This page on our website offers your first or second grader some interesting facts about the world we live in, written in language appropriate for beginner readers. Most of the articles on this page are in phase 4 or 5 phonics.
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Plants We Eat
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word endings – ss,zz,ll,ff and ck
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M,N,H,B,F,L,J and V letters
C,K,D and I letters exercise
(1st grade – uppercase and lowercase practice)
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Food (1st Grade)
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![LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS](https://teachingcuriosity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/landscapes.jpg?w=167&h=115)
![Summer Holiday Homework - 1st grade](https://teachingcuriosity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/holiday.jpg?w=211&h=104)
![MARCONI (2nd grade reading practice+ worksheet)](https://teachingcuriosity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/marconi-feat.jpg?w=218&h=138)
![MOUNTAINS (Read with Phonics)](https://teachingcuriosity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mountains.jpg?w=221&h=147)
![TROPICAL RAINFOREST (Read with Phonics)](https://teachingcuriosity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tropical-rainforest-feat1.jpg?w=280&h=114)
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![featfood](https://teachingcuriosity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/featfood.jpg?w=335&h=223)
![INDIANS - NATIVE AMERICANS (Read with Phonics)](https://teachingcuriosity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/feat.jpg?w=343&h=275)
![mexicoflag](https://teachingcuriosity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mexicoflag.png?w=345&h=197)
![THE FOUR SEASONS - PHONICS READING](https://teachingcuriosity.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/feat.jpeg?w=328&h=245)
phase 4 phonics – CVCC words such as “belt”, “shop” etc
– high frequency words
– simple sentence structures
– tricky words such as “have”, “some” etc
phase 5 phonics – vowel diagraphs – ea, oo, ow, aw etc
– short and long vowels
– silent E – “smile”, “hike” etc
– phonic endings – an, – ar, – ap, – en, – ate, – ail etc
– same letter, different sound
– high frequency words