Reading Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Rhyming Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to practice rhyming.
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Word Family Sorting Activity – Set 4
A sorting activity to practice word families.
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Alphabet Display Poster
A bright and colourful poster to display when introducing the letters of the alphabet.
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Word Family Sorting Activity – Set 3
A sorting activity using word families.
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'Fly into a New Year' Bookmark
A bookmark to give your students at the start of the new year.
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Word Family Sorting Activity – Set 2
A word family sorting activity.
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Letter Match-Up Cards
A set of upper and lowercase letter cards.
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Welcome to Scotland! – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a country profile from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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The Waterfall – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a poem from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
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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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Search-a-Rooney 1 – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a image stimulus poster where students need to locate objects and characters.
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Word Morph Active Game
An active game that allows students to test and build their phonetic knowledge.
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Splat! Active Game
An active game that allows students to test and build their vocabulary knowledge.
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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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Hopping Through Hoops Active Game
An active game that allows students to review vocabulary words for any content area.
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Find and Sort Active Game
An active game that allows students to practise sorting word families.
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Letter to the Editor (No-School Birthdays) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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Reading Is My Secret Power Because... – Writing Template
Write about the secret power of reading with this superhero-inspired writing template.
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Alphabet Slap
A fun game for letter, consonant, and vowel recognition.
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Read Along Pocket Chart Cards – Dr. Mae Jemison
A set of pocket chart cards to use for reading and sight word practice.
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Back to School Today — Short Poem for Kids
Use this short poem for kids when students return to school. This child-friendly poem discusses feelings that they may experience when heading back to school after an extended break.
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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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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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Looking For a Book? – Suggestions Jar
A suggestions jar to help your students choose an appropriate book.
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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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Alphabetise the Aquarium Activity
A set of 4 mats for students to practise alphabetising.
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Mould It! Task Cards
A set of 28 playdough activity cards.
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Guided Reading Groups - Organiser Template
Use this template to easily identify your guided reading groups and move students to different levels.