English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Story vs Opinion Cut and Sort Pack
Help students understand the difference between a story sentence and an opinion sentence with this cut and paste worksheet set.
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Inferencing With Pictures Digital Activity
Use this inferencing with pictures digital activity when encouraging students to use their inferencing skills.
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Explanation Text Poster Pack
Use this Explanation Text poster set with your students to clearly show the structure and text elements of an explanation text.
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Printable Book Review Templates - Character Collection
Use this set of cute character-themed book review templates with your early years students.
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High Frequency Tricky Words Teaching Slides - Year 1
Give your Year 1 students the structured support they need to read and spell high‑frequency words with unusual or unexpected spelling patterns.
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Internal and External Character Traits - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Explore the internal and external traits of story characters with this differentiated cut-and-paste worksheet.
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First, Then, Finally Sort and Writing Template
Help your students sequence ideas for a narrative story with these narrative element prompts and a First Then Finally Writing Template.
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Character Emotion Wheel Pack
Help students explore how language can be used to present characters in different ways with this set of character emotion wheel templates.
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Counting Syllables Game
Practise counting syllables in this beehive-themed Counting Syllables Game.
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Rhyming Word Cards
A set of 30 picture cards that can be used to help consolidate students' knowledge of rhyming words.
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'EE' Vowel Digraph Board Game
Decode words with the ee long vowel team in this word card board game.
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'AI' Diphthong Vowel Team Board Game
Decode words with the ai long vowel team in this word card board game.
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Year 1 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 1 magazine.
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Morpheme Cards Flip Books
Support your students’ understanding of word structure with this engaging morpheme cards flipbook resource.
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Reading Log Bookmark Templates
Motivate and track your students’ reading habits with our printable Reading Log Bookmark Templates.
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Nonfiction Scavenger Hunt – Mini Book Activity
Explore nonfiction text features with this Nonfiction Scavenger Hunt activity - the perfect mix of hands-on learning and foundational literacy skills.
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Fiction and Nonfiction Visual Literacy Cards
Help students sharpen their ability to interpret, analyse, and think critically about images in texts with this engaging set of visual literacy cards.
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Oral Presentation Plan Templates
Help your students become confident speakers with this easy-to-use Oral Presentation Plan resource!
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Character Emotions Chart and Worksheets
Explore character emotions in stories using this Character Emotions Chart and matching character Graphic Organisers
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Classroom News Template Pack
Get students presenting the news with this set of fun and engaging classroom news templates.
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Compare and Contrast Images Activity Pack
Boost visual literacy and critical thinking in your classroom with this Compare and Contrast Images Activity Pack.
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Images in Texts Teaching Slides
Boost your students’ picture comprehension skills with this engaging set of Images in Text Teaching Slides.
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Sort It Out! Common and Proper Nouns Game
Use common and proper nouns games to help your students practise identifying examples of different types of nouns.
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Solve and Shuffle - Ending Punctuation Interactive Whiteboard Game
Play this engaging interactive whiteboard game to practise ending punctuation.
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Talk for a Minute Task Cards
Encourage students to become confident speakers with these Talk for a Minute Task Cards.
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Position Words Worksheets – Where Is the Dinosaur?
Enhance students' understanding of position words with this engaging set of differentiated dinosaur-themed worksheets, designed to support learners at different levels.
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Oral Language Activity - I Spy Game
Strengthen oral language skills with this I Spy Oral Language Activity.
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Preposition Game – Roll and Cover
Use this preposition game as a fun and collaborative way of learning about these important parts of speech.
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Prepositions Questions Digital Quiz
Get your students answering prepositions questions with this interactive digital quiz perfect for lesson warm-ups or wrap-ups.
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4 Types of Sentences Flipbook
Create a helpful types of sentences flipbook with our Differentiated 4 Kinds of Sentences foldable graphic organisers.
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Types of Sentences - Sentence Strips Activity Pack
Use our Sentence Types - Sentence Strip Activity pack to teach your students about statements, commands, questions, and exclamation sentences.
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Noun and Verb Sentence Puzzles
Use this nouns and verbs game puzzle to help students identify nouns and their matching verbs while building simple sentences in a fun, hands-on way.