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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.
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.
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?
These robots have such funny names! Can you read them?
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.
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.
The /air/ sound: find the ‘ear’ words (Phase 5 phonics)
Read these sentences and underline the ‘ear’ words. Now can you find them in the wordsearch?
Split digraph who’s who (Phase 5 phonics)
Look at these words with the split digraph e_e. Can you work out the names of the three children below? Where did they all go on an outing?
Spelling the /or/ sound: ‘ore’ (Phase 5 phonics)
Can you add ‘ore’ to the end of these sounds in balloons? The read the word. If it is a real word, draw a balloon string to the girl’s hand; if it’s a nonsense word draw a string to the clown’s hand.
Spelling the /oo/ sound: ‘ew’ words tic tac toe (Phase 5 phonics)
Fancy a game of tic tac toe? In this game, player 1 chooses a square and reads the 'ew' word inside. They can then colour their square. Player 2 repeats. The winner is the first player to colour three squares in a row across, up and down or diagonally.
Spelling the /igh/ sound: ‘igh’, ‘ie’, or ‘i_e’? (Phase 5 phonics)
Can you write each of the /igh/ words on this page in the correct notebook? ‘Igh’ words go in the knight’s book, ‘ie’ words go in the cook’s book and ‘i_e’ words go on the kite notebook.
Spelling patterns: jumbled letters ‘are’ words (Phonics phase 5)
Witchy was just writing some ‘are’ words when all the letters fell into her potion cauldrons. Can you help her unscramble the letters and put them back into the words in the right order?
Spelling patterns: 'ai' or 'ay'? (Phase 5 phonics)
Ask someone to read out the answer words to you one at a time. Listen carefully to where the /ai/ sound is in the word, then choose the correct spelling. Write the ‘ai’ spellings in the train, the ‘ay’ spelling on the tray.
Spelling patterns: 'oi' or 'oy'? (Phase 5 phonics)
Use the correct 'oi' or 'oy' word to fill in the gaps in these sentences. Then see if you can complete the crossword!
Spelling patterns: 'ie' (Phase 5 phonics)
In these words the letters i and e are making the /igh/ sound. Fill in the letters ‘ie’ to complete the words in the pies. If the word is real, match the pie to the chef. If not, match it to the clown!
Spelling patterns: ‘aw’ words (Phase 5 phonics)
Miss Muddle can’t remember how to spell these words. Can you help her? Colour in the correct spelling for each picture.
Spelling patterns: ‘air’ balloons (Phase 5 phonics)
The ‘air’ has blown out of these hot air balloons! Can you put ‘air’ back into the words, read them and match them to the correct baskets?
Spelling crossword: 'nk' words
Can you work out the missing words in these sentences? Clue: They all have the sound /nk/ in them. Write your answers in the crossword grid
Reading split digraph 'e_e' words (Phase 5 phonics)
Can you spot the /ee/ sound, spelled e_e, in these words? Look carefully and colour in the letters e_e.
Reading and drawing the /er/ sound (Phase 5 phonics)
Read these /er/ words. Can you draw a picture for each one?
Making -ay words (Phase 5 phonics)
How many words can you make with the /ai/ sound when it’s written ‘ay’?
Find the rhyme using 'ou' (Phase 5 phonics)
Look at these rhyming pictures. Using the ‘ou’ spelling, can you write the rhyming words?
Codebreaker: 'nk' (Phase 4 phonics)
Detective Dan needs some help breaking a code. He’s worked out that each number in the code words represents a different letter of the alphabet. Can you use the grid to help you break the code and decode these words, then draw a picture of them?
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.
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.