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High Frequency Words - Spin the Wheel

Spin the wheel to see how many high frequency words you can read. This is great for a lesson starter on an interactive whiteboard.

5-6 year olds
Pupils

Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra

A wonderful guided reading story with accompanying printable worksheets and guided reading discussion sheets. There are 80 interactive literacy games, stories and songs for use in school or at home. Well worth a look!

5-7 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

The First 1000 Most Commonly Used English Words

A simple site which has a list of the first thousand commonly used words arranged in order of common usage. If you are trying to improve your spelling skills it is a useful reference tool.

7-14 year olds
Teachers, Parents

Look, Cover, Write, Check

A brilliant version of the spelling site where you can test yourself on high frequency words to test your knowledge.

5-11 year olds
Pupils

Sighties

A delightful game where you find the sight words. This game is based on the first 100 high frequency words used in reading and writing.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

The Full Stop Game

Here some sentences have lost their full stops. Read the sentences then drag and drop the three snails to where the full stop should be. High frequency words are used in the sentences.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

Short Vowel Word Machines

Can you read the three letter (CVC) words on these animated word machines?

4-5 year olds
Pupils

Adding Time Word Problems

Word problems where you need to read the time on either an analogue or digital clock and then answer a word problem involving adding a given time.

7-11 year olds
Teachers

Numbers to Words Fruit Splat

Match numbers to the fruits to the target number words. There are four levels of difficulty: 1-10, 1-20, 1-100 and 1-1000.

6-9 year olds
Pupils

Sight Words

Free resources designed to help parents teach their child to read. The learning materials can be used in the home or classroom. Includes lessons and instructional videos. Well worth a look!

3-7 year olds
Teachers, Parents
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