Phonics Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Close Mates - Decodable Reader (Level 5)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Word Chain Mazes - Worksheets
Colour a path through the maze by identifying the changing phoneme to create a continuous word chain.
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Alphabet Display (Letters and Images)
Display these lowercase and uppercase letter posters with images that begin with each letter.
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Vowel Sorting Activity - Short and Long Vowels
Supplement your phonics lessons with an apple-themed vowel sound sorting activity.
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OI Graphemes - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore words containing graphemes that make the diphthong ‘oi’ with this active classroom game that will get your students moving!
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Initial S-Blends - Interactive Activity
Become familiar with words that begin with an s-blend using this interactive digital resource.
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Gingerbread Phonics - Letter-Sound Correspondence Sort
Have some sweet Christmas reading fun with a gingerbread-themed letter-sound correspondence sorting activity.
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Spelling Rotation Classroom Display
Guided spelling classroom display to organise your classroom and their daily activities.
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Word Study List - Hard and Soft C
Introduce and explore words containing the hard and soft c with this extensive list of words.
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Word Study List - Prefixes
Introduce and explore common prefixes with this extensive list of words.
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Word Study List - Long E Graphemes
Introduce and explore words containing graphemes that make the ‘long e’ sound with this extensive list of words.
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Which Letter? Sorting Activity - K or C
Practise identifying when to begin words with the letter K or the letter C with this hands-on sorting activity.
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Which Sound? Sorting Activity - The Letter C
Practise identifying the different sounds made by the letter C with this hands-on sorting activity.
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Which Sound? Sorting Activity - The Letter G
Practise identifying the different sounds made by the letter G with this hands-on sorting activity.
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Which Consonant Digraph Is It? Interactive Activity
Review consonant digraphs with this comprehensive drag-and-drop interactive activity.
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CVC Word Chain Task Cards
Manipulate the individual phonemes in CVC words to create new ones with this set of differentiated task cards.
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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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Consonant Digraph Word Puzzles
Familiarise your students with a variety of consonant digraphs with these hands-on word puzzles.
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Magic E Wand and Word Cards
Explore the power of the magic e in CVCe words with this crafty phonics activity.
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Building Sundaes with Vowel Teams (OA, OW, OE and EY)
Decode words with OA, OW, OE and EY long vowel teams by crafting cute desserts!
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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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CCVC Word Dominoes
Practise decoding CCVC words with this set of 28 dominoes.
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Building Sundaes - CVC Word Mats
Segment CVC words with this set of 14 word mats.
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Consonant Blends Sorting Activity - Apple Barrels
Supplement your phonics lessons with a consonant blend sorting activity.
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R-Controlled Vowel Peg Cards
Build an engaging literacy center or station activity around r-controlled vowels with these digital and/or printable r-controlled vowel clip cards.
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SMASH IT! Vowels Game
Distinguish between long and short vowel sounds with this set of 5 game boards and vowel letter cards.
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Word Morph Active Game
An active game that allows students to test and build their phonetic 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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Phoneme Spotter Story – 'or' Sound
A decodable text featuring various graphemes that make the ‘or’ sound.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Matching
A set of four pages for practicing uppercase and lowercase letter recognition.
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Move It! - Long and Short Vowel 'i' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practise reading and identifying long and short vowel ‘i’ words.
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Colour by Sight Words - 4 Words - Dragonfly
A fun colouring activity to use when working with sight words.