Explanations Teaching Resources

Discover lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in English for Key Stage Two to teach about writing texts to explain how and why things work

  • Family Homes

    Family Homes

    Investigate and illustrate how to structure and format explanations describing why and how some different things work in a family home

  • Human Body

    Human Body

    Practise using the correct text features when composing explanations about how and why different organs in the human body function

  • Robot Functions

    Robot Functions

    Identify and model how to structure and format explanation texts about why and how robots function to complete tasks in the world

  • Santa’s Workshop

    Santa’s Workshop

    Plan and write an explanation to describe how Santa Claus prepares for Christmas including using apostrophes to indicate possession in sentences

  • Weather Facts

    Weather Facts

    Explore how to read and write explanations to explain how and why different forms of weather can occur in a range of locations around the world

  • Maths Arithmetic Assessment

    Maths Arithmetic Assessment

    Assess abilities in solving arithmetic number problems for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when working with informal and formal written calculations

  • Environment

    Environment

    Identify and describe some of the special landscapes and locations that can be found in the world and reflect on how they can be protected and preserved for the future

  • Silent Letter Words

    Silent Letter Words

    Explore and illustrate the meanings and spellings of some different words with silent letters when using them in a range of topics and scenarios

  • Complaint Letters

    Complaint Letters

    Explain and model how to format and structure writing when composing letters of complaint about different issues and scenarios