B3.3, CAN-G1-LANG-D1.1, CAN-G1-LANG-D1.2, CAN-G1-LANG-D1.3, CAN-G1-LANG-D1.4, CAN-G1-LANG-D1.5, CAN-G1-LANG-D2.1, CAN-G1-LANG-D2.2, CAN-G1-LANG-D2.3, CAN-G1-LANG-D2.4, CAN-G1-LANG-D2.5, CAN-G1-LANG-D3.1, CAN-G1-LANG-D3.2, CAN-G1-LANG-D3.3

Product Details

• Year level: Foundation
• Subject: English
• Formats: PDF, editable Microsoft PowerPoint PPTX and JPEG
• Counts: 23-page unit plan, 18-slide presentation and 22-slide quiz
• Answers: four matching answer pages plus quiz answer slides

Digital product: No physical item is supplied. Purchase permits the original purchaser's classroom use. Redistribution, resale and public sharing are not permitted.