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Phonics Worksheets
Phonics worksheets are a key resource for teaching students letter-sound relationships, decoding skills, and building reading readiness. Let us know how these worksheets are used for preschool and kindergarten children, and provide classroom tips.
Benefits of Our Free Phonics Worksheets
Preschool marks a critical window for developing preliminary phonics abilities. Here's why preschool teachers should leverage and take advantage of our free phonics worksheets:
- Foster Interest in Letters: Bright, engaging worksheets pique curiosity about how letters link to sounds.
- Promote Listening Skills: Activities like isolating beginning sounds strengthen phonological awareness.
- Build Letter Knowledge: Recognizing and writing letters lays the groundwork for sounding out words.
- Introduce Early Reading Concepts: Tracing letter shapes, and matching words equips preschoolers to eventually decode print.
- Individualized Learning: Worksheets can be assigned strategically based on each child’s level.
Tips for Using Preschool Phonics Worksheets
Follow these tips for successfully incorporating phonics blending worksheets in the preschool classroom:
- Keep it Short: Preschoolers have limited attention spans. Select a couple key letter-sound relationships to focus on per worksheet.
- Get Creative: Alongside traditional worksheets, have pupils trace letters using clay, Wikki Stix, sand trays, or shaving cream.
- Make it Tactile: Cut out letters from textured materials like sandpaper, puffy paint, or felt for a sensory experience.
- Sing and Chant: Pair phonics worksheets for kids with songs, rhymes, and chants that reinforce the letter-sound connections.
- Connect Letters to Students’ Lives: Use the first letter of children’s names, favorite foods, pets, or toys when introducing letter-sounds.
- Offer Choices: Provide three to four different phonics worksheets tailored to varied skill levels so students can select one.
- Incorporate Movement: Have students stomp, clap, or hop for each sound they identify in a word while working on sheets.
Instructional Activities for Phonics Kindergarten English Worksheets
Here are a few engaging lesson ideas to apply beginner phonics worksheets for kindergarten and other related early literacy resources:
Variety Word Sorts
- Select a phonics skill such as beginning sounds, short vowel sounds, consonant blends, digraphs, etc. Choose 8-10 target words that exemplify the pattern.
- Print multiple sets of word cards. Have small student groups categorize the words by the designated phonics feature while saying each word aloud. Discuss sorting rules.
- Extend: Have students generate new words that fit the categories or sort words by a different attribute.
Target Sound Scavenger Hunts
- Assign a specific phonics sound such as short a, ch, sh, etc. Students search classroom print materials to cut out words containing the target sound.
- Glue words onto a worksheet or pocket chart under the featured letter combination.
- Extend: Sort words into categories like long vs short vowels or build vs. blend. Compare features.
Mini-Whiteboard Slide Shows
- Display a phonics worksheet using a document camera projector. Erase parts of words/letters for students to fill in.
- Students respond on mini-whiteboards, holding up answers. Teacher assesses understanding.
- Extend: Call on students to demonstrate skills on the projected worksheet.
Phonics Games Centres
Set up various phonics games at centers that align to targeted phonics practice worksheets skills:
- Fishing for Words
- Letter Tile Matching
- Sound Sort Bowling
- Beginning Sound Match
- Rhyme Pictionary
- Segmenting Hopscotch
- Word Family Bingo
Additional Phonics Resources
For more phonics and reading readiness practice, check out these supplemental worksheet materials:
- Beginning Sounds Worksheets
- Phonological Awareness
- Spelling Worksheets
- Vowels and Consonants Worksheets
- Early Reading Worksheets
- Ending Sounds Worksheets
How to Make a Phonics Worksheet
Choose One of the Premade Templates
We have lots of templates to choose from. Take a look at our example for inspiration!
Click on “Copy Template”
Once you do this, you will be directed to the storyboard creator.
Give Your Worksheet a Name!
Be sure to call it something related to the topic so that you can easily find it in the future.
Edit Your Worksheet
This is where you will include directions, specific images, and make any aesthetic changes that you would like. The options are endless!
Click "Save and Exit"
When you are finished, click this button in the lower right hand corner to exit your storyboard.
Next Steps
From here you can print, download as a PDF, attach it to an assignment and use it digitally, and more!
Happy Creating!
Frequently Asked Questions about Phonics Worksheets
How do I know which phonics skills to target with worksheets?
Assess students regularly to identify skill gaps then select specific phonics worksheets that provide practice opportunities for those problem areas. Progress monitor mastery.
Are phonics worksheets enough for a balanced literacy program?
No. An effective phonics program should always pair worksheets with plenty of language-rich, decodable reading texts, word games, hands-on letter manipulation and writing practice. Use additional resources from Storyboard That to supplement your activities.
Can students work collaboratively on phonics worksheets?
Absolutely! Having a peer model thought processes and providing feedback can be very beneficial for many students. Create opportunities for turn taking, verbal communication and thinking aloud together.
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