Reading Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Word Chain Worksheet - Beginning L Blends
Manipulate the individual phonemes in words to create new ones with this differentiated word-building worksheet.
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Word Chain Worksheet - End -st Blends
Create word chains by manipulating the individual phonemes in words with this differentiated word-building worksheet.
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Magic E Words - Match-Up Activity
Explore words containing long vowel sounds created by the magic e.
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Building Sundaes with Vowel Teams (AI, AY, EE and EA)
Decode words with ay, ai, ea and ee long vowel teams by crafting cute desserts!
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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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R-Controlled Vowels Poster Pack
Supplement your phonics curriculum with an r-controlled vowel poster display.
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Initial Sound Peg Cards (Version 1)
An initial sound and fine motor activity for the early years classroom.
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Rhyming Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to practice rhyming.
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Character Profile Flip Book - Lower Primary
Explore story characters with this flipbook template for lower primary students.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Single Graphemes (Set 2)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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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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The Birthday Ride – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a narrative from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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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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Guided Reading Groups - Progress Tracker
Use this resource to track the progress of students during your guided reading groups.
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Three Little Pigs – Sequencing Worksheet
Identify the story beginning, series of events and ending with this narrative text sequencing activity.
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Initial Letter Colouring Worksheet
Identify the first letter for each picture and then colour it in.
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Reading Detectives Worksheets
8 reading detective worksheets to use during guided reading sessions in the classroom.
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Visual Literacy Graphic Organiser Set
Build visual literacy and deeper comprehension with this Visual Clues Graphic Organiser Pack.
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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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Who’s the Audience? Digital Activity
Use this Who’s the Audience? Activity when discussing and identifying the purpose and audience of a variety of different community signs and texts.
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Inferring During Reading PowerPoint
Build strong comprehension skills with this engaging Inferring During Reading PowerPoint.
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Making Predictions Reading Strategy PowerPoint
Use these Making Predictions Reading Strategy teaching slides when introducing the concept of predicting during reading to 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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Blending CVC Word Activity
Use this Blending CVC Word Activity with your students to get them practising blending simple CVC words.
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The Needs of Birds – Comprehension Worksheet
Explore the needs of birds and build reading comprehension skills with a printable Year 1 reading passage and comprehension activity.
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Year 1 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 1 magazine.
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Reading Log Bookmark Templates
Motivate and track your students’ reading habits with our printable Reading Log Bookmark Templates.
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'Book an Adventure' Colouring In Sheet
Celebrate National Book Week and brighten up your classroom space with a printable ‘Book an Adventure’ Colouring In Activity Sheet.
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Rhyming Bingo Game
Play a Rhyming Bingo Game to help your beginning readers learn to identify rhyming words and word families.
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Beginning Blends Bingo
Increase reading confidence with this beginning blends bingo game that engages learners while reviewing 22 beginning blends.
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Vowel Digraph Bingo
Play our vowel digraph bingo game to engage your students while increasing their reading confidence.
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Book Genre Posters and Labels
Brighten up your classroom or library while helping students identify the genre of book for kids with this eye-catching Book Genre Posters and Labels pack!