Phonics Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Phoneme Spotter Story – Long 'o' Sound
A decodable text featuring various graphemes that make the long 'o' sound.
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Phoneme Spotter Story - Long 'a' Sound
A decodable text featuring various graphemes that make the long 'a' sound.
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Printable Personal Dictionary for Primary Students
A printable booklet with pictures and sight words for students to create their own personal dictionary.
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Betty Botter – Tongue Twister Poster
Use this “Betty Botter” tongue twister poster to teach your youngest students about word play and alliteration.
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Printable Early Reader Books - Ocean Animals
Learn about sea life with a printable ocean book for year 1 students.
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Ch Digraph Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to the ch digraph with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Diphthongs Maze Worksheet
Excite your students to practise their knowledge of diphthongs with this fun clue-based maze worksheet.
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Th Word List and Flash Cards
Practice reading and spelling words with the Digraph TH with a list of 50 words and accompanying illustrated flash cards.
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CVCC and CCVC Word Chain Ladders - Worksheets
Build word chains with CVCC and CCVC words using this set of printable phonics worksheets.
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Short OO Words - Word Search
Explore words containing some of the most common ‘short oo’ graphemes with this set of differentiated word searches.
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Nick Is Sick! - Decodable Reader (Level 2)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Colour by Sight Words - 6 Words - Chicken
A fun colouring activity to use when working with sight words.
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First 100 Fry Sight Words – Practice Mat
A hands-on resource to enable your students to practise reading and writing a range of high-frequency words.
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SATPIN Matching Activity - Frog and Lily Pads
A SATPIN matching activity using lilly pads.
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Phoneme Spotter Story – 'oy' Sound
A decodable text featuring various graphemes that make the ‘oy’ sound.
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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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/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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Vowel Teams Phonics Journal
Help students remember and record words and examples of different vowel digraphs during your phonics lessons.
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Long E Vowel Digraphs Interactive Activity
Practise identifying the different graphemes that spell the long /e/ sound with this fun space-themed interactive activity.
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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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Diphthong Colouring Activity Worksheets
Practise finding different vowel team diphthongs with this set of fun colour-by-code worksheets for your students.
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Ph Digraph Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to the ph digraph with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Wh Digraph Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to the wh digraph with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Sight Word Lists – Teacher Resource Binder
Use this collection of checklists, student pages and quick-check assessments when reviewing Dolch sight words spanning from pre-primer to year 3.
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Mapping Tricky Words - Task Cards
Practise identifying the tricky parts in high-frequency words with these differentiated sets of tricky word mapping task cards.
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What's That Racket? - Decodable Reader (Level 3)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Long U Graphemes - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore words containing graphemes that make the ‘long u’ sound with this active classroom game that will get your students moving!
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CVC/CCVC/CVCC Word Flashcards
A comprehensive set of flashcards for CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words.
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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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Colour by Sight Words - 5 Words - Bee
A fun colouring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Phoneme Spotter Story – 'er' Sound
A decodable text featuring various graphemes that make the ‘er’ sound.