I am a KS1 teacher with experience in Leeds, Wakefield, Nottingham and Preston. Currently teaching year 1 in Northampton.
I found a huge lack of suitable resources, so instead of creating quick resources to use and chuck, I dedicated my time to creating quality resources based on what my classroom needed.
Everything I sell has been used in my own classroom, is based on the national curriculum/letters and sounds phonics scheme, and is presented to a high quality.
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I am a KS1 teacher with experience in Leeds, Wakefield, Nottingham and Preston. Currently teaching year 1 in Northampton.
I found a huge lack of suitable resources, so instead of creating quick resources to use and chuck, I dedicated my time to creating quality resources based on what my classroom needed.
Everything I sell has been used in my own classroom, is based on the national curriculum/letters and sounds phonics scheme, and is presented to a high quality.
Please leave feedback!
Engaging phoneme spotter stories based around a group of aliens that crash on Earth. Each story is based on a different alien, and features a focus phoneme.
Based on the Letters and Sounds curriculum, suitable for use with Jolly Phonics, Read, Write Inc and any other phonics scheme.
Features phoneme spotter stories for ALL phase 3 sounds:
j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure er
All your littlies need to do is grab a pen/pencil/highlighter and get reading or scanning to find the target phoneme, while having a chuckle at the cheeky creatures.
The product (as with all my others) is in the OpenDyslexic font to help dyslexic learners. This does not have a negative impact on any other learners and is proven to boost reading ability amongst those with reading related learning difficulties.
Feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for downloading!
A fact sheet aimed at teachers, not students.
There is no substitute for in depth subject knowledge, but there is often little time to develop it. This is a knowledge organiser for teachers, to be used as a spring board for planning.
It contains everything you need to know about Earth and Space (up to GCSE-ish level), including common misconceptions and their related truths.
Also includes child-friendly book recommendations.
Over 200 sentences, covering all of the phase 5 sounds. Hang them on the wall, use them as busy work, incorporate them into phonics or English lessons, or use them as an assessment tool.
Suitable for Letters and Sounds, Jolly Phonics, Read Write Inc, and any other phonics scheme.
Repetition is brilliant for children to practice recognising phonemes, graphemes and phonics sounds. Let them practice these skills in context by providing them with fluency sentences. Read them over and over to build up recognition of phonemes and sounds in words, and to help your littlies build up their confidence with full sentences.
As always, my resources are made using the OpenDyslexic font to help our dyslexic learners. We are dyslexia friendly!
Roll the dice and trace over the word (or cross it out). Which number will win? 27 game boards with grey writing (for tracing), 27 game boards with black writing (for crossing out). All game boards have the target phoneme highlighted in red.
Suitable for letters and sounds, jolly phonics, read, write, inc. or any other phonics scheme.
Containing gameboards with grey writing for your littlies to trace over, and black writing so they can just focus on reading, there is plenty of flexibility with this game.
As always, my resources are made using the OpenDyslexic font to help our dyslexic learners. We are dyslexia friendly!
28 word sliders for phase 3 and 5 sounds. Print onto card, cut everything out, slice holes in the end sound cards, thread the beginning sound strips through and voila, easy to make phonics activity!
Contains sliders for zz, ng, ai, ee, igh, oo (both sounds), ar, ay, ie, aw, ew, oe
Contents:
27 Phoneme Spotter Stories - each story is based around a different phoneme and a different alien.
Fluency Strips - 400 sentences covering all 27 of the phase 3 sounds. Laminate, cut and attach with a keyring for easy to use phonics sentences.
Phoneme Hunt - 27 sheets. Scan the lines to find all of the target phonemes.
Read it, Make it, Write it - 20 word cards for each of the 27 phase 3 sounds. 540 word cards in total. Choose a card and place it on the work mat. Make the word from play-doh, lego or magnetic letters, then write it (with the option of handwriting lines or not).
Roll, Write, Read - 27 game boards, one for each of the 27 phase 3 phonemes. Roll the dice, trace over (or cross out) the word in that column, roll again. Which number will win?
Speedy Readies - 27 sheets, one for each of the phase 3 phonemes. Children (one blue and one green) take it in turns to read a word from the sheet. Once they’re confident, put them against the clock and see if they can beat their scores!
Spot the Word - 27 sheets, one for each of the phase 3 phonemes. Each row has two words. Read one of the out and ask the children to circle it. Once they’re confident, choose a child to be the leader and watch their self-esteem soar!
Word Searches - 27 word searches, one for each of the phase 3 phonemes. Each wordsearch has at least 9 words to find. All horizontal or vertical, no diagonal.
Word Sorts - 27 words sorts, one for each of the phase 3 phonemes. Each phoneme has one sorting table, 14 real words and 14 nonsense words.
Roll the dice and trace over the word (or cross it out). Which number will win? 27 game boards with grey writing (for tracing), 27 game boards with black writing (for crossing out). All game boards have the target phoneme highlighted in red.
Suitable for letters and sounds, jolly phonics, read, write, inc. or any other phonics scheme.
Containing gameboards with grey writing for your littlies to trace over, and black writing so they can just focus on reading, there is plenty of flexibility with this game.
As always, my resources are made using the OpenDyslexic font to help our dyslexic learners. We are dyslexia friendly!
Phonemes included:
j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure er
Phase 5 Phonics Word Sorts!
Word sorts for all 19 of the phase 5 phonemes.
Contains one sorting table, 14 word cards with the target sound, and 14 word cards without the target sound, for each phoneme.
Always a favourite in my classroom. The children get plenty of practice identifying a phoneme and segmenting, blending and reading words.
Great for independent and guided work.
Made using OpenDyslexic - a font designed to help dyslexic children. This has no adverse effects on children who do not have dyslexia, so it’s a win-win!
A fact sheet aimed at teachers, not students.
There is no substitute for in depth subject knowledge, but there is often little time to develop it. This is a knowledge organiser for teachers, to be used as a spring board for planning.
It contains everything you need to know about Evolution and Inheritance (up to GCSE-ish level), including common misconceptions and their related truths.
Also contains child-friendly book recommendations.
Speedy Readies!
The more your littlies practice reading a word, the more likely they are to remember it and recognise it in sentences.
Give them tonnes of fluency practice by using these Speedy Readies!
Just put your littlies in pairs, assign each a colour (either green or blue) and get them to read their coloured words in order. Give them a minute to see how far they can read, then try again to see if they can beat it. They'll get plenty of practice saying each word, stronger readers can lead the weaker, and they have loads of fun trying to beat their time.
Use in phonics lessons, literacy centres, word work sessions, as guided reading prompts or as assessment to see which words you littlies need more practice with.
This pack contains all 100 of the second 100 HFW / sight words, split into four Speedy Ready sheets.
The pack includes:
- Instructions and tips for playing.
- Four Speedy Ready sheets.
Simply read through the phonemes, from left to right and circle the target phoneme.
Each sheet has at least 10 examples of the target phoneme, so there's plenty to look for!
Includes 19 sheets, each based on one of the 19 phase 5 sounds.
Suitable for Letters and Sounds, Jolly Phonics, Read, Write, Inc. and any other phonics scheme.
As always, my products are made using the OpenDyslexic font to help our dyslexic learners.
Speedy Readies! Children work in pairs, alternating words to read their way through the page. One says the red words, and one says the purple words. Race against the clock to see if you can beat your score!
This pack contains a Speedy Ready sheet for each of the 19 phase 5 words (letters and sounds curriculum but suitable for Read, Write, Inc., Jolly Phonics and any other phonics scheme). Each sheet contains a few nonsense/alien words to help provide practice for the year 1 phonics test.
Over 400 sentences, covering all of the phase 3 sounds. Hang them on the wall, use them as busy work, incorporate them into phonics or English lessons, or use them as an assessment tool.
Suitable for Letters and Sounds, Jolly Phonics, Read Write Inc, and any other phonics scheme.
j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure er
Repetition is brilliant for children to practice recognising phonemes, graphemes and phonics sounds. Let them practice these skills in context by providing them with fluency sentences. Read them over and over to build up recognition of phonemes and sounds in words, and to help your littlies build up their confidence with full sentences.
As always, my resources are made using the OpenDyslexic font to help our dyslexic learners. We are dyslexia friendly!
27 activity sheets, each one focused on a different phase 3 sound.
Just read out one of the two words in a row and ask your children to circle the word you have said.
Whether you read the word with the target sound or not, the children have to read both words and match the written word to the word you have said.
Once they're more confident, choose a child to be the reader and watch their self-esteem grow!
As always, my products are made using the OpenDyslexic font in order to help our dyslexic learners. We are dyslexia friendly!
19 activity sheets, each one focused on a different phase 5 sound.
Just read out one of the two words in a row and ask your children to circle the word you have said.
Whether you read the word with the target sound or not, the children have to read both words and match the written word to the word you have said.
Once they're more confident, choose a child to be the reader and watch their self-esteem grow!
As always, my products are made using the OpenDyslexic font in order to help our dyslexic learners. We are dyslexia friendly!
Phonics display for phases 2,3,4 and 5.
Contains:
27 monster pictures and frames.
23 Phase 2 sound cards.
27 Phase 3 sound cards.
30 Phase 4 blend cards.
14 Phase 5 sound cards (not including split digraphs).
All you need to do is put squares of velcro on the frames and on the back of the sound cards and your littlies can create and read as many nonsense names as they like!
This is currently up in my classroom. I let my littlies choose the monsters that went up and they have a whale of a time making silly names in their spare moments.
Simply read through the phonemes, from left to right and circle the target phoneme.
Each sheet has at least 10 examples of the target phoneme, so there's plenty to look for!
Includes 27 sheets, each based on one of the 27 phase 3 sounds.
Suitable for Letters and Sounds, Jolly Phonics, Read, Write, Inc. and any other phonics scheme.
As always, my products are made using the OpenDyslexic font to help our dyslexic learners.
Contains 20 words cards (real and nonsense) for each of the 27 phase 3 sounds.
Contains work mats with US style handwriting lines, UK style handwriting lines and plain top and bottom writing lines.
Simply pick a card, make the word out of play-doh, lego, magnetic letters, etc. and then write it.
Great for phonics lessons, interventions or continuous provision. Just laminate, cut and go!
