Print These Worksheets For More Phonics Practice
Each set of printable worksheets below will reinforce your child's reading skills. The worksheets* are made to go along with the printable readers. These worksheets may be printed out for home or classroom use. They may also be bound together to make a student workbook.
The instructions along the top of each page or section should be read aloud with the student and the letter sounds should be repeated many times. When sounding out words do not add a vowel sound to the consonants. For example, "C - A - T" should not be pronounced, "cuh, aa, tuh" but with a shorter consonant sound like this, "ccc - aa - tt."
Young children will need the parent to sound out each new word and usually will memorize the words before learning to sound them out. When the student comes to a word he or she does not know, blend the word for him or her by making the sound of each letter or letter-combination. Phonetically blending words will come eventually and is an invaluable reading skill that will be used even by adult readers who encounter new words. Sight words* should be memorized to avoid complicated phonetics rules.
Students should read aloud everyday. A good rule of thumb is to read for ten minutes per grade level. Parents should read aloud to their students and model good expression for the beginning reader. The more dramatic the better.
Use the link for the free, I See Sam worksheets.
Short Vowel Phonics WorksheetsThe letter listed with each worksheet indicates which vowel is being featured. Worksheet A 1 Worksheet A 8 Worksheet A 2 Worksheet A 9 Worksheet A 3 Worksheet A10 Worksheet A 4 Worksheet A11 Worksheet A 5 Worksheet A12 Worksheet A 6 Sight Word - the Worksheet A 7 Sight Words - I, a |
Long Vowel Phonics WorksheetsLong Vowel Practice Worksheets coming soon! |
Additional Resources
*(Parent - have children use a marker or large crayon to trace the hollow letters.)
The Penmanship Print font and the School Script Dashed font used in the worksheets are from Donna Young's website.
The short vowel rule is: when a word has only one vowel which is followed by a consonant, say the short vowel sound marked with a breve (ă - which looks like a smile.) The vowel is usually short when there is only one vowel.
*Sight words should be memorized. For example, we say, "T - H - E spells the."
The long vowel rule is: when there are two vowels in a word, the first vowel will say its name (the long vowel sound) while the second vowel is silent. The long vowel sound is marked with a long line (ā).
Website, readers, minibooks, original drawings and worksheets copyright 2011, Billie Garcia. All booklets and worksheets may be printed and distributed for home and classroom use.
Booklet and worksheet pictures are from ClipArt, ETC, Microsoft Office or Project Gutenberg. I See Sam pictures are from the SWRL readers which are in the public domain. The I See Sam pictures have been retouched, reformatted and in some cases altered.
The letter A image at the top of the page is from Clipart, ETC.