Year 1
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students' knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating. Learning in English builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit and strengthen these as needed.
In Year 1, students communicate with peers, teachers, known adults and students from other classes.
Students engage with a variety of texts for enjoyment. They listen to, read, view and interpret spoken, written and multimodal texts designed to entertain and inform. These encompass traditional oral texts including Aboriginal stories, picture books, various types of stories, rhyming verse, poetry, non-fiction, film, dramatic performances and texts used by students as models for constructing their own texts.
The range of literary texts for Foundation to Year 10 comprises Australian literature, including the oral narrative traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, as well as the contemporary literature of these two cultural groups, and classic and contemporary world literature, including texts from and about Asia. Literary texts that support and extend Year 1 students as independent readers involve straightforward sequences of events and everyday happenings with recognisably realistic or imaginary characters. Informative texts present a small amount of new content about familiar topics of interest and topics being studied in other areas of the curriculum. These include decodable and predictable texts which present a small range of language features, including simple and compound sentences, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a small number of high-frequency words and words that need to be decoded phonically, as well as illustrations and diagrams that support the printed text.
Students create a variety of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts including recounts, procedures, performances, literary retellings and poetry.
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
Achievement Standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 1, students understand the different purposes of texts. They make connections to personal experience when explaining characters and main events in short texts. They identify that texts serve different purposes and that this affects how they are organised. They describe characters, settings and events in different types of literature.
Students read aloud, with developing fluency. They read short texts with some unfamiliar vocabulary, simple and compound sentences and supportive images. When reading, they use knowledge of the relationship between sounds and letters, high-frequency words, sentence boundary punctuation and directionality to make meaning. They recall key ideas and recognise literal and implied meaning in texts. They listen to others when taking part in conversations, using appropriate language features and interaction skills.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
Students understand how characters in texts are developed and give reasons for personal preferences. They create texts that show understanding of the connection between writing, speech and images.
They create short texts for a small range of purposes. They interact in pair, group and class discussions, taking turns when responding. They make short presentations on familiar topics. When writing, students provide details about ideas or events, and details about the participants in those events. They accurately spell high-frequency words and words with regular spelling patterns. They use capital letters and full stops and form all upper- and lower-case letters correctly.
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
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True or False? Active Listening Exercises
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging True or False Active Listening Activity.
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The 'Oops' Opportunity – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
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Human Histories: Terrific Tennis Players – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a human histories article from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
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Art Attack! Shape – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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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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Comical Chronicle Worksheets – Year 1
A set of 10 ad-lib style stories for students to complete.
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Beetle Beats Poem - Simple Rhyming Poetry Poster
A simple rhyming poem to develop vocabulary, reading, speaking and listening in the early years.
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Splat! Active Game
An active game that allows students to test and build their vocabulary knowledge.
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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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Alliteration Poster For Young Students
A poster to use with young students when teaching alliteration.
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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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Fun Letter Ideas for Kids
Share fun letter ideas with your students using this engaging article featuring six creative tips to make personal letters more exciting and expressive!
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NAIDOC Week Connection to Country Word Search - Lower Primary
A NAIDOC Week Connection to Country Word Search suitable for lower primary school students.
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NAIDOC Week My Country Worksheet - Lower Primary
A NAIDOC Week "My Country" worksheet suitable for lower primary school students.
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Superfoods: What's for Lunch? – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic about the importance of eating a healthy lunch.
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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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BUMP! Blending 'L' - Board Game
A board game to practise decoding words with an l-blend.
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Formal and Informal Greetings – Worksheet
A sorting worksheet where students distinguish the differences between formal and informal greetings.
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Human Histories: World Explorers – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about some world explorers and their achievements.
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Year 1 Dictation Passages PowerPoint
Use this set of Year 1 dictation passages to promote listening and transcription skills in your students.
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Ninja Race Phonics Game
A fun, engaging board game to consolidate students' understanding of digraphs and rhyme.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction Questions - Dice
5 different versions of dice to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction Questions - Wheel
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Author's Purpose - Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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Author's Purpose - Puzzle Activity
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction Questions - Wheel
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Compare and Contrast - Objects Worksheets
A pack of 5 worksheets comparing and contrasting pictures of similar objects.
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Reading Detectives Name Tags
8 colourful reading detective name tags to assign students during guided reading sessions.