In this consonant blends worksheet, students underline the word that best complete the sentences, where they choose from 3 words with the same consonant blend. Students complete 12 problems.

Practice decoding au words with your first and second graders. They state the sound of au when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination, and remain silent when any other letter combination is displayed. Complete...

Young learners practice putting sounds together to form words. Even though the sound is not functioning on this presentation, the basic premise of leading students through the decoding process is great. There are only four examples,...

Practice reading and identifying various vowel blends and spelling patterns. Each slide contains a vowel combo sound, and a word containing that sound. Learners will practice vowel blank e, /oi/, /oa/, and /oi/ sounds.

Blend consonants scr together to make a great sound used to begin words like, scream, screw, and scrap. Learners view a series of six images and  related /scr/ words to practice spelling patterns, chunking, consonant blends, or...

Pass the time...creating rhymes! Writers connect rhyming words  with -ough in them, writing them as rhyming pairs. Next, they put their poetic skills to the test by applying the words in rhyming couplets. There is an example...

As your youngsters begin to recognize the letters of the alphabet and their correponsding sounds, there are some they will be more familiar with than others. Cement their letter associations using this quick strategy, shown here with the...

Make letter sounds a game for pre-readers using these letter cards. After you demonstrate, learners take turns drawing letters out of a bag. Weight them for the letters they have been practicing most recently. Once they've chosen a...

What sound does the letter t make? As scholars develop letter recognition, form sound associations with strategies like these. Explain the tongue movement in making the /t/ sound, asking learners to try it. Draw the t on the...

Use these inventive strategies to focus on the letter r, forming sound associations along with letter recognition. Explain the tongue movement in making the /r/ sound, asking learners to try it. Draw the r on the board and give...

Once kindergartners have learned the letter m they are ready for this sound correspondence activity. Start with a stack of letter cards including mostly m and a few other letters they haven't learned yet....

Can you map a consonant digraph? You can when you have the right tools. Early readers can use this word map to create a visual that displays words with digraphs like sh, wh, ch, and th. They add the digraphs into the spaces provided and...

In this initial consonant worksheet, students read 25 words. Students circle the words that start with l, m, p, or r. Then students answer 6 questions about the words.

In this short a word families worksheet, students answer 6 fill in the blank questions where they look at a picture and finish each word with the word families an, at, or ag.

In this beginning sounds worksheet, students say the name of the 9 objects pictured and then identify those that begin with the letter L by circling them.

In this letter J worksheet, students analyze 12 color pictures of common objects. Students circle the pictures of words that start with the letter J.

In this beginning sounds worksheet, students say the name of the 9 objects pictured and then identify those that begin with the letter K by circling them.

In this letter I worksheet, young scholars analyze 12 color pictures of common objects. Students circle all the pictures that illustrate words beginning with the letter I.

In this beginning sounds worksheet, young scholars say the name of the 9 objects pictured and then identify those that begin with the letter S by circling them.

In this beginning sounds worksheet, students say the name of the 8 objects pictured and then identify those that begin with the letter B by circling them.

Use this resource to provide a quick review of words with short vowel sounds. Learners view pictures, and read and write words with the short vowel sound o. Afterwards, they write a sentence using some of the short o words. Students...

Kindergarteners recognize words that begin with the same sound. In this word study lesson, they identify initial consonant sounds in words written on the board and write another word with the same beginning sound. Also, there is a...

In this long I words worksheet, students read ten clues to words containing the long I sound. Students color the spaces containing the answers in a spider web.

These nicely-illustrated slides should help young learners associate short vowel sounds with words that use them. For example, the short o slide has pictures of a frog, a rocket, and a comet. The short u slide has pictures of a bus, a...