37 worksheets covering every vowel digraph and trigraph listed for Year 1 in English Appendix 1. One letter pattern per sheet, a full answer key, and nothing to prepare — print and go.

A4, black and white, 46 pages.

Every sheet works the same way

1. Say the sound and write the letter pattern four times, tracing a model first.
2. Fill in the missing letters. One short line per letter, so the lines show how many to write.
3. Tick the words that contain the pattern, from a mixed set.
4. Read the set aloud.
5. Copy two words onto a handwriting line.

Children meet the layout once and can then get on with it themselves.

Only letters they have been taught

Every word is checked against the letter patterns its own sheet assumes, so the sheets stay decodable — children are not asked to read something they have not met yet.

Three of the appendix’s own example words, Thursday, Tuesday and author, need a sound from a later sheet. Rather than drop them or slip them in unmarked, each sits in an Extra challenge box at the foot of the sheet so you can decide whether to use it.

Sheets split by sound

Six spellings appear twice in the appendix for two different sounds: ea, oo, ow, ie, ear and er. Each sound gets its own sheet, so those six become twelve. Ea as in sea and ea as in head, oo as in moon and oo as in book, and so on.

Also included

• Answer key for all 37 sheets
• Teacher notes on the terminology, and two things that often get muddled
• Contents page with page numbers
• Terms of use and licensing page

Set in Andika, a typeface made for beginning readers.

A school following a particular phonics programme may teach these in a different order. One pattern per sheet means you can pull the ones you need, when you need them.

Practice material, not a past paper or a replica of the Year 1 phonics screening check. No threshold figure appears anywhere in it.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This resource is not affiliated with, approved by, or endorsed by the Department for Education, the Standards and ÌÇÐÄVlogting Agency, or any phonics programme publisher.