The activities in this KS1 English area will help children to develop their knowledge of speaking and listening, handwriting, and drama.
The main part of the KS1 English section is the English literacy area which includes Key Stage 1 learning materials at Word Level including word recognition, phonics, blends and spelling; Sentence Level including punctuation and grammar, and; Text Level including writing, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, books and nursery rhymes.
This section also includes National Literacy Strategy Resources targeted at Key Stage 1 learners.
The resources and activities in the KS1 English section are in an interactive, online, or printable format that brings a differing dynamic to the subject for children studying at Key Stage 1.
Antonyms - Antonyms Interactive activity to match antonyms
Busy Bees - Interactive activity to read key words
Compound Words - Interactive activity to split compound words into two words.
Compound Words 2 - Interactive activity to split compound words into two words.
Dinosaur Words - Interactive activity to read key words
Drag and Drop - A fun online interactive activity which help you to recognise simply words.
Funbrain Spell Check - A good interactive spelling quiz where you need to decide which word is incorrect and put it right.
Funbrain Spellaroo - Click on the word in the sentence that is spelt incorrectly.
Funbrain Stay Afloat - Interactive game to find the missing word - a little like hangman but sinking a boat instead.
Funbrain Word Searches - Interactive word searches for all different topics ranging from easy to hard.
Funbrain Words - Interactive game to match words to pictures.
High Frequency Word Bingo 1 - Printable bingo cards to practice high frequency words
High Frequency Word Bingo 2 - Printable bingo cards to practice high frequency words
High Frequency Word Bingo 3 - Printable bingo cards to practice high frequency words
High Frequency Word Bingo 4 - Printable bingo cards to practice high frequency words
High Frequency Word Search 1 - Printable word search with high frequency words
High Frequency Word Search 2 - Printable word search with high frequency words
High Frequency Word Search 3 - Printable word search with high frequency words
High Frequency Word Search 4 - Printable word search with high frequency words
High Frequency Word Search 5 - Printable word search with high frequency words
Key Word Reader - Interactive activity to read the words
Label the Face - Year R T11 - Activity for younger children to match the label to the correct part of a face.
Look Cover Write Check - Excellent site for practicing your spellings.
Match Animals and Words - Help place the correct words with the animals.
Meaning of words - Activity to say what different words mean.
Odd One Out - Online activity to see which word does not fit in with the other words in the list
Plurals 1 - Find out how to add s to a word to make it plural.
Plurals Test - Interactive test for you to try where you need to make some words plural.
Put in a Word - Online activity to fill in the correct word for the sentence.
Putting Words in Groups - Y2 - T2 - W7 - Print and do activity where you need to recognise the animal words.
Similar Sounding Words - Y2 - T2 - W2 - Interactive activity to compare similar sounding words.
Simple Spelling - Interactive activity where you have to spell simple words using pictures.
Spell Check (US) - Click on the word that is spelt incorrectly and type the correct spelling.
Spelling - Interactive spelling game and worksheets
Spelling Match - Excellent online spelling games
Star Fall - Interactive reading and writing activities
Synonyms 1 - Interactive memory game with synonyms
Synonyms 2 - Interactive memory game with synonyms
Un-matching game - Which words do not match?
Vocabulary Bookmarks - Printable bookmarks for you to display interesting vocabulary
Word Balloons - Interactive word activity
Word Families - Interactive task to compare similar sounding words.
Word Families - Year 2 - Online activity to group a particular word with a different tense.
Word Games - Lots of interactive word games for younger children.
Word Jumbler - Interactive word activities
Word Web Find - Word Web Find Online word searches
Words and Pictures - Lots of activities and worksheets from this BBC site.