Year 1 · English · Reading
Letters and sounds
Know the common sound for each letter, hear the first, middle and last sounds in words and read the digraphs sh, ch, th, ng and ck.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Letters and sounds — Tap letter blocks to hear their sounds, count the sounds in words, find rhymes, blend sounds to read words and meet sh, ch, th, ng and ck 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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