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Spelling patterns: ai or ay? worksheet

Spelling patterns: 'ai' or 'ay'? (Phase 5 phonics)

Ask someone to read out the answer words to you one at a time. Listen carefully to where the /ai/ sound is in the word, then choose the correct spelling. Write the ‘ai’ spellings in the train, the ‘ay’ spelling on the tray.
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Spelling patterns: oi or oy? worksheet

Spelling patterns: 'oi' or 'oy'? (Phase 5 phonics)

Use the correct 'oi' or 'oy' word to fill in the gaps in these sentences. Then see if you can complete the crossword!
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Spelling patterns: ie worksheet

Spelling patterns: 'ie' (Phase 5 phonics)

In these words the letters i and e are making the /igh/ sound. Fill in the letters ‘ie’ to complete the words in the pies. If the word is real, match the pie to the chef. If not, match it to the clown!
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Spelling patterns: ‘aw’ words worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘aw’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

Miss Muddle can’t remember how to spell these words. Can you help her? Colour in the correct spelling for each picture.
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Spelling patterns: ‘air’ balloons worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘air’ balloons (Phase 5 phonics)

The ‘air’ has blown out of these hot air balloons! Can you put ‘air’ back into the words, read them and match them to the correct baskets?
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Spelling crossword: nk words

Spelling crossword: 'nk' words

Can you work out the missing words in these sentences? Clue: They all have the sound /nk/ in them. Write your answers in the crossword grid
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Reading split digraph ‘e_e’ words worksheet

Reading split digraph 'e_e' words (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you spot the /ee/ sound, spelled e_e, in these words? Look carefully and colour in the letters e_e.
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Reading and drawing the /er/ sound worksheet

Reading and drawing the /er/ sound (Phase 5 phonics)

Read these /er/ words. Can you draw a picture for each one?
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Making -ay words worksheet

Making -ay words (Phase 5 phonics)

How many words can you make with the /ai/ sound when it’s written ‘ay’?
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Funny -tch names worksheet

Funny 'tch' names (Phase 4 phonics)

These characters have some unusual names! What are they called?
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Find the rhyme using ‘ou’ worksheet

Find the rhyme using 'ou' (Phase 5 phonics)

Look at these rhyming pictures. Using the ‘ou’ spelling, can you write the rhyming words?
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Codebreaker: ‘nk’ worksheet

Codebreaker: 'nk' (Phase 4 phonics)

Detective Dan needs some help breaking a code. He’s worked out that each number in the code words represents a different letter of the alphabet. Can you use the grid to help you break the code and decode these words, then draw a picture of them?
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First 100 high-frequency words

First 100 high-frequency words list

Children learn to read and spell high-frequency words, the most common words in English-language texts, throughout primary school. Download a list of the first 100 high-frequency words to use for at-home spelling practice and revision.
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Y1 phonics screening check 2014 past paper

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.
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Words containing tch worksheet

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'?
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Choose oa, oe or ow worksheet

Choose 'oa', 'oe' or 'ow' (Phase 5 phonics)

All these words have the /oa/ sound in them, but some are spelled with the digraph 'oa', others with 'oe' or 'ow' or 'o_e'. Can you cut out the words and stick them into the right columns in the table?
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Choose ai, ay or a_e worksheet

Choose 'ai', 'ay' or 'a_e' (Phase 5 phonics)

All of these words have the same /ai/ sound in them, but some are spelled with the digraph 'ai', others with 'ay' or the split digraph 'a_e'. Can you cut out the words and stick them into the right columns in the table?
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Spotting trigraphs football worksheet

Spotting trigraphs (Phase 5 phonics)

A trigraph is a single sound represented by three letters. Cut out these nine words and see if you can put them in the correct places in the following sentences.
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Split digraphs revision football worksheet

Split digraphs revision (Phase 5 phonics)

A fun, teacher-created resource that helps children understand what a split digraph word is, which is often taught in Phase 5 phonics at primary school.
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Y1 phonics screening check 2013 past paper

Year 1 Phonics screening check 2013

At the end of Year 1 children's reading and phonics skills are tested in the Y1 Phonics Screening Check. Look through the official past paper for 2013 to see what sort of words your child will be asked to read.
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