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.
1st Grade Reading Foundation worksheets
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,...
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Consonant Digraph Spinner
This fun sheet is perfect for practicing consonant digraphs. Students will spin the spinner and write words that start w...
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Long Vowel Flower
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Inflectional Endings
This first-grade worksheet focuses on inflectional word endings, specifically -ed and -ing. Students are provided with b...
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Closed Syllables
This ELA worksheet is a great way to practice decoding two syllable words with short vowel sounds. Students will separat...
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Phonics—Open Syllables
This worksheet on two-syllable words is a great way to practice decoding and identifying open syllables. Students are gi...
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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...
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Phonics—One Syllable Sort
This worksheet on one-syllable words is a great way to practice reading and decoding words that have a single-syllable. ...
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Consonant Digraphs
This consonant digraph worksheet is a great way to practice this skill! Students are given images and words that are mis...
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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...
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Short A Vowel
This worksheet on short a sound words is a great way to practice identifying words that have this short vowel sound. Stu...
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Buzzing for Homophones
This homophones board game is a fun way for your students to practice this skill. Students will roll the die and move fo...
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Consonant Digraphs Sh and Ch
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One Syllable Words in the Fairy Garden
This worksheet will help students to practice sounding out CVC words with short medial vowels. Students must make their ...
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2nd Grade Reading Foundation worksheets
Diphthongs: ou and ow
This worksheet focuses on the dipthongs ou and ow. Students will sort the words into the table according to their spelli...
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Diphthongs: au and aw
This worksheet focuses on the dipthongs au and aw. Students will sort the words into the table according to their spelli...
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Same Spelling, Different Sound
This worksheet on spelling-sound correspondences is a great way to practice this skill. Students will read the pairs of ...
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Spelling Picking Petals
This worksheet on spelling-sound correspondences is a great way to practice this skill. Students must determine if the w...
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Roll and Read Two—Syllable Words with Long E
This read, roll, and write focuses on two-syllable words with a long e sound. Students will roll the die and write the c...
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Read, Roll, and Write: Two—Syllable Words with Long I
This read, roll, and write focuses on two-syllable words with a long i sound. Students will roll the die and write the c...
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Diphthongs: oi and oy
This worksheet focuses on the dipthongs oi and oy. Students will sort the words into the table according to their vowels...
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Short vs Long Vowels
This heart-themed long and short vowel sort is perfect for practicing this skill. Students will read the one-syllable wo...
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Long vs Short Vowels
This worksheet on long and short vowels is a great way to practice this concept. Students will read the one-syllable wor...
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Phonics—Short Vowels
In this activity students will practice some short vowel words. Students will add a vowel to each word to complete it-- ...
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Read, Roll, and Write: Two—Syllable Words with Long A
This read, roll, and write focuses on two-syllable words with a long a sound. Students will roll the die and write the c...
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Long and Short Vowel Sounds
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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...
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3rd Grade Reading Foundation worksheets
Crossword Spelling!
This crossword puzzle is a fun way to get your students to practice their spelling! The puzzle hints give 6 words that a...
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Multisyllabic Words 3rd Grade
This worksheet is perfect for beginners to practice multisyllabic words. Students will determine how many syllables each...
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Word Families Endings
This worksheet on word families is perfect for practicing the endings -ack, -ame, -ate, and -ain. Students will make rea...
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Word Families
This worksheet on word families is perfect for practicing the endings -ing, -ick, -ent, and -est. Students will make rea...
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Spelling Rules
This worksheet on spelling will help students to understand and recognize "i before e except after c." Students will rea...
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Vocabulary Look It Up!
In this worksheet, students will practice both their dictionary and spelling skills. Students will correct the spelling ...
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Multisyllabic Words
This worksheet is perfect for beginners to practice multisyllabic words. Students will break each word into their syllab...
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Open Syllables
This worksheet is perfect for practicing open syllables. Students will write the first and second syllable of each word ...
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Find the Irregularly Spelled Words
This worksheet on irregularly spelled words is perfect for practicing words that don't follow normal spelling patterns. ...
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3rd Grade Spelling words
This worksheet on irregularly spelled words is perfect for practicing words that don't follow normal spelling patterns. ...
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Misspelled Maze
This spelling worksheet is a fun way to identify and correct missppelled words. Students will read the misspelled words ...
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3rd Grade Irregularly Spelled Words
This worksheet on irregularly spelled words is perfect for practicing words that don't follow normal spelling patterns. ...
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A Happy Cat’s Winter Day
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Identifying Parts of Speech
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4th Grade Reading Foundation worksheets
At the Sea Side: By: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Park Bench By: Langston Hughes
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The Lamb By: William Blake
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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...
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Sorting Words by Syllables
In this worksheet, you will practice sorting words based on the number of syllables they contain. Carefully read each wo...
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Word Families Sort
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Spelling Patterns Word Sort
This worksheet will help your students to practice the word families -ing, -tion, and -ous. Students will read the words...
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Phonics Practice
This phonics practice worksheet is designed to help 4th-grade students strengthen their skills in identifying specific l...
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Word Families: —ight Words
This word families worksheet focuses on -ight words and is designed to help 4th-grade students practice their reading an...
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A Happy Cat’s Winter Day
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Identifying Parts of Speech
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5th Grade Reading Foundation worksheets
At the Sea Side: By: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Park Bench By: Langston Hughes
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The Lamb By: William Blake
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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...
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Sorting Words by Syllables
In this worksheet, you will practice sorting words based on the number of syllables they contain. Carefully read each wo...
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Word Families Sort
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