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Kindergarten Reading Foundation Worksheets

Explore building a strong reading foundation with our Reading Foundation worksheets designed for elementary school children. Covering various aspects of reading, these resources provide a comprehensive approach to developing essential skills for successful reading comprehension.

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Beginning Sounds: T - worksheet educational content
Beginning Sounds: T
This worksheet is a great way to practice letter sound correspondences. Students will circle all of the items that begin...
RF.K.3.ARF.K.3
Beginning Sounds: B - worksheet educational content
Beginning Sounds: B
This worksheet is a great way to practice letter sound correspondences. Students will circle all of the items that begin...
RF.K.3.ARF.K.3
Ending Sounds - worksheet educational content
Ending Sounds
This worksheet is a great way to practice letter sound correspondences and ending sounds. Students will read the words i...
RF.K.3.BRF.K.3
Words That Words - worksheet educational content
Words That Words
This worksheet is a great way to practice producing rhymes with your students. Students will give a rhyming word for eac...
RF.K.2.ARF.K.2
Syllable Counting - worksheet educational content
Syllable Counting
Practice counting syllables with this worksheet! Students will read the words then write how many syllables there are on...
RF.K.2.BRF.K.2
Onsets and Rimes - worksheet educational content
Onsets and Rimes
This worksheet is a great way to practice onsets and rimes. Students will look at the pictures and complete the words by...
RF.K.2.CRF.K.2
ABC Practice — Lowercase - worksheet educational content
ABC Practice — Lowercase
Practice the alphabet with this fun worksheet! Students must fill in the missing letters in lowercase to complete the ac...
RF.K.1.DRF.K.1
Spacing Between Words - worksheet educational content
Spacing Between Words
This worksheet will help your students to remember to add spaces between words. Students will read each sentence and col...
RF.K.1.CRF.K.1
Separating Words With Spaces - worksheet educational content
Separating Words With Spaces
This worksheet will help your students to remember to add spaces between words. Students will read the sentences-- some ...
RF.K.1.CRF.K.1
Ending Sounds - Trace Letters - worksheet educational content
Ending Sounds - Trace Letters
This worksheet on CVC words will help your students to focus on their ending sounds. Students will sound out each word a...
RF.K.2.DRF.K.2
Reading in the Fairy Garden - worksheet educational content
Reading in the Fairy Garden
This worksheet on CVC words will help your students to practice sounding it out! Students will go through the fairy gard...
RF.K.2.DRF.K.2
CVC Sound it Out! - worksheet educational content
CVC Sound it Out!
This worksheet on CVC words will help your students to practice sounding it out! Students will read reach word out loud,...
RF.K.2.DRF.K.2
Initial Sounds - worksheet educational content
Initial Sounds
This worksheet is a great way to practice sounding out cvc words and initial sounds. Students will read each word using ...
L.K.2.CL.K.2
Medial Sounds - worksheet educational content
Medial Sounds
This worksheet is a great way to practice sounding out cvc words and medial sounds. Students will read each word using t...
L.K.2.CL.K.2
Phonics Ending Sounds - worksheet educational content
Phonics Ending Sounds
This worksheet is a great way to practice sounding out cvc words and ending sounds. Students will read each word using t...
L.K.2.CL.K.2
A—Z Phonics Practice - worksheet educational content
A—Z Phonics Practice
RF.K.1.DRF.K.1
Pop the Sight Words - worksheet educational content
Pop the Sight Words
Practice sight words with this fun activity! Students will read the words in the bubbles out loud to pop them-- each bub...
RF.K.3.C
Sight Words - worksheet educational content
Sight Words
Practice sight words with this fun activity! Students will read the words on the lilypads to help the frog cross the riv...
RF.K.3.C
Changing the Final Sound - worksheet educational content
Changing the Final Sound
This worksheet will help students to practice replacing letters in words to make new words. Students will replace the la...
RF.K.3.DRF.K.3
Sarah's Birthday—Emergent Reader text - worksheet educational content
Sarah's Birthday—Emergent Reader text
This short story is perfect for early readers! Students will read the short passage that contains common sight words and...
RF.K.4
Real or Nonsense Words - worksheet educational content
Real or Nonsense Words
This worksheet will get your students familiar with what is a word and what is not. Students will color in the bubbles t...
RF.K.1.BRF.K.1
Words that Rhyme - worksheet educational content
Words that Rhyme
Practice rhyming words with your class with this activity! Students must match the words on the left to a rhyming word o...
RF.K.2.ARF.K.2
Onsets - worksheet educational content
Onsets
This worksheet is a great way to practice onsets and rimes. Students will look at the pictures and complete the words by...
RF.K.2.CRF.K.2
Changing the Medial Sound - worksheet educational content
Changing the Medial Sound
This worksheet will help students to practice replacing letters in words to make new words. Students will replace the mi...
RF.K.3.DRF.K.3
Real Words Nonsense Words - worksheet educational content
Real Words Nonsense Words
This worksheet will get your students familiar with what is a word and what is not. Students will sort the words into th...
RF.K.1.BRF.K.1
Same Spelling - worksheet educational content
Same Spelling
This worksheet is a great way to practice similar spellings. Students will read the words and determine which letter is ...
RF.K.3.BRF.K.3
Changing the Initial Sound - worksheet educational content
Changing the Initial Sound
This worksheet will help students to practice replacing letters in words to make new words. Students will replace the fi...
RF.K.3.DRF.K.3
Sight Word Practice - worksheet educational content
Sight Word Practice
This resource is perfect for practicing site words with your class! Students can keep this list of common site words in ...
L.K.6
Spaces Between Words - worksheet educational content
Spaces Between Words
This worksheet will help your students to remember to add spaces between words. Students will read each sentence and col...
RF.K.1.CRF.K.1
Create Rhyming Words - worksheet educational content
Create Rhyming Words
These worksheet is a great way to practice rhyming words!
RF.K.2.ARF.K.2
Rimes - worksheet educational content
Rimes
This worksheet is a great way to practice onsets and rimes. Students will look at the pictures and complete the words by...
RF.K.2.CRF.K.2
CVC Letter Swap - worksheet educational content
CVC Letter Swap
Practice making new words with this sheet on CVC words. Students will swap the first letter of the word to make a new wo...
RF.K.2.ERF.K.2
Beginning Sounds: A - worksheet educational content
Beginning Sounds: A
This worksheet is a great way to practice letter sound correspondences. Students will circle all of the items that begin...
RF.K.3.ARF.K.3
Kindergarten Sight Words - worksheet educational content
Kindergarten Sight Words
Practice sight words with this fun activity! Students will read the words next to the tree to climb to the top! This exe...
RF.K.3.C
John and Molly's Beach Day—Short Story - worksheet educational content
John and Molly's Beach Day—Short Story
This short story is perfect for early readers! Students will read the short passage that contains common sight words and...
RF.K.4
Kitty the Cat—Reading Emergent-Reader Texts - worksheet educational content
Kitty the Cat—Reading Emergent-Reader Texts
This short story is perfect for early readers! Students will read the short passage that contains common sight words and...
RF.K.4
Rhyming Words - worksheet educational content
Rhyming Words
RF.K.2.ARF.K.2RF.K.1.D
Vowel Sounds - worksheet educational content
Vowel Sounds
This worksheet will test your students understanding of the vowel sounds. Students will record themselves making each sh...
RF.K.3.BRF.K.3
Multisyllabic Words - worksheet educational content
Multisyllabic Words
This worksheet is perfect for beginners to practice multisyllabic words. Students will break each word into their syllab...
RF.3.3.CRF.3.3
Phonics Practice - worksheet educational content
Phonics Practice
This phonics practice worksheet is designed to help 4th-grade students strengthen their skills in identifying specific l...
RF.4.4
ABC Practice — Lowercase - worksheet educational content
ABC Practice — Lowercase
Practice the alphabet with this fun worksheet! Students must fill in the missing letters in lowercase to complete the ac...
RF.K.1.DRF.K.1
A—Z Phonics Practice - worksheet educational content
A—Z Phonics Practice
RF.K.1.DRF.K.1
Sorting Words by Syllables - worksheet educational content
Sorting Words by Syllables
In this worksheet, you will practice sorting words based on the number of syllables they contain. Carefully read each wo...
RF.4.3
Open Syllables - worksheet educational content
Open Syllables
This worksheet is perfect for practicing open syllables. Students will write the first and second syllable of each word ...
RF.3.3.CRF.3.3
Multisyllabic Words 3rd Grade - worksheet educational content
Multisyllabic Words 3rd Grade
This worksheet is perfect for beginners to practice multisyllabic words. Students will determine how many syllables each...
RF.3.3.CRF.3.3
Spaces Between Words - worksheet educational content
Spaces Between Words
This worksheet will help your students to remember to add spaces between words. Students will read each sentence and col...
RF.K.1.CRF.K.1
Spacing Between Words - worksheet educational content
Spacing Between Words
This worksheet will help your students to remember to add spaces between words. Students will read each sentence and col...
RF.K.1.CRF.K.1
Separating Words With Spaces - worksheet educational content
Separating Words With Spaces
This worksheet will help your students to remember to add spaces between words. Students will read the sentences-- some ...
RF.K.1.CRF.K.1
Consonant Digraphs Sh and Ch - worksheet educational content
Consonant Digraphs Sh and Ch
RF.1.3.ARF.1.3
Animal—Letter Scramble - worksheet educational content
Animal—Letter Scramble
This worksheet will help students to practice identifying the beginning, middle, and ending sound in one-syllable words....
RF.1.2.BRF.1.2.CRF.1.2.D
Consonant Digraphs - worksheet educational content
Consonant Digraphs
This consonant digraph worksheet is a great way to practice this skill! Students are given images and words that are mis...
RF.1.3.ARF.1.3
Pop the Sight Words - worksheet educational content
Pop the Sight Words
Practice sight words with this fun activity! Students will read the words in the bubbles out loud to pop them-- each bub...
RF.K.3.C
Consonant Digraph Spinner - worksheet educational content
Consonant Digraph Spinner
This fun sheet is perfect for practicing consonant digraphs. Students will spin the spinner and write words that start w...
RF.1.3.ARF.1.3
Word Families: —ight Words - worksheet educational content
Word Families: —ight Words
This word families worksheet focuses on -ight words and is designed to help 4th-grade students practice their reading an...
RF.4.4
Misspelled Maze - worksheet educational content
Misspelled Maze
This spelling worksheet is a fun way to identify and correct missppelled words. Students will read the misspelled words ...
L.3.2
At the Sea Side: By: Robert Louis Stevenson - worksheet educational content
At the Sea Side: By: Robert Louis Stevenson
RF.4.4.BRF.4.4
The Lamb By: William Blake - worksheet educational content
The Lamb By: William Blake
RF.4.4.BRF.4.4
The Caterpillar By: Robert Graves - worksheet educational content
The Caterpillar By: Robert Graves
Aligned with Common Core Standard 4.RF.4.4.B, this worksheet focuses on understanding and explaining the main idea of th...
RF.4.4.BRF.4.4
The Eagle by Tennyson—Poem Comprehension - worksheet educational content
The Eagle by Tennyson—Poem Comprehension
Students will read Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem "The Eagle" and demonstrate understanding by answering 5 multiple choice ...
RF.5.4.B
The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson—Poem Comprehension - worksheet educational content
The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson—Poem Comprehension
Students will read Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "The Swing" in this worksheetand show understanding by answering 5 mul...
RF.5.4.B
The Pasture by Robert Frost—Poem Comprehension - worksheet educational content
The Pasture by Robert Frost—Poem Comprehension
This worksheet is designed to enhance students' reading comprehension skills through the exploration of Robert Frost's p...
RF.5.4.B
The Wind—Poem Comprehension - worksheet educational content
The Wind—Poem Comprehension
Students will read the poem "The Wind" in this worksheet and demonstrate understanding by answering 5 multiple choice qu...
RF.5.4.B
Simone Biles, the World Renowned Gymnast - worksheet educational content
Simone Biles, the World Renowned Gymnast
RF.5.4.ARF.5.4.B
The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi - worksheet educational content
The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
RF.5.4.ARF.5.4.BW.5.2L.5.6
Poem What Do I See? - worksheet educational content
Poem What Do I See?
This sweet poem is a great way to practice rate and expression. Students will read the poem out loud with the option of ...
RF.1.4.BRF.1.4RF.1.4.ARL.1.10
Inflectional Ending: ed - worksheet educational content
Inflectional Ending: ed
This worksheet is a great way to practice the inflectional ending -ed. Students will read the words on the flowers that ...
L.1.4.CL.1.4RF.1.3.F
Inflectional Endings - worksheet educational content
Inflectional Endings
This first-grade worksheet focuses on inflectional word endings, specifically -ed and -ing. Students are provided with b...
RF.1.3.F. 1.L.1.4.C
Phonics—Count Syllables - worksheet educational content
Phonics—Count Syllables
This activity will help students practice counting syllables. Students will read the words on the picture and write out ...
RF.1.3.DRF.1.3
Phonics—Counting Syllables - worksheet educational content
Phonics—Counting Syllables
This activity will help students practice counting syllables. Students will read the words on the picture and write out ...
RF.1.3.DRF.1.3
Phonics—Syllable Word Sort - worksheet educational content
Phonics—Syllable Word Sort
This word sort will help students practice their syllables. Students will read the words on the balls and sort them into...
RF.1.3.DRF.1.3
Phonics—Two Syllable Sort - worksheet educational content
Phonics—Two Syllable Sort
This word sort will help students practice their syllables. Students will read the words on the apples and sort them int...
RF.1.3.DRF.1.3
Silent E Apple Sort - worksheet educational content
Silent E Apple Sort
This worksheet on spelling is the perfect way to practice silent e! Students will read the words on the apples and add t...
L.2.2.DL.2.2RF.1.3.C
Vowel Teams—Ee and Ea - worksheet educational content
Vowel Teams—Ee and Ea
This worksheet focuses on the RF.1.3 Foundational Skills standard for 1st grade students to "Know final -e and common vo...
RF.1.3.CRF.2.3.BRF.1.3
Vowel Teams— ai and ay - worksheet educational content
Vowel Teams— ai and ay
This worksheet on vowel teams focuses on ai and ay. Students will read the words in the bubbles-- ay words get colored i...
RF.1.3.CRF.2.3.BRF.1.3
Phonics—Silent E Worms! - worksheet educational content
Phonics—Silent E Worms!
This worksheet on final e is a great way introduction to this skill. Worms with words on them are illustrated across the...
RF.1.3.C
Phonemes—Medial Sound - worksheet educational content
Phonemes—Medial Sound
This worksheet on single-syllable words asks students to identify the medial vowel sound. Students are given a word as ...
RF.1.2.BRF.1.2.CRF.1.2.D
Final Sounds—Phonics - worksheet educational content
Final Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on final sounds will ask students to identify the final sound of each image shown. Students will circle t...
RF.1.2.BRF.1.2.CRF.1.2.D
Initial Sounds—Phonics - worksheet educational content
Initial Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on beginning sounds will ask students to identify the initial sound of each image shown. Students will ci...
RF.1.2.BRF.1.2.CRF.1.2.D
Medial Sounds—Phonics - worksheet educational content
Medial Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on single-syllable CVC words asks students to find the missing short medial vowel. Students are given a p...
RF.1.2.BRF.1.2.CRF.1.2.D
Mastering Multisyllabic Words - worksheet educational content
Mastering Multisyllabic Words
In this worksheet, you will explore and practice reading multisyllabic words using your knowledge of letter-sound corres...
RF.5.3.A
Exploring Multisyllabic Words - worksheet educational content
Exploring Multisyllabic Words
In this worksheet, you will explore and practice reading multisyllabic words using your knowledge of letter-sound corres...
RF.5.3.A
Inflectional Endings Board Game - worksheet educational content
Inflectional Endings Board Game
This board game on inflectional endings is a fun way to practice this concept. Students will roll the die, move forward,...
RF.1.3.FL.1.4.C
Vowel Sounds - worksheet educational content
Vowel Sounds
This worksheet will test your students understanding of the vowel sounds. Students will record themselves making each sh...
RF.K.3.BRF.K.3
Same Spelling, Different Sound - worksheet educational content
Same Spelling, Different Sound
This worksheet on spelling-sound correspondences is a great way to practice this skill. Students will read the pairs of ...
RF.2.3.ERF.2.3
Looks Like This, Sounds Like That - worksheet educational content
Looks Like This, Sounds Like That
This worksheet on spelling-sound correspondences is a great way to practice this skill. Students must determine if the w...
RF.2.3.ERF.2.3
Spelling Picking Petals - worksheet educational content
Spelling Picking Petals
This worksheet on spelling-sound correspondences is a great way to practice this skill. Students must determine if the w...
RF.2.3.ERF.2.3
Word Families - worksheet educational content
Word Families
This worksheet on word families is perfect for practicing the endings -ing, -ick, -ent, and -est. Students will make rea...
L.3.2.FL.3.3
Word Families Endings - worksheet educational content
Word Families Endings
This worksheet on word families is perfect for practicing the endings -ack, -ame, -ate, and -ain. Students will make rea...
L.3.2.FL.3.2
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