English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Verb or Not Sorting Activity
Allow students the opportunity to show their verb awareness with this verb or not a verb lolly sorting activity.
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Roll and Cover Onset and Rime Activity Sheets
Practise decoding onset and rime words with this short vowel onset and rime activity pack.
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Onset and Rime Short A Interactive Activity
Practise onset and rime words that contain the short a vowel sound with this interactive activity for the early years classroom.
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Sight Word Splash Game
Use this collaborative partner game to allow your students to practise reading and writing some of the most common high-frequency words.
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Commonly Used Verbs Flashcards
Teach commonly used verbs with this set of printable flashcards.
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Magic-Themed Book Review Template
Create a display of student book reviews during Book Week 2024 with this magic-themed book review template for lower years students.
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Contractions Writing Activity Pack
Put contractions into sentences to demonstrate an understanding of contractions in context using these writing worksheets.
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Contractions Bingo Game
Build vocabulary and have fun with contraction word games!
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Contractions Practise Worksheets
Reinforce the concept of contractions with eight worksheets designed for primary learners.
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How to Make a Salad – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this engaging craft activity on making a salad to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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How to Build a Sandcastle – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this engaging, hands-on sandcastle craft activity to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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How to Make an Ice Cream Sundae Interactive Activity
Use this “How to Make an Ice Cream Sundae” procedural writing interactive activity to model the purpose, structural elements and language features of procedure texts.
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Procedural Writing Graphic Organisers
Get your students to write procedural texts with this set of 10 differentiated graphic organisers.
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Phoneme Interactive Spelling Game - M, MM, MB
Use an interactive spelling game to help your students learn to spell words with m, mm, and mb correctly.
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Features of Animals Write the Room Activity Pack (F-1)
Help your young students read and write about features of animals with a printable Animals and Characteristics Write the Room activity.
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Polar Bear Craft Template
Pair a polar bear craft and informational writing to create a fun winter animals classroom display.
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Vowel Digraph Cover Up Game
Practise vowel teams with your students with this set of three fun partner cover up games.
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Printable Early Reader Books - Ocean Animals
Learn about sea life with a printable ocean book for year 1 students.
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Diphthongs Worksheets
Practice diphthongs with this set of fun and engaging worksheets.
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Colour Me - Monthly Reading Logs for Kids
Encourage your students to read every night with a fun set of colour-in reading logs for each month of the year.
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Long I Vowel Digraphs Interactive Activity
Practise identifying the different vowel digraphs that spell the long /i/ sound with this fun iceberg-themed interactive activity.
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Consonant Digraph CH Interactive Activity
Engage students in practising their learning around the consonant digraph of ‘ch’ with this fun beach-themed interactive activity.
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Consonant Digraph NG Interactive Activity
Engage students in practising their learning around the consonant digraph of ‘ng’ with this fun playground-themed interactive activity.
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IE and I_E Vowel Team Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to IE and I_E vowel digraphs with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Making Inferences – Birthday Activity
Teach your students how to make inferences with this birthday invitation activity.
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Sh Digraph Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to the sh digraph with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Wr Digraph Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to the wr digraph with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Kn Digraph Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to the ng digraph with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Ck Digraph Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to the ck digraph with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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The Inference Song Classroom Poster
Teach your students about the meaning of inferencing with a song!
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Digraph Bug Swatting Game
Practise digraph knowledge at the start of words with this small group bug swatting game.
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Beginning Consonant Digraphs Sorting Activity
Explore words that contain an initial consonant digraph with a set of 24 picture sorting cards.