Then there are those special vowels such as ‘ew’ as in crew, ‘aw’ as in crawl and ‘ow’ as in crow. Other r-controlled vowels such as ‘ar’ as in car and ‘or’ as in horse, are less trickly but nonetheless challenging. It gets tricky because we have different letters combining to make the same sound. R-controlled vowels such as ‘er’ as in germs, ‘ir’ as in bird and ‘ur’ as in surf. As such, we offer worksheets on r-controlled vowels. Other sounds that may be a little challenging to work with are also reinforced. Phonics worksheets for grade 2 introduce more long vowel digraphs such as ‘oo’ as in boot’ and ‘oo’ as in cook. All worksheets under this level are accompanied by sound files which can be played on the first grade level 1 media playlist here. All worksheets practice sounds by allowing children to listen to them first, followed by writing and tracing of words with the sounds.
L blends worksheets help practice blends like ‘bl’ as in black, ‘cl’ as in clock meanwhile, R blends phonics worksheets review sounds like ‘br’ as in brain and ‘cr’ as in crown. In 1 st grade level 2, our phonics worksheets focus on long vowel digraphs such as ‘ay’ as in play, ‘ai’ as in train, ‘ee’ as in green’ and ‘ea’ as in seal. As in the previous levels, every worksheet is accompanied by a sound file, which can be played on the first grade level 1 media playlist here. There are also worksheets to practice soft c and soft g. Examples of S blends include: ‘st’ as in stop, ‘sl’ as in slow, ‘sp’ as in spider, ‘sm’ as in small and ‘sn’ as in snow. Blends are unlike digraphs because two letters retain their individual sounds. S blends combine S with another consonant to read two sounds quickly. Our worksheets also help practice S and L blends. Recall that digraphs are two letters that make a single sound. The 1 st grade level 1 phonics worksheets focus practicing consonant digraphs such as ‘sh’ as in sheep, ‘ch’ as in chick, ‘ph’ as in photo and ‘th’ as in think. With our grade 1 phonics worksheets, new and complex sound combinations are practiced to step up literacy. The goal is to develop their confidence before introducing more complex sound combinations. At this stage, these worksheets help kindergarteners learn to read basic words and sentences mainly built using short vowel sounds. With the additional short vowels, new word families such as ‘ig’ as in pig and ‘og’ as in dog, as well as ‘ug’ as in bug, help children practice reading and sounding out words with similar sound combinations. The worksheets also reinforce the critical five short vowel sounds while placing emphasis on the short sounds of ‘i’, ‘o’ and ‘u’. Kindergarten Level 2 builds on Level 1 to develop skills in identifying ending consonant sounds. Our kindergarten level 1 sound files can be played from here. Kiz Phonics is the only site with a playlist of all its worksheets organized by level.
Looking for the mp3 sound files to match each worksheet? We have you covered. The reading of basic sentences and the recognition of sounds within words is central to the practice. At this level, you will find worksheets to practice beginning consonants, introduce short vowels and word families – at, et, an, ed and en.
We then follow with phonics worksheets for Kindergarten Level 1. As such, our preschool phonics worksheets provide excellent exercises to develop basic phonemic awareness. In between are review worksheets that combine multiple letters and pause to practice what has been learned. Three words that begin with each letter sound are included to facilitate the introduction of each sound. When you consider the fact that we present the upper case and lower case letters, children develop the skills to recognize some 52 unique letters and associate them with particular sounds. Thus, we offer 26 worksheets that each focus on a particular letter and its beginning sound, followed by handwriting and letter tracing. Our worksheets mainly introduce children to the beginning sounds of the 26 letters of the alphabet. Even before children fully develop the fine motor skills needed to handle a pencil or pen, well designed A to Z letter sound worksheets are needed to lay the foundation for early literacy.