Year 1 · Letters, Sounds and the Alphabet · Summary
Year 1 English Letters, Sounds and the Alphabet: summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 English letters, sounds and the alphabet chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Letter sounds | Use a picture word. The sound is at the start (or the end) of the word. |
| Two letters, one sound | ck, ff, ll, ss and zz are two letters that make one sound. qu makes two sounds. |
| Alphabet order | The alphabet has 26 letters, from a to z. Count one letter at a time. |
| Letter names | Each letter has a name, like bee for b. The name is not the sound. |
| Capital and small letters | A capital letter is big, like A. Its small partner is a, with the same name. |
| Letter families | Curly caterpillar, long ladder, one-armed robot and zig-zag. Start at the green dot. |
| Digits | The digits are 0 to 9. Zero is 0, and it is not the letter O. |
Can you…?
- I can say the sound of each letter, using a picture word
- I can say the name of a letter and say the alphabet in order
- I can find the letter that comes after, before or between two letters
- I can match a capital letter to its small partner
- I can find the letter or letters that make the sound at the start or end of a picture word
- I can say which letter family a letter belongs to
- I know the digits 0 to 9 are not letters
Key terms
- alphabet
- the 26 letters, in order from a to z
- sound
- what a letter says, like the s in sun
- letter name
- what we call a letter, like bee for b
- capital letter
- a big letter, like A
- small letter
- a little letter, like a. Also called lower-case
- double letters
- two of the same letter that make one sound, like ff in puff
- letter family
- letters that are made in a similar way
- digit
- a number symbol from 0 to 9
- picture word
- a word for a picture that starts or ends with a sound we are learning