Reading Teaching Resources for Year 1
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5 Elements of a Short Story Activity
Explore the 5 elements of a short story using this digital activity with five short stories.
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Beginning Sounds Match Dominoes
Explore letter-sound correspondence and beginning word sounds with this set of 52 letter and picture dominoes.
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CVC Blending Word Car Mats
Get students excited about blending simple CVC words with these engaging car-themed blending road mats!
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Read the Room - Blending Words Task Cards
Get your students active and also practising their phoneme blending skills with this fun read the room blending activity.
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Blending 4-Phoneme Words Puzzles
Help students master blending phonemes with this set of 4-phoneme blending puzzles.
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Blending 3-Phoneme Words Puzzles
Help students master blending phonemes with this set of 3-phoneme blending puzzles.
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Blending Words Digital Quiz
Get your students to practise their blending with simple CVC words using this digital activity.
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Blending Phonemes CVC Word BINGO
Practise blending phonemes to form one-syllable words with this set of 20 bingo game boards and cards.
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I Spy Blending Phonemes Activity
Support your students' phonemic awareness development with this fun I Spy phoneme blending activity
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Letter Confusion Worksheets
Help students who are struggling with letter confusion with this set of 10 letter confusion worksheets.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letters Maze Worksheet Set
Help students learn to recognise both uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet with this fun set of maze worksheets.
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Sight Word Splash Game
Use this collaborative partner game to allow your students to practise reading and writing some of the most common high-frequency words.
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Short I Word Families Flashcards
Use these word families flashcards to help familiarise your students with words that contain the short i vowel sound.
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Snowball Onset and Rime Puzzle
Enhance your phonics lessons with a set of snowball-themed onset and rime puzzles.
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L-Blends Blending Flashcards
Practise blending l-blends with this set of blending l word cards.
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Story Retell Brochure Template
Explore retelling a story with this brochure template covering the major elements of a retell.
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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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Consonant Digraph WH Interactive Activity
Engage students in practising their learning around the consonant digraph of ‘wh’ with this ocean-themed interactive activity.
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Consonant Digraph PH Interactive Activity
Engage students in practising their knowledge of the consonant digraph ‘ph’ with this fun ocean-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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Kn Digraph Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to the ng digraph with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Diphthong Phonics Journal
Help students remember and record words and examples of different diphthongs during your phonics lessons.
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OA Vowel Digraph Bingo Game
Practise decoding words with OA vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds with this BINGO game for up to 18 players.
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Word Family Pumpkin Sort
Enhance your phonics lessons with a pumpkin-themed word family game.
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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction - Interactive Activity
Help your students easily find the main idea and support details in a nonfiction text with this interactive activity.
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Parts of a Plant - Differentiated Mini Books
Read and learn about the parts of a plant with a set of differentiated Parts of a Plant Books for kids.
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Count and Colour Sounds - Phoneme Counting Worksheets
Count and colour the images that have 3 phonemes, 4 phonemes and 5 phonemes in this worksheet set.
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Spelling CVCC Words - Worksheets
Develop students’ ability to segment and blend the sounds in CVCC words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Similes Poster (Early Years)
Show your students an example of a simile using this colourful classroom display poster.
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Story Elements Poster Set
Display these cute sloth-themed story elements posters when learning about narrative texts.
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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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Initial S-Blends - Interactive Activity
Become familiar with words that begin with an s-blend using this interactive digital resource.