Reading Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Missing Letters - Letter-Sound Recognition Task Cards
Buzz into letter-sound correspondence with this honey-themed missing letter task card set.
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Story Elements Cut and Paste Worksheets – Jack and the Beanstalk
Explore story characters, settings and main events with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets based on a well-known fairy tale.
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Who Is the Main Character? Interactive Game
Practise identifying the main characters in nursery rhymes with this interactive digital activity.
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Types of Characters - Poster
Remind students about the types of characters that can be found in stories with this colourful classroom poster.
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Character Appearance, Traits and Feelings - Worksheet
Explore and describe a character's personality, feelings and appearance with this differentiated worksheet to be used with any text.
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Story Characters - Mini Book
Teach your little learners about the various types of story characters with this fun-sized mini-book.
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Exploring Story Characters - Worksheets
Explore the defining features of story characters with this differentiated worksheet.
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Character or Not? - Sorting Activity
Explore the difference between characters and non-characters with this hands-on sorting activity.
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Story Settings - Graphic Organisers
Encourage your students to write and draw about story settings with this set of differentiated graphic organisers.
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Beginning, Middle and End Mini-Book - Itsy Bitsy Spider
Teach your students about the beginning, middle and end of a story with mini-book retelling of The Itsy Bitsy Spider.
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Phoneme Segmentation and Sorting Cut-and-Paste Worksheets
Count, cut and paste to practise segmenting words into their phonemes with this worksheet pack.
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My Word of the Day Mat
A fun worksheet to use in the classroom when building vocabulary.
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Dictionary Entry Cut and Paste Worksheet
Practise identifying the parts of a dictionary entry with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Ice Cream Word Chains - Interactive Activity
Drag and drop the ice cream scoops to make CVCC and CCVC word chains with this engaging digital activity.
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CVC Word Chains- Interactive Activity
Practise spelling CVC words and manipulating their phonemes to create word chains with this digital resource.
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CVC Word Chain Sequencing Cards
Practise building word chains involving CVC words with these word chain sequencing cards.
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Word Chains Mini-Book
Practise spelling CVC words and manipulating their phonemes to create word chains with this fun-sized mini-book.
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Spaceship Word Chains - Worksheets
Manipulate the individual phonemes in 3- and 4-letter words to create new ones with this set of word chain worksheets.
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Word Chain Mazes - Worksheets
Colour a path through the maze by identifying the changing phoneme to create a continuous word chain.
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Alphabet Display (Letters and Images)
Display these lowercase and uppercase letter posters with images that begin with each letter.
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Long O Words - Word Search
Explore words containing some of the most common ‘long o’ graphemes with this set of differentiated word searches.
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Short and Long Vowel Sorting Activity - Spring
Practise distinguishing short and long vowels with a fun literacy station sorting activity.
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Dress Up Day - Decodable Reader (Level 3)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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What's That Racket? - Decodable Reader (Level 3)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Vowel Sorting Activity - Short and Long Vowels
Supplement your phonics lessons with an apple-themed vowel sound sorting activity.
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The Pink Dump Truck - Decodable Reader (Level 2)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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The Tap - Decodable Reader (Level 2)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Camping with Dad - Decodable Reader (Level 2)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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My Dog Don - Decodable Reader (Level 2)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Nick Is Sick! - Decodable Reader (Level 2)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Long U Graphemes - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore words containing graphemes that make the ‘long u’ sound with this active classroom game that will get your students moving!
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Switching Sounds in CVC Words - Interactive Activity
Manipulate onsets to create new words with this interactive phonics resource.