Phonics Word and Picture Matching
Year 1 phonics worksheet: match boat, star, fish and tree to pictures, fill in ch, sh or th, then read and draw a cat sentence.
Year 1 Phonics Worksheets
Applying phonic knowledge and skills to decode words, responding speedily with the correct sound to the graphemes taught across Year 1.
Year 1 English6 worksheets
Phonics worksheets to download
Alien Words Decoding Practice
Year 1 ai digraph worksheet with alien words like zaip and chaif. Pupils add sound buttons and finish alien names. Full answer key.
Phonics Screening Check Practice
Year 1 phonics screening check practice on the ar sound: real and alien words, sound buttons, missing letters and a sentence. Answers included.
Split Digraph Sound Match
Year 1 split digraph worksheet: match snake, kite, bone and cube to pictures, pair vowel sounds, fill sentence gaps. Answers included.
Reading Contractions
Year 1 contractions worksheet: match I am and did not to short forms, name missing letters, spot contractions. 13 questions with answers.
Reading Words with Suffixes
Year 1 suffixes worksheet: fill a woodland story with words ending -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est, then write an -ing sentence.
Curriculum objectives covered
Reading - word reading
“Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words”
Reading - word reading
“Respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) for all 40+ phonemes, including, where applicable, alternative sounds for graphemes”
Reading - word reading
“Read accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words containing GPCs that have been taught”
Reading - word reading
“Read other words of more than one syllable that contain taught GPCs”
Reading - word reading
“Read words with contractions [for example, I'm, I'll, we'll], and understand that the apostrophe represents the omitted letter(s)”
Reading - word reading
“Read words containing taught GPCs and -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est endings”
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Understanding texts by drawing on what pupils already know and on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher.
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Sequencing sentences to form short narratives, the first step in the Key Stage 1 writing composition strand.
Spelling and Handwriting
Beginning to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place, while spelling words with taught sounds.
Grammar and Punctuation
Joining words and joining clauses using "and" to build longer sentences, an early vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objective.