It's time to check in on those long and short vowel sound skills! Use this fun picture assessment to check your first graders’ abilities to distinguish long and short A sounds.

It's time to check in on those long and short vowel sound skills! Use this fun picture assessment to check your first graders’ abilities to distinguish long and short E sounds.

It's time to check in on those long and short vowel sound skills! Use this fun picture assessment to check your first graders’ abilities to distinguish long and short I sounds.

It's time to check in on those long and short vowel sound skills! Use this fun picture assessment to check your first graders’ abilities to distinguish long and short O sounds.

It's time to check in on those long and short vowel sound skills! Use this fun picture assessment to check your first graders’ abilities to distinguish long and short U sounds.

Be on the lookout for words with the short letter U sound in this worksheet. This short U puzzle is fun for kids who like color-by-number worksheets and games.

Have fun or learn? Why choose one when you can have both! Kindergarten and first-grade students will enjoy completing this maze worksheet on beginning letter sounds!

Practice your first grader's phonics skills with this fun worksheet, which challenges him to identify words that have the same beginning sounds.

A digraph is a combination of two letters that make one sound (such as sh and th). Engage your students in using and understanding digraphs as they come up with words that contain common consonant digraphs in this fun activity.

Words that end with Y can be tricky, but that's no reason to cry! This fun worksheet combines reading and coloring to help your young students learn how a Y at the end of a word can make an I or an E sound.

Help your students master the ending Y sound with this fun practice worksheet. By sorting words into two columns, young readers learn that the final Y sound can make a long E sound, as in baby, or a long I sound, as in fly.

Unscramble words with a “bossy r” or an r-controlled vowel in this engaging worksheet!

This 1st grade printable game packs reading, spelling, and vocabulary practice into one. Players roll the dice, then spell a word using the letters rolled.

Search for r-controlled vowels around the room with this interactive worksheet!

Help your first grader with beginning word sounds with this printable crossword worksheet that will help him practice the sounds of "Sp", "Squ", "St" and "Sw".

Give students word-building practice using ending blends with the help of this hands-on phonics worksheet!