Year 1 · English · Reading
Heart words and reading sentences
Read and write the most common words by sight and read simple sentences and books with them.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Heart words and reading sentences — Find the tricky part of heart words, read sentences from left to right, spot the word that does not make sense, and find naming and doing words with Kiri.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 1 (Years 0–3), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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More Year 1 English topics
Letters and sounds · Understanding stories · Writing sentences · Spelling simple words