In this literacy activity, students use the blends along with the pictures in order to practice the sounds of letter combinations.

In this s blends worksheet, students cut and paste pictures in the correct categories of sl, sn, sp, and sw, and then write the words for each of them. Students complete this for 8 words.

Explore words by building and decoding three-letter words. Real or nonsense words can be formed with the alphabet tiles. Practice fluency and blending sounds with CVC patterns.

First graders listen as the word "cat" is sounded out spreading out all the sounds contained. They discover the meaning of blending using the word "cat" and then changing the consonants to make new words. They then figure out new words...

Students identify words in Sleeping Beauty which begin with the letter 'S'.

In this phonics CH worksheet, students view twelve pictures, say and pronounce each one, write in the CH in each word and then read each word out loud.

In this phonics ck worksheet, students view nine different pictures and place them in sequential order on the lines provided.

Students participate in an activity to identify words with specific letter sounds or letter combinations. In this letter sound/letter combination lesson, students focus on three-letter sounds then identify words in a sound hunt...

Students explore phonetics by identifying words with one specific sound. In this rhyming words lesson, students discuss the sound "at" and the many words that contain the same sound. Students utilize index cards to participate in a word...

Young readers develop their phonetic skills by using a nifty tool called a word pocket. They use the tool to help them organize individual letters that they have at their desks to spell entire words and to construct beginning and ending...

In these spelling activity worksheets, learners complete several activities that help them learn to recognize and spell words that end in 'le.' Students complete 3 activities.

First graders identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise the /ch/ digraph, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph...

Learners play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.

In this literacy instructional activity, students look at pictures, circle their long /a/ name from a word bank, and write it.

For this phonics word search worksheet, students locate and mark the 12 words in the word bank that begin with "pl."

A great spelling PowerPoint displays the weeks spelling words as well as common spelling patterns. Students can review and see examples of words that contain obvious spelling patterns.

Students design a pattern from a single shape and use overlapping to create color blends. They experiment with the effects of using a stencil.

In this word building worksheet, students complete a table with 10 beginning consonants and 4 word endings. After making the words, students indicate if the words are real or not.

Shhhh! Listen up to learn about the sh digraph. With the materials provided here, kids will have the opportunity to hear, say, write, and read this particular digraph many times.

In a themed series of lessons and activities, beginner readers are given extra support in reading through chants, games, and practice worksheets.

In this word blends activity, students use one of the given blends to make up rhyming pairs. Students use the pairs to make silly sentences and a rhyming poem. Students think of other rhyming words for their poem.

In this initial s worksheet, learners first use s blends to make rhyming pairs, use the rhyming pairs to make silly sentences, then make pairs of rhyming sentences and finally a poem.

In this word sounds worksheet, students use one of the l blends to make rhyming pairs. Students use the words to then make sentences and then two lines that rhyme. Students finish by thinking of more rhyming words for their poem.

In this spelling worksheet, students complete a word search to find a set of 10 words from The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash. All words have the "ou" or "ow" blends.