English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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I Know That Word! Match-Up Activity
A vocabulary/labelling activity for younger students.
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Alphabet Characters Story Generator Cards
A set of cards using alphabet-related image prompts for writing.
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Sight Word BINGO (Fry Word List)
A set of 25 BINGO cards to practise reading the first 100 words on the Fry Sight Word List.
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Move It! - Long and Short Vowel 'e' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practise reading and identifying long and short vowel ‘e’ words.
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Multiple Choice Literacy Quiz PowerPoint - Template
An 11 slide PowerPoint template for presenting a literacy multiple choice quiz to your students.
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Simple Sentence Dominoes (Version 1)
A set of 30 dominoes to assist younger students with building simple sentences.
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Adorable Animal Finger Puppets Template
Download a set of 12 animal finger puppets to use when teaching poetry, creating narratives and more.
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Guided Reading Groups - Organiser Template
Use this template to easily identify your guided reading groups and move students to different levels.
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Narrative Booklet Template – Storybook Theme
A storybook-themed booklet for students to use when publishing their narrative texts.
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Narrative Booklet Template – Superhero Theme
A superhero-themed booklet for students to use when publishing their narrative texts.
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Guided Reading Groups - Fluency and Accuracy Tool
Use this template to assess fluency and accuracy during reading.
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Punctuation Puppets
A range of different punctuation characters that can be cut out and used as puppets.
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What Toy Am I? - Toy Definition Match Up Game
A set of 20 puzzle cards for students to match pictures of toys to their definition.
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Alphabetical Order Poster
A poster explaining how to order words according to their place in the alphabet.
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Everyday Grammar Punctuation Warm Ups - Lower Years Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the lower years classroom when learning about grammar and punctuation.
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Procedure Writing Word Wall
Display this set of 30 procedure writing words in your classroom when teaching your students how to write a procedure.
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Comparison of Text Types Posters
A poster comparing the structure and language features of various text types.
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English Assessment Tracker - Literacy (WA) Pre-Primary to Year 7
An English assessment tool to monitor student progress in literacy.
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Features of a Book Cover Poster
A poster highlighting the main features of the front cover of a book.
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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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Reading Detectives Bookmarks
8 colourful reading detective bookmarks to use during guided reading sessions in the classroom.
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Long and Short Vowel Flashcards (Assessment Kit)
A set of 10 picture flash cards covering long and short vowel sounds and a teacher assessment tool.
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'Spaceman' Finger Spacing Template
A 'Spaceman' and 'Spacewoman' template to help children when writing.
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Fairy Tales Settings Posters
A set of 6 fairytale story settings background posters.
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How To Make A Sandwich – Procedural Writing Activity
Get your students writing a procedure for their favourite sandwich with this example procedure text and writing scaffold.
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English Homework Task Cards and Worksheets - Lower Primary
A set of 12 task cards and matching worksheets for literacy and English homework. Suitable for lower primary grades.
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Phonics Vocabulary Poster Pack
A set of 9 phonics vocabulary posters to help explain different terms.
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Readers' Theatre - Scripts Tracker
A document listing all of Teach Starter's scripts for Readers' Theatre.
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Large Handwriting Charts - Capitals and Lower Case
Print capital and lower case letters displayed on large red and blue handwriting lines.
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Procedure Writing – Printable Recipe Book Template
Download this printable recipe book template to use when teaching procedural writing to your early years students.
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Inference vs Prediction Poster
A poster outlining the similarities and differences between inference and prediction.
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Sight Word Cards - Dolch Nouns
Dolch Nouns sight words on flash cards.