Reading Teaching Resources for Year 1
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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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Story Setting or Not? Cut and Paste Worksheet
Explore the difference between story settings and non-settings with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Word Mapping Recording Sheets
Practise mapping out words and segmenting their phonemes using these word mapping templates.
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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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Level 4 Decodable Readers - Worksheet Pack
A set of one-pager worksheet versions of the texts from our Level 4 decodable readers.
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Christmas Around the World Mini Book - Germany
Introduce your students to Germany's Christmas traditions and decorations with a printable Christmas Around the World Mini Book.
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Long E Graphemes - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore words containing graphemes that make the ‘long e’ sound with this active classroom game that will get your students moving!
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Consonant Digraphs Poster Pack
Expose your students to the most common consonant digraphs with this set of 9 posters.
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Crabbing at Night - Sequencing Worksheet
Identify the story beginning, series of events and ending with this narrative text sequencing activity.
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Decodable Sound Button Flashcards – Set 1
A set of over 100 decodable sound button flashcards.
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SPLAT! CCVC Word Game
A set of 36 task cards to practise decoding CCVC words.
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Decodable Text Worksheets - Single Graphemes (Set 1)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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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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CVCC and CCVC Words – Playdough Mats
27 pages of 4-letter words for students to practise writing and forming in playdough.
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Fairy Tales Writing Sheets
A set of 20 lined pages with fairy tale borders.
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Reading Connections Worksheet Set
Build deep comprehension skills with this engaging Reading Connections Worksheet set.
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Image Detective Task Cards
Support young learners as they learn to combine text and images to build meaning with this engaging set of Image Detective task cards.
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Blending and Segmenting Strips
Provide these blending and segmenting stips to students to use as a reference or to practise blending and segmenting sounds in 4 phoneme and 5 phoneme words.
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Sophia the Superdog - Comprehension Text and Question Cards
A superdog themed text and set of questions to help develop comprehension strategies in the classroom.
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Inferring During Reading PowerPoint
Build strong comprehension skills with this engaging Inferring During Reading PowerPoint.
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Digital Predicting Story Activity
Use this digital story of The Muddy Dog and matching prediction worksheets to explore how to make predictions before, during and after a story as a class.
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Making and Checking Prediction Graphic Organiser Pack
Use these making and checking predictions templates with your early years students to help with predictions before, during and after reading.
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Making Predictions Using Comics Activity Pack
Use these comics and matching prediction worksheets when learning about how to make predictions using images, titles and context clues while reading.
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Printable Book Review Templates - Character Collection
Use this set of cute character-themed book review templates with your early years students.
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High Frequency Tricky Words Teaching Slides - Year 1
Give your Year 1 students the structured support they need to read and spell high‑frequency words with unusual or unexpected spelling patterns.
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High Frequency Words Bingo - Year 1 (Level 2)
Use this set of Year 1 (Level 2) High‑Frequency Words Bingo boards as an exciting, tactile way for students to practise decoding essential early-reading words.
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Vowel Teams Sorting Activity (EE, EA and EY)
Decode words with the EE, EA and EY vowel teams using 18 picture cards with sorting mats.
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Internal and External Character Traits - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Explore the internal and external traits of story characters with this differentiated cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Story Setting or Not? - Sorting Activity
Explore the difference between story settings and non-settings with this hands-on sorting activity.
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First, Then, Finally Sort and Writing Template
Help your students sequence ideas for a narrative story with these narrative element prompts and a First Then Finally Writing Template.
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Hickory Dickory Dock – Nursery Rhyme Poster and PowerPoint
Use this “Hickory Dickory Dock” nursery rhyme poster and PowerPoint to teach your youngest students about rhyme, rhythm and counting.
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Character Emotion Wheel Pack
Help students explore how language can be used to present characters in different ways with this set of character emotion wheel templates.