3rd grade phonics worksheets
Letter sounds, blends, vowel teams, and everything that makes words decodable. Every phonics skill we teach at 3rd grade, one to a page. Each prints as a PDF with its answer key, and no two prints are the same.
Phonics & word study skills for 3rd grade
- Alphabetical order ABC order · answer key Alphabetical order means lining words up the way the alphabet goes. Look at the first letter; if two words share it, move one letter deeper and compare again.
- Fry instant words Tracing · answer key Fry words are the words you meet most often in books. Know them on sight and reading speeds up.
- Sight words Tracing · answer key Sight words are the little words you see everywhere. Learn them by heart and reading gets faster.
- Syllable types (open, closed, silent e) Sorting · answer key A closed syllable ends in a consonant and the vowel says its short sound (cat). An open syllable ends in the vowel, so it says its name (go). Silent e reaches back to make the vowel long (cake).
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