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Year 1 · English

Phonological Awareness

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Focus on blending and segmenting sounds phonics. Start with “Blend Sounds”, then explain the idea in your own words.

Year 1 learners practise blending and segmenting sounds phonics.

The activities include Blend Sounds, Blend Sounds in Alien Words, Decode New Words, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet. 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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  • Blend Sounds
  • Blend Sounds in Alien Words
  • Decode New Words
  • Distinguish Between f and th
  • Find the Phonemes
  • Identify Final Phonemes
  • Identify Initial Phonemes
  • Identify the Phonemes
  • Identify Vowels
  • Investigate Sounds: ea and ou
  • Investigate Sounds: ow and ie
  • Know How to Blend Sounds to Read Alien Words
  • Know the Sound: a to i
  • Know the Sound: j to r
  • Know the Sound: s to z
  • Practise Blending Sounds
  • Practise Blending Sounds to Read Alien Words
  • Practise Finding the Phonemes
  • Practise Segmenting Words
  • Practise Using Phonemes to Read Simple Words
  • Read Familiar Words
  • Recognise Rhyming Sounds 1
  • Recognise Rhyming Sounds 2
  • Recognise Rhyming Sounds 3
  • Recognise Rhyming Sounds 4
  • Recognise Rhyming Sounds 5
  • Recognise Rhyming Sounds 6
  • Recognise Sounds
  • Recognise the Phonemes
  • Segment Words
  • Understand How to Segment Words
  • Use Phonemes to Read Simple Words
  • Use Phonic Skills to Decode New Words
  • Use Vowels to Spell Words
  • Work Out New Words

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WatchYouTube — Learn Bright

Decoding Words for Kids

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WatchYouTube — Miss Phonics

th Sound Phonics

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WatchYouTube — Mrs. Corum Kindergarten

Beginning and Ending Sounds

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WatchYouTube — Letters and Sounds for Home and School

Lesson 121 - Year 1 (Summer Term)

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WatchYouTube — Letters and Sounds for Home and School

Lesson 1- Year 1

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Phase 2 Phonics

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Phase 3 Phonics

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Phonics Activity Mat Pack 3

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Phoneme Frames

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Rhyming Words Resource Pack

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