Supercharge beginning readers phonics skills with this extensive collection of worksheets. With exercises on long and short vowels, consonant blends, rhyming words, word endings, and much more, this resource is a primary grade teacher's...

Some sounds sound very similar! Help your class learn how to distinguish between various sounds by following the steps outlined in this plan. The plan includes a warm-up, a teacher-led portion, and details for guided and independent...

In this language arts worksheet, students complete activities such as reading, writing high frequency words, finding long o words, fill in the blanks, and short answers. Students complete 4 activities.

In this writing and spelling worksheet, students circle pictures of long "u" with silent "e" words that are included in 3 short paragraphs. They complete 3 examples.

In this short vowel worksheet, students read words inside of pictures that have a short vowel sound, then use a color key to color correctly. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.

In this language arts worksheet, students examine 4 words in a word bank which all have long U sounds. Students trace, then write the words. Students then use 2 of the words in a sentence.

In this English worksheet, students read a list of rhyming words. One list groups rhyming words with the long a sound. A second list groups words with the long o sound.

In this spelling learning exercise, learners practice writing their spelling words containing the long i and long o sounds. Students write 24 spelling words.

In this phonics crossword puzzle instructional activity, students use the 10 clues in order to complete the word puzzle with the appropriate long u words.

In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders practice reading words with short vowels and cvc pattern while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with words on their game board.

In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with cvc and cvcc pattern. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.

For this spelling activity worksheet, students rewrite the words with short e and long e sounds on the lines. Students spell 20 words.

Your class can practice words that contain the long oo sound. Cool! Learners read a short poem that includes many examples of the oo digraph and then respond to three reading comprehension questions.

For this long and short vowels discrimination worksheet, students see 15 bubbles with words written in them. They color the long a sound words pink, and the short vowel sound purple.

In this phonics crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 10 clues in order to complete the word puzzle with the appropriate long o words.

In this literacy activity, learners write the words that are part of this activity. They write a new sentence and draw a picture for it.

In this long U worksheet, students say the name of 12 pictures. Students circle the symbol for long or short U to match the sound that the vowel in the word makes.

In this vowel activity, students place words into the correct column, using a vowel chart given in a web site address, transcribe phonetics into words and place on the chart, and match given words with vowel sounds.

In this word search activity, students find the hidden 'y' words within the word search puzzle. Students use the word bank to help them locate the 16 words.

In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 6 long A words with a silent E pattern. Students write the words one time. There are additional optional exercises.

In this recognizing the -are words instructional activity, learners read one syllable words in squares, identify those with the same vowel sound as square, and color them. Students color 8 squares.

In this identifying words with -air sound instructional activity, learners observe rows of balls with words and color the balls with the same vowel sound as chair. Students color 5 balls.

In this phonics practice activity, learners examine 10 words that have "ea" in them. Students color the guitars with the long e sound red and those with the long a sound gray.

In this phonics instructional activity, 1st graders practice at home, with a partner, tracing the lowercase letters in 8 words containing long "A" and "I" vowel sounds.