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Split digraphs revision (Phase 5 phonics)
A digraph is two letters that make up one sound, for example: ee, oe, ae, ie, ue. When a letter is put in between these two letters, this is a split digraph. Cut the words out and put them in the correct gaps in the sentences.
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.
Words containing 'tch' (Phase 5 phonics)
The 'tch' grapheme is a trigraph (one sound made up of three letters) used to represent the /ch/ sound. Cut out these letters. How many words can you make containing 'tch'?
Year 1 Phonics screening check 2019
The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, administered in June, tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. The 2019 official past paper will show you what sort of words children are asked to read as part of the assessment.
Year 1 Phonics screening check 2018
The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, administered in June, tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. The official past paper for 2018 will show you what sort of words children are asked to read as part of the assessment.
Tricky words memory match (Phase 5 phonics)
Exception words or tricky words are words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual way. Have a go at this game of memory match to test your knowledge of some tricky spellings!
The grapheme ‘ch’ for the /k/ sound and the /sh/ sound (Phase 5 phonics)
The grapheme ‘ch’ is used to encode (spell) different sounds in English. Say each word aloud, then sort them into the table below.
Y1 phonics practice: reading alien words
Let's go alien hunting! Read each word aloud and decide whether you think it is a real word or an alien word.
The /zh/ phoneme mini bingo (Phase 5 phonics)
There are lots of different ways of writing the /zh/ sound. Let's play mini bingo to help you learn them!
The /ee/ sound practice (Phase 5 phonics)
Cut out the words below and place them under the “sea”. Now it's time to go fishing!
Say and write a sentence (Phase 3 phonics)
Cut out the words and place them face down on a table. Working with a grown-up, take it in turns to turn a word over and read the word out. Can you say a sentence that contains the word?
Reading tricky words (Phase 4 phonics)
Cut out these words and place them under the “sea”. Next, reach under the “sea” and pull a fish out, then read its word aloud. Can you catch all the fish?
Hard g or soft g? (Phase 5 phonics)
Usually the way we read ‘g’ depends on the letter that follows it (there are exceptions). Learn the rule then see if you can sort these words into the table.
Year 1 Phonics screening check 2017
The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, administered in June, tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. Look through the official past paper for 2017 to see what sort of words children are asked to read as part of the assessment.
Year 1 Phonics screening check 2016
The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, administered in June, tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. Look through the official past paper for 2016 to see what sort of words children are asked to read as part of the assessment.
Year 1 Phonics screening check 2015
The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, administered in June, tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. Look through the official past paper for 2015 to see what sort of words your child will be asked to read.
Phase 2 phonics sound snap: final sound
This game focuses on the final sounds in words. Simply cut out the snap cards, shuffle up, and deal out.
Phase 3 phonics sound snap: /sh/, /ch/, /th/ and /ng/ blends
This game focuses on the /sh/, /ch/, /th/ and /ng/ sounds. Simply cut out the snap cards, shuffle up, and deal out.
Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ai/, /oi/, /ow/ and /oa/ sounds
This snap game focuses on the blended sounds /ai/ (as in rain) and /oi/ (as in boil) and /ow/ (as in now) and /oa/ (as in boat). Simply cut out the snap cards, shuffle
up, and deal out.
Phonics sound mats
Use our phonics phases sound mats to see what sounds your child will be taught when in their phonics learning journey.
Soft 'c' crossword (Phase 5 phonics)
The letter ‘c’ has a hard sound (/k/ as in cat) and a soft sound (/s/ as in cell). Usually, the ‘c’ is hard or soft depending on the vowel that follows it. This soft 'c' crossword helps your child practise this spelling pattern.
Words containing the /ar/ sound
All of these words are missing the letters ‘ar’ in the middle. Add them in and read the words out loud. Write each word again three times so that you learn the spelling.
Spelling patterns: words ending -y wordsearch
Can you find all the words in this wordsearch that end in -y?