Year 1 · English
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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Words with Digraph -NG and -NK
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Top Ten English Digraphs
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Speed Sounds Sets 1, 2 and 3 for Foundation Stage and Year 1
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Split Digraph Words: Magic e – Phonics Phase 5
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 25 'air' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 19 'ar' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 24 'ear' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 27 'er' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 23 'oi' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 18 'oo' (Short Sound) Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 20 'or' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 22 'ow' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 15 'igh' Video
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ie Sound: Learn Phonics with ie Words
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Phase 5 Phonics Lesson 10 'ph' Video
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Phase 5 Phonics Lesson 9 'wh' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 13 'ai' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 14 'ee' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 16 'oa' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 17 'oo' (Long Sound) Video
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Phase 2 Phonics Lesson 13 - Set 4 'ck' Video
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Phase 2 Phonics Lesson 22 - Set 5 'll' Video
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Phase 2 Phonics Lesson 23 - Set 5 'ss' Video
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PlanIt Y1: 'ng' and 'nk' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 'nk' Word Endings Practice Sheet
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Phase 3 Sets and Digraphs: Matching Letters and Sounds
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sh, ch, th and ng Word Sorting Cards
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Initial Sounds Playing Cards Pack
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Sorting Sounds Phase 2 Phonics PowerPoint Pack
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 4: a-e, i-e, o-e, e-e and u-e
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Split Digraphs Table Worksheet
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 9: ph, wh, air, ear and are
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PlanIt English Y1: Vowel Trigraphs 'air' and 'are' Spelling Pack
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PlanIt Y1: 'ar' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 10: ear, ar and ea
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PlanIt English Y1: Vowel Trigraph 'ear' Spelling Pack
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PlanIt Y1: Stressed and Unstressed 'er' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 8: ie, igh, er, ir and ur
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PlanIt Y1: 'ai' and 'oi' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 3: ai, ay, oi and oy
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Twinkl Phonics 'oo' (Long), 'oo' (Short), 'ar', 'or' - Level 3 Week 5 Pack
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Alternative Spellings for Short oo Table Worksheet
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Phonics Screening Workouts: 'or', 'aw', 'au' and 'air'
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PlanIt English Y1: Vowel Digraphs 'ow' and 'ou' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 5: oo, oe, oa, ow and ou
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PlanIt Y1: 'igh' Spelling Pack
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Twinkl Phonics 'ai', 'ee', 'igh', 'oa' - Level 3 Week 4 Lesson Pack
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I Spy Phase 3 Activity Pack
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PlanIt Y1: 'ie' Spelling Pack
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Alternative Pronunciation of IE Sorting Game
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Phonics Screening Workouts: 'ai', 'ay' and 'a-e'
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PlanIt Y1: 'e' and 'ee' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 7: ee, ea, ie and y
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PlanIt Y1: 'oa', 'ow' and 'oe' Spelling Pack
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PlanIt Y1: 'll', 'zz' and 'ck' Spelling Pack
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Phonics Screening Workouts: 'ch', 'ck', 'sh' and 'th'
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 1: ff, ll, ss, zz and ck
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PlanIt Y1: 'ff' and 'ss' Spelling Pack
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