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Introducing our top-tier Reading: Foundational Skills online worksheets designed specifically for Kindergarten scholars. Dive into a world where learning to read becomes an adventure, tailored to engage and enhance early literacy skills. Our meticulously crafted worksheets focus on the essential building blocks of reading, including phonemic awareness, letter recognition, and decoding simple words. Tailored for young learners, these interactive and colorful materials offer a fun, engaging, and effective way to lay the groundwork for lifelong reading success. Perfect for home or classroom use, our Reading: Foundational Skills online worksheets for Kindergarten are your go-to resource for fostering a love and understanding of reading from the very start.

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Sound Different Worksheet
Sound Different Worksheet

Sound Different Worksheet

Homophones can be tricky for new readers and writers. This PDF worksheet helps kids understand the differences using pictures. It asks them to draw lines to connect the homophones and provides concrete imagery for reference. It's a great way to learn the right definition and spelling of words that sound the same.
Sound Different Worksheet
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Pair Pears Worksheet
Pair Pears Worksheet

Pair Pears Worksheet

Young readers can have difficulty knowing when to use the right homophone. This free worksheet helps them use familiar imagery to understand better by connecting words that sound similar but are spelled and mean different things. Students will trace the lines to form a picture and have a reference image to differentiate between the different homophones.
Pair Pears Worksheet
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Forming Sentences: Assessment 1 Worksheet
Forming Sentences: Assessment 1 Worksheet

Forming Sentences: Assessment 1 Worksheet

Bake sales are great fun, offering a variety of goodies and treats! Kids also have a chance to make a bit of money. Help your students circle all the yummy baked goods with more than one in this worksheet - Douglas is hosting a bake sale and needs items in bulk!
Forming Sentences: Assessment 1 Worksheet
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Questions at the Park Worksheet
Questions at the Park Worksheet

Questions at the Park Worksheet

Parks are great for fun! Kids can play, run and be as loud as they want! Ask them what their favorite activities are. If they love making friends, like Patty in this worksheet, help them practice their question words to get to know their new pals better.
Questions at the Park Worksheet
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High Frequency Words: Assessment 2 Worksheet
High Frequency Words: Assessment 2 Worksheet

High Frequency Words: Assessment 2 Worksheet

Having knowledge of high frequency words can make emergent readers stronger and boost comprehension. This free assessment worksheet uses traceable lines to connect the picture to its corresponding words, allowing them to feel successful. It's a great way to reinforce high frequency words with familiar imagery.
High Frequency Words: Assessment 2 Worksheet
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High Frequency Words: Assessment 1 Worksheet
High Frequency Words: Assessment 1 Worksheet

High Frequency Words: Assessment 1 Worksheet

Emergent readers need to know high-frequency words accurately and quickly to develop fluency. Connecting these words to colorful, fun pictures helps reading prosody. This assessment worksheet uses traceable lines to help learners match pictures to words.
High Frequency Words: Assessment 1 Worksheet
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Craft and Structure of Informational Texts: Assessment 3 Worksheet
Craft and Structure of Informational Texts: Assessment 3 Worksheet

Craft and Structure of Informational Texts: Assessment 3 Worksheet

Test your beginning reader's understanding of left-to-right directionality and use of details from informational texts with this fun worksheet. Follow the traceable paths to find the right picture for each sentence. This will help your child gain confidence and be successful as a reader.
Craft and Structure of Informational Texts: Assessment 3 Worksheet
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet

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.
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 5 Worksheet
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 5 Worksheet

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!
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 5 Worksheet
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 4 Worksheet
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 4 Worksheet

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.
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 4 Worksheet
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 Worksheet
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 Worksheet

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!
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 Worksheet
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 1 Worksheet
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 1 Worksheet

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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Let's Look for Consonants Worksheet
Let's Look for Consonants Worksheet

Let's Look for Consonants Worksheet

Help kids learn consonants and words that start with them. Ask them to recite the alphabet, then explain consonants are all letters but the 5 vowels. Use the worksheet to ask them to circle items without a consonant. Emphasize that's 21 consonants.
Let's Look for Consonants Worksheet
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Circle the Consonants Worksheet
Circle the Consonants Worksheet

Circle the Consonants Worksheet

Teach your kids that there are 5 vowels and 21 consonants in the alphabet. Give examples of words that begin with consonants and ask them to recite the alphabet. Help them circle all of the consonants in a simple printout.
Circle the Consonants Worksheet
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Word Match Reading Worksheet
Word Match Reading Worksheet

Word Match Reading Worksheet

This printout helps children learn to read fluently by connecting words with the same sound. Colorful pictures aid understanding and context for kindergarten-level students. Tracing lines, they learn to identify the sounds made by letters of the alphabet and deepen their knowledge of phonics.
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What Do You See? Reading Worksheet
What Do You See? Reading Worksheet

What Do You See? Reading Worksheet

New readers can use the attractive pictures and high-frequency words on this worksheet to practice expressive language skills and decode as they fill in the blanks. As they circle the correct words, they'll feel like reading superstars!
What Do You See? Reading Worksheet
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Long and Short Vowel Match up Reading Worksheet
Long and Short Vowel Match up Reading Worksheet

Long and Short Vowel Match up Reading Worksheet

Help your reader build confidence and refine their decoding skills! This worksheet combines long and short vowel recognition with a traceable component to improve fine motor skills. Your learner will name each picture and trace the dotted lines to get to the correct vowel sounds.
Long and Short Vowel Match up Reading Worksheet
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Long or Short Reading Worksheet
Long or Short Reading Worksheet

Long or Short Reading Worksheet

Every new reader needs to learn to recognize long and short vowel sounds. This phonics worksheet uses pictures of high-frequency words to help. Kids read the words and then check off images with long vowel sounds. It helps them learn to decode words and improves fine motor skills.
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Long U Words Reading Worksheet
Long U Words Reading Worksheet

Long U Words Reading Worksheet

Emerging readers will love this free worksheet! It's a great way to practice distinguising between long and short vowel sounds, while identifying high-frequency words. They'll also get to develop fine motor skills and gain confidence in decoding and reading skills.
Long U Words Reading Worksheet
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Words with Long U Reading Worksheet
Words with Long U Reading Worksheet

Words with Long U Reading Worksheet

Help your new reader master vowel recognition with this fun worksheet. By using picture clues and practicing fine motor skills, they'll learn to differentiate between words with the long and short «u» sound. Your learner will also get to practice vowel discrimination in high-frequency words. It's a great way to learn the importance of vowels in reading!
Words with Long U Reading Worksheet
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Phonics Long O Reading Worksheet
Phonics Long O Reading Worksheet

Phonics Long O Reading Worksheet

Are you ready to help your child learn the phonics long «o» sound? This worksheet is designed to aid them in getting familiar with the sound. After completing the exercise, your child should be able to differentiate letters, and recognize words with the long «o» sound. Encourage them to circle the images that have the sound.
Phonics Long O Reading Worksheet
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Long vs Short O Reading Worksheet
Long vs Short O Reading Worksheet

Long vs Short O Reading Worksheet

Help your child learn to identify the long and short «o» sound with this colourful worksheet. Guide them as they spot words with the long or short «o» sound. With practice, your child will find it easier to tell the difference between the two.
Long vs Short O Reading Worksheet
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The Long I Maze Reading Worksheet
The Long I Maze Reading Worksheet

The Long I Maze Reading Worksheet

Help your child learn phonics to help them read. Show them the difference between long and short "i" sounds. Guide them as they use a pencil to trace words with the long "i:" sound in the "Help the Boy in the Picture" worksheet exercise. This will help them find the kite in the picture.
The Long I Maze Reading Worksheet
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The Short I Words Reading Worksheet
The Short I Words Reading Worksheet

The Short I Words Reading Worksheet

Teach your kindergartner phonics with this printout worksheet! It introduces the short «i» sound and helps them differentiate and articulate sounds and letters of the alphabet. With practice, your child will soon find it easy to classify sounds into long and short vowels.
The Short I Words Reading Worksheet
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