Kindergarten phonics worksheets
22 phonics skills at kindergarten, one sheet each, free with its answer key: beginning digraphs (sh, ch, th), beginning sounds, CVC picture words, and more.
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Sight words
- Dolch pre-primer sight words The pre-primer words are your first forty sight words: little words like the, my, and jump that show up in almost every book you'll ever open.
- Dolch primer sight words The primer words are the second Dolch list: 52 words like came, went, and please that turn single words into real sentences.
- Sight words Sight words are the little words you see everywhere. Sound out the parts you can, learn the tricky part by heart, and practice until you know the word in a snap.
Word families
- Rhyming pictures, new Say both picture names. Words that rhyme end with the same sound. Write both words.
- Short a word families Words in the same family share their ending: cat, hat, and bat are all -at words.
- Short e word families Words in the same family share their ending: pet and wet are -et words; bell and shell are -ell words.
- Short i word families Words in the same family share their ending: win and chin are -in words; kick and stick are -ick words.
- Short o word families Words in the same family share their ending: hop and stop are -op words; rock and clock are -ock words.
- Short u word families Words in the same family share their ending: bug and rug are -ug words; jump and bump are -ump words.
Digraphs
- Beginning digraphs (sh, ch, th) Two letters can team up to make one new sound: sh in ship, ch in chip, th in thin.
- Ending digraphs (sh, ch, th) Letter teams work at the ends of words too: fish ends in sh, lunch ends in ch, bath ends in th.
Syllables
- Counting syllables Syllables are the beats in a word. Clap them out: cat has one, apple has two, banana has three.
- Syllables with pictures, new Say the picture's name and clap once for every part you hear. Write how many claps in the box.
Alphabet & letter sounds
- Beginning sounds, new Say the picture's name out loud. Listen to the sound it starts with, and write the letter that makes that sound.
- Ending sounds, new Say the picture's name and hold on to the very last sound. Write the letter for that sound.
- Missing letters, new The letters always come in the same order. Say the letters you can see, and the missing one is the next letter you say.
- Sound boxes, new Say the picture's name slowly. Every sound gets one box. Write one letter in each box, in order.
- Uppercase and lowercase letters, new Every letter has a capital and a small letter. They have the same name and make the same sound.
Vowel patterns
- CVC picture words, new Say the picture's name slowly, one sound at a time. Write the letters for those sounds, in order.
- CVC reading passages, new Say each sound, then blend the sounds into a word. Read the story, then write the word that answers each question.
- CVC words A CVC word is consonant, vowel, consonant: cat, pig, dog. The vowel in the middle says its short sound.
- Middle sounds, new Say the picture's name slowly and listen to the sound in the middle. Write the vowel you hear.
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