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Enhance your child's reading skills with our "Reading Comprehension Normal Vowel Blends Worksheets" designed specifically for ages 6-7. These worksheets focus on vowel blend patterns to boost reading fluency and comprehension. Each engaging activity emphasizes crucial vowel blends, helping young learners decode words more efficiently. By practicing with these worksheets, kids will not only improve their phonetic skills but also develop a more comprehensive understanding of texts, fostering a lifelong love for reading. Ideal for early graders, these exercises support classroom learning and independent study, ensuring kids grow into confident, proficient readers.


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Reading: Long E and IE Worksheet
Reading: Long E and IE Worksheet

Reading: Long E and IE Worksheet

Ask your child to name some words with the long /e/ sound they hear every day. Then, read aloud all the words in the worksheet with them. Ask them to circle the words containing ie that make this sound.
Reading: Long E and IE Worksheet
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short vowels Worksheet
short vowels Worksheet

short vowels Worksheet

Say "dog" and notice how long it takes to pronounce the vowel. Is it short or long? Compare it to "pea" and use this worksheet to quickly assess your child's mastery. Have them name each picture and listen for the vowel sounds. Only check the boxes for words with short vowel sounds.
short vowels Worksheet
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Reading: OA or OW Worksheet
Reading: OA or OW Worksheet

Reading: OA or OW Worksheet

This printable worksheet helps young and emergent readers with decoding words and understanding digraphs (two letters with one sound). It requires students to complete the spelling for each word based on the picture, focusing on /oa/ and /ow/ spellings. It's ideal for a reading classroom and for spelling practice.
Reading: OA or OW Worksheet
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Vowel diphthongs oi oy worksheet
Vowel diphthongs oi oy worksheet

Vowel Diphthongs OI OY Worksheet

It'll help them read and spell accurately. This fun activity is a helpful way to learn tricky spellings of oi and oy diphthongs. It also aids in reading and spelling comprehension.
Vowel Diphthongs OI OY Worksheet
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Reading: AW and AU Words Worksheet
Reading: AW and AU Words Worksheet

Reading: AW and AU Words Worksheet

This worksheet helps kids recognize that /au/ and /aw/ can make the same sound. Students read sentences and pick the correct word with one of the digraphs. Understanding digraphs improves decoding and reading fluency. Perfect for reading and phonics classes.
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Reading: EA as in Bread Worksheet
Reading: EA as in Bread Worksheet

Reading: EA as in Bread Worksheet

The vowel digraph ea can be read in two ways. Examples of the long sound are "read" and "lead"; examples of the short sound are "bread" and "head". Ask your kids to give you more examples and then have them check off the correct word for the pictures on this worksheet. This will help them understand the ea sound.
Reading: EA as in Bread Worksheet
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Long and Short E Worksheet
Long and Short E Worksheet

Long and Short E Worksheet

This fun printout makes learning phonics enjoyable for Grade 3 students. Get them to read the words “tree” and “bed” to recognize the different sounds of the letter “E”. After hearing the words they can color the words and the pictures to understand differences between long and short vowels.
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Reading comprehension and normal vowel blends are crucial during early childhood development, specifically for ages 6-7, as these skills serve as foundational building blocks for literacy. At this stage, children transition from learning to read to reading to learn. Mastery of normal vowel blends, such as "ai" in "rain" or "oa" in "boat," enhances their phonemic awareness and decoding skills, enabling them to read more fluently and effortlessly.

When children grasp vowel blends, they can decode words more rapidly, reducing the cognitive load associated with decoding each word. This improvement in fluency allows them to focus on comprehension rather than just on reading the words. Enhanced reading comprehension fuels their ability to understand narratives, follow instructions, and extract information from texts—critical skills across all subjects.

For parents and teachers, fostering these skills can lead to a lifetime of successful learning. Early proficiency in reading and comprehension correlates with academic achievement and overall intellectual development. Understanding common vowel blends enables children to see patterns in words, making them more competent and confident readers. Importantly, the support from a child's environment—through reading practice, phonics games, and encouraging a love of books—can considerably impact their enthusiasm and perseverance with reading, laying a strong foundation for future education.