English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Guided Reading Groups - Retelling a Text Template
Use this template during a guided reading session for a scaffold to help your students retell a text.
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Comic Strip Template
A template for students to write their own comic strip.
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Making Connections with Text Poster
A poster showing the concepts of text to self, text to text and text to world.
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Newspaper Themed - Book Report Template and Poster
A fun newspaper themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.
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Book Worm Themed - Book Report Template and Poster
A fun book worm themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.
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Phoneme Manipulation Worksheet Pack
Use these phoneme manipulation worksheets to help students develop their phonemic awareness skills.
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Personal Pronouns Interactive Task Cards
Use this online personal pronouns game to get your students identifying and using these important parts of speech.
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Blending Words Reading Warm-Up Task Cards
Get your students ready for reading with these blending words reading warm-up task cards.
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Letter Reversal Posters
Display these posters highlighting the differences between b, d, p and q letterforms.
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Spin and Blend Onset and Rime Pack
Practise blending onset and rime words with this set of spin and blend worksheets.
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Onset and Rime Flower Craft Pack
Explore different onset and rime patterns with these fun and engaging flower craft packs.
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Informative Writing Posters
Display this set of 5 information report posters in your classroom during your informative writing unit.
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Community Helper – Digital Report Writing Activity
Use this community helpers interactive activity to model the purpose and structural elements of information reports.
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Sight Word Activity Worksheets
Help your students practise their sight words at home with this set of two sight word activity grids.
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Magic-Themed Book Review Template
Create a display of student book reviews during Book Week 2024 with this magic-themed book review template for lower years students.
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Super Stamina Reading Posters
Highlight strategies students can use to read for longer periods of time with this printable poster set for a school library or classroom.
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Dolch Sight Word Tracker - Google Sheets
Track mastery of Dolch Sight Words using a digital Google Sheets Sight Word tracking spreadsheet.
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/r/ Words Articulation - Speech Therapy Worksheets
Provide articulation practise with printable speech articulation worksheets for words with beginning, medial, and final /r/ sounds.
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Contractions Board Game
Encourage growth in spelling and writing conventions with a board game to practise making contractions using apostrophes.
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How to Make a Salad – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this engaging craft activity on making a salad to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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Compound Words Go Fish Game
Practise building compound words with an engaging game of Compound Word Go Fish!
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How to Wash Your Hands Flipbook
Use this “How to Wash Your Hands” procedural writing activity to help familiarise your students with the structural elements of procedure texts.
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Days of the Week - Year 1 Spelling Homework Worksheets
Read, write, and recognise the names of the 7 days of the week with a pack of daily practice worksheets.
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Characteristics of Animals - Year 1 Writing Activities
Help your young students read and write about features of animals with a printable Animal Characteristics Write the Room activity.
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Marine Animals - Year 1 Leveled Reader
Learn about the creatures under the ocean’s surface with a printable leveled reader book about marine animals.
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Australian Desert Animals Mini Book
Read and learn about plants and animals in the Australian desert with a printable mini book for Year 1.
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Animal Alphabet Display Posters
An A to Z of animals in 26 vibrant posters.
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IE and I_E Vowel Team Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to IE and I_E vowel digraphs with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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The Inference Song Classroom Poster
Teach your students about the meaning of inferencing with a song!
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My Diphthong Cheat Sheet
Help students learn all about diphthongs with this handy diphthong student reference sheet.
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'EE' Vowel Digraph Board Game
Decode words with the ee long vowel team in this word card board game.
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Vowel Digraph Dominoes - EE, EA, and EY
Decode words with ee, ea, and ey vowel digraph conventions for representing long vowel sounds using this set of 26 dominoes.