Get on board with word families by practicing word families with a short u sound, as in -un or -ut.

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.

When "Y" acts like a vowel, it can make a few different sounds. Sometimes it is a long "E", and other times it's a long "I".

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

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

Help your first grader become a more confident reader by practicing short o word families.

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

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

Kids practice reading and writing the long a sound in words ending like tray.

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.

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

Students build words and hone their vocabulary with this engaging phonics worksheet!

Children will work on their understanding of the -OW sound, and build vocabulary too, as they solve 14 clues to complete the crossword puzzle.

Are your students comfortable navigating words that contain a silent E? Use this one-on-one assessment to gauge your first graders' knowledge of words that have a silent E by having them read these sight words aloud.

Give budding readers essential word study practice with the help of this hands-on short O word sort!

Give learners word-building practice using the long O vowel digraph with this fun hands-on worksheet!

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

Give learners important word study practice with the help of this hands-on short I CVC word sort, featuring -ig and -in words!

Give learners important word study practice with the help of this hands-on short I CVC word sort, featuring -ip and -it words!

Sort out your vowel sounds with this exercise that investigates "ie" and "ei" sounds.

In this phonics puzzle worksheet, learners will color in all of the words with a short E sound to reveal a mystery picture!

Help your first grader get to know the short u sound with this fill-in-the-vowel worksheet.

Sometimes "Y" acts like a vowel. When it's playing the role of a vowel, "Y" makes a long "I" sound or a long "E" sound.

Students will sound out four words and choose which words have a long vowel.

Give learners important word study practice with the help of this hands-on short E CVC word sort, featuring -et and -ed words!

Emergent readers practice distinguishing between long E and short E sounds with this cut-and-paste activity.

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 E sounds.

With this phonics worksheet, kids match picture names to items representing short "E" and long "E" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.

Use a dice to build words and grow your vocabulary with this open-ended phonics worksheet!