Blend and Digraph Worksheets for Kindergarten
Learning how to read blends and digraphs is an exciting milestone for kindergarten students! As your students learn about blends and digraphs, it’s helpful to have a variety of activities on hand to give them the repetition and practice they need. Print and go activities can be a helpful addition to your literacy block because they can add variety and practice without a lot of additional prep time. In this post, I’m going to share some of my favorite Blend and Digraph Worksheets for kindergarten.
Blend and Digraph Worksheets for Kindergarten
These no-prep printables are a great addition to your literacy lesson planning because they are so versatile. You can use them for additional practice with blends and digraphs throughout your daily learning routine:
- Morning Work: Engaging worksheets can be a simple way to ease your students into a day of learning.
- Literacy Centers: Printable blend and digraph worksheets are easy to add to your literacy centers. Once students are familiar with the format of the activities, it is easy for them to complete them independently during their centers time.
- Early Finishers: You can print and assemble early finisher packets that students can pull out of their desks and cubbies when they find themselves with extra time.
- Homework: These print-and-go activities are also a great way to encourage students to practice these skills at home.
Here are some of my favorite worksheets that can help students practice blends and digraphs throughout the daily routine:
1. Blend and Read Worksheets
First, students can practice blending words with these blend and read activities. Students can touch the dots that represent each sound in the word, then blend them together to read the word.
There are worksheet options with and without pictures so you can decide which level of support your students need. These blend and read worksheets are a great addition to small group literacy practice! They can serve as an engaging warm-up or review of blends and digraphs your students have been learning in class.
2. Match the Word
Another way to practice reading words with blends and digraphs is a word matching activity. Each picture on the worksheet has two word options for students to read. They will sound out each word and then circle or color the word that matches the picture.
3. Find and Write
Kindergarteners love puzzles! A word search worksheet gives students the chance to practice identifying and spelling words with blends and digraphs.
After reading each word at the top of the page, students will then find and highlight or circle them in the word search puzzle. Once they have found all of the words and checked them off, they can then practice writing words at the bottom of the page. The words on this printable focus on the same blend or digraph. This targeted practice is perfect for small group practice or literacy centers!
4. Reading Fluency
These reading fluency worksheets help students transition from reading blends and digraphs in words to reading them in sentences.
The top of the worksheet gives students the chance to read individual words with a specific blend or digraph. If you’re working on this activity in a small group, you can have students to on a hunt for that phonics pattern! As they read each word, they can highlight the targeted blend or digraph.
Once they’ve had a chance to practice their word reading fluency, they can then read the sentences provided at the bottom of the page. After reading the sentences, students can color in one star on the side of the page. This can encourage them to do repeated readings, which will help them build confidence and improve their fluency.
5. Read and Match
Students can continue to practice reading sentences with blends and digraphs with this read and match activity. Students will cut out four pictures from the bottom of the page. Then, they will read each sentence and decide which picture matches the sentence. Students will then attach the images to the page in the spaces provided.
This is a fun activity for students to complete during literacy centers or morning work time! If they have additional time before moving to the next activity, they can also color the pictures.
6. Tap and Write
You can also help students practice writing words with blends and digraphs using this tap and write activity. Students will tap each sound as they decode the word that goes with each picture. Then, students can practice their writing skills as they record the letters in the spaces provided.
7. Map and Write
Once your students are ready for an additional challenge, you can give them a map and write activity. Similar to the tap and write activity, students, will tap the circles under the picture as they divide the word into its sounds. The only difference is that the map and write activity doesn’t include the letters in the circles. Students need to listen closely in order to determine what letters they need to write. Once they have determined the sounds they hear in each word, they will write it in the spaces provided on the worksheet.
Printable Kindergarten Blend and Digraph Worksheets
All of the engaging worksheets featured in this post (and more!) are included in a set of over 100 print-and-go activities. These print-and-go activities for kindergarten will help your students practice reading and writing short vowel words containing blends and digraphs. They could be an engaging addition to your daily routine in many different ways.
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Short Vowel Blends and Digraphs Worksheets and Activities Kindergarten & First Grade
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