English Foundation Literacy Phonic & Word Knowledge

Use knowledge of letters and sounds to spell words

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132 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: F

    English Unit: Decoding Strategies

    This unit provides a great visual overview for practising decoding strategies. The unit also provides numerous worksheet, reference cards,...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1

    English Unit: Rhyming Words

    This unit is progressive in nature and is suitable for Foundation students. Students will learn to identify rhyming words and identify wo...

  • Presentation Year: F

    Decoding Strategies - Presentation

    ThisΒ presentation will take you through the seven different decoding strategies as well as activities to practise using the skill.

  • Presentation Year: F

    CVC Words - Presentation

    This unit will explain, give examples and opportunities to practise writing and identifying CVC words. The presentation will give a definit...

  • Presentation Year: F 1

    Rhyming Words - Presentation

    This β€˜Rhyming Words’ presentation takes you through visual examples of rhyming words and then provides opportunities to test your own knowle...

  • Resource Year: F

    I Have, Who Has - Phonics: Digraph Alphabet Sounds (Colour & B&W Versions)

    This interactive β€œI Have, Who Has” phonics game is designed to help early learners build fluency with consonant digraphs. Each card includes...

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Easter Pack - Upper Primary

    Elevate Easter celebrations for upper primary students (Years 5-6) with our dynamic Easter Pack! Engage in challenging math puzzles, creativ...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Easter Pack - Middle Primary

    Unleash the spirit of Easter with our vibrant pack designed for students in Years 3-4! From egg-cellent word searches to math challenges wit...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Easter Pack - Lower Primary

    Dive into a world of Easter excitement tailored for our youngest learners! This pack is filled with delightful activities, including bunny m...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Bunny Phoneme Sight Words - 5 Phonemes

    Students will use each of the five phonemes on their card to build a high-frequency word. You may wish to encourage students to refer to you...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Bunny Phoneme Sight Words - 4 Phonemes

    Students will use each of thefour phonemes on their card to build a high-frequency word. You may wish to encourage students to refer to your...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Bunny Phoneme Sight Words - 3 Phonemes

    Students will use each of thefour phonemes on their card to build a high-frequency word. You may wish to encourage students to refer to your...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1

    Word Families

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1

    Rhyming Words Cut and Paste

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Video Year: F 1 2

    Wonder Words

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Mapping Cards Write and Wipe

    These Word Mapping write and wipe cards make for a wonderful hands on resource for students to develop the skills to begin to orthographical...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Sound Mapping Cards Write and Wipe

    These sound mapping write and wipe cards are an extremely versatile card with many learning opportunities. This resource encourages sound ma...

  • FREE! Resource Year: F 1

    Phonemic Awareness Teacher Cards

    These Phonemic Awareness Teacher Cards are an extremely versatile resource that can be used individually, in rotations, or in whole class se...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    CVC Phoneme Manipulation Cards

    These CVC Phoneme Manipulation Cards are an extremely versatile resource that can be used individually, in rotations, or in whole class sett...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3

    Boggle Word Building Game

    This versatile resource can be used in your literacy rotations, or with individual students. It is perfect to cater to the varying needs of...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Word of the Week

    Put this display up in your classroom for daily reference. A great way to encourage spelling and vocabulary knowledge in your students.

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Word of the Day

    Put this display up in your classroom for daily reference. A great way to encourage spelling and vocabulary knowledge in your students. Β 

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rocket Letter Recognition Matching Game

    This is a great way for students to practice and consolidate their recognition of uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Each card...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rocket Beginning Sound Matching Cards

    These rocket-themed letter cards can be used in a variety of ways to reinforce beginning sounds. This resource includes 26 cards that can b...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Balloon Letter Recognition Matching Game

    This is a great way for students to practice and consolidate their recognition of uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Each card...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Alphabet Step-By-Step Drawing Booklet

    These Alphabet Step-By-Drawings are a fantastic way to integrate 'alphabet' and β€˜beginner sound’ learning with writing and art. Students wil...

  • Resource Year: F

    Alphabet Bingo (Uppercase) - Game

    A great bingo game that provides practise matching uppercase and lowercase letters. The game boards contain uppercase letters and the callin...

  • Resource Year: F

    Alphabet Bingo (Lowercase) - Game

    A great bingo game that provides practise matching uppercase and lowercase letters. The game boards contain lowercase letters and the callin...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Beginning Sounds & Letters Robot Matching

    This is a great way for students to practice and consolidate the common sounds that each letter makes. Each set of colourful robot matching...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Doors Sorting Game - Word Families (am, an, ap)

    This resource is great for reinforcing student's knowledge of word families. Students select am, an, ap words and sort them into the correct...

  • Resource Year: F

    Skippy Frog - Skip the Words

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this worksheet to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Skippy Frog’, u...

  • Resource Year: F

    Spin the Chunk - Game

    This game is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this game to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Chunky Monkey’, identifyi...

  • Resource Year: F

    Eagle Eye - Spot the Clues

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this worksheet to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Eagle Eye’, usi...

  • Resource Year: F

    Eagle Eye – Colour the Clues

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this worksheet to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Eagle Eye’, usi...

  • Resource Year: F

    Eagle Eye - Draw the Clues

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this worksheet to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Eagle Eye’, usi...

  • Resource Year: F

    Lips The Fish - First Sound Fun

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this worksheet to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Lips the Fish’,...

  • Resource Year: F

    Stretchy Snake Match

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this worksheet to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Stretchy Snake’...

  • Resource Year: F

    Lips The Fish - Game

    This game is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this game to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Lips the Fish’, matching...

  • Resource Year: F

    Stretch it out

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this worksheet to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Stretchy Snake’...

  • Resource Year: F

    Flippy Dolphin Flip or Not?

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this worksheet to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Flippy Dolphin’...

  • Resource Year: F

    Flippy Dolphin - Game

    This game is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this game to practise the decoding strategy, β€˜Flippy Dolphin’, flipping...

  • Resource Year: F

    Flip the Vowel - Game

    This game is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use this game to practise the decoding strategy, flipping the vowel soundΒ ...

  • Resource Year: F

    Decoding Strategies - Reference Cards

    This resource is part of a larger unit called β€˜Decoding Strategies’. Use these reference cards as a visual reminder for students’ to glue in...

  • Resource Year: F

    Decoding Strategy Bookmark

    Decoding Strategy Bookmark

  • Resource Year: F

    Decoding Strategies - Student Reference Card

    This student reference card was created as a part of the Decoding Strategies unit plan. Β It can be stuck in their books and referred to thro...

  • Resource Year: F

    CVC Quiz

    This quiz will assess studentsΒ knowledge and understand of the CVC unit, providing you with necessary feedback of which areas may need revis...

  • Resource Year: F

    Roll, Read and Write - Word Families

    This worksheet assists studentsΒ with identifying numerous words from a word family as well as practising their letter formation and counting...

  • Resource Year: F

    CVC Beginning Sounds

    This worksheet encourages studentsΒ to identify what the picture is to then decide on the initial sound.

  • Resource Year: F

    Pick The CVC Word

    This worksheet will encourage studentsΒ to look carefully at each CVC word and break them down into their sounds to then decide on which one...

  • Resource Year: F

    CVC Word Shapes

    Use the word prompts at the bottom of the page to assist with spelling out these CVC words. This worksheet will assist students to begin not...

  • Resource Year: F

    CVC Word Match

    Trace the word, cut out the CVC picture and match it with its correct word. This worksheet will assist children in sounding out singular let...

  • Resource Year: F

    CVC Words - Student Reference Card

    CVC Words - Student Reference Card

  • Resource Year: F

    CVS Words Display

    CVS Words Display

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this? - q

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜q’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Incy Wincy Spider - Worksheet

    The Incy Wincy Spider worksheet requires students to use their understanding of rhyming words to paste the words in the correct position wit...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Humpty Dumpty - Worksheet

    The Humpty Dumpty worksheet requires students to use their understanding of rhyming words to paste the words in the correct position within...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Jack and Jill - Worksheet

    The Jack and Jill worksheet requires students to use their understanding of rhyming words to paste the words in the correct position within...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families - Quiz

    Students will identify words that form part of a word family.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families 7

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families 6

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families 5

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families 4

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families 3

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families 2

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families 1

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Racing Rhymes

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rhyme Time Quiz

    Students will differentiate between rhyming and non-rhyming words.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Make a Rhyme

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rocket Rhymes

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Find a Rhyme

    This is a great resource for practising rhyme to assist with letter and sound knowledge by matching the image to the rhyming words.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rhyme Time

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rhyming Apples

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rhyming Words Assessment

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rhyming Words 2

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rhyming Words 1

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on rhyming words. This unit will provide opportunities to practise identifying, reading and writing...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Rhyming Words Poster

    This poster provides a definition of rhyming words with visual examples.Β 

  • Worksheet Year: F 1

    Alphabet Puzzle A to Z

    Students can learn, or review the alphabet with this fantastic set of 26 printable puzzles.Β 

  • Worksheet Year: F 1

    Alphabet Initial Sound Cards

    A cute set of beginning sound colouring cards, to help students recognise the initial sound of a spoken word (or picture).

  • FREE! Resource Year: F 2

    Letter Sound Display

    The 'Letter Sound Display' can be used to display the focus letter of the day or week. Perhaps you are learning beginning sounds, practising...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Family Houses

    Students will break words into onset and rime to sort into word families (words that share the same pattern).

  • Resource Year: F

    What Does It Begin With? GOULFB

    Know the most common sound made by letters g, o, u, l, f, bΒ and know how to use them to form words.Β 

  • Resource Year: F

    What Does It Begin With? - CEHRMD

    Know the most common sound made by letters c, e, h, r, m, d and know how to use them to form words.Β 

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Match A Rhyme - Pictures

    'Match a Rhyme' requires students to use their knowledge of onset and rime to find rhyming matches of picture representations of words as th...

  • Resource Year: F

    Word Family Puzzles

    Students will break words into onset and rime, noticing words share the same pattern, e.g. β€˜p-at’, β€˜b-at’. Β  They will recognise these...

  • Resource Year: F

    What Does It Begin With - JKQUZWV

    Know the most common sound made by letters j, k, qu, z, w, v and know how to use them to form words.Β 

  • Resource Year: F

    Time For A Rhyme - Rhyming Boardgame

    Students will break words into onset and rime, noticing words share the same pattern as they produce rhyming words.Β 

  • Resource Year: F

    What Does It Begin With? SATIPN

    Know the most common sound made by letters s, a, t, i, p, n and know how to use them to form words.Β 

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Family Cones

    Breaking words into onset and rime, students will notice words that share the same pattern. e.g. β€˜p-at’, β€˜b-at’. They will use the ice-cream...

  • Resource Year: F

    Match a Rhyme

    'Match a Rhyme' requires students to use their knowledge of onset and rime to Β find matching CVC words as they move around the game board.

  • Resource Year: F

    CVC Puzzles

    Understand how to use knowledge of letters and sounds including onset and rime to spell words.

  • Resource Year: F

    CVC Cards

    Reinforce understanding of letter sounds and CVC words with this set of 24 CVC cards. This set has been designed for use in rotations and f...

  • FREE! Resource Year: F

    Ice Cream - CVC Puzzles

    Students will use letters/sounds to help them read CVC words, which will help them to hear and record appropriate sounds associated with let...

  • Resource Year: F

    CVC Picture to Word Match

    'CVC Picture to Word Match' encourages students to use knowledge of letters and sounds, including onset and rime, to belnd sounds associated...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Spelling Champions - Editable

    Record your class weekly spelling results on the Spelling Champions poster. Add your students' names and award stickers or write results in...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Alphabet Puzzle - 4-piece - Initial Sounds

    Students will recognise the initial sound of a spoken word (or picture) and will matching upper case to lower case letters.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - v

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜v’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • FREE! Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - u, y or z

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the lettersΒ β€˜u, y or z’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - t

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜t’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - s

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜s’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - r

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letter β€˜r’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - p

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜p’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - o

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the vowel β€˜o’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - n

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜n’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - m

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜m’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - l

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜l’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - k

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜k’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - j

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜j’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - i

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the vowel β€˜i’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - h

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜h’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - g

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜g’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - f

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letterΒ β€˜f’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - e

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the vowel β€˜e’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - d

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letter β€˜d’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - c

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letter β€˜c’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - b

    Students will be able to recognise the most common sound made by the letter β€˜b’ as the initial letter of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F

    Does it start with this - a

    Students will be able to recognise the short vowel sound of β€˜a’ as the initial sound of a spoken word.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Initial Consonant - 3 piece Egg Puzzles

    Students will find the initial sound of an image along with the matching CVC word to complete the puzzle.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Vowel Owls

    Each owl represents a vowel, which can be used in a classroom sorting activity. This activity is perfectly suited to literacy/reading rotati...

  • Resource Year: F

    CVC 4 - Piece Puzzles

    The CVC 4 - Piece Puzzles were created for Foundation students. They provide an opportunity for students to begin spelling CVC words. Begin...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Sound Charts

    There are 34 Sound Charts in this pack, designed to support Foundation, Β Year 1 & Year 2 students. Β  Each chart features examples of words...

  • Resource Year: F

    Word Family Wheels

    The Word Family Wheels were created to support Foundation classes or early Year 1. They allow students to identify the letter that begins ea...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Working with Word Families

    The Working with Word Families resource was created to support Foundation students learning to use onset and rime and supports the English C...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Family Match

    The Word Family Match was created to support Foundation Year students identify and work with word families using onset and rime (ACELA1438)....

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Onset and Rime Word Trains

    The Onset and Rime Word Trains were created to support the Year 1 English Curriculum. Students are able to look at the visual representation...

  • Resource Year: F

    Alphabet Apples

    This set of alphabet apples features each of the letters of the alphabet in lowercase. We think they make a cute display for the classroom....

  • Resource Year: F

    The Alphabet Chart

    This lovely and bright alphabet chart is a great way to learn the alphabet song and become familiar with letter sounds.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Initial Blends Desk Strips

    The Initial Blends Desk Strips feature each of the blends in guidelines along with a relevant easily recognisable picture.

  • Resource Year: F

    Alphabet Matching

    These terrific (and super cute) chick themed cards allow students to match uppercase letters to lowercase letters.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Word Families / End Blends

    Made by request, these charts include common end blends with a selection of common words from each. They provide a handy reference point for...

  • Resource Year: F

    Alphabet Trail - Game

    This game was requested by one of our members, Brooke, to consolidate beginning sounds for her lower primary students. It offers three level...

  • Resource Year: F

    Alphabet Bingo - Uppercase & Lowercase

    Requested by Cordelia, this game can be played by up to 6 players and provides practise matching uppercase and lowercase letters. The game b...

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