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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.

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 -ed ending makes when it's used to indicate the regular past tense.

Help your beginning reader learn about phonetic spellings that show how to pronounce a word. In this activity, she'll match each word with its pronunciation.

Chinese language learners match characters to pictures in this basic phrases matching activity. Students look at four lines of dialogue, then draw a line to the corresponding illustration.

This second grade reading and writing worksheet gives kids practice with homophones as they choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

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.

It’s prime time to learn to rhyme! Learn about rhyming words that end with the same sound but different spellings.

Learn to write more efficiently with this inviting worksheet!

Learn to rhyme at any time with this engaging worksheet!

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.

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 initial consonant sounds into two groups: hard "c" as in cookie, and soft "c" as in celery.

Learn to differentiate subjects and predicates with this upper elementary grammar 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.

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

Learn and practice using your conjunctions by finishing the sentences.

Learn about word relationships in this tricky analogy worksheet!

Learn all about spelling rules in this informative worksheet!

Kids learn how to "show" instead of "tell" in their writing.

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

Learn to shorten titles, months, and more in this helpful worksheet!

Learn to creatively compare words with this fourth-grade analogy practice!

Learn coordinating conjunctions and use them in context with this inviting worksheet!

Learn to connect words, phrases, and clauses with coordinating conjunctions in this worksheet!

Children learn to identify and use subject and object pronouns in sentences in this grammar worksheet.

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.