Phonics practice Normal Phonics Worksheets for Ages 7-8
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Help your child excel in reading with our "Phonics Practice Worksheets for Ages 7-8". Designed to reinforce essential phonics skills, these worksheets will aid your child in mastering vowel and consonant sounds, blends, and digraphs. Perfectly suited for kids aged 7-8, they offer engaging activities that make learning fun and effective. With clear instructions and age-appropriate tasks, these worksheets are an excellent resource for both classroom and home practice. By focusing on critical phonics exercises, children will build a strong foundation for reading proficiency and a love for learning. Join us on the path to reading success!
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Long Vowel Review Worksheet
Vowel teams like "ea" and "ai" help us make words, and understanding these patterns aids emerging readers in becoming more fluent. This review worksheet has students finding words with vowel teams that make the long vowel sound, and helps them recognize high-frequency words.
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Missing Digraph: Part 1 Worksheet
Practice the 'th' digraph with this worksheet! Ask kids to say the words shown and sound out the letters below each image. Check the box with the correct digraph to complete. Examples include 'earth', 'bath' and 'moth', all ending with the same two letters. Phonics teaches that digraphs are two letters that make one sound.
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Short Vowel /a/ Worksheet
This free PDF helps new readers use sight words and pictures to read basic sentences. Then, they use accompanying word choices to find the correct word with the short a vowel sound. A key early reading skill, discriminating between short vowel sounds can be tricky in monosyllabic words, so use this PDF to help your reader reinforce it.
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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.
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Words with ea Worksheet
Beginning readers may struggle with -ea vowel digraphs, which can have multiple sounds and be tricky to decode. This cheerful worksheet helps kids practice reading sentences with missing -ea words, using context clues to fill in the blanks. They'll also be exposed to various -ea sound examples, and build their sight word knowledge.
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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!
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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.
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Reading: IGH as Long I Worksheet
Kids can have fun and learn with this maze! They'll look for and read words with the 'long I' sound spelled 'igh'. Most words ending with 'T' have this spelling. Decode words while learning about long vowel sounds and their spellings.
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Review the Blends Worksheet
Consonant blends are two or three consonants that make a sound when pronounced together. L-blends like cl, bl, sl, fl and 3-letter blends like str, slp are common. This phonics worksheet helps early readers identify words containing two letter L-blends. Students must circle the words then read them aloud.
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Parents and teachers should prioritize phonics practice for 7- to 8-year-olds because these years are crucial for building foundational reading skills. Phonics involves teaching children the relationship between letters and sounds, which is essential for decoding words. This skill is a stepping stone to fluent reading, enhancing both comprehension and enjoyment of reading.
At this age, students are transitioning from learning to read to reading to learn. Proficiency in phonics allows them to tackle more complex texts confidently, fostering a positive attitude toward reading. Poor phonics skills can lead to reading difficulties, which may affect overall academic performance and self-esteem.
Additionally, effective phonics practice develops oral language skills, vocabulary, and spelling. It contributes to better listening and pronunciation abilities, important for communication and learning in all subjects. By instilling strong phonics foundations, parents and teachers can give children the tools they need to become independent, successful readers, sparking a lifelong love of reading and learning.
Ultimately, investing time and effort in phonics practice for children aged 7-8 sets them on a path to academic success and linguistic competence, making it a critical component of their early education.
