Maria has found herself in quite the predicament—help her cross the lava using your knowledge of r-controlled vowel words!

Show off your artistic abilities with this kindergarten and first-grade phonics worksheet all about the short o sound!

Get your word building hammers ready! These words need to be finished. Can your little speller help?

Explore different -or words with this colorful phonics worksheet for first and second graders!

Get the grammar party started with this -ar words worksheet for first and second graders!

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

In this worksheet, students work with /ui/, /ew/, and /ue/, three frequently used vowel teams to represent the long U sound.

Children will use their phonics skills to complete the crossword puzzle with words that use the AW and AU diphthong.

Learners will identify the candles with R-controlled vowels, then use them to decorate a cake.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Did you know that the letter y is a consonant, but sometimes acts as a vowel? Find out why in this second-grade worksheet!

This worksheet will help your first grader understand the difference between a long vowel e and a short vowel e.

Give students word-building practice using the long E vowel digraph with this hands-on worksheet!

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