Reading comprehension Grade 1 Phonics Worksheets
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Elevate your child's reading skills with our Grade 1 Phonics Worksheets designed to boost reading comprehension. At Kids Academy, we offer a variety of engaging exercises that focus on fundamental phonics principles, helping young learners decode words and understand sentences better. Our worksheets feature fun, interactive activities tailored to first graders, making learning enjoyable and effective. With these carefully crafted resources, children will improve their phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and overall reading fluency. Start their reading journey right with Kids Academy’s top-notch phonics worksheets and watch them become confident, enthusiastic readers.
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Let's Check Long Vowels: Assessment Worksheet
This worksheet helps your child identify objects and learn long vowel sounds. Ask them to say the names of the four objects in each row. Then, help them check the boxes to confirm they know the long vowel sounds. This will help them develop their reading skills.
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Long A Vowel Team Coloring Fun Worksheet
Divide your class into teams, give each a printout, then have them read aloud words with a long "A" sound (e.g. brain, paid). As they listen, let them reinforce this lesson by coloring in the words and pictures. Make phonics fun and interactive with this great coloring page!
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Baa Baa Black Sheep Printable
Jumpstart your child's reading skills with this printable Baa Baa Black Sheep worksheet! Recite the lines with them, then have them select the pictures associated with the poem to test comprehension. Fun and educational!
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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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Cat Printable Sight Words Worksheet
Encourage your child's literacy with this fun sight words worksheet: cat PDF! It helps build a solid foundation for reading, featuring activities such as reading and tracing the word cat, and finding it amongst other sight words. With its cute cat, Kids Academy makes learning to read a delight!
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Let's Look for Blends Worksheet
Does your child love trains? Get them to read the story or help them read it aloud. Ask them to trace the words that start with blends on the dotted lines. This exercise will help them improve their blend-identifying skills!
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Short Vowels /e/, /i/, and /u/ Worksheet
Your emergent reader can have fun while practicing their short vowel sounds with this free, brightly colored worksheet. They'll identify one-syllable words by their pictures, then match the correct ending for each. They'll gain an understanding of how short vowel sounds vary in closed syllables with different endings, without even realizing it!
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Dog Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet
Get your kids excited to read with our dog-themed sight words worksheet!
Excite your child to read with our sight words worksheet: dog edition! Featuring a lovable dog character to put a smile on any kid's face, this worksheet helps kids practice reading and writing the word "dog". Build a library of words they can read quickly and promote increasing literacy skills with early fluency! Get them ready for reading with our dog-themed sight words worksheet!
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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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What Do You Hear? Worksheet
New readers can develop phonological awareness with this fun worksheet. They'll isolate sounds in words and count them, then circle the number of sounds heard. It'll help build their auditory discrimination and decoding skills, leading to more fluent reading. Without even knowing it, their reading skills are improving!
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Shhh... What Digraph? Worksheet
Phonetics sounds can be combined to create a new sound - like a digraph. A great example is the /sh/ sound. Words like 'brush' and 'fish' can be heard. Ask your child to provide more examples. Look at the pictures in the PDF and see if they can identify the objects. Additionally, help them find the digraph missing from each word.
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Rhyming Words Rhyming Worksheet
This worksheet is great for honing pre-reading skills. It helps kids make connections between pictures and written words, use problem-solving, and recognize sounds and words that rhyme. Have fun exploring rhyming words with your child, and they'll be rhyming in no time!
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Cha, Cha, Cha: Find the /Ch/ Sound Worksheet
Have your students identify the objects in the images and if they struggle, help them check for the /ch/ digraph. This digraph forms a new sound when two or more consonants are combined, so it can be helpful to point it out to them in the colourful printout.
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Long Vowel Maze /o/ and /i/ Worksheet
Help your new readers have fun and build their sight word vocabulary! Guide the mice to their prize cheese by having them trace the route on the worksheet, using words with the long o and long i sounds. But watch out for the kitty!
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Middle Sounds in Words Worksheet
This worksheet helps emerging readers use picture clues to identify familiar words and practice tracing and fine-motor abilities. It also reinforces spelling by helping them distinguish middle sounds in words. A great way to build listening and literacy skills!
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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.
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First Words: Picture Rhymes Worksheet
Rhyming helps kids understand language, read and write better. This printable worksheet boosts problem-solving and cognitive skills with vibrant pictures. It teaches kids to identify words, recognize rhymes, complete mental tasks and write words. An extra activity: show them how rhyming words share some of the same letters.
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Tricky Words Worksheet
Reading can be tricky to start with, but this worksheet helps kids learn the basics of editing and strengthens their attention to detail. They'll select the right word from tricky choices, improving their reading and grammar skills.
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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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Time to Rhyme Rhyming Worksheet
This worksheet helps kids learn catchy sayings with rhymes, notice words and sounds that rhyme, and use problem solving to solve expressions. By using these expressions in everyday talk, kids gain the repetition needed to internalize the skills they've learned. Check out our nursery rhymes to further support them!
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Funny Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet
Love humor? Introduce "funny" as a sight word with this fun worksheet! Have your child read the sentence then color the word in the center. Let them use their imagination to color the silly clown in any way they like!
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Long «u» Sound Worksheet
This fun and engaging free PDF worksheet teaches kids to differentiate between long and short «u» sounds. Through tracing circles around the correct words, they'll practice their fine motor skills while also recognizing patterns (silent-e for «ū» sound) in closed-syllable words. Bright and cheery pictures make it a great confidence booster for new readers!
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Long and Short Vowel Sentences: Assessment Worksheet
This printable worksheet helps kids practice differentiating between short and long vowel sounds. They'll use context clues to figure out which words make sense in simple sentences. A great way to build reading and writing skills!
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Nursery Rhyme Match–Up Worksheet
This worksheet helps kids build pre-reading skills using stories they know and love! By connecting with prior knowledge, kids can develop ideas about characters and set the stage for reading strategies.
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Reading comprehension and phonics are critical components of early literacy for first graders. Phonics lays the foundational skills for decoding words, enabling children to understand the sound relationships and patterns within words. Mastery of phonics helps young learners decode new or unfamiliar words, which is essential for reading fluency. When children grasp phonics, they become more competent readers, which reduces frustration and enhances their confidence.
Reading comprehension, on the other hand, is the ability to understand and interpret what is read. Strong comprehension skills are indispensable for academic success across all subjects. When first graders comprehend what they read, they can follow instructions, grasp new concepts, and think critically—skills that pave the way for future learning.
Parents and teachers should be especially attentive to these skills in first grade because it sets the stage for later academic achievement. A child struggling with phonics or comprehension at this stage is likely to face challenges as the curriculum becomes more complex. By prioritizing phonics and early reading comprehension, parents and teachers help to foster a love of reading, ensure more effortless academic progression, and instill lifelong learning habits. Therefore, early intervention and consistent practice in these areas are essential to the academic development and long-term success of young learners.
