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Retelling a story
As reading becomes easier your child will be able to reflect on story events and sequences more. Help them reflect on stories they enjoy with this worksheet, aimed at Y1 reader and writers.
My first book review
As your child grows more confident in their reading they will be asked to reflect on what they read and review it. Help them get used to reviewing books with our template – they can use words and pictures to share their views. Will they give the latest reading practice book five stars or one?
Book reviews practice
Book reviews are a very common writing activity for KS1 children. Help your child get used to the format and including all the different elements with this template worksheet. They can use pictures to express their views, too! Ideal for Y1 learners.
Writing a story start
Writing great stories begins with choosing a fantastic opening idea and sentence. Help your child practise writing engaging story starts with our worksheet, designed for Y1 children.
Understanding story settings
Stories take place in different settings. Can your child use their knowledge of traditional tales to identify the story settings for these well-known stories?
Describing story characters
Choose a character that we all know from a traditional tale, or one from a story book that you love. Think about what happens to the character in your story, then draw it in pictures.
Favourite words for stories
For children to succeed in literacy, it’s crucial they have a love of words. Here they need to think about how their favourite words are used.
Labelling and describing words
Draw a picture of a family member then label it and add some words to describe them around the picture.
Match the number of phonemes (Phase 4 phonics)
Can you count the phonemes (sounds) in the words then match the number card to the word?
Non-fiction: text structure and organisation
Use non-fiction books to help your child understand text structure and organisation.