Are these phonics worksheets a curriculum?

No. They are practice sheets that support a phonics program you are already teaching. There is no lesson plan, scope and sequence or teaching script attached to them. Faith Schooling publishes its reading curriculum separately, as Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency. Use these sheets to give a child more repetitions on a pattern already taught, or to check whether a pattern has stuck.

How many of the worksheets are free?

The first three worksheets in every skill set are free and open to everyone. Across the phonics library that is three sheets in each of 103 sets, spread over all six grades. Where a set holds three worksheets or fewer, every sheet in it is open. The remaining sheets in each set are part of the membership.

What order should phonics skills be taught in?

Letters and their sounds, then short vowels, then consonant blends and digraphs, then long vowels and Magic E, then r-controlled vowels, then the odd spellings and silent letters. Spelling and word work follows reading throughout rather than leading it. Each grade hub below lists its clusters in that order and says what each one needs first.

My child is behind in reading. Which grade should I use?

Use the grade where the skill sits, not the one matching the child's age. Phonics patterns are cumulative, so a 4th grader who cannot read Magic E words needs the 1st grade Long Vowels sets, and working there is not a step backwards. The worksheets carry the skill name rather than a grade stamp on the page.

What do the different activity formats do?

Lesson pages introduce a pattern with worked examples. Roll and Read and Word Ladder build reading speed and word building. Crack the Code and Word Search give puzzle-shaped review. Read and Draw and Sentence Scramble ask a child to use the pattern inside a sentence. Practice and Match Up pages are straightforward written work.

Phonics, Decoding & Spelling Patterns Worksheets

This is the printable phonics practice library: 12,706 worksheets covering letter sounds, short and long vowels, digraphs, silent letters, r-controlled vowels and spelling patterns, from Kindergarten through 5th grade. It is practice for a phonics program you are already teaching, not the program itself.

Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, the complete K–5 reading curriculum from Faith Readers. See every program →

Skills include: Alphabet & Letter Recognition · Consonant Teams & Digraphs · Early Spelling · Reading Practice Activities · Short Vowels · Sight Words & Phonemic Awareness · Long Vowels · Silent Letters

Kindergarten 2,661 worksheets Grade 1 3,160 worksheets Grade 2 3,411 worksheets Grade 3 1,619 worksheets Grade 4 1,244 worksheets Grade 5 611 worksheets

Where should my child start in the phonics library?

The library is organised subject, then grade, then cluster, then skill set. A cluster is a family of related patterns, such as Short Vowels or Silent Letters. A set is one skill, such as Short a or The CK Ending, and holds every worksheet built for it. The first three sheets in each set are free to everyone, and a set holding three or fewer sheets is open in full.

Most sets carry several activity formats, so the same pattern can be practised more than one way. Lesson pages introduce a pattern. Roll and Read, Word Ladder and Crack the Code build reading speed and word building. Read and Draw and Sentence Scramble put the pattern inside a sentence. Word Search, Match Up and plain Practice pages give quiet written review.

Coverage is heaviest early and narrows on purpose. Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade hold 2,661, 3,160 and 3,411 worksheets and carry the bulk of the decoding sequence. 3rd, 4th and 5th grade hold 1,619, 1,244 and 611, and concentrate on what is genuinely still unsettled by then: soft c and soft g, the later silent letters, borrowed spellings and spelling lists.

Choose by skill, not by the grade on the label. A 3rd grader who still stumbles on Magic E belongs in the 1st grade Long Vowels sets, and nothing on the worksheet says otherwise. Faith content appears where it is named: the Kindergarten Early Spelling cluster holds 69 Faith Word Searches. The other 102 skill sets are ordinary decoding and spelling practice.

Phonics grade by grade

Kindergarten — 2,661 worksheets. Letters and their sounds, then the five short vowels one at a time, with sight words and early spelling alongside. Needs nothing before it.
1st Grade — 3,160 worksheets. Blends, two-letter sounds, Magic E and the first silent letters, kn and wr. Assumes short vowels are read comfortably.
2nd Grade — 3,411 worksheets. Long vowel teams, Bossy R and a wide band of special sounds and endings. Assumes Magic E and digraphs are in place.
3rd Grade — 1,619 worksheets. Soft c and soft g, the -dge and -ble endings, silent mb and gn, and spelling lists. Needs hard c and g first.
4th Grade — 1,244 worksheets. The borrowed and irregular spellings: ch as /k/, -que and -gue, gh, and silent bt and mn. A narrow, specific grade.
5th Grade — 611 worksheets. Silent sc, a silent-letter review, spelling lists and word building. The smallest grade here, because most decoding is settled by now.

Common questions

Are these phonics worksheets a curriculum?: No. They are practice sheets that support a phonics program you are already teaching. There is no lesson plan, scope and sequence or teaching script attached to them. Faith Schooling publishes its reading curriculum separately, as Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency. Use these sheets to give a child more repetitions on a pattern already taught, or to check whether a pattern has stuck.
How many of the worksheets are free?: The first three worksheets in every skill set are free and open to everyone. Across the phonics library that is three sheets in each of 103 sets, spread over all six grades. Where a set holds three worksheets or fewer, every sheet in it is open. The remaining sheets in each set are part of the membership.
What order should phonics skills be taught in?: Letters and their sounds, then short vowels, then consonant blends and digraphs, then long vowels and Magic E, then r-controlled vowels, then the odd spellings and silent letters. Spelling and word work follows reading throughout rather than leading it. Each grade hub below lists its clusters in that order and says what each one needs first.
My child is behind in reading. Which grade should I use?: Use the grade where the skill sits, not the one matching the child's age. Phonics patterns are cumulative, so a 4th grader who cannot read Magic E words needs the 1st grade Long Vowels sets, and working there is not a step backwards. The worksheets carry the skill name rather than a grade stamp on the page.
What do the different activity formats do?: Lesson pages introduce a pattern with worked examples. Roll and Read and Word Ladder build reading speed and word building. Crack the Code and Word Search give puzzle-shaped review. Read and Draw and Sentence Scramble ask a child to use the pattern inside a sentence. Practice and Match Up pages are straightforward written work.