Free Year 1 English Worksheets for Teachers

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Pupils practise blending made-up alien words in this Year 1 phonics worksheet, building the decoding skills the screening check demands. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - word reading), covering objectives such as: apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.

Get children ready for June's Phonics Screening Check with rows of real and pseudo words to decode. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - word reading), covering objectives such as: read accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words containing GPCs that have been taught. Made on Chalkie.ai and fully editable for your class.

Children match split digraph words to the correct long vowel sound in this Year 1 phonics matching activity. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - word reading), covering objectives such as: respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes for all 40+ phonemes. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.

A quick knowledge check on reading contractions such as I'm, I'll and we'll, and understanding what the apostrophe stands for. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - word reading), covering objectives such as: read words with contractions and understand that the apostrophe represents the omitted letters. Edit, download and print for free on Chalkie.ai.

This fill-in-the-blanks worksheet has pupils choosing words with -s, -es, -ing and -ed endings to complete sentences. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - word reading), covering objectives such as: read words containing taught GPCs and -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est endings. Customise it on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

Support Year 1 learners with this printable reading comprehension worksheet. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

A short story passage with questions that ask children to read between the lines. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done. Created with Chalkie.ai and fully customisable for your class.

Send home this prediction task where children say what might happen next in a story and explain why. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.

Build early vocabulary through rhymes and poems with this word-meaning practice sheet. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: discussing word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and print for free.

A quick check that early readers can find answers in a simple non-fiction text. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.

Pupils put the events of well-known traditional tales back in order in this sorting activity. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

Reinforce writing skills with this free Year 1 worksheet. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: sequencing sentences to form short narratives. Free to edit and download on Chalkie.ai.

A storyboard planner that helps Year 1 writers put sentences in order to build a short story. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: sequencing sentences to form short narratives. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.

Picture prompts spark this creative writing task where children say their sentences aloud before writing a short story. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: saying out loud what they are going to write about. Made on Chalkie.ai and fully editable for your class.

Children build a structured descriptive paragraph about a character, re-reading their work as they go. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

Sentence frames give young writers the scaffold they need to compose complete simple sentences. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: composing a sentence orally before writing it. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.

An exit ticket to close the lesson: can pupils punctuate a sentence correctly? Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. Edit, download and print for free on Chalkie.ai.

Practice spelling and handwriting with this free, printable Year 1 worksheet. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place. Created with Chalkie.ai and fully customisable for your class.

Handwriting practice for forming lower-case letters correctly, grouped by handwriting family. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place. Created with Chalkie.ai and fully customisable for your class.

A look, cover, write, check homework sheet for Year 1 common exception words. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include common exception words taught so far. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.

Pupils sort words by their -ing and -ed endings in this categorising activity. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: using -ing, -ed, -er and -est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

Children hunt for the days of the week in this word search, reinforcing spellings and capital letters as they go. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: spelling the days of the week. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and print for free.

Complete each sentence by adding the prefix un- to a root word in this cloze worksheet. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: learning the grammar for year 1 in English Appendix 2. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.

This Year 1 grammar and punctuation worksheet is ready to print and use in class. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: joining words and joining clauses using and. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and print for free.

Fill-in-the-blanks practice choosing between -s and -es plural endings. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: learning the grammar for year 1 in English Appendix 2. Edit, download and print for free on Chalkie.ai.

Pupils sort sentences by whether they need a question mark or an exclamation mark. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. Made on Chalkie.ai and fully editable for your class.

A lesson recap on capital letters for names, places, days of the week and the pronoun I. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the personal pronoun 'I'. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.

Check that pupils can start sentences with capital letters and end them with full stops in this quick knowledge check. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.

This matching activity gets children joining words and short clauses using and. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: joining words and joining clauses using and. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.