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Year 1 Reading Worksheets (Australia)
Year 1 (Australia) · Australia
- Ages 6–7
- Primary school (Year 1–6)
Free reading worksheets for Year 1 in Australia, made for children aged 6 to 7. This year children usually practise missing letters in short words, missing letters (level 2), unscramble the words and short story with questions.
Read the words aloud together first, then let your child try the sheet alone. Primary school children gain confidence by mastering one skill at a time before moving on.
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What children practise in Year 1 reading
Missing letters in short words
Animals · Short words
Missing letters (level 2)
Animals · Medium words
Unscramble the words
Animals · Short words
Short story with questions
The Lost Kite
Reading comprehension: stories
The Rainy Day Band
Word cards: animals
Topic words · Animals
Word cards: colours
Topic words · Colours
Word cards: fruits
Topic words · Fruits
Word cards: the body
Topic words · My body
Beginning sounds
Circle: 3 letters
Reading CVC words
Circle: 3 vowels
Sight words
First words
Missing letters (phonics)
Colours · Short words
Missing letters (phonics)
Fruits · Medium words
Missing letters (phonics)
School · Medium words
Curriculum links
- Common Core RF.K.3.A: Know the most common sound for each consonant (one-to-one letter–sound matching).
- Common Core RF.K.4: Read early-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
- Common Core RF.1.3.B: Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
- Common Core L.K.2.C: Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds.
- Common Core L.K.2.D: Spell simple words phonetically, using knowledge of sound–letter relationships.
- Common Core L.1.2.D: Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequent irregular words.
- Common Core L.1.2.E: Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
- Common Core RL.K.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- Common Core RL.K.3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings and major events in a story.
- Common Core RL.1.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- Common Core RL.1.3: Describe characters, settings and major events in a story using key details.
- Common Core RL.2.1: Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions to show understanding of key details.
- England NC Y1.EN.RW.1: Apply phonic knowledge and skills to decode words.
- England NC Y1.EN.RC.2: Understand books they read and hear by checking sense, discussing events and answering questions.
- England NC Y1.EN.SP.1: Spell words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught.
- England NC Y2.EN.SP.1: Segment spoken words into phonemes and represent them with graphemes, spelling many correctly.
- BNCC EF01LP07: Identify phonemes and the letters that represent them.
- BNCC EF01LP08: Relate sounds (syllables, phonemes, parts of words) to how they are written.
- BNCC EF02LP04: Read and write words with CV, V, CVC and CCV syllables, seeing that every syllable has a vowel.
- BNCC EF12LP01: Read new words accurately by decoding, and frequent words as whole words.
- BNCC EF15LP03: Find information stated explicitly in a text.
- Programmes FR C1.FR.OA.1: Understand stories read aloud by an adult and answer questions about them.
- Programmes FR C2.FR.LE.1: Decode words using grapheme–phoneme correspondences.
- Programmes FR C2.FR.OR.1: Spell frequent words and regular patterns correctly.
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Other subjects in Year 1
Reading in other years
- Foundation Reading Worksheets (Australia)
- Year 2 Reading Worksheets (Australia)
- Grade 1 Reading Worksheets (United States)
- Year 2 Reading Worksheets (England (UK))
- Primary 1 Reading Worksheets (Nigeria)
- Class 1 Reading Worksheets (India)
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Are answer keys included?
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Which curriculum do the Year 1 sheets follow?
They follow the skills usually taught in Year 1 in Australia. Each activity is matched to the typical age of the year, so it fits most school programmes.
What age is Year 1?
Year 1 is usually for children aged 6 to 7 in Australia. If your child needs more practice or a bigger challenge, use the pages for the years before and after.
Can I make my own version?
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