Grade One

The focus at Grade One is on word families, digraphs, prefixes, suffixes, and fluency. The multi-sensory approach to learning is continued and students are encouraged to learn special tricks to improve fluency and ensure mastery of many more digraphs and trigraphs.

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All 44 Sounds

Covers all the major grapheme-phoneme correspondences starting with the s a t p i n teaching order. ¹

Blending and Segmenting

Blending from left to right all through the word starts after the first four lessons and continues throughout.

Decodable Reading Support

Decodable word, sentence and reading practice to go with each new sound and spelling taught.

Engaging and Multi-Sensory

Engaging stories and unique teaching strategies motivate children to read, write and spell confidently.

Built-in Assessment

Assessment strand built in with basic progress checks and in-depth assessments to monitor your class.

Online & Remote Learning

Many key resources for teachers and children are available online to be accessed anywhere! ²

"Children who received the explicit instruction with...[Letterland] learned almost twice as many letter sounds."

— Roberts, 2021, p.7

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Teaching Scope

Word Families: ad, am, ell, et, ick, etc.
Consonant Blends: sk, gr, bl, -nd, -st, etc.
Silent Magic e: a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e.
Soft c and Soft g.
Long Vowel Teams: ai, ay, ee, igh, etc.
r-controlled Vowels: ar, er, ir, or, ore, oor, etc.
Diphthongs and oo: ou, ow, oi, oy.
Contractions/apostrophes.
Prefixes and Suffixes: re-, un-, -ed, -ing, -ful, ly.
Comparative Endings: er, est.

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Resources

Here is a list of key resources that you will need to start teaching Letterland Grade One at school.

Physical

Letterland Grade One Pack
(includes Teacher's Guide, Copymasters, Cards, Posters, Readers, Songs and more!)
Magnetic Word Builder
Phonics Workbooks (1-6)*
Grade One Handwriting Practice

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Digital

Phonics Online
(annual subscription for teachers and students that gives online access to over 500 animations, decodable Phonics Readers, Phonics Games, Cards Tool and a Teacher Toolkit full of useful supporting resources.

* One per student required.

Training

We offer in-person or virtual training sessions conducted by our highly experienced trainers.

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