Learn to read and spell Year 1 tricky words and the days of the week, find each word's tricky part and read I'm, I'll and we'll in a village adventure.
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What the chapters cover in the national curriculum in England:
Year 1 Tricky Words is an interactive game that teaches children aged 5–7 to read and spell the Year 1 common exception words and the days of the week, and to read contractions such as I'm and we'll.
Common exception words, often called tricky words, have a part that doesn't follow the usual phonics, such as the ai in said. Hoot the owl guides children round a village where they put a heart on that part, sort words that are tricky in the same way and build spellings from letter tiles. A Heart Word Wall holds all 45 Year 1 words.
On the Week Train children put the days in order and learn that each starts with a capital letter. At the Squeeze Machine they see an apostrophe drop in where letters were left out. Every instruction is read aloud.
Tricky words, also called common exception words, are everyday words with a part that doesn't follow the usual phonics rules, such as the a in was. Children in England learn to read and spell 45 of them in Year 1.
Said is tricky because its a and i make a short e sound, as in bed, rather than the ai sound in rain. The s and d sound as expected, so children only need to learn that middle part by heart.
The apostrophe in I'm shows where a letter has been left out: I'm is short for I am, and the apostrophe sits where the a was. In I'll and we'll it stands for the missing w and i of will.
The game is made for children aged 5 to 7, matching Year 1 of the national curriculum in England, and it also works as revision early in Year 2. Spoken instructions mean children who are still learning to read can play.
Playing everything takes about 40 minutes across five chapters and a 10-question challenge. There is also an optional sound-it-out warm-up, and children can start any chapter from the village map.
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