English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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CVC Spell and Write Task Cards
Practise spelling CVC words and manipulating their phonemes to create word chains with this set of hands-on work mats.
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Narrative Text Structure Posters
Brighten your classroom and teach narrative paragraph structure with this set of 8 engaging posters designed to make narrative writing clear and fun for students.
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Book an Adventure! Book Week Word Search
Kick off this year’s ‘Book An Adventure’ Book Week festivities with a printable Book Week Word Search.
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Year 1 Spelling Words - Weekly Lists
Create successful spellers with printable weekly spelling word lists for Year 1.
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Decodable Sound Button Flashcards – Set 1
A set of over 100 decodable sound button flashcards.
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Character Traits, Feelings and Appearance - Posters
A set of 3 posters depicting words and phrases that can be used to describe a character's personality, feelings and appearance.
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Very Important Verbs Worksheet
Explore verbs within the context of the well-known story of The Gingerbread Man.
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Suffix Stories - Morphology Passages
Practise reading, defining, and using words with suffixes with a pack of suffix-focused reading passage worksheets.
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Blending CVC Word Activity
Use this Blending CVC Word Activity with your students to get them practising blending simple CVC words.
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Information Report Checklists
Use these information report checklists when teaching your students how to edit their informative texts.
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Long I Words - Word Search
Explore words containing some of the most common ‘long i’ graphemes with this set of differentiated word searches.
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Glorious Grammar (Early Years) Volume 1 – Worksheet Book
A workbook packed with 50 grammar activities for younger years.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Common Consonant Digraphs (Set 2)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Year 1 High Frequency Words Reading Mats
Use these Year 1 High Frequency words reading mats to help students identify and read high frequency words.
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Blending Words Fortune Teller Templates
Help students practice blending CVC words with these interactive chatterbox templates.
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Verbs in Pictures Activity
Explore verbs in action using these scenes at the playground and beach.
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Easter Writing Prompts - Differentiated Worksheets
Inspire your early year students to get writing with these easy to use Easter writing prompts.
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Handwriting Lines with Cat - Dotted Line
Use the cat to help your students set their handwriting out correctly.
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Introduction to Personal Recounts PowerPoint
Use this personal recount set of teaching slides to teach younger students about the structure and language features of personal recounts.
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Handwriting Paper with Dotted Blue Line - Landscape
Use this Handwriting Paper to help students to write with their neatest handwriting.
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Making Connections Text to Self Poster Pack
Explore making connections with these text to self, text to text and text to world posters for the classroom.
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Animals in Winter - Year 1 Reading Worksheets
Blend Year 1 Science and Reading with a printable pack of Animals in Winter reading comprehension worksheets.
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Question Cards
Help students with six different comprehension skills with this set of super 6 comprehension task cards and mats.
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Digraph Search and Find Worksheet Pack
Search for images that contain particular consonant digraphs with this worksheet pack.
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Common Nouns and Proper Nouns - Sorting Task
A sorting task to help students learn the difference between common nouns and proper nouns.
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Readers' Theatre Scripts - Year 1 and Year 2
Boost reading fluency and confidence with this set of Readers’ Theatre scripts designed for Year 1 and Year 2 students.
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Colour by Sight Word Worksheet Pack
Use this set of colour by sight words worksheets to help students master the tricky elements in each word.
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Student Reading Log Printables
Track home reading with a printable reading log.
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Exploring Persuasive Texts PowerPoint - Year 1 and Year 2
A 35 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the structure and language features of persuasive texts.
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Level 4 Decodable Readers - Worksheet Pack
A set of one-pager worksheet versions of the texts from our Level 4 decodable readers.
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OW and OU Words - Word Search
Explore words containing ‘ow’ and ‘ou’ with this set of differentiated word searches.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Single Graphemes (Set 2)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.