English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Story Retell Graphic Organisers (Differentiated)
Help students confidently retell a story with this set of differentiated graphic organisers.
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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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Create a Silly Story – Sorting Activity
Explore story characters, settings, problems and solutions by creating a silly story!
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Th Word List and Flash Cards
Practice reading and spelling words with the Digraph TH with a list of 50 words and accompanying illustrated flash cards.
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Story Settings - Graphic Organisers
Encourage your students to write and draw about story settings with this set of differentiated graphic organisers.
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Parts of a Plant Booklets - Differentiated
Read and learn about the parts of a plant with a set of differentiated Parts of a Plant Books for kids.
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Short and Long Vowels Activity Pack
Segment and sort these words into their short or long vowel sounds.
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Synonym Poster Pack - Emotions Chart Display
Blend social-emotional learning and vocabulary building activities with a set of 15 emotional synonyms anchor charts.
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ARMS and COPS - Editing Posters and Checklists (Portrait)
Encourage your students to proofread and edit their writing using the C.O.P.S. and A.R.M.S acronyms with a pair of printable writing posters.
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Which Phoneme Is Missing? Interactive Activity
Create word chains using CVC words with this engaging drag-and-drop phonics activity.
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Long A Words - Word Search
Explore words containing some of the most common ‘long a’ graphemes with this set of differentiated word searches.
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Short OO Graphemes - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore words containing graphemes that make the ‘short oo’ sound with this active classroom game that will get your students moving!
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Descriptive Adjectives SCOOT! Game
Build vocabulary and grammar skills with a game of Adjective SCOOT!
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Write With Your Senses: Daily Descriptive Writing Prompts
Inspire your students to write descriptively using our 20 daily descriptive writing prompts slide deck and graphic organiser.
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Which Letter? Poster - K or C
Help your students remember when to use the letter K and when to use the letter C with this colourful classroom poster.
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Final 'E' Worksheet Pack (U_E)
Explore words that make the 'long u' sound using the split u_e digraph with this set of 10 worksheets.
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CVC Word Work Mat
Practise segmenting and blending simple words with this CVC word building mat.
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My Dream Story Writing Prompt Template
Dream up some great stories using this creative story-writing prompt.
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Narrative Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 1
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their narrative writing.
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Decodable Sound Button Flashcards – Set 1
A set of over 100 decodable sound button flashcards.
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Alphabet Characters Story Generator Cards
A set of cards using alphabet-related image prompts for writing.
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Colour Me Carefully – Geometric Animals – Worksheets
A set of four colouring pages to be used as speaking and listening activities.
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Move It! - Long and Short Vowel 'o' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practise reading and identifying long and short vowel ‘o’ words.
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Decodable Sound Button Flashcards – Set 2
A set of over 180 decodable sound button flashcards.
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Guided Reading Groups - Comprehension Strategy Tracker
Use this template to easily track the comprehension strategies your students use during 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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Five Senses Graphic Organiser
A graphic organiser to use when brainstorming sights, sounds, smells, touches and tastes.
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Recount Writing Word Wall
A set of 30 vocabulary words related to recount writing.
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Creating an Imaginary Animal - Descriptive Language Activity
A creative activity to introduce students to descriptive and comparative language.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Pre-Handwriting Worksheets
A collection of 18 pre-handwriting skill sheets with a range of different techniques and themes.
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Character Adjective Concertina Template – Blank
Learn how adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality with a hands-on craft activity aligned to the English curriculum.