English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Is It True? Active Listening Activity
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging 'Is It True?' Active Listening Activity.
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Dolch Sight Word Tracker - Google Sheets
Track mastery of Dolch Sight Words using a digital Google Sheets Sight Word tracking spreadsheet.
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Flags of the World - Print and Cursive Alphabet Line
Display the alphabet in print or cursive with a unique Flags of the World Alphabet Line.
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Five Senses Poem Craft Templates
Use this five senses craft to introduce your students to descriptive language and five senses poetry.
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Blending Words Digital Quiz
Get your students to practise their blending with simple CVC words using this digital activity.
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My Animal – Digital Report Writing Activity
Get your students to write an information report on an animal using this digital writing scaffold perfect for modelled and shared writing.
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Roll to Create a Magical Story – Dice Game
Get your students writing magical stories during Book Week 2024 with this engaging and interactive “Roll to Create” dice game.
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Contractions Poster Pack
Display these contraction posters in the classroom to help students remember the different contractions.
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Consonant Digraph Cut-and-Paste Worksheets
Reinforce your students' knowledge of digraphs with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets.
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Consonant Digraph SH Interactive Activity
Engage students in practising their learning around the consonant digraph of ‘sh’ with this fun beach-themed interactive activity.
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Consonant Digraphs Worksheet Pack
Practise writing and enhancing knowledge of consonant digraphs with this worksheet pack.
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Little Red Riding Hood Retelling Activity Cards
Teach your students about retelling with this set of sequencing cards for Little Red Riding Hood.
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Jack and the Beanstalk Retelling Activity Cards
Teach your students about retelling with this set of sequencing cards for Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Free Persuasive Writing Display Banners
Create a fun persuasive writing classroom display with these fun looking display banners.
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Humpty Dumpty Off the Wall – Comprehension Worksheet
Integrate nursery rhymes and early reading comprehension skills with a Humpty Dumpty reading passage and comprehension questions.
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Long U Words - Word Search
Explore words containing some of the most common ‘long u’ graphemes with this set of differentiated word searches.
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Word Study List - Long I Graphemes
Introduce and explore words containing graphemes that make the ‘long i’ sound with this extensive list of words.
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FIND IT! Long and Short Vowels - Task Cards
Practice distinguishing between short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds with this set of 16 task cards.
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Final 'E' Worksheet Pack (O_E)
Explore words that make the 'long o' sound using the split o_e digraph with this set of 11 worksheets.
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It's Time to Rhyme! Worksheet
Practise identifying and producing rhyming sets with this worksheet.
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Making Text Connections Graphic Organiser (F–2)
A graphic organiser to use with students when making connections with a text.
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Alphabet Letter Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students' knowledge of uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Aiming For Inference Posters
Six mini posters showing different scenarios that can be used when encouraging students to use inference.
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Informative Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 1
A visual display for your classroom to help students 'bump up' their informative writing.
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Book Character Profile - Stage and Curtains
A fun book character profile worksheet set on a stage.
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Summarising a Story Flipbook
A template for students to use when summarising a story.
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Guided Reading Groups - Comprehension Question Prompts
Refer to this table during a guided reading session for questions to ask your students before, during and after reading.
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Guided Reading Groups - Progress Tracker
Use this resource to track the progress of students during your guided reading groups.
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Procedure Text Topic Cards
Use these ideas for procedure writing with your students to help them hone their procedural writing skills.
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Human Histories: World Explorers – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about some world explorers and their achievements.
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CVC Words – Playdough Mats
45 pages of three-letter consonant-vowel-consonant words for students to practise writing and forming in playdough.
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English/Literacy Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'English/Literacy' display board.