Phoneme Replacement Year 1 Unit

Build confident sound substitution with a complete Year 1 English unit for explicit teaching, guided practice, literacy centres and assessment.

Students learn to identify whether a sound occurs at the beginning, middle or end of a one-syllable word, replace that phoneme, say the resulting word and check that it makes sense. The editable presentation supports whole-class modelling, while games and word-building materials provide collaborative practice. Low-ink worksheets, matching answer pages, a check-up and a rubric support independent work and assessment.

What's Included

• 24-page unit plan PDF
• 18-slide editable Phoneme Replacement presentation
• 22-slide editable quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs
• Change One Sound! classroom display
• First, Middle and Last Sounds reference cards
• Sound Switch Trail game board and four card sets
• Build-a-Word Lab mats, letter tiles and picture cards
• Six guided and independent worksheets
• Six matching worksheet answer pages
• Phoneme Replacement Check-up assessment and answer page
• Five-level Phoneme Replacement rubric
• 64-page combined Preview PDF

Learning Focus

• Identify initial, medial and final phonemes in one-syllable words
• Replace a first, middle or last phoneme
• Say and record the resulting word
• Check that a newly formed word makes sense
• Build sound-substitution fluency through games and word chains

Classroom Use

Use the editable presentation for whole-class instruction, then move into guided groups, literacy centres, partner games and word-building practice. The low-ink worksheets support independent work and revision. Finish with the check-up, editable quiz and rubric. The sequence can be taught across one to two weeks depending on lesson length and student practice needs.

Curriculum Alignment

• Australian Curriculum v9.0: AC9E1LY10
• Australian Curriculum v8.4: ACELA1457
• Victorian Curriculum 2.0: VC2E1LY03
• NSW: EN1-PHOKW-01
• Western Australian Curriculum: WA1ELAP2
• New Zealand Curriculum: NZ-Y2-ENG-W-TS-S-1, NZ-Y2-ENG-W-TS-S-2, NZ-Y1-ENG-W-TS-S-1, NZ-Y1-ENG-R-WR-PPK-2
• England National Curriculum: UK-KS1-Y2-ENG-W-T-S, UK-KS1-Y2-ENG-R-WR
• Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.a, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.c, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.d
• TEKS: TEKS-ELAR-G1-2A, TEKS-ELAR-G1-2B
• Ontario: CAN-G1-LANG-B2.1, CAN-G1-LANG-B2.4

Product Details

• Year level: Year 1 / Grade 1
• Subject: English
• Formats: PDF and editable Microsoft PowerPoint PPTX
• Answers: seven answer pages with answers shown in red

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