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Classroom Key Stage 1 / KS1 - English Activities & Resources

Welcome to the English section of the Key Stage 1 classroom. Within KS1 English you will find online @school assessment tests that will help children to enhance their learning and revise the subject of English at Key Stage 1 level.

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.

Blends

Blends - An activity about consonant blends.

Ch Blends - Interactive activity about words with ch.

ck Endings - An interactive activity to help read and spell words ending in ck.

Complete the Word 1 - Interactive activity to complete the words

Complete the Word 2 - Interactive activity to complete the words

Consonant Clusters Bingo 1 - Printable bingo cards to practice consonant clusters

Consonant Clusters Bingo 2 - Printable bingo cards to practice consonant clusters

Consonant Clusters Bingo 3 - Printable bingo cards to practice consonant clusters

Consonant Clusters Bingo 4 - Printable bingo cards to practice consonant clusters

Consonant Clusters Bingo 5 - Printable bingo cards to practice consonant clusters

Consonant Clusters Bingo 6 - Printable bingo cards to practice consonant clusters

FF and SS Endings - Interactive activity to identify the word endings.

ll endings - An interactive activity to help read and spell words ending in ll.

Looking at ph Words - Y2 - T2 - W3 - Typing in activity where you need to correct the spellings.

Looking at ay Words - Y1 - T3 - W1 - Online activity to type in words of the same family.

Looking at ow Words - Y1 - T3 - W1 - Online activity to type in words of the same family.

Make Real Words 1 - Interactive activity to blend phonemes and select the real word.

Make Real Words 2 - Interactive activity to blend phonemes and select the real word.

Ng Endings - Interactive activity to identify the words that end in ‘ng’

Onset and Rime Cards - End Clusters 1 - Printable cards to join onset and rime to make words.

Onset and Rime Cards - Initial Clusters 1 - Printable cards to join onset and rime to make words.

Onset and Rime Cards - Initial Clusters 2 - Printable cards to join onset and rime to make words.

Onset and Rime Cards - Initial Clusters 3 - Printable cards to join onset and rime to make words.

Onset and Rime Cubes - Initial Clusters 1 - Printable cubes to join onset and rime to make words.

Onset and Rime Cubes - Initial Clusters 2 - Printable cubes to join onset and rime to make words.

Onset and Rime Cubes - Initial Clusters 3 - Printable cubes to join onset and rime to make words.

Onset and Rime Cubes - Initial Clusters 4 - Printable cubes to join onset and rime to make words.

Phonic Alliteration 1 - Interactive activity to select the phoneme that completes the alliteration.

Phonic Alliteration 2 - Interactive activity to select the consonants that completes the alliteration.

Rhyming Patterns - Y1 - T3 - W1 - Online task to finish off poems by making the words rhyme.

Rhyming Patterns - Y2 - T1 - W3 - Online activity to see which word does not rhyme with the rest in the list.

Sh Words - An activity for you to identify the objects that begin with sh.

Star Fall - Interactive reading and writing activities

Three Sounds - Learn about the consonant clusters spl, scr, spr and str.

Wh Words - Lean to spell words beginning with the digraph wh.

Which Beginning 1? - Interactive activity to select the sound at the beginning of a word.

Which Beginning 2? - Interactive activity to select the sound at the beginning of a word.

Which Ending 1? - Interactive activity to select the sound at the end of a word.

Which Ending 2? - Interactive activity to select the sound at the end of a word.

Which Ending 3? - Interactive activity to select the sound at the end of a word.

Which Ending 4? - Interactive activity to select the sound at the end of a word.

Which Ending 5? - Interactive activity to select the sound at the end of a word.

Word Endings - Year 1 - Term 2 - Interactive activity where you need to recognise word endings.

Words that Rhyme - Y2 - T1 - W3 - Interactive task to match up rhyming words.

Words that Rhyme - Year 1 - Term 1 - Interactive task to match up rhyming words.

Words with sh - Year 2 - Interactive activity to place the sh words into the correct sentence.