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How to Teach Phonics Step by Step

Is your 1st grader ready to start reading? If your first grade student knows their letters and the sounds they make, they are ready to dive into phonics to learn all those tricky english rules. But it doesn’t have to be hard! We have lots of free phonics worksheets and fun phonics activities to make it easy! Here is how to teach phonics step by step with your grade 1 child.

Is your 1st grader ready to start reading? If your first grade student knows their letters and the sounds they make, they are ready to dive into phonics to learn all those tricky english rules. But it doesn't have to be hard! We have lots of free phonics worksheets and fun phonics activities to make it easy! Here is how to teach phonics step by step with your grade 1 child.

How to Teach Phonics Step by Step

Make sure you’ve read how to teach reading first to make sure your child is ready to read, knows their letters, and can demonstrate the sound letters make. Most, but no all children will start to be able to read simple words by the end of Kindergarten. Once they have that solid foundation, it is time to dive into how to teach phonics step by step! Students alreayd know you combine letters to make words, but it is time to give them the skills to sound out harder, more complex words and how to spell them! Along the way we will learn about vowel teams and English grammar rules plus sight words too.  Ready to learn how to teach phonics? Kids will be reading and spelling all on their own before you know it!

👉 If you haven’t read our How to Teach Reading article, you should start there to learn when kids are ready to read, how to teach alphabet letters, learning beginning sounds, CVC words, word families, sight words, and more!

Table of Contents
  • How to Teach Phonics Step by Step
  • Vowel Activities
  • Reading Simple Words
  • Word Families for Kids
  • Rhyming for Kids
  • Sight Words
  • How to Teach Phonics
  • Blends
    • Vowel Teams
  • Digraph / Trigraph / Dipthong
  • Year 1 English Worksheets
  • Year 1 English Worksheets
  • English grammar for class 1
  • Spelling Practice
  • Writing Prompts
  • Writing Prompts
  • Reading for Kids

Vowel Activities

Kids will love learning the short vowel sound in cvc words with these fun and free Short Vowel Games.  This short vowel game is perfect for working on the  short a, e, i, o and u vowel sounds with pre-k, kindegarten, and first grade students. Simply print the free printable vowels game and you are ready to play and learn with an engaging short vowel sound activities!
Kids will love learning cvc words with these fun and free Short Vowel Worksheets.  With these short vowel sounds worksheets, children will learn about cvc words and the short a, e, i, o and u vowel sounds. These cvc worksheets are perfect for pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students. Simply print short vowel worksheets pdf and you are read to play and learn!
If you are looking for a short vowel game to help your kindergarten and first grader practice short vowel sounds for a, e, i, o, and u - you will love this free printable short vowel bingo! This  vowels game is a quick and easy way to sneak in some practice with short vowel sounds while having fun improve literacy skills in reading and spelling!
FREE Missing Vowels Clip Cards - Help kids fill in the missing letters and practice phonics with Missing Vowels Clip Cards - a fun, hands-on learning activity for prek & kindergartners.
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Help kids practice short e cvc words as students make a free printable cvc short e words. with short e vowels with this free printable cvc words booklet pdf that allows preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade kids to practice sounding out and spelling 17 CVC words color, cut and paste, and writing. Simply print cvc words books pdf file with short e words and you are ready to improve reading and spelling skills!
Kids will have fun practicing reading, spelling, and writing short i words with this super cute, free printable cvc cut and paste worksheets. Begin the cvc cut and paste by coloring the clipart images and staple the pages together to make short i booklet. This is such a fun way to to help preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students improve phonemic awareness, sounding words out, and phonics skills. Print the cvc worksheets cut and paste pdf and practice reading 17 different words.
Help kids practice short o words cvc with this super cute and free printable Cut and Paste worksheets you can turn into a short o word booklet. This short o cut and paste is a fun way for preschool, pre k, kindergarten, and first grade students to practice sounding out and spelling short vowel words.
Help kids practice short u cvc words with this cut and paste worksheets kindergarten they can make into a free printable booklet. Chidren will color, cut, paste, write and read cvc words with u to improve reading and spellling skills. This short u words allows preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade kids to practice sounding out and spelling 17 CVC words. Simply download pdf file with short u cvc worksheets and you are ready to play and learn!
FREE Short a Words Emergent Reader
FREE Spring Short I Puzzles - this is such a fun way for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade kids to practice short i words while improving early literacy skills with a fun activity #shorti #kindergarten #literacy
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Help kids practice short i words with this free printable cvc words emergent reader.  This is such a great early reading activity. #cvcwords #shortiwords #emergentreader
Students will have fun cracking the secret code to find the hidden words! This CVC Word Activity will get your students eager to practice beginning sounds. This is a great resource to have for early finishers or literacy centers. Click to download the free printable.
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Fun CVC word activity for Kindergarten age. Help your children practice sounding out CVC words and test their comprehension at the same time. Click through to download our free activity.
Kids will have fun practicing identifying CVC words with these super cute, free printable Peter Pan worksheets. These CVC word worksheets make especially for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade children to help them work on their CVC recognition as well as begin learning about reading and spelling words. As students work on these color by CVC word, they will color the spaces to reveal a hidden picture showing a fun character or a prop from Peter Pan. Using free worksheets with a Disney them always make learning extra fun!
Cooking up Rhymes CVC Words Activity with Do a Dot Markers
Make practicing reading and sounding out words fun with this Crack the Code themed, CVC Words Printables for pre k, kindergarten, and grade 1 students.
CVC Middle Sounds Clip Cards
Planting Carrots CVC Activity for Kindergarten
FREE Reading CVC Words - If you are looking for a fun way to help kids being Reading CVC Words, you will will love this free printable activity for kindergartners! #cvcwords #kindergarten #readingClip Cards
FREE Snowman CVC Words - this printable activities will help preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade practice simple words with a fun winter theme. Perfect for centers #cvcwords #christmasprintables #winterprintables
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Vowel Puzzles
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Make practicing long vowels with this super cute, free long vowel games printable. This phonics board game helps children focus on the _ _ _ e spelling pattern. Simply download the pdf file and print this long vowel games printable free for first grade and 2nd grade students. This long vowel games is also handy to be used as a vocabulary building game.
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These cute fall puzzles will help your child practice reading short vowel words and long vowel words that have the magic e. You can use this Long and Short Vowel Game all together to practice sorting between long and short vowels, or simply use the short vowel puzzles with pre-k and kindergarten students and then when your first graders are ready for work on bossy e words. 

Vowel Activities

You have probably already talked about vowels, but let’s start by reminding kids that their are two different kinds of letters – consonants and vowels. Every word needs a vowel, they are the sticky glue that hold the consonants together to make words. English vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. Each of these letters have a long sound where they say their name and a short sound. This leap frog talking words factory video was helpful for kids learning their vowels as were these activities:

  • Short Vowels – Short Vowel Worksheets, printable short Vowel Bingo game, Short Vowel Printables, Jump Short Vowel Games printable, printable boards short vowel games, Missing Vowel Worksheets clip cards activity, secret cvc words activity, airplane cvc words worksheets, free cvc puzzles, crayon cvc words activity, monster cvc activity, peter pan cvc coloring pages, cooking up cvc rhyming words worksheet, cvc crack the code worksheet, free middle sound activities, sound out cvc words with pictuers pdf
  • Long Vowels – Cut and Paste Long Vowel Worksheets, fun Long Vowel Games, free Long A Worksheets, free Long a sound words clip cards, Long a sound words worskheet pdf, printable long e games, free long i worksheets, free long o sound words clip cards, Long U Vowel Words Activity clip cards, ee words phonics game
  • A Vowel – Short a cvc words cut and paste booklet, Short a printable books, printable cvc short a words booklet
  • E Vowel – short e cvc words cut and paste booklet, cvc short e words booklet
  • I Vowel – cvc cut and paste short i cvc words, spelling short i words activity, short i words cvc books for kindergarten pdf, bunny short i words activity, cvc short i words booklet
  • O Vowel – cut and paste short o worksheets, printable cvc short o words booklet
  • U Vowel – cut and paste short u cvc worksheets booklet, cvc short u words booklet
  • Cut and paste long and short vowels worksheetss pdf , free Long and Short Vowel Activity puzzles, Irregular vowels activity, Fall Vowel Coloring Pages, Spring Vowel worksheets for grade 1, Simple recognition vowels art andcraft, dot marker long and short vowel cvce worksheets, and long and short vowels puzzles
  • Plus tons of cvc activities and worksheets
Read to Kids

Reading Simple Words

Your child probabaly already learned how to start making words by putting together simple CVC Words, rhyming words, and word families. These are all great for building a sense of how words are formed, how to sound out words, and gives your students a way to decode written language.You can review these skills with these fun phonics activities for kindergarten and grade 1! See CVC Words Activities

Word Families for Kids

These word family sliders are a fun way for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students to work on their fine motor skills while gaining confidence reading. Practice reading word famlies for kindergarten with this set of 20 word family printables! Each one has a different theme and words on a different word family for kids! Simply print word family worksheets pdf file to print in color or blackline and have fun with this engaging word family activity.
If you are working on teaching your pre-k, kindergarten, or first grader how to read, you will love these free printable word family worksheets. Using these ab word family worksheets allows kindergartners, preschoolers, and grade 1 students to start reading simple words with the same ending pattern. These ab family worksheets are perfect for learning phonics to sound out words to begin reading! Simply print the ab family words with pictures page and you are ready to play and learn!
Lay a proper foundation for your child to become a successful reader by setting up hands-on reading games and activities like this fun and interactive word ladder. This Sidewalk Chalk Game is a great way to practice reading skills and fluency with your preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, or first grade child.  This word family activity is simple, practical, and makes learning to reading fun! So head outside for this summer or spring learning activity!
Work on reading and spelling with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten and first graders with simple CVC words and word families to learn to recognize patterns in words. These at word family worksheets are a great way to work on the at word family. This no-prep, FREE printable at word family activities make learning fun!
FREE Pumpkin Pie Word Family Activities - fun, hands on game to help prek kindergarten, and first grade kids to improve reading fluency. Great activity for halloween and thanksgiving theme #pumpkin #wordfamilies #kindergarten
Help preschool, pre-k, kindergarten and first graders learn to read and write they need lots of practice with simple CVC words and word families to learn to recognize patterns in words. These ed word family worksheets are a great way to work on the ed word family. This no-prep, FREE printable ed word family activities make learning fun!
Cooking up Rhymes CVC Words Activity with Do a Dot Markers
If you are working on teaching your kindergartner to read, you will love these free printable word family worksheets. Using these ad word family worksheets allows kindergartners to start reading simple words with the same ending pattern. These ad family worksheets are perfect for Kindergarten students learning phonics to sound out words to begin reading!
Make practicing reading fun with these super cute, free printable pumpkin Word Family Sliders! Learning to read rhyming words is the first step towards learning to read. This pumpkin printable is perfect for preschool, pre k, kindergarten, and first grade students to make learning fun. Each word family printable has not only the word, but a picture clue too!
For kids learning to read and write they need lots of practice with simple CVC words and word families to learn to recognize patterns in words. These it word family worksheets are a great way to work on the it word family. This no-prep it word family activities use FREE printables for pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders! 
Help children listen for similar sounds in words in this Hershey Kiss themed word families for kids. This hands-on words family activity allows kindergarten and first grade students to list for and identifying ending sounds whiel having fun with word families for kindergarten.  This word families activities will help students identify word patterns, start sounding words out, and recognize spelling patterns too! Simply print word family printables and you are ready to play and learn!
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Help kids learn to read by exploring and playing with word families! These super cute, fun, engaging, and free word family activities are a great way for young children to start off with their literacy journey. These word families activities are perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students! We have free printable word family games that are sure to get your child excited about learning!
Winter Word Families
If you're a Kindergarten teacher, you know that teaching reading can be challenging. But fortunately, there are many tools and resources available to help. One of our favorite techniques is teaching word families for Kindergarten. In this post about word families kindergarten, we'll give you the scoop on what word families are and why they are essential. We'll explore how to use word families to teach reading in Kindergarten and give you lots of word families printables, FREE word families worksheets, and of course fun word families activities to get you started.  
bubble word family activity for kindergarten and grade 1
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Help kids learn to identify rhyming word families to improve reading and spelling skills with this fun word family printable activity. These free printable word family strips have pictures for kindergarteners and first grade students to sound out and spell. Print pdf file with rhyming families activity to improve fluency!
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Word Family Worksheets

If you are working on How to teach word famlies kindergarten, you will love our fun, free printable word family activities and worksheets!

  • Short A Vowel – –ab word family worksheets, ad word family worksheets, –ap Word Family Worksheets, –at word family worksheets with pictures
  • Short e Vowel – -ed Word Family Worksheets. –eg Word Family Worksheets, –en Word Family Worksheets, –et word family worksheets practice pages
  • Short i Vowel –ig word family worksheets, –in word family worksheets, ip word family, -it Word Family Worksheets
  • Short o Vowel –og Word Family Worksheets, op word family worksheets, –ot word family ,
  • Short u Vowel –ub Word Family Worksheets for fun practice, ug Word Family Worksheets, un word family printable worksheet pages

Word Family Activities

  • Dab a Dot – mazes Word Family Worksheets, airplane Word Family Worksheets, cooking up Rhymes with Word Family Printables activity, and lion Rhyming Word Family Activity
  • Adorable  Word Family Worksheets, free Flower Word Family Match, fun Word family Bump Game, plus clever Word Family Clip Cards printable
  • Word Family Sliders with context clues or rransportation Word Family Sliders to learn blends.
  • Film strip themed word family printable, spring bubble Word Family Sort.
  • Snowman Word Family Printables, Hershey Kiss Word Family Worksheets, chocolate kiss sorting word family activity, cut-and-paste spring flowers word family printable, Easter eggs word family activity, Easter Word Family Worksheets, free Bee Word Family Activity, and printable  Patriotic CVC Word activity
  • Pumpkin Word Family Printables, pumpkin pie word family activity,  Spin and Cover turkey word families, Turkey Word Family Feather Sort, sorting turkey word family activities, and Christmas Tree Word Family for Kindergarteners

Rhyming for Kids

Looking for a fun winter rhyming center? These snowballs match the rhyming words game is perfect for practicing! Use the rhyming words with pictures as a hands-on rhyming activity for your Kindergarten. Grab this free rhyming activities for preschoolers to have fun practicing rhyming  words which have the same ending sounds.
Few children’s books are as universally loved and known as those by Dr. Seuss. As the mom of some very picky eaters, Green Eggs and Ham is one of our family favorites! The green eggs and ham rhyme amuses children while lending itself perfectly to early reading practice. Keep reading to check out the green eggs and ham rhyming activities the story inspired! This green eggs and ham rhyming game is perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders. Simply download pdf file with green eggs and ham activities and you are ready to play and learn!
Help kids learn to identify rhyming word families to improve reading and spelling skills with this fun word family printable activity. These free printable word family strips have pictures for kindergarteners and first grade students to sound out and spell. Print pdf file with rhyming families activity to improve fluency!
Are your learning learning rhyming? Or do they need a little bit more practice with rhyming? Grab these FREE Rhyming Puzzles and practice rhyming with your learners in a hands-on and engaging activity. This low prep rhyming activity is a perfect activity for some additional practice or as a literacy center for your preschoolers and kindergarteners. Simply print the Rhyming Puzzles and have fun practicing rhyming this Summer!
Kids will love learning about the rhymes with these fun and free rhyming words worksheets.  Their are lots of fun activity options in this pack of rhyming worksheets for kindergarten and first graders. Use the 12 different sets of activities including matching rhyming words worksheet. Simply print rhyming words worksheets pdf and you are ready to play and learn with these no-prep rhyming activities.
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If your child is working on words ending with ng, you will love this fun ng phonic sound game! Instead of bouring ng words worksheet, make learning phonics skills FUN with this rhyming game featuring ng words. Use this ng sound words with first grade and 2nd graders. Simply download pdf file with word with ng sound and you are ready to play and learn with a free printable rhyming game!
Young learners will have fun learning their letters with this fun, St Patrick’s Day Printables. Use this st patricks day activity for preschoolers with toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age students to work on Alphabet Matching. Children will match uppercase to lowercase rainbow pieces in this fun st patrick’s day ideas for kids. Simply print pdf file with rainbow printables, and you are ready to play and learn in March and April!
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Super cute, spring themed, Flower Rhyming Activity for pre k, kindergarten, and first grade to improve reading readiness! This free printable rhyming game is sure to be a hit with your students!
FREE Butterfly Rhyming Games - this is such a fun spring literacy game to work on rhyming with preschool, kindergarten, and first graders. #rhyming #kindergarten #educationalspring
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Young children will have fun practicing rhyming for kids with these thirty-six different rhyming puzzles with a fun Easter Theme. These easter printables are a great way to sneak a fun literacy activity for preschoolers and kindergartners in April.  Simply download easter rhyming pdf file with and you are ready to play and learn with this easter activities for kindergarten. 
If you are working on reading with your kindergartners, you will love these rhyming word worksheet pages. These kindergarten rhyming words worksheet pack allows students to have fun practicing finding patterns in words to improve fluency reading and spelling. Simply download the kindergarten rhyming worksheets and you are ready to go! The answer key is included!

Rhyming Activities

Looking for more practice rhyming? Practice does make perfect as the saying goes. We have lots free rhyming printables to help your children get lots of practice – from puzzles, matching activities, worksheets, games, activities and more. Plus don’t miss these rhyming books for kindergarten.

  • Grab these rhyming words worksheet or these rhyming worksheet pages are super cute and perfect for practice anytime!
  • We have lots of fun rhyming puzzles to choose: simple rhyming words for kindergarten, robot rhyming activities, pencil rhyming word activity, or baseball cvc rhyming words
  • rhyming pictures Clip Cards, Lion Rhyming Words Activities for Kindergarten, Fun Rhyming Games for Pre-k (cute school glue theme), Cooking up Rhymes Kindergarten Rhyming Worksheets with do a dot markers, Lights… Camera…. RHYME! Camera Strips Rhyming word families, or ng words for kids game
  • No one does rhymes like Dr Seuss! Try our free printable Green Eggs and Ham Worksheets or One Fish, Two Fish Dr Seuss Rhyming Games
  • Find the missing words Rhyming worksheets for kindergarten, Strawberry Rhyming Activities for Kindergarten, Hey Diddle Diddle rhyming pictures activity, superhero literacy rhyming mats,
  • Sneak in some practice this fall with these Pumpkin Rhyming Words or these Pumpkin Worksheets and games that work on rhyming
  • In December, try these rhming christmas worksheets for kindergarten or these Gingerbread Rhyming Puzzles
  • Check out these winter rhyming puzzles to choose from: hot cocoa puzzle winter activities for kindergarten, hat winter theme activity ideas for kinderarten, BUMP boardgame winter activity for kindergarten, cute mitten activities for kindergarten matching rhymes
  • Practice rhyming with these fun Valentines cut and paste printables or Valentine’s Day cut and paste worksheets
  • Looking for spring rhymes? Try these bunny spring rhyming words worksheets, cute egg puzzles with Easter rhyming words, butterfly printable rhyming games, planting tulips rhyming activity for kindergarten, st patricks day donut rhyming game, rhyming words on these flower worksheets
  • or these rainbow activities for kindergarten matching rhyming w0rds
  • In summer you’ll love this watermelon rhyming activity  these flower rhyming worksheets, this matching rhymes summer activity for kindergarten, beehive Rhyming Games for Preschoolers, or this Bee Clip-it rhyming activity for kindergarten, or this cute smore Matching Rhyming Words Activity
  • Super cute rhyming words worksheets pdf or Lots of free rhyming activities for kids

Sight Words

As I’ve mentioned before, rule breaker sight words don’t follow typical phonics rules to sound out so it is extrememely helpful to memorize these words as they make up about 50% of the text that students read. Continue reviewing previously learned sight words and work on the next list of sight words. You can see the sight words list here and lots of fun sight words activities and games here.

Learn how to teach phonics so your child can read and spell English with lots of free printable phonics worksheets, games, and reading activities too

How to Teach Phonics

Once students know the letter sounds, vowels, and have worked with blending CVC words and noticing patterns with rhyming word familes,  it is time to learn some phonics rules to decifer some of the more unusual patterns words can follow in the english language. Let’s start with blends, Children will learn to sound out the two letters to make a blend that will be commonly found at the beginning or end of the word.

Blends

Blends are two or more consonants that BLEND together but each sound can still be heard. For instance, the words “skirt” and “clock” start with the blends SK and CL. And because all the technical terms are confusing, the term cluster refers to the written form and the term blend refers to the spoken form.

If you are working on blends and digraphs it can be helpful to have a list of digraphs and blends to keep things clear for kids. This free printable blends and digraphs chart gives kids a handy visual with pictures of which is which. Use this consonant blends and digraphs activity to help kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders to easily learn and remember.
The nk sound at the end of words can be challenging for some readers. But these nk ending blends clip cards are a fun blends activity to practice reading nk words. Use this final consonant blends games with kindergarten and first grade students to improve reading and spelling with Ending Blends nk. Simply download pdf file with nk printable and you are ready to play, learn, and improve phonics skills!
Many times our kiddos need to hear words and play with the sounds before we can expect them to read them. These free printable ending blends worksheets allow children listening to words with N blends before they are expected to read or spell them. These first grade worksheets us bingo dauber markers to make them extra fun. Simply download pdf fie with do a dot printables and you are ready to work on phonics skills with kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students.
This FREE printable s blends activity is a fun way to help teaching children to read. Simply download the pdf file, read the words, and clip the answer.
Help first graders practice with s blends to improve reading fluency by using these fun, FREE Printable on Ending Blends themed Do a Dot Printables. 
FREE L blends Worksheets - Kids will have fun learning to listen for blends in words and spelling with these free printable l blends worksheets for kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students.
If your kids are learning about blends, you will love these free printable, handy consonant blends activities. Download and print these blends clip cards to practice identifying blends in words with first grade students. Included in these consonant blends are l blends, s blends and r blends.
Are you looking for a fun way for your first grader to practice Ending Blends? This fun phonics game is a great way to help improve skills to become better readers and spellers.
Grab these no prep, FREE printable Ending Blends Worksheets to help your first grader learn phonics skills that will help them become better reading and spelling.
FREE L Blends Puzzles - Help children learn to sound out L blends with these free printable puzzles. This consonant blends activity is great for kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students.
FREE Spring Initial Blends Sort - this is a fun, hands on consonant blend activity for first graders to practice in a fun literacy game #blends #literacy #firstgrade
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Children will have fun sounding out word familiy blends using these super cute word family sliders. These word family activities have a fun transportation theme to engage kids in kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too. These word family printables include more complex words in this initial blends activity. Simply print pdf file with blending and segmenting activities to practice sounding out and reading words.
First grade students will have fun practicing reading n blends in sentences with these super cute, clever, and free printable Ending Blend Worksheets. 
If your student is working on beginning consonant blends, you are going to want to grab this free consonant blends chart! Use thishandy initial consonant blends list that includes pictures to make it a great visual for kindergarten and first grade students. Simply print the initial blending words printable and you are ready to work on phonics!
Kids will have fun working on ending blends with this free printable find and dot blend activity for first graders.
Have fun practicing the consonant le words with this fun, free printable chutes and ladder type game! This consonant le game is perfect for first grade and 2nd graders who are working on this phonics skill. Symply print the consonant le printable and you are ready to play while you learn about types of syllables!
Do you know what is a final stable syllable? A final stable syllable contains a constonant plus the letter l and a silent e, and always comes at the end of a word like bubble. Use these free worksheets to get some practice with this phonics concept!
Sneak in some fun practice with phoneme blending using these blends worksheets! Simply print the word blends activities and you are ready to practice reading and spelling consonant blends with kindergarten and first grade.

Grab these handy blends and digraphs charts, beginning consonant blends charts, or final consonant blends charts

  • Beginning blends (br, cr, tr, fr, dr, gl, gr, pr, bl, pl, cl, fl, st, sn, sm, sp, sl, str)
    • Bugs Color by blend worksheet
    • Transportation Sliders Blends Activities (beginning and ending blend options)
    • Consonant Blends Activities clip cards
    • Initial Consonant Blends Game – l blends, r blends, and s blends
    • Trace & Color by Blend Worksheet
    • Consonant Blends games free – pl, sp, sk, sn, dr, br, tr, cr, fl, cl, sl, or gl
    • Graph a Blends Worksheets
    • Sorting Birds by Beginning Blends Activity
    • Leaf Puzzle Beginning Blends Game
    • Hands-on l blends worksheets
    • Puzzle L blend activities
    • Mitten Blends Matching Winter Activity for Kindergarten
    • Snowball blends worksheets
    • s blends speech therapy game
  • Ending Blends (ck, p, d, ck x, ss, nk)
    • nk ending blends clip cards
    • ending blends activity – sp, sk, st
    • Final s blends clip cards activity
    • Ending Blends Activities – st, sk, sp, nd, nt, nk, mp, rd, ld, lp, rk, lt, lf, pt, ft, ct
    • Ending Blends Worksheets – lp, lk, ld, lt, lp
    • Read and color endings blends worksheets pdf
    • ng and nk worksheets
    • Find and dab ending blends worksheets
    • Consonant le Syllable Words Chutes and Ladder Game
    • Final Stable Syllable worksheets – unaccented consonant +l + e

Vowel Teams

Now that they know the basic vowels they are ready to learn about how vowels work together in vowel teams to make very different sounds with their own set of fules. Here are the common vowel teams and hands-on, free printable vowel team activities to practice! Vowel Teams are either Digraphs or Dipthongs – see more practice in those categories below.

  • common ways to make the “Long A” Sound. Identifying long and short vowel sounds worksheets pdf
  • ai and ay are vowel teams that make that are very common ways to achieve the “long a” sound. “ai” is used in the middle of words like rain and remain. The “ay” is used at the end of words or syllable such as pray or maybe.
    • spelling long a sound words with magnets, 
    • long a worksheets – pick the right long a spelling /a/, /ay/, or /eigh/, 
    • ai words for kids dot marker coloring pages
    • ai words for phonics game
    • long a activities – handy, reusable clip cards
  • Then of course we could use the magic e, such as adding “e” to cap. Once the “e” is added, the a is not short, it makes the “long a” sound, cape.
    • Printable magic e worksheets
    • Handy magic e word list
    • Free bossy e worksheets with dot markers
  • And lastly, open door syllables, syllables that end with a vowel, will make the “long a” sound. a/gent and ta/bel.
    • Open Syllable Activities cut and paste printable
    • Free Open and Closed Syllables Worksheets
    • Open Syllable Words list and printable game
  • eigh – Words like weight and neighbor have the “long a” sound
    • long a worksheets – pick the right long a spelling /a/, /ay/, or /eigh/
    • Apple ei vowel team can make long a activity
    • ​ei vowel team​ game
    • ​eigh words​ game
  • ea – Though normally “ea” makes the “long e” sound, sometimes it will make the “long a” in words like great and steak.
    • Three Sounds of ea game
    • ​ea vowel team​ puzzle activity
    • ​three sounds of ea​ BINGO
  • And finally, we have “ey”. Words like prey and obey have the “long a” sound. And today’s game helps your little ones recognize the words that say the “long a” with the “ey”.
    • Turkey EY Sounds that make Long a vowel game
    • Pumpkin ey sounds that make long a sound
  • ​air sound words​ phonics activity
  • au aw words Turkey feather sort
  • au ​aw words​ clip cards
  • When to use ee and ea apple sorting activity
  • ee words for kids BINGO game or these ee word family worksheets
  • ​eu words for kids​ tic-tac-toe game
  • ew sound words 5-in-a-row Game
  • ​ie words for kids​ cut and paste worksheets
  • oi words for kids spin and write activity
  • phonics oo sound worksheets
  • ow words for kids slide and read printable
  • ​oa vowel team​ activity with printable puzzles
  • ​oa and oe worksheets​
  • oy and ​oi words for kids​ activity
  • ​oo sound word​ worksheets
  • ​ou sound words​ game for students or this ​ou words for kids​ memory cards
  • Read and spell ​ue sound words​
  • ​ui sound words​ activity
  • ​Vowel Team Flashcards
  • ​words with y in the middle​ activity
  • ​y ending words​ (that say LONG e)

Digraph / Trigraph / Dipthong

If you are working on blends and digraphs it can be helpful to have a list of digraphs and blends to keep things clear for kids. This free printable blends and digraphs chart gives kids a handy visual with pictures of which is which. Use this consonant blends and digraphs activity to help kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders to easily learn and remember.
Young readers will love playing this simple game that practices ending digraphs. In this digraphs for kids activity we are targeting words ending with CH, CK, SH, and TH. This phonics game is the perfect activity for children just starting to read in kindergarten and first grade to learn what are digraphs! Simply print digraph activity and you are ready to play and learn!  
This super cute, handson digraph activity is a fun way for early readers to identify digraphs for kids! In these flower digraph games students will make flowers by matching the petals to the digraph. This digraph kindergarten is way better than boring digraph worksheets! Simply download pdf file with  digraph activities for first grade. 
digraph board game for working on sh, ch, th words
Make practicing digraphs fun with this super cute, free printable Digraph Bingo. This Digraph game is a fun bingo game perfect for helping elementayr age students in first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade practicing learning digraphs with a fun twist!  Simply download the phonics game pdf file with the and you are ready to play and learn with a digraph activity!
ice cream digraph game for summer learning
Spring Digraph Puzzles
These free sh words worksheets are a great way for kindergarten and first graders to practice and improve their reading, vocabulary and writing skills. They will also be working on their letter and word recognition which is an important part of learning to read. Learning digraphs is important for children as it helps them to learn to recognize that letters come together to make one sound, which will help them read more fluently. Simply print these free printable sh worksheets for a no-prep way to play and learn!
Make learning trigraphs fun with these free trigraph worksheets that students will complete with bingo daubers! Your first grade and 2nd grade students will have fun completing these phonics worksheets to improve reading and spelling using these do a dot printables to work on trigraphs scr, shr, and squ. 
These free th- digraph worksheets are a great way for children to learn to recognize and spell digraphs. These the words worksheets are perfect for kindergarten and first grade students to practice. Simply print the th worksheets and you are ready for a no-prep review at home or school.
Help your first grader improve reading and spelling with these super cute, free printable trigraph worksheets. These cut and paste worksheets for first grade and 2nd grade students help children work on the trigraphs spr, spl, str with this fun cut and paste and activity. 
Trigraph Reader
trigraph reader
trigraph activity playdough mats
Teach digraphs for kids with these super cute, free printable digraph puzzles. This digraph activity is perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students who are working on reading and spelling more complex words. This phonics activity allows students to work on ph, th, ch, gu, wh, and sh digraphs. Simply download pdf file with digraph printables to use in color or in black and white.
Help students learn the two sounds of "g" with this free printable phonics game! First grade and 2nd graders will work on dge sound words and ge words with this phonics activity. Simply print the words that end with dge and word that end with ge; now you are are ready to play and learn!
If you are teaching digraphs to kindergarten and first graders, you will love this free printable digraphs game!  This digraph activity helps students become better readers as they master consonant digraphs such as ch, sh, th, ph, and wh. Simply print the lend and digraph games and you are ready to play and learn with a phonics activity!
FREE TH Worksheets - kids will have fun leanring to read th words in a sentece with this FREE printable for kindergarten, first grade students #thwords #firstgrade #kindergarten
This super cute, handson digraph activity is a fun way for early readers to identify digraphs for kids! In these flower digraph games students will make flowers by matching the petals to the digraph. This digraph kindergarten is way better than boring digraph worksheets! Simply print pdf file with digraph activities for first grade.
Make learning and reviewing consonant digraphs ch and sh easy for students with these ch and sh worksheets. These digraph ch and sh worksheets make practicing identifying this phonics sound fun for kindergarten and first grade students. Simply print the free printable ch sh worksheet pages and you are ready to go!
This spelling worksheet for first graders is great practice for when to use tch vs ch. You will love that these ch and tch worksheets are no prep and a great way for improving first grade spelling! Simply download ch tch worksheets pdf file and you are ready to improve phonics skills. 
As your first grader continues to navigate phonics, to learn to read and spell, they will come accross the ear sound words. To help kids understand how /ear/ makes the "er" sound, they need practice with phonics ear words. This fun domino style ear words phonics game is a fun way for grade 1 students to practice! Simply print the  ear phonics activity, cut apart, and you are ready to play this FREE printable phonics game!
Help kids work on spelling words with consonant clusters with this fun, hands-on consonant cluster worksheets. You will practice spl, scr, shr, spr, squ, str, and thr consonant blends examples. This consonant blend sounds activity is perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students. Simply print the trigraphs worksheets and you are ready to improve phonics skills with a fun trigraph activity!
These free printable consonant digraph worksheets are a great way to help children practice identifying and using consonant digraphs in words. Help kindergarten and first grade students learn what is a consonant digraphs with these free worksheets. Perfect for homeschooling or classroom use, these Free printable digraph worksheets will improve reading and spelling skills.
Help your child master ending digraphs with these free printable ending digraph worksheets featuring fun and engaging pictures. Use these phonics worksheets grade 1 that cover a variety of common digraphs including ck, ng, ch, sh, th, tch, and dge. Simply print the pages and grab your bingo markers or crayons to complete these fun dot marker worksheets.

Digraphs

As children progress in phonics they work on blends and digraphs chart. Digraphs are two consonants that make one sound such as /TH/ says thumb (phoneme). CH in the word “chair” and PH in the word “phone” are both examples of digraphs. Consonant blends have two constonants that each still make their own sound such as . If you are looking for more blends for kids games, worksheets, and activities? Check out these resoures or see all our digraph activities or consonant activities.

  • Worksheets – Beginning Consonant Digraphs Worksheets with dot markers(covers sh, ch, th, ph, wh, kn, and qu) and Ending Digraph Worksheets with dot markers (ck, ng, ch, sh, th, tch, and dge)
  • Individual packs that go more in depth: TH worksheets, SH worksheets, CH worksheets, Consonant clusters worksheets, and CH and TCH Worksheets, free ch and sh worksheets, more ch and sh worksheet pages, and ch sh th worksheet pages
  • Games – Ew Words 5-in-a-row Game, Ending Digraph Games free printable, CH / SH / TH Digraph Games, Digraph Bingo Game, Digraphs Games – several boards covering ch, sh, th, ph, and wh, Puzzles Dipthong Games, Flower Digraph Activity (pr, bl, ch, sk, gr, pl, sh, wh, ph, th), Ice Cream Digraph activity, Spring Digraph activities for kids, and Build-a-Digraph Activities free Puzzle

Trigraphs

Trigraphs make a single sound that is represented by three letters.  For example: In the word ‘match’, the three letters ‘tch’ at the end make only one sound.

  • Trigraph – cut-and-paste trigraph worksheet (learn spl, str, spr words), do-a-dot trigraphs worksheets (squ, shr, scr words), hands-on thr words trigraph playdough mats, free trigraph word list pdf (color and read spl, scr, shr), EAR sound words domino game, ge and dge words boardgame, and free trigraph worksheets (color and read spr, squ, str trigraphs)

Dipthongs

A diphthong is a sound formed by combining two vowels in a single syllable. The sound begins as one vowel sound and moves towards another. The two most common diphthongs in the English language are the letter combination “oy”/“oi”, as in “boy” or “coin”, and “ow”/ “ou”, as in “cloud” or “cow

  • Diphthong games
teaching phonics checklist

Year 1 English Worksheets

The above resources are great for adding in extra practice along with your language arts program. If you are piecing together your own curriculum you may want to watch some you tube videos teaching the different sounds or print off the table of contents to a lanauge arts curriculum to check off things as you learn them. Now that you have all the resources you need for first grade, you will be amazed at how their reading skills and spelling improve.

You can print our teaching phonics checlist HERE!

English grammar for class 1

There are various other skills children will need to learn as part of a complete homeschool language arts program. Again, your child can progress through these at their pace, but typically they learn these in their grade 1 English language arts curriculum. Here are the concepts they will learn and helpful free resources for practicing that new phonics skill.

  • Singluar and plural (hat / hats, ant / ants)
  • Plurals (adding es) – If a word ends in sh, ch, s, x, or z – it needs es to mean “more than one” (plural)
    • s to es cut and paste plural activity
    • f to ves words
  • Suffixes – A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or function. These useful, shapeshifting tools can be as small as -s and -ed or can be larger additions such as -ation and -ious
    • ed 
      • 3 sounds of ed worksheet pdf
      • ed ending worksheets  Word Search
      • ed Ending Games
    • ous words
    • ion words phonics activity for kids
    • learning sion words with printable puzzle activity
  • Word Endings: add ed, er, ing (If a short words ends in one vowel and one consonant, double the last letter before adding ed, er, ing (ex: hop to hopped, hopper, hopping)
    • Ice Cream Word Endings Worksheets & hands-on activity
    • Doubling Consonants with 1-1-1 Rule Worksheets
  • Superlatives – adding er and est (ex: big, bigger, biggest)
  • Capital Letters proper use
  • Subject of a sentence – sorting nouns by person, place, thing
  • What is a Verb
  • Alphabetizing
    • Alphabetizing Games
  • How to make a Sentence
    • Build a Smore complete sentence game
    • Cut and Paste Sentence Building Worksheets
    • Pizza Parlor Sentence Building Games
    • Free Printable Sentence Scramble  Worksheets
  • Punctuation – period, question mark, exclamation marks
    • Car Printable Punctuation Games
    • Pencil Ending Punctuation Games
    • Dinosaur Bones Punctuation Game
  • Syllabication – the division of words into syllables, either in speech or in writing.
    • 20 Fun and Clever Syllable Activities
    • Syllable Counting Punch Cards
    • Winter Syllables Printable Activity
    • Open and Closed Syllable Reading Activity
    • Fall Counting Syllables Clip Cards
    • Syllable Count and Sort
    • door syllables activity for kids
  • Compound Words (windmill = wind  mill)
    • Learning Compound Words with Block – a fun compound words activities
    • Compound Word Puzzles  – print the free set in color or black and white (self-checking)
    • Apple Compound Words for kids Worksheets
    • Clip it Free Compound Word Cards
    • Learning compound words for kids with letter blocks
    • 5 Free Compound Word Activities – including picture cards, worksheets, puzzles, and more!
    • Winter Compound Word Activities – free printable set includes compound word worksheets and snowflake puzzles
    • Free printable Compound Words for Kids printable readers
    • Fun-to-play and FREE Compound Word Games
    • Ice Cream Puzzles for Kids –  Compound Words Activity or these ice cream compound word puzzles
  • Question Words – What, Which, Who, Is, Do, Who, Can
  • Contractions do   not  = don’t
    • Band Aid contractions game printable
    • Contraction Bingo Game
    • Minion Contraction Games
    • Band-Aid Contractions Activity – Free Printable Grammar Game for Kids
    • Contraction Dominoes
    • Crab Contraction Puzzles
  • Floss Rule – When f / l / s / z / is heard after a short vowel at the end of a one syllable word, it is spelled with a double ff / ll / ss / zz /
    • Floss rule worksheet
  • Secret Spy letter E (when a vowel is seperated by the e with one consonant, the secret spy letter e helps the first vowel say it’s name – ex: time)
    • Silent e Worksheets
    • Magic E Worksheets
  • Phonics Sounds
    • ar words
      • Car Bump ar words for kids phonics game
    • or words
      • Tic-Tac-Toe or words game for children
    • R Controlled Vowel – ir/er/ur words
      • R controlled vowels worksheets – ar, er, ir, or, ur
      • R controlled vowels cut and paste activity
      • Build-a-Flower r-controlled vowels activity
      • Phonics er activities boardgame
      • ir words game
    • ing, ang, ong, ung words
      • ng words for kids Game
      • ng and nk worksheets
      • Teaching glued sounds ng words clip cards
    • gh words
      • Slide and read igh worksheest free
    • x = cks
      • Reading words with x puzzles
      • phonic sound for x game
    • Hard c and Soft c games
    • Silent letters w, k, l, b, g, h, t – w is silent at the beginning of words (example: write), the k is silent at the beginning of words (ex: knot), l in the final syllable (ex: walk), silent b at the end of the word (ex: crumb), g is silent (ex: sign), silent h (ex: hour), silent t (ex: often)
    • ph=f words ph = f (phone)
    • schwa sound – A schwa is a vowel sound in an unstressed syllable where a vowel does not make its typical long or short vowel sound. Instead, it usually sounds like the short /u/ sound, but softer and weaker.
      • Snowman schwa games
      • Winter schwa sound words worksheets
    • the qu sound says k (ex; mosquito)
      • Write and Find Qu Worksheets
      • Phonic sound of q game
    • y at the end says e (ex: pretty)
      • Reading y words for kids
      • Phoenetic sound of y game

Spelling Practice

If you don’t have a seperate spelling curriculum, I suggest picking 20 or so spelling words a week for your child to work on from the phonics sound you are working on. So if you are working on ending blends – pick words with common ending blends to reinforce the concept. In addition, I always pick 5-10 spelling words my students are missing habitually from their daily writing. You can find free printable spelling tests , hands-on  spelling practice that work with any list, and all our spelling activities.

Make spelling tests fun with by using cute spelling test for kids. These printable spelling test pages use a Lego printables make taking a weekly spelling test fun for kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. We have various printable templates for these  spelling worksheets for  10, 15, or 20 words with dictation. Simply print the pdf file with free spelling test pages and you are ready for Friday!
Grab these super cute, no-prep Kindergarten Word Searches to help improve early reading, spelling, and literacy skills in kindergartners. These word search for kindergarten pdf pages are perfect for k5 to work on visual discrimination while having fun. Simply print the free kindergarten word search printable and you are ready for an educational, no-prep activity!
I am always looking for fun spelling games to help my kids practice school spelling words. I came up with this free printable spelling practice worksheets that have a fun connect 4 theme to make practicing spelling words engaging! There are lots of different themes in these spelling worksheets to appeal to kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students including monsters ink, toy story friends, lightening mcqueen, princesses, little mermaid, and so many more. Simply download pdf file with spelling printables and you are ready to write and practice your weekly spelling words. There are 16 clever ideas for practicing spelling words on each sheet!
Help kids be better at spelling difficult words with this free spelling dictionary! Download the pdf file with the spelling dictionary for kids. Children will now have their own handy spelling printable to reference commonly misspelled words and add their own words to the word bank. This is a fantastic reference took to allow students to reference the spelling of words right at their fingertips. This spelling dictionary printable is super handy for first graders, 2nd graders, 3rd graders, 4th graders, and 5th grade students.
jumping spelling
Get ready to make spelling outrageously fun this December with these fun Christmas spelling activities!  Download pdf file with free printable Christmas spelling test and Christmas lights template and you are ready for a really fun way to practice Christmas spelling words. Kids from kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade will love this educational activity around the holiday season!
Kids will love this free printable Christmas Spelling activity where they will combine the letters in Merry Christmas to create a word (or two or 30!) This fun hands-on spelling activity for December is a great way to sneak in a Christmas learning activity with Christmas Spelling worksheet with first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. Simply download pdf file with free Christmas Worksheet and you are ready for a no-prep educational activity!
25 fun, clever spelling activiites for kids from kindergarten, first grade, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6
FREE 1st Grade Spelling Words WORD SEARCHES - these free printable word searches will help kids practice first grade most commonly used words #spellingwords #1stgrade #wordsearches
Kindergarten Add-A-Vowel Spelling Practice
secred code spelling words practice
Kindergarten Spelling Words Practice
Free Spelling Dictionary
princess spelling test free printable template
Grab our free printable spelling test template to help students of all ages learn spelling words! The pack of  spelling test paper includes options for 10, 15, or 20 words plus options for sentence dictation too.  Use the printable spelling test paper with kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grdae, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students; it works with any curriculum or set of words. Simply download the spelling test template free and you are ready to go!
FREE Floss Rule Worksheets - several pages to teach an important spelling rule about doubling consonants. Fun, hands on spelling activty for grade 1 and grade 2 students #homeschool #firstgrade #2ndgrade #flossrule
This spelling worksheet for first graders is great practice for when to use tch vs ch. You will love that these ch and tch worksheets are no prep and a great way for improving first grade spelling! Simply download ch tch worksheets pdf file and you are ready to improve phonics skills. 

Spelling Printables

  • Connect 4 Spelling Practice – ​spelling practice worksheets pdf free​
  • Free ​Spelling Dictionary pdf​ or printable ​Free spelling dictionary​ with ruled lines
  • Create-a-Word​ Holiday Printables
  • ​Kindergarten Spelling Words​ Add-a-Vowel, ​Kindergarten Spellings Words pdf​, and Kindergarten Word Searches
  • ​1st Grade Word Search​ – spelling words fun!
  • ​2nd grade crossword puzzles pdf free​
  • Plus ​commonly misspelled words​ and how to avoid them
  • ​Money Spelling Words​ – practice adding money and spelling at the same time!
  • ​Floss Rule Worksheet​s, Long ​a sound words​ with magnetic letters, ​Consonant Cluster worksheet​s, spelling with ​ee words for kids​, baseball ​Schwa sound​ words, ​Spelling ck or k​ puzzles, cut and Paste ​oa and oe worksheets, bingo Marker ​ch and tch worksheets pdf​, spelling ​Long a sound words​ clip cards, ​ov words​ spelling, turkey ​ey words​ practice, ay and long ​ai words for kids​ worskheets

Spelling Tests

  • ​Lego Spelling​ Tests
  • Blank ​Spelling Test Template​ – simple, free printable set with lots of options
  • ​Princess Spelling ​Worksheets Free
  • Monthly Spelling Test: ​August, ​ ​October ,​ ​November​, ​December,​ ​January​, ​March​, ​May​
  • Disney Spelling​ Test

Spelling Activities

  • Jumping Spelling​
  • Hands-on ​Lego Spelling​
  • 25 ​Spelling Activities for 1st Grade​, Kindergarten, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and more!Tactile Spelling​ with shaving cream and printables
  • Simple ​Secret Code Spelling​
  • ​Spelling with hotwheel cars​
  • Mini Cup ​Hands-on Spelling Activities​
  • ​Nerf Spelling​ Practice

Writing Prompts

Having children practice writing daily is important for early learners. They dont’ have to spell everything correctly, but they need to practice forming their ideas, making sentences, spelling, etc. You can find lots of free printable writing prompts to easily add to your lessons here. Their are writing prompts based on holidays, seasons, monthly guides, story starters, and more!

It can be challenging to help kids to continue working on their writing skills during the summertime. But these super cute lego printables are filled with not only summer writing prompts, but kids lego challenge ideas to build and write. These lego writing activities are perfect for kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too. Simply download pdf file with lego writing prompts for a fun summer activity for kids
star wars writing prompts
Make it fun for kids to practice writing with these free printable farm creative writing prompts about life on the farm! These free writing prompts will help kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students get excited to write. Simply download pdf file and have fun improving writing skills with these free farm worksheets for kids!
where would you go this summer and what would would you pack in your suitcase free summer writing prompts
Are you looking for some fun ways to help encourage your children to write more? Do they love learning about whales - the massive creatures in the ocean? Then they will love these free printable Whale Writing Prompts.
April Writing Prompts for Kids - So many furn, creative writing prompts for kids from K-4th grade to practice writing in April
Make writing fun with these picture prompts to get kids excited about workign on creative writing skills! These FREE printable picture writing prompts are perfect for elementary age students from kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd garde, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade and up. Simply print the picture prompts for creative writing and let kids imaginations soar!
FREE Jungle Animals Writing Prompts
Rolll a character writing activity for kids
Looking for free printable handwriting paper for handwriting, letters, stories, spelling tests, writing sentences and more? We have a huge pack for you to download the pdf file and print for your kids!
Introduce your students to the wonderful world of shape poetry and watch them have a blast creating their own with our FREE printable Animal Shape Templates! This engaging writing activity is perfect for first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders, making it a fun way to learn and express themselves.  Simply download the PDF file, and you're all set for a delightful adventure in poetry with your kids! Let's get writing and shaping!

Free Writing Prompts

We have TONS of free printable writing prompts for elementary age studnets to choose from! You can pick writing prompts based on type, topic, month, or seasonal holiday!

  • Roll a Story Free Printable, Caption this picture writing prompts, let’s make a scene movie worksheets, and 5 W Questions Worksheet pack
  • On the Farm Writing Prompts, free Farm Writing Prompts with ruled lines and pictures to color
  • FREE Printable Community helpers writing activity kindergarten, Opinion Writing Kindergarten Printables Free, 100th day of school activity writing craft
  • All About My Pet Free Printable Writing Activity and Dinosaur Writing Prompts
  • FREE Printable kindergarten writing paper pdf, free describing words worksheet, and printable kindergarten writing prompts with pictures
  • Unicorn Writing Prompts, free Lego Writing Ideas, creative FREE Printable Whale Worksheets
  • Jungle Animals Creative Writing about Animals, Fairty Tale Writing Templates pdf, try Pattern Writing, and procedural writing activity
  • Mother’s Day Writing Prompts for Kindergarten, FREE Pineapple Writing, Pet Adoption Persuasive Writing Activity
  • Star Wars Writing Prompts, Fun Writing Prompts for Kids pdf, Handy, FREE Printable COPS writing checklist

Seasonal / Monthly Writing Prompts

  • ❄️️ Kindergarten Winter Writing Prompts pdf, free Winter Writing Prompts Kindergarten, Free Winter Writing Worksheets for Kindergartners, Snowman Winter Writing Prompts pdf, Handwriting Copywork with Winter Quotes.
  • What is a shape poem with free animal shape poem templates
  • 💌 Valentines Day Valentine’s Day Letter Template, free February Writing Calendar, Free February Writing Prompts Kindergarten, 💋 February Writing Prompts with ruled lines
  • 🍀 March Journal Prompts with ruled lines, March Writing Prompts Calendar
  • 🌺 Spring Writing Prompts Calendar, Spring Kindergarten Writing Prompts, April Writing Prompts Kindergarten with ruled lines, Lego Writing Prompts for April, April Writing Prompts 3rd Grade Calendar, April Writing Prompts Calendar
  • 🌳 May Writing Prompts with ruled lines, May Writing Prompts 2nd Grade Calendar
  • 🔆 Summer Writing Prompts with ruled lines, Lego Build and Tell Summer Writing Prompts, June Writing Prompts Calendar, Build and Write Lego Writing Prompts for Summer
  • 🍎 September Writing Prompts 3rd Grade, September Writing Prompts with ruled lines
  • 🎃 Columbus Day FREE Printables with ruled lines, October Writing Prompts 2nd Grade with ruled lines, Simple Halloween Writign Prompts, October Writing Prompts Kindergarten Calendar, BINGO October Writing Prompts Challenge for Kids
  • 🦃 Fall Writing Prompts with word bank, November Writing Prompts 2nd Grade with ruled lines, Thanksgiving Writing Prompts. Thanksgiving Writing Prompts
  • 🎄 Christmas Writing Prompts, December Writing Prompts 2nd Grade, Christmas Elf Writing Prompts, Free Printable Christmas Stationary, December Writing Prompts 2nd Grade

Reading for Kids

Continuing to read good quality books with complex story lines and good vocabulary is essential for developing not only reading and writing skills, but proper use of the English language. Here are some resources to help you out

Reading Comprehension

  • Handy, book report template in the form of a bookmark (any book: fiction or non fiction)
  • Free Printable Book Report Template for elementary age kids, works with any books
  • Simple, one page Book Report Templates to ensure kids are understanding the main charaters, setting, and idea of what they are reading
  • Super cute Pizza Book Report Idea with Free printable template!
  • Book Report Template 3rd Grade and other elementary age kids – lots of free printable choices!
  • Printable Sandwich Book Report allow kids to recall the main point, climax, characters, setting, and more in each delicious layer
  • 26 more clever Book Report Ideas
  • See if kids remember the moral of the story with these FREE Aesop Fables Worksheets
  • This Library Scavenger Hunt helps kids learn to navigate a library, the Dewey decimal system, book genres, and so much more with this pack of free printable scavenger hunts for kids!
  • Bookshelf Reading Log printable pdf – to help encourage kids to read!
  • Handy Book Report Worksheets for elementary age kids
  • Reading Scavenger Hunt
  • Ralph Waldo Poetry Worksheets

Book Lists

  • 50 Books for Kindergarten Book List – books for Kindergarteners to read themselves
  • Best Read aloud books for kindergarten
  • 1st grade reading books pdf – 100 Books for 1st Graders to Read Themselves
  • 20+ Fantastic First grade read alouds picture books
  • Best First grade read aloud chapter books
  • Top 25 Chapter books for 1st graders, 2nd graders, and 3rd graders
  • Best 2nd Grade Reading List
  • 2nd grade reading books pdf
  • Printable 3rd grade reading list
  • 4th Grade Reading List
  • 5th grade reading List
  • Historical fiction for kids (arranged by time period)
  • 25 Exciting Historical Fiction Books for 4th Graders
Is your 1st grader ready to start reading? If your first grade student knows their letters and the sounds they make, they are ready to dive into phonics to learn all those tricky english rules. But it doesn't have to be hard! We have lots of free phonics worksheets and fun phonics activities to make it easy! Here is how to teach phonics step by step with your grade 1 child.

Learn how to teach phonics step-by-step with free printable worksheets, games, and fun activities for each step!

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