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Grapheme awareness in Year 1 English

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Focus on digraphs and trigraphs phonics sounds. Start with “Distinguish Between ng and nk”, then explain the idea in your own words.

Year 1 learners practise digraphs and trigraphs phonics sounds.

The activities include Distinguish Between ng and nk, Identify Consonant Digraphs, Identify Different Letters and their Sounds, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

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  • Distinguish Between ng and nk
  • Identify Consonant Digraphs
  • Identify Different Letters and their Sounds
  • Identify Split Digraphs
  • Know Different Letters and their Sounds
  • Know How to Read and Spell Phonemes: air
  • Know How to Read and Spell Phonemes: ar
  • Know How to Read and Spell Phonemes: ear
  • Know How to Read and Spell Phonemes: er
  • Know How to Read and Spell Phonemes: oi
  • Know How to Read and Spell Phonemes: oo
  • Know How to Read and Spell Phonemes: or
  • Know How to Read and Spell Phonemes: ow
  • Know Split Digraphs
  • Know Your Trigraphs: igh
  • Know Your Vowel Digraphs
  • Practise Reading and Spelling Phonemes: air
  • Practise Reading and Spelling Phonemes: ar
  • Practise Reading and Spelling Phonemes: ear
  • Practise Reading and Spelling Phonemes: er
  • Practise Reading and Spelling Phonemes: oo
  • Practise Reading and Spelling Phonemes: or
  • Practise Spelling Words Using the Digraph ie
  • Practise Spotting Vowel Digraphs
  • Read and Spell Phonemes: air
  • Read and Spell Phonemes: ar
  • Read and Spell Phonemes: ear
  • Read and Spell Phonemes: er
  • Read and Spell Phonemes: oi
  • Read and Spell Phonemes: oo
  • Read and Spell Phonemes: or
  • Read and Spell Phonemes: ow
  • Read and Spell Words with ph
  • Read and Spell Words with wh
  • Recognise Consonant Digraphs
  • Recognise Different Letters and their Sounds
  • Recognise the Split Digraphs
  • Recognise Vowel Digraphs
  • Spell the Long ai Phoneme 1
  • Spell the Long ai Phoneme 2
  • Spell the Long ai Phoneme 3
  • Spell the Long ee Phoneme 1
  • Spell the Long ee Phoneme 2
  • Spell the Long ee Phoneme 3
  • Spell the Long igh Phoneme 1
  • Spell the Long igh Phoneme 2
  • Spell the Long igh Phoneme 3
  • Spell the Long oa Phoneme 1
  • Spell the Long oa Phoneme 2
  • Spell the Long oa Phoneme 3
  • Spell the Long oo Phoneme 1
  • Spell the Long oo Phoneme 2
  • Spell the Long oo Phoneme 3
  • Spell Words Ending in ck
  • Spell Words Ending in ll
  • Spell Words Ending in ss
  • Spell Words Using the Digraph ie
  • Understand Consonant Digraphs
  • Write Words Using the Digraph ie

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WatchYouTube — Teacher Beth

Words with Digraph -NG and -NK

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WatchYouTube — Scratch Garden

Top Ten English Digraphs

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WatchYouTube — Miss Phonics

ie Sound: Learn Phonics with ie Words

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LearnBBC Bitesize

Phase 3 Phonics

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Phase 2 Phonics

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Split Digraphs Table Worksheet

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PlanIt Y1: 'ar' Spelling Pack

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PlanIt Y1: 'igh' Spelling Pack

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I Spy Phase 3 Activity Pack

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PlanIt Y1: 'ie' Spelling Pack

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