Phonics First!

This book of activities gives children practice in learning the various sounds of the alphabet, helping them decode new words as well as build on their knowledge of previously learned words. The activities cover a wide array of topics, including consonant blends and digraphs, vowels, rhyming words, homophones, silent letters, prefixes, suffixes, root works, plurals, syllables, and more.

Many of the worksheets engage children in thinking out new words and putting tem in sentence context. Others ask students to select a correct answer form several choices. Some have students working with a partner or using a dictionary to create word lists not found on the worksheet. The words are age-appropriate and the reading selections have been created using the Spache Readability Formula.

These activities can be used in any reading program with children of all ability levels. They provide the extra practice that most children need as they continue to master intermediate reading skills. Using Consonants, Consonant Blends, and Consonant Digraphs to Form New Words

Using Consonants, Consonant Blends, and Consonant Digraphs to Form New Words II

Using Initial Consonants to Form Words in Sentence Context

Selecting Consonant Blend Words and Using Them in Sentence Context

Selecting Consonant Blend Words and Using Them in Sentence Context II

Determining the Hard and Soft Sounds of c and the Soft Sound of g

Determining the Hard and Soft Sounds of c and the Soft Sound of g II

Selecting Consonant Blend or Consonant Digraph Words and Using Them in Sentence Context

Selecting Consonant Digraph Words and Using Them in Sentence Context

Selecting Words with the Same Rime or Suffix and Using Them in Sentence Context

Selecting Words with the Same Rime or Suffix and Using Them in Sentence Context II

Identifying Consonants, Consonant Blends, Consonant Digraphs, Rimes, and Diphthongs

Writing Plurals with s or es

Writing Plurals for Words That End with y

Writing Plurals for Words That End with f or fe

Determining Suffixes Based on Definitions

Determining Prefixes Based on Definitions

Identifying Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

Identifying Silent Letters in Words

Identifying Silent Letters Missing from Words

Determining Words That Do or Do Not Have Silent Letters

Locating Words with Missing Silent Letters

Identifying Long and Short Sounds in Words with Vowel Digraphs

Locating and Writing Out Contractions

More Practice with Contractions

Working with Syllables--Double Consonant Words

Determining the Number of Syllables in Words

Working with One-, Two-, and Three-Syllable Words

Determining Vowel Sounds of ee and ea Words

Determining the Long, Short, and Regular Sounds of the Letter y

Matching Synonyms

Matching Antonyms

Writing Antonyms and Synonyms

Locating Compound Words

Selecting the Correct Homophones in Sentence Context

Determining the Correct Usage of who's/whose and you're/your

Selecting Definitions for Homographs

Identifying Rhyming Words

Rhyming Definitions (Hinks Pinks) with One-Syllable Words

Rhyming Definitions (Hinks Pinks) with One-Syllable Words II

Locating Words with Long and Short oo Sounds in a Story

Locating Words with the aw Sound in a Story

Locating Words with a Diphthong in a Story

Word Puzzle Definitions

Locating Words with the Schwa ([characters not reproducible]) Sound in a Story

Answer Keys

Wilma H. Miller, Ed.D., has written nearly 200 published journal articles on various aspects of reading and has authored numerous books on the topic, including Alternative Assessment Techniques in Reading & Writing, Ready-to-Use Activities; Materials for Improving Content Reading Skills, and The Reading Teacher's Survival Kit, all published by The Center for Applied Research in Education. This book of activities gives children practice in learning the various sounds of the alphabet, helping them decode new words as well as build on their knowledge of previously learned words. The activities cover a wide array of topics, including consonant blends and digraphs, vowels, rhyming words, homophones, silent letters, prefixes, suffixes, root works, plurals, syllables, and more.

Many of the worksheets engage children in thinking out new words and putting tem in sentence context. Others ask students to select a correct answer form several choices. Some have students working with a partner or using a dictionary to create word lists not found on the worksheet. The words are age-appropriate and the reading selections have been created using the Spache Readability Formula.

These activities can be used in any reading program with children of all ability levels. They provide the extra practice that most children need as they continue to master intermediate reading skills.