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Help students sharpen their phonemic awareness skills with Fun Phonics Finds! These NO PREP phonemic awareness and phonics activities are an engaging way to help students demonstrate their understanding of sounds and practice writing words with the target sound-spelling pattern.
Included in this phonics resource are 2 versions of each activity:
- Students read the words with the target phonemes and find pictures to match.
- Students find pictures with the target phoneme, sort, and write the words to match.
SHORT VOWEL PATTERNS INCLUDED:
- Short a: at, am, an
- Short a: ap, ad, ag
- Short e: et, ed, en
- Short i: in, it, ip
- Short i: id, it, ick
- Short o: og, ot, op
- Short u: un, ub, up
- Short u: ug, ut, uck
DIGRAPH WORDS INCLUDED:
- Digraph sh
- Digraph ch
- Digraph th
- Digraphs ch and wh
- Digraphs sh and th
- Digraph mixed review
- Digraph mixed review
BEGINNING BLENDS PATTERNS INCLUDED:
- L Blends: cl, fl, sl
- L Blends: gl, pl, bl
- R Blends: br, cr, dr
- R Blends: gr, fr, tr
- S Blends: sk, sl, sm
- S Blends: sn, sp, st
- Blend Review: L, R, S blends
- Blend Review: L, R, S blends
LONG VOWEL PATTERNS INCLUDED:
- Long A: ai, ay
- Long A: a_e, ai, ay
- Long E: ee, ea
- Long E: e_e, ee, ea
- Long E: ey, y
- Long I: igh, y
- Long I: i_e, igh, _y
- Long O: Vowel Teams: oa, ow
- Long O: Vowel Teams: o_e, oa, ow
- Long U: Vowel Teams: ue, ew
- Long U: Vowel Teams: u_e, ue, ew
- Long Vowels with Silent E: a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e
- Long Vowels with Silent E: a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e
R-CONTROLLED VOWEL & DIPHTHONG PATTERNS INCLUDED:
- R-Controlled Vowel – ar
- R-Controlled Vowel – ur
- R-Controlled Vowel – ir
- R-Controlled Vowel – or, ore
- R-Controlled Vowel – er, ir, ur
- R-Controlled Vowel – ar, er, or
- R-Controlled Vowel – mixed review
- Diphthongs – au, aw
- Diphthongs – oi, oy
- Diphthongs – ou, ow
- Diphthongs – long oo, short oo
- Complex Vowels – alk, all
These printable worksheets would be perfect for morning work, independent practice after a mini-lesson, or even homework.
Sarah F. –
These are so much fun! A great way for students to practice spelling target phonics patterns.
Julie H. –
My first graders enjoyed these as a different kind of “seatwork” to practice reading and making the connection to a picture.
Belinda D. –
These are a great resource to practice the first grade phonics/spelling skills my students are learning. My students enjoy searching for the pictures to match the words.
Joelle Gere –
This resource was fun for students! They used crayons to circle the word with the same color they circled the object with. Towards the end of the year I was able to use the more challenging version where students had to do some writing of the object names. This aligned great with Word Study Kindergarten by Christina Winter. Another great resource!
Renee B. –
Engaging activities to supplement teaching and review sounds.
JILL W. –
My students love this resource. They think it is a game.
Kimberly S. –
My students love this! I use it on Friday during small groups to wrap up the skill we worked on all week. The kids love it!
tiata A. –
My students have not stopped asking to play! These are wonderful resources to enhance students phonemic awareness and phonics! We started as a whole group lesson, traveled into small groups, and then students were able to complete independently! Such a wonderful resource!
Breanne C. –
Such an amazing resource that is aligned to the science of reading and great to use during small groups each day!
Sandy’s Stuff –
Great resource for students who need some independent practice while I give one-on-one assessments.
Sabrina G. –
My students love using these and they’re perfect for students to use independently or in centers!
Brainybird –
This item is as described and easy to use. I used it with a group of 2nd grade students.
Erin Glaser –
Love this resource for my small groups to work on our phonics skills for the week and discussing various letter sounds. Could also be used for independent work for higher students.
Mary S. –
I have used these for activities for ELA centers and they are a hit. My first graders love searching for the hidden pictures.
Tracy Z. –
Students love this activity. I’m using it during our literacy centers.
Christa D. –
Love these interactive phonics picture finds! They are a great supplement. We use them as an early finisher activity!
Amber S. –
Miss Winter’s Bliss has AMAZING resources and I am so happy I purchased this one. We have been working on short a & short i, and I recently used this resource – my kiddos loved it!
Crystal W. –
This is one of my favorites! The children love these and I can easily see who is struggling.
Sarah A. –
I used this as a centre. Students loved finding the mystery pictures!
Amber S. –
Love these for phonics practice! Fun way to practice for the students.