Reading Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Short and Long Vowels Activity Pack
Segment and sort these words into their short or long vowel sounds.
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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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Long E Words - Word Search
Explore words containing some of the most common ‘long e’ graphemes with this set of differentiated word searches.
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Phoneme Segmentation Worksheets - CVCC/CCVC Words
Use this worksheet pack to give students practice at segmenting words into phonemes.
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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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Library Scavenger Hunt – Lower Primary
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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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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Guided Reading Groups - Comprehension Strategy Tracker
Use this template to easily track the comprehension strategies your students use during reading.
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Short Vowel Worksheets - Middle Sounds
Three worksheets to allow students to practise identifying the middle vowel sound of CVC words.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Initial Letter Colouring Worksheet
Identify the first letter for each picture and then colour it in.
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Character Adjective Concertina Template – The Gingerbread Man
Learn how adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality with a hands-on craft activity aligned to the English curriculum.
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Phonemic Awareness Cards
Use these 32 phonemic awareness cards to develop your student's phonics knowledge.
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Rhyming Word Cards
A set of 30 picture cards that can be used to help consolidate students' knowledge of rhyming words.
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Picture Story Sequencing Worksheets
Help your students build strong visual literacy skills with these Picture Story Sequencing cut and paste worksheet pack.
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Making Predictions Task Cards
Use these making predictions task cards in the classroom to help students with predicting skills during reading.
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Making Predictions With Pictures Prompt Cards
Encourage early reading comprehension by using Making Predictions with Pictures Prompt Cards to help students develop critical thinking and inference skills through visual storytelling
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Alphabet Bingo Upper and Lowercase Recognition
Give students the opportunity to practise the recognition of lowercase and uppercase letters with this set of alphabet bingo cards.
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Onset and Rime Phonics Search Pack
Practise searching for and decoding onset and rime words with this set of search and find worksheets.
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Reading Is Magic! Book Review Brochure Template
Download this book review brochure template based on the 2024 Book Week theme, “Reading Is Magic”.
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Ink-Friendly Classroom Alphabet Display
Print and hang your own classroom alphabet posters with printable upper and lowercase letter posters with real-world images.
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Letter Sound Worksheets - Initial, Medial, and Final Positions
Practise isolating initial, medial, and final letter sounds with a fun set of Letter Sound Worksheets for Year 1.
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Colour Me - Monthly Reading Logs for Kids
Encourage your students to read every night with a fun set of colour-in reading logs for each month of the year.
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Long E Vowel Digraphs Interactive Activity
Practise identifying the different graphemes that spell the long /e/ sound with this fun space-themed interactive activity.
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Fiction vs Non-Fiction Teaching Slides
Teach your students the difference between fiction and non-fiction books with this age-appropriate teaching presentation for early years literacy lessons.
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Ch Digraph Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to the ch digraph with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Year 1 Magazine – What’s Buzzing? (Issue 2)
A beautifully designed, 22-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 1 students.
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Story Elements Cut and Paste Worksheets – Little Red Riding Hood
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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Character or Not? Cut and Paste Worksheet
Explore the difference between characters and non-characters with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Finding the Main Idea - Graphic Organiser Templates
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to find the main idea of a text.
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Level 5 Decodable Readers - Worksheet Pack
A set of one-pager worksheet versions of the texts from our Level 5 decodable readers.
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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.