Years 3–5: My Year Album
My Year Album | End of Year Literacy Project | Years 3–5
Looking for an end of year literacy project that keeps your class writing right up to the last week, and gives them something they'll actually keep?
Over 2 weeks and 10 lessons, students create their own album of the year. Each 60-minute lesson teaches one writing skill, then students publish an album page using it. The project finishes with Album Sharing Day, when students present their albums to visitors, such as the class who will be in their year level next year.
Every lesson follows the same routine
Warm-up → Mini-lesson → Draft → Publish → Share
Students turn and talk about a memory from the year, you explicitly teach one skill with a model, then students plan and draft in their books or on mini whiteboards. They publish their best version in the album, draw and colour, then share with a partner or read aloud.
Students grade their year on a report card, zoom in on one moment for a six-panel comic, map their classroom, write a thank-you postcard and interview a classmate for the class news. They finish by writing a letter to their next teacher, an About the Author page and a tip for next year's class.
What's Included?
- 10 ready-to-teach lessons over 2 weeks
- 42 Google Slides with speaker notes
- Modelled examples for every lesson, often weak and strong versions side by side
- A preview of the album page on each lesson opener
- A 15-page black and white printable album
- Album Sharing Day slides showing students how to present a page
- Teacher guide with lesson plans, learning intentions and success criteria
- Curriculum links (Australian Curriculum v9.0 and NSW English K–10)
Why Teachers Love It
- Real writing teaching in the busiest weeks of the year
- Students write every day, for a real audience
- A keepsake that goes home with every student
- One pack across Years 3, 4 and 5: students write in their own year level
- Low prep: print, bind and teach
- A flexible order that fits around end of year events
Resource Details
- Text Types: Recount, opinion, letter, interview and description
- Focus: Writing for an audience, precise vocabulary, opinions with reasons
- Year Level: Years 3–5 (Stages 2–3)
- Length: 10 lessons (2 weeks)
- Time: 60 minutes per lesson
- Format: 27-page PDF plus 42 Google Slides, available to download instantly after purchase
This is a digital resource. You'll get an instant download link by email straight after checkout, and on your order confirmation page.
Yes. Every Hello Primary resource is written by an Australian primary teacher and aligned to the NSW English K–10 Syllabus and the Australian Curriculum v9.0. The curriculum links for this resource are included in the download.
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