1st Grade Phonemic Awareness Worksheets
35 printable 1st Grade phonics worksheets on Phonemic Awareness. Every sheet has an answer key — 35 in all. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: bag, bed, bib and bird; bib, bone, boot and bowl; bag, bell, bib and bowl; bed, bell, bird and book; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 1 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 1.
Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency — Grade 1, the complete K–5 reading curriculum from Faith Readers. Preview a reading week to see how its lessons run. See every program →
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All 35 worksheets in this set
- Sound Play 1: bag, bed, bib and bird Free PDF
- Sound Play 2: bib, bone, boot and bowl Free PDF
- Sound Play 3: bag, bell, bib and bowl Free PDF
- Sound Play 4: bed, bell, bird and book
- Sound Play 5: bag, bat, bib and bird
- Sound Play 6: bat, bed, bird and boat
- Sound Play 7: bell, bib, bird and boat
- Sound Play 8: bat, bib, bird and bone
- Sound Play 9: bag, bat, bell and bib
- Sound Play 10: belt, cheese, dress and nose
- Sound Play 11: box, bush, fish and flag
- Sound Play 12: fan, frog, goat and spoon
- Sound Play 13: ant, bush, cat and house
- Sound Play 14: box, fish, flag and kite
- Sound Play 15: bat, book, crown and grass
- Sound Play 16: bench, broom, cat and kite
- Sound Play 17: box, broom, feet and mop
- Sound Play 18: broom, cloud, duck and flag
- Sound Play 19: skirt, skunk, snail and snake
- Sound Play 20: belt, bench, grapes and plant
- Sound Play 21: box, bridge, broom and cloud
- Sound Play 22: crown, dress, drum and flag
- Sound Play 23: glove, grass, hand and milk
- Sound Play 24: grapes, plant, sink and skirt
- Sound Play 25: belt, skunk, sponge and swing
- Sound Play 26: bench, box, bridge and broom
- Sound Play 27: crab, crown, dress and drum
- Sound Play 28: bat, bee, bell and bench
- Sound Play 29: bat, bee, bell and book
- Sound Play 30: bat, bee, book and box
- Sound Play 31: bat, bee, bell and book
- Sound Play 32: bat, bed, bee and bell
- Sound Play 33: bee, belt, bird and book
- Sound Play 34: bee, bell, bib and box
- Sound Play 35: bat, bee, belt and book
Teaching Phonemic Awareness
What it is
Phonemic awareness is hearing and working with the individual sounds in spoken words: knowing that cat has three sounds, or that changing the first sound of cat makes hat. In Grade 1 the picture pages move on to middle sounds, words of three to five sounds, and changing one sound to make a new word.
When a child is ready
It comes before and alongside letter sounds; a child who can rhyme and clap syllables is ready to isolate first sounds.
If they struggle
Keep it oral. Say a word slowly, stretch the sounds, and have the child count them on fingers. Practice first sounds, then last sounds, then middle sounds, a few minutes a day.
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