Fantastic Phonics

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Working towards Year 1

Say the word.

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Write
Split it into phonemes. lower-case
Write the graphemes. letters.
Super Spellings… I need to know some of these:
Use your phonics knowledge
to spell words. a go me push they
Top Tips:
Read and write these: are has my said to
ask he no says today Think about why you
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ck e u r h b f ff l ll ss be here of school was Say your words out
by his one she we loud first.
j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng
ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur ow oi come house once so were
Read it back to check.
ear air ure er do I our some where Talk with an adult or
friend is pull the you friend to check if it makes
sense and make some
Punctuation Power! full love put there your changes, with help.
Spaces between
words More than One!

Capital letters at Use -s and -es to show more than one.

A the beginning of
a sentence two cats five balls the brushes

Capital letter for

I
‘I’ (me)

A full stop at the

.
end of a sentence
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Spaces between
words
Expected Year 1 Say the word.
Split it into phonemes.
Super Spellings… I need to know some of these: Write the graphemes.
Capital letters at
the beginning of a go me push they Use your phonics knowledge
a sentence, for to spell words.
A are has my said to
names of people,
ask he no says today
Read and write these:
places, days of the
week and ‘I’ (me) be here of school was j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh
oa oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure er
A full stop at the by his one she we
.
end of a sentence come house once so were ay ou ie ea oy ir ue aw wh ph ew oe
Exclamation marks do I our some where au ey
! a-e e-e i-e o-e u-e
for surprise friend is pull the you

Question marks for full love put there your Super Suffixes
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questions
Days of the week Use -ing, -ed and -er to make new words.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Joining Ideas playing played player
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
and helping helped helper
More than One!
fish and chips
Use -s and -es to make plurals. Top Tips
bat and ball
three bears some dishes Say your whole sentence out loud first.
Tim and Sam
Read it back to check that it makes
I love football and I love
school. sense and make changes.
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Use -s and -es
Spaces between
words
Greater Depth Year 1 three bears
some dishes
Capital letters at Super Spellings… I need to know some of these: five brushes
the beginning of
a go me push they
a sentence, for Fantastic Phonics
A
names of people, are has my said to
places, days of the Say the word.
ask he no says today
week and ‘I’ (me) Split it into phonemes.
be here of school was Write the graphemes.
A full stop at the by his one she we Use your phonics knowledge
.
end of a sentence to spell words.
come house once so were
Read and write these:
do I our some where
Exclamation marks j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh
!
for surprise friend is pull the you oa oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure er
full love put there your ay ou ie ea oy ir ue aw wh ph ew oe
Question marks for au ey a-e e-e i-e o-e u-e
? Days of the week
questions
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Joining Ideas
Top Tips Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
I love football and I love school.
Say your whole sentence Super Suffixes Do you like cats or do you like dogs?
out loud first. Use -ing, -ed and -er to make new words. I went to the house but
no one was there.
playing played player
Read it back to check
that it makes sense and
make changes.