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Grade 1 Phonics Worksheets

Phonemic awareness.

This set of phonemic awareness worksheets focuses on identifying and manipulating individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.

Phoneme isolation - identify beginning sounds

Phoneme segmentation - split words into 2 sounds

Blending sounds - combine sounds to make words

Blending phonemes - identify sounds in 3-letter words

Phoneme substitution - substitute sounds to make new words

Phoneme differences - identify words with different sounds

Phonemic similarities - group words with common sounds

Rhyming - sort words into groups of rhyming words

These phonics worksheets focus on linking individual sounds (phonemes) to letters or groups of letters in written English.

Consonant blends - identify common consonant blends

CVC & CVCe Words - completing words with short & long vowels

Short and long vowels - classify words as having short or long vowels

Identify digraphs - practice using common digraphs

Digraph sounds - Using sh, ch, th, ph, wh & ck

Word families - at, an, ap, et, en, it, po & ack words

Syllables - counting syllables of grade 1 level words

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19 Go-To First Grade Phonics Worksheets

Helping your child read is made much easier when you’ve got 1st grade phonics worksheets to guide you and your lessons. These worksheets are a great way for your 1st grader to practice their basic reading skills. The worksheets are fun and engaging and can be used in the classroom or at home!

Things like learning the alphabet are easy first steps to reading , but there’s more to it. Beyond letter names and sounds, your little one will need to master phonics. The phonics worksheets gathered below are an awesome tool to support your student in transitioning from alphabet basics into more complex phonics work.

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What phonics do 1st graders learn, the best 1st grade phonics worksheets.

• What Are Blend Words for 1st Grade? 

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In first grade, your kids will learn about many elements of phonics, including digraphs which are two letters that represent a single sound. Digraphs are important for early readers because they can decode these sounds within words. Digraphs include letters like “ch,” “th,” “sh,” and “ph.” 

First graders will also learn long and short vowel sounds. Blends like “bl-” (as in black) and “cl-” (as in clock) are covered in first grade. Don’t forget about hard and soft consonants too.

In partnership with Teach Simple , whose marketplace is full of educational materials created by actual teachers (plus 50% of all revenues go to them), I’ve gathered 19 go-to grade 1 phonics worksheets to support your students on their reading journeys!

• Circling Long Vowel Sounds A Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

A simple and straightforward worksheet, this long vowel A worksheet will reinforce the concept of long vowel sounds with ease. The colorful images make it engaging while supportive.

• Hard Soft C Pictures Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

Practice identifying hard and soft C sounds with this illustrated worksheet. This simple task is perfect for reinforcing the essential phonic skills your little one needs.

• UB Word Family Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

This worksheet focuses on the “-ub” word pattern. Your students will cut and then match together the word family with the other letter combinations on the page. The result forms complete words. 

• Spelling Long E Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

This fill-in-the-blank style worksheet is the ideal practice for students who are struggling with the long E sounds. This offers a nice shift from the simple identification worksheets!

• Add Silent E Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

Silent letters offer an additional layer of trickiness for little learners. This worksheet is ideal practice to help students start to identify the sneaky silent letters that pop up in English words! 

• Digraphs Word List By Have Fun Teaching

Digraphs sound a little more complicated than they truly are—but this simple worksheet will help students work on them with speed and accuracy.

• Long Vowel Coloring Sheet By Have Fun Teaching

Marrying together coloring and phonics practice, this worksheet helps students with their long vowel sounds. The multimodal approach creates an added layer for learning and engagement.

• NG/NK Digraph Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

A mix of digraphs and blends, this worksheet takes two of the trickier phonics concepts and puts them together. This is a great practice for those advanced readers or older first graders. 

• Short U Beginning And Ending Sounds Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

Your reader can get in practice with U and how it’s used at the start and end of words with this lovely and bright worksheet.

• EA Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

This worksheet is a fill-in-the-blank style practice sheet with a word bank. Your reader will have the chance to practice reading , use context clues, and, of course, develop their “ea” phonics skills!

• E Like Leaf Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

This reading comprehension passage focuses on the long E sound. Students will use their knowledge of long and short vowel sounds as they work through this passage. 

• Long Vowels Filling in the Blank Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

Another fill-in-the-blank style worksheet, these sentences will have your little reader understanding long vowel sounds in no time. This sheet allows them to use context and their knowledge of phonics together.

• Starts with CH Reading Comprehension Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

An incredibly common blend, the “CH” sound is one students often find tricky. This worksheet allows them to practice identifying words that start with “CH” in the context of a larger reading passage. 

• Double Vowels Fill In The Blank Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

On this worksheet, first graders will select the vowel pair and place it within the existing word. This type of practice is a bit more advanced so it’s good for kids who are farther along in their phonics work.

• Smith And Smitty SM Phonics Stories Reading Comprehension Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

Phonics stories are a great way to help students understand how words sounds within a story and how to use context clues to figure out words with phonics sounds they may not know well. This “sm” phonics story is a fun way to practice this sound.

• EW UI Vowel Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

This sorting activity focuses students on the “ew” and “ui” vowel pairs. They’ll practice identifying the appropriate words, placing them in the correct categories, and writing the words all in one fell swoop!

• Beginning Blends Transportation Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

This worksheet asks students to identify the blend that matches the vehicle shown. This sheet is great for partner work where they can say the word aloud and circle the appropriate letter pair. Plus, it’s a fun look at the many planes, trains, and automobiles that begin with blends!

• TH Picture Circle Worksheet By Have Fun Teaching

Identifying the “th” sound is no easy feat for our youngest readers, but this fun and simple worksheet is exactly the practice they’ll need. They will simply say the word, identify the “the” sound, and circle the correct images. 

• Carson Dellosa Phonics For First Grade Workbook From Carson Dellosa

This 64 page workbook covers tracing and writing letters, words, consonant and vowel sounds, word families, and more. Every student will find something to keep them engaged with different phonics activities, like puzzles, games, plus motivation stickers.

What Are Blend Words for 1st Grade?

Blends are two consonants that blend together to make a new sound (as opposed to digraphs which are two consonants that each only make one singular sound). For example, the “st” in the word “stop” or the “th” in “thank” are blends. 

Blend words offer an interesting challenge. Making connections between sounds and letters is tricky, especially when looking at phonic elements like blends. But fear not! With the 1st grade phonics worksheets above, your child will gradually begin to understand blends and the specific sounds they make in new vocabulary words.

About the Author Ali Pierce has been a proud public school teacher for nearly a decade. An English teacher by day, Ali works with educators throughout K-12 in a variety of coaching and support roles. A proud Wildcat, Ali earned both her BA in Creative Writing and M.Ed. in Teaching and Teacher Education from the University of Arizona. When not teaching, Ali can be found hanging out with her two young sons and sneaking in some reading for fun.

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Learning to Read - Consonant Blends in Phonics

Consonant blends are tricky for children. Examples of consonant blends include: s blends as in stop, slow, small and snow. When teaching students consonant blends, make sure they hear the sounds correctly. Some children may not be able to hear each consonant sound that is in a consonant blend. This is why you should avoid these tricky combinations of consonants until individual sounds have been mastered. Then they can be taught to hear two consonants come together to form a blend.

Beginning blends occur at the start of the word. For example L blends such as CLown and CLoud have the C and L at the beginning. Final blends, also called ending blends, occur at the end of a word. These blends are grouped by the ending letters. For example, the final letter in 'last' is an "s" and 't' consonant blend. The "n" final consonant blend is found in words such as nd, sand, and skunk.

Many kids struggle with the consonant blends when they start to learn to read. In order to help children develop this ability, they must learn the letters that form the blends of the two consonants. For example, the letter "c" can be used as an aid for the /k/ sound which combines with 'r' to form the 'cr' blend. When reading, it's important to recognize the subtle difference between a cr and a gr-sound for instance. As there are a couple of elisions in blends, they can make it difficult to differentiate between the two types of phonemes.

As children progress through the Kiz Phonics program, they will become skilled at sounding out consonant blends accurately.

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Connection to reading.

To become skilled readers, children must have strong base in phonics, or an understanding of the sounds of printed letters and words.  Children will use phonics when learning how to blend sounds together to read words. Since several areas of the brain must work together to “decode” or sound out words, children must practice this skill repeatedly. Your child will also use phonics to spell words when they write.

In 1st grade your child will start by being able to read CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant words) like t-a-p, then move on to read words that start with bl, sl, and tr. They’ll learn that the letter “e” at the end of some words will be silent ( gone, time ). They’ll also master long vowel sounds such as ai, ee, oa. Your child will be sounding out and trying to read two-syllable words (like wagon ) as well as words that don’t follow regular spelling rules ( said, busy, tongue ).

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Show your child how to read short words, do i know the letter sounds teaching letter knowledge to your child, can your child correct themselves when reading, when your child is stuck: should i tell them the word, what is phonics why is it important for my child to read, why talking about the letters we see all around us prepares our child to read.

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Often parents fall into the thinking that “The school will teach my child everything they need to know! I’ll leave it to them.” Although it may feel better to not carry this burden, the burden will be shifted onto your child. Teachers need you on their team, practicing reading skills at home,  building your child’s confidence, and giving them the much needed practice all kids require to be strong readers.

Keep It Simple

If your child is just starting to read or still seems unsure, review the alphabet and letter sounds. Next, look at short CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words (top, cat, fog and so on) and have your child break them apart into their individual sounds. Then blend these sounds back together (/t/ /o/ /p/; top).

A little practice can lead to great improvement

Talk or play games about letter sounds for fewer than 5 minutes a day. While driving, give your child some 2 letter words and 3 letter words to spell (like see, look, up, go ). Keep the activities fun and light so kids can enjoy a quick challenge and get a boost of confidence from practicing one skill a day.

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Remember, we want children to develop a love of reading, so focus on reading the books they enjoy over and over again. We don’t want to ever frustrate children with the “mechanics,” such as drilling letter sounds to the point of tears. The goal of reading is to understand the story; phonics will help kids sound out words quickly to comprehend what they read.

Be a Word Detective

What sound does each letter make in this word on the cereal box? Research suggests that seeing print, saying the sounds, and hearing the sounds while pointing at the letter with a parent or teacher has the greatest impact on learning “phonemic awareness” or sounds.

Look Around

Start by making sure your child knows every upper- and lowercase letter in the alphabet. Write down the letters they know and don’t know so you can keep track. Find the letters in natural settings, like on a poster at the movie theatre. Ask if your child can say the letter name and letter sound they see. “What is the name of this movie? What letter does it start with? The letter m, you’re right! I’m going to try to read the word: Mmmmmminions. Did you hear the mmmm sound?” Help them if they don’t know the answer. Children are naturally curious about the print they see all around them, so use it as a meaningful teachable moment.

Remind your child often that we’re learning letter sounds so that we can read everything around us. Tell them it’s similar to learning to ride a bike how in the beginning Mom might have had to remind them to push the pedals with their feet and balance on the seat, but eventually  they were able to ride by themselves. Phonics is the practice so you can read on your own!

Stick Writing

Use a stick to trace letters in dirt or sand. Tell your child easy three-letter words and see if they can sound them out, such as “pop”, “tag”, and “lug”.

Write a Word Ladder

Draw a simple ladder of two long lines and four rungs on a piece of paper. Using a red crayon write a short word like “sit” on the bottom rung.

Then ask your child to think of more words that rhyme with “sit” and write them on each rung, climbing up the ladder using a different color crayon for fun. See how high your ladder will reach!

The H Brothers

Explain to your child that sometimes two letters will stand together to create one new sound. The “h brothers” join with other letters to make the sounds:   sh, ch, th, wh and ph .

Th is can be confusing for kids, so make sure to write an example word and use gestures to help them remember the new letter combination.

ch : touch your chin making the “ch” sound

sh: make the “shushing” sound while holding your finger to your mouth

wh : bite into some white or wheat bread

ph : pretend to talk on your invisible phone

Pick a Letter

Practicing phonics can feel tedious, so it’s important to find ways to make it fun, simple and quick. Write three letters on a piece of scrap paper: for example b, n, and t. Have your child say each letter and its sound. Then ask, “What’s the LAST letter you hear in ‘run’?”. Make it a game by saying they get one point for each word they get right. See if they can earn five points.

Make a Smoothie “Blend”

1st graders will begin reading more complicated words that contain letter “blends”. A blend is when two letters come together to help words begin. Examples are:  tr, sw, st , sp, sn, sm, sl, sc, pl, gr, fl, dr, cr, cl, br, and bl. Demonstrate this concept by blending together two flavors in a smoothie, like strawberry and banana.

Scavenger Hunt

1st graders are expected to learn the letter blends:

tr, sw, st , sp, sn, sm, sl, sc, pl, gr, fl, dr, cr, cl, br, and bl.

Give your child a piece of paper with one blend written on it. Have them say the sound the blend makes. Give your child a bag and give them five minutes to find objects that start with the blend on the paper. Give clues or suggestions to identify objects. When time is up review the objects and give a point for each item found. Have your child teach a neighbor or friend for the next round.

Listen to Your Child Read Daily

In the beginning it will be hard work for your child to “decode” or sound out the words they see in books for 1st graders. Make it fun by letting them record their voice when reading by using the “Voice Memos” app available on iPhones and Samsung phones.

Reread books over and over

Your child might want to read the same story every night. Try to stay excited about reading by being enthusiastic. Remember to point to words as you read and enunciate the different sounds in words. “The pirate ssshhhhip is setting sail!” Remind your kids that when you read your voice should sound natural, like when you’re talking to a friend.

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Learn how well your children can spell and read simple words with these first grade printable phonics worksheets. It doesn’t matter what stage your children are at, these simple worksheets are exactly what you need to help increase your child’s phonemic awareness and to help them understand the ways sounds function in words.

Your children will be given the opportunity to learn about a vast selection of things like tricky words, long and short vowel sounds, letter blends and sounds, rhyming words, opposites and much more, to successfully be able to decode words on a page.

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The AI Vowel Pair Worksheet

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The importance of phonics worksheets for grade 1 students.

Phonics worksheets have become an essential tool for students who are just starting to learn how to read. These worksheets are designed for Grade 1 students who are beginning to learn the fundamentals of reading, and they provide a comprehensive guide to help students master the sounds of the English language.

Phonics worksheets are useful for many reasons. First, they help students learn the basic sounds of each letter, which is essential for reading. Phonics is the foundation of reading, and without it, children may struggle to decode words and understand what they are reading. By teaching phonics using worksheets, students not only learn the correct sounds of each letter, but they also learn how to blend sounds together to make words.

Phonics worksheets also help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. These worksheets require students to analyze the sounds of words and identify patterns. They must also use their knowledge of phonics to spell words correctly, which requires them to think about the various ways that sounds can be represented. This teaches students how to approach unfamiliar words and figure them out on their own, which is a valuable skill that they will use throughout their lives.

Phonics worksheets also help students build confidence in their reading abilities. By mastering the sounds of each letter and learning how to blend sounds together to make words, students are better able to read fluently and understand what they are reading. This reinforces their confidence in their reading abilities and encourages them to continue reading and learning.

In addition, phonics worksheets can be tailored to meet the individual needs of each student. Teachers can use a variety of worksheets to help students who are struggling with specific sounds or phonics rules. This allows for personalized learning experiences and ensures that all students are able to master the sounds of the English language.

Finally, phonics worksheets can make learning fun and engaging for students. Many of these worksheets include colorful illustrations and interactive activities that help students stay engaged and motivated. These worksheets can also include games and puzzles that challenge students to think creatively and apply their knowledge of phonics in new and exciting ways.

In conclusion, phonics worksheets are an essential tool for Grade 1 students who are just starting to learn how to read. These worksheets provide a comprehensive guide to help students master the sounds of the English language, develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, build confidence in their reading abilities, and make learning fun and engaging.

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Bossy R Games

Explore Words With Bossy R - ar Game

Get familiar with reading by learning to explore words with bossy R - ar.

Explore Words With Bossy R - or Game

Get familiar with reading by learning to explore words with bossy R - or.

Explore Words With Bossy R - er Game

Get familiar with reading by learning to explore words with bossy R - er.

Explore Words With Bossy R - ir Game

Get familiar with reading by learning to explore words with bossy R - ir.

Consonant Blends Games

Build Words With Initial L Blends - sl Game

To enhance your skills, build words with initial L blends - sl.

Explore Words With Initial L Blends - sl Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with initial L blends - sl.

Build Words With End Blends - lk Game

To enhance your skills, build words with end blends - lk.

Explore Words With End Blends - lk Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with end blends - lk.

Vowels Games

From Short Vowel A to Long Vowel A Game

Change from short vowel A to long vowel A to practice your english skills.

Practice Vowel Sounds: Short and Long A Game

Polish your language skills by practicing vowel sounds: Short and Long A.

Begin Blending With Vowel Teams AI and AY Game

Practice how to begin blending with vowel teams AI and AY.

Choose the Correct Vowel Sound: Short or Long A Game

Children must choose the correct vowel sound: Short or Long A.

Blending Games

Begin Blending With Consonant Blends TR and PR Game

Begin blending with consonant blends TR and PR.

From Sounds to Words: trek and prod Game

With the help of this game learn to translate sounds to words: trek and prod.

Build Words Using the Inital Blend: grit and trim Game

Kids must build words using the first sound: grit and trim.

Begin Blending With Consonant Blends SK and ST Game

Improve your language art skills by blending with consonant blends SK and ST.

Rhyming Words Games

Odd Word Out: Grill, Frill, Drill & Grim Game

Polish your language skills by finding the odd word out: Grill, Frill, Drill & Grim.

Rhyming Words With Initial Blends - L Family Blends Game

Kids will learn rhyming words with initial blends - L Family Blends to develop their english skills!

Listen and Master Rhyming Words: Initial Blends - GR, TR & PR Game

Listen and master rhyming words: Initial Blends - GR, TR & PR.

Rhyming Words With Initial Blends - R Family Blends Game

Kids will learn rhyming words with initial blends - R Family Blends to develop their english skills!

Sight Words Games

Sound of the Sight Word: because Game

Put your language skills to the test by learning the sound of the sight word: because.

Learn the Sight Word: by Game

Practice your english skills by learning the sight word: by.

Sound of the Sight Word: by Game

Ignite a love for language in your child by learning the sound of the sight word: by.

Learn the Sight Word: because Game

Help your child practice english by learning the sight word: because.

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Begin Blending With Bossy R: AR Game

Begin blending with Bossy R: AR to practice your language skills!

Explore Words With Second Sound of G Game

Get familiar with reading by learning to explore words with second sound of G.

From Sounds to Words: yarn and sharp Game

With the help of this game learn to translate sounds to words: yarn and sharp.

Guess the Word: bark and dark Game

Kids must guess the word: bark and dark to develop their english skills!

Build Words With End Blends - mp Game

To enhance your skills, build words with end blends - mp.

Practice the Sight Word: by Game

Polish your language skills by learning how to practice the sight word: by.

Find Words Using Blending: arm and farm Game

Use your skills to find words using blending: arm and farm.

Explore Words With Nasal Blends - mp Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with nasal blends - mp.

Explore Words With Long Vowel A - ai Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with long vowel A - ai.

Learn the Sight Word: your Game

Take a look at how to learn the sight word: your.

The Ultimate Bossy R Challenge: art, cart and harm Game

Make learning fun with the ultimate Bossy R challenge: art, cart and harm.

Explore Words With End Blends - st Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with end blends - st.

Explore Words With Long Vowel A - ay Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with long vowel A - ay.

Odd Word Out: Tusk, Dusk, Must & Musk Game

Polish your language skills by finding the odd word out: Tusk, Dusk, Must & Musk.

Sound of the Sight Word: your Game

Ignite a love for language in your child by learning the sound of the sight word: your.

Begin Segmenting With charm and march Game

Practice english by learning to begin segmenting with charm and march.

Build Words With End Blends - st Game

To enhance your skills, build words with end blends - st.

Explore Words With Long Vowel A - ai, ay Game

Get familiar with reading by learning to explore words with long vowel A - ai, ay.

Listen and Master Rhyming Words: Word Families SK & MP Game

Ask your little one to listen and master rhyming words: Word Families SK and MP.

Practice the Sight Word: your Game

Put your language skills to the test by learning to practice the sight word: your.

Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: part and shark Game

Ask your child to rearrange sounds to make words: part and shark.

Build Words With End Blends - sk Game

To enhance your skills, build words with end blends - sk.

Rhyming Words With End Blends Game

Get familiar with reading by learning the rhyming words with end blends.

Sequence the Letters to Make Words: yard and farm Game

Make english easy by learning to sequence the letters to make words: yard and farm.

Explore Words With End Blends - sk Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with end blends - sk.

From Sounds to Words: aid and clay Game

With the help of this game learn to translate sounds to words: aid and clay.

Odd Word Out: Thank, Hank, Think & Tank Game

Polish your language skills by finding the odd word out: Thank, Hank, Think & Tank.

Guess the Word: dart and march Game

Put your language skills to the test by guessing the word: dart and march.

Explore Words With Nasal Blends - nk Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with nasal blends - nk.

Guess the Word: train and hay Game

Kids must guess the word: train and hay to develop their english skills!

Listen and Master Rhyming Words: Word Families NK & ND Game

Ask your little one to listen and master rhyming words: Word Families NK and ND.

Practice the Sight Word: because Game

Learn language art skills by practicing the sight word: because.

Begin Blending With Bossy R: ER Game

Begin blending with Bossy R: ER to practice your language skills!

Build Words With Nasal Blends - nk Game

To enhance your skills, build words with nasal blends - nk.

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FREE 1st Grade Phonics Scope and Sequence

It is impressive all of the phonics content that a first grade student learns in one year. They are expected to come in as early readers and learn basically every phonics pattern in our language! It is impressive what some of these little seven year olds know.

I created a simple 1st grade phonics scope and sequence to help guide myself and fellow first grade teachers. This is a great guide for the school year and I hope it helps you in your classroom!

Since there is so much expected of these little first graders, let's talk about some of the major phonics topics here.

My absolute favorite thing to teach is CVC words. Simple CVC words are decodable and therefore students use their prior knowledge of letter sounds to read each word. It's best to start out the school year with something simple, it helps students get back in the swing of things.

I spend the first several weeks reviewing CVC words in first grade. This is a great way to benchmark students and if students are not able to master this skill, an interventionist is most likely needed.

First grade students do not need much time with digraphs. These are pretty simple patterns. Most students learned digraphs in kindergarten. Nonetheless, it is best to review these patterns with students for a few weeks.

Not all digraphs are taught in kindergarten though, for example the KN sound is typically introduced in first grade. So spending some time on digraphs is not a total waste of time! Furthermore, its always best practice to teach all patterns, never assume your students know something. Be explicit, clear, and consistent with your instruction...always!

Consonant Blends

Consonant blends are typically introduced in kindergarten, but students need to spend some time reviewing these words because they are still tricky for an early reader. Spending several weeks dedicated to consonant blends will do your first graders some good. You can pick up the pace compared to a kindergarten classroom, but know that some students may still struggle blending and segmenting four to five sounds. Especially when spelling unknown words. This time spent on consonant blends is beneficial for the students who needs that extra support.

There are hundreds of different resources out there, but I really love my consonant blend intervention unit. It has over hundreds of different consonant blend activities. These are perfect for your sweet first graders!

CVCE: Silent E

Silent E may have been a struggle for some kindergarteners, but in first grade students really grasp this concept well. But, silent E still takes a lot of practice to gain mastery. Have students spend ample time decoding, encoding and building words with the CVCE pattern as much as possible.

Some of the best activities I use are found in the Words Their Way Within Word Stage Resources Product . There are so many hands on activities for students to practice this unique spelling pattern.

R-Controlled Vowels

Some R-controlled vowels are pretty easy, like AR and OR, while the other three are not! They all make the same sound, so spelling these words is a mess. bird...burd..or berd?!?! Phonetically those all say the same thing! Nonetheless, students need exposure to these higher level spelling patterns because they will see these patterns in the higher level texts they are reading.

There are way too many rules in our language if you ask me! The FLOSS rule is when you double up the letter, "f", "l", "s", or "z" at the end of a word with a short vowel. For example, floss...hence the name! Other examples include buzz, pill or puff.

Vowel Teams

At this point in the year, your students have only used long vowels when spelling words with the CVCE spelling pattern. Vowel teams are when two letters together, typically two vowels, make the long vowel spelling pattern. For example "ai" say /A/ like in rain. This is the long vowel sound.

If students have mastered previous skills vowel teams are manageable. That's why it is essential to spend the big chunk of time in the fall and early spring focusing on other patterns. Students need to really master these patterns before moving to the most challenging spelling patterns in our language, vowel teams and diphthongs.

I have tons of awesome vowel team resources in my Words Their Way: Within Word Stage Resources .

Diphthongs are the last thing I introduce in first grade. Diphthongs are two vowels together that make a sound beginning as one vowel and moves toward another. The most well known diphthong is "oi" like in coin.

Diphthongs are just another pattern students need to learn. If they master these sounds and spelling patterns they will find success when reading and decoding unknown words.

There are so many spelling patterns in our language and most first graders are expected to learn them all! This is mind blowing to me! Just remember with explicit instruction and consistency your students will get there!

Writing is a great tool to measure if your students have mastered the targeted phonics patterns in your unit. Students should be utilizing words with the pattern correctly. Writing is a great tool for progress monitoring and assessment.

First graders spend a lot of time working through the writers workshop process. Students write a variety of different genres and practice their revising and editing skills.

Sight Words

Sight words are my LEAST favorite thing to teach in any grade level. They are boring but so necessary. In previous years I spent so much time and energy focusing on phonetic patterns and didn't address sight words. My students could not master the benchmark readers because they continued to get stuck on sight words.

The best advice I have for sight words is to be consistent and repetitive. One of the major tools that I learned to use was when I created my own decodable book series . I found that my decodable books needed to build off each other, especially with sight words.

Students need to practice sight words for multiple weeks, do not just move on to the new words the following week and never go back to review old words. There are plenty of ways to practice sight words, I love using my Fry 100 Resources. There are over one THOUSAND pages of activities. Such a game changer having it all organized and ready for me right in one spot.

First Grade Final Thoughts

First grade is a super fun year filled with lots of content. There will never be a day when you can fit it all in! I hope this 1st grade phonics scope and sequence is helpful for you in your classroom! Happy teaching!

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I am so excited for this new summer series here at Mama’s Learning Corner! For the next 9 weeks during the summer, I am publishing a weekly worksheet packet that will be just right for your children that finished 1st grade.

That’s 10 total weeks of 1st grade weekly worksheet packets!

Each weekly packet will cover 5 worksheet pages for 1 week: Monday through Friday.

Of course, we homeschool mothers know that children don’t often fit the box of a particular grade, however, these worksheet packets will focus on those skills practiced in a traditional 1st grade course of study.

Certainly use them with your eager and curious Kindergarten children or use them with 2nd graders that need some more intense and fundamental phonics review and practice with math facts.

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1st Grade Weekly Worksheet Packet #1

The focus of these 1st grade worksheets will be math and phonics. When my four oldest children were all elementary age, we never took a whole summer off. We usually took most of June off, and then hopped back into school right after July 4th.

That remains my favorite homeschool schedule! Alas, with older children in middle and high school, that has not been the best fit for us in this season of life.

Since I have a 7 year old that just completed 1st grade, I will need to do some some academic work with him through the summer. Because he is not a strong reader, he will need consistent phonics work throughout the summer.

This packet is perfect for kids that are scheduled to have a long summer break, but still need consistent phonics and math facts practice.

These worksheets are short and sweet! They will reinforce those 1st grade phonics concepts that we worked so hard on this year.

1st Grade Phonics and Math Worksheets

The weekly worksheet packets will all follow the same formula. They will each have 25 pages total with a daily math drill.

Each packet will consist of:

• 25 total pages – 5 worksheets for each day
• 5 days total for Monday through Friday
• 5 pages of math worksheets
• 5 pages of phonics practice worksheets
• 5 pages of focused handwriting practice for print writing – words include basic household nouns and countries around the world
• 5 pages of sight word practice taken from the First Grade Dolch sight word list
• 5 pages of color by code worksheets – varies between phonics and math practice
• BONUS: Daily math drill
• BONUS: Answer Keys

1st Grade Worksheet Packet #1

The following skills are practiced in worksheet packet #1:

Day 1: Math: Telling Time Handwriting: Letter B Sight Word: going Phonics: Vowel Teams – ai and ay Color by Code: Addition and Subtraction to 12

Day 2: Math: Hundreds Board Handwriting: Letter C Sight Word: thank Phonics: Consonant Digraphs – CH, TH, SH Color by Code: Consonant Digraphs – CH, TH, SH, PH, WH words

Day 3: Math: Addition and Subtraction – Fill in the missing operator Handwriting: Letter H Sight Word: from Phonics: Word Equations – Blends Color by Code: True or False math equations

Day 4: Math: Adding and Subtraction – Sums to 20 Handwriting Letter: S Sight Word: over Phonics: Short Vowels and Blends Color by Code: -NG, -NK, -ND words

Day 5: Math: Counting Coins Handwriting: Letter U Sight Word: could Phonics: Rhyming Words Color by Code: Rhyming Words

Daily Math Drills

Also included as a bonus with these weekly worksheet packets will be a daily math drill. Each column includes 12 equations to solve.

In this packet, the equations include:

Day 1: Addition within 10 Day 2: Subtraction within 10 Day 3: Mixed Addition and Subtraction within 10 Day 4: Addition plus 2 Day 5: Subtraction minus 2

If you have learners that are easily distracted, cut apart the columns after printing so only one day at the time is visible.

This tip was really helpful for my girls when they were younger! Too many items on the page – especially colored pictures – was a huge hindrance for them in the early grades.

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Christian Light Reading and Language Arts for Grades 1 and 2

Christian Light Education offers complete language arts courses for grades one through twelve. This review focuses on the courses for only first and second grade since they both teach phonics and use the same sets of phonics cards. (Read my review of their reading and language arts courses for grades 3 to 8 here. )

These courses are part of Christian Light's Sunrise curriculum, and the reading and language arts courses are now in their second editions. These editions teach in a spiral fashion, presenting small increments of new instruction along with continual review--about 30% of a lesson exercise is new material, while 70 % is review.

Rather than textbooks, students have a set of five to ten LightUnit booklets for each course. The consumable LightUnit booklets are printed with only two or three colors. Each booklet includes two quizzes and a test that should be removed until time to use it.

All Sunrise courses have accompanying Teacher's Guides that have reduced images of student pages from LightUnits with overprinted answers. Additional instructions and information for the teacher surround the student pages. Several appendices at the back of each Teacher’s Guide have resources, such as alternate tests, various types of indices, a scope and sequence, and a glossary. The reading Teacher’s Guides add resources, such as reproducible pages used with the lessons, suggested books to read, and the Scripture verses for each story. The language arts Teacher’s Guides add to their appendices lists of spelling words and spelling tests with sentences. Some levels also have phonics rules, penmanship tips, and handwriting models.

The hardcover readers for the courses have full-color illustrations throughout and lists of new words at the back.

Christian Light's first grade program for language arts consists of three separate courses. Children begin with Learning to Read , which has 107 lessons that should take a little over five months to complete. The Language Arts 100 course is brought in after the first four (of 10) Learning to Read LightUnits have been completed and continues through the end of the school year. Reading 1 is begun after completing Learning to Read. Clear instructions and charts are provided to show the coordination of resources, so it's not as complicated as it sounds, and all three components can be completed in 168 days (34 weeks).

Learning to Read

Learning to Read's primary components are ten LightUnits, two Teacher's Guides, Letter Cards (with a picture for each letter; available as flashcards or wall cards), 224 Word Flash Cards , 228 Phrase Flash Cards , and four primers (each with 48 to 73 pages). Optional items are Sight Word Flash Cards, a Sound Slider (tool for helping students work with blending), and Practice Sheets (two books of reproducible worksheets).

This course focuses on phonics, while also providing other introductory language arts instruction, including some handwriting. It begins with letters and their sounds, emphasizing the sounds of the letters rather than letter names during initial instruction. As lessons progress, the names of the letters are used more frequently. The course continues through phonograms like igh , spr , and thr and words like praying, right, and beamed that are taught in the final LightUnit. That might sound like a lot for one school year, but most children will already have some exposure to letters and sounds before first grade and should find it manageable. Spelling, introduced in the second LightUnit, is taught as a reinforcement for phonics, and spelling lists are at the back of the Teacher’s Guide.

Learning to Read is very teacher-intensive, but the lessons are scripted to make it easy for the inexperienced or time-pressed teacher or parent.

The course does not presume that students have had prior phonics instruction, but it moves relatively quickly. At first, it teaches blending sounds through words grouped by their middle vowel sounds, such as dad, sad, and dam. Sight words, such as do and the, are presented throughout the course so that children can read stories written in more natural language from the four primers. (Some sight words, such as brown and please, are actually phonetic, but children have not yet learned the phonograms in those words.)

The four primers are printed in black and white. The first one has more illustrations than text, and this ratio gradually reverses with the fourth primer’s three-page stories each having only one illustration. The reading material within the Teacher’s Guides and the primers is uplifting and God-honoring. Illustrations show people wearing clothing typical of the Amish community—modest clothing, head coverings for women, long pants for boys, and dresses for girls.

The course is traditional in its approach: pages in the LightUnits look like traditional phonics or reading workbooks, and flashcards help with repetition and memorization. However, the Teacher’s Guide has the parent or teacher use stories, rhymes, hand movements, air-writing, discussion of stories, and other multi-sensory learning strategies that keep things interesting.

Reading 1 is the next step after Learning to Read and should take one semester. It consists of I Wonder (a 223-page hardcover reader), a Teacher's Guide, and five LightUnits . It continues with phonics instruction but increasingly focuses on reading comprehension. Each week students learn a Bible verse and discuss its relation to the story.

Lessons are taught through interaction. Reading 1 is not as fully scripted as Learning to Read but does have detailed lesson plans. The parent or teacher writes several items on a whiteboard or chalkboard: new words, Bible verses, vowels with diacritical markings, names of story characters, sentences, questions, and other instructional items to be used during the lesson. Most lessons begin with brief review. New words are taught before students try to read them. Sometimes new words are taught with phonetic spellings so children learn how to sound them out. The Bible verse is practiced once or twice every day. Children will read aloud from the reader and answer questions provided in the Teacher’s Guide.  Children also learn critical thinking as they answer questions regarding sequence, cause and effect, and the motivations of characters.

The teacher works with children through activities in the LightUnits to reinforce learning. While it’s possible to teach directly from the LightUnits once you’ve understood how the course works, without the Teacher’s Guide you will be missing important lesson components, such as the review at the beginning of the lessons and the discussion questions. Tests at this level are very similar to the workbook activities. The Reading Assessment rubric in the Teacher’s Guide Appendix F should be helpful for assessing actual reading ability.

The design of the activities varies from day to day. They might ask students to underline or circle items, match columns, color an item representing the correct answer, write words from a word bank, cross out incorrect words, sequence items, draw pictures, or complete sentences.

The reader used with the Reading 1 course, I Wonder, is a collection of short stories and poems. While they are not overly difficult, they are not vocabulary controlled. That makes prior introduction of new words especially important. The content is thoroughly Christian. For instance, the first story includes a discussion led by the father about a neighbor’s barn burning down after being struck by lightning. That discussion includes the troubling question of why God lets things like this happen. This story is followed by a poem about thunder that ends with the line, “I know it is God’s voice, so it doesn’t scare me.” Other stories emphasize positive character traits such as telling the truth, saying please, and developing good habits.

Language Arts 1

Language Arts 1 correlates with the other two courses, although it can also be used alongside a different phonics program. The integration of the courses is a little tricky, but the schedules near the beginning of each book tell what to use when.

Ten LightUnits and a Teacher’s Guide are the essential components, but you can also purchase a set of practice sheets, phonics cards, and I Can Write Manuscript .

Language Arts 1 continues with phonics instruction, while also teaching spelling, introductory grammar (e.g., capitalization, punctuation, contractions), and penmanship. It introduces creative writing in the seventh LightUnit. Two quizzes are also included within each LightUnit.

Students might be able to complete much of their work in their LightUnits on their own once they understand the instructions. Lessons on creative writing require teacher involvement.

As with other LightUnits for first grade, the activities vary widely in format, and they gradually increase the amount of writing required.

The language arts program for second grade consists of two, year-long courses: Reading 2 and Language Arts 2. They are not integrated, and either course might be used on its own. Both courses have 10 LightUnits. Reading 2 has two Teacher’s Guides and two hardcover readers: Helping Hands and Happy Hearts . Language Arts 2 has one 496-page Teacher’s Guide. The sets of phonics flashcards for first grade can also be used with Language 2 but are not required.

The courses work very much like those for first grade, except students are expected to be able to do more of their work independently. The LightUnits include frequent boxes the student needs to check to show they have completed assignments and circles where a supervisor needs to initial that the work has been checked before the student can move on. Smaller circles require a supervisor’s initials but still allow the student to continue working in the interim.

Each LightUnit has two quizzes, a Self Check, and a test. Parents should remove the tests until they are needed.

Reading 2 requires less instruction on a whiteboard or chalkboard, but the Teacher’s Guide includes reviews and discussion questions not present in the LightUnits, as in the first-grade program. Reading comprehension questions include questions in three categories: literal, inference, and application.

Students memorize a Bible verse for each story in their readers, and those verses are discussed in relation to the stories.

Language Arts 2

Language Arts 2 LightUnits often include one- or two-page reading passages that reinforce reading skills and teach other ideas and information, such as the importance of caring for books, the value of good nutrition, about the four seasons, and how to look up names in a telephone book. (Since few people have telephone books anymore, a sample telephone book page is included in the LightUnit.)

Students learn about nouns, verbs, and adjectives, and are briefly introduced to diagrams for those sentence elements. They learn other aspects of grammar and usage, such as capitalization, punctuation, compound sentences, the use of quotation marks, and present and past tense verbs.

Composition skills expand with paragraphs, thank-you notes, friendly letters, book reports, and creative writing. Suggested topics and tips for creative writing are in Appendix D of the Teacher’s Guide.

For spelling, students are given a list of 15 words to learn for every eight lessons; they have three such lists per LightUnit. Quizzes and unit tests do not test students on all of the words. Quizzes assess their mastery of 10 words, and tests assess 20 words. Students cut out bookmarks with their spelling word lists from the back of each LightUnit and insert them in the booklet to keep handy for review.

Cursive handwriting instruction begins with Lesson 11 but might be delayed if students are not ready. It is taught again in third grade.

Christian Light’s Reading and Language Arts courses for first and second grade integrate language arts to provide thorough coverage. You don’t need anything else for any area of language arts. The courses do require significant teaching time, especially for first grade, but the Teacher’s Guides are easy to follow and can be used with minimal prep time. And the content of these courses might be a major factor for many families looking for support of their Christian faith and values.

Pricing Information

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sets of LightUnits: courses with 5 - $22, courses with 10 - $51, teacher’s guides are less than $20 per volume, readers $12.50 - $15.20 each, primers - $6.60 each

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• Educational Methods: traditional activity pages or exercises, stories, spiral and incremental, oral presentations or recitations, multisensory, memorization, mastery learning, life applications, interactive, intensive phonics, highly structured, discussion, diagramming, critical thinking
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Second Grade

Second grade reading.

In second grade, children become fluent readers. Your child will be starting simple chapter books and reading more for information. Their vocabulary, grammar, and analytical skills will grow alongside their ability to understand the material they are reading now.

Reading Skills Before Second Grade

Advanced phonics.

Understand complex spelling patterns, including blends and digraphs.

Informational Text

Read and write nonfiction: Learn from informational text.

Recognize parts of speech: Construct simple sentences.

Reading Skills After Second Grade

Reading fluency.

Read smoothly: Read with speed, accuracy, and expression.

Story Elements

The elements of a story: Understand plot, characters, and setting.

Text Features

Understand visual features of text: Use headings, bold text, and captions.

Reading Resources for Your Second Grade Learner

Ai-ay vowel team: circle it.

• Circle the right AI or AY vowel team word to complete each sentence.
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AR-ER Words Comprehension Story: On Your Mark

• Read the story, trace the letters, color the pictures, and answer the reading comprehension questions for this story featuring AR and ER words.

EE-EA Vowel Team: Tic-Tac-Toe

• Read the EE and EA vowel team words aloud. Make an O on the words that start with EE. Make an X on the words that start with EA. Which one wins?

EER-EAR Vowels: Sort It

• EER and EAR can sound the same! Read the words in the word box. Then write them in the correct place, sorting them by EER or EAR.

EER-EAR Vowels: Yes or No

• Learning to read means more than just knowing how to pronounce and spell a word. You have to understand what you’re reading, too! Read aloud each EER and EAR question, then answer Yes or No.

IR-UR Vowels: Circle It

• Circle the right IR or UR vowel team word to complete each sentence.

Hooked on Phonics for Second Grade

The “bossy r” and beyond.

Your child is ready to tackle more complex words and spelling patterns—such as r-controlled vowels—as their skills continue to grow.

Building Writing Skills

The Hooked on Phonics workbooks include writing activities that encourage your child to think and write about what they’ve read.

Informational Texts

Books included in the higher levels of the program include a variety of text types, including poetry, nonfiction, and more!

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State officials describe progress in first year of Third Grade Success Act and look to roll out more

State officials described progress after the first year of the Third Grade Success Act, the new program intended to get young students off to a solid start in school.

Deputy Superintendent Sonya White spoke on Sunday afternoon before the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Education. 

The policy lays out specific changes for schools aimed at improving reading and math skills for students in grades kindergarten through third. Teachers are also being trained to identify and spot symptoms of learning disabilities.

During the 2023-2024 school year, aides were added to first grade classrooms. The first year of the act’s rollout dedicated $15 million, mostly for professional development of educators.

“We’re very grateful for the allocation, and we want to use it wisely and judiciously and make the biggest impact that we can for our students in the state of West Virginia,” White told lawmakers.

The emphasis in the first year was to improve reading skills, White said.

“So as we start this school year, we’re focusing on math. We’ve always focused on math, but we’re kind of doing a push similar to what we did for science of reading for math this year simply because it’s the perfect time to do it,” White said.

She said it’s the perfect time because math standards were revised recently and classrooms have new math materials.

So the emphasis on mathematics, she said, means hiring additional math specialists over a five year period. Furthermore, there will be statewide, long-term professional development for early K-3 teachers and administrators in the science of reading.

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