Year 1 english

Phonics, reading, grammar, writing and literature, from first sounds to GCSE English.

Key Stage 1 · 9 topics · 30 lessons

1. 1. Phonics: sounds and letters

   By the end: Read words using all 40+ sounds; ready for the phonics check.

   8 lessons · coming soon

2. 2. Tricky words

   By the end: Read and spell common exception words (the, said, was).

   3 lessons · coming soon

3. 3. Listening to and retelling stories

   By the end: Retell a familiar story in order.

   3 lessons · coming soon

4. 4. Writing a sentence

   By the end: Capital letters, full stops, finger spaces.

   4 lessons · coming soon

5. 5. Joining ideas with "and"

   By the end: Join two ideas in one sentence.

   2 lessons · coming soon

6. 6. Question and exclamation marks

   By the end: Use ? and ! correctly.

   2 lessons · coming soon

7. 7. Word endings

   By the end: -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and the prefix un-.

   3 lessons · coming soon

8. 8. Handwriting

   By the end: Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.

   3 lessons · coming soon

9. 9. Poems and rhymes

   By the end: Learn and recite simple poems.

   2 lessons · coming soon