Year 1 · English
Distinguish Different Spellings Of Same Sound
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Year 1 learners practise different spellings for the same sound.
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- Choose Between Digraphs ai and ay — support from Twinkl
- Choose Between the Digraphs ea and ee — support from Twinkl
- Choose Between the Digraphs ur, ir and er — support from Twinkl
- Choose Between the Trigraph ore and the Digraphs aw and au — support from YouTube — Alphablocks
- Know the Digraphs ai and ay — support from Twinkl
- Know the Digraphs ea and ee — support from Twinkl
- Know the Digraphs oi and oy — support from Twinkl
- Know the Digraphs ow and ou — support from Twinkl
- Know the Digraphs ue, ew and oo — support from Twinkl
- Know the Digraphs ur, ir and er — support from Twinkl
- Know the Trigraph ore and Digraphs aw and au — support from YouTube — The Phonics Channel - Mr Tom
- Practise Using ai and ay — support from Twinkl
- Practise Using the Digraphs ea and ee — support from Twinkl
- Practise Using the Digraphs oi and oy — support from Twinkl
- Practise Using the Digraphs ow and ou — support from Twinkl
- Practise Using the Digraphs ue, ew and oo — support from Twinkl
- Practise Using the Digraphs ur, ir and er — support from Twinkl
- Practise Using the Trigraph ore and the Digraphs aw and au — support from YouTube — Alphablocks
- Revise Words with tch — support from YouTube — Nessy
- Spell Sounds v or ve — support from Twinkl
- Spell Sounds z or zz — support from YouTube — iRise Training & Development
- Spell Sounds: f or ff — support from YouTube — Mr Spelling
- Spot nk and ng in Words — support from YouTube — Teacher Beth
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 13 'ai' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 14 'ee' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 27 'er' Video
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Long Vowel Sounds: AU and AW
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 23 'oi' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 22 'ow' Video
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Phase 3 Phonics Lesson 17 'oo' (Long Sound) Video
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AU Sound with Words for Children - Fun English Phonics for Year 1 & 2 - Lesson 83
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Using TCH or CH
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Double Letters with One Sound 'ff,ss,ll,zz' Unit 11 Grid 1
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F Sound | F FF PH GH | A Spelling Rap Song.
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Words with Digraph -NG and -NK
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Phonics Screening Workouts: 'ai', 'ay' and 'a-e'
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Odd Word Out: Same Sound, Different Graphemes (Ages 5-6)
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 7: 'ee', 'ea', 'ie' and 'y'
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PlanIt Y1: Vowel Digraphs 'ir' and 'ur'
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PlanIt English Y1: Vowel Digraphs 'aw' and 'au' Spelling Pack
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Phonics Screening Workouts: 'or', 'aw', 'au' and 'air'
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PlanIt Y1: 'ai' and 'oi' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 3: ai, ay, oi and oy
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PlanIt English Y1: Vowel Digraphs 'ow' and 'ou' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 5: oo, oe, oa, ow and ou
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PlanIt Y1: Vowel Digraphs 'ue' and 'ew' Spelling Pack
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Phonics Colouring Pack: 'u', 'ue', 'u-e', 'ew', 'oo' and 'ou'
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PlanIt Y1: 'ch' and 'tch' Spelling Pack
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Phonics Screening Workouts: 'ch', 'ck', 'sh' and 'th'
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PlanIt Y1: 'v' and 've' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 Spelling Practice: /v/ Spelt 've'
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Year 1 Phonics Spelling Pack 1: ff, ll, ss, zz and ck
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PlanIt Y1: 'ff' and 'ss' Spelling Pack
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Year 1 Double Consonant Word Endings Worksheet
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Year 1 'nk' Word Endings Practice Sheet
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PlanIt Y1: 'ng' and 'nk' Spelling Pack
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