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Writing a book review in KS2 template

Writing a book review in KS2

Use this template to write your book review. What was the book about? Share a few plot details. Who was your favourite character and why? Which was your favourite bit of the book and why? How many stars do you think the book should get?
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KS2 high-frequency words flashcards

KS2 high frequency words flashcards

After learning to read and spell the most common words in Reception and KS1, your child will move on to a longer list of common words including 'brought' and 'thought'. Support their learning at home with our KS2 high frequency words practice flashcards.
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Identifying silent letters worksheet

Identifying silent letters

All of these words contain a silent letter. This means that the sound of that letter is not made when the word is spoken. Cut out the words above. Can you arrange them into the correct lists below and stick them down?
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The /er/ sound worksheet

The /er/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)

Practise reading these ‘er’ words and then finding and highlighting the /er/ sound in the sentences below.
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The /ear/ sound worksheet

The /ear/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)

In the phoneme frame, keep changing the first letter to read different /ear/ words. How many different words can you come up with? Write them down and then use them to make up your own sentences then read the short sentences and fill in the missing word.
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The /air/ sound worksheet

The /air/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)

In the phoneme frame below, keep changing the first letter to read different words. How many different words can you come up with? Write them down and then use them to make up your own sentences. Then have a game of pairs with these /air/, /igh/ and /ear/ sound words.
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The /ai/ sound worksheet

The /ai/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)

When we put the letters a and i together we make the phoneme /ai/. Can you write the words under these pictures using the /ai/ sound spelled ‘ai’? Then cut out these words, read them and sort them
into piles of rhyming words.
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The /ai/ sound: new graphemes worksheet

The /ai/ sound: new graphemes (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you draw a line between the word and the corresponding picture. Remember that the ‘ai’ grapheme also makes the /ai/ sound, and so does the split vowel digraph a_e. When you have matched up all the pictures to the words cut them all up into individual words and pictures and mix them up. See if you can match each word to its picture now that you have lots more options.
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Split vowel digraph words and sentences worksheet

Split vowel digraph words and sentences (Phase 5 phonics)

Read the following words without an ‘e’, then add an ‘e’ to them and see how it changes the words. Then read these sentences and underline the words that have split vowel digraphs. Now can you write your own sentences including split vowel digraph words?
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Split vowel digraph crossword

Split vowel digraph crossword (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you fill in the missing words in the crossword and sentences? Every answer will be a word that is a split vowel digraph.
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Spelling patterns: c and k worksheet

Spelling patterns: c and k (Phase 2 phonics)

Which of these words DO NOT start with a c or k? Now cut out and put together these two dice. Roll both dice together and see if when you put the single letter in front of the ending if you get a real word or a silly word.
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Spelling patterns: ‘er’ and ‘ur’ worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘er’ and ‘ur’ (Phase 3 phonics)

The graphemes ‘er’ and ‘ur’ make the same sound, /er/. Read the sentences below then cut out the word cards and play bingo
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Reading two-syllable words worksheet

Reading two-syllable words (Phase 2 phonics)

Start off by reading these words one syllable at a time, then show your child how to read them as one whole word. The cut out the jigsaw pieces and see if you can match together the first and second syllable to make a real word.
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Reading polysyllabic words worksheet

Reading polysyllabic words (Phase 4 phonics)

Can you read these sentences? When you get to a polysyllabic / long word, cover up the second half of the word. Read the first syllable and then uncover the rest of the word to read it.
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Reading consonant blends: gr, tr and sw worksheet

Reading consonant blends: gr, tr and sw (Phase 4 phonics)

Read the sentences on these puzzle pieces and see if you can find the matching pictures.
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Reading and writing silent ‘h’ worksheet

Reading and writing silent ‘h’ (Phase 5 phonics)

Lots of our question words start with ‘wh’. Can you read these words? Can you think of a question using each of these question words? Now fill in the gaps in these questions with the right ‘wh’ words.
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Reading and writing h, f and l worksheet

Reading and writing h, f and l (Phase 2 phonics)

This worksheet all about these three letters: h, f and l. Here are some words with the first letter missing. Which letter do you need to fill in to make real words? Can you write the words in the boxes? Now read these sentences and answer yes or no.
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Reading and writing e, u and r worksheet

Reading and writing e, u and r (Phase 2 phonics)

What letters do these words start with? Write the letter under each picture. Now can you highlight the letters e, ur and r in these words?
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Reading and writing consonant blends: sm fl gl worksheet

Reading and writing consonant blends: sm fl gl (Phase 4 phonics)

See if you can guess what these pictures are and write the words underneath. All the words start with the consonant blends sm, fl or gl.
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Reading and writing b and d, h and n worksheet

Reading and writing b and d, h and n (Phase 2 phonics)

Sometimes b gets muddled with d and h gets muddled with n. Can you highlight all the bs and all the ds in two different colours? Now cut out these words and play Pairs or Snap!
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Reading and writing b and d, h and n, f and t worksheet

Reading and writing b and d, h and n, f and t (Phase 2 phonics)

Children often muddle up the letter shapes b and d, h and n, f and t as they look similar. Practise writing these letters and talk about why they look similar and what is different about them. Then have a quick game of letter bingo!
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Reading adjacent consonants: mp, nt, st and nk worksheet

Reading adjacent consonants: mp, nt, st and nk (Phase 4 phonics)

This worksheet concentrates on these adjacent consonants: mp nt st nk. Can you write the words next to the pictures, then think of as many rhymes as you can for each word?
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Polysyllabic words wordsearch

Polysyllabic words wordsearch (Phase 4 phonics)

This fun wordsearch will help you to look at all the different syllables in each word.
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