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This is another website with worksheets. These are great because even if we already have required worksheets, these can be used for additional practice.

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Reading Worksheets, Spelling, Grammar, Comprehension, Lesson Plans

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Phonics Worksheets for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade

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Free, printable phonics worksheets to develop strong language skills. More than 1,500 ELA activities. Click to learn more!

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Similar to TeachersPayTeachers, there are some teachers who have their own website. I personally believe these are some of the best resources for someone like me who will be a first time teacher because they already have experience.

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It took me almost 10 years to find my groove with phonics in my classroom. If I'm being honest, I spent the first 9 years of my teaching career hating phonics and making excuses to just not teach phonics or spelling in my classroom...or so I thought! Mostly, I hated scripted phonics lessons. I hated reading thick teacher guides...so I thought I hated phonics altogether.

Then, after 9 years, it hit me! There were pieces of our daily and weekly routine that were very much phonics and very much who I was a teacher too! So, I spent some time combining our routines and a few of the "good" pieces from some scripted phonics lessons I had been trained on and came up with a weekly phonics routine that I makes me look forward to our phonics block (who woulda thought??)

I spend about 15-20 minutes on direct phonics instruction each day. Of course, my kids get more work on phonics with decodable readers in guided reading and word work during stations...but this is our whole group phonics block time! Here's a look at what we do each day....but if you are more visual, watch the video to see my routines here.

First, we read through our phonics chart (2 minutes) ...either the alphabet chart, blends chart, or vowel chunks depending on our focus sound for the week.

Then, I introduce our new sound (3 minutes). Let's say our new sound is long e as in ee or ea. I show my kids pictures of our long e pictures and we say the word together. My kids listen to see if the word has our focus sound. They give me a thumbs up or down to let me know if the word has our focus sound. If the word has our focus sound, we then listen for the position of the sound. Is it at the beginning the middle or the end? My kids touch their arms to show me the position of the word (see my video on this).

Next, we look at words that have our focus sound and sort them (2 minutes). For our example focus sounds, ee and ea, I would sort the words into an ee and ea category. At this point, we are really just focusing on looking for the focus sound and not necessarily reading it fluently yet. I will read the word and then have them tell me where to sort it. We sort it whole group. Then, I can add the same sort into their word work station to do independently or with partners later. Find the whole year's sorts here.

After our sort,we decode our words--slippety slide style (3 minutes). We have 3 words that decode each day of the week (except Fridays). You can watch me model slide, slide, slippety slide in this video. We do this for each word. We slide the first word together. Then, I ask, "what long e pattern do you see in this word?" and call on a random student to answer. Then, I ask that same student, "and where is the sound in the word?" and they answer beginning, middle or end. Finally, we highlight the pattern in the word together. We repeat this routine for each word. This can be done whole group on the interactive powerpoint, or can be done as guided practice with each student having their own word list.

Then, we work on spelling with our break it down chant (3 minutes). If you've seen my spelling video, you already know this routine. It's available to view here, so I won't rehash in this post! As soon as we finish decoding our word list, I tell my kids to get their dry erase boards ready and while we are transitioning, they practice writing our sight words on their boards or spelling words we've already learned for the week. Once everyone has their boards ready, I introduce 2 new words on Monday with our dry erase boards and our break it down chant.

Finally, we introduce new sight words (5 minutes). I love using Body Spell from Go Noodle for this! It's perfect: I just type in our new sight words for the week (I have a suggested list of sight words in my phonics powerpoint pack) and the kids get to practice reading and spelling our sight words and have a brain break too! I love it!

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays look very similar to Mondays with minor changes. Here's a look at Tuesday!

First, we read through our phonics chart (2 minutes) ...either the alphabet chart, blends chart, or vowel chunks depending on our focus sound for the week.

Then, I introduce our phonics poem (5 minutes). I read it to them without showing them the poem. Then, I reread the poem and students listen for our focus sound and I have them give me some TPR (total physical response) when they hear it. For our example ee/ea sounds, when my kids hear that long e sound, they smile really big and put their fingers in their cheeks because I teach long e as the sound that makes us smile! :) Next, I show them the poem and they look for our focus pattern with their eyes. We highlight the focus sound words together.

Next, we decode our words--slippety slide style (3 minutes). We decode 3 new words from our word list for Tuesday.

Then, we work on spelling with our break it down chant (3 minutes). During our transition to dry erase boards, students write our spelling words we introduced yesterday. Then, I introduce two new spelling words with the same routine as Monday.

Finally, we do a sight word hunt (5 minutes). We go back to our poem and reread it together looking for sight words. I have kids come up to our interactive powerpoint and circle the sight words they see in our poem (new ones from this week and old ones).

Wednesdays

First, we read through our phonics chart (2 minutes) ...either the alphabet chart, blends chart, or vowel chunks depending on our focus sound for the week.

Then, we sort real and wacky words (3 minutes). You can read about why I now LOVE using nonsense words in phonics instruction here! We decode each word together and decide if its real or wacky. If it's real, my kiddos open their hands in the shape of an open book--it's a real word we can find in a book. If it's fake, they do the crazy sign around their ears! :) Just wait for all the giggles!!

This is another activity that gets added to my word work station for partner or independent practice later on!

Next, we decode our words--slippety slide style (3 minutes). We decode 3 new words from our word list for Wednesday.

Then, we work on spelling with our break it down chant (3 minutes). During our transition to dry erase boards, students write our spelling words we introduced yesterday. Then, I introduce two new spelling words with the same routine as Monday.

Finally, we leave our dry erase boards out and play sight word I spy (5 minutes). We do this whole group. I say, "I spy a sight word with 4 letters." The kids write a word with 4 letters. If anyone gets it right after the first clue, they win a ticket (our school wide character reward system). If no one has it, I give another clue...like: "I spy a sight word with 4 letters that has a 'c' in it." We continue until I have at least one winner. We play for about 5 minutes. Once we've modeled this game several times together, we play it with partners later in the year.

First, we read through our phonics chart (2 minutes) ...either the alphabet chart, blends chart, or vowel chunks depending on our focus sound for the week.

Next, we decode our words--slippety slide style (3 minutes). We decode 3 new words from our word list for Thursday.

Then, we review our six spelling words from Monday-Wednesday on dry erase boards (10 minutes). We do a practice spelling test whole group on their dry erase boards. This is another activity that we do whole group at the beginning of the year and as they learn the routine, they do a partner practice test with dry erase boards later on.

Finally, we practice our sight words in sentences. Sometimes I show the sight word and have students use it in a sentence for me or turn and tell their partner a sentence for the sight word. And some weeks, I have sentence frames already with fill in the blanks to decide which sight word goes in which sentence. These are on my interactive powerpoints for each week. Just know that some weeks I switch it up and have them give me their own sentence for the word instead.

Everybody knows Fridays are crazy. Teachers are ready for the weekend. Kids are ready for the weekend. And it's pretty much assembly day where I'm at too! So, the best thing I did to help me be more successful and consistent with my phonics block was to do a phonics test on Friday at the beginning of the day and be done! :) ...well, almost! On Friday mornings, I have my kids come in and get our phonics poem for the week, add it to their poetry folder, and highlight our focus sound words and circle sight words like we did together on Tuesday.

You can read about my phonics tests and how I assess in this post. And find my pre-made year worth of spelling tests that align with my phonics program in this packet.

And if you are interested in using my interactive phonics powerpoints, you can find the bundle and in my store!

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It took me almost 10 years to find my groove with phonics in my classroom. If I'm being honest, I spent the first 9 years of my teaching career hating phonics and making excuses to just not teach phonics or spelling in my classroom...or so I thought! Mostly, I hated scripted phonics lessons.

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YouTube has a lot of fun animated videos that help explain phonics.

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Writing Made Easy | Phonics for Kids - Learn To Read | Alphablocks

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This was the first time I had heard of this program but it seems really good. There is a lesson and a couple stories to go with it.

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Not only this link specifically, but Pinterest has a lot of creative worksheets and lessons.

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Education.com is a great resource because there are plenty of printables. I am not a teacher yet but I definitely take advantage of the free version for the kids I tutor. I will definitely have a paid subscription when I am a teacher.

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1st Grade Phonics Worksheets & Free Printables | Education.com

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Sound it out with our first grade phonics worksheets. Vowels, word families, blends and more, we've got everything you need to teach your first grader phonics.

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I believe this is a GREAT resource because there are amazing worksheets and lesson plans created by other teachers!

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1st Grade Phonics Worksheets & Teaching Resources | TpT

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Browse 1st grade phonics resources on Teachers Pay Teachers, a marketplace trusted by millions of teachers for original educational resources.

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I found this website that has a lot of free printables that can help me in the future!

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The 1st Grade Level 1 Reading Program features a review of all the short vowels, beginning and ending consonants. Your children will learn words with the S blends, consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, wh and ph. They will also learn the soft C and G sounds.

Printables & Powerpoint

These high quality pdf worksheets are pages from our phonics activity book for preschool. Worksheets are arranged by course progression. Some of the skills the children will learn include:

Videos

You do not need to be a professional teacher to present the skills for this level. Our highly focused phonics video tutorials will easily do the job. Some of the videos include the following:

Games

Kiz Phonics offers a variety of reading games for all kinds of learners. These activities often combine audio, visual and clicking to learn. Each activity is short and focused.

Listening

The listening section of our first grade level 1 phonics program is in sync with the worksheets of this level. Print a worksheet you want to use and choose the audio from the playlist.

Featuring Worksheets for First Grade Level 1

S blends crossword
Learning S blends activity puzzle

Featuring 1st Grade Phonics Games

Featuring 1st Grade Phonics Videos

Kiz Phonics iPad Apps

Preschool Reading - Ages 3-4

Learning to read starts here. From as low as 3 years, your child needs to build the following skills that will prepare him/her for reading. Print Awareness and Phonemic Awareness are the hallmarks of this level. We provide the following types of resources:

Kindergarten Reading 1 - Ages 4-6

The Kindergarten Level 1 Reading Program, is suitable for kids between the ages of 4 to 6. Children will learn short vowels a & e, beginning and ending consonant sounds. The will learn how to read words, sentences and 2 short stories.

Kindergarten Reading 2 - Ages 4-6

The Kindergarten Level 2 Reading Program, is suitable for kids between the ages of 4 to 6. Children will learn short vowels i, o & u, ending and beginning consonants & digraphs. The will learn how to read words, sentences and 2 short stories.

1st Grade Reading 1 - Ages 6-7

The 1 st Grade Level 1 Reading Program features a review of all the short vowels, beginning and ending consonants. Your children will learn words with the S blends, consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, wh and ph. They will also learn the soft C and G sounds.

1st Grade Reading 2 - Ages 6-7

The 1 st Grade Level 2 Phonics Program features the long a & i with the silent e. Kids will learn how the silent e changes the sounds of words. This level also includes vowel digraphs ai & ay, vowel digraphs ee & ea and final y as long e.

2nd Grade Reading 1 - Ages 7-8

The 2 nd Grade Level 1 Phonics Program features the long o & u with the silent e. This level also includes vowel digraphs like oa & ow, ui & ue and final y as long i. Special vowels like aw & ew will be also be learned.

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First Grade Reading Activities, Phonics Worksheets, Videos, Games, Listening

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First Grade Level 1 Reading Activities: You will find Phonics Worksheets, Videos, Games & Listening Materials for Teaching Children to Read through Phonics - Reviewing Short Vowels, Reviewing Beginning and Ending Consonants, S Blends, Consonant Digraphs ch, sh, ph, ck, wh, Soft C, Soft G

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ABCMouse is a fun, educational way to get students motivated.

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ABCmouse.com's phonics program helps teach children everything they need to know to become confident readers. With our full online preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten curriculum, children can start wherever they feel most comfortable and progress at their own pace.

The first step in phonics is to learn the names of the letters of the alphabet, both in their lowercase and uppercase forms. On ABCmouse.com, children will learn the alphabet through hundreds of books, games, songs, puzzles, and art activities, and will see and hear examples of many words that start with each letter.

Once children can identify the names of each letter, they can begin learning the most common sounds represented by each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. ABCmouse.com's collection of The Letter Songs A-Z will help children identify those sounds, as will the hundreds of other games and activities such as the Alphabet Bubble Burst game and the book Alphabet in the Park.

Once children have mastered the sounds of each letter, they can learn how to sound out simple words with consonant-vowel-consonant patterns, such as pig, dog, hat, and so on. At ABCmouse.com, we provide hundreds of fun and engaging activities that help teach children to sound out common words as well as common word families (words that have the same ending sounds and letter combinations, such as hot, pot, and not).

To help children learn phonics and other important fundamental reading skills, ABCmouse.com also publishes Tap and Learn™ books, charts, instructional guides and other products, which provide engaging learning experiences based on interactive pen reader technology.

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ABCmouse.com's phonics program helps teach children everything they need to know to become confident readers. With our full online preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten curriculum, children can start wherever they feel most comfortable and progress at their own pace.

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Words their Way is a great resource for teachers to find how to help their students with phonics.

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Browse and buy Words Their Way™ Series products offered by Pearson including the Words Their Way™ Spelling Inventory.

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Lexia is a great resource because it monitors your students' reading.

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Literacy Acceleration for Students in Grades Pre-K–5

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This is a great resource because you can monitor your students as they are leveling up!

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Nearly 1,000 fiction and nonfiction leveled books spanning 29 levels of reading difficulty aa-Z, Z1, and Z2

Maria Goes to School

Level A, fiction

Ants, Ants, and More Ants

Level G, nonfiction

The Three Little Pigs

Level I (Multilevel), fiction

It's About Time

Level K, nonfiction

The Gossip Monster

Level V, fiction

Energy Sources: The Pros and Cons

Level Z, nonfiction

Fluency Samples
How To Assemble Your Book

Vertical Books

Horizontal Books

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Nearly 1,000 fiction and nonfiction leveled books spanning 29 levels of reading difficulty aa-Z, Z1, and Z2 Level A, fiction Level G, nonfiction Level I (Multilevel), fiction Level K, nonfiction Level V, fiction Level Z, nonfiction Fluency Samples