Assessing Receptive Vocabulary Age 5–6

Close the word gap with 30 colourful illustrated word lists for Year 1.

Use popular and curriculum topics flexibly as matching pairs, pre-teach activities or on word walls.

Send the vocabulary lists home to encourage discussion and topic knowledge.

Check for understanding with half termly tests. 300 illustrated words grouped by topic give children a rich, relevant vocabulary that will support their learning. Topics – photocopy, download and edit! 1. Human body 2. At school 3. On holiday 4. In hospital 5. Keeping safe 6. Keeping clean 7. Cooking 8. Making a cake 9. In the kitchen 10. Toys 11. Parts of plants and trees 12. Garden plants 13. Vegetables 14. Salad 15. Fruit 16. Minibeasts 17. Birds 18. Fish and amphibians 19. Reptiles 20. Mammals 21. Polar regions 22. Weather 23. Physical features 24. Human features 25. Light and dark 26. Making marks27. Money 28. Flight 29. Musical instruments 30. Shapes