Help your first grader get to know words with the vowel pair ai, and sneak in some writing practice while you're at it.

Children practice grouping short A vowels into word families in this practice worksheet.

Kids sound and spell out long vowel words with this silent E worksheet.

Kids practice sounding out and writing long i words as they complete the sentences with a word from the word bank.

R-controlled vowels can be tricky, but they provide a great way to help kids expand their phonics skills!

Children work on phonics and spelling skills as they learn about the diphthong OW in this vocabulary-building worksheet.

Have your students mastered vowel digraph patterns? It's time to find out! Use this assessment to check your students’ abilities to read words with vowel digraphs.

Give young learners essential word study practice with the help of this interactive short I word sort!

Provide students with word study practice using this hands-on short A word sort!

Learn about word families, and practice sounding out short e, with this phonics worksheet.

Students use a dice to build words—and their vocabulary!—with this hands-on phonics worksheet!

Are your students comfortable navigating words that contain a silent E? Use this one-on-one assessment to gauge your first graders' knowledge of words that have a silent E by having them read these sight words aloud.

On this first grade phonics worksheet, kids practice identifying the short "E" vowel sound by circling pictures. Then they write their own short "E" word.

Review the long o sound and practice reading long o words with your first grader with help from this phonics worksheet.

Time for some long vowel practice! Go over all the vowels from A to U, and decide which words have the matching vowel sound and circle them!

Practice isolating beginning, middle, and ending sounds in this phonics worksheet! 

Short Vowel Bingo, an educational twist on a favorite classroom game. This game helps kids differentiate short vowels from long vowels.

Give young learners essential word study practice with the help of this interactive short E word sort!

Kids choose from the diphthongs oi, oy, ou, and ow to fill in the missing letters in the words on this second grade reading and writing worksheet.

On this first grade phonics worksheet, kids practice identifying the short "U" vowel sound by circling pictures. Then they write their own short "U" word.

Try isolating short vowel sounds in this early phonics worksheet!

Children work on phonics and spelling skills as they learn about the diphthong OU in this vocabulary-building worksheet.

Get on board with word families by practicing word families with a short u sound, as in -un or -ut.

Give your child practice with the short "I" sound. This printable worksheet will improve reading skills as your child completes a coloring puzzle.

With this worksheet, your child will match picture names to creatures representing short "A" and long "A" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.

Can you tell the difference between a short vowel sound and a long vowel sound? Get a great review with this fill-in-the-bubble quiz.

On this first grade phonics worksheet, kids practice identifying the long "I" vowel sound by circling pictures. Then they write a long "I" word.

Help your readers tackle the silent e rule with this phonics worksheet.

Use this worksheet for visuals to help students segment four letter words.

On this first grade phonics worksheet, kids practice identifying the short "I" vowel sound by circling pictures. Then they write their own short "I" word.