Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

Spell words that use beginning blends in this first- and second-grade worksheet!

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! 

Get your students thinking about the different sounds that the inflectional ending -ed makes when it's used to indicate the regular past tense.

Assess student understanding of common spelling patterns for vowel sounds with this quick sorting exercise. Young readers will read words and then write them out in the appropriate column for long or short vowel sounds.

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.

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

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.

On this second grade reading worksheet, kids sort initial consonant sounds into two groups: hard "c" as in cookie, and soft "c" as in celery.

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.

The letter G is one of those tricky consonants that can make different sounds (as in girl or gym). That can be confusing for young readers! Help them sort out hard and soft consonant patterns with this helpful practice worksheet.

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.

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

Dive into a digraph challenge that puts young readers on the path to word-building success!

Learn words like write, wrong, and thumb in this bright, inviting worksheet!

Can you find all the -ar words in this colorful phonics worksheet?

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

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

Learn to spell and pronounce words like knight, gnome, and sign in this engaging phonics worksheet!

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

Sorting R-controlled vowel words won’t be hard with this inviting worksheet!

Spend a day at the beach sightseeing and spelling in this first- and second-grade worksheet about consonant digraphs!

Show what you know about consonant digraphs in this cheerful phonics worksheet!

Find all the bossy R words in this engaging phonics worksheet!

Identify or words like torn, storm, and north in this engaging phonics worksheet!

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