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.

Work on L blends with your first grader, matching pictures with the same beginning blend.

What construction vehicle is this? Help your little builder say the word out loud to help him spell it.

Get to know your vowel sounds with an exercise about the "aw" and "au" sounds.

Children will identify and circle the words that use long vowels, then match words to vowels, in this colorful phonics worksheet.

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

Use this word list of words ending in "ck" to help your child work on phonics skills!

Plan a lesson with this list of words with "ph"! This is a great resource for helping kids learn about the "ph" digraph.

If your children are learning about digraphs, here's a great list of words ending in "ch" to help practice their phonics.

Here's a great resource for teachers who write their own lesson plans. Review words that start with "th" using this list.

Strengthen kindergarteners' and first graders' phonics skills with this short U CVC words maze!

If you need a sign to practice silent letters, this second-grade worksheet is it!

Children will enjoy circling the words with long vowel sounds —and crossing out the words that don't — in this fun word matching worksheet.

Identify the correct spelling of CVC words with this kindergarten and first-grade worksheet!

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

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

Vowel pairs are easier to sound out than they look. Help your first grader tackle the vowel pairs oe and oa with this matching worksheet.

In this worksheet, kids practice decoding and understanding words with the diphthong ou.

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

Strengthen students' knowledge of short A CVC words with this fun phonics maze activity!

Don’t get lost as you explore this short E vowel sound maze!

You’ll have CVC words down pat by the time you complete this phonics worksheet for kindergarteners and first graders!

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.

Dip your toes into CVC word practice with this short i worksheet for kindergarteners and first graders!

Students work on phonics and spelling skills as they learn about the digraph OO (as in moon) in this vocabulary-building worksheet.

Hop into vowel practice with this kindergarten and first-grade short o phonics worksheet!