2nd and 3rd Grade Phonics Worksheets

Students may know they can blend colors or food, but did they know they can blend letters too? Learn to use common consonant blends in this engaging worksheet! 

Distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds is one of the first steps in mastering vowels. Gauge student understanding of long and short vowels with this review activity.

Give your second grader practice reading and decoding "ew" words with this worksheet that asks her to choose the word that completes each sentence.

In this worksheet, children will complete each sentence using a word with a long A sound.

Children practice dividing up VC/CV words by syllables in this spelling and grammar worksheet.

Engage learners with fun and colorful phonics practice this season with these winter-themed word sorts!

Children learn to identify, pronounce, and sort words with R-controlled vowels in this grammar and phonics worksheet.

Let's practice identifying the blends at the end! Kids will sound out each word and identify the ending blend.

By now, your child knows that not all vowel sounds are the same. Challenge him to determine whether words contain a short or long vowel sound.

This worksheet helps students fine tune their understanding of letter-sound relationships and spelling patterns.

Practice dividing up V/CV words by syllables in this spelling and grammar worksheet!

In this worksheet, learners will work with syllables in words with the VCE pattern, or Vowel, Consonant, Silent E pattern.

The sentences on this worksheet are missing a word, each containing the long "e" sound. Choose words from the box to complete each sentence!

Help your second grader master sounding out and reading "ow" words like cow and towel.

The vowel team "ee" stars in this second grade review. Students will use context clues and a word bank to practice “ee” words.

In this worksheet, choose words from the box to complete each sentence. This worksheet helps kids recognize long-vowel patterns and spell them correctly.

Boost your child's reading skills with this winter-themed word sorting worksheet featuring schwa vowel sounds!

Kids sort long A vowel words in this worksheet.

Children will look at a list of 20 words and sort them according to whether they make a long or a short /oo/ sound.

Provide students with word study practice during the winter season using this engaging open and closed syllable sort! 

Focusing on the letter blends ar and or, this worksheet helps build your child's repertoire of letter and sound combinations.

Give students fun word study practice during the winter season using this short and long vowel sort! 

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

Ready for some vowel team review? Students will distinguish between the long and short e sounds for the “ea” vowel team.

On this second grade reading worksheet, kids sort words ending in "y" into two categories: the long "e" sound as in baby, or the long "i" sound as in spy.

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.

Children practice dividing up VC/V words by syllables in this spelling and grammar worksheet.

Get to know some awesome vowel teams in simple words that you already know. You'll identify the team, fill-in-the-blanks, and complete a fun wordsearch!

Early readers determine if words are spelled with OU or OW in this appealing phonics and spelling worksheet.

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