Year 1 English Lesson Plans
5 free Year 1 English lesson plans for KS1. Each includes learning objectives, key vocabulary, a timed lesson structure and common misconceptions, and downloads as an editable Word document.
In Year 1, pupils build on the phonics knowledge and skills they developed in the Early Years Foundation Stage. Reading and writing are taught together, with a strong focus on decoding, blending and segmenting. Pupils begin to read aloud with growing fluency and confidence, and they start to write simple sentences with correct punctuation.
Punctuation
Grammar
Pupils learn to identify and use adjectives to describe nouns, understanding that adjectives make writing more interesting and precise.
Pupils learn to identify nouns (naming words) and verbs (doing or being words) as the two most fundamental word classes.
Pupils learn to join words and clauses using 'and' to create compound sentences.
Year 1 English through the year
Sentences and Punctuation
Leaving spaces between words
Sentence Punctuation lesson plan →Nouns and Verbs
Using common nouns and proper nouns with a capital letter
Nouns and Verbs lesson plan →Joining Ideas with And
Joining words and joining clauses using and
Joining Sentences with 'and' lesson plan →Question and Exclamation Marks
Using question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences
Question and Exclamation Marks lesson plan →Describing with Adjectives
Using adjectives to describe nouns
Adjectives lesson plan →Retelling Stories
Retelling key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales orally