Reading Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Home Reading Challenge #1 – Year Foundation – 2
A set of reading activities that parents can use to educate children remotely or that teachers can send to students working at home when schools are closed.
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Initial Letter Bingo
30 different bingo cards using initial letters.
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Classroom Vocabulary Charts
Kick off the new year and introduce your learners to the things in their school and classroom with vocabulary-building Classroom Word Charts.
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Finger Twist Up - Phonics Game
A fun, engaging board game to consolidate students' understanding of blends and sounds.
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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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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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Author's Purpose - Puzzle Activity
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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Features of a Book Cover Poster
A poster highlighting the main features of the front cover of a book.
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Long and Short Vowel Flashcards (Assessment Kit)
A set of 10 picture flash cards covering long and short vowel sounds and a teacher assessment tool.
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Comprehension - Hansel and Gretel
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension - Return of the Three Bears
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension - Trouble at the Park
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension - Lion and The Mouse
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Fairy Tales Writing Sheets
A set of 20 lined pages with fairy tale borders.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Phonics Vocabulary Poster Pack
A set of 9 phonics vocabulary posters to help explain different terms.
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Fiction vs Non-Fiction Posters
Teach students the difference between fiction and non-fiction with this set of two classroom posters perfect for early years classrooms.
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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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Word of the Week PowerPoint - Year 1
A 40 slide PowerPoint Template for introducing new vocabulary to year 1 students.
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Missing Letter Alphabet Cards
A resource to help students identify the first letter of each word.
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What's My Card? CVC Words Board Game
A set of cards to be used in a Guess Who? Board Game for students to consolidate their knowledge of CVC words.
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My Word of the Week Mat
A fun worksheet to use in the classroom when building vocabulary.
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Book Wish List
Nurture your students' interest in books and reading with this book wish list.
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Letter Sound Knowledge Activity Cards
Practise identifying and writing the beginning sounds of words with this set of 28 task cards with your students.
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Phoneme Manipulation Picture Cards
Explore phoneme substitution with your students using this set of image task cards.
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Phoneme Substitution Task Cards
Explore phoneme substitution with your students by using these task cards to replace individual sounds in words to make new words.
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Manipulating Phonemes Activity
Help students practise manipulating phonemes with this manipulating phonemes activity - a spoonful of fun!
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Phoneme Deletion Match-Up Activity
Explore phoneme deletion with initial and final phonemes with your students, and make new words using this 32 card game.
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Phoneme Manipulation Task Cards - Where’s My Bone?
Use this phoneme manipulation activity to engage students in listening and manipulating sounds in simple CVC words.
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Phoneme Substitution Activity Cards
Explore phoneme substitution with this interactive phonemic awareness learning activity.
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Blending Interactive Notebook Template
Engage students in blending simple 3 and 4 phoneme words with this interactive flip book template.
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Blending Phonemes Clip Cards
Provide students with the ability to practise successive blending oh phonemes with this set of clip cards.