Reading Teaching Resources for Year 1
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‘You’ Sight Word Little Book
A little book with activities for the word ‘you’.
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Parts of a Book – Cut and Paste Activity
A cut and paste activity for students to identify the various parts of a book.
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Letter to the Editor (More Screen Time) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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Back to School Today — Short Poem for Kids
Use this short poem for kids when students return to school. This child-friendly poem discusses feelings that they may experience when heading back to school after an extended break.
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Phonics Word Builder Tiles
A comprehensive set of phonemes and their letter combinations to help your students build words.
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‘Have’ Sight Word Little Book
A little book with activities for the word ‘have’.
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‘For’ Sight Word Little Book
A little book with activities for the word ‘for’.
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‘Said’ Sight Word Little Book
A little book with activities for the word 'said'.
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‘At’ Sight Word Little Book
A little book with activities for the word 'at'.
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‘As’ Sight Word Little Book
A little book with activities for the word 'as'.
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The Robot Chant – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet accompanying a rhyming chant about robots.
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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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Segmenting and Blending Mats
A set of beautifully designed templates for students to practise blending and segmenting words.
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Identifying Short Vowel Sounds Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive quiz to practise identifying short vowel sounds in words.
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Guided Reading Groups - Progress Tracker
Use this resource to track the progress of students during your guided reading groups.
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Year 1 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 1 magazine.
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Initial Letter Bingo
30 different bingo cards using initial letters.
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Initial S Blend Cards
A resource to help students identify the S blend at the beginning of a word.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Author's Purpose Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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Author's Purpose - Sentence Writing Game
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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Oxford Wordlist Mats - Words 1 to 354
A set of five Oxford Wordlist Mats to assist students with their reading and spelling.
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I Spy - Oral Language Activity
A fun activity to encourage the development of oral language.
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Comprehension - Hare and The Tortoise
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension - Three Little Pigs
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension - Grandpa's Birthday Surprise
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Consonant Blends Fishbowl Sorting Activity
A small group or whole class sorting game to consolidate the learning of beginning consonant blends.
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Fast Finisher Vocabulary Task Cards - Lower Grades
A set of 16 vocabulary task cards.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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S-Blends Blending Flashcards
Practise blending s-blends with this set of blending s word cards.
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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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Character Adjective Concertina Template – Blank
Learn how adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality with a hands-on craft activity aligned to the English curriculum.