1st Grade Syllables Worksheets
18 printable 1st Grade phonics worksheets on Syllables. Every sheet has an answer key — 18 in all. 3 activity types: Roll And Read, Sort And Write, Sound Play. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: avocado, boot, cheese and lizard; Two-part words; one and two; avocado, bench, corn and helmet; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 3 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 1. Every grade is on one page: Spelling Worksheets.
What is in this set: Sound Play (12), Roll And Read (3) and Sort And Write (3).
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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3 of 18 worksheets free · All Access opens the other 15 and all 18 answer keys
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Includes 3 activity types: Roll And Read, Sort And Write, Sound Play.
All 18 worksheets in this set
- Sound Play 1: avocado, boot, cheese and lizard Free PDF
- Roll And Read 1: Two-part words Free PDF
- Sort And Write 1: one and two Free PDF
- Sound Play 2: avocado, bench, corn and helmet
- Sound Play 3: avocado, feather, kangaroo and leaf
- Sound Play 4: avocado, bed, dinosaur and mushroom
- Sound Play 5: avocado, button, crown and kangaroo
- Sound Play 6: avocado, feet, guitar and heart
- Sound Play 7: arm, avocado, cactus and dress
- Sound Play 8: arm, butterfly, cherry and frog
- Sound Play 9: astronaut, bowl, candle and glove
- Sound Play 10: avocado, dinosaur, flamingo and grass
- Roll And Read 2: Two-part words
- Sort And Write 2: one and two
- Sound Play 11: helicopter, horse, jellyfish and kangaroo
- Sound Play 12: avocado, bench, cookie and flamingo
- Roll And Read 3: Two-part words
- Sort And Write 3: one and two
Teaching Syllables
What it is
A syllable is a word part with one vowel sound. Splitting a long word into syllables lets a child read it in pieces: nap-kin, rab-bit, sun-set. In Grade 1 the child counts the parts of picture words such as pencil and umbrella, sorts words into one part and two, and reads two-part words such as birthday and dishes.
When a child is ready
Teach syllables when the child reads one-syllable words with blends and digraphs and starts meeting longer words.
If they struggle
Clap the word first to count the parts. Then find the vowels and split between the consonants that sit between them. Reading each piece and then the whole word is the habit to build.
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