Elementary Phonics Worksheets for Ages 5-9
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Unlock the joy of learning with our Elementary Phonics Worksheets for Ages 5-9! Designed to build a strong foundation in reading, our engaging and interactive worksheets make phonics fun and easy. Perfect for young learners, these resources cover essential topics such as letter recognition, sounds, and blends. Each worksheet is crafted to enhance literacy skills while keeping kids motivated and entertained. Ideal for teachers and parents, our worksheets provide a step-by-step approach to mastering phonics. Join us at Kids Academy to give your child the gift of confident reading skills and a love for learning.
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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.
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Words: Assessment 4 Worksheet
Look at the pictures and have your child circle the color they see. This free worksheet is great for assessing their knowledge of vocabulary words. It offers familiar images with words for kids to read and match with the colors. Help your child build their reading and understanding skills with this fun activity!
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Words: Asessment 3 Worksheet
Assess your child's knowledge of homonyms with words like "toe" and "tow". This fun worksheet helps find words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Use it to introduce homographs--words spelled the same with different meanings!
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Words: Assessment 2 Worksheet
Test your child’s knowledge of -s and -ed word endings with this fun worksheet! They'll look at images and read the words, then choose the correct suffix to finish each one. Vivid illustrations make this an enjoyable learning experience!
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Many Ways to Make a Sound Worksheet
This interactive worksheet encourages creativity and imagination as kids use picture clues to match sound words. It helps them identify the sound methodology and build fine motor skills. Plus, with learning through play, they'll develop stronger vocabularies without even knowing it!
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 ELA Worksheet
Want to test your preschooler's language skills, phonetic decoding and word recognition? This worksheet uses their knowledge of community helpers to match signs with depictions. It also works on fine motor skills, a key pre-reading skill.
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet
This free worksheet assesses your emerging reader's ability to decode and match closed-syllable high-frequency words to the appropriate picture. The pictures are cheery and easy to identify, so your child will have fun and find success with decoding and matching.
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 6 Worksheet
Check your child's ability to recognize middle word sounds using this free worksheet. Help them learn phonics by practicing with rhyming. Trace the line from the image to its rhyming match then encourage them to name each image aloud to identify which letter matches the sound. It's a great way to assess letter and sound recognition.
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 5 Worksheet
Repetition is key to success! This worksheet tests kids' ability to match beginning and ending sounds in words. Instruct them to say each word and listen closely to the sounds they make. Focus on the starting sounds for the first four pics, then the last one to hear ending sounds and find the right match!
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 4 Worksheet
It can be tricky for young readers to differentiate between sounds in words. Make it fun with this downloadable worksheet! Ask your child to name each picture on the left and match the starting sound with an image on the right. This helps assess their phonics skills and make learning enjoyable.
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 Worksheet
Test kids' reading readiness with a phonological awareness worksheet! With this PDF exercise, encourage children to name each picture aloud and match left to right. Help them learn to recognize word sounds at the start, middle and end of words. They'll be sure to remember that lamp doesn't sound like elephant!
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 Worksheet
Test your child’s phonological awareness and reading readiness with this charming worksheet! Perfect for K-1, it assesses if they can name a picture aloud, listening for the starting sound and matching it to another word. Watch as they think deeply and listen to the sounds as they name each picture. Determine if your child is ready to sound out words or needs more phonics practice.
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 1 Worksheet
This worksheet helps kids build key phonics skills for pre-reading. They say each picture name aloud, focusing on the starting sound. Then, they match the sound with an image in the same row. Use as a checkpoint for kindergarten or grade 1 phonics readiness.
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Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 1 Worksheet
Explain prefixes (words added to start of another word to give it a new meaning) and suffixes (added to end of word to change its meaning) to your kids with examples like 'unhappy' (prefix) and 'forgetful' (suffix). Now, help your child complete this worksheet, including circling words and checking boxes.
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Sight Word Archery Worksheet
Read the words list with your kids, pointing at each one. Ask them to do the same. Help them find the arrows with those words and trace the line to the target in the centre.
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Homophones: Crayons Worksheet
Ask your kids: "What are homophones?" Explain that homophones are words that sound alike but have different meanings, like 'dare' and 'deer'. Ask them to identify homophones by putting the crayons in this printout away according to the words.
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Open Syllables Worksheet
Before beginning this worksheet, make sure your child knows what open syllables are. If not, take time to teach them with examples. Then, help the writer finish her book by circling words with open syllables. She needs your child's help!
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Tennis Ball Syllables Worksheet
To help your kids become fluent speakers, they need to learn syllables. A word can have one to seven syllables, with longer words having more. For this level, they will be working with one or two syllables. Assist them as they circle the words with closed syllables in this worksheet.
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Choose the Right Spelling Worksheet
Can your kids spell? Even champions can benefit from this educational worksheet. Start with basic words, then ask your child to say each word aloud. Help them circle the correct spelling for each.
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1, 2 or 3? Worksheet
Do your kids know about syllables? Test their understanding with this worksheet. Read the words aloud and ask them to say them with you. Help them circle the number that matches the number of syllables in each word. Perfect for expanding knowledge or testing how much they've already learned.
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What's Like Pizza? Worksheet
Encourage your kids to exercise their minds with this pizza worksheet! Ask them to name the ingredients they like on their favourite pizzas. Then, help them circle the images that have the same number of syllables as 'pizza'. They'll have fun while learning too!
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Reading: Break Them Apart Worksheet
See if students understand syllables with this fun worksheet. It teaches them that a syllable is a word part with a vowel sound. Kids read each word and choose how many parts it has. Doing this often helps them decode new words and gain confidence.
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Different Letters Reading Worksheet
Download our phonics worksheet to help kids understand letter sounds. Have them sound out letters and join them to form words. Colorful pictures assist in recognition, making it perfect for kindergarteners. A great intro to phonics!
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Which Is the Rime? Worksheet
Beginning readers benefit from rimes that aid letter familiarity, recognition, and spelling. With this fun PDF worksheet, kids can identify and spell the correct word for each image by circling the last letter. This activity develops fine motor skills as well.
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Elementary phonics is the foundation of reading and writing, crucial skills for academic success and everyday communication. For ages 5-9, phonics aids in the development of letter-sound relationships, which is essential for decoding words and making sense of text. Such early literacy skills boost a child's confidence and enthusiasm for learning.
When phonics is taught effectively, children understand how letters blend to form words, improving their reading fluency and comprehension. This significantly impacts their ability to understand stories, follow instructions, and acquire new information across subjects, establishing a basis for lifelong learning.
Parents and teachers should prioritize phonics because early reading proficiency is linked to higher academic achievement. Struggles with basic reading can lead to frustration, diminished self-esteem, and a lag in educational progress. Conversely, children who master phonics early often find reading enjoyable, making them more likely to explore books independently, thus enhancing their vocabulary, comprehension skills, and overall knowledge.
Investing time and resources into quality phonics instruction can create a supportive and stimulating learning environment. Whether through phonics games, reading aloud, or interactive activities, the resultant literacy skills propel children towards a positive and continuous educational journey, making it a crucial element in parental and educational strategies for young learners.
