Blending sounds together to make words is an essential skill for young learners. Give first graders the practice they need by reading sounds aloud to them, and asking them to identify the word they hear.

On this first grade phonics worksheet, kids practice identifying the short "I" vowel sound by circling pictures. Then they write their own short "I" word.

Give your child practice with the short "I" sound. This printable worksheet will improve reading skills as your child completes a coloring puzzle.

As your students have learned, different spellings can sometimes make the same sound, such as the au/aw or ou/ow vowel teams. Assess your students' abilities to distinguish between differently spelled aw/ow sounds with this end-of-year phonics check-in.

During this activity, students will match a multisyllabic word to one of five R-controlled vowel combinations.

Improve your second grader's reading fluency by helping her practice reading and recognizing ea words.

Learn about word families, and practice sounding out short e, with this phonics worksheet.

Short Vowel Bingo, an educational twist on a favorite classroom game. This game helps kids differentiate short vowels from long vowels.

Kids sound and spell out long vowel words with this silent E worksheet.

These sentences are each missing a word, and each missing word has the long "i" sound! Your child will choose words from the box to complete each sentence.

Use this resource with your students to explore words with a variety of endings that make the long /e/ sound.

Give young learners essential word study practice with the help of this interactive short I word sort!

With this worksheet, your child will match picture names to creatures representing short "A" and long "A" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.

Time for some long vowel practice! Go over all the vowels from A to U, and decide which words have the matching vowel sound and circle them!

Kids find the words that match the long vowel given in this phonics worksheet.

Review the long o sound and practice reading long o words with your first grader with help from this phonics worksheet.

Give young learners essential word study practice with the help of this interactive short E word sort!

Children work on phonics and spelling skills as they learn about the diphthong AU in this vocabulary-building worksheet.

On this first grade phonics worksheet, kids practice identifying the short "E" vowel sound by circling pictures. Then they write their own short "E" word.

Help your readers tackle the silent e rule with this phonics worksheet.

Give your second graders some practice with long vowel word families and spelling patterns with this colorful activity! Students will identify long O words based on picture clues, then determine the spelling pattern of each word.

Is your second grader learning vowels? This worksheet helps kids recognize long-vowel patterns and spell them correctly.

That letter R can sure be bossy! Give your kids some extra practice with r-controlled vowels by having them identify the correct spelling-sound correspondences of these common words.

Give your students practice identifying R-controlled vowels and breaking words apart into syllables!

In this hands-on phonics worksheet, learners will assemble a poem from a selection of -er, -ir, and -ur words.