Many schools use daily Phonics in Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 to teach children how to become good readers and accurate spellers. Phonics teaches children to recognise individual letter sounds and sounds made by groups of letters. It teaches children to break down or segment words into their separate sounds and blend these sounds back together to read the whole word. Blending and segmenting is essential when learning to read and spell.

The Letters Lane Team helps your child to recognise, say and write letter names and sounds, to blend and segment words to read and spell some of the common High-Frequency and Tricky Words. Supporting Phases 1 to 3+, this book encourages your child to begin their Phonics journey. Be sure to continue and develop their learning journey from Phases 3 to 6 with our Phonics Workbook 2.

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Self-assessment opportunities throughout the book positively encourage, recognise and celebrate success along the way.

• Spelling Study and Practice Book for Year 1 (Ages 5-6)
• Motivational, age-appropriate activities
• Self-assessment and spelling quizzes

Our colourful spelling activity books help children in Key Stage 1 to learn English spelling rules. With helpful tips on every page, clear instructions and our familiar Letters Lane Team, children develop their knowledge of letters and words to become accurate spellers.

Aligned with the English National Curriculum, our fun activities support learning with regular opportunities for self-assessment and topic revision to help with progress and future learning steps.

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• promote learning through fun activities
• encourage reading and comprehension at the child’s pace
• assess and celebrate success along the way

Children read a variety of different types of texts in KS1 from fiction, non-fiction, poetry, instructions, recipes, letters to postcards, e-mails and more.

When reading these texts, children are expected to be able to talk about vocabulary and make sensible guesses at the meanings of unfamiliar words based on the available context and information. They should recognise the structure and layout of different texts such as titles, subheadings, captions, pictures, diagrams, characters and events. They should understand the sequence of events in texts, making plausible suggestions for discreet references to behaviour and events along with predicting what might happen in the text. Being able to investigate a text in this way shows a thorough comprehension or understanding of what they read.

Foxton Skills Builders Reading and Comprehension Study and Practice Book and the Letters Lane Team support children to develop these skills and provide reading texts and questions to help.

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The Letters Lane Team supports your child with learning more common High-Frequency and Tricky Words and helps them develop an understanding of the past tense, spelling rules and much more.

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From making first marks and patterns to accurately joining and independently writing letters and words, this book guides students through the skills aligned with the English National Curriculum for handwriting in KS1.

• Comprehensive guide to KS1 handwriting skills and techniques
• Packed with motivational activities and advice
• Self-assessment opportunities
• Aligned with the National Curriculum

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Every page is packed with Grammar and Punctuation advice, tips and answers to support both learning and teaching at home, developing essential skills learned in Years 1 and 2. Practice activities and quiz questions check students’ learning and revise and challenge their understanding, identifying progress and next-step learning along the way.

• Colourful practice exercises and questions
• Self-assessment opportunities and quizzes
• Perfect for home support or working in the classroom
• Aligned with the National Curriculum

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• Help students to recall and apply their knowledge
• Provide experience with different types of writing or genres
• Introduce and develop new and learned English skills

Our KS1 English book revises specific elements from our Foxton Skills Builders English series, helping to improve and develop students’ writing.

The familiar Letters Lane Team consolidate and add to knowledge and skills from the KS1 English National Curriculum. From choosing the right tense to using a dictionary and from setting the scene for a story to using the right verbs when writing instructions, we support and encourage your child to fine-tune their understanding and use of English.

Adult help and encouragement when working through the book will check your child’s understanding, boost their confidence and enable you to celebrate success together.

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