Phonics Worksheets
Welcome to A-Z Worksheets where our free phonics worksheets help you teach the sounds of the phonograms and digraphs with printable worksheets.
We have a Phonics list, worksheets, and videos that help you teach easy Phonics lessons. There is a printable short vowel sounds list below and a list with multi-letter phonograms like words with -th, -ch, -er, etc. You'll love our easy printable worksheets, lists and videos!
We Have Six Phonics Videos Below
Teaching reading well requires teaching phonics, especially over time. A bright student can learn the basic Phonics sounds and Phonics rules in two or three months and begin to read real words and improve on his own. Teaching Phonics is the keystone to future reading comprehension success and reading freedom.
Teaching Phonics Sounds
These Phonics worksheets and other Phonics activities are dedicated to my Dad who had spent time learning Phonics in Phoenix at 70 years young and came home to teach his grandchildren. In the few years left before his death, he taught the children of over 60 families the sounds of the phonograms for free! Everyone was welcome: Moms, Dads, babies, toddlers, and - of course - students! I dedicate these Phonics activities to his memory and to serving as many children as I can. Mom would have done the same if she'd have had the health for it. I am so grateful to have had very good parents. May they rest in peace.
Even slower students who know the Phonics rules and who become handy with the Phonics sounds begin to advance quickly as soon as reading makes sense to them. Once any student has the basic reading skills he is free to read, and thereby, to learn almost anything!
At the beginning, most students still need Phonics lessons and review throughout the early childhood learning and elementary education years so as to learn the Phonics rules for bigger words.
Most of the worksheets below have two to four pages for extended and varied practice. Our worksheets and printable Phonics flash cards for teaching the Phonics sounds use the three lines (top line, mid-point, and base line) so the children can see where letters of the alphabet sit and where the descenders descend below the base line as with the g, j, and p on the phonogram cards . See these below the worksheets at the bottom of this page. Yeah, I know - it's a long page. Hopefully it's helpful to you!
We encourage teaching Phonics for any stage of learning to read or write. When there's a fault, remind and review the rule or the correct sounds. Explicit instruction of the isolated phonemes or phonograms - teaching the alphabet sounds - offers the student a measure of certitude and phenomenal tools for future success! If the review is quick and sweet, the lesson is learned more easily and the student doesn't chaffe at repeating the review.
Once the basic sounds are taught, any spelling, vocabulary, writing, or reading comprehension worksheets become phonics worksheets as well.
The Phonics lessons related to Dr. Orton's methods that use dictation are the methods that we recommend most like Spalding, Schola Publications, Riggs, Dettmer, etc. Dictation to students who are familiar with the the Phonics sounds and the Phonics rules is the best method to explicitly teach the alphabet to any student, young or old, who wishes to read and write well and to retain those skills.
This being said, we also know that it can also be hard to find the time necessary to be able to dictate the repeat practice and drill that is necessary for mastery of the phonic sounds. We have produced the following Phonics worksheets, printable flash cards, and videos to aid your Phonics drills and you can use the video for audio-visual reinforcement. On the Phonics video the flash cards have the phonic sounds together - No more saying the wrong sound with the right card! This is SO important. Also, the cards will always be right-side up.
Remember the advice in Romalda Spalding's The Writing Road To Reading says, "Review! Review! Review!" We agree. I spent a over a year teaching phonics without realizing the need for quick and frequent review. Now my results as a teacher are WAY better.
Be encouraged to Search A-Z Worksheets.com for the skills your students need for review. Download them as you need them or make your own early education curriculum in your computer files.
After our opinions and recommended early education and elementary education resource recommendations, most pages on this site have links to a growing number of free printable worksheets.
Common sense practice is the order of the day at A-Z Worksheets!
We find that when a student copies his work in a logical manner and says the sounds out loud, he has an easy time using elementary worksheets for Phonics lessons.
Printable Phonics Worksheets
Phonics worksheets are best used with a teacher helping the children pronounce the sounds and write the letters. Review with a recording of the Phonics sounds or something similar to the Spalding Phonics flash cards. We have printable phonogram cards below and videos of the phonograms. Reviewing the phonics sounds can improve reading comprehension for most students. Remember to review the same sounds on new material, though, to keep your students learning and growing. See our video Phonics flash cards, too, with the Phonics sounds!
Also, be encouraged to check back for our Newest Worksheets. One idea is to keep your own hard copy file so that you can form your own booklet or file folder of black line masters. Also, you might find that your student would benefit from doing the same Phonics lessons over and over for practice until reading comprehension becomes easy. You can print and reprint! Practice makes perfect!
See our videos and printable flash cards below these worksheets.
List Of Phonograms To Copy And Practice
These two printable worksheets cover the 72 Orton phonograms. Use these to help your students practice the letters as they are made. If you say the sounds as the children practice writing them, they will learn them better and you will help those who aren't able to write from dictation yet.
Multi-letter Phonograms Printable Worksheet
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Phonics Worksheets In Alphabetical Order
The first set of Phonics worksheets has 11 pages that teach the first sounds and the short vowel sounds. The rest have 2 to 6 pages for practicing the different phonograms. They are in alphabetical order so that you can find them easily. Enjoy!
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Free Printable Phonics Flash Cards
Our free printable Phonics flash cards come in three versions: lower case alphabet, upper case alphabet, and both upper and lower case alphabet flash cards. Note that they have the blue lines to show where the letters sit so that your students learn their base line more easily. Enjoy!
Flash Cards
26 Free Printable Alphabet Worksheets
These free printable Alphabet Worksheets have all 26 letters of the alphabet for your students to practice making their letters. They have room for pictures, too.
Phonics Videos
Ok. So why did I put the Phonics videos at the bottom? Well, so many visitors miss the worksheets if they see the video first. I hope that this is helpful to you in finding the very many resources that we have on our site, too. Also, remember that these videos say the phonic sounds with a short effort as with "b" instead of "buh", "h" instead of "huh", etc. The softer sounds can be trickier to hear and it is best if you begin teaching the sounds yourself - there's no shortcut like being shown how to do a thing by a live human being who cares. Then, after your students are familiar with how to produce the sounds, the videos are great for independent review.
More Phonics Lessons And Phonics Activities With Videos
- Alphabet flash cards - Name the 26 letters of the alphabet both capitals and lower case letters.
- Short Vowel Sounds - Video of short vowels and list of words that use short vowel sounds.
- Long Vowel Sounds - Video of long vowel sounds.
- Phonics Activities - Beginners start here.
- Advanced Phonics Lessons - video of all 72 Phonograms.
- Phonics Rules - The rules for using the 72 phonograms.
- Printable Phonics Worksheets - Practice worksheets for the Phonics sounds.
Six New Phonics Videos!
Names of the Letters Of The Alphabet Video With Long Vowel Sounds
Alphabet Flash Cards Video - Name the letters of the alphabet with this Alphabet video. It runs twice: once slowly and again more quickly.
Short Vowel Sounds Video
This Short Vowel Sounds page has the first phonics sounds video of the five vowels, the short vowel sounds. Again, it runs twice: once slowly and again more quickly.
Long Vowel Sounds Video
This Long and Short Vowel Sounds page has videos of both the long and short vowel sounds of the five vowels. It also runs twice: once slowly and again more quickly.
Phonics Videos - Letters Of The Alphabet First Sounds With Short Vowel Sounds
Beginning Phonics Activities - This page has the first phonics sounds of the first 26 letters of the alphabet which include the short vowel sounds.
Phonics Videos - 26 Letters Of The Alphabet And 72 Phonograms
Advanced Phonics Lessons - This page has the phonics sounds of the first 26 letters of the alphabet and the 72 phonograms video. If your students are older, the second video is usually all they need in order to learn the sound combinations if you review them first.
Phonics Video - 72 Phonograms - Alphabet Plus Multi-Letter Phonograms
Phonics Rules - This page has the Phonics rules and a video of the 72 phonograms. Teach them all together since the rules give the reasons for the second and subsequent sounds.
Free Printable Worksheets - Practice Worksheets
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