Welcome to the word construction zone! Your little reader will practice putting the letters of the alphabet to use building words.

Challenge your students to this long vowel brainstorm activity! Students will choose their own consonants to help them create long vowel words.

Give your child practice using the vowels E, A and O. This printable worksheet will improve his reading and writing skills.

Understanding letter sound relationships is a vital skill for young readers. Have your students practice reading common and inconsistent word patterns in this long “e”/ short “e” search. Kids will love coloring this autumn-themed worksheet as they learn!

Children identify words with long and short E sounds in this fun coloring worksheet.

Packed with sounding out, writing, and rhyming fun, this worksheet is sure to help your first grader tackle the long i sound.

Did you know the "ou" sound has more than one sound? Get to know this vowel blend a bit better with a match-the-sound activity.

All vowels behave differently. Explore the difference between the two "oo" sounds with this phonics worksheet.

Let's do the long vowel shuffle! Have some fun unscrambling these long vowel words. Which long vowel does each word have?

Children examine eight pictures to determine which is pronounced with a short O.

Your student might recognize the picture, but can they sound out the word?

Words that end with Y can be tricky, but that's no reason to cry! This fun worksheet combines reading and coloring to help your young students learn how a Y at the end of a word can make an I or an E sound.

This great printable works on learning to spell basic items from the kitchen, write alphabet letters and build vocabulary!

Help your first grader learn some long u words and letter patterns by reading other ue and ui words.

Help your kindergarten student practice their beginning reading skills by making their very own CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words in this fun worksheet focusing on short a words.

Use this sorting activity to practice reading the diphthong -aw with your students.

Get your word building hammers ready! These words need to be finished. Can your little speller help?

Be on the lookout for words with the short letter U sound in this worksheet. This short U puzzle is fun for kids who like color-by-number worksheets and games.

Students work on phonics and spelling skills as they learn about the digraph OO (as in moon) in this vocabulary-building worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Vowels and Consonants.

Grab your pencil and hitch a ride on the vowel train! Can your child find all the vowels and get them on the train in time?

It’s springtime in kindergarten! Use this handy assessment to check your students’ understanding of the difference between long and short vowel sounds.

This worksheet will help your first grader understand the difference between long and short u sounds.

Challenge your young students to read words with many different vowel patterns with this fun worksheet. Combining reading and coloring, this activity is a fun way to practice differentiating between long and short vowel sounds.

Get to know some of the vowel blends that say "ooh" with this vowel sounds word scramble! Use the pictures to help you unscramble each word.

It's time for a short vowel check-in! Use this assessment to check your first graders' abilities to produce short vowel words in various short vowel word families.

Mastering vowel sounds is an important step on the path to reading! Use this one-on-one assessment to gauge your first graders' knowledge of words that have a long I sound by having them read these sight words aloud.

Help train your first grader's ear to pick up the long e sound with this worksheet that asks her to sort out words with a long e 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!

Sort out your vowel sounds with this fun worksheet. First say the name of each picture out loud. Can you tell which words make the long "U" sound?