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Enhance your first grader's phonological awareness with our engaging worksheets, complete with answer keys! Designed specifically for Grade 1 learners, these resources focus on essential skills like rhyming, syllable segmentation, and sound manipulation. Each printable worksheet offers fun activities that help students recognize sounds and patterns, fostering confidence in their reading abilities. Our answer keys ensure easy assessment, enabling children to practice independently while providing teachers and parents with valuable support. Download these interactive worksheets today to create a fun and effective learning environment that strengthens foundational reading skills for young learners!


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Let's Check Long Vowels: Assessment Worksheet
Let's Check Long Vowels: Assessment Worksheet

Let's Check Long Vowels: Assessment Worksheet

This worksheet helps your child identify objects and learn long vowel sounds. Ask them to say the names of the four objects in each row. Then, help them check the boxes to confirm they know the long vowel sounds. This will help them develop their reading skills.
Let's Check Long Vowels: Assessment Worksheet
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Consonant Blend Fl, Bl, and Gl Printable Worksheet
Consonant Blend Fl, Bl, and Gl Printable Worksheet

Blending Consonants: "Fl", "Bl" and "Gl" Printable

Help your child master consonant blends Fl, Bl, and Gl with this printable worksheet. Find words associated with the pictures and learn to better understand the difference between consonant blends. Vibrant images motivate and aid in learning. Download now for improved phonics success!
Blending Consonants: "Fl", "Bl" and "Gl" Printable
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Consonant Blend Bl Printable Worksheet
Consonant Blend Bl Printable Worksheet

Beginning Blends: "Bl" Words Worksheet

Help your child master their phonics skills with this fun, focused consonant blend worksheet! They'll practice spelling, reading, and sounding out the words, which will help their speech and other skills. The worksheet focuses on "Bl" but extend your child's learning by finding other blends on the page. After completion, they'll be closer to phonics mastery!
Beginning Blends: "Bl" Words Worksheet
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Let's Look for Blends Worksheet
Let's Look for Blends Worksheet

Let's Look for Blends Worksheet

Does your child love trains? Get them to read the story or help them read it aloud. Ask them to trace the words that start with blends on the dotted lines. This exercise will help them improve their blend-identifying skills!
Let's Look for Blends Worksheet
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Spelling worksheet: "ig" and "ick" words
Spelling worksheet: "ig" and "ick" words

Words Families "ig" and "ick" Spelling Worksheet

Combine fun and learning with this illustrated spelling worksheet featuring "ig" and "ick" words! Ask kids to say the word, then determine which word family it belongs to. Pictures make it easier to learn and remember!
Words Families "ig" and "ick" Spelling Worksheet
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What Do You Hear? Worksheet
What Do You Hear? Worksheet

What Do You Hear? Worksheet

New readers can develop phonological awareness with this fun worksheet. They'll isolate sounds in words and count them, then circle the number of sounds heard. It'll help build their auditory discrimination and decoding skills, leading to more fluent reading. Without even knowing it, their reading skills are improving!
What Do You Hear? Worksheet
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Worksheet: words that end with "an"
Worksheet: words that end with "an"

Words Families "an" Spelling Worksheet

Ace spelling with ease! Print this worksheet to explore words that end in "an". Enjoy a fun maze and learn this common ending!
Words Families "an" Spelling Worksheet
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Beginning Sound «n» Worksheet
Beginning Sound «n» Worksheet

Beginning Sound «n» Worksheet

Help your emerging reader learn the initial «n» sound with this free PDF worksheet! Strengthen fine motor skills by tracing circles around words beginning with «n». Pictures are clear and engaging, giving beginning Phonics learners the right amount of practice and the confidence to succeed.
Beginning Sound «n» Worksheet
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Sight Words Worksheet: Car, Cow, Chair
Sight Words Worksheet: Car, Cow, Chair

Car, Cow, Chair Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet

Reading can be difficult, so these assignment sheets can help kids stay on track. This one with the words 'Car', 'Cow' and 'Chair' will help your child choose the right words to complete a sentence, strengthen their literacy and give them more confidence in reading.
Car, Cow, Chair Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet
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Sight Words with Blends Worksheet
Sight Words with Blends Worksheet

Sight Words with Blends Worksheet

This free PDF lets your children trace and write sight words with tricky blends. The guide numbers help them start from the top, building fine motor skills and enhancing sight word vocab. It's a great way to give your kids a solid foundation for reading!
Sight Words with Blends Worksheet
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Short /a/ or Long /a/? Worksheet
Short /a/ or Long /a/? Worksheet

Short /a/ or Long /a/? Worksheet

Phonetics and its sounds can be tricky for kids. They can read and spell, but long and short vowels might be difficult. Use this phonetic worksheet to teach them to identify words with the short /a/ or long /a/ sound. Kids have to find the words ending with 'e' (long sound) and words with one vowel (short sound, e.g. 'mat'). Colourful printout makes it fun and easy to learn!
Short /a/ or Long /a/? Worksheet
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Phonics for Kids | Long Vowel Sound E | PDF Worksheet 1
Phonics for Kids | Long Vowel Sound E | PDF Worksheet 1

Long Vowel Sound E Worksheet

Practice distinguishing long and short vowel sound E with this free printable! Kids must complete the word “bee” by tracing the maze and adding the missing letter E. Remind them to say the word aloud to help sharpen their phonics ear. Get more phonics fun with the vowel sound E here.
Long Vowel Sound E Worksheet
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Middle Sounds in Words Worksheet
Middle Sounds in Words Worksheet

Middle Sounds in Words Worksheet

This worksheet helps emerging readers use picture clues to identify familiar words and practice tracing and fine-motor abilities. It also reinforces spelling by helping them distinguish middle sounds in words. A great way to build listening and literacy skills!
Middle Sounds in Words Worksheet
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Consonant Blends Pl, Cl, and Sl Printable Worksheet
Consonant Blends Pl, Cl, and Sl Printable Worksheet

L Blends: "Pl", "Cl" and "Sl" Printable

This printable worksheet will help your child recognize and identify the Pl, Cl, and Sl consonant blends, sound them out, and identify them in print. Improve your child's reading and writing skills with fun and colorful phonics practice!
L Blends: "Pl", "Cl" and "Sl" Printable
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Short Vowel Eggs Worksheet
Short Vowel Eggs Worksheet

Short Vowel Eggs Worksheet

Your students will love helping these birdies pick the short vowel eggs! Have them read the words in the thought bubbles, then check off the boxes with the same short vowel sounds. The bright colors of this free Worksheet will draw them in and get them practicing their vowels!
Short Vowel Eggs Worksheet
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Middle Sounds Worksheet
Middle Sounds Worksheet

Middle Sounds Worksheet

Download this free worksheet and help your reader identify middle sounds in words. Pictures provide clues to the word, while tracing circles around the middle vowel sound strengthens fine motor and visual discrimination skills. It's a great way to teach sound discrimination between similar-sounding short vowels - a key component for proficient reading.
Middle Sounds Worksheet
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Listen to the Sounds Worksheet
Listen to the Sounds Worksheet

Listen to the Sounds Worksheet

This worksheet builds emerging readers' skills in using sounds for reading and spelling. It helps strengthen auditory processing by having them count the sounds in each word, then trace the corresponding number. Fun and cheerful!
Listen to the Sounds Worksheet
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Tricky Words Worksheet
Tricky Words Worksheet

Tricky Words Worksheet

Reading can be tricky to start with, but this worksheet helps kids learn the basics of editing and strengthens their attention to detail. They'll select the right word from tricky choices, improving their reading and grammar skills.
Tricky Words Worksheet
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Spelling worksheet: Short Vowel Sounds O
Spelling worksheet: Short Vowel Sounds O

Short vowel Sounds "o" Spelling Worksheet

This worksheet will get your child thinking! Have them look at the pictures, read the words and check the ending of each. They'll learn to analyze words and vowel sounds using the Short Vowel Sounds "O" spelling worksheet.
Short vowel Sounds "o" Spelling Worksheet
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Long «u» Sound Worksheet
Long «u» Sound Worksheet

Long «u» Sound Worksheet

This fun and engaging free PDF worksheet teaches kids to differentiate between long and short «u» sounds. Through tracing circles around the correct words, they'll practice their fine motor skills while also recognizing patterns (silent-e for «ū» sound) in closed-syllable words. Bright and cheery pictures make it a great confidence booster for new readers!
Long «u» Sound Worksheet
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3 Sounds Worksheet
3 Sounds Worksheet

3 Sounds Worksheet

Kids will love learning with this free, colorful worksheet. It's full of familiar words they can name and sound out with three distinct sounds. This helps build decoding skills, plus they get to check off words they read. It's a fun way to teach children to identify and use sounds.
3 Sounds Worksheet
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Let's Count the Sounds Worksheet
Let's Count the Sounds Worksheet

Let's Count the Sounds Worksheet

This bright and cheery traceable worksheet encourages children to practice auditory discrimination and phonological awareness. Using picture clues, they read each word and trace the line that represents the number of sounds heard. This builds decoding skills and helps them become successful readers.
Let's Count the Sounds Worksheet
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Finding the Sounds Worksheet
Finding the Sounds Worksheet

Finding the Sounds Worksheet

This free colorful worksheet assists children in learning words and breaking them down into sounds. It boosts auditory discrimination, phonological awareness and fine motor skills. Picture clues help them read confidently, and they can check the appropriate boxes to practice their reading skills.
Finding the Sounds Worksheet
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Sight Word Worksheet: Baby, Boat, Bird
Sight Word Worksheet: Baby, Boat, Bird

Baby, Boat, Bird Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet

Sight words are an essential part of fluency; help kids build it by writing and reading them. This worksheet is a great way to start.
Baby, Boat, Bird Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet
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Phonological awareness is a crucial skill for young learners, especially in Grade 1. It refers to the ability to recognize and work with sounds in spoken language, which is foundational for reading and writing. Parents and teachers should care about phonological awareness because it strongly predicts a child’s reading success.

First, when children can hear and manipulate sounds, they develop the necessary skills to decode words. For example, if a child can identify that the word "cat" has three sounds (/k/, /æ/, /t/), they're more likely to read it accurately when they see it. Additionally, phonological awareness helps with spelling. Children who understand sound patterns can spell words more easily.

Moreover, engaging in phonological activities can be fun! Parents and teachers can use rhymes, songs, and games to make learning enjoyable. This not only encourages participation but also builds a love for reading and language.

Finally, by nurturing phonological awareness, parents and educators set the stage for academic success. When children develop these skills early, they are more confident and enthusiastic learners, paving the way for their lifelong education journey. Thus, fostering phonological awareness is essential for reading and overall literacy development.