English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Phonics Sound Wall Display
Build a classroom sound wall to match your phonics programs and literacy progressions with a printable sound wall display.
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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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'If I Was an Astronaut...' – Writing Template
A writing prompt template for students to write what they would do if they were an astronaut.
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Making Text Connections Graphic Organiser (F–2)
A graphic organiser to use with students when making connections with a text.
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Gingerbread Man Freeze Frame – Task Cards
Task cards to help students create freeze frames about the Gingerbread Man.
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Capital Letter, Finger Space, Full Stop – Desk Plate
A desk plate with helpful cues for beginning writers.
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Long and Short Vowel Sort
A sorting by long vowel, short vowel printable.
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Rhyme Time – Match-Up Activity
A set of 32 match-up cards for students to practise rhyming.
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Rhyming Match – Worksheets
Identify rhyming words through images with this set of 5 worksheets.
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5 Fascinating Facts About Dinosaurs – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fascinating facts article from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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Alphabet Letter Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students' knowledge of uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Search-a-Rooney 2 – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a image stimulus poster where students need to locate objects and characters.
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Tongue Twisters – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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Shopping Trolley Match-Up Activity
A fun activity to be used to reinforce a variety of mathematical concepts.
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Wolfie: A Tell-all Interview – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a narrative from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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CVC Word Building Activity
Practise building CVC words with this 25 slide interactive activity.
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Find and Sort Active Game
An active game that allows students to practise sorting word families.
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Fun Letter Ideas for Kids
Share fun letter ideas with your students using this engaging article featuring six creative tips to make personal letters more exciting and expressive!
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BUMP! Blending 's' – Board Game
A board game to practise decoding words with an initial s blend.
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What's Missing? – Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive presentation where students try to guess what object is missing from the picture.
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Library Scavenger Hunt – Lower Primary
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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Capital Letter Correction Match-Up Activity
A cute activity where students edit sentences with capital letter puppets.
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Move It! - Long and Short Vowel 'i' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practise reading and identifying long and short vowel ‘i’ words.
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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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Books for Sharing Indigenous Perspectives - Poster
A list of Indigenous storybooks for the classroom recommended by Aboriginal education organisation, Wingaru Education.
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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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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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Narrative Booklet Template – Space Theme
A space-themed booklet for students to use when publishing their narrative texts.
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Syllable Peg Cards
A hands-on syllable activity for lower years that helps to develop syllable recognition.
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Home Reading Challenge #1 – Year Foundation – 2
A set of reading activities that parents can use to educate children remotely or that teachers can send to students working at home when schools are closed.
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Formal and Informal Greetings – Worksheet
A sorting worksheet where students distinguish the differences between formal and informal greetings.