My Home Learning Book 1

Name……………………………………………….

In this book you will find the first 100 high frequency words that children will encounter when learning to read and write. Although the lists are made up of words that are both decodeable (make sense when sounded

out) and ‘tricky words’ (words that don’t make sense when sounded out like ‘the’) it is important that your child learns to read all of these words by sight and without relying on the need to sound them out.

We ask that you spend time learning to read the words with your child at home, one set at a time. When you feel your child is able to read and recognise these words by sight independently then please tick the box at the bottom of the page and begin learning the next set of words. Ensure that you relearn lists once they have been ticked off – some children may forget previously learned words if they are not revisited. The word lists can be used in games and we suggest that you create your own word cards at home (perhaps using post it notes or small pieces of paper cut up) so your child does not just learn their position on the sheets. The idea being that they can read these words in and out of context with confidence.

The next page in this booklet lists some ways that you can make learning these words lots of fun! We would suggest that you practise and play these games as often as you can each week. The more practise children have, the more likely they will begin to progress more rapidly in their reading of books and other texts.

When your child is confidently reading all 100 words then you can support your child with learning to spell and write them (starting again from word list 1). There are suggested ideas for this also on the next page.

Learning to Read the 100 High Frequency words Ideas   to make it fun:  

Find the words in story books and school reading books  Make some pairs of the words and play games- pairs, snap.  Use the words to build sentences.  Can they find the words in a novel? Newspaper? Hide the words in different places around the house and

challenge the children ‘can you find the word. ……?’

Lay some of he words on the table in front of you (if you are on word list 7 be sure to include some previously learnt words too) and play the game ‘I spy with my little eyes, a word beginning with……’ Children then say the word to you (without sounding out!)

Let your child be the teacher and have them teach you the words using them as flashcards.

Use one set of word cards. Spread the word cards out face down. Take it in turns to turn over one card at a time. The first person to shout the word out loud wins the card. Keep going until all the cards have been won. You can play this with silly voices.

Stepping Stones. Use one set of word cards. Spread a number of cards over the floor. Ask your children to jump from one word to another as if they are jumping from stepping stone to stepping stone. As they jump they have to say what word they are going to jump to next. Make sure they say the word before they jump!

Flashcards. Hold up the word, if your child can read it they take the card. If they can’t then put it to the back of the pile so they can come back to it at the end. If at the end they still can’t get it tell them the word. Give them reasons to remember the word, for example, ‘did you know my favourite word is ‘the’?’ Then the next time you show them that card say to them, ‘don’t forget, it’s my favourite word!’.

Learning to Write the 100 High Frequency words Ideas   to make it fun:  

Snap Play the game in the same way that you would to help your child read the words but this time have a large piece of paper and a pen in the middle of the table. When the words match rather than saying the word to win the cards you have to grab the pen and write the word to win the cards.

Pairs Play the game in the same way that you would to help your child read the words but this time have a large piece of paper and a pen in the middle of the table. If you find a pair you can only keep the pair if you can write the word. Give time to look at the word and talk through ways to remember it and then write the word to keep the pair. If they/you get it wrong (and sometimes it is a good idea if you get it wrong – they love correctin, you) give another chance making sure you help as much as you can as they are trying to remember the word and as they write.

Silly sentence Play the game in the same way that you would to help your child read the words but this time say the sentence and then you can write the silly sentence with gaps for the word card words which the child can fill in.

Hunt the word Play the game in the same way that you would to help your child read the words but this time when they find a word they bring it to you, say the word and then write the word for you.

Spell-a–ma-doodle Ask the child to draw a squiggle or doodle. Select a word that you are going to learn to spell. Write the word over and over again around the doodle.

Musical words Ask the child to choose a favourite song. Give them a short list of words they are learning to spell. Spend some time looking at the words first and thinking of ways to remember how to spell them then put on the music. How many times can they write the list of words during the song? Can they improve on the number of times they have written the words the next day they do the same activity?

Minute words This works in the same way as ‘Musical words’ but rather than a song the child has one

minute to write one word as many times as they can. Design a word. Children write a word and then design a pattern or

picture around it to help them to remember it.

Keyword list 1

the and

a tosaid inhe Iof it

I can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Keyword list 2

was youthey on

she isfor athis but

I can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Keyword list 3

that withall wecan are

up hadmy her

I can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Keyword list 4

what thereout this

have wentbe like

some soI can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Keyword list 5

not thenwere golittle asno mumone them

I can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Keyword list 6

do medown dadbig whenit’s see

looked veryI can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Keyword list 7

look don’tcome willinto backfrom childre

nhim Mr

I can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Keyword list 8

get justnow cameoh aboutgot their

people yourI can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Keyword list 9

put could

house oldtoo byday madetime I’m

I can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Keyword list 10

if helpMrs called

here offasked sawmake an

I can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Extra words I need to know in Year 1

love askasked friendfriends push

pullI can read these words date…………….I can spell these words date…………….

Handwriting In addition to learning to read and write the words it is important we work on our handwriting and letter

formation. Here is the correct way to form our letters (remember to add the flicks so we are ready to start joining our letters too!). Take care to practise letters that are short and tall and those that sit on top of the line or have tails that go under.

A a B b C c D d E eF f G g H h I i J jK k L l M m N n O o

Pp Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X xY y Z zIt is also important to practise how to form our numbers correctly too. Please practise at home whenever you can!

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20

Real Words and Alien WordsHere is an extra page of things you can practise to support your learning in Year 1. In Year 1 we use both real words and made up (alien words) to help us practise using our phonic knowledge. When we read words it is helpful to support your child in looking for ‘special friend’ sounds first and then reading the whole word.

For example in the word ‘sheep’ the special friend sounds are ‘sh’ and ‘ee’. This is because there are two letters that make one sound. We can write this word out and sue ‘dots and dashes’ to show this.

sheepIn the word ‘night’ we can show the special friends sound like this…(note there are three letters that make one sound this time)

nightIn the word ‘cute’ we can show the special friends sound like this…(note that this time the special friends are a ‘split sound’. We will show more examples of this on the next page)

cuteHere are some word lists to practise with your child. You could say the word and ask them to write it. Then ask them to use their dots and dashes to show the speical friends. Or you could write the word and ask them to read it back to you (they could add dots and dashes first so that they have found the speical friend sounds before they read the wole word).

ay ee igh ow oosprayplaydaywaymay

seethreebeengreenseen

highlightnightbrightfright

blowsnowslowknowflow

toozoo

moodtooklookcook

ar or air ir oucarbarstar

sharpspark

sortshortsportforkcorn

fairstairshairchairlair

girlbirdwhirltwirldirt

outshoutmouthroundfound

oy ea oi a_e i_etoyboy

enjoyloyaljoy

teacleandreamscream

seat

joincoin

choicevoicenoise

cakemakebakenamesamedate

linenicesmilewidehidelike

o_e u_e aw are urhomehopehosespokenoterope

tunerudeJuneHugeDudemule

sawrawlaw

dawnstrawclaw

caredareflarescare

square

burnturnburpslurphurt

er ow ai oa ewover

betterneversupperletter

howhowlnowgownbrowntown

paidsnailtail

drainchaintrain

oaktoadroadtoastloafcoat

newflewcrewdrewblewgrew

ire ear ure tion tious /

cious firehirewire

bonfireinspire

earheardearfearyearnear

picturemixturecreaturefuture

adventure

celebrationconversation

traditionattention

congratulations

delicioussuspicious precious

scrumptiousambitious

We also practise doing this with alien (made up) words which really helps us to concentrate on reading the sounds in words carefully. Here are some alien words you could try!

See if you can make up some of your own!