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Complete Phonics Screening Check Phase 2-5 | Bulk Alien & Real Words | UK
Support your little learners to shine in the Phonics Screening Check!This PDF resource is designed for KS1 students, specifically those in Year 1 or resitting in Year 2, giving them engaging, purposeful practice for the Phonics Screening Check. Perfect for small groups, independent work, homework, or extra intervention, this resource helps build confidence in reading CVC words, digraphs, and common exception words. What’s included:640 practice words and sentences aligned with Phases 2-5Include
K - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
Real vs. Alien Words: CVC
REAL VS. ALIEN CVC words This is a perfect activity for phonics lessons or literacy rotations. Students segment and blend each CVC word. To identify whether it is a real word or an alien (nonsense) word students can either circle or colour in the real person or the alien. This activity is available in 2 versions when you purchase the product. - 10 boards - Individual word cards
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
Phase 5 Phonics Screening Check Practice | Alien & Real word Phonics Assessment
Support your little learners to shine in the Phonics Screening Check!This PDF resource is designed for KS1 students, specifically those in Year 1 or resitting in Year 2, giving them engaging, purposeful practice for the Phonics Screening Check. Perfect for small groups, independent work, homework, or extra intervention, this resource helps build confidence in reading CVC words, digraphs, and common exception words. What’s included:160 practice words and sentences aligned with Phase 5Includes 8
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Phase 3 Phonics Screening Check Practice | Alien & Real word Phonics Assessment
Support your little learners to shine in the Phonics Screening Check!This PDF resource is designed for KS1 students, specifically those in Year 1 or resitting in Year 2, giving them engaging, purposeful practice for the Phonics Screening Check. Perfect for small groups, independent work, homework, or extra intervention, this resource helps build confidence in reading CVC words, digraphs, and common exception words. What’s included:160 practice words and sentences aligned with Phase 3Includes 8
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Phase 2 Phonics Screening Check Practice | Alien & Real word Phonics Assessment
Support your little learners to shine in the Phonics Screening Check!This PDF resource is designed for KS1 students, specifically those in Year 1 or resitting in Year 2, giving them engaging, purposeful practice for the Phonics Screening Check. Perfect for small groups, independent work, homework, or extra intervention, this resource helps build confidence in reading CVC words, digraphs, and common exception words. What’s included:160 practice words and sentences aligned with Phase 2Includes 8
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Phonics Screening Check Practise | Alien Real Words Activity Playbook
Help your child approach the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check with confidence and calm with this fun, space-themed phonics activity! This engaging printable turns phonics screening practice into an exciting space adventure, where your child joins Joe the space traveller on a special mission through the stars. Instead of a stressful mock test, children practise key skills in a playful, low-pressure way that builds both confidence and resilience. Through their mission, children will practise blendin
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
Phase 4 Phonics Screening Check Practice | Alien & Real word Phonics Assessment
Support your little learners to shine in the Phonics Screening Check!This PDF resource is designed for KS1 students, specifically those in Year 1 or resitting in Year 2, giving them engaging, purposeful practice for the Phonics Screening Check. Perfect for small groups, independent work, homework, or extra intervention, this resource helps build confidence in reading CVC words, digraphs, and common exception words. What’s included:160 practice words and sentences aligned with Phase 4Includes 8
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Phonics Screening Check activity Real and Alien Words Computer
Make phonics screening practice FUN, engaging, and completely stress-free with this interactive “Alien or Real?” PowerPoint game designed especially for Year 1 children preparing for the Phonics Screening Check! Perfect for whole-class teaching, intervention groups, partner work, or individual assessment, this low-prep resource helps children build confidence decoding both real and pseudo (alien) words in a highly engaging game format. Inspired by children’s love of gaming and space adventures,
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Real vs Alien Words Phonics Sorting Activity | CVC Words | Phonics Practice
Make phonics fun with this engaging Real vs Alien Words Sorting Activity—perfect for helping early readers practise decoding and word recognition! In this hands-on activity, children read simple CVC words, decide whether they are real or alien (nonsense) words, and then sort and write them into the correct column. This resource is ideal for building confidence ahead of the Phonics Screening Check while keeping learning interactive and enjoyable.
K - 1st
Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Real vs Alien Words CCVC Phonics Sorting Activity | Phase 4 Phonics | Reception
Make phonics engaging and interactive with this Real vs Alien Words CCVC Sorting Activity—perfect for helping early readers develop confidence in decoding and word recognition. This hands-on resource allows children to read CCVC (consonant blend) words, decide whether they are real or alien (nonsense) words, and sort them into the correct column. It’s ideal for building essential phonics skills and preparing pupils for the Phonics Screening Check. What’s Included: ✔ Blank sorting sheet (wr
K - 1st
Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
UK Phonics Screening Check Sorting Activity – Real vs Alien Words
Support children preparing for the UK Phonics Screening Check with this engaging real and alien word sorting activity. Children read each word and decide whether it is real or alien (pseudo), helping to build confidence with decoding and blending in a fun, hands-on way. Perfect for: Phonics lessons Intervention groups Phonics Screening Check revision Independent or small group work Home learning 📦 What’s included Sorting sheets for real and alien words Clear, child-friendly layout F
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
ALIEN WORD SORT - Real / Non-Sense Word Activity
Included:
-5 Sets of Sorts (One for each short vowel)
-Sort Headers
-Word Cards
-Color Option
-Blackline Option
Directions:
Print the headers and word cards in vibrant color or in ink-saving black line. have students sort the words into real or non-sense words whole group, in small groups, as a center, or independently.
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K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CVC Alien VS. Real Words Practice Boom™ Cards
This resource provides a fun way to practice decoding CVC words. Learners will have to decide if each word is real or an alien word. A spinner adds an element of action and chance to it that will engage learners! Great for independent practice or a small/whole group lesson on a smartboard. Click on the preview to try the first few cards. To use Boom™ Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom™ Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for mo
K - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Earthling or Alien Real and Nonsense Word Long Vowel Centers
Earthling or Alien Real and Nonsense Word Long Vowel Centers are a fun, commom core aligned resource for you to use in your classroom. They are a perfect addition to my related short vowel centers. For each center, I have included ten real words (Earthling) and ten nonsense words (Alien). Students use the work mats included to sort the words and then write them on a recording sheet. My class loves these centers and they are a great way for me to assess how well my students are decoding. Contents
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.1.2b
, RF.1.2c
, RF.1.2d
+2
REAL OR ALIEN? WORD GAME
LEARNERS PLACE WORD CARDS IN EITHER THE REAL WORD COLUMN OR THE SILLY WORD COLUMN GREAT PRACTICE
PreK - 2nd
Alphabet, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Solar System alien / real words game - Phonics screening words - GREAT FUN !
This is a fun game based on UK Year 1 Phonics screening alien / real words. Children sound out then place the real words on Earth and alien words on the other planets. Spare blank star sheet is included to hand out as rewards when a child sounds out word correctly and places on correct part of the game board. Winner is child with the most stars collected.
PreK - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Alien and Real word Alphabet Sounds Worksheet Bundle | Phonics Resources CVC
Alien and Real Word simple sound worksheet bundle!Teach simple alphabet sound with 13 pages of no prep phonics worksheets. Use each resource individually or print out the whole sound book for each student to work through.Sounds included:- a - s - t - p - b - m - g - e - o - d - i - u - n GREAT FOR USERS OF READWITHPHONICSAll of my printable phonics resources and phonics worksheets are designed to work alongside my our phonics games, please visit ReadwithPhonics.com to fin out more. Digital ph
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Also included in: Complete Read with Phonics Bundle - All 30 Phonics Resources!
Phonics Real and Alien Word Game 1
A fantastic, interactive powerpoint game to help children prepare for the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check. It features Zac, one of the Primary Magic characters, and his friend Zog the alien. Zac invites the children to help Zog find his missing alien words by sorting the real and alien words in a ‘treasure and trash’ type game. This resource can be used as a whole class activity, small groups, or could be used by children to practice independently. Check out these other fantastic phonics resourc
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CVC Reading Real or Nonsense Words Worksheets
Nonsense words are SUPER FUN and so beneficial for early readers!! Do you use them in your classroom?? Why read Nonsense words?? Fluent decoding is the ability to quickly sound out and blend letter sounds to read words. When students read words, it is often challenging to establish if they are decoding or simply recalling from memory. When using nonsense words, children cannot guess or memorise and therefore have to rely on their decoding skills to read the words. This FANTASTIC pack includes
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: CVC Nonsense Word Bundle - Alien Words
Alien Non-Sense Words
These Nonsense Word (Alien Word) Cards are designed to strengthen students’ phonics skills by giving them the opportunity to practice decoding unfamiliar words. Similar in approach to Secret Stories® phonics strategies, these cards feature made-up words that encourage learners to rely on sound-spelling patterns instead of memorization. Teachers can cut apart/laminate and use the cards for quick drills, small-group practice, or independent activities. By working with these playful “alien words,
K - 5th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Science of Reading
CCSS
RF.K.3
, RF.1.2
, RF.1.2a
+6
CVC Word Cards Phase 1 G 1 | Phonics Blending Cards | m a s d t | Real + Alien
TARJETAS DE PHONICS — FASE 1 GRUPO 1 (m, a, s, d, t) ¡Perfectas para enseñar blending y segmentación a los más peques! Este recurso incluye tarjetas CVC para el primer grupo de sonidos: m, a, s, d, t. ✅ QUÉ INCLUYE: 📄 Tarjetas CON imágenes (apoyo visual) 📄 Tarjetas SIN imágenes (práctica independiente) 📄 Tarjetas de trazado (práctica de escritura) 📄 Tarjetas con puntos (para segmentar) 📄 Tarjetas de "Alien Words" / palabras inventadas (para practicar decodificación) 📄 Página de instruccio
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
Real and Nonsense Word Sort - Cut and Paste Phonics Practice
Ensure your students are truly decoding with this engaging Real vs. Nonsense Word Sorting Activity!This worksheet is a perfect tool for checking phonics mastery. By using Nonsense Words (Alien Words), you challenge students to blend sounds accurately without relying on picture clues or memorization. What’s Included:Sorting Page: A clean and professional layout for sorting 15 CVC words.15 Word Tiles: A mix of 8 Real and 7 Nonsense words (like Zab, Vug, Nox) to test true decoding skills.Answer Ke
K - 2nd
Other (ELA), Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
C-V-C Word Building Game - Alien Themed
These phonics games will help your students build their foundational reading skills of blending & reading CVC words. Enjoy using the Alien games. They are a fun and effective way for students to practice learning phonics. There are 4 different Game mats in both color and black/white. Roll the dice 3 times, write the 3 letters, then blend them together. Did they form a real or nonsense word? Great for blending practice! There is also a Parent Letter/Directions page so the B/W versions can be s
K - 1st
Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: Literacy Games BUNDLE Outer Space Aliens
Over 650 Nonsense Words Fluency Game Flashcards Practice Word Lists
These Year Long Nonsense Words Flashcards are a powerful tool for strengthening phonics and decoding skills, designed especially for early readers. Practicing nonsense words helps students focus on letter-sound relationships without relying on the familiarity of real words. By mastering nonsense words, young learners develop critical phonemic awareness, blending, and segmenting skills essential for fluent reading. This huge set of nonsense words fluency practice includes optional game cards
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.1.3
, RF.1.3a
, RF.1.3b
+3
Also included in: Phonics Intervention Blending and Segmenting Activities Decoding Fluency
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