English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Phoneme Segmentation Bingo
Help students master phoneme segmentation through targeted listening with this fun and engaging bingo game.
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Common and Proper Nouns - Interactive Activity
Identify common and proper nouns by sorting words in their context.
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Short and Long Vowels Interactive Activity
Help develop students' phonemic awareness with this interactive activity on short and long vowel sounds.
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Build a Sandcastle Writing Prompt
Excite your students to get writing with this summer-themed narrative writing and craft activity.
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Phoneme Segmentation Fluency Strips
Develop students’ ability to segment and blend phonemes with this comprehensive set of phoneme segmentation fluency strips.
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Phoneme Segmentation Work Mats - Build It!
Develop phonemic awareness using hands-on manipulatives with this set of ten phoneme segmentation work mats.
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Story Elements Interactive Activity
Introduce your kindergarten and first-grade students to the elements of a story using this interactive digital activity.
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Word Study List - Final Blends
Introduce and explore words containing final blends with this extensive list of words.
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Word Study List - Long Vowels
Introduce and explore words containing graphemes that make long vowel sounds with this extensive list of words.
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Word Study List - Long U Graphemes
Introduce and explore words containing graphemes that make the ‘long u’ sound with this extensive list of words.
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Word Study List - Long E Graphemes
Introduce and explore words containing graphemes that make the ‘long e’ sound with this extensive list of words.
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Long A Graphemes - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore words containing graphemes that make the ‘long a’ sound with this active classroom game that will get your students moving!
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Which Sound? Worksheet - The Letter C
Practise identifying the different sounds made by the letter C with this printable two-page worksheet.
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Which Sound? Poster - The Letter C
Remind your students of the different sounds made by the letter C with this colourful classroom poster.
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Which Consonant Digraph Is It? Interactive Activity
Review consonant digraphs with this comprehensive drag-and-drop interactive activity.
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Consonant Digraph Peg Cards
Explore consonant digraphs at the beginning and end of words with these hands-on peg cards.
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Consonant Digraph Word Puzzles
Familiarise your students with a variety of consonant digraphs with these hands-on word puzzles.
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Word Chain Worksheet - End -st Blends
Create word chains by manipulating the individual phonemes in words with this differentiated word-building worksheet.
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Write a Spooky Story - Scaffolded Writing Project
Inspire your struggling writers to write spooky stories that contain all of the story elements with a set of scaffolded writing activities and final draft paper.
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How Many Syllables? Sorting Activity
Practise segmenting and counting syllables in words with this set of 24 picture sorting cards.
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CVCC Word Dominoes
Practise decoding CVCC words with this set of 28 dominoes.
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Building Sundaes with Consonant Digraphs
Identify initial and final consonant digraphs with this set of 4 yummy digraph sundaes.
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Consonant Blends Sorting Activity - Apple Barrels
Supplement your phonics lessons with a consonant blend sorting activity.
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R-Controlled Vowel Peg Cards
Build an engaging literacy center or station activity around r-controlled vowels with these digital and/or printable r-controlled vowel clip cards.
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CCVC Word Building - Google Slides Interactive Activity
Practice spelling and reading CCVC words by identifying and blending sounds using this interactive Google Slides activity.
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Father's Day Writing Craft Template
Celebrate your students’ special father figures by building this adorable Father’s Day craft!
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Fun With Fiction Task Cards
Build a foundation of literary concepts and skills with this set of 12 fiction reading response cards.
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100 Action Verbs Activity
Practise counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s with this set of 24 action cards that get students moving, reading and writing.
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My Pop! - Read and Respond Worksheet
A cute narrative with accompanying worksheet.
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Writing Conventions Checklist
Get your students using this writing conventions checklist to edit their work across multiple genres.
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Move It! – Long and Short Vowel 'a' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practise reading and identifying long and short vowel 'a' words.
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Non-Contact Morning Greetings Posters
Non-contact greetings that students can do with their teachers and peers.