Enhance your 7-year-old's reading skills with our Word Recognition Normal Worksheets! Designed to support young learners, these engaging activities reinforce vocabulary, improve reading fluency, and boost confidence in word identification. Featuring a variety of fun exercises, including matching words to pictures, filling in missing letters, and mixed word puzzles, our worksheets provide a balanced blend of challenge and educational value. Ideal for both home and classroom use, our resources promote independent learning in a hands-on way. Download and print our worksheets today to help your child develop essential literacy skills while having fun! Unlock a world of words for your little learner!


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Rhyming Kites Worksheet
Rhyming Kites Worksheet

Rhyming Kites Worksheet

On a spring day, fly a kite! Kids Academy has a rhyming worksheet to boost your child's skills. Read the pairs of words aloud. Circle the kites if they rhyme, leave them blank if they don't. Listen carefully and find all the rhyming word pairs to complete this sheet!
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AW Words Team Coloring Fun Worksheet
AW Words Team Coloring Fun Worksheet

AW Words Team Coloring Fun Worksheet

Coloring words they can read is a blast for little learners! This worksheet offers emerging readers the chance to practice and gain confidence in reading words from the -aw family, while also improving fine-motor and creativity skills. Without knowing it, they'll learn about phonetic teams along the way!
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Worksheet: "s" blend words
Worksheet: "s" blend words

"s" Blends Spelling Printable

Treat your child to fun phonics practice with this worksheet: "s" blend words! They’ll enjoy discovering the different sounds and words that start with "s", from snakes to snails and all in between.
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Check the Word Worksheet
Check the Word Worksheet

Check the Word Worksheet

Help your kids learn the rules of capitalisation - that the first word of each sentence and nouns must start with a capital letter. Use this worksheet to test their understanding: ask them to identify which words should begin with a capital.
Check the Word Worksheet
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Italian Word Tracing: Ciao Worksheet
Italian Word Tracing: Ciao Worksheet

Italian Word Tracing: Ciao Worksheet

Help kids learn to greet people in different languages with this fun worksheet! Featuring the Italian word 'Ciao', it helps kids trace and learn the pronunciation. Plus, it teaches hand-eye coordination and fine-motor skills. Global connectivity can start with this activity!
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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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Which's the OA Word? Worksheet
Which's the OA Word? Worksheet

Which's the OA Word? Worksheet

Encourage your kids to complete this fun worksheet. Ask them to identify the animals and objects in the pictures. Read the incomplete sentences aloud, and then find the correct word to finish the sentence. Check their work.
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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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Reading: OW and OU Words Worksheet
Reading: OW and OU Words Worksheet

Reading: OW and OU Words Worksheet

Help your kids learn phonetics! Explain the different sounds and long/short variations. Emphasize that some vowel sounds are the same, e.g. ou = ow in cow. For practice, have them read aloud the words in the worksheet and check the box next to the spelling that matches the picture.
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English Word Tracing: Hello Worksheet
English Word Tracing: Hello Worksheet

English Word Tracing: Hello Worksheet

Searching for free worksheets to help your kids refine their motor skills, handwriting and English word knowledge? Get this cheerful PDF! It offers your children the chance to practice tracing words like Hello, while following a top-to-bottom, left-to-right patterning.
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Words with ea Worksheet
Words with ea Worksheet

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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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!
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Reading: Break Them Apart Worksheet
Reading: Break Them Apart Worksheet

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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Handwriting PDF Worksheets | Tracing Color Words | Pink
Handwriting PDF Worksheets | Tracing Color Words | Pink

Pink Tracing Color Words Worksheet

Trace 'pink' with a pink crayon for an exciting handwriting lesson! Build fine motor skills and learn about sight words with this fun printable. Get creative and give it a splash of color for a colorful learning experience. For more tracing color words, explore here.
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Is It Silent? Worksheet
Is It Silent? Worksheet

Is It Silent? Worksheet

Phonetics can be tricky, like the sound of /e/ in 'egg' vs. the silent /e/ at the end of 'slime'. Ask your students to give more examples. Read out the words in this worksheet with your kids and ask them to identify the silent /e/ ones.
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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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Rhyming Bells Worksheet
Rhyming Bells Worksheet

Rhyming Bells Worksheet

This printable worksheet helps students recognize rhyming words. Read a word, then pick the 4 words that rhyme. Look out for words with different spellings but same ending sound. It's a great exercise to improve understanding of rhyming words.
Rhyming Bells Worksheet
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The /wh/ Sound Worksheet
The /wh/ Sound Worksheet

The /wh/ Sound Worksheet

Digraphs join two consonants to make a new sound, like /wh/. Give examples, like "whale", "when" and "why". Ask kids to name pictures in a worksheet and trace dotted lines to images beginning with the /wh/ sound; "what" is one example.
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Spanish Word Tracing: Hola Worksheet
Spanish Word Tracing: Hola Worksheet

Spanish Word Tracing: Hola Worksheet

This PDF provides a fun way for students to learn "Hola" (Hello) in Spanish! Kids can practice fine motor and handwriting skills while they trace the letters. They'll get the hang of top-to-bottom, left-to-right patterning while they learn how to say and write in Spanish. With practice, they'll soon feel confident speaking and writing Spanish!
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The SH Digraph Worksheet
The SH Digraph Worksheet

The SH Digraph Worksheet

There are many phonetic sounds, each with its own unique sound. When two or more consonants are combined to create a new sound, it's called a digraph. Example: the sh digraph creates the /sh/ sound. Have kids look at the pictures and say the words aloud. Help them circle the images ending with /sh/, like 'wash'.
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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: Find the Prefixes Worksheet
Reading: Find the Prefixes Worksheet

Reading: Find the Prefixes Worksheet

Students are asked to circle all prefixes on this worksheet and brainstorm a list of words that have them. It's a great tool for teaching vocabulary and helps students understand new and unfamiliar words by recognizing how prefixes change meaning.
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Handwriting PDF Worksheets | Tracing Color Words | Green
Handwriting PDF Worksheets | Tracing Color Words | Green

Green Tracing Color Words Worksheet

Encourage writing and spelling practice with this vibrant free handwriting worksheet. Have your child trace the new name of a primary color, "green," and circle green items in the picture. Ask them what else can be green for a challenging activity. Through this worksheet, your kindergartener can learn and play at the same time. For more free printables, look here.
Green Tracing Color Words Worksheet
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Missing Digraph: Part 2 Worksheet
Missing Digraph: Part 2 Worksheet

Missing Digraph: Part 2 Worksheet

Practice the "th" digraph with this fun worksheet from Kids Academy! See how it appears at the beginning, middle, or end of words and help learners fill in the blanks. Check if they got it right by finding the th digraph at the bottom!
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Word recognition is a critical component of literacy development, particularly for 7-year-olds who are transitioning from learning to read to reading to learn. This skill involves the ability to identify and understand words quickly and effortlessly, which is essential for fluent reading. Parents and teachers should care about word recognition for several reasons.

Firstly, strong word recognition facilitates comprehension. When children can recognize words instantly, they can focus their cognitive resources on understanding the meaning of the text rather than decoding individual words. This enhances overall reading fluency and encourages a love of reading.

Secondly, improving word recognition contributes to academic success. As children advance in their education, they will encounter more complex texts in various subjects. A solid foundation in word recognition will support them in grasping new ideas and information across disciplines.

Furthermore, early mastery of word recognition correlates with increased confidence in reading. Children who feel competent in reading early on are more likely to engage with literature, boosting their vocabulary and critical thinking skills.

Investing time in fostering word recognition not only benefits individual reading abilities but also sets the stage for lifelong learning, making it essential for both parents and teachers to prioritize this skill.