English Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Eliza's Ride - Decodable Reader (Level 5)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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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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Long A Words - Word Search
Explore words containing some of the most common ‘long a’ graphemes with this set of differentiated word searches.
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Long OO Words - Word Search
Explore words containing some of the most common ‘long oo’ graphemes with this set of differentiated word searches.
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CVC/CCVC/CVCC Word Flashcards
A comprehensive set of flashcards for CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words.
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Adjectives Poster Pack
Get your students to use new words to describe objects with this set of 13 bright and colourful posters.
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Phoneme Segmentation Worksheets - CVCC/CCVC Words
Use this worksheet pack to give students practice at segmenting words into phonemes.
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Fix the Punctuation Activity
A cut and match activity to help your students correctly punctuate sentences.
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Guided Reading Groups - Comprehension Question Prompts
Refer to this table during a guided reading session for questions to ask your students before, during and after reading.
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Personal Recounts Worksheet - My Wonderful Weekend
A simple text and worksheet to use when exploring personal recounts.
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Personal Recount Sequencing Activity - My Broken Leg
A worksheet to use in the classroom when learning the sequence of a personal recount.
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Blue Goal Setting Desk Plates
Desk plates for your students to name and set their goals.
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Analysing Informational Text Worksheets
Use these informational text worksheets and information text examples with your year 1 and Year 2 students to analysis text features and language features of informative texts.
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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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High Frequency Words Mini Books in School Fonts
Explore the tricky parts in sight words with this set of 20 printable sight word mini books.
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R-Controlled Vowel Phoneme Spotter Stories
Use this set of decodable texts featuring various graphemes that make r-controlled vowel sounds.
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Picture Story Sequencing Worksheets
Help your students build strong visual literacy skills with these Picture Story Sequencing cut and paste worksheet pack.
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Author’s Purpose Pie Worksheet Set
Practise Author’s Purpose knowledge with this set of Author’s Purpose Worksheets.
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Preposition PowerPoint
Use this preposition PowerPoint to help your students understand and use prepositions of place, time and direction with confidence.
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CVC Word Blending Cut and Paste Worksheets
Help students practise blending and reading CVC words with this set of 6 cut-and-paste worksheets.
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My Animal – Digital Report Writing Activity
Get your students to write an information report on an animal using this digital writing scaffold perfect for modelled and shared writing.
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Procedural Writing Templates – "How to" Prompts
Get your students to write procedural texts with this set of differentiated procedure writing prompt templates.
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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 CK Interactive Activity
Engage students in practising their learning around the consonant digraph of ‘ck’ with this fun rock climbing-themed interactive activity.
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Printable Alphabet Colouring Pages
Use printable alphabet colouring pages to boost letter recognition skills.
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Adverb Worksheet Pack
Assign your students this fun worksheet pack to reinforce their understanding of adverbs (you can even create an adverbs workbook!).
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Story Retell Graphic Organisers (Differentiated)
Help students confidently retell a story with this set of differentiated graphic organisers.
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Character Traits Posters
Remind your students about the difference between external and internal character traits with this set of three classroom posters.
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Narrative Elements Graphic Organisers – Portrait
Encourage your students to write and draw about various story elements with this set of differentiated graphic organisers.
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Character Appearance, Traits and Feelings - Worksheet
Explore and describe a character's personality, feelings and appearance with this differentiated worksheet to be used with any text.
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Story Beginning, Middle and End Graphic Organiser
Help your students write and draw about the beginning, middle and end of stories with this set of differentiated graphic organisers.