Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Try to see if your child can tell which word is which.

Do all words that start with 'g' sound the same? Let's find out! Students will sort six words by the hard or soft g sound.

By now, your child knows that not all vowel sounds are the same. Challenge him to determine whether words contain a short or long vowel sound.

Different spellings can sometimes make the same sound, such as the "au" and "aw" vowel teams. Can your second graders differentiate between words with and without the “aw” sound? Find out with this word sorting activity!

As your students have learned, different spellings can sometimes make the same sound, such as the au/aw or ou/ow vowel teams. Assess your students' abilities to distinguish between differently spelled aw/ow sounds with this end-of-year phonics check-in.

Get your students thinking about the different sounds that the inflectional ending -ed makes when it's used to indicate the regular past tense.

Kids sort long A vowel words in this worksheet.

In this hands-on phonics worksheet, learners will assemble a poem from a selection of -er, -ir, and -ur words.

In this 2nd grade reading worksheet, kids get to practice identifying words with long vowel sounds and writing them out.

Get to know your bossy r words with this helpful reading worksheet!

Help your first grader practice pronouncing and recognizing R blends with this matching worksheet.

On this second grade reading worksheet, kids sort words ending in "y" into two categories: the long "e" sound as in baby, or the long "i" sound as in spy.