Reading Teaching Resources for Year 1
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A Whale's Tale - Simple Rhyming Poetry Poster
A simple rhyming poem perfect for developing a love of reading and writing poetry.
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CVC Word Building Activity
Practise building CVC words with this 25 slide interactive activity.
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Musical Blending Active Game
An active game that allows students to practise using blends and digraphs.
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Find and Sort Active Game
An active game that allows students to practise sorting word families.
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Summarising a Story Flipbook
A template for students to use when summarising a story.
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Superfoods: What's for Lunch? – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic about the importance of eating a healthy lunch.
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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 'u' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practise reading and identifying long and short vowel ‘u’ 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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Human Histories: Helpful Heroes – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about people around the world who have dedicated their lives to helping others.
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Recommended Books: Lower Years
A list of recommended books for lower years created by award-winning teacher-librarian Megan Daley.
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Guided Reading Folder - Cover and Dividers
Use this collection of templates to organise your guided reading folder.
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Word Family Sorting Cards
A set of 36 sorting cards to reinforce word families and rhyming with your students.
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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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Human Histories: World Explorers – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about some world explorers and their achievements.
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What Toy Am I? - Toy Definition Match Up Game
A set of 20 puzzle cards for students to match pictures of toys to their definition.
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Alphabetical Order Poster
A poster explaining how to order words according to their place in the alphabet.
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Poetry Resource Folder Cover and Dividers
Use this collection of templates to organise your classroom poetry resources folder.
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Farm Yard Sounds Match-Up Activity
A set of eight farm animal cards with matching animal sound cards.
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Ninja Race Phonics Game
A fun, engaging board game to consolidate students' understanding of digraphs and rhyme.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction Questions - Wheel
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction Questions - Wheel
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction Questions - Dice
5 different versions of dice to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Literacy Assessment Tracker - Viewing and Reading Prep to Year 7 (QLD)
A literacy assessment tool to monitor student progress for viewing and reading from Prep to Year 6.
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Character Emotions Worksheet
Make inferences about character's feelings with this one-page worksheet.
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Book Report Mini Book
Have students write about their favourite literature with this fun-sized mini-book.
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Reading Detectives Posters and Banner
8 colourful reading detective posters and a banner to display in the classroom.
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Reading Strategy Bookmark
A double-sided bookmark to remind your students of the different reading strategies.
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Sophia the Superdog! - Comprehension Text and Questions
A superdog themed text and set of questions to help develop comprehension strategies in the classroom.
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Transitional Reading Rubric (Lower Primary)
A rubric to ascertain students reading phases.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Why Bears Have Stumpy Tails – Sequencing Worksheet
Identify the story beginning, series of events and ending with this narrative text sequencing activity.