Raising standards in KS1 and Special Needs: helping every child to succeed.
I have taught systematic phonics to all ages and abilities for over 30 years. My teaching degree was in Environmental Studies and I hate to see science reduced to box-ticking when there is so much to discover about the wonderful world we live in.
So, I produce Phonic resources that meet the real needs of children and teachers, along with science resources to engage children in learning about the natural world.
Raising standards in KS1 and Special Needs: helping every child to succeed.
I have taught systematic phonics to all ages and abilities for over 30 years. My teaching degree was in Environmental Studies and I hate to see science reduced to box-ticking when there is so much to discover about the wonderful world we live in.
So, I produce Phonic resources that meet the real needs of children and teachers, along with science resources to engage children in learning about the natural world.
This entertaining SM Find and Color worksheet for initial blends can help prepare children for more advanced blending work involving four phonemes, is a great way to introduce them orally to initial consonant blends and help them develop the necessary phonemic awareness.
The pack contains one sheet for the SM initial blend.
It is part of a pack of 20 such worksheets that can be purchased for a small price here to save you the time and effort of downloading 20 individual worksheets.
On each worksheet, students have to blend the two letters and then search for objects that begin with that blended consonant. After then, only these objects should be colored; the others should remain uncolored.
Once they are given instructions, children can readily work on the sheets without assistance; nevertheless, for the most benefit, it is strongly advised that an adult work with special needs children.
It is necessary to introduce the idea of early blends in detail. Upon working with kids, particularly those who have special needs, my first preference is to teach them how to blend two consonant letters. Next, I focus on enhancing the children’s phonemic awareness, which is the capacity to distinguish each blend of consonants at the beginning of a word.
Some students find this challenging, and it requires a lot of practice. The purpose of these worksheets is to help students hear the blend at the beginning of a word by first encouraging them to blend the two consonant letters. Encourage the children to blend the letters in each initial blend by practicing as often as you can. Modeling, in my opinion, is essential.
This entertaining SN Find and Color worksheet for initial blends can help prepare children for more advanced blending work involving four phonemes, is a great way to introduce them orally to initial consonant blends and help them develop the necessary phonemic awareness.
The pack contains one sheet for the SN initial blend.
It is part of a pack of 20 such worksheets that can be purchased for a small price here to save you the time and effort of downloading 20 individual worksheets.
On each worksheet, students have to blend the two letters and then search for objects that begin with that blended consonant. After then, only these objects should be colored; the others should remain uncolored.
Once they are given instructions, children can readily work on the sheets without assistance; nevertheless, for the most benefit, it is strongly advised that an adult work with special needs children.
It is necessary to introduce the idea of early blends in detail. Upon working with kids, particularly those who have special needs, my first preference is to teach them how to blend two consonant letters. Next, I focus on enhancing the children’s phonemic awareness, which is the capacity to distinguish each blend of consonants at the beginning of a word.
Some students find this challenging, and it requires a lot of practice. The purpose of these worksheets is to help students hear the blend at the beginning of a word by first encouraging them to blend the two consonant letters. Encourage the children to blend the letters in each initial blend by practicing as often as you can. Modeling, in my opinion, is essential.
This entertaining SK Find and Color worksheet for initial blends can help prepare children for more advanced blending work involving four phonemes. It is a great way to introduce them orally to initial consonant blends and help them develop the necessary phonemic awareness.
The pack contains one sheet for the SK initial blend.
It is part of a pack of 20 such worksheets that can be purchased for a small price here to save you the time and effort of downloading 20 individual worksheets.
On each worksheet, students have to blend the two letters and then search for objects that begin with that blended consonant. After then, only these objects should be colored; the others should remain uncolored.
Once they are given instructions, children can readily work on the sheets without assistance; nevertheless, for the most benefit, it is strongly advised that an adult work with special needs children.
It is necessary to introduce the idea of early blends in detail. Upon working with kids, particularly those who have special needs, my first preference is to teach them how to blend two consonant letters. Next, I focus on enhancing the children’s phonemic awareness, which is the capacity to distinguish each blend of consonants at the beginning of a word.
Some students find this challenging, and it requires a lot of practice. The purpose of these worksheets is to help students hear the blend at the beginning of a word by first encouraging them to blend the two consonant letters. Encourage the children to blend the letters in each initial blend by practicing as often as you can. Modeling, in my opinion, is essential.
This entertaining ST Find and Color worksheet for initial blends can help prepare children for more advanced blending work involving four phonemes, is a great way to introduce them orally to initial consonant blends and help them develop the necessary phonemic awareness.
The pack contains one sheet for the ST initial blend.
It is part of a pack of 20 such worksheets that can be purchased for a small price here to save you the time and effort of downloading 20 individual worksheets.
On each worksheet, students have to blend the two letters and then search for objects that begin with that blended consonant. After then, only these objects should be colored; the others should remain uncolored.
Once they are given instructions, children can readily work on the sheets without assistance; nevertheless, for the most benefit, it is strongly advised that an adult work with special needs children.
It is necessary to introduce the idea of early blends in detail. Upon working with kids, particularly those who have special needs, my first preference is to teach them how to blend two consonant letters. Next, I focus on enhancing the childrens’ phonemic awareness, which is the capacity to distinguish each blend of consonants at the beginning of a word.
Some students find this challenging, and it requires a lot of practice. The purpose of these worksheets is to help students hear the blend at the beginning of a word by first encouraging them to blend the two consonant letters. Encourage the children to blend the letters in each initial blend by practicing as often as you can. Modeling, in my opinion, is essential.
This entertaining SW Find and Color worksheet for initial blends can help prepare children for more advanced blending work involving four phonemes, is a great way to introduce children orally to initial consonant blends and help them develop the necessary phonemic awareness.
The pack contains one sheet for the SW initial blend.
It is part of a pack of 20 such worksheets that can be purchased for a small price here to save you the time and effort of downloading 20 individual worksheets.
On each worksheet, students have to blend the two letters and then search for objects that begin with that blended consonant. After then, only these objects should be colored; the others should remain uncolored.
Once they are given instructions, children can readily work on the sheets without assistance; nevertheless, for the most benefit, it is strongly advised that an adult work with special needs children.
It is necessary to introduce the idea of early blends in detail. Upon working with kids, particularly those who have special needs, my first preference is to teach them how to blend two consonant letters. Next, I focus on enhancing the childrens’ phonemic awareness, which is the capacity to distinguish each blend of consonants at the beginning of a word.
Some students find this challenging, and it requires a lot of practice. The purpose of these worksheets is to help students hear the blend at the beginning of a word by first encouraging them to blend the two consonant letters. Encourage the kids to blend the letters in each initial blend by practicing as often as you can. Modeling, in my opinion, is essential.
This entertaining TW Find and Color worksheet for initial blends can help prepare children for more advanced blending work involving four phonemes, is a great way to introduce them orally to initial consonant blends and help them develop the necessary phonemic awareness.
The pack contains one sheet for the TW initial blend.
It is part of a pack of 20 such worksheets that can be purchased for a small price here to save you the time and effort of downloading 20 individual worksheets.
On each worksheet, students have to blend the two letters and then search for objects that begin with that blended consonant. After then, only these objects should be colored; the others should remain uncolored.
Once they are given instructions, children can readily work on the sheets without assistance; nevertheless, for the most benefit, it is strongly advised that an adult work with special needs children.
It is necessary to introduce the idea of early blends in detail. Upon working with kids, particularly those who have special needs, my first preference is to teach them how to blend two consonant letters. Next, I focus on enhancing the childrens’ phonemic awareness, which is the capacity to distinguish each blend of consonants at the beginning of a word.
Some students find this challenging, and it requires a lot of practice. The purpose of these worksheets is to help students hear the blend at the beginning of a word by first encouraging them to blend the two consonant letters. Encourage the children to blend the letters in each initial blend by practicing as often as you can. Modeling, in my opinion, is essential.
111 SH, CH and TH consonant digraph phonic worksheets for use with any program including RWI Set 1 Speed sounds and Letters and Sounds Phase 3.
This pack contains:
38 SH worksheets
34 CH Worksheets
10 Miced SH/CH worksheets
14 TH worksheets
14 Mixed SH/CH/TH worksheets
Each of the single sound worksheets is discrete, not requiring knowledge of any other digraph.
These SH, CH and TH consonant digraph worksheets give simple, but effective practice in:
Reading and spelling basic SH, CH and TH words
Tracking the SH, CH and TH sounds in words and sentences
Proofreading
*Reading sentences and longer passages
Comprehension
Writing sentences using SH, CH and TH words.
All are provided through a variety of exercises - no room for boredom - and plenty for those who challenging along with those who need more practice.
These worksheets can help you teach the SH, CH and TH sounds to any ability or age including EFL/ESL learners.
Find SH, CH and TH activities suitable for all abilities, especially special needs including dyslexia.
The worksheets assume no knowledge of other digraphs
Two SH, CH and TH worksheets for most activities: one without consonant blend words, and one with consonant blend words
Suitable for Special Needs/intervention work
Suitable for homework to practice work given in class
These worksheets have been made as I have worked with children of differing abilities, finding out the things that children get stuck on and need help to work through, as well as those things that help to integrate phonic skills into reading and writing. Find the right worksheet for each child, so that every child can succeed.
This pack of 32 FUN CK Worksheets will help every pupil in your class successfully read and spell words ending in CK. These sheets take the pupil from hearing the new sounds in words (developing phonemic awareness) to reading and spelling CK ending words.
ESL/EFL/Special needs: The simple design of these CK worksheets ensures they are accessible to all students. From sound-it-out-boxes to aid early readers to engaging no-prep games to reinforce learning there is plenty here for all your class.
Fully differentiated: cater for the less able while stretching the more able - you won’t have any unchallenged children in your CK lesson. choose the worksheets that are right for each child.
Most worksheets are provided at 2 levels: one without a consonant blend and one with.
The worksheets assume no knowledge of other digraphs.
They can be used with any good, systematic programme of phonic instruction including all popular programmes, such as Read, Write Inc, Letters and Sounds and Jolly Phonics.
Multiple activities to keep pupils engaged while providing ample practice.
Please see the preview to see the complete set.
Suitable for:
Classwork
homework to practice work given in class
Intervention
A pack of 40 ‘L Blends’ Phonic Worksheets - differentiated so plenty for all abilities.
These phonic worksheets are for any pupil of any age, including those with a special need.
The worksheets cover:
bl; cl; fl; gl; pl; sl.
There is a selection of varied tasks for each blend and then a mix of activities to help children read and spell L-blend words with a short vowel sound.
See it! Sound-it-out! Write it! is my powerful 3-step process.
These L belnds worksheets are intended to be used in a multisensory capacity so needed by young children, in which the child sees the sound/word, feels the sound with the mouth parts, and then traces/writes it.
My ‘sound-it-out’ boxes help to visually group sounds in words, guiding the pupil’s attention to the sounds to help them to sound out effectively.
These structured worksheets take the pupil through the following stages:
Hear the L Blend in familiar words (to familiarise the child with the sound)
Write the L Blend (writing adds a multisensory dimension so needed by these pupils)
Sort words by initial consonant (hearing and writing)
Decoding words with initial L-Blends
Writing/spelling words with the initial L-Blend
Reading sentences containing initial L-Blend words
Reading longer passages containing initial L-Blend words
Suitable for use with any recognised phonic programme, inc RWI, and Letters and Sounds.
This is a pack of 12 phonic worksheets to teach ‘U-E’ (silent ‘e’, Magic ‘e’, long vowels, split digraphs) words.
These ‘U-E’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching.
They are:
highly systematic
have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily.
Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example).
I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound.
The worksheets include activities to:
Develop blending and segmenting
Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition
Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners
Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words
Comprehension activities
Writing practice
Reading of longer passages
Fluency triangles
Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today.
You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.
This is a pack of 12 phonic worksheets to teach ‘O-E’ (silent ‘e’, Magic ‘e’, Long Vowels) words.
These ‘O-E’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching.
They are:
highly systematic
have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily.
Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example).
I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound.
The worksheets include activities to:
Develop blending and segmenting
Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition
Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners
Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words
Comprehension activities
Writing practice
Reading of longer passages
Fluency triangles
Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today.
You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.
This is a pack of 12 phonic worksheets to teach ‘I-E’ (silent ‘e’, Magic ‘e’, Long Vowels) words.
These ‘I-E’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching.
They are:
highly systematic
have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily.
Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example).
I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound.
The worksheets include activities to:
Develop blending and segmenting
Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition
Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners
Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words
Comprehension activities
Writing practice
Reading of longer passages
Fluency triangles
Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today.
You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.
This is a pack of 46 phonic worksheets to teach ‘OO’ as in moon and OO as in book.
These ‘OO’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching.
They are:
highly systematic
have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily.
Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example).
I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound.
The worksheets include activities to:
Develop blending and segmenting
Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition
Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners
Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words
Comprehension activities
Writing practice
Reading of longer passages
Fluency triangles
Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today.
You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.
This is a pack of 42 phonic worksheets to teach ‘CK’.
These ‘CK’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching.
They are:
highly systematic
have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily.
Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example).
I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound.
The worksheets include activities to:
Develop blending and segmenting
Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition
Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners
Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words
Comprehension activities
Writing practice
Reading of longer passages
Fluency triangles
Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today.
You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.
This Silent E set of decodable books forms a continuation of the Reading Made Simple phonic, graded, reading scheme covering sounds a-e, i-e, o-e and u-e. There are 9 books with 4 matching ‘workbooks’, one for each sound.
Popular with home educators, These books can also be used where other programmes have failed.
This set follows:
CVC Readers
Consonant Blends Readers
If your child has been left behind in school or is not making progress in reading, then try Reading Made Simple. It will teach the same things as your child’s school phonic programme but in a more structured way.
This part of the programme follows on from our CVC Words Reading Books and Workbooks and our Consonant Blends Reading books.
This pack of graded reading books further develop reading ability by introducing the Silent or Magic ‘E’ rule
If you are looking for a phonic reading program for your child, look no further, whether you want to give your child a head start in reading, or have a child who has fallen behind at school. As these books are so highly structured they have been tried and tested to help those with even profound difficulties. It just takes an adult to understand the programme, and apply it diligently, with awareness of their child’s needs and every child can read.
These books can be coupled with my free spelling /writing programme which can be found at Reading Made Simple, to form a complete, FREE literacy programme.
Many home educators already use this programme with excellent results.
You will find it hard to find a reading programme like this, for a cheaper price.
It is easy enough for a parent to use and to help their child - many already do.
Special Features of these graded phonic reading books:
The books are graded and therefore should be read in sound order as listed above, as each builds on the one before.
They only use the sight words: he, we, me, be, she, so, give, have, says. they, are
The pictures are minimal and do not encourage guessing so meaning has to be gleaned from the text.
Each book tells a simple story with humour where possible
They have been tested on many children, including some with profound difficulties.
Matching workbooks consolidate and revise learning.
Vocabulary repeats so aiding reading fluency and building security and confidence.
They are based on the latest research and evidence-based methods.
If your child is struggling to learn to read for whatever reason, these books can help.
Who are the graded phonic reading books for?
These books can be used by older struggling readers with dyslexia or any with a processing difficulty of any kind.
Parents
Classroom assistants
Private tutors
Home educators
Reading intervention
They were written for Reading MadeSimple but can be used with Letters and Sounds Phases 3 and RWI Speed Set 2.
Full instructions, including a suggested lesson plan and hints for hearing a child read, are included.
You can help a struggling reader today.
For more help please see Reading Made Simple.
Here are 12, FREE to download, Consonant Blends decodable, phonic reading books to support the blending of consonant blends words with a short vowel sound, for the very earliest stages of learning to read with phonics, WITH MATCHING WORKBOOKS to consolidate learning.
Suitable for use with all phonic programmes.
These books follow our FREE CVC words reading books, and are followed by our Graded Decodable readers, introducing common digraphs.
Together they form a FREE phonic reading scheme. Give your child a head start in reading, or help your struggling reader to succeed!
Suitable for home-education, parents, teachers, private tutors and all else who need them!
The focus is purely on sounding out with only the key words
** I, and no, go, to**
being gradually introduced.
Pictures are minimal to encourage the child to gain meaning from the text and not to guess.
Phonic words are introduced and then met again in subsequent readers, to help develop confidence and fluency.
The highly structured nature of these books helps every child to succeed.
The stories are based around farmer Tom with his animals, his wife, his son Sam and daughter, Pam, dog Jiff and the cat.
Highly suitable for special needs children who have failed with other programmes.
Many parents have told me they wished they had found these books sooner, or had found them at all, as they would have been ideal for their struggling reader.
They have been thoroughly tested by my current pupils all of whom are boys. Even my nine-year old boy pupil loves them.
Teachers can find my consonant blends worksheets here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12653569
This is a graded, phonic reading proramme consisting of 22 books introducing the sounds: ck,oo, ee, sh, ch, th, ng, ing, ar fro beginner readers with phonics.
They form their own phonic reading programme which can be used where other programmes have failed.
These books continue on from either the Decodable CVC Readers for Older Pupils, or from my Basic CVC readers pack.
If your child has been left behind in school, or is not making progress in reading, then try Reading Made Simple. It will teach the same things as your child’s school phonic programme but in a more structured way.
For best effect, use alongside my FREE Spelling/writing programme, Reading Made Simple.
Words Lists can be found here.
Each book is thoroughly decodable using taught phonic skills only. Sight words are introduced in a structured manner.
This part of the programme follows on from our CVC Words Reading Books and Workbooks and our Consonant Blends Reading books.
A set of matching workbooks for each sound is provided to help each child to progress soundly.
Special Features of these graded phonic reading books:
As each new phonic sound is introduced, words from that phonic family are practiced and words met in previous readers revised, while new words from phonic sound families already taught are gradually introduced.
Because of this highly structured nature they are suitable for all children to enable good progress , but particularly for those who are struggling to learn to read.
The books should be read in sound order as above.
They only use the sight words: he, we, me, be, she, so, give, have, says. they, are
The pictures are minimal and do not encourage guessing so that meaning has to be gleaned from the text.
Each book tells a simple story with humour where possible
They have been tried on tested on many children now, including some with profound difficulties.
Matching workbooks consolidate and revise learning.
Vocabulary repeats so aiding reading fluency and building security and confidence.
They are based on the latest research and evidence based methods.
If your child is struggling to learn to read for whatever reason, these books can help.
Who are the graded phonic reading books for?
Young learners
Special needs learners
Those with dyslexia, or a processing difficulty of any kind.
They can be used by parents, classrooom assistants, schools (where state rules allow teachers to choose their own phonic scheme) and private tutors.
They can be used with Letters and Sounds Phases 3 and 4, and RWI Speed Set 2.
Full instructions, including a suggested lesson plan and hints for hearing a child read are included.
You can help a struggling reader today.
This is a National Curriculum/Common Core aligned themed mini-unit about EVERGREENS suitable for K to 1 (Years 1 to 2) and mixed Grade classes, covering Science and English: Informational texts.
The Evergreens mini-project lesson teaches:
· To know that evergreen trees stay green all
year through while deciduous trees drop their
leaves in autumn
· To know that some evergreen plants have
flat leaves and some have leaves called needles
· To know the properties of the leaves of
evergreens - strong to withstand wind and
frost
· To know that the needles are different/grow
differently depending on whether the tree is a
fir, spruce or pine.
Key vocab: evergreen, needles, leaves, deciduous, pine, fir, spruce, Holly, Ivy
The pack includes:
A full lesson plan
PowerPoint overview of the subject
Powerpoint with the 3 reading passages in a format suitable for guided reading
Fact sheet - handy easy-to-read facts for teachers to prep before the lesson or to use with pupils where appropriate
Supporting worksheets with:
· 3 de-codable, differentiated reading comprehension passages with matching comprehension activities
· 3 Differentiated worksheets to help children write about evergreens
A set of photos to be used during the lesson and/or for display.
Flashcards of key vocabulary
16 picture cards to sort into deciduous or evergreen
This is a NO-PREP Lesson – straight out of the pack!
The lesson will cover parts of the ‘plants’ element of most science curricula, providing a wonderful opportunity to teach more of/revise/reinforce the science curriculum while teaching English!
Lesson notes for a lesson about evergreens are included with all the resources you need - except evergreen leaves.
handy easy-to-read facts for teachers to prep before the lesson
pictures
19-slide PowerPoint (with a script under each slide in the notes - use in presentation mode - go to slide show, click three dots bottom left and select ‘Presentation Mode’.))
The pack includes a 31-page PDF, one 19-slide PowerPoint and one guided reading PowerPoint of all three comprehension passages.
A simple phonemic awareness board game for 2 players to help children hear the sounds 'ar 'and ‘or’ in words.
Some children need more oral work before they can read and spell words with ‘or’ and ‘ar’ successfully, so this game can give vital help.
Note: children will not be expected to read any words. It is an oral game, based on pictures.
Eco printing Black and white. Great for home-learning, sending home. Children love to colour the pictures themselves and play ‘their’ game!
Very suitable for Special Needs/EFL/ESL learners.
A simple game to help children over the tedium of learning to blend, giving plenty of practice blending CVC words, while having fun.
An updated version of a classic game!
Youc an just play as a board game with the fish cards scattered on the table or add more fu by making your own simple rod with a stick, string and magnet and pop a paperclip on each fish.
Over 90+ words included so you will never get bored!
Target the medial sound that each pupil needs practice of.