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Split digraphs revision football worksheet

Split digraphs revision (Phase 5 phonics)

A fun, teacher-created resource that helps children understand what a split digraph word is, which is often taught in Phase 5 phonics at primary school.
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Y1 phonics screening check 2014 past paper

Year 1 Phonics screening check 2014

The Y1 Phonics Screening Check tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. Look through the official past paper for 2014 to see what sort of words your child will be asked to read.
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Reading unfamiliar words using phonics worksheet

Reading unfamiliar words using phonics

A KS1 worksheet of nonsense words, based on the National Curriculum and created by a phonics expert to get Year 1 children using their phonics skills to decode unfamiliar words.

These robots have such funny names! Can you read them?
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First 100 high-frequency words

First 100 high-frequency words list

Children learn to read and spell high-frequency words, the most common words in English-language texts, throughout primary school. Download a list of the first 100 high-frequency words to use for at-home spelling practice and revision.
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Writing the /e/ sound: ‘ea’

Writing the /e/ sound: ‘ea’ (Phase 5 phonics)

Use this worksheet to help your child recognise the grapheme 'ea', representing the /e/ sound, and then use those words in the sentences provided.
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Phonics Connect 4: sp, pl and st

Phonics Connect 4: sp, pl and st (Phase 4 phonics)

This game is a bit like Connect 4, but with words using the adjacent consonants sp pl st.
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Phase 5 phonics tricky words practice worksheet

Phase 5 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 5 phonics)

First read these tricky words then read the following paragraph. Can you highlight all the new tricky words and then answer the questions below?
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Phase 4 phonics tricky words practice worksheet

Phase 4 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 4 phonics)

Cut them out these tricky Phase 4 phonics words and ask your child to read them out. See which ones they do know straight away and separate the ones that they don’t know. Then think of a sentence with one or more of these words and ask your child to find the tricky word that you emphasised.
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Phase 4 phonics Connect 4 game

Phase 4 phonics Connect 4 (Phase 4 phonics)

This game is a bit like Connect 4, but with words. All the words in this game include the adjacent consonants nt and lt.
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Homographs explained worksheet

Homographs explained (Phase 5 phonics)

Cut out these homographs. Can you think of two different meanings for each word? Now have a go at writing your own sentences using these homographs
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Decoding the ‘ou’ grapheme worksheet

Decoding the ‘ou’ grapheme (Phase 5 phonics)

In these sentences there are examples of different pronunciations of the same ‘ou’ grapheme. Using different-colour highlighters, read each sentence and highlight the different sounds represented by ‘ou’.
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Decoding the ‘c’ and ‘ea’ graphemes worksheet

Decoding the ‘c’ and ‘ea’ graphemes (Phase 5 phonics)

Here are some pictures. Can you work out which is the correct spelling next to each picture and tick it?
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Decoding graphemes: ‘ow’, ‘y’ and ‘i’ worksheet

Decoding graphemes: ‘ow’, ‘y’ and ‘i’ (Phase 5 phonics)

In these sentences there are examples of different pronunciations of the same grapheme. Using different-colour pencils, read the sentence and highlight the different ones.
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Decoding graphemes: ‘o’, ‘ie’ and ‘ch’ worksheet

Decoding graphemes: ‘o’, ‘ie’ and ‘ch’ (Phase 5 phonics)

In these sentences there are examples of different pronunciations of the same grapheme. Using different-colour pencils, read the sentence and highlight the different ones.
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Consonant clusters pairs game

Consonant clusters pairs game (Phase 4 phonics)

These words all have consonant clusters in them. Cut them up, mix them up and put them face down on the table to play pairs.
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CCVC words revision worksheet

CCVC words revision (Phase 4 phonics)

Cut out all the words and put them face down on the table. Play pairs with a partner and take it in turn to lift two cards and read them. If they are the same word, keep them as a pair.
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Building CCVCC words with a frame worksheet

Building CVCC words with a frame (Phase 4 phonics)

Shall we play a game of CVCC word construction? Print the letter sheet out three times. Cut out the cards; organise them in three piles, letters face down. Pick up one from each pile and put them in the right place on the phoneme frame according to the number that is on the card. If it makes a real word you get to keep it as a set. If it’s not a real word, the cards go back on the pile in the correct place.
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Adjacent consonants f and t, n and d worksheet

Adjacent consonants f and t, n and d (Phase 4 phonics)

Can you add the adjacent consonants ft or nd to make these into real words?
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Spelling the /oo/ sound: ‘ue’ words worksheet

Spelling the /oo/ sound: ‘ue’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

You need 2 players for this game of word noughts and crosses. Player 1 chooses a square, reads the word then draws a 0 on top. Player 2 then chooses a square and reads a word, drawing a X on top. The winner is the first person to get three in a row across, up, down or diagonally.
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Spelling the /er/ sound: ‘ur’, ‘ir’, or ‘er’?

Spelling the /er/ sound: ‘ur’, ‘ir’, or ‘er’? (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you write each of the /er/ words on this page in the correct spelling book?
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Spelling the /ee/ sound: ‘ie’ worksheet

Spelling the /ee/ sound: ‘ie’ (Phase 5 phonics)

A thief has stolen some of the letters from these words and has dropped them at the bottom of the page. Can you put them back in the right places?
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Yes or no? Reading ‘ear’ words worksheet

Yes or no? Reading ‘ear’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

Read these questions and underline any ‘ear’ words you can hear. Then answer the questions by colouring yes or no.
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Wordsearch: ‘ea’ words

Wordsearch: ‘ea’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

In some words the letters e and a together make a short /e/ sound instead of the usual long /ee/ sound. Read these ‘ea’ words and then fill in the gaps in these sentences. Can you find them in the wordsearch?
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Word memory lotto: the /nk/ sound worksheet

Word memory lotto: the /nk/ sound

This is a game for two players. First, choose your board, then cut out the word cards and place them upside down on the table. To play, Player 1 takes a word card and reads it. If you have a picture of your word on your board you can keep it, if not put it back where you found it. Repeat with Player 2. The player to fill their board first is the winner.
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The /or/ sound: colour the astronaut’s path using ‘au’

The /or/ sound: colour the astronaut’s path using ‘au’ (Phase 5 phonics)

This astronaut has just landed on the moon. Can you read him a path to his flag? Read each word. If it uses the letters ‘au’ to spell the sound /or/, colour it in.
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